Retired professor receives high honor
Sarah Kishler
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Last December, H. Royce Saltz
man. a retired University profes
sor and co-founder of the Oregon
Bach Festival, n*< owed the Off}
i or s Cross of the Onlor of Merit
of the Federal Republic of Ger
many.
Salt/man was given the award
for initiating "a cultural exchange
that has brought together the
musicians and musical heritage
of Germany and America" with
his involvement with the Oregon
Bar h Festival
The festival is a summer musi
cal event, made up of more than
40 concerts, workshops, and Its
lures. It operates largely under
the jurisdn tion of the Universi
ty. although it is essentially .1 self
supported arts organization
The award, which is Ger
many's highest honor, is only one
of the items on the long list of
Salt/man's accomplishments
Saitzman was from in Abilene.
Kan. He received a bachelor's
degree from Goshen College, a
master's from Northwestern Uni
versitv and a doctorate from I JSC
Up i ame to Eugene in 196-4 and
has served Ihe Uni versify as a
music professor, leaching i lass
es in choral literature, conduct
ing and a now defunct master's
program in church muau , as well
as directing the University
Singers,
In the past seserai years, his
work has been entirely m admin
• strut i oii He served the St hooi of
Mush both as acting and asso
ciate dean from t‘t72to l'tH.t lie
retired last year and now works
at the Oregon Bach Festival on
a part-time Iwsis
SaUnman co-founded the (ire
gon Bach Festival with artistit
dirts tor Hi-lmuth Killing in l'eai
Not only does the festival pro
mote appreciation of classical
mush bv providing concerts, but
it has also given artists wonder
ful tareer opportunities by com
missioning composers and
musicians It also brings interna
tionally known performers to the
Eugene area
Snlt/.mnn said he thinks
Eugene is « great home for the
Bar h Festival for many reasons,
including the ,n > css to the Hull
(-enter and its fact lit or*. the pos
itivft working relationship
between the F.ugene communi
tv and il»’ University and tin* 6k t
Eugene i* small enough to have
a warm, receptive atmosphere
where a lot of support is found
for such n festival
I don't think a festival like tins
could tin si I y flourish In New York
or I .A Sal Oman said
Outside of his commitments to
the Oregon Hat h Festival. Salt*
man enjoys tennis, golf and trnv
eting all over the world He has
served on juries for i hoir com
[H>t it ions m such locales as Italy.
(lermanv and the ( /ech Repub
lic
His large family. iru hiding four
daughters and seven grandchil
dren. is a very important part of
his lift* His oldest daughter.
Kathy Romev. is a choral cun
du« tor at the I ’diversity of Min
nesuta and worked on the Bach
Festival’s staff last June when it
celebrated its 25th anniversary
People who have worked with
Salt/m,tn invariably sav th>'\
feel lut kv to know tin !) an
extraordinary man The currant
director of University Singers,
Professor Kh hard Clark, savs he
has benefited from knowing
Salt/man ever since Clark was
one of his graduate students in
1W4 Sim e then, they have
worked together on the same
faculty and at the Oregon Bat h
Festival,
"He has been a real help and
mentor, as well ns a good
friend," Clark said "lie's a
remarkable guy. a superb admin
istrator and teat her and he's
great with people
This testimony tan be verified
simply by talking to Salt/man,
who t le.trly enjoys the i ontai t
with people bis work brings to
bun. tn fat t, he savs the involve
ment with students and Hat h
Festival audiences is what
makes his work worth the time
and energy
Without any question, the
greatest reward of my work is
being able to contribute to other
people's lives." Salt/man said
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but not without saying that
wti are opposed to the
killing inside the dirties as
well." said Right to Life
executive director Linda
Harrington.
Annabolle Kitzhaber,
mother of Oregon Gov
John Kitzhaber, read
biographies of the those
slain outside abortion
clinics.
"We needed to do this.”
said Annnbelle Kitzhaber
We need to turn away
from violence and I'm
delighted this (service) is
happening."
Also attending the ser
vice was State Representa
tive Kitty Piercy, who
commented on the need to
a< knowledge different
opinions on the subjet t.
"It is very important, no
matter how strong your
belief, to have respet t lor
different opinions," Pien y
said.
The lives of Dr. David
Gunn. Dr John Bayard
Britton. James 11 Barrett.
Shannon Lowney and
Liannes Nichols, who
were killed during anti
abortion protests, were
remembered at the service
Friday.
Sunday marked the
22nd anniversary of the
landmark Supreme Court
decision of Roe \ Wade
Forester, activist George Shook will
speak about timber sale in Siskiyous
Tony Lystra
Well-known forester and
m Iiv ist George Shook will sjw.ik
tonight about ,in old-growth tint
her salo in tin* Siskiyou National
forest.
The fre« lecture arid slide
show, sponsored by the Univer
sity Outdoor Program, will begin
at 7. id in the EMU Hen Linder
Room,
Shook. 53. earned his forestry
degree from Syracuse University
and has worked for the U S For
est Servii e and private corpora
lions. During the last 10 years,
he has served as an advocate for
ancient forest protection, align
ing himself with Earth First and
recently with the Siskiyou
Regional Education Project.
A projec t staff member. helpi
Wilson s.inl Shook's lei lure is 1
"hiking trip of what a typical
buckpui king trip in the Siskiy •
OUS is like (Shook i takes you
along the trail and shows you
what’s thorn as w*i11 as different
threats" to the region
Outdoor Program 1 nviron
niental Coordinator |on Kav
mood contacted the Siskiyou
Education Project after reading
about the sale of a plot of old
growth limber known as the
Sugartoaf Sale in the Rogue
River’ Med ford area
The Sugartoaf sale is sur
rounded by controversy las a use
the tindMir is the first to sell after
President Clinton enacted a plan
to protect old-growth while
ensuring a timber harvest
Critic s have gnawed at the
Sugnrtoaf Sain, marking it as
Clinton % environmental and
public; rotations blunder The
s do of tint filit) acre plot of old
growth, they say, is a valuable
Wit tors hod, a I hod by an army of
conservation activists
So how did tho Sugar ioaf area
soil tf tho (.Union plan guaran
tors !tu> protrt lion of old grow th
timber ?
According to tho Fall lO'H
issue of the f/eof/tvofers foumtil.
a last-minute i la use was written
into the President's Forest Plan
allowing the harvest of.!! I0*H)
timber sales,
Raymond said the Outdoor
Program sponsored ,Shook's let
tore to help wilderness enthusi
ast* and adventurers understand
the environmental politics sur
rounding Northwest forests
Pullman campus will increase housing
i i I. i.rv i\ . \ i f
Washington State University has
released a plan to increase stu
dent housing on campus by
more than 3,100 ixds in the next
decade.
The plan, intended to address
expected enrollment increases,
includes construction of four
new apartment complexes and
two residence hulls in the year
200.V Tite projects would
increase student housing capui -
itv from the current ti. iH? beds
to 0.522.
The plan released Friday
incomes i project currently
under construction (o build 130
apartments (or families and
graduate students near the
southwestern corner of campus.
The apartment* are scheduled to
open for the start of fait semester
tn August.
In addition. a til HI-bed resi
dence hall would be finished by
1997. Also planned are a single
student apartment complex in
J'HHi, a ms ond rwsidem « ball in
2000 and two more apartment
complexes in 2(X)J and 2003.
The props ts would Ihi funded
r
!>V ms ennn ;rc>in hm s noosing
ami timing system and would
require no slain mono). said Sal
ln> Giffen. vh <! president for
business affairs Thu apartment
. 'Olijui'X imlv u t, > i t *: -i niis!riii
lion is pro{«H lad lo cost $11 mil
lion, while tint first residence
hall is expected lo i ost $20 mil
lion lo $25 million
Kiirollment at WSU is protect
ed lo increase lo 24,000 by 2005.
and high school graduations in
lilt* slain ore n\|Ms Inti to increase
by 50 percent to nearly 75.000 a
year by 2010
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