Merrick
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years. She is currently the manag
er of the *purchasing depart
ment.Merrick hasn’t officially
withdrawn vet, but said she plans
to do so within a couple weeks.
In the meantime, Merrick said
she is trying to notify her cam
paign staff and supporters to re
lay the change of events. Had
things gone as planned, Merrick’s
campaign would have begun to
day.
“She made a courageous deci
sion to serve her family rather than
herself in politics,” Robert Acker
man, the remaining Democrat on
the ticket, said. “There are not many
people who would put their family
in front of politics, but she did, and
that’s a courageous decision. ”
Merrick confronted Ackerman
with the news of her father last
Saturday, and the two proceeded
to have a long discussion about
Ackerman’s campaign and his
stance on certain issues.
According to Ackerman, Mer
rick left the meeting satisfied.
“When she was backing out, she
wanted to make sure my cam
paign was viable,” Ackerman said.
“It was.”
University law professor Do
minick Vetri is a longtime friend
of Merrick. He said he respects her
choice to choose her family over
politics. Vetri said students are at a
loss with Merrick leaving the race,
however.
“The students would have had a
good voice in Harriet,” Vetri said.
She s been involved in campus
issues for a long time. She would
have been good because of her
willingness to talk with students
about issues that concern them. ”
Although Merrick will drop
from the upcoming election, she is
not finished with politics.
“I’d like to serve Oregon at some
point,” Merrick said. “I think I
would have done a good job and
won in 2000, but like I told my
dad, I’m just going to defer it for
bit.” •
Her supporters also hope that
Merrick will return to Oregon’s
political seem.
“I hope that in a year or two
down the road she’ll put her name
back in the hat,” Vetri said.
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sity from 1959 to 1975,#was in
volved in all aspects of the devel
opment of the dance program. Ac
cording to Graig, Dougherty not
only founded the department but
was also the driving force behind
the construction of the studios and
Dougherty Theater in Gerlinger
Annex.
Craig said Dougherty has also
strongly encouraged her students,
many of whom started dance pro
grams at other universities with
Dougherty’s support.
“Most programs in the state of
Oregon have her mark on them.
She was so clear about her stand
on dance education,” Craig said.
In all she did, Dougherty
worked to advance dance as a dis
cipline, said Lorraine Davis, vice
provost for academic affairs and a
former colleague of Dougherty.
“She was an unselfish person
with a vision,” Davis said.
Davis was teaching in the College
of Human Development and Per
formance when she met Dougherty
in 1972. She added that, aside from
her famed dance ability, she re
members Dougherty for her ad
mirable professional qualities.
“I think she was able to look be
yond one small part of the disci
pline, she was always looking for
the broader picture to determine
how the curriculum could
change,” Davis said.
Bruno V. Madrid, senior in
structor emeritus of dance and
dance musical director, remem
bers his collaboration with
Dougherty to create musical and
dance productions:
“It was just the two of us at the
start of the department. She
taught dance, and I taught music
composition and accompani
ment,” Madrid said.
He said that Dougherty had a
strong musical background and
choreographed many of his
works. Likewise, he wrote many
musical scores for her pieces.
He said his colleague was a ver
satile dancer, having a mastery of
numerous dance styles.
“We were at a party one time,
and she said, ‘Bruno, do you jit
terbug?’ and I said, ‘A little,’ and
so we did,” Madrid said. “She al
ways surprised me.”
During her career, Dougherty
was a prolific journal author, lectur
er and choreographer. She won
scores of awards for her contribu
tions to dance education.
Craig said she is reminded of
“Dr. D” every day she sits in her
mentor’s old office and is hon
ored to follow in her footsteps.
“We try to carry out her vision,
what she developed is a founda
tion so we can grow and develop
our degree program,” Craig said.
“It’s a building block she put in
place that’s still solid.”
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