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Wednesday, May 21,2003
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 158
Professor Arthur Mittman dies at age 80
Mittman, a professor emeritus at the
University, had a ‘passion for life’ and
was a ‘true mentor* to his students
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
In 1944, Professor Emeritus Arthur Mittman
— then Lt. Mittman, a B17 pilot — parachuted
out of a plane over Berlin and was taken by the
Nazis as a prisoner of war. Fourteen months
later, the war ended and Mittman returned to
his home in Muscatine, Iowa, after which he
went to college and later became a well-known
and well-respected professor at the University.
Mittman died May 14 at
the age of 80, leaving be
hind him a legacy of sto
ries, family and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Marguerite “Mony”
Mittman; a son, Tom; two
daughters, Nancy Nichols
and Elizabeth Mittman; a
sister, Sharon Klein; a
brother, Wayne; six grand
children; and countless
friends and students. A
memorial service will take place today at 2
p.m. in the Central Presbyterian Church.
Bom Sept. 9,1922, Mittman grew up in the
city of Muscatine, where he met his wife when
she was only 14 years old. Although he and
Mony knew each other throughout high
school, they did not date until he was back
from the war, and they married in 1945.
“He was a generous, outgoing, warm, friend
ly person,” Mony said, adding Mittman was
loved by everyone he knew.
Mittman attended the University of Iowa,
receiving a bachelor of arts, a master’s de
gree and a doctorate in educational meas
urement and statistics. During his time in
graduate school in 1956, Mittman met Hen
ry Dizney, who is now a University of Ore
gon professor emeritus, and the two sparked
a lifelong friendship.
“He was fantastic,” Dizney said. “He was to
tally and completely devoted to his family ...
he was a real inspiration in many, many ways.”
After receiving his doctorate degree in 1958,
Mittman went on staff at the University of Iowa
and became the director of examination
Turn to Mittman, page 12
Ending Middle East violence
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Ron Young of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East speaks on Tuesday about the Road Map for Peace
at a lecture titled "In Search of a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine."
Plan for peace
Keynote speaker at ‘In Search
of ajust Peace in Israel and
Palestine’ supports Bush’s
‘Road Map for Peace’ plan
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
Ron Young, the executive director of
the Seattle-based U.S. Interreligious
Committee for Peace in the Middle
East, stressed Tuesday that President
George W. Bush’s “Road Map for
Peace” plan is the only solution to end
the violence in the Middle East.
Hours before the discussion, which
took place at the Eugene Hilton, addi
tional violence between Israelis and
Palestinians in the troubled region re
sulted in six new deaths, including a
12-year-old Palestinian boy.
Young was the keynote speaker at
panel discussion called “In Search of a
Just Peace in Israel and Palestine.”
About 60 people attended the discus
sion, and the University Muslim Stu
dent Association and Jewish Student
Union were among the sponsors.
“For all you Bush supporters, he has
proven he can lead in war—now he has
to prove he can lead in peace,” Young
said. “For all the opponents of Bush,
they need to take him more seriously.”
According to Young, the road map
plan is a document calling for the for
mation of two separate Israeli and
Palestinian countries. Some aspects of
the plaq include an equal amount of ef
fort from both groups to create a new
independent state for Palestinians by
2005, which is the plan’s timetable.
But Young said the first step before
the road map can be implemented is
for Palestinians to halt any further ter
rorist attacks in Israel and for Israel to
pull troops out of the West Bank. The
only other options, Young said, are to
either push Palestinians into Jordan or
to keep the two groups as one country
and endure more violence.
“There’s a tremendous sense of frus
tration ... that either side has any hope
at all,” he said.
One of the biggest problems to
reaching peace, however, is the lack
of cooperation of Israeli Prime Minis
ter Ariel Sharon, Young and other
panelists said.
“I have doubts whether Sharon really
wants peace,” panelist and Palestinian
activist Munir Katul said. “Without
meaningful U.S. pressure, Sharon has re
peatedly demonstrated that he has no
incentives to follow the path of peace.”
Katul said it should be the American
citizens’ mission to convince the U.S.
government that Sharon’s government,
the Likud Party, should accept the
road map unconditionally.
This “is what our administration
claims it wants in the first place,” he
Turn to Peace, page 12
Students clash
over bill that
would protect
fetus’ rights
‘Laci and Conner's Law* is causing an uproar between
anti-abortionists and abortion-rights activists; if
made a law, it could challenge Roe v. Wade
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
As Congress considers a bill that would grant legal rights
to unborn fetuses separately from the expectant mother,
tensions between abortion-rights activists and anti-abortion
advocates across the nation are mounting, including here at
the University.
Republicans in Congress are linking the legislation with
the high-profile murder case of Laci Peterson and her unborn
baby, nicknaming the bill “Laci and Conner’s Law.” If it is
signed into law, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act will rec
ognize a pregnant woman’s fetus as a potential victim of vio
lence and establish a legal status of personhood for the un
born baby. And with both houses under Republican control
and President George W. Bush’s pledge to sign the act into
law, the bill probably will pass.
Turn to Bill, page 6
University to hire
new vice provost
for diversity work
The hiring process will allow students to meet,
question and comment on the candidates, Michael
Stevenson, Joel Montemayorand Brenda Greene
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
The University is hiring a new vice provost responsible for
diversity — and administrators are inviting students to come
and meet the first of three candidates. Students can meet
Michael Stevenson at 9 a.m. today in the EMU Metolius Room
’ for an hour-long grilling of the candidate.
Stevenson is one of three bureaucrats vying for the job of vice
provost for institutional equity and diversity. Committee mem
ber and psychology Professor Gordon Hall explained that the
new vice provost will coordinate the various University diversi
ty efforts and interact with administrators, faculty, students and
the University community.
“Students should expect to get some sense of the candi
date’s leadership skills and his or her visions,” Hall said.
“There’s not a central person at this University whose re
sponsibility is diversity and diversity issues. We’re looking
Turn to Diversity, page 5
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