Inductees September 27, 2002
Back Row: Jerome Klun, William Crain, Dean James Riehl, Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin, David Karpeles, Casmir Ilenda
In Front: Howard Hansen
William E. Crain: Bachelor of Arts – Geology 1955.
William E. Crain, a Duluth native, graduated from the University of
Minnesota Duluth with a BA in business and economics in 1953, and a BS in
geology in 1955, taking all of his courses from Professor Robert Heller. He
also received an MS in geology from the University of Minnesota Minneapolis.
He joined Chevron in 1957 as an exploration geologist, and retired in 1994
as director and vice president of Chevron Exploration. Bill has always been
committed to earth science education. He received the University of San
Francisco Medallion Award and the American Geological Institute’s
(AGI) Explorer award, both of which pertain to Earth Science education. In
2002, he and the late Dr. Heller received AGI’s William B. Heroy Jr.
Award for distinguished service; together they generated the vision and
support of AGI’s inquiry-based, secondary school Earth Science
curricula.
David L. Karpeles: Bachelor of Arts – Mathematics 1956.
David Karpeles graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1956
with a BA degree in mathematics. While working as a mathematician he
continued his graduate studies in mathematics at the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, San Diego State University (MS, 1962) and University of
California-Santa Barbara. His interests eventually turned full-time to a
successful real estate investment business in southern California. In 1981
David received an award from California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., for
developing a plan for providing affordable housing in California. David
(with his wife Marsha) began collecting historical documents in 1978 and
established the Karpeles Manuscript Library in 1983 which today preserves
the largest private collection of original manuscripts in the world. The
Karpeles Manuscript Library in Duluth is one of seven in the United States.
David Karpeles is author of 60 historical monographs relating to the
Library’s holdings.
Dr. Jerome A. Klun: Bachelor of Arts – Biology 1961.
During thirty-seven years of entomological research, Dr. Klun has conducted
outstanding research on the chemical nature of host-plant insect resistance
in corn. In addition he has made classic discoveries in the field of insect
chemistry and behavior that have had significant impact on agriculture,
science and technology. He has received numerous citations and awards for
his research. Dr. Klun graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in
1961 with a BA in biology after earning his AA at Ely Junior College. He was
awarded the Ph.D. in entomology by Iowa State University in 1965. Dr. Klun
is the author of 114 peer reviewed scientific publications, holds five
patents and is recognized internationally in his field.
Dr. Casmir S. Ilenda: Bachelor of Arts – Chemistry 1969.
Dr. Ilenda grew up in Proctor, Minnesota. He was the co-author of two
publications at the University of Minnesota Duluth while performing
undergraduate research with Professor Ronald Caple. Casmir was the recipient
of an NSF graduate fellowship his senior year that enabled him to obtain his
Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Colorado. After a
postdoctoral position at the California Institute of Technology, he began an
industrial career with Rohm and Haas in Philadelphia, and he has been there
ever since. As a senior scientist he has been involved with many of their
successful endeavors, from plastics to fiberoptic lighting systems. This
work has lead to 14 patents. In 1991 Dr. Ilenda was awarded the “Otto
Haas Award of Scientific Achievement” by his company.
Dr. Howard G. Hanson: Physics Faculty, 1947-1985; Department Head, 1951-1984.
Professor Hanson helped to establish the Department of Physics, when he
arrived at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1947 with three other new
faculty. He was appointed head when the position was created in 1951 and
remained in that position until 1984, just before his retirement from the
faculty in 1985. Dr. Hanson received his BA from St. Cloud State University
and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While a faculty
member, Professor Hanson was active in both the American and the Minnesota
Area Associations of Physics Teachers. He spent several summers at various
research labs, including Oak Ridge, Holloman Air Force Base, and what was
then the Lawrence Radiation Lab. In 1963 he held an NSF faculty fellowship
in Sweden. As Department Head he was instrumental in leading the department
to its present size, including the addition of the graduate program and
increased emphasis on research, without taking away from the undergraduate
teaching mission.