FOR ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
NO. 8 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - NEWSLETTER OF THE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS JANUARY2002
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President's Award for Outstanding Service for Professor Richard McGeheeProfessor Dick McGehee is the recipient of the President's
Award for Outstanding Service for his dedicated work, spanning some fifteen
years, on the University of Minnesota Health Plan Task Force. His colleagues
in the School of "As part of this overall effort, Dick has spent many hours at the state as a faculty and university representative to the State of Minnesota Joint Labor/Management Committee. At the committee meetings, Dick has never hesitated to speak up on issues impacting the interests of the university." I personally can estimate the enormity of this task because more than a decade ago I substituted for Dick on the Task Force for one year and found it very time consuming and demanding work. Thanks to Dick's effort, the University has now adopted an entirely new health care system for its employees effective January 2002. The new system is designed to deliver excellent health care for faculty and other university employees in a cost effective manner. Naresh Jain
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Mathematics and many across the University warmly thank him for this contribution
and congratulate him on this well-deserved honor. Dick is currently Professor
in the School of Mathematics and also has served as the Head of the School
and as Director of the Geometry Center. Carol Carrier, Vice President
for Human Resources, had this to say, in part, about his work on the Task
Force: "As chair of the Task Force, he has done a first-rate job
keeping the group focused on its goals. His committee meetings are very
well organized and conducted in a professional manner. He is a great consensus
builder."