In Memoriam
The George Washington University acknowledges and remembers the accomplishments of members of the GW community during their lifetime with the following memoriams.
PHILLIP DONALD GRUB
Aryamehr Professor Emeritus of Multinational Management
With deep sorrow, The George Washington University Faculty Senate acknowledges the recent death of Phillip Donald Grub, Aryamehr Professor Emeritus of Multinational Management. Born August 8, 1931 at the Grub homestead south of Medical Lake, Washington, Professor Grub received his B.A. degree in 1953 from Eastern Washington State College, and M.B.A. and D.B.A. degrees from The George Washington University in 1960 and 1964, respectively. Dr. Grub passed away April 14, 2008, after a long, courageous bout with cancer at the age of 76.
Phillip D. Grub was a world-renowned scholar, administrator, and academic mentor, as well as a GW alumnus. After completing his D.B.A., Dr. Grub joined the faculty of the School of Government and Business Administration at The George Washington University, now the School of Business. He served as Chair of the Department of Business Administration from 1968 until 1970, and was Special Assistant to the President for International Program Development from 1974 until 1980. Dr. Grub retired from the faculty of the School of Business in 1994.
Dr. Grub was the Founding Director of GW’s Program in International Business, which later became the Department of International Business, his most significant legacy at the School of Business. He was appointed to the Aryamehr Chair in Multinational Management in 1974, established by the late Shah of Iran with a significant gift to The George Washington University.
Dr. Grub served as a member of the Faculty Senate from 1972-1976 and 1987-1990 and was a member of the Executive Committee during the 1974-1975 academic year. He served on the Public Ceremonies Committee, now called the Honors and Academic Convocations Committee, for 19 years. In 1973-1974 he served on the University Objectives Committee, and in 1987-1988 he served as Chair of the Libraries Committee.
During his career, Dr. Grub authored or co-authored 16 books and over 300 journal articles, professional papers, case studies, and monographs in international business. He was recognized as an expert on Asian economies and regionalization. Dr. Grub remained active in the profession, publishing his last article in 2007.
Dr. Grub’s distinguished career included many honors, and his personal and professional travels took him to over 116 countries. He was a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), the premier organization for academics in the profession of international business. He served as President of AIB for the 1975-1976 year, and initiated its first set of international meetings during his term, held in Egypt (1975) and Korea (1977). He was active in the organization in recent years, traveling to meetings and participating in Fellows’ activities. Dr. Grub was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for the study of business, in 1983. He also held many visiting professorships in the U.S. and abroad, stretching from Alaska to Ohio, and from China to Finland.
During his tenure on the faculty of GW, Dr. Grub earned the respect and affection of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. He worked tirelessly to aid and support students in professional and personal ways, helping many students obtain scholarships and land jobs. One enduring legacy is his contribution to the GW endowments, particularly in the area of graduate student scholarships, including the Hyundai Scholarship for Korean and American graduate students, the Daewoo Corporation Scholarship for Chinese students, the Rita H. Keller Scholarship Fund, the Marriott Foundation Grant, the Leo & Lillian Goodwin Endowment, the Wolcott Foundation scholarships, and the Daewoo Corporation Scholarship for Vietnamese students. He worked closely with students and alumni during his career, and advised several student organizations. He was also instrumental in developing alumni chapters in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, France, and Germany. In retirement, Dr. Grub remained active with GW faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
At The George Washington University, Dr. Grub will be remembered through the Phillip D. Grub Professorial Fellowship in International Business, which was created in recognition of his outstanding and lasting influence on the School of Business. The Fellowship is funded by scores of gifts from alumni and corporations showing their appreciation for Dr. Grub’s accomplishments and contributions. The first Phillip D. Grub Professorial Fellow has recently been named – Associate Professor Anupama Phene is an outstanding scholar who joined the Department of International Business this Fall.
I ask that The George Washington University Faculty Senate extend its sympathy to the family and loved ones of Phillip D. Grub. He will be greatly missed by his faculty colleagues at GW, his professional contacts throughout the world, and the thousands of GW alumni he helped throughout his remarkable life.
Reid W. Click
Chairman, Department of International Business
Read into the record of the Faculty Senate Meeting held on September 12, 2008
DR. MARY A. HOMAN
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Dr. Mary A. Holman spent most of her adult life at The George Washington University. After finishing high school at the Mount Vernon Seminary, she arrived at GW and never looked back. She earned an A.B., an M.A., and a Ph.D. from GW between 1951 and 1963. She was a loyal and spirited member of the GW community; one friend recalled her being named homecoming queen while an undergraduate. For her doctoral dissertation research, she was awarded the Robert. C. Watson Award of the American Patent Law Association, a high honor for anyone, let alone a student.
Before finishing her Ph.D., Dr. Holman was already teaching at GW. Her expertise was in managerial economics and the economic effects of the space program, and she taught the Survey of Economic and Managerial Economics courses for graduate students. She served as Associate Administrator for NASA’s Manned Space Flight Program and as consultant for a slew of governmental organizations and law firms, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Bureau of Standards, and the Institute for Defense Analysis.
Dr. Holman is remembered as an engaging and thought-provoking instructor. For more than 40 years, she trained thousands of students in the field of economics. For many, she was their dissertation adviser and mentor. Between 1976 and 1979, she served as department chair, and was highly respected by her colleagues.
“She was a very delightful and very productive colleague—and the students loved her,” says Dr. Henry Solomon. “That’s a lot to say about a coworker. But she was.”
Additionally, Dr. Holman was a professorial lecturer at the Naval School of Health and Sciences, the National War College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
The latter presented her with a Certificate of Appreciation of Significant Contribution to the Education Program of ICAP in 1966.
Her principal publications include: The Political Economy of the Space Program (1974), co-author of Price Theory and Its Uses (1977), and "Demand", "Supply", "Elasticity", and "Cobweb Theorem" in the Encyclopedia of Economics (1992).
Dr. Holman is survived by her husband, Dr. Theodore Suranyi-Unger, nieces Laura, Linda, and Lisa and the thousands of lives she touched at GW. We are most fortunate to have known such an amazing woman as Dr. Mary Holman.
DAVID EARL SEIDELSON
Lyle T. Alverson Professor Emeritus of Law, The George Washington University Law School
David Earl Seidelson was a member of GW’s law faculty for 38 years until his retirement in 1998. Professor Seidelson joined GW’s law faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1960. He was promoted to associate professor in 1963, professor in 1966, and was named Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law in 1987.
During his tenure at the Law School, Professor Seidelson taught several different courses, including Torts, Evidence and Conflict of Laws. He was admired and beloved by generations of law students as a rigorous and stimulating classroom teacher. He was also a prolific scholar, with more than seventy articles published in leading law journals. His articles were cited in numerous decisions of federal and state courts as well as legal treatises and casebooks. He served the Law School and University on a wide variety of important committees, and he also served for many years as faculty advisor to the George Washington Law Review and the Moot Court Board.
Professor Seidelson served for three years as a Faculty Senator, including one year as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. Professor Seidelson also chaired, in successive years, the Senate Committee on Athletics and the Senate Committee on Administrative Matters as They Affect the Faculty.
During his 38 years as a faculty member, Professor Seidelson earned the universal respect and affection of the faculty, staff, and students of the Law School. He also earned the highest esteem of many other colleagues throughout the University, who recognized the great value of the contributions he made to the University through his teaching, scholarship and service.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Professor Seidelson received his A.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1951. He served in the United States Army during 1951-53.
After completing his military service, Professor Seidelson entered the University of Pittsburgh Law School and graduated with great distinction in 1956. He then practiced law for four years with the Pittsburgh firm of Rothman, Gordon & Foreman. He was counsel of record in approximately 200 civil and criminal trials and lost only five cases.
ANTHONY J. MASTRO
Professor Emeritus, Department of Accountancy, GW School of Business
Anthony J. Mastro spent more than three decades as a professor of accounting and business administration and participated in various services at GW. He came to the University in 1967 as an associate professor of accountancy, and in 1971 he was promoted to professor and became Chairman of the Department of Accountancy.
Mr. Mastro is an NYU and University of Notre Dame Alumnus, and served a number of professional, consulting, public service, and educational tenures including: the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Accounts, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Board of Education, The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Washington Area, The Brookings Institution, and The World Bank.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Genevieve, his sons Robert and Brian, his grandchildren Melissa Mastro and Geoffrey Mastro, and great grandchildren Jackson Moran and Mac Mastro.
MARCELLA BRENNER
A Tribute in Memory of Marcella Louis Brenner, Professor Emeritus of Education
Today I come bearing the sad news of the loss of a dear friend and astute mentor, whose role in the world can be described as nothing less than magnificent. Marcella Louis Brenner’s death on December 25 marks the passing of a pragmatic visionary, at the age of 95 still actively contributing to an extraordinary range of efforts to enhance lives in America and abroad.
Born in Baltimore in 1912, Dr. Brenner was graduated from the Maryland State Teachers College in 1929, going on to receive a B.S. in education from The Johns Hopkins University in 1934, an M.A. in sociology from American University in 1949, and an Ed.D. in educational administration from The George Washington University in 1962, as well as an Honorary Ph.D. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2001.
Before coming to GW in 1961 as a lecturer in education, she taught in the Baltimore Public Schools (1930-43), served as a caseworker for the American Red Cross in D.C. (1944-45), and worked as a writer and editor for the U.S. Public Health Service in D.C. (1945-52). Dr. Brenner returned to the classroom in 1952, rising to principal (1954-64), at Lone Oak Elementary School in Rockville.
Once at GW, she advanced to professor of education in 1970. With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, she developed and then co-founded the Master of Arts in Teaching in Museum Education in 1974—the first degree program of its kind. When she retired in 1983, after serving as the director of the Museum Education Program during its crucial formative years, she was awarded emeritus status by the University.
Dr. Brenner served on the Faculty Senate, as chair of the Joint Committee of Faculty and Students (1973-74) and as chair of the University Objectives Committee (1974-75). Upon her retirement, she was named an Alumni Trustee and remained thereafter as a fully involved Trustee Emeritus. In addition, she continued to share her wisdom with the degree candidates in the Museum Education Program with yearly presentations.
Honored as D.C.’s Outstanding Philanthropist of 2005, Dr. Brenner’s generosity funded improved learning and teaching, as well as broader engagement with art, music, and theater. At GW, she underwrote the annual Morris Louis Fellowship in Painting and was a major donor to the Marcella Brenner Endowment for Museum Education, established in her honor in 1983 by Gloria H. Horrworth, now Professor Emeritus of Education.
The true extent of Dr. Brenner’s accomplishments almost defies enumeration. Her interests were ecumenical, and she never faltered in her capacity to offer brilliantly savvy counsel. Worldwide, museum visitors benefit from her commitment to the legacy of her husband, Morris Louis, and museum educators cherish her powerful maxim, “The learner controls the learning.” Marcella set a high standard for living; she inspired excellence.
Carol B. Stapp
Associate Professor and Director, Museum Education Program
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
February 8, 2008
Read into the record at the Faculty Senate meeting held on February 8, 2008
AVERY D. ANDREWS
Associate Dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Avery D. Andrews was born in 1927 in New York City. He received his BA in history in 1950 from Harvard University. He later earned his LLB in 1953, his MA in 1958, and PhD in 1962 from University of Pennsylvania. He taught at Haveford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, where he held a joint appointment during 1961-1962. He also taught at the University of Delaware from 1962-1963 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1963 before joining GW’s Department of History as assistant professor of history during the period of 1965-1977. He taught medieval European history for more than thirty years. He later became associate professor in 1977. He was appointed assistant dean in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences during 1975-1992 and in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences during 1992-1995. His duties involved both undergraduate and graduate programs; and program development in museum studies and a history component of public policy programs.
Avery Andrews will best be remembered as associate dean in the Columbian College and also as the department’s longstanding and very popular undergraduate advisor.
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