Departmental News
Fink to Present Prestigious Thompson Lecture
Professor Edward L. Fink has been invited to present the prestigious Wayne Thompson Lecture at Western Illinois University in 2008. The Wayne N. Thompson Lecture has been held since Thompson's death at his undergraduate alma mater. Thompson (1914-1988) was "a noted professor in the discipline of speech communication and a prolific researcher, ranking among the top 20 scholars of the century." Previous Thompson lecturers include Judee Bugoon, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Stan Deetz, David Zarefsky, Martha Solomon, Michael Motley, Joseph Wenzel, Leslie Baxter, Marshall Scott Poole, and David Seibold.
