Gloria Heppner, president of the Wayne State University Academy of Scholars, inducted five new members to the Academy of Scholars.

The new Academy members are: Professors Timothy M. Bates, Julie Thompson Klein, Robert P. Lisak, Arthur F. Marotti, and Rita C. Richey. With their inclusion, there are 44 active members on campus; 69 individuals have been elected to membership since the Academy began.

Founded in 1979, the Academy of Scholars recognizes outstanding scholarship and creative achievement among faculty members at Wayne State University. Election to the Academy is a rigorous process, and is the highest recognition that may be bestowed upon faculty by their colleagues.

Recent activities of the Academy have included a symposium featuring the winners of the Thomas N. Bonner Book Award and the forum "Responding to September11." Each year it also sponsors two Senior Lectures by renowned scholars, and the Junior Lectures by two younger faculty of Wayne State University.

Timothy M. Bates, Detroit, is distinguished professor of labor and urban affairs and professor of economics in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA). He is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise on small business development, and specifically, the impact of public policy on minority entrepreneurship. Professor Bates, who came to Wayne State in 1994, serves numerous private and public committees and consultantships directed toward increasing the development of minority participation in business.

Julie Thompson Klein, Ypsilanti, came to Wayne State in 1970 and has been with what is now the department of interdisciplinary studies in the college of (CULMA) since 1976. She is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of interdisciplinary history, theory, and methodology. A past president of the Association for Integrative Studies, she lectures and consults throughout the world for universities developing interdisciplinary programs. Professor Klein currently is a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities national task force on Integrative Learning.

Robert P. Lisak, Bloomfield Hills, has been chair of the department of neurology and professor of immunology and microbiology in the Wayne State University School of Medicine since coming to the University in 1987. He also serves as neurologist-in-chief at the Detroit Medical Center and chief of neurology at Harper Hospital. His primary research has been in neuroimmunology, diseases of the nervous systems caused by abnormalities of the immune system such as multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Arthur F. Marotti, Huntington Woods, heads Wayne State's new Religious Studies program. He has been with the department of English, College of Liberal Arts, since 1970, and is a member and former chair of the editorial board of the Wayne State University Press. He is known for his groundbreaking work in the field of early modern literary studies, particularly regarding the lyric poetry of John Donne, and in Catholic and anti-Catholic discourses of the early modern era.

Rita C. Richey, Huntington Woods, is a professor of instructional technology in the department of administrative and organizational studies, College of Education. She has been at Wayne State University since 1971. Professor Richey is known for her work in theory development and instructional design, and teaching and training research, with a focus on adult learning and corporate training. She is widely published in the areas of instructional design and technology, and has received major awards for her books in this field.

Wayne State University is a premier institution offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.