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Makau Mutua, professor of law, has been nominated to the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the most prestigious and largest organization of international lawyers in the world, based in Washington, D.C. The ASIL membership will vote on the slate of officers, including president-elect, vice presidents, Executive Council members and counselors, at the organization's annual meeting, to be held March 28-31 in Washington. Co-director of the UB Human Rights Center, Mutua has written numerous scholarly articles on topics that include international law, human rights and religion. He also has written human-rights reports for the United Nations and leading non-governmental organizations, as well as dozens of articles for The New York Times and Washington Post. He has conducted many human-rights, diplomatic and rule-of-law missions to countries in Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Stanley Zionts, UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the School of Management, was named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) at its recent annual meeting in Pittsburgh. The fellow award is reserved for distinguished individuals who have demonstrated outstanding and exceptional accomplishments and experience in operations research and the management sciences (OR/MS). To be named a fellow, a candidate is evaluated in five categories: research, practice, management, education and service. Zionts has made major research contributions in several areas of management science and operations research, in particular in linear and integer programming and multiple criteria decision-making. He has more than 100 publications, including books, journal articles, conference papers and book chapters, and has published several important articles in the areas of economics, finance and negotiations. In addition, Zionts has performed research in several other areas, including computer simulation and its application, application of differential games to marketing, information systems, the role of mathematics in university education, the future of Hong Kong after reunification with China, election campaign financing and the U.S. Social Security system. Zionts has provided service to INFORMS and other organizations as associate editor, editor and chairman of special activities, as well as keynote, tutorial and panel speaker. He founded and served as the first president of the International Society for Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), a professional society that facilitates research and applications, organizes meetings and publishes journals on MCDM. He also has organized numerous academic conferences.
Head football coach Turner Gill will be inducted into the Regions Bank Orange Bowl Hall of Honor during the 73rd FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 2. Gill will be joined by current University of Idaho head coach and former Miami (FL) coach Dennis Erickson, and former Florida State defensive standout Marvin Jones. The group will be recognized at the AvMed Orange Bowl Luncheon on Jan. 1, as well as their formal induction into the Hall of Honor during the game on Jan. 2, which will be televised on Fox Sports. Gill participated in the 1984 Orange Bowl, perhaps the most famous in the game's 72-year history, in which his Nebraska team fell to the Hurricanes of Miami, 31-30 after rallying from a two-touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter. The year before, Gill earned most valuable player honors as the Huskers defeated LSU, 21-20 and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the national polls. As an assistant coach, Gill helped the Huskers capture a pair of Orange Bowl titles, which secured national championships for Nebraska, in 1995 (a 24-17 win over Miami) and in 1997 (a 42-17 win over Tennessee). All told, Gill appeared at the Orange Bowl three times as a player—he sat out the 1982 Orange Bowl with an injury—and five times as a coach.