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Vice President Gary Hanson dead at 61
Gary W. Hanson. 61. a distinguished teacher, former chairman of the faculty and currently vice president for administration at Francis Marion University, died May 7 from complications after heart surgery.
"I am deeply saddened by Gary?s death." said FMU President Fred Carter. ?He was a wonderful friend and colleague who diligently served this university in many capacities for more than three decades. The university has lost a wonderful leader and a very compassion
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Continued from page 20 array of courses in Georgian and Victorian Britain, the cultural and intellectual history of 18th- and 19th-century Europe, and the history of medieval Europe, including six for FMU?s Honors Program. As a scholar, her record is astounding: she has published 24 articles and seven books, many pertaining to British press history, including a 1,700-page electronic database of items in Georgian England?s Gentlemen?s Magazine. She has made dozens of presentations at academic conferences and area schools and is a member of numerous historical, academic and civic organizations.
De Montluzin?s greatest contributions to FMU arguably reside in her leadership. She has been a member (and frequently chair) of many departmental and university committees, including the Faculty Senate, the Academic Council, and the Faculty Life and Academic Freedom and Tenure Grievance Committees. In 2000, she received FMU's first Shared Governance Award.
De Montluzin recently accepted an appointment as editor of the Journal of Press History, a new, online scholarly journal to be permanently affiliated with FMU.
ate man. He truly will be missed, and the entire university community extends our heartfelt sympathy to his family in this time of grief."
From the day Hanson joined the FMU faculty 34 years ago. he became an integral part of the faculty.
"Gary served the campus in so many diverse roles," said Carter. ?Not only was he an outstanding teacher who touched the lives of so many students, but he became a department chairman, and subsequently, chairman of the entire faculty.?
Five years ago, he moved into the position of vice president of administration. ?He did a suberb job in this critical role of managing human resources, administrative and academic computing, institutional research and telecommunications,? said Carter. ?In his quiet and unassuming way, he made his colleagues feel good about themselves."
But most of all he was known for being a good teacher. A few years ago, Hanson wrote that throughout his career, ?I have had the blessing of collegial support and positive feedback from students. I have had the good fortune to be associated with colleagues with a zeal for academic excellence, for shared governance, and most of all for teaching."
Hanson has been a member of the FMU psychology faculty since 1971 and served as department chairman from 1986 to 1997. He also taught at the University of Georgia at Thomasville for one year.
Hanson was chairman of the general faculty for three years, 1997-2000. He also served as associate provost for three years, 1994-1997. He held the Walter Douglas Smith Professorship of Psychology and was named the university's Distinguished Professor of the Year for 1997-98.
Mike Jordan, who has been in FMU?s
psychology department and worked with Hanson since 1972, said Hanson's job as faculty chairman ?held us together" through a tumultuous time in the school's history.
Charlene Wages, who came to FMU's psychology department in 1986. said the death of Hanson is ?an immeasurable loss to the university.?
Wages said as a leader. Hanson was understanding and willing to listen to others and he respected the opinions of others. Jordan said Hanson "built a fine (psychology) department."
A licensed clinical psychologist in South Carolina, Hanson was a partner with Psychology Associates in Florence and has been affiliated with McLeod Regional Medical Center and HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital.
Wages said that Hanson?s work outside of FMU helped him as a teacher.
?Because of his practice he was able to present current examples to his students,? she said.
He helped develop the applied master?s psychology program at FMU, the first program of its kind in South Carolina and the first nationwide to be recognized as meeting Council of Applied Psychology Programs standards of training.
Author of numerous publications and presentations, he has served on practically every committee within the university.
Hanson was also active in the Florence community. He was awarded the outstanding leadership award from the Kiwanis Club in 1993-94 and served as the club's president. He received the distinguished service award from the Florence County Mental Health Association in 1974.
Born Jan. 2. 1944. Hanson was a native of Oneida, N.Y. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at Stetson University in 1962 and master?s (1969) and doctoral degrees (1971) from Florida State University.
He is survived by his wife, the former Kay Roberts, a son. Eric, and a daughter. Callie.
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