In Memoriam

tions but also for the very nature of
American society." Obviously, he
supplemented his fine research skills
with an effective crystal ball.

Bill was also a devoted teacher.
He regularly taught courses on the
presidency, comparative executive
behavior, federalism, state politics,
policy analysis, politics and aging,
and politics and health policy. He
taught both undergraduate and grad-
uate students, and he spent a great
deal of time outside the classroom
guiding his students. He probably
supervised more dissertations in the
American field than anyone else on
the faculty. Bill served for a number
of years on the selection committee
for state legislative internships. He
helped many students, not only at
USC, to serve as interns in Sacra-
mento, California.

In latter years, Bill also encour-
aged junior faculty. He was quick to
agree to serve on faculty review
committees, and he helped a number
of younger faculty to achieve promo-
tion and tenure.

While Bill's research often cen-
tered on important government pol-
icy and the politically powerful, he
was also concerned about the plight
of average Americans. He once said
in an interview with the media that
"All of us should remind ourselves
of the importance of ordinary acts of
kindliness, like offering to drive an
elderly neighbor to a physician or
just calling up your 80 year-old
grandmother to ask how she's doing.
To individually reach out and touch
someone among the elderly—by
telephone or otherwise—is really as
consequential in its own way as any
type of collective reform."

In short, Bill was an outstanding
scholar and teacher. His research on
the presidency, in particular, has
shed important light on that critical
office. He was an exemplary col-
league and the moral backbone of
our department. His presence, wis-
dom, and good humor will be sorely
missed.

Bill is survived by his wife, Mary,
and daughters Linda and Caroline
Lammers.

Sheldon Kamieniecki
University of Southern California

Marcella A. MacDonald
Marcella A. MacDonald, 57, assis-

tant professor of political science at
SUNY-Brockport, died at her Brock-
port home in November 1997. Mac-
Donald had taught at Brockport
since 1968, specializing in political
theory and women's studies. She was
active in faculty governance, includ-
ing service as chair of her depart-
ment's governance committee, as a
Faculty Senator, as a representative
to the faculty union, and as a mem-
ber of the Women's Studies Board.
She was born in Timmins, Ont., and
had degrees from the University of
Brunswick (B. A.), the University of
Melbourne (M.A.), and Yale Uni-
versity (Ph.D.). Dr. MacDonald was
a bright, witty, compassionate
teacher, colleague, and friend. She
scorned the traditional formalities of
faculty-student relations and culti-
vated long-standing friendships with
many of her students.

William G. Andrews
SUNY-Brockport

Robert Dale Miewald
Robert D. Miewald, professor of

political science at the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, died October 18,
1997. Bob was born in Chinook,
Montana, May 16, 1938. As a boy,
he came to know ranching and farm-
ing on the Montana plains. After
selling the ranch, the family moved
to Enterprise, Oregon, where his
father was employed by the Forest
Service. Bob graduated from Enter-
prise High School in 1956 and from
the University of Oregon in 1960.
From 1961 to 1963, he served in the
U.S. Army. Following military ser-
vice, he completed his doctorate in
political science at the University of
Colorado.

Bob began his professional career
at California State University, Long
Beach, where he was an assistant
professor and coordinator of the
graduate program in public adminis-
tration. In 1971, he joined the fac-
ulty of the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln as an associate professor.
He was promoted to full professor in
1978. At Nebraska, Bob served as
chair of the department from 1974
to 1977 and 1988-1990. From 1978,

he served as the director of the
graduate specialization in policy
analysis and program evaluation.

Bob was a master teacher, an en-
gaging and thoughtful writer, an un-
selfish colleague, dear friend, and
mentor. A quite and reserved man
in most social settings, in the class-
room he was a performer. Whether
teaching a class of several hundred
or a seminar of less than ten,
whether first year or graduate stu-
dents, Bob made the often dry sub-
ject matter of public administration
come to life. Courses in personnel
administration, budgeting, and man-
agement are not the stuff that typi-
cally turns students on, but Bob was
able to do so. His classes were al-
ways full and the students always left
with a smile. His style and approach
are reflected in his book, Public Ad-
ministration: A Critical Perspective.
He opens with a quote from Ralph
Waldo Emerson, "There are some
subjects which have kind of a right
to dull treatment. Public administra-
tion has always been one of those
subjects." With criticism and humor,
he could turn the dull into the de-
lightful.

Bob also reached students because
he had something to say. He would
walk them through the world of ad-
ministration but the journey would
not stop with the mechanical and
superficial. He dealt with issues at
the core. To him, administration and
organization were important because
they were a way to get things done,
but he always cautioned his students
to be aware of the dehumanizing
potential that lay in the bowels of
many an organization. First and
foremost, he would remind them,
stay committed to your fellow per-
son. Bob would often drive home
the point, "being in charge is never
an excuse for being a bastard."
Many a student left his classroom
with a greater understanding of ad-
ministration. More importantly,
many left with a greater understand-
ing of the human condition.

In spite of his success as a
teacher, Bob would not allow him-
self to be nominated for a teaching
award. No one knows why; Bob
didn't share such things. We suspect
that for him, turning students on was
simply the job and didn't deserve
special recognition.

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