Zeyen started as undergraduate in French, became
emeritus professor
Majorie M. Zeyen, Case Western Reserve University associate emeritus
professor
of French, died August 7. She was 93.
Zeyen came to the University as
an undergraduate. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1930 from Flora
Stone Mather College and master's and doctoral
degrees from Western Reserve University in 1946 and 1959, respectively.
In 1930, Zeyen was named to Phi Beta Kappa. She held the offices of
secretary, vice president and president of the Alpha Chapter in Cleveland
during the 1970s.
She also was president of the Maison Francaise (The
French House), which was an organization devoted to French education.
For
her work in French studies, the French government awarded her the Chevalier
dans l'order des Palmes Academiques in 1954.
Following her graduation
from the University, she taught French to children in the Cleveland
public schools and to girls at the Old Trail
School in Akron, Ohio.
She came to Western Reserve University as instructor
for Cleveland College and later was a lecturer for Adelbert and Mather
colleges.
She became an assistant professor in 1959, associate professor in 1966
and associate emeritus professor upon her retirement in 1978.
Zeyen
wrote "Quatre Clefs de la Langue Francaise" (Edward Bros.
Press) and co-authored
"
La Chute" (Prentice-Hall).
While at the University, she produced,
directed and acted in nine, full-length French plays at Eldred Theater.
She also directed the Language Summer School from 1965-1967 and the
Demonstration School
of Languages in 1971.
Astrachan helped make genetic discovery
Lazarus Astrachan, a member of the Case Western Reserve University
faculty for 29 years who helped make a significant genetic discovery,
died July 26. He was 78.
Astrachan joined Case in 1961 and taught microbiology
until he retired as an associate professor in 1990.
In 1956 while a researcher at what is now the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in Tennessee, Astrachan and Elliot Volkin demonstrated
that RNA, rather
than DNA, carried the hereditary information used by living cells
to synthesize proteins.
Their work was cited by subsequent Nobel
Prize
winners.
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