Tuesday, February 4, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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oman earns degree after 40 years Digest
Promise to father
eventually fulfilled
By Jodi Finch
Staff Reporter
In 1943, the world was in turmoil.
Young men left their jobs, college or
high school to fight in World War II,
and young women often quit school to
fill voids the men left.
Helen Greene remembers.
Her best boyfriend, William Greene,
joined the war effort. She, in turn,
abandoned her UNL career and moved
to California to write in the U.S. War
Information Office.
But before quitting school, Helen
Keisselbach, as she was known then,
promised tier father renowned
scientist and professor of Agronomy,
Theodore J. Keisselbach that some
day she would return to college and
finish her degree.
Greene received that degree on Dec.
21, 1985 almost 40 years after she
made her promise.
"I did it to keep my promise, to make
my parents happy," Greene said of her
degree in university studies.
When William was injured in 1945,
he and Helen returned to Lincoln
where they married. Helen got a job
writing for the Lincoln Journal and
began her family.
While her six children were growing
up, she held several positions in politi
cal offices, such as being the state pub
lic information chairman for the Ken
nedy administration, the state Coordi
nator of Safety for Gov. Frank Morrison
and editor for the Nebraska Democrat.
She was also a member of the Ashland
school board and the state school
board, a position she still holds.
Between her career and children,
Greene said she did not have time to
return to school.
"I kept saying I'd go back as soon as
my kids left home," she said. So, in the
summer of 1983, when her youngest son
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Friday is the final day to apply for an
advanced degree at Administration 208.
If a student fails to apply by this date,
graduation will be postponed.
The final examination report for a
master's degree is due April 8 in the
Office of Graduate Studies, Adminis
tration 412. All master's theses are due
April 22. The final date for submitting
doctoral dissertations and for filing
applications for oral examinations is
April 16.
Summer internships
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Deadlines are: Mellon Research Pro
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Feb. 26; Washington Center, Feb. 15;
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Alex graduated from high school, she
decided to fulfill the promise she had
made 40 years earlier.
"At first, I figured I would be the
oldest person to receive a degree,"
Greene said. "But after I read about an
81-year-old man who received his degree
in 1984, 1 decided I was OK." Greene
said she felt at home among the non
traditional students.
"Almost all of my classes had at
least one other non-traditional student
in it, so I was pretty comfortable," she
said. "The traditional students don't
really care one way or the other about
us, and we non-traditionals are a very
close knit group."
The transition back to school wasn't
as smooth for Greene's family.
"At first, my husband was shocked.
He had just retired from Goodyear fol
lowing heart surgery, and he expected
me to be around to hold his hand all the
time," she said. "My kids were very
accepting and supportive from the
beginning, and eventually he (William)
came around."
Greene attended classes part time
for about two and a half years before
graduation, keeping her school board
jobs. Now, she said, "a political office is
a possibility."
BITNET brings worldwide research link
By Andy Pollock
Staff Reporter
A recently-installed computer sys
tem allows UNL to share research with
universities in Europe, Japan, Canada
and the United States.
Donald Leuenberger, assistant vice
president and director of university
wide computing, said the BITNET sys
tem was installed in September as part
of an international cooperative agree
ment among universities. The universi
ties agreed to share the cost of com
munication lines to promote research.
Leuenberger said any UNL faculty
member can use the system to share
research information with, or request
information from, any university linked
to the system.
. He said that UNL's BITNET is linked
directly to the University of Missouri at
Columbia. The Missouri BITNET con
nects to another university. Thus, a
chain is formed, consisting of more
than 400 universities.
Leuenberger said BITNET increases
speed of research exchange among
universities.
"It takes about eight seconds to
communicate a message and response
with a BITNET in Germany," he said.
One BITNET system is in Nebraska
Hall, Leuenberger said. That system is
a resource for UNL, UNO and the NU
Medical Center, he said. A BITNET sys
tem in the College of Engineering and
Technology is used only by UNL faculty.
The BITNET system was acquired
through an agreement between the
Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, UNMC and the Computing
Services Network, Leuenberger said.
Other than the installation of a
"dedicated" telephone line to Missouri,
the BITNET system's only other cost is
the monthly lease of the line, said Lee
Graham, director of financial adminis
tration of the Computing Services Net
work. Leuenberger said the Central Ad
ministration UNMC split the $400 lease
payments.
Leuenberger said that use of the
BITNET at UNL is increasing. The sys
tem also is expanding to more univer
sities. "BITNET extends Nebraska's 500
mile campus to a center of research
information from all over the world,"
Leuenberger said.
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