Natural Hazards Observer
| July 2004 | Volume XXVIII | Number 6 |
Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Fund:
Request for Contributions
Mary Fran Myers was the codirector of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1988 through her retirement in the fall of 2003. By the time of her death in April of 2004, her numerous contributions to the field were recognized by individuals and organizations throughout the world. The idea for the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship was introduced in the summer of 2003 at the annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop in Boulder, Colorado.
One of Mary Fran's primary concerns was ensuring that individuals from all sectors of the hazards community would be represented at the Center's annual workshop. She was particularly concerned that certain members of the hazards community who have a lot to contribute and who can truly benefit from participation-in particular local practitioners, students, and international participants-are among the least likely to be able to afford to attend. Based on Mary Fran's explicit request, funds will be dis-tributed as travel scholarships, enabling individuals to attend the annual workshop, or disbursed at the discretion of the director of the Center. Recipients will be recognized annually at the workshop.
A gift account has been established with the University of Colorado Foundation, 
which will also administer the funds. Checks should be written to the University of Colorado Foundation and sent to: Mary Fran Myers Scholarship, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, 482 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309. Please contact Lori Peek; (303) 492-1028; e-mail: lori.peek@colorado.edu for more information.
With the approval of the Boulder City Council, Boulder Mayor Will Toor declared June 1, 2004, to be "Mary Fran Myers Day." The proclamation was made in recognition of Mary Fran's internationally recognized work with natural hazards as well as her love for her adopted home town of Boulder and her extensive and sustained volunteer efforts toward alleviating numerous floodplain management issues in and around Boulder.
. . . And New From the Hazards Center
The Hazards Center has released a new Working Paper (WP). WP #108: Emergency Management in the 21st Century: Dealing with Al Qaeda, Tom Ridge, and Julie Gerberding explores the policy implications of recent events for the emergency management community. The author, Claire Rubin, builds on an earlier paper in which she identified and developed three main themes of the new century: (1) the emergence and use of telecommunications in all domains of life, (2) the threat of terrorism throughout the globe, and (3) megadisasters resulting from natural hazards (see WP #104, 2000). Although the earlier paper was written fewer than four years ago, the world now seems to be a very different place. WP #108 describes the implications of the recent events, issues, and bureaucratic realities that have been added to our collective agendas. For the emergency management community, the events of September 11, 2001, and their many outcomes have led to changes so extensive they are difficult to comprehensively document.
WP #108 is available free on-line at http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp108/wp108.html. Information about this and other Center publications can be found at http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/pubs/. Hard copies of Working papers can be purchased for $9.00 plus shipping from the Publications Administrator, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, 482 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309; (303) 492-6819; e-mail: janet.kroeckel@colorado.edu.Hazards Center September 11
Publication Now Free On-Line
The Hazards Center publication Beyond September 11th: An Account of Post-disaster Research is now available free on-line. This collection of findings, lessons, and recommendations based on post-September 11 disaster research features 20 selections, each addressing questions that arose in the wake of the disaster on topics ranging from engineering to behav-ioral science. The book, or individual chapters, can be downloaded at http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sp/sp39/.