Charles Nash memorial

A memorial service for Charles Presley Nash, professor emeritus of chemistry and a faculty leader, will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Mondavi Center's Studio Theatre.

Nash died July 15 from complications of pneumonia. He was 75. During his career at UC Davis, he served two terms as chair of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate (1987 to 1991) at a time of budget challenges for the university. He also served on various senate committees including those related to planning and budget, tenure issues and shared governance, and chaired the emeriti committee from 1999 to 2002.

As chair of the senate, Nash also was one of the co-authors and original signatories of UC Davis' Principles of Community in 1990. The document, ceremonially reaffirmed in 1996 and 2001, embodies the values of the Davis campus.

In the early 1990s, Nash played a major role in revising the campus's English requirements for entering students. He also led a special committee of the UC Academic Senate that in 1990 developed a policy to allow the university to remove incompetent professors.

Nash was born in 1932 and educated at Sacramento Junior College before transferring to UC Berkeley, where he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1952. He then went to UCLA, where he received his doctorate in chemistry in 1958. He began working at UC Davis in 1957 and was appointed as an assistant professor in chemistry in 1959, and full professor in 1970.

Emergency planning

Parents of UC Davis students and others can learn more about how UC Davis is prepared to respond to emergencies when the campus hosts a live Web discussion at 7 p.m. Nov. 7.

The hourlong webcast, which will focus on campus readiness and response to major threats, has been organized by Aggie Family Pack, a program that helps link parents to campus through a monthly e-mail newsletter, Web site and special section in UC Davis Magazine.

"Parents everywhere are asking what colleges and universities are doing to reduce the likelihood of campus tragedies like Virginia Tech," said Julia Ann Easley, editor of Aggie Family Pack. "We want to explore what UC Davis is doing to protect its students and invite them into the discussion."

Panelists will include Fred Wood, vice chancellor for Student Affairs; Valerie Lucus, campus emergency manager; Chief Annette Spicuzza of the UC Davis Police Department; and Chief Joe Perry of the UC Davis Fire Department.

People can watch the segment over the Web and join in on the hour-long conversation by e-mail.

For more information, visit http://aggiefamilypack.ucdavis.edu.