UWSP Librarian Honored

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Tom Reich
Tom Reich, Collection Development Coordinator/Associate Professor, is this year’s recipient of the Justus and Barbara Paul Sabbatical Grant. Tom's sabbatical project, "Quiet Warriors: a Comparative Examination of American University USAID efforts to reform higher education in Vietnam," will focus on the USAID mission to assist in reforming the South Vietnamese system of higher education as part of the broader “nation-building” process. Tom will evaluate archival materials held at several universities having long-term USAID educational contracts during the Vietnam era, including, Ohio University, Ball State University, and Southern Illinois University. Tom will also visit the Library of Congress and  NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) in Washington D.C.

 The Justus F. and Barbara J. Paul Faculty Award is in recognition and support of an outstanding Letters and Science or Library faculty member granted sabbatical. The Justus F. and Barbara J. Paul Faculty Award has been presented since 2008 through the generosity of retired Letters & Science Dean Justus Paul and his late wife Barbara Paul, who was an Associate Professor and a longtime member of the Library faculty.


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