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Haskell dedicates bench to Dr. Diane K. Mann Nov 2007 -- Champaign, Ill. -- Students and faculty at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kan., hosted a ceremony Oct. 4, to recognize the significant contributions of Dr. Diane K. Mann, ERDC-CERL researcher who died Feb. 19, 2007. Mann had been a key player in efforts that culminated in ERDC’s signing an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Haskell. With a doctorate in anthropology, she was able to nurture a life-long interest and concern for Native Americans through her Haskell affiliation. Over the years, she hired several of the university’s students to work on her projects at ERDC. Haskell representative for the president, Freda Gipp, spoke a few words followed by Dr. Bill Severinghaus on behalf of CERL. Many attendees then offered their remembrances of Mann, including students, faculty and friends. It was a very solemn and touching ceremony that closed with a drum song and prayer. A memorial bench with a plaque was dedicated to Mann’s memory. This bench sits under a tree overlooking the traditional Caddo arbor that was built last year by CERL, CRREL, Forts Polk and Riley, Haskell students and others. The arbor was the culmination of on-going research coordinated and sponsored by CERL, but is particularly significant as a product of the many years of dedicated service by Dr. Diane K. Mann.
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