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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 1, 1992                   TAG: 9112310337
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
SOURCE: Madelyn Rosenberg
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

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NAMES IN '91

Paula Brownlee, past president of Hollins College, hasn't lost touch with Roanoke.

For one thing, her husband, a ham radio operator, reaches across the airwaves to friends in this community two to three times a week.

And for another, well, she still comes back. It takes time to build a warm community of friends in the big city, said Brownlee, now head of the Association of American Colleges in Washington, D.C.

And, though she misses the physical beauty of the Roanoke Valley - her climbs up Tinker Mountain and her former Hollins campus home with its view of the Blue Ridge - she is enjoying the excitement of Washington.

"I think of Roanoke and Hollins every day," she said. "Without my experience at Hollins and in Roanoke, I don't think I'd be up to the job I'm trying to do now."

Part of Brownlee's job consists of worrying. But to her, that's one of the good parts.

"I love worrying and being engaged with what our students are learning and should be learning in their college years," she said. "I find this job absolutely fascinating."

Brownlee's organization works with colleges in developing all aspects of their curricula. She's responsible for looking at issues in higher education and sensing what will become an issue.

Currently, she is involved in studying multicultural education and its effects on a diverse student body.

Keywords:
YEAR 1991

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