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For Immediate Release				May 20, 1999

Two Lawrence University Faculty Members Promoted, Granted Tenure 

      
     APPLETON, WIS.  Lawrence University faculty members Fan Lei and Peter
Peregrine have been promoted to the rank of associate professor by the
college's board of trustees and granted tenured appointments.  
     Fan, a clarinetist in the Conservatory of Music, has taught at Lawrence
since 1993.  A native of China, he was a fourth prize winner at the 1986
International Clarinet Competition in Seattle and received an honor
certificate at the International Music Festival in Toulon, France in 1985. 
     He has conducted master classes and performed recitals throughout the
country, including with the Wisconsin Virtuosi Artist Series and at the Xian
Conservatory in China.  Fan is a graduate of the Beijing Conservatory, the
Oberlin Conservatory and the Yale University School of Music. 
     Peregrine, a cultural anthropologist, joined the Lawrence faculty in
1995 after five years of teaching at Juniata College in Pennsylvania.  A
specialist in the evolution of complex societies, Peregrine has conducted
extensive field research since 1993 at Tell es-Sweyhat in northern Syria, a
Bronze Age Mesopotamian burial site.   
     He wrote the book, "Archaeology of the Mississippian Culture:  A
Research Guide," and recently co-authored the college textbook, "Cultural
Anthropology:  An Introduction Using ExplorIt." He earned his bachelor's,
master's and doctorate degrees from Purdue University.