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November 2,1988
lacocca Christens
Institute's Programs
Not A "Think Tank," lacocca Institute Aims
To Implement Ideas To Aid U.S. Competitiveness
By Robert W. Fisher
Lehigh University Writers' Group
"The lacocca Institute has been dreamed a long time, and
starting tonight, it's a reality."
The pride was evident in Lee Iacocca's voice as he rose
last Thursday night to address more than 400 faculty members, alumni, and friends gathered to celebrate the start of
Lehigh University's newest academic endeavor. Pride and a
sense of urgency that the lacocca Institute get on with its
work of making America competitive again.
"The institute will not be a think tank." lacocca. a 1945
Lehigh graduate and chairman of Chrysler, said at a press
conference introducing the institute's blue-ribbon advisory
board of industry and labor leaders.
"People studying here will have to get grease under their
fingernails." he said. "We'll not be bouncing ideas off of the
wall or the stratosphere. We want to implement" ideas to
make America's factory floors and engineering laboratories
competitive.
"In the world, you have to know more than Economics
I0l and some basic engineering." he said. "You have to
understand how the world works" — how international
finance, tax policies, and other global factors effect American
business.
The lacocca Institute's advisory board includes many
well-known names from corporate America. It is chaired by
lacocca. who nursed the ailing Chrysler back to a healthy
competitive position. Lehigh president Peter Likins also
serves on the lO-member panel.
On the board are Drew Lewis, chairman of Union Pacific,
and Felix G. Rohatyn. senior partner of the New York
investment banking firm Lazard Freres. both of whom serve
with lacocca on the National Economic Commission (NEC).
set up by Congress to advise the next president on the deficit.
Also on board is Douglas A. Fraser. who was president of the
United Auto Workers union when Chrysler was seeking
concessions in order to keep afloat, and now teaches at
After introducing the institute's advisory board, Lee lacocca fielded questions from the press.
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Wayne State University and Columbia University.
Also on the panel are Dexter F. Baker, chairman of Air
Products and Chemicals and a Lehigh trustee: William C.
Hittinger, retired RCA executive vice president for research
and engineering and a Lehigh trustee: Terry R. Lautenbach,
senior vice president of IBM and general manager of IBM-
United States: David M. Roderick, chairman of USX Corp.:
and Bethlehem Steel Corp. chairman Walter F. Williams.
In his address, lacocca lamented that both presidential
candidates are focusing on "the pledge of allegiance and dead
fish in Boston Harbor" instead of what he views as the real
issue - "whether the United States can be a player in the
economy of the 21st century."
lacocca called the presidential campaign so dull that "it
hasn't even produced a good bumper sticker." He predicted
that voter turnout at this year's election will be less than 50
percent and perhaps as low as 1924. when only 43 percent of
America's voters turned out to elect Calvin Coolidge.
"The problem this year is that we do not have a problem." said lacocca. "There's no war, there's no recession,
there's no double-digit inflation, there's no Watergate, there's
no civil-rights battles. Hell, there's nothing to march about.
"People are satisfied, but they're also real scared about
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United Way Drive Nears Goal
By Barbara Dolan
College Relations Officer
Lehigh's campus United Way campaign
has attained 77 percent of its $89,000 goal thus
far.
As of the volunteer report meeting on Oct.
24. more than $69,000 has been pledged by
faculty and staff members.
With several weeks to go in the campaign,
campus chairman Alan W. Pense is encouraged.
"We realized when te set the goal of
$89,000 for 1989 that it was an agressive
one," Pense said. "But I have always had
confidence in the university community's
dedication to the campaign. The donations, I
feel, will be there.
"The United Way is such an important
effort for the community at large, as well as
the Lehigh community. We all need to realize
that everyone benefits from their contributions, not just those less fortunate than
ourselves.
"1 am grateful to those who have responded so far and I encourage everyone to
give a little of themselves and turn their pledge
cards in soon."
The campus campaign would not be
possible without the help of the dedicated
volunteers who give their time to solicit
donations. Campus workers this year include:
College of Arts and Science: Beall Fowler,
division chairman, and Frank Colon. Bennett
Eisenberg. Sidney Herman. William Newman.
James Sturm. Russell Shaffer. Danile Zeroka.
division captains.
College of Business and Economics:
Warren Pillsbury, division chairman, and
Allen Moran. Michael Davis, Stephen Thode.
James Maskulka. Michael Kolchin, and Joseph
Klein, division captains.
College of Education: Ray Bell and Fred
West, division chairmen.
College of Engineering and Applied
Science: George Kane, division chairman, and
Robert Sarubbi. Donald Hillman. Helen Chan.
Fed Stein, and John Wilson, division captains.
Administration: John Woltjen and John
Smeaton. division chairmen, and Laurie
Gostley, Jane Kacsur. Frank Benginia. Francis
Figlear. Linda Seeloff. Bary Gaal. and Larry
Sechney, division captains.
Faculty and staff members may still send
their contribution cards to Community
Relations via campus mail.
"All of us together..pulling straight from
the heart." the theme of thi s year's campaign,
is symbolized in the poster image on Page 3.
INSIDE:
The Lehigh Art
Galleries open
an exhibit
based on a
high-tech look
at 3,000-year-
old bronzes.
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"The average American cat eats
more than the average Central
American person."
-Visiting professor Miguel Bernal
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A rare new mineral found in New
Jersey has been named in honor
of Charles Sclar, professor of
geology at Lehigh.
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Many Events Planned
For Parents' Weekend
By Lara Dee Scalsas
Media Relations Intern
Lehigh will host the parents of its upper-
class students on Saturday and Sunday. November 5 and 6. and will sponsor a variety of
open houses, musical, athletic and educational
events.
The weekend's activities will begin at
9:30 a.m Saturday morning when the University will hold a "Meet-the Faculty Coffee
Hour" in the Asa Packer Room of the
University Center. This program allows
parents the opportunity to meet various faculty
members of the University.
Career Services will be sponsoring an
open house on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12
noon. The open house will allow parents to
familiarize themselves with the career resources and services available. The staff will
be available to answer any questions that
parents or students might have.
The Newman Center will also hold an open
house from 1 1 a.m. to I p.m.
The ECC semi-final of women's
field hockey will be held on the Goodman
campus beginning at 12 noon. The current top
three teams are Lehigh, Lafayette and
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