LehighWeek Volume 06, Issue 21

              The subject
was art during a recent
buffet at the
home of College of Arts
and Science
Dean James
Gunton and
his wife Peggy. They entertained 50 Lehigh Valley
patrons of the arts to show offLehigh's arts programs
and discuss the new Zoellner Center for the Arts.
Afterwards, patrons viewed the Intentions and Techniques 1993 exhibit at Maginnes Hall. Pictured are
Mrs. Marcon Boyer (left) and Mrs. Peter P. Pritchett
admiring "La Rouge," by Maurice Prendergast, a gift
of Ralph L. Wilson, '22, and part of Lehigh's extensive
permanent art collection. Above, Dean Gunton, left,
and Art Galleries Director Ricardo Viera take a few
minutes to plan future events.
Photos by Bruce Winter
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All-
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Vol. 6, Issue 21
SOUTH    MOUNTAINEER
LEHIGHWEEf
MARCH 30,1993
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
Lehigh Hosts Meeting in D.C.
by William Johnson
Lehigh Writers' Group
WASHINGTON— An
Iacocca Institute-initiated vision of what 21st century
American manufacturing
should be is gaining acceptance
rapidly, from the White House
to America's largest corporations and small businesses.
Lee Iacocca '45, former
INSIDE
Air Products
Announces
$600,000
Grant for
Zoellner Arte
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chairman of Chrysler Corp., in
his first public appearance since
his retirement two months ago,
spoke about "agile manufacturing" to a group of industry and
government leaders at a luncheon in the Capitol earlier this
month.
Agile manufacturing was first
described in a 1991 Lehigh University report which concluded
that U.S. manufacturing companies must become agile to survive in the global marketplace of
the next century.
Agile companies will leverage
employees' information-handling
and decision-making abilities
rather than their physical skills.
"Our goal is making America
more competitive," Iacocca told
the audience. "We're trying to
define it. We're trying to put
some feet under it."
Chairman of the Iacocca Institute Advisory Board at
Lehigh, Iacocca joined Dexter
Baker '50, former chairman of
Air Products and Chemicals,
Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New
^I'liV ifflrt y-W°gressman John.
Murfha ofJohnstown in nesting the luncheon.
Baker, chairman of the Agile
Manufacturing Enterprise Forum (AMEF) Leadership Steering Committee, said the agile
movement is gaining momentum, and cited the following
evidence:
• agile manufacturing was
cited twice explicitly and numerous times implicitly in President Clinton's technology policy
released February 22;
• on the night before the
President unveiled his economic
plan, Roger Nagel, AMEF
managing director, was among
22 national leaders to participate in a conference call on technology with Vice President Al
Gore;
• Business Week magazine
has devoted three stories on
agile manufacturing since the
1991 report, the most recent a
February cover story.
• Iacocca and leaders of more
than 100 companies, such as
Lee Iacocca confers with
President Peter Likins and
Dick Barsness, executive
director of the Iacocca
Institute, at Capitol session
on Agile Manufacturing.
Texas Instruments, IBM and
General Motors, already are
squarely behind the agile vision, and are working with the
AMEF to turn the agile vision
into action;
• there is funding legislation for agile manufacturing
in Department of Defense and
National Science Foundation
continued on page 2
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Pat Mazziotta of Trees Plus, Inc. works to remove a 150-year-
old tree knocked out in March's first lion-like storm.
Heavy winds during a storm on March 5 toppled an enormous red oak in front of the University Center. The tree, which
was 40 inches in diameter and more than 150 years old, was
dead and apparently blew over because of its weakened root
system. John Santee, assistant director of facilities services,
oversaw the tree's removal. "We had hoped to be able to sell the
tree as lumber, but we couldn't because the wood had deteriorated, " he said. "A lot of people took logs home for firewood."
Santee estimated the tree's age by counting its rings.
Photo by Brian S. Ricker '94
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