LehighWeek Volume 13, Issue 03

              In memoriam
John W. Vanderhoff,
a "gianf of a scientist
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Volume 13, Issue 3
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Keeping pace with '98
LU mashes Monmouth
in home football opener
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September 21,1999
Campus
planning shifts
to high gear
The process to create a new
Campus physical master plan
began over the summer with the
selection of Sasaki Associates as
a consultant. Lehigh's last campus master plan was drafted in
1990.
Representatives from
Sasaki, Bergmann, and Milner
Associates came to campus
Sept. 7-9 to meet with students,
staff, faculty and deans. A list
of participants is at
www.Iehigh.edu/campusplan.
along with information on
progress to date.
Sasaki Associates has begun
to prepare an inventory of campus space and a list of additional space requirements for
academic, residential, athletic/
recreational, administrative,
student services, and parking
needs. They are also comparing
Lehigh space needs with those
of similar universities.
Sasaki will develop strategies for land utilization; for
landscape, parking and pedestrian/vehicular upgrades; and
for the space shared by Lehigh
and Bethlehem. They will recommend creation of an historic
district around the core of buildings constructed on the Asa
Packer campus from 1865-1930.
They will also analyze
Lehigh's current space utilization; estimate costs of suggested
improvements and new facilities, and recommend locations
for additions and future buildings, and for facilities and land
that should be razed or sold.
During their visit, the Sasaki
team said they heard three recurring themes: resource needs,
community issues and quality of
the environment. Classrooms
and instructional space were big
issues, as were Lehigh's relations with the South Side, revitalizing the South Side, and access roads to the campus. One
question was who should occupy
space on the mountaintop and
how this affects the collegial
environment necessary for interdisciplinary work and research. Another issue was the
need for more informal social
space in academic buildings for
students and faculty to mingle.
The next campus visit on Oct.
13-14 will include an open forum or brown bag lunch. Comments on the master plan
should be sent to Tony Corallo
(alc2), associate vice president
for facilities services and campus planning, who is coordinating the overall effort.
-Rita Malone-Sorensen
Ralph Thomas '76, senior vice president of the Alumni Association, Dave P^to by Chris christian 78
Vasily, Friend of Lehigh Award, Francis Dougherty, Good
Neighbor Award, Joe Sterrett, Paul Fanz Award and Barb
Turanchik '75.
Three honored at
Volunteer Day
Lehigh honored its athletic director, Joe Sterrett '76, and two
Bethlehem residents, Francis R.
"Doc" Dougherty, and David B.
Vasily, M.D., at Volunt
Saturday, Sept. 18. The annual
event is held to honor people who
volunteer their time for Lehigh.
Earlier in the day, the Tower
Society honored Luke Weinstock
'36 with the James Ward Packard
ME 1884 Award for championing
the educational mission of Lehigh
and for meritorious work for the
Planned Giving Program.
Weinstock and his wife, Jane, support programsat the Zoellner Arts
Center and were the primary donors for funds used to restore the
President's house.
Also cited was Harry
Martindale '27, chair of the
Tower Society and a generous
benefactor to Lehigh for seven
decades.
A crowd of 1,600 volunteers
and their families attended Volunteer Day events that included
activities based on a planetary
theme, a talk by former astronaut Terry Hart '68, and the
football home opener between
Lehigh and Monmouth College.
Sterrett, a former Lehigh All-
American quarterback himself,
received the Paul J. Franz
Award, named for Lehigh's vice
president emeritus of development and given to a university
administrator for excellent performance and devoted service.
Dougherty received the Good
Neighbor Award, which is presented to a non-alumnus and
community resident who has
shown a consistent and friendly
interest in Lehigh affairs.
Vasily was given the Friend
of Lehigh Award, given to a non-
 bsplays a eignifi-
cant, helpful interest in Lehigh.
Sterrett, the first alum to
head the athletic department
since 1911, is a Lehigh representative to the Patriot League.-
Sterrett, who was selected for
the Franz Award for his dedication to his staff and to student
athletes, was described as "a
true visionary who is idealistic
in his goals for Lehigh's athletic
programs." Under his direction,
Lehigh has won 11 Patriot League
Championships in the last four
years, and has produced 13 coach-
of-the-year recipients.
Since retiring from
Bethlehem Steel in 1993,
Dougherty has volunteered
mornings at the front desk at
Taylor Gym, where he helps visitors. He is an ardent fan of
Photo by Paul S. Bartholomew
Terry Hart '68
Lehigh athletics and other community programs, such as the
South Side Little League and the
Notre Dame Catholic Youth Organization, where he coaches
football.
Vasily, the dermatologist for
Lehigh sports teams, has led a
campaign to prevent skin infections in wrestlers at Lehigh and
across the country. Through his
research efforts, the NCAA has
adopted Lehigh's written guidelines on skin infections.'
A graduate of Moravian College, Vasily is the president of
Lehigh Valley Dermatology Associates and the medical director of the Aesthetica Cosmetic
and Laser Surgery Center.
-Linda Harbrecht
Floyd spared us
Rain came down almost horizontally and winds whipped
the entire East Coast last
week.
But although a majority of
area businesses and schools
closed early — including the
university, which sent employees home at 4 p.m. on
Thursday, Sept. 16, no major
problems occurred on campus.
Gary Falasca, director of
facilities, said the biggest
problems were the uprooting
of a tree near Coxe Lab and
the loss of electrical power for
a couple of hours to Rathbone
Hall. Minor leaks were reported in several buildings,
and several roads were closed
on the Goodman Campus.
"All things considered, we
came out pretty well," Falasca
said.
Faculty endorse
Project IMPACT
At the first university faculty
meeting of the fall semester on
Sept. 13, the faculty voted to
endorse the goals of Project IMPACT and the new student alcohol regulations. After a spirited discussion on mandating
student suspensions for a second major alcohol violation and
mandating sanctions in general,
professors voted to amend the
Faculty Rules and Procedures
(R&P) to match the new alcohol
policies. Those policies require
parental notification when a
student is found guilty of violating the alcohol policy and suspension when a student is found
guilty of a second serious offense
resulting in physical injury to
self or others, or in major property damage.
James Largay (accounting),
new chair of the Faculty Compensation Committee, said statistics continue to show Lehigh
lags behind comparable institutions in overall compensation. In
1998-99 Lehigh dropped from
11.3 percent behind reference
groups to 13.4 percent behind in
overall compensation. Largay
said last year's faculty raises did
not reward enough professors.
"Faculty morale is low due to the
salary issue," he said. "We need
to work together with the administration to address this issue."
President Greg Farrington
said the acceptance rate this
year for freshmen dropped below 50 percent, a sign Lehigh is
becoming more selective. He
said faculty raises this year
would be awarded by the deans
with the approval of the provost,
and would consider teaching and
research performance. Calling
himself "now a sophomore,"
Farrington said he wanted to focus on academics this year and
had created an academic leadership council of the deans and
the provost to meet regularly to
discuss how to take advantage
of academic opportunities. He
said he wanted to get to know
more faculty and would begin
holding informal luncheons with
professors.
Jennifer Becker (civil and
environmental engineering) was
elected as the assistant professor representative to the Faculty
Compensation Committee.
Patricia Ingham (English) of
the nominations committee
strongly urged the Faculty
Steering Committee to drop the
requirement that an assistant
professor serve on FCC, saying
it was extremely difficulty to
find an assistant professor willing to serve on such a time-demanding committee.
-Rita Malone-Sorensen
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