Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 38

              the brwon and white vol 100 no 38 friday april 2 1993 lehigh university motorola chief selected to speak at graduation by jennifer montemurro editor in chief following a year-long search on thepart of the senior class officers and lehigh president peter likins robert galvin chairman of the executive committee of motorola inc was chosen as this year's graduation speaker motorola founded by galvin's father is the world's leading producer of two-way radios and cellular phones and the fourth largest manufacturer of semi-conductors in 1940 galvin began working for the company full-time first as a stock boy and later a production-line troubleshooter he was promoted to executive vice president in 1948 became president six years later and chairman and chief executive officer in 1964 in 1968 he was named chairman of the board of directors retiring in 1990 according to nishad pai 93 senior class president galvin was selected because he vast experience in the business world provided him with insight to offer seniors he exemplifies the qualities that everyone would want to attain in theircareergoals.tai said mostof us seniors will find ourselves working in corporate america and that's why he's a valuable speaker pai explained that the process of selecting a commence ment speaker began approximately a year ago when mem bers of the class of 1993 were mailed a survey and asked to vote on a list of candidates divided into categories such as entertainers including comedians billy crystal and robin williams and politi cians topped by names like george bush and dick cheney the names on the survey were pre-approved by members of photo courtesy of office of media relations robert galvln spring fever hits campus , . . several members of chi psl fraternity are still burdened by the snow while others take timeout to enjoy the warmer weather :■;. :■■■■ ■■■■:■:■.:■■ : ■ ■■:■:■:■. :■:■:■:■:■ :■::■::■:■.■..■.■■ .•:•:::■•:. : ■ • ; :;■: ■ .■ ■.:.••: ..:•:••.:•■: ■;: : ■::■.■.■:■■: ■: :■:■; ■.■.■■■■ ••.■■■•■.•.•::•.■.■.■■••.■ :■ . : . .■:.•... ■.. ■ .•.•....•.•.•:■.•.■.•.•:•.•:•::••■■•■.•,••,■■:■:•,■•:•.••• .-..•, • .•••■. . ■ ;-:'-;• : .::•.•.•::: ::.■■■.;.■■■. ; ■ . : ;. . .•;..;,.;.•.••.•.• . ••. : •. ...... . : : : : : : j . - . . b&wphdiobv alec thomson record student turnout for senate elections by marc j goldstein managing editor a record-setting 19 percent of the student body voted tuesday and wednesday in thestudentsen ate elections outgoing senate president ken hoexter 93 cited the movement of the voting sites the two-day voting period and increased public ity as the major reasons behind the tremendous boost the huge increase over last year's disappointing 1 percent turn out can be attributed to a concerted effort on the part of the senate to increase voter involvement senators manned voting stations throughout the day tuesday and wednesday covering most of the high-traffic areas of campus includ ing rauch business center the university center packard labo ratory and maginnes hall senate's new initiative to do nate 1 to the club of the voter's choice as an additional inducement to vote was confusing and did not contribute greatly to the increase in turnout according to hocxter the money idea did not play a big role in getting people out hoexter said he explained that some students thought they would have to pay before they could vote hoexter was pleased with the results calling the high turnout per haps the highlight of his term that hasbeenmarkedbybattlesoversmok ing in the uc and the pass-fail issue former mechanics professor dies by amy gorman news writer joseph osborne 81 former professor of mechanics died sunday in bethlehem he began as an instructor at lehigh in 1955 and became a full professor in 1975 two years before his retirement in 1977 but he continued teaching classes through 1980 osbome obtained his bachelor's degree in mechanicalengineering from purdue uni versity in 1933 later he received his master's degree in the same field from the university of michigan when first arriving at lehigh he taughtas an instructor and was then promoted to assis tant professor in 1946 he left lehigh shortly after to be an assistant professor at montana state univer sity for five years he then returned to the university of michigan to pursue studies through the henry earl riggs fellowship osborne returned to lehigh in 1 955 after a year of teaching at michigan state univer sity he remained at lehigh from then until his retirement osbome was the editor of the american society of engineering education's me photo courteay of office of media relations joseph osborne see speaker page 15 see election page 15 see osborne page 15 a student renaissance at an engineering school page 7