LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 06

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'INC Magazine Features
Lehigh And Ben Franklin
Lehigh University and the state Ben Franklin Partnership
Program are featured in the October issue of 'INC Magazine.
The five-page feature article cites Pennsylvania and Michigan
as "the real innovators in economic policy," and includes references to high-technology companies fostered by the Ben Franklin Program and its Lehigh advanced-technology center.
The article notes that while the two states are not among the
leaders in the "Inc. Index," which rates states' economic develop-,
ment, it points out that both are improving rapidly. Michican
moved this year from 24th place to 19th, while Pennsylvania,
although remaining at 32nd, improved in all catagories in the
index.
Of the Ben Franklin Program, the article concludes, "It is
focused on the right targets: the commercialization of research,
the generation of venture capital, the birth of new companies,
and the integration of advanced technology into mature industries. And it is built on the right principle: it changes private-
sector behavior in significant ways."
The Ben Franklin Program was initiated in 1983 with the
naming of four advanced-technology centers, one at Lehigh. Its
goal is to foster economic development by helping new high-
technology companies get started and by assisting established
companies to improve their competitiveness through advanced
technology.
In the first five years, Lehigh's center has been the most
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Full Slate Of Activities Set For
Freshman Parents' Weekend
Educational programs, a one-man show based on
humorist William Thurber and sporting and other
events will be offered parents of Lehigh University freshmen when they visit the campus Oct. 24-
25.
More than 1,200 parents and guests are
expected to visit with the new Lehigh students
during the weekend, and they will have a host of
activities to choose from.
Freshman Parents Weekend kicks off at 9
a.m. Saturday (Oct. 24) in Kravis Auditorium,
Neville Hall, with a discussion on student life at
Lehigh presented by representatives from the dean
of students office.
At 10:15 a.m., faculty from the three
undergraduate colleges will discuss curricula and
various services available to students.
The arts-engineering curriculum and
others in the College of Arts and Science will be
discussed in Kravis, the College of Business and
Economics will hold its session in the Physics Auditorium of Sherman Fairchild Center for the
Physical Sciences and the College of Engineering
and Applied Science will hold its session in
Packard Laboratory Auditorium.
On the Murray H. Goodman Campus, the
women's cross-country team will compete at 11
a.m. against West Chester and Delaware. At
noon, Lehigh's soccer team will match up against
Towson State.
At 1:30 p.m. in Taylor Stadium, Lehigh
will play Delaware in football.
Following the football game, there will be a
health professions seminar at 4 p.m. in Neville
Lounge, University Center. Faculty members and
students will speak about medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry and other professions.
A parents weekend dinner will be held at 6
p.m. in Rathbone Hall.
The main event Saturday evening will be
actor WilliamWindom's one-man show, "Thurber,"
at 8 p.m. in Brougha) Middle School. Sponsored by
Lehigh's cultural affairs office, the performance is
open to the public. Tickets are $7 and $6 with local
college student ID.
A Sunday chapel service will be offered at
11 a.m. in Packer Chapel. The service will be
conducted by university chaplain Hubert L. Flesher
and will feature the Lehigh University Choir.
Masses will be offered in Packer Chapel
Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. and
10:10 p.m.
Musicians Timothy Eddy, violincello, and
Gilbert Kalish, piano, will perform a free concert at
3 p.m. Sunday in Lamberton Hall.
Music At Lehigh Presents Pianist, Cellist
Music at Lehigh will present a duo concert by
cellist Timothy Eddy and pianist Gilbert
Kalish on Sunday, October 25 at 3 p.m. in
Lamberton Hall. The concert is open to the
public free of charge and will feature works
by Schumann, Shostakovich, Messiaen and
Beethoven.
Kalish has been internationally acclaimed
for his presentation of keyboard repertory
spanning the 18th century to the present,
including new works commissioned and
premiered by him. A graduate of Columbia
University, he has been a pianist for both the
Boston Symphony Chamber Players and
mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani for 20 years.
He is a frequent guest artist with such groups
as the Juilliard String Quartet, the New York
Woodwind Quartet, the Concord Quartet and
the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center.
He is also the head of keyboard activities
at Tanglewood Music Center and professor of
piano at the State University of New York at
Stony Brook. He has made more than 70
recordings for Nonesuch, Arabesque, Columbia, CRI, Desto, Folkways and Acoustic
Research.
Eddy has earned distinction as a
recital ist, concerto soloist, chamber
musician and recording artist. He received
top honors at the Gaspar Cassado International Violincello Competition in Florence,
Italy in 1975. He has also won prizes in the
Dealey Contest in Dallas, the Denver
Symphony Contest and the New York
Violincello Society Competition.
He earned his bachelor's and master's
degrees with honors from the Manhattan
School of Music. Eddy is presently
professor of cello at the State University of
New York at Stony Brook and is also in
residence at the Mannes College of Music
as cellist of the Galimir String Quartet. He
is the solo cellist of the Bach Aria Group
and is a founding member of the Orion
String Quartet.
Gilbert Kalish