LehighWeek Volume 06, Issue 05

              Schmotter Appointed Dean of Business College
James W. Schmotter, associate dean of the Johnson
Graduate School of Management at Cornell University,
has been named dean of Lehigh's College of Business and
Economics effective Nov. 1.
His appointment was announced by Provost Alan W.
Pense, who said, "All of us who have had the opportunity
to meet Jim have been impressed with his experience,
insights in business education and ability to work with
people to develop and implement new programs. I am
looking forward to having him join us in his new role at
Lehigh."
Schmotter will also be a professor of management. He
joined the Johnson School in 1979 as assistant dean and
became associate dean in 1984. His special interests are
in the international dimensions of business and business
history. Described in a 1992 Forbes article as "one dean
not afraid to be candid," Schmotter has frequently commented on current trends in business education in articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education
and other publications. He is the author
of numerous other writings on professional education in the United States.
Schmotter manages the Johnson
School's external relations, publications,
student services, admissions and financial aid. He has also developed an innovative academic program at Cornell that
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combines the MBA with courses in Asian studies and the
intensive study of the Japanese language. Since 1986,80
graduates of this program have accepted positions with
U.S. and Japanese companies.
He is executive editor of Cornell Enterprise, the Johnson School's award-winning alumni maga-
James W. Schmotter zine, which he conceived and developed.
He also coordinates the school's international programs and corporate relations,
including managing student and faculty
exchange programs with eight European
business schools and relationships with
major Japanese firms.
He holds a doctoral degree in history
from Northwestern University and did undergraduate work at Muskingum College.
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UFO Lands at Lehigh Finding Intelligent Life? Ph0,°by Amy Pasechnick 96
A new state-of-the-art satellite dish was installed on top ofMaginnes Hall in September. When operational, the new
dish will give the World View Room more access to live, foreign-language broadcasts of international TV programs.
Russia's Horizont and France's Anik are two of the satellites from which the new dish can receive transmissions.
The new system will complement the current satellite services. The broadcasts can be seen in the World View Room
on the fourth floor ofMaginnes Hall.
Four To Receive Honorary Degrees Founder's Day
Lehigh will confer undergraduate and advanced degrees upon
nearly 220 students at the
University's 114th annual
Founder's Day Ceremonies on
Sunday, October 11. Alan W.
Pense, University provost and
academic vice
"president, will
give the principal
address.
Pres. Peter
Likins will confer degrees upon
seniors and
graduate students who completed their degree requirements over the
past summer.
Four honorary degrees will
be presented at the ceremony.
Thomas H. Kean, former governor of New Jersey and president of Drew University, will
receive an honorary Doctor of
Laws degree.
Alice L. Eckardt, professor
emerita of religion studies and
distinguished scholar in Jewish and Christian studies, will
receive an honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters degree.
William L. Gladstone, retired co-chief executive of the
accounting and consulting firm
of Ernst and Young, will receive
an honorary Doctor of Laws
degree.
Maxine Frank Singer,
president of
Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.and
noted molecular
biologist, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
Eight Lehigh
faculty members
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Thomas H. Kean
Alice L. Eckardt       William L. Gladstone        Maxine Frank Singer
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