LehighWeek Volume 13, Issue 30

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Volume 13, Issue 30
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May 10, 2000
Eight newendowed
chairs announced
Eight new endowed chairs have
been committed to Lehigh by
alumni and trustees, representing a total donation of almost
$15 million.
Three of the chairs and a
deanship are in the College of
Business and Economics, two
chairs are in Arts and Sciences,
and two are head coaches in athletics. None of the new faculty
chairs has yet been filled. They
join 23 existing fully endowed
chairs across the university, and
an additional 56 professorships,
fellowships and other faculty
funds endowed to a lesser degree.
"Since I arrived at Lehigh, I
have stressed the need to invest
in our academic infrastructure,
by which I mean people, not
bricks and mortar," said Pres.
Greg Farrington. "I am delighted
to say that we have been very successful and have added more endowed chairs in this one year than
in the entire last decade."
Endowed chairs are used to
attract and retain outstanding
faculty and staff. Earnings on the
endowment are used to pay the
salary and benefits for a senior
level faculty member. Often it
includes a discretionary fund for
the chair holder, which is typically used for research expenses,
attending conferences or supporting a graduate student.
The College of Business and
Economics has received three
new chairs and a deanship.
Trustee Herbert E. Ehlers '62,
managing director of Goldman
Sachs investment company,
made a significant gift to support
the deanship, which was instrumental in attracting Dick
Durand to the position last
summer. A chair in economics has
been endowed in honor of Rich
Aronson, professor of economics,
who has taught the basic Eco 1
course to thousands of students
during his 35-year career at
Lehigh. The chair was committed by George E. Garrison '69,
founder, chairman and CEO of
The Harvest Group, an investment firm specializing in the
chemical industry.
A chair in international finance has been established by
Honorary Trustee Hans J. Baer
'47 '97H, managing director and
chairman of Bank Julius Baer &
Co., Ltd., Zurich. And a chair in
international marketing has
been endowed by travel expert
Arthur C. Tauck, Jr. '53, chairman of Tauck Tours, a family-
owned touring company.
The College of Arts and Sciences has received two new
chairs. Ron Ulrich '66, chairman
of the Board of Trustees and benefactor, has endowed a chair in music. A chair in biological sciences
has also been committed; the donor is remaining anonymous.
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Photo by Robert Walch
Last Friday's second annual ME 240 Expo, "Race Day Extravaganza," held at the Hittinger-
Karakash Plaza outside Packard Lab, drew an audience of more than 100, including 43
students invited from Broughal Middle School. Twenty-one teams of students from the undergraduate manufacturing class raced matchbox cars that they designed, molded and machined in mechanical engineering labs. The speediest car was built by juniors Steve
Guglielmo, Mike Tulaney and Mark Yacoub. The cars were also judged by the Broughal
students for novelty of design, manufacturability, cost and aesthetic appeal.
Sharing the gift of music
There's nothing like learning to read and perform
music to teach the rewards of discipline and perseverance. Reading music can be a great learning
tool, and expressing yourself through performance
can be the ultimate reward.
The members of Kappa Kappa Psi, a music
honorary fraternity, share their passion for music
with the community by providing free music lessons to local school children.
Graham Christensen '00 is an electrical engineer major and plays the trumpet in Lehigh's
marching band and concert band. He coordinates
the program with the band directors of Donegan
Elementary School, Broughal Middle School, and
his fraternity members. The program helps the
younger students learn musical concepts and improve their musicianship.
"Our purpose is to promote and serve the Lehigh
music program," said Christensen. "We though it
would be nice to reach out to the community. All of
us started playing when we were in grade school,
and it is rewarding to pass on our skills to the
kids."
Every other week, members of the fraternity go
out to teach music lessons to fourth through eighth
graders in an after-school program. Sharing skills
and techniques, each fraternity member usually
works with three to four students, helping them
with scales and with the pieces they are working
on for concerts.
"The kids have basic needs, fundamental skills
and techniques that need to be developed," said
Julie Moscovitz, Donegan's music director. "The
Lehigh students offer a tremendous advantage in
helping them learn traditional music skills like
counting, reading and phrasing. They've continued in school, care about music and are good
people. Having our students observe this is a wonderful tool."
Moscovitz is impressed that the members of
Kappa Kappa Psi are doing this as a community
service. Because the Lehigh students have made
Photo by Elizabeth Keegin Colley
Leanne Bewley '01, a member of the music honorary fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi, works with
local middle school students Yosani Uega and
Greg Mortinez.
an impression, she sees her own students volunteering to stay after class to help each other out.
"It helps them to build self esteem, and keeps
them interested in school," she said.
-Carolyn Crew
Photo by Pam Shealey
Chris List '00 "embeds" the
Millennial Arch.
Cleaning out debris,
cleansing minds
Walking up the earthen path toward the site of the Millennial
Arch, you see a sign reading,
"When was the last time you
cleaned out your mind?"
On Friday, May 5, students
from Broughal Middle School,
along with Norman Girardot,
professor of religion studies, several Lehigh students and Chicago
artist Mr. Imagination constructed
the gigantic multi-ton concrete
arch and embedded it with recycled debris and thespirit of the
South Side.
The arch, which was dedicated on Monday, May 8, is located in a wooded area off Sayre
Park road. The project is a collaboration by Lehigh, Broughal
and the Banana Factory.
"These kids are still young
enough not to judge," said Chris
Spinney '00. "They don't judge
whether it's good art or bad art -
to them it's just art."
Spinney, a religion and Asian
studies major is part of
Girardot's class, Religion 144:
"Raw Vision: Creativity and Ecstasy in the World of Shamans,
Mystics and Artistic Outsiders."
Ten students from the class volunteered to work on the arch with
the students from Broughal.
"Instead of just thinking and
talking about art we relate it to
our everyday lives," he said.
Stacey Zellner, a Broughal
teacher, said her students have
spent two weeks talking about
the arch and working on
"memory objects" to embed in it.
Other debris will be added later,
including bottles ofYuengling Beer,
old electronic equipment and a
cast of Mr. Imagination's hands.
Mr. Imagination showed the
students how to push memory
objects gently into the casting of
the arch. One student embedded
a medal while another added a
Pez dispenser.
The Lehigh students who
volunteered for the project experienced a different type of learning.
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