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September 15,1998
Lehigh pays tribute to volunteers
More then 1,400 volunteers attend day with country fair theme
CRE announces
search for new
dean
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Lehigh honored Joe
Ryan of Bethlehem and
Bill and Alice
Bahrenburg of Rye,
N.Y., at the annual Volunteer Day on Saturday. The day-long event
was held in recognition
of the many who volunteer their time and efforts to support Lehigh.
The Alumni Association presented the Good
Neighbor Award to
Ryan and the Friend of
Lehigh Award to the
Bahrenburgs, parents
of Casey Bahrenburg
'97. The awards were
given at halftime by George
Shoffner '75, president of the
alumni association.
The Good Neighbor Award is
given to a resident of the community who has shown a consistent and friendly interest in
all, or specific Lehigh affairs.
The Friend of Lehigh Award is
given to a non-alumnus who has
displayed a significant and
helpful interest in Lehigh.
Ryan entered Lehigh with
the Class of '46. During his
freshman year, World War II
broke out and Ryan joined the
military. He served four years
in the military before being honorably discharged with the rank
of 1st Sergeant in the Airborne
Division. He returned to
Bethlehem and decided to follow in his father's footsteps by
becoming a professional photographer. He attended the New
York Institute of Photography,
and joined the family business,
Ryan Studio/Photo Lab, which
was established by his father,
Jim Ryan, in Bethlehem in
1919.
His 45-year association with
Lehigh was cemented over the
years as Ryan photographed
sports activities, graduation,
public events and portraits, until he closed his photo business
in February 1998.
The Bahrenburgs' association with Lehigh began when
their daughter, Casey, arrived
on campus in the fall of 1993.
Although they were supportive
of their daughter's record-setting performances as a member
of the swim team, they were
also sensitive to the importance
of enhancing educational opportunities for students. They
joined the Parents' Fund Executive Committee at the start of
the Preserving the Vision campaign, led a successful parent
effort as chairpersons in the
New York City area, and.
chaired the Parents' Committee
in 1996-97.
President Gregory Farrington shares the good times at Volunteer Day with Suellen and Bob
Kirchberger '69 (right) and their son Eric '93.
(Left) George Shoffner '75 presents the Good
Neighbor Award to Joe Ryan and the Friend of
Lehigh Award (above) to Bill and Alice
Bahrenburg during the Volunteer Day festivities.
Photos by Pam Shealey
Fall enrollment released
Fall enrollment for Lehigh
undergraduates stood at 4,412
on the 10th day of class, Registrar Bruce Correll said.
Nearly 40 percent of the undergraduates — 1,752 - are
women. There are 2,660 undergraduate men.
Undergraduates total 1,753
in the College of Arts and Sci
ences (39.7 percent); 1,140 in
Business and Economics (25.8
percent); and 1,442 in Engineering and Applied Science
(32.6 percent). Seventy-seven
students are enrolled in Arts-
Engineering.
Lehigh's undergraduate
population includes 223 Asian
students (5.05 percent); 144
black students (3.26 percent);
117 Hispanic students (2.65 percent); and four American Indian/
Alaskan native students (.09 percent).
There are 1,113 freshmen at
Lehigh.
Graduate enrollment stands
at 1,876.
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Nelson Markley,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, recently announced that a search
committee has been
formed to find a new
dean for the College of
Business and Economics. This successor will
replace Patti Ota, who
will be returning to her
duties as vice provost in
a full-time capacity. Ota took
over for James Schmotter, who
previously held the position.
Ron Yoshida, dean of the
College of Education, will head
the search committee. Members
of this committee include:
Berrisford Boothe, associate
professor of art and architecture;
Mary Lynn Breiner, college coordinator, College of Business &
Economics; Andrew Conner
'99, economics, finance and history major; Paul Leitner,
trustee, chair of the Business
Advisory Committee, and principal, The Leitner Thomas
Group; Judith McDonald, associate professor of economics;
Vincent Munley, professor and
chairperson of the department of
economics; Eunice Santos, assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering
and computer science; Susan
Sherer, associate professor of
business; Kenneth Sinclair,
professor of business, Michelle
Valentin, the coordinator and
also a non-voting member, senior
personnel assistant, office of the
president and provost; and
Jeffry Young, an MBA student.
"Last year was an exciting
year for the College of Business
and Economics and it is now
strategically well-positioned to
attract an outstanding new
leader to Lehigh," said Markley.
"Under dean Ota's able leadership the College approved a new,
exciting MBA curriculum, began
developing an integrated undergraduate curriculum, and completed a comprehensive strategic
planning process with a grant
from the Ernst and Young Foundation. We all believe this is the
ideal time to launch a national
search for a new dean."
Faculty and staff are asked to
submit names of possible candidates and the qualities they
would like to see in the next CBE
dean to any member of the committee with a copy to Yoshida at
the office of the president and
provost in the Alumni Memorial
Building, 27 Memorial Drive
West.
The goal is to select a new
dean by next spring, with a starting date at Lehigh next summer.
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