Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 44

              the brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pennsylvania vol.loo n0.44 friday april 28 1989 215 758-4181 ex-lehigh president deming lewis dies w deming lewis 74 lehigh's 10th and longest-serving president died april 19 m blough nursing home bethlehem he was the husband of emmeline ungurian hoffman lewis of 132 e market st bethlehem and the late marian carter chapman lewis president of the university for 18 years the augusta ga native wore many hats throughout his career including that of physicist mathe matician scientist and inventor prior to coming to lehigh he spent 23 years at bell laboratories and served as an administrator with the apollo space program lewis the guiding force m the engin eering for the apollo project that put the first american on the moon also worked on this country's first radar system and wrote the equation of a phonograph needle moving m a groove lewis saw lehigh change and grow during his tenure as president with the addition of visiting commit tees m 1964 and the admission of women to the university m 1971 paul franz recently retired from lehigh's office of development said at a service held for lewis saturday the university owes a great deal to deming's leadership as he moved lehigh on so many fronts toward becoming a true university franz said that lewis was even awarded an honorary degree on founder's day 1974 while he was still president of the university to com memorate his first loyears m office it was the first time an honorary degree has been awarded to an incumbent president a change m image for the university also emerged m the 18 years lewis served lehigh gradually shifted from a university primarily strong m engin eering math and related sciences to one with thriving programs m busi ness and arts fields as several major programs of study were added demin lewis helped shape leh igh as we know it today university president peter likins said he set the agenda that we are now address ing with gathering speed deming had a vision of lehigh as a total university rich m diversity across the disciplines and across the spectrum from fresh men to doctoral students it has been my mission to realize his vision and i feel privileged to have known such a fine person lewis enrolled at harvard univers ity at age 16 where he earned three degrees as a rhodes scholar m adv anced mathematics he earned two additional degrees at oxford univers ity m england he also received six honorary degrees including an honor ary doctor of science degree from the medical college of pennsylvania holding 33 u.s patents on devices such as microwave antennas and fil ters and digital error detectives lewis also received numerous awards members of the lehigh asa packer society established a 250,000 scholar ship fund m lewis name m 1981 and the deming lewis faculty award was established by lehigh alumni to honor faculty having the greatest impact on undergraduate lives the contribution of those legend ary professors and m turn what their students gave to our society is the real lehigh success story in the forefront of these special people is deming lewis one of the true greats who has guided the university to its present heights franz said he said i have never ceased to be amazed by his knowledge about almost any subject according to franz he enriched lehigh university by leaving as his legacy the goal of achieving excell ence m the education of the whole person former lu president deming lewis mcnamara speaks on cold war byjohnmasonis brown and white news writer at this moment we are facing the greatest opportunity since the end of world war ii to end these conflicts failure to take advantage of it will endanger our survival former secretary of defense robert mcnamara told about 700 people monday in grace hall con cerning u.s soviet relations he explained the devastating consequences that remain possible as long as the cold war continues between the soviet union and un united states these political conflicts have the potential to escalate into military and nuclear confrontation mcnamara said delivering the fourth annual cohen lecture in international relations his speech was entitled the future of k west relations can we ever end the cold war for the past 40 years tlie cold war has led to 2 trillion in united states expenditures on military and nuclear equipment it has distort ed our foreign relations and has moved us away from our trade values the soviet union's input has been at least equal to that of the u.s if not more mcnamara said he said this is not the answer to solving the cold war according to mcnamara today's problems between the east and west must be solved politically " maybe this sounds extremely unrealistic to you commented mcnamara is that any more inconceivable than the concept of a united europe that three years from now will have taken its first step toward this unification 1 believe that we can move m these positive directions but the main question remains can we move m this direction without facing unmakeable risks if we fail mcnamara said of perestroika the soviet union's new policy of economic openess under the leadership of mikhail gorbachev he la making many transformations that show signs of positive change there has been a fundamental reproval of the soviet union's security accompanied by a growing recognition of neighbors interests said mcnamara he said moscow is finally baw photo by carounc west fiji pledges dan pijawka 92 standing and jerel phalines 92 celebrate their victory m wednesday's pie-eating contest see defense page 2 what's inside news i i arts&leisure i i sports greek activities lending hand to springfest in full swing with baseball squad splits with charities page 3 greeker eating page 14 leopards page 22 icare video previewed to toots and the maytals bring ladies lacrosse ends nine lehigh community — page 4 | reggae to lehigh page 17 game losing skid — page 24