Brown and White Vol. 106 no. 40

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 106 no 40 tuesday april 13 1999 all the lehigh news first farrington inaugurated as 12th president by deanna dutkus news writer president gregory c farrington was inaugurated in front of 1 000 people friday at stabler arena the ceremony was filled with historical tradition including the marching of the fac ulty in their academic costumes the nation al anthem was sung as well as the lehigh hymn and alma mater farrington accepted lehigh's presiden tial silver medallion and university mace which are the formal symbols of presiden tial authority there were many speakers who offered their greetings and welcome to farrington speakers included bethlehem city mayor don cunningham english department chairperson and professor barbara traister president of the student senate emily wurgaft 99 and president of the alumni association george shoffner 75 lafayette college's president arthur j rothkopf offered his greetings on behalf of institutions of higher learning rothkopf pointed out that lafayette was an essential component in founding lehigh some of you may not know that little lafayette was a reason for the creation of mighty lehigh he said rothkopf said asa packer was not wel comed by the presbyterians who would later become the founders of lafayette upon receiving this information packer then affiliated himself with a group of episcopalians and founded lehigh before delivering his inaugural address b&w photo by stephanie remington president gregory farrington gave his inauguration address on friday farrington was inaugurated as lehigh's 12th president at stabler arena before a crowd of 1,000 alumni giving a lehigh tradition peter c rossin was a world war ii veteran who flew 51 missions over europe before he enrolled at lehigh university in 1945 merely three days after he left military service on the gi bill like thousands of other servicemen rossin went back to school after the war to forge a better future he worked at var ious jobs while at lehigh earned average grades as a metal lurgy and materials major and left campus with a degree in his pocket and a will to succeed he eventually earned a master's degree from yale university and established his own titanium metals company in 1967 starting in a garage with himself as sole employee last year he sold dynamet inc based in washington pa for 161 million in october the 75-year-old class of 48 grad and his wife ada gave lehigh a 25 million thank-you for the education he says formed the cornerstone of his prosperity you work hard to be successful and initially you feel some what concerned about parting with some of the fruits of your labor he said but then you realize there are better things in life besides worrying about breakfast in the morning and a few other things and you feel you owe a debt to society and to the institution that was instrumental in your success rossin said this is a way of saying thanks for the intelli gence imparted to me ♦♦♦ rossin's gift is the largest in university history and a leading example of the brand of alumni loyalty that has created a 660 million endowment two years ago alumnus warren v pete special feature story by lisa a jones editor in chief e;ser 49 founder of safeguard scientifics in delaware county gave lehigh its then-largest gift of 10 million in one more ninent illustration of alumni allegiance ehigh has consistently ranked among the top few national uni ities for alumni giving as published in u.s news and world report thanks to the number of generous contribu tions to the annual fund which provides financing for each fiscal year in areas including financial aid and merit scholarships athletic and extracurricular activities facility renovations and operating support in fiscal year 1998 39 percent of alumni participat ed giving more than 4.7 million of the annual fund total of 8.2 million which includes contributions from corporations and foundations when called upon six years ago to support the campaign for preserving the vision alumni generously supplied more than was asked for the campaign's purpose was to provide the financial means for ensuring that students continue to receive an education photo by rob upton courtesy of university communications devoted donors peter c rossin 48 left talks to theodore diamond 37 trustee emeritus on founder's day last fall festivities celebrate president by dana chehansky news writer and meredith bartlett news writer friday night's rain failed to keep the festivities of president farrington's inau guration from being a popular and glam orous event students faculty and alumni swing danced to the big band sounds of the vince pettinelli band in lower grace hall the celebrations lasted from 8 p.m until midnight as party attendants became a part of the nostalgic ambience of the band's swinging tunes the swing band was started by pettinelli's father a lehigh alumnus more than 20 years ago the interior of lower grace hall was transformed into a 1940s swing club black curtains hung on the walls and lighted candles decorated the center of each of the tables the orchestra was set up at the far end of the gymnasium karen taylor 00 attended the gala see farrington page 5 see festivities page 5 see photos pages 8 to 9 see lu alums page 6 3 wiiiiiiii 1 him h^sim quick men's lacrosse team former senator talks the government i vr *■ wins over u.s military about peace in postpones second iffll academy 13-9 northern ireland microsoft trial onl v one p aintin 9 b y < t wlps t see p a 9 e 21 - see p a 9 e 4 - see p a 9 es 11 to 12 f n ? er , lc 7 he . h£fy whistler's mother , ll^s sports 16-26 news 1-10 sciencepages 11-13 hangs in the louvre /" women's lacrosse 18 world news briefs 2 science briefs 1 museum in paris women's tennis 20 human rights vigil 3 \ % sourcs i i ■ 1 golf 23 pat mcgee band 10 http://www.fixexpress/cortvindex.cgi