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Volume 6, No. 9, Thursday, October 21,1982 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 Incorporated 1977
Campaign Progresses
by Elizabeth Bartus
News Editor
United Way Campaign '82,
which began September 28, is
making steady progress. The
University, working in co-operation
with the Eastern Fair-field
County Campaign, "submit-ted
a small sum last week," ac-cording
to Mr. Jakab, co-chairman
of the University cam-paign.
The project, a joint endeavor
between the students and the
employees, has a goal of $14,500
on campus. Jakab stated, "the
employee pledge cards are all
out and are coming in bit by bit."
Mr. Jakab and Dean Schimpf, the
co-chairmen, had hoped to
receive all employee pledges by
October 8.
Students are urged to partici-pate
in some of the many fund
raising programs which are be-ing
organized by dorm counsel
chairmen. Kerrie Boyhan and
John Hannigan, the student
organizers on campus, are
"receiving alot of response so
fark" Hannigan stated.
The '82 campaign will officially
close at a Victory Dinner on No-vember
11. Hopefully the goal of
$14,500, which is $500 above last
year's goal, will be reached
before that time.
Fairfield has enthusiastically
supported in United Way Cam-paigns
for eleven years. United
Way benefits national and local
service and charity programs.
Largest Grant Ever
Fairfield Given $1 Million
by Mary-Margaret Walsh
Executive Editor
President Aloysius Kelley an-nounced
at a press conference
this Monday that Fairfield Univer-sity
will receive $1 million grant
from the Ira Decamp Foundation
in New York. The grant, which will
create the Elizabeth Decamp
Mclnerny Scholarship Fund, is the
first $1 million grant received by
the University.
The University will receive
$500,000 outright to provide finan-cial
aid to qualified undergradu-ates
in the health sciences: biolo-gy,
biochemistry, nursing, and
psychology. The remaining
$500,000 will be granted to the
University on the terms of a chal-lenge—
if the University raises a
matching $500,000 by June 1987.
The income received from meeting
this challenge will be designated
for scholarships in all study areas.
President Kelley stated at the
press conference that "an unusual
feature of this scholarship, is that
the trustees of the Decamp Foun-dation
wishes the recipients to
make a 'moral commitment' to
support the University after gradu-ation
through contributions. And
by becoming 'Alumni leaders.'"
Fairfield University competed
with other schools in receiving the
Decamp Foundation Grant. Father
Kelley commented that this grant
is the third occasion in which the
Decamp Foundation has support-ed
the university. Previous assist-ance
from the Decamp Foundation
has been given for the construc-tion
nursing school ($200,000.) and
for faculty development in the
health sciences ($500,000).
Father Kelley also explained
that the Decamp Foundation grant
should be an inspiration for pri-vate
citizens, corporations and
foundations to follow. "Without
this financial assistance, students
do not have a true freedom of
choice in selecting a university for
their higher education," Father
Kelley added.
This year Fairfield students re-ceived
7.3 million dollars in grants
and loans from federal, state, uni-versity
and other sources. This in-cluded
$5.2 million in loans that
students will repay after gradua-tion.
As a result of federal cut-backs,
there will be a cut of
$100,000 of the $291,000 students
received last year in and 400 fewer
students will receive aid. With the
University's drive to raise match-ing
DeCamp funds, financial aid
would increase from the current
$200,000 to $1.7 million in five
years.
Development, FUSA Efforts
Provide Successful Event
Accounting Program Receives
$2,000 In Grant Money
by Tricia Kowalski
Staff Writer
Fairfield School of Business
has been awarded grants by the
Coopers and Lybrand Foundation
of Stamford for the past several
years.
"This year the sum was increas-ed
to $2,000 because of the firm's
satisfaction with Fairfield
graduates," explained Dr. Martin,
dean of the School of Business.
Last year alone, eight Business
School graduates were recruited
by Coopers and Lybrand.
Mr. Robert Wright, spokesman
for Coopers and Lybrand, cited
three reasons why Fairfield was
chosen as a recipient of the grant,
the primary one being, "the signifi-cant
commitment Fairfield has
made to the business community
in Fairfield County." Secondly,
Coopers and Lybrand does a con-siderable
amount of recruiting of
prospective employees here on
campus. Finally, the foundation
has "a general interest in support-ing
fine business programs."
According to Mr. Wright, the
donation was made to the accoun-ting
program in particular "be-cause
of a mutuality of interests."
by Elizabeth Kline
News Editor
With the cooperation between
Claire Carney, Assistant Director
of Development, and FUSA, the
university welcomed parents to its
first Parents' Weekend October
16-17.
"This weekend was a function
of the Development office," ex-plained
FUSA spokesperson Eve
McGrath. The Development office
sponsored and paid for most of
the events while FUSA supplied
the man-power.
Approximately 1050 people at-tended
the dance which FUSA
sponsored and paid for. By 4 P.M.
Saturday afternoon, they placed
119 people on a waitng list. The
dance, McGrath commented, was
"a major success." That same
evening, Tim Reis provided mus-ical
entertainment in the Stag-Her
and a slide show was presented in
the Mezzanine.
For the first Parents' Weekend,
McGrath claimed, "I think it went
over superbly. There weren't any
problems I saw."
Student chairpersons for the
functions included Bob Brown and
Casey Vizzi who organized the
dance. Joel Kassar served as the
chairperson for the President's
Reception held after the Mass. De-velopment
provided the financial
support for the reception; FUSA
supplied workers. John Gallagher
and Stephen Pilch served as the
luncheon chairpersons. These two
were responsible for assisting
Seilers. Linda Lavin and Margie
Neville were co-chairpersoris for
the slide show presented in the
Mezzanine. Phil McCathy organiz-ed
Sunday morning's club display.
Based on this year's Parents'
Weekend, McGrath stated, "From
my point of view, there will be an-other
Parents' Weekend."•-
Symposium To Probe
Economic Concerns
Four key speakers will highlight
an annual symposium at Fairfield
conducted by the Committee on
Developing American Capitalism.
Lloyd McBride, Eugene Rotberg,
Donald Donahue, and Isabel Saw-hill
will be speaking at this forum
November 4.
The Committee on Developing
American Capitalism is associ-ated
with Fairfield University and
is comprised of a non-partisan
group from business, industrial,
labor, financial, managerial and
academic segments of society.
The committee will issue periodic
recommendations to the govern-ment
and the public on the condi-tion
of the American economic
system.
Albert T. Sommers, senior vice
president of the Conference Board
in New York, will open the sym-posium
on revival of American
economic efficiency. Presenting
the corporate view will be Donald
J. Donahue, vice chairman, chief
financial officer and administra-tive
officer of the Continental
Group. His business directorships
and trusteeships include DCL,
Inc., in New York; National Starch
and Chemical Corp.; the Advisory
Board of Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Co.; the Committee for Eco-nomic
Development; and the
Southwestern Area Commerce
and Industry Association of Con-necticut.
Lloyd McBride, international
president of the Steelworkers
Unipn since 1977, will follow with
the labor view. A steelworker in St.
Louis at the age of 14 at 25 cents
an hour, Mr. McBride was elected
president of the steelworkers
local there at the age of 22. He
went on to serve in a series of
union posts over the next 44 years
with the exception of two years in
the navy.
In international affairs, he has
been a delegate to the internation-al
metalworkers' federation meet-ing
in Switzerland and has made a
fact-finding tour of the steel in-dustry
in Japan. He now serves on
numerous government and civic
boards and is credited with reorga-nization
of international union
headquarters to improve services.
Eugene H. Rotberg, who will dis-cuss
the international environ-ment
has been vice president and
treasurer of the World Bank since
1977. He joined the World Bank
from the U.S. Securities and Ex-change
Commission where he was
associate director of the Division
of Trading and Markets. He has
also been a lecturer at George
Washington University Law
School; received the U.S. Govern-ment
Distinguished Service
Award; and was named Distin-guished
Scholar at Hofstra Col-lege.
Completing the program will be
Dr. Isabel Sawhill, speaking on
"Human Resources." She is cur-rently
a senior fellow at the Urban
Institute which provides informa-tion
and political advice to the fed-
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