Mirror - Vol. 02, No. 08 - October 5, 1978

              Trustees Announce Operating Surplus
Board Elects Chairman, Two Members
Fairfield University closed the
books on the independent in-stitution's
1977-78 fiscal year with an
operating surplus . of $353,135,
marking the eighth consecutive year
in which it has finished in the black, it
was disclosed by audit figures
presented during the annual meeting
of Fairfield's Board of Trustees
The university's operating budget
for the year was $15.8 million
In addition the Fairfield College
Preparatory School, also located on
the__ 210-acre university campus,
recorded a modest surplus of $5,137
from an operating budget of $1.2
million This marked the second
consecutive year in which the
preparatory school has achieved a
balanced budget. /
The Board's Audit Committee met
prior to the annual meeting with the
university's external auditors,
Coopers and Lybrand, who expressed
satisfaction with the audit results and
with Fairfield's financial affairs, it
was reported.
It was also disclosed that'
university endowments are now
approaching the $1 million mark
During its annual meeting the
board elected a new chairman,
reelected four other officers of the
corporation, elected two new
trustees, accepted the audit report
from an independent accounting
firm, and learned that the university's
fund raising effort had been the most
successful in the institution's history.
L. William Miles of Weston,
president of University Patents, Inc.,
Stamford, was elected chairman of
the Board of Trustees. He succeeds
David W.P. Jewitt of Fairfield,
executive vice president with Con-necticut
National Bank in Bridgeport,
who had served as chairman since
1972.
Reelected officers of the cor-poration
for 1978-79 were Rev.
Thomas R Fitzgerald, S.J., president
of the university and preparatory
school, president; Rev Charles F.
Donovan, S.J., dean of the faculties
at Boston College, vice chairman;
Rev George S Mahan, S.)., executive
assistant to the president of the
university, secretary; and )ohn M. ~
Hickson of Rowayton, Fairfield's vice
president for Business and Finance,
treasurer.
Elected for three-year terms to the
Board of Trustees were Rev. lames H.
Coughlin, S.J., former dean o'f the
College of Arts and Sciences and
academic vice president at Fairfield
who is presently a member of the
faculty and rector of the Fairfield
Jesuit community, and Norwick R.
Coodspeed of Fairfield, president of
the People's Savings Bank of
Bridgeport.
They succeed Edward J. Breck of
Somers, Conn., retired chairman of
the Board of John FT Breck, Inc .
Springfield, Mass., and Rev.
Frederick W Kelly, S.J., member of
the Fairfield faculty, senior systems
analyst in the university's computer
Center and immediate past rector of
the Fairfield Jesuit community.
The board's Development and
Public Relations Committee reported
the university's 1977-78 fund raising
efforts were the most successful in
the institution's history, with gifts and
pledges from its-alumni, parents,
friends, trustees, corporations,
foundations and giving clubs
amounting to $830,340.18.
This included support for Fair-field's
School of Nursing facility,
which was dedicated last fall with the
building fully paid for and an annual
operating endowment established,
the Student Recreational Complex,
now under construction, which is
scheduled to be fully operational in
January, and a $35,000 unrestricted
gift and $25,000 scholarship grant
from the estate of the late Anna M.
-Cain of Bridgeport
In Other action, the board made
appointtnents of trustees to its
various standing committees,
djscussed progress toward the
establishment of a broad-based
Presidential Search Committee to
assist in selecting Fr. Fitzgerald's
successor when he relinquishes the
continued on page 10
L William Miles has been elected Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, replacing David W.P. Jewitt who served since 1972. (photo
courtesy of Public Relations)
THE
FAIRFIELD VOL. 2, No. 8 October 5,1978
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONN. 06430 MIRRORIncorporated 1977
U. Council Convenes
Active Agenda Slated
by Andrew Masini
The University Council is is expect-ed
to resume work soon A tripartite
organization comprised of twelve
members representing the student
body, the faculty and the administra-tion,
its membership is not quite com-plete
this year, having one student
position yet to be filled
Using four members from each
sector of the University, the Council
requires that each of its members
serve on one of the three four-mem-ber
standing committees, the Aca-demic,
University and Community
life committees. Each committee
consists of one representative from
each of the three branches of the
University plus an extra representa-tive
whose expertise is in the field
concerned. Thus, the Academic Com-mittee
has an extra faculty member,
the University Committee an extra
administrative member, and the.
Community Life Committee an extra
student
In addition to these standing com-mittees,
ad hoc committees are
formed as needed, usually made up
of people outside the Council. The
Ad Hoc Committee on Alcohol Abuse
of several years ago, for instance,
was made up of people principally
from the sociology department.
According to Dean 'William
Schimpf of Student Services', one of
the administrative members, the
Council is "a channel of com-munication"
and "an opportunity to
discuss problems" of the University.
It is not a decision-making body, but
instead makes recommendations to
those students, faculty and ad-ministrative
organizations that can
make decisions Dean Schimpf tends
to abide by recommendations made
by it pertaining to Student Services
such as the establishment of Dorm
Council, the adoption of guidelines
for the building of sleeping lofts and
the recent restriction on the size of
refrigerators kept in dorm rooms The
University Council has been con
cerned with a wide range of activities
in the past from reviewing the
compensation, working conditions
continued on page 10
Two students pause to enjoy a quiet moment before the midtern rush (photo by Vince Howley)
Search For New
President Begins
by Robert J Schumm
Appointments to the Presidential Search Committee have been con-cluded,
and the members are slated to begin deliberations this week.
Current plans call for the committee to present the names of three final
candidates by early January. The selection of the President will then be
made by the university Board of Trustees
The membership of the committee includes four trustees, four faculty
members appointed'by the Academic Council, two students appointed by
the president of FUSA, two administrators, one graduate appointed by the
president of the Alumni Association, and one person from the Fairfield
civic community.
The members of the Presidential Search Committee are:
Thomas Cleary
(student)
James H. Coughlin, S.|.
(faculty)
George Diffley
(administrator)
Alphonsus?) Donahue Jr.
(trustee)
Dr Elizabeth Gardner
(faculty)
Dr William Garritv
(faculty)
Joseph'P Germain |r
(alumnus)
Sal J Giudice
(trustee)
John J. Higgins, SI
(trustee)
Ms. Mary Katona
(civic community)
Joseph MacDonnell, S I
(faculty)
William Schimpf
(administrator)
Linda Stephenson
(student)
Walter I Zackrison
(trustee)
Class of 197')
Fairfield University
Graduate School of Education
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V.P for Development and Publx Relations
Fairfield University
President
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Department of Psychology
Fairfield University
Graduate School of Education
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Senior Vice President, Human Resources
American Can Company
Assistant to Provincial
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Town Clerk
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Department of Mathematics
Fairfield University
"V.P for Student Services
Fairfield University
Class of 1979
Fairfield University
President
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