Mirror - Vol. 19, No. 12 - February 02, 1995

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FairfieldMIRR®R Volume 19,No.l2 Thursday, February 2, 1995 The Image of Fairfield
FUSA election narrows to OfRegan and Reed
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NameiTimO'Regan
HometowniPeiham,
New York
Major!Finance
Credentials:co-chairoftneFusA
Student Entertainment Committee; booked Angry
Salad, The Bogmen, and upcoming Blues Traveller.
CampaignI"A" the candidates were very worthy.
Every candidate took an active role, and I
hope they all take an active role no matter what the outcome,
as I plan to. I want to tailor the existing resources at Fairfield
to student needs so students can take full advantage of what
Fairfield has to offer. I also hope to revitalize the Student
Leadership Council that was started several years ago and
has since tapered off. Through my experiences in campus
organizations and my activities, I have gained insight on how
to get things done. *
Name!Mark Reed
HometOWnHuntingdon VII
Pennsylvania
MajOr: Mathematics
edredentials: FUSA senator class of '96; govern-ing
board, Student Pavilion Committee; Director of Enter-tainment
for student pavilion; co-chair of Freshman Orien-tation
*98.
Campaign:"1 want t0 be FUSA President to create
improvement, continuity, and spirit not
only in FUSA but also in the lives of all students. I want to
create a Student Activities Board, increase funding for student
clubs with the sale of a Student Activities Pass, and at the
suggestion of Larri Mazon and Ben Haymes, of the AHANA
Student Council, propose the position of "Vice President of
Special Interests/Multicultural Relations." The only thing I can
guarantee is that I will work very hard, and only together can we
realize the enormous potential in our lives as students
Roker named keynote speaker at awards dinner
> Veatherman Al Roker will host
t lis year's awards dinner in April. Photo: Public Relations
Christine Hamel
Assistant News Editor
The honored guest and
keynote speaker at the 1995
Fairfield Awards Dinner will be
Al Roker, WNBC's weathercaster
and feature reporter for NBC's
"Saturday Today" show. The
dinner will be held on April 18 at
the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich.
Chairperson for the event is John
Swanhaus Jr., '67, vice president
for sales and marketing for
PepsiCo International. The event
raises funds for the Multicultural
Scholarship at Fairfield which is
providing financial aid for six
students for this current year.
Roker has been involved
with such causes as the MS
Foundation, the Retired Seniors
Volunteer Program, Outward
Bound, and the March of Dimes.
Aside from those organizations,
Roker has been involved in
educational programs such as last
fall's PBS primetime special
dealing with nationwide reforms
in math and science.
At the dinner, two alumni
and one faculty member also will
be honored. William P. Egan "67,
will receive the Alumni Service
Award and Joellin R. Comerford
'74 will receive the Outstanding
Professional Achievement Award.
The Rev. Joseph F. MacDonnell,
S.J., will receive the Distinguished
Faculty Award.
Egan is a member of the
Roard of '1 ustees, the Finance
Committee, and the Ad-Hoc
Committee for Athletics. In the
past, he has chaired the
Advancement Committee and been
a member of the Fairfield Awards
Committee and the Campaign for
Fairfield Cabinet.
After graduating from
Fairfield, Egan earned his M.B.A.
from the Wharton School of
Business at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is a managing
partner of Burr, Egan, Deleage, &
Co., a venture capital firm located
in Boston. In 1986, Egan and his
wife, Jacalyn, helped Fairfield by
achieving its long-held vision of
building a chapel in honor of his
parents, John and Marion Egan.
Comerford is receiving
the Outstanding Professional
Achievement Award. An English
major at Fairfield, she earned her
M.B.A. from Cornell University
and serves on the board of trustees
at St. Peter's College in Jersey
City, New Jersey.
Throughout the 1980s,
Comerford was at the center of
many of Andersen Consulting's
most successful investment
banking and securities projects,
and was recently promoted to
worldwide Managing Partner,
Business Process Management.
Professor of
mathematics, the Rev. Joseph F.
MacDonnell, S.J., is receiving the
Distinguished Faculty Award.
MacDonnell earned his master's
degree in mathematics from
Fordham University and his
doctorate in mathematical
education from Columbia
University.
Father MacDonnell
came to Fairfield in 1969 after he
and other Jesuits were forced by
the Baathi regime to leave Iraq
where he taught at the Jesuit
founded Baghdad College and Al
Hikma University. Recently, he
published "Jesuits by the Tigris",
which details the courageous
efforts by the Jesuits to bring
education to Iraq over a 37 year
period.
In 1986, Father
MacDonnell was voted "Teacher
of the Year" by the Alpha Sigma
Nu honor society. He is the author
of four books and he has been
published in the International
Journal of Mathematical
Education.
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