November 2003
Volume 12, Number 4
The official news publication of Fairfield University
Index for November 7, 2003
By Martha Milcarek, Assistant Vice President for Public Relations
Following University President Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J.'s announcement to retire at the end of the academic year, the Fairfield University Board of Trustees named a 14-member committee to assist in the search for a new president. Board Chair Paul Huston '82 indicated that a national search would be conducted for a Jesuit successor.
The committee's first meeting was held on campus Oct. 8.
The committee represents the interests of the Board, faculty, students, and other major University constituencies. Edward Glynn, S.J., president of John Carroll University and a Fairfield University trustee, is the committee's chair.
As announced last month, the six trustee members serving on the search committee in addition to Fr. Glynn are Joseph F. Berardino '72; William P. Egan '67, P'99; Roger M. Lynch '63, P'95; Elner L. Morrell '81, P'03; Rosellen W. Schnurr '74; and Francis (Fay) Vincent, Jr.
The Academic Council recently elected three members of the faculty to participate in the search process: Dr. Paul Lakeland, professor of religious studies; Dr. Irene Mulvey, professor of mathematics and computer science; and Dr. Dennis Keenan, associate professor of philosophy.
Also serving on the search committee are Kevin Neubauer '05, president of the Fairfield University Student Association, who represents the students; Dr. Jeanne Novotny, dean of the School of Nursing, who represents the administrative staff; Bryan LeClerc '84, president of the Fairfield University Alumni Association, who represents the alumni; and John J. Higgins, S.J., rector of the Jesuit Community, who represents the Society of Jesus.
Huston reports the committee is scheduling meetings with various constituency groups with the hope that interviewing can begin prior to Thanksgiving.
Individuals who wish to provide written input about the selection of a new president should send their comments to: Chair, Presidential Search Committee, Bellarmine Hall, Room 123.
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By Martha Milcarek, Assistant Vice President for Public Relations
While the Fairfield community awaits the outcome of an investigation into improprieties in the men's basketball program, it is important to fully understand the NCAA process, according to Alison Sexton, senior associate director of athletics and NCAA compliance coordinator.
Sexton said the NCAA process is complex and, depending on the caseload at the NCAA, has the potential for taking an extended period of time. "One cannot infer from the lapse of time that the findings will be either more or less serious than the allegations," Sexton continued.
The NCAA website discusses the process: "Much time and effort are spent evaluating both sides of a case, in order to determine which side is the most credible. The time ... is often lengthened by the fact that the schedules of involved individuals (and sometimes their attorneys) must be accommodated. Further, in order to properly evaluate information, it is sometimes necessary to interview individuals in a particular order." The website continues, "If there is a delay in interviewing a particular person, this may have a 'ripple effect' and result in delaying the interviews of others."
When asked about the length of time the investigation is taking, University President Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., said, "As we said to the investigative team in the very beginning, and to the public, we were not looking for a quick investigation, but a thorough one. This is the only way Attorney Steve Morgan and his team operate. They share our primary mission of finding out what did or did not happen. We can't put a timetable on that process."
Fairfield retained the firm of Bond Schoeneck & King, in Overland, Kan., in August to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the facts, following reports in the media of alleged NCAA violations. Morgan, a member of the NCAA staff for more than 20 years, leads the BS&K investigation. Most recently he served as chief of staff for Division I, where he directed staff support for more than 300 Division I institutions. Before that, he was responsible for the NCAA enforcement and compliance areas.
Once all issues have been fully explored, Morgan will review all the evidence gathered and come to a conclusion regarding the allegations, for submission to the University President. Sexton said that submission of findings to the University is really just the first step in a process that then often takes several weeks - and even months - depending on the caseload at the NCAA. After the findings are given to the University, they are submitted to the NCAA including not only the results of the investigation, but also, if violations have been discovered, the report proposes to the NCAA staff what penalties or sanctions should be instituted. Even if no NCAA rules infractions are identified in the report, it will be submitted to the NCAA enforcement staff because the published allegations create an expectation that the University will fully evaluate the situation.
The next phase occurs when the NCAA enforcement staff evaluates the University's report and decides what, if any, actions are warranted. The NCAA will decide whether it believes it should conduct its own investigation to validate the University's report or explore additional issues. If, from the report or its own investigation, the NCAA concludes violations have occurred, it will determine whether the violations are "secondary" or "major" under NCAA legislation.
If any violations discovered are found to be secondary, the NCAA will evaluate the University's corrective actions and self-imposed sanctions and decide whether further action is needed. It then will communicate with the institution to conclude the case. Secondary violations usually do not result in a public announcement by the NCAA, but the institution may choose to release a report on the disposition of the case.
If the NCAA enforcement staff believes there are major violations involved, it issues its official Notice of Allegations to the institution, which sets forth specific detailed allegations of NCAA rules infractions and asks the University to submit a formal response. The University, in its response, also addresses any new or additional allegations.
Once the response is submitted, the NCAA enforcement staff will evaluate it to see if there are any continuing disagreements between the enforcement staff and the University (or anyone such as a coach or administrator who may have been identified by the NCAA as "at risk" in regard to one of the violations and asked to respond individually). If all involved are in agreement, the case may be submitted to the NCAA Committee on Infractions based on a written account of what has been found. "This is called a Summary Disposition agreement, and is part of the normal case disposition process," Sexton said.
Following a Summary Disposition of a case, the Committee on Infractions will make a public announcement of its findings and any penalties. "Should there be disagreement by any parties involved," Sexton further explained, "the hearing process would take over and the case would be presented to the NCAA Committee on Infractions by the enforcement staff and the University. Once that committee makes its decision, there is a public announcement by the NCAA and the institution."
Fr. Kelley said a report would be released once there is a final disposition of the case. "In order not to compromise the integrity of the process, Fairfield will allow the case to proceed to its proper conclusion by the NCAA before releasing details. While we are all eager to learn of the findings of this investigation, it is important to remember two things. We do not seek simply a thorough and complete evaluation of what did or did not occur; we must also be careful not to come to any premature conclusions until the NCAA completes its work and there is a final disposition of the matter."
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By Jill Kasiewicz Caseria, Editor
Concelebrating the Memorial Mass with Fr. Kelley on Oct. 21 were (l-r) Mark McGregor, S.J., Michael Boughton, S.J., Charles Allen, S.J., John Higgins, S.J., Terrence Devino, S.J., Paul Carrier, S.J., W. Laurence, O'Neil S.J., Francis Hannafey, S.J., and James Bowler, S.J.
On Oct. 21, University President Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., celebrated a Memorial Mass for the repose of the soul of Mark Fisher '06. Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff packed the Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola to remember their friend.
In his sermon, Terrence Devino, S.J., assistant chaplain, spoke of Fisher's infectious smile and how he always looked for the best in people. "He taught others to value the important stuff in life," he said, "and encouraged his friends to see the world in a positive light.
"We will remember Mark, as he is now a part of us. He has made a difference in the lives of those on this campus," said Fr. Devino. "We will keep his energy and spirit alive in our hearts."
Also present were Fisher's parents, sister, Alexis, and brother, Michael. At the end of the Mass, Michael Fisher, Mark's father, spoke about his son's special connection to Fairfield.
When the University's football program was discontinued, Fisher, a football player, decided to remain on campus. "Mark said that his love for Fairfield University and his friends was greater than his love for sports. He told us, 'This is my home. I have such strong feelings for the priests and teachers here. My friends are like family to me; we look out for each other and care for each other,'" he said. "We hope Mark will always be a part of Fairfield because Fairfield was such a part of Mark."
Prior to the Mass, students handed red and white ribbons to the congregation to wear in Fisher's memory.
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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Story time
On Oct. 23, as part of Read-Aloud Day, 14 Fairfield University students and staff volunteered to read to students at Bryant Elementary and Madison Elementary schools in Bridgeport. Marta Matselioukh '04 (pictured above) shared And Then it Rained by Crescent Dragonwagon to special education students in Mrs. Patricia Hassan's class.
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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By Jill Kasiewicz Caseria, Editor
 Stepping into Dr. Dee Lippman's office in the School of Nursing is like walking into a history book. Against the walls stands her collection of nursing dolls in period costume representing varied eras in the profession, different nationalities, and those who served during times of war. Among the dolls are the professor's dozens of antique nursing books, treasured yellowed manuals and pamphlets, and medical instruments of days gone by. She uses them to bring nursing history alive for students and excite them about the profession upon which they are about to embark.
But if her varied collection doesn't inspire, her devotion to help people live healthier lives will. After all, she's been a nursing advocate for more than two decades. Now her role has shifted to a more visible one: The Connecticut Nurses' Association elected Dr. Lippman, professor of nursing, to serve as its president. Her two-year term begins this month.
Since 1980, Dr. Lippman has been a member of the CNA, serving on its state board of directors. In 1993, CNA honored her with its Diamond Jubilee Award for Excellence in Political Action. The CNA works to improve health standards and availability of health care services for patients and protect and advance high standards of nursing. All registered nurses in the State belong to the CNA.
"I'm quite excited and honored about this new leadership opportunity," she says, adding that her long-time involvement with the CNA, nurses, and nursing students has prepared her for the position.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lippman has centered her scholarship on bringing visibility to nursing, and while she is CNA president she plans to visit every nursing school in Connecticut to talk about the profession. She has served as advisor to Fairfield University's student nursing association and the Conn. State Student Nurses' Association. She is a past president of the Yale chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the nursing honor society. She has also served on Sigma Theta Tau's finance, research, and global diversity committees at the international level. A prolific writer and researcher, her most recent publication is 101 Careers in Nursing, to which she contributed with Dean Dr. Jeanne Novotny, Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick, and Nicole Sanders.
"The future of nursing is in our students," she says. "I share the wisdom I have with them - the history of nursing, the energy around how much we've done, the strength we have."
The milestones she's reached in her own career mirrors this philosophy. As vice chairwoman of the national Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C., which was dedicated in 1993, she hit many obstacles along the way before the project was completed. "The project took energy, commitment, and perseverance, but we got there," she says. She uses that experience to teach students not to give up, no matter how tough the pressure. "I tell them that there is no limit to what you can do as long as you put your mind to it. It's important for them to feel empowered, like they can make a difference."
As president of CNA, Dr. Lippman looks forward to continuing to work with students and advocating the needs of populations that are sometimes overlooked - war veterans and the elderly. She also plans to tackle issues such as balancing the ratio of nursing staff to patients and safety issues in the workplace.
Involving her Fairfield students in her work is also a key part of her plan. She hopes to mentor them by bringing them with her to state, national, and perhaps international meetings of major nursing organizations such as the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau International.
Her primary goal is to get students interested in caring for older adults and discuss ways in which young and older people can work together in ways that relate to health and well-being. "As nurses that's what we're all about - helping people," she says.
Dr. Lippman earned her bachelor of science degree from the Cornell School of Nursing, a master's degree in education and doctoral degree in psychiatric nursing and curriculum instruction from Columbia University, and a second master's degree in marriage and family therapy from Fairfield University.
When asked how she chose nursing as her life's work, she responded by reading a poem written by her favorite nurse, Florence Nightingale:
"Nursing is an art; and if it is to be made an art,
it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard
a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work;
for what is the having to do with dead canvas or cold marble,
compared with the having to do with the living body-the temple of God's spirit?
It is one of the Fine Arts;
I had almost said
The finest of the Fine Arts"
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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Charles Allen, S.J., executive assistant to the President, was quoted in a September Stamford Advocate story about a Mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Dr. Elia Chepaitis, associate professor of information systems and operations management in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, published and presented two papers last summer. In July, she presented "Garbage in, Cases Out: Dumpster Diving and Other Experiential Cases in Information Technology Management" at the World Association of Case Method Research and Application conference at the Bordeaux School of Business in France. In June, she presented "Information Development in Russia: Ethics vs. Mores in a Transition Economy" at the Global Information Technology Management Association conference in Calgary, Canada.
Dr. Richard DeAngelis, associate professor emeritus of history, was quoted in a September Norwalk Hour story marking the 75th anniversary of Norden Systems. Dr. DeAngelis commented on the defense firm's creation of a bombsight that helped World War II bombardiers hit their targets from high altitudes.
Dr. Paul Lakeland, chair of religious studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed in October by CNBC on Pope John Paul II and his legacy. He was also interviewed by the Connecticut Post on the 25th anniversary of the Pope.
Dr. Edward Deak, the Roger M. Lynch Professor of economics, was quoted by several news sources in August and September. He commented on the impact of corporate state taxes in the Sunday New York Times; the accuracy of the federal Consumer Price Index in the Connecticut Post; Sunday shopping habits in Connecticut in the Connecticut Post (the article also appeared on the website, CNNMoney); the Fairfield County expansion of German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in The Hartford Courant; and trends in information technology employment in the Torrington Register Citizen. The New Haven Register did a feature article on the publishing of his new textbook, The Economics of e-Commerce and the Internet. In October, the Connecticut Post and Fairfield County Business Journal carried the announcement of Dr. Deak's appointment to the Roger M. Lynch Chair in economics.
Dr. Deak delivered his five-year economic forecast for the Connecticut economy at a conference last week for the New England Economic Project. According to Dr. Deak, job growth in Connecticut will be slow but steady next year, as the state economy begins to pick up. "The early portion of 2004 on the national level, will be very important for the direction and strength of the Connecticut economy in 2004," he said, noting that a variety of factors could have an impact. "A bitter and divisive presidential election could be detrimental to the economic recovery," he added.
In September, Dr. Faith-Anne Dohm, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education and Applied Psychology, was profiled in gradPSYCH, the official publication of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students. The article highlighted Dr. Dohm's surveys of doctoral-level clinical psychologists about the importance of research mentors. Her research has also been reported in the Psychology of Women Quarterly and Psychology of Men and Masculinity.
Dr. Carol Epstein, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Critical Care Medicine. The college is part of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, a multidisciplinary, multi-professional organization whose mission is to secure the highest quality care for critically ill patients. She will be inducted into the College in February 2004.
In September, the Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, and Westport News reported on a study conducted by Dr. Donald Gibson, associate professor of management in the Dolan School of Business, and Dr. Lisa Mainiero, professor of management in the Dolan School. The study, to be published in the Academy of Management Executive, examines the reaction of employees and managers following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Economic and Moral Criteria of Executive Compensation," an article by Francis Hannafey, S.J., associate professor of religious studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, was in the fall edition of Business and Society Review.
Among the media outlets reporting that University President Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., would retire in June were the Journal News in White Plains and WNBC-TV, Channel 4.
In October, Dr. R. James Long, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, was invited to present his paper, "The Contributions of the Books on the Soul and Body (in the encyclopedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus) to the Dissemination of Greco-Arabic Learning," at an international colloquium held in Münster, Germany. The colloquium was sponsored by the Seminar für Mittellateinische Philologie.
Dr. Anne P. Manton, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been awarded board certification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. The designation, which requires the completion of rigorous course work as well as 600 clinical hours, allows Dr. Manton to write prescriptions and treat patients as an advanced practice nurse practitioner.
An article by Dr. Sharlene McEvoy, professor of business law in the Dolan School of Business, has been accepted for publication by the journal Communications and the Law. In "A Tale of Two Cases: 'Comedy III Productions v. Saderup' and 'ETW Corp. v. Jireh Publishing, Inc.': Right of Publicity v. the First Amendment," Dr. McEvoy examines conflicting court rulings about the rights of an artist to appropriate a celebrity's likeness.
In September, Dr. Patricia Behre Miskimin, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed Snow in August by Pete Hamill at the Westport Library.
Dianne Nolan, women's basketball coach, was interviewed by the Connecticut Post about the NCAA East Region women's basketball tournament taking place in March 2004 at the Arena at Harbor Yard.
In October, Dr. John Orman, professor of politics in the College of Arts and Sciences, appeared on NBC-TV news to discuss celebrity politics and its relevance to the California recall election. He was also interviewed by Carol Costello of CNN's Daybreak, WTNH-TV, Denmark Television, National Public Radio in Seattle, and Fox News National with David Asman. He was interviewed by Paul Berry at WTNT AM 570 in Washington, D.C., Michelle Goldberg at salon.com, the Toronto Globe, WELI in New Haven, and WSTC-WNLK in Stamford/Norwalk. In addition, the Connecticut Post did a feature story on the California race and Dr. Orman's book, Celebrity Politics.
In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in October, Dr. Orman said that he "jokes with his students that instead of going to law school or studying public policy to prepare for a political career, they should get on a long-running TV sitcom and, when it's over, run for office. 'I still say it jokingly, but I'm not joking as much as I used to be,'" he said.
In addition, WVIT-TV, Channel 30 in Hartford, interviewed Dr. Orman for a story on New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.'s decision to run for governor in 2006; the Danbury News-Times carried Dr. Orman's comments about U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's chances in the Democratic presidential primary.
The Connecticut Post reported in September on the appointment of Dr. Raymond Poincelot as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Poincelot had been chair of the biology department.
Jean Santopatre, University photojournalist, was 1 of 16 Connecticut photographers, and 1 of 1,000 photographers nationwide invited to participate in the America 24/7 photo project. This project was spearheaded by Rick Smolan and Dave Cohen, publishers of the Day in the Life series. Santopatre documented the Black Rock community during the week of May 12, and followed Fairfield University student, Reesa Antony '03, through senior week activities. One of Santopatre's Black Rock photos was selected for the national book which was released in October. Additional photos will be published in the Connecticut edition in 2004.
Dr. James Simon, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by Cox News Service and National Public Radio on the California governor recall. His comments on Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial success, despite accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against him, appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
At the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists in October, Dr. Simon presented "Southern reporters and the environment." In August, at a national journalism educators conference, he served on a panel discussion about developing quality journalism programs at small schools and moderated a discussion on how reporters can use more diverse sources in their stories.
Finally, a study co-authored by Dr. Simon was published in the spring 2003 issue of Social Science Journal. "Gender and Political Orientation in Childhood," a study of 15,000 children, found that young girls surpass young boys in their political interest and knowledge.
Dr. L. Kraig Steffen, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Bridgeport News article about the importance of maintaining the Ash Creek estuary at St. Mary's by Sea in Black Rock.
Dr. Ellen Umansky, director of Judaic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed by the Dallas Morning News in September about the use of separate calendars for different faiths. Dr. Umansky said she primarily follows the Jewish calendar. "If I were to write a card, I might include the Jewish date and year," she said.
In October, Dr. Kathleen Wheeler, professor in the School of Nursing, chaired "Contemporary Influences on Graduate Psychiatric Nursing Education," a panel discussion at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference in Atlanta. She also presented her work as co-chair of a national panel that developed competencies for her specialty. The panel was titled "Development of Psychiatric Mental-Health Nurse Practitioner Competencies: Opportunities for the 21st Century."
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November 2003
10 years
Thomas Sinko
Birth
Barbara Kiernan, director of University publications - granddaughter, Chloe Rose, born Oct. 28.
Condolences
Corletto Salafia, mother of Dr. Ronald Salafia, professor of psychology, died Oct. 20.
Two of Fairfield University's retirees recently passed away. Henry "Hank" Banks, a former campus bus driver and employee with Central Stores, died Oct. 14, and Chester Stuart, a member of the original faculty, died Oct. 21. Obituaries will appear in the December issue.
Evelyn Mosley, mother of Karen Creecy, assistant dean of the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions, died Nov. 2.
New Employees
Edson DeOliveira - groundskeeper, Grounds Maintenance
Jennifer Horn - music director, Prep
Daniel Junkins - director, Development Services
Donna Molitor - secretary, Major Gifts
Denise Peters Prior - accountant, Controller Office
Michael Rupp - admission counselor, Office of Undergraduate Admission
Jennifer Sayre - assistant director, Judicial Affairs
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By Nancy Habetz, Director of Media Relations
Fairfield University has announced the election of seven members to its Board of Trustees, including six alumni and four members who have served previous terms on the board.
Returning to the board are E. Gerald Corrigan '63, managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Diane Oakley '75, former vice president of TIAA-CREF; Joseph A. DiMenna '80, managing director of Zweig-DiMenna Associates in New York; and Francis (Fay) T. Vincent, Jr., former commissioner of Major League Baseball.
New board members are Sheila Kearney Davidson '83, senior vice president and general counsel for New York Life Insurance Company; Clinton A. Lewis, Jr. '88, vice president, sales, Pfizer; and Thomas P. Loughlin '80, managing director, Jefferson Wells International.
 E. Gerald Corrigan joined Goldman Sachs in 1994, following a 25-year career with the Federal Reserve System, serving for a time as special assistant to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker, and culminating with his appointment as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
At Goldman Sachs, he was named the managing director in 1996. On an ongoing basis, he is involved with a range of strategic and transactional projects around the world on behalf of the firm and its clients.
Corrigan earned a bachelor of social science degree in economics from Fairfield and master's and doctoral degrees in economics from Fordham University. He serves as co-chair of the Bretton Woods Committee and the Aspen Institute, Program on World Economy, and is a trustee or member of The Group of Thirty, The Institute for Financial Stability, Bank for International Settlements; and The Trilateral Commission. He and his wife, Cathy Minehan, live in Lincoln, Mass.
 Diane Oakley joined TIAA-CREF as an actuarial assistant, following her graduation from Fairfield in 1975. She rose through the ranks of the organization, becoming a regional office manager by 1985 and vice president, associations and government relations, in 1989. In 1995 she was named vice president.
A director of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, she serves on the Steering Committee of the American Savings Education Council. She is affiliated professionally with the American Association for Higher Education, National Association of Women in Education, American Council of Life Insurance, and Who's Who in Business and Industry. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Fairfield and an MBA from Fordham University. She is a resident of Bethesda, Md.
 Joseph A. DiMenna is a managing director of Zweig-DiMenna Associates, which is the Managing General Partner of Zweig-DiMenna Partners, and Zweig-DiMenna Special Opportunities. He is executive vice president and treasurer of Zweig Associates and executive vice president of Zweig-DiMenna International Managers. Since 1980, he has been vice president and director of research of Zweig Securities Advisory Service.
DiMenna has served as vice president of Gotham Advisors since 1991. Until 1994, he was executive vice president and a director of The Zweig Fund and The Zweig Total Return Fund, and treasurer and a director of their respective investment advisers, Zweig Advisors and Zweig Total Return Advisors. DiMenna joined the Zweig Companies in 1977, while studying at Fairfield for a bachelor degree in finance, which was awarded in 1980. He and his wife, Maureen, live in New York City.
 Francis T. Vincent Jr. is the former commissioner of Major League Baseball (1989 to 1992). He is semi-retired and continues to serve as chair of Vincent Enterprises in Stamford and on the boards of Time Warner and Westfield America Trust.
Throughout his career Vincent was a senior advisor for Peter J. Solomon & Co., New York City, executive vice president of the Coca-Cola Company, chairman and president of Columbia Pictures, and associate director of the Division of Corporation Finance for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Vincent holds a bachelor of arts degree from Williams College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and holds a law degree from Yale University. He is a member of the bar in Connecticut, New York, and Washington, D.C., and resides in Greenwich, Conn., and Vero Beach, Fla., with his wife, Christina.
 Sheila Kearney Davidson is a senior vice president and general counsel of New York Life Insurance Company.
A graduate of Fairfield with a bachelor of arts degree in politics, awarded cum laude, she earned her doctor of jurisprudence degree from George Washington University. She was with the National Association of Securities Dealers before joining New York Life in 1991 as an associate counsel in the Office of the General Counsel. After a steady rise in the company, Davidson assumed responsibility for the Corporate Compliance Department in 1997 and was selected senior vice president in 1998. In May of 2000, she was appointed General Counsel.
She resides in New York City with her husband, Anthony, and their two sons.
 Clinton A. Lewis Jr. began his career with Pfizer in 1988 as a sales representative, following his graduation from Fairfield with a bachelor of science degree in biology. He rose through the ranks, holding several managerial positions, including regional manager of the New England Region for Pratt Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Pfizer, and general manager of Pfizer Caribbean.
While with Pfizer, he earned an MBA in marketing at Fairleigh Dickinson University, awarded in 1993. This year, he was named vice president, sales, with Pfizer.
Lewis serves on the board of directors of the New York affiliate of INROADS, an organization that encourages talented minority youth to become leaders in the corporate world and in their communities. He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and a member of Fairfield University's Multicultural Scholarship Committee. He his wife, Teresa, reside in Baldwin, N.Y., with their son.
 Thomas P. Loughlin earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Fairfield and is a CPA, licensed in both Washington, D.C. and Connecticut. He began his career with KPMG in 1979, rising to the positions of director of strategic investments, chief risk officer, and chief financial and administrative officer and partner. When KPMG became Bearing Point in 1999, Loughlin was named managing director.
Last year, Loughlin was recruited by Jefferson Wells International in McLean, Va., for the position of managing director, with the assignment to turn around an underperforming business unit. Within five months he successfully transformed the unit into one of the top five U.S. practices in gross margin.
Nominated by the U.S. Secretary of Education to chair the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board in 1996, Loughlin has directed the authorization of 24 public charter schools, operating on 27 campuses, and serving 9,000 students - the largest such initiative in the United States. He established nationally renowned approval and accountability protocols and testifies frequently before the U.S. Congress, and Mayoral and City Council hearings. He also serves as treasurer of the Juan Carlos Rincones Dance Theatre. From 1990 to 1996 he was a board member of the Washington Project for the Arts.
He and his wife, Kathi, live in Washington, D.C., with their two daughters.
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By Jennifer K. Covino, Publications Writer
Part III in a series to introduce Fairfield's newest faculty to the University community.
Dr. Emily Remington Smith
Dr. Smith has been named assistant professor of secondary education in the department of curriculum and instruction in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions. She comes to Fairfield from Michigan State University, where she taught in the Department of Teacher Education from 1998 to 2003 while working toward an advanced degree. She earned her doctorate in curriculum, teaching, and educational policy from Michigan State this past spring.
Dr. Smith gained rich research experience at Michigan State. She developed and was co-researcher for the English Educators Network, a professional development forum for university and school-based English teacher educators for which she received an $85,000 Eisenhower grant from the state department of education. She also received a Spencer Research Training Grant.
While at Michigan State, Dr. Smith also designed and facilitated an orientation for new field instructors and developed an on-line course, "Teaching Discussion through Literature in the Middle Grades." She has participated in presentations at conferences held by the National Council of Teachers of English, the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, and the American Educational Research Association.
After graduating from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's degree in English literature and secondary teaching certification, she joined the faculty at Friends Select School in Philadelphia. At Friends, she taught English and journalism and developed and team-taught an interdisciplinary English-history class for high school students.
An East-Coaster at heart, Dr. Smith enjoys dancing, playing sports, and conducting community service.
Dr. Kathleen Weiden
Dr. Weiden, formerly a visiting professor in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, has been named assistant professor of accounting. She serves as academic advisor to a team of students who compete in the Deloitte & Touche Tax Case Study Competition this fall. She is also working with Internal Revenue Service representatives and several community-based human service organizations to institute a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for Fairfield University student volunteers. The program should be effective this coming tax-filing season.
Last spring, Dr. Weiden organized, at the Dolan School, an interdisciplinary seminar on pending tax legislation that brought together political science, ethics, and business professors, and public accounting and finance practitioners. Her areas of interest include managerial accounting, performance incentives, measurement and compensation, and taxation. In 2003, her paper, "Monitoring Costs of Lower-Level Employees: The Case of Stock Options," received the Best Paper by a New Faculty Member award at the American Accounting Association's Northeast Regional Conference.
Dr. Weiden has taught managerial accounting at Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, where she received her doctorate in business administration in 2001. She has worked as a senior tax accountant at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, and as controller at The Hendrix Companies in New York City. From 1985 to 1996, she worked for the regional accounting firm, O'Connor, Davies and Co., serving as a tax partner in later years.
Dr. Weiden holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Manhattan College and a master's degree in taxation from Pace University. A certified public accountant, she belongs to several academic honor societies and professional organizations. She sings in the choir and coaches girls' basketball at St. Joseph's parish in Bronxville, N.Y., and is a member of the Empire State Rowing Association.
Dan Junkins: director of development services
By Jennifer K. Covino, Publications Writer
The Barbie-doll sized bicycle that sits on Dan Junkins' desk was crafted from bits of Coke cans by an artisan in Malawi, Africa. The brightly colored cycle is more than office art; it's a symbol of the choices Junkins has made in his career.
On Oct. 1, Junkins was named the University's director of development services.
During the past decade, Junkins has associated himself with non-profit organizations whose priorities and goals go beyond financial gain. For example, from 1998 to 2002, he worked for the Trickle Up Program, a New York City non-profit that provides seed capital and business training to entrepreneurs in the poorest countries. As program director, he managed the Latin American operations.
It was through Trickle Up that he met artisans like the bicycle crafter and a Nicaraguan family whose inventory of handcrafted clay pots was destroyed by an earthquake. Junkins' organization gave them seed capital to restart the business.
After graduating from Cornell College in Iowa in 1993 with bachelor's degrees in secondary education and business and economics, Junkins entered the Peace Corps for two years. He was stationed in Costa Rica, where he advised small business enterprises and led workshops to qualify entrepreneurs for start-up loans. "My Peace Corps experience formed my career aspirations in terms of wanting to work in public service in some way," he says.
He followed that with two years as a training coordinator for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he tuned up his database administration and computer skills. While at Trickle Up, he completed a master's degree in public administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
When Junkins first visited Fairfield, he connected right away with the small, family atmosphere. "Coming here and visiting, I got a feeling of closeness," he says. "You know who people are, you see people frequently, and you don't feel like you're lost in the big picture."
In his new position, Junkins will use his computer skills and his experience in development. His department provides technical support for the advancement office, serving as the "information gatekeepers" for the alumni module of Banner; running all major mailing lists to donors; and keeping track of pledges, gifts, and correspondence with donors.
"I also have experience as a fundraiser, which helps me communicate with the advancement staff," he says. "I know their language, I know what they do everyday, and the type and quality of information that's important to them."
Junkins hopes to get involved with intramurals and community service once he's had a chance to settle into campus life. But his free time these days is devoted to family. In May, he and wife, Minette, who live in Milford, celebrated the birth of their baby daughter, Maya.
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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Naming ceremony in honor of Jamie Hulley
On Oct. 23, the Action for Bridgeport Community Development Childcare Center was renamed in honor of Dr. Judy Primavera's late daughter, Jamie. The Jamie A. Hulley Childcare Center provides Head Start, school readiness, and daycare services to 150 preschool-age children.
Dr. Primavera, professor of psychology, is director of the center's Family Literacy Project. She stands above with her daughter and Jamie's sister, Kari. Next to them is a painting by Jamie, a self-portrait as an adult and as a child.
Photo by Nancy Habetz
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On Oct. 30, the Center for Multicultural Relations hosted the Christopher Blake Love AHANA Students Achievement Awards Dinner, honoring 99 students who achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the previous academic year. Pictured above are some of the recipients with Larri Mazon, director of multicultural relations, and University President Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. Dr. Craig Polite, clinical and industrial psychologist, was the event's keynote speaker.
Congratulations to the following students:
Class of 2004: Jamail El-dean Ajaj, Reubin Alicea, Zultan Allan Bermudez, Amanda Borges, Bridgette Castro, Tanya Chavez, Danielle Doran, Eloise Frangias, Malula Gonzalez, Huy Huynh, Mai Huynh, Robert Keder, Aelee Kwon, Gloria Ji-Eun Lee, Burton Mills, Cynthia Ng, Anh Nguyen, Hai Nguyen, Catherine Nguyen-Ho, Karima Ovins, Veena Panduranga, Michael Purcell, Chandana Ravindranath, Julian Saavedra, Andrew Smith, Mariam Sultan, Jennifer Tan, Tania Torres, Lyl Urena, and Desiree Verdejo.
Class of 2005: Kathryn Banahan, Nicholas Benaquista, Grace Bermudez, Jessica Carrasquillo, Bridget Champagne, Tam Chuong, Mothler Dalexis, Isabel Depina, Ora Dortche, Nehemiah Ellison, Claudia Flores, Stephanie Gonzalez, Yvonne Harris, Victoria Jones, Timmy Khenmy, Byron Kim, Shauling Luong, Michelle Martir, Jessenia Morales, Lindsay Mulvihill, Gabriel Munoz, Mark Anthony Mutuc, Hyewon Noh, Jennifer Ortega, Paola Perez, Lyn Pham, David Rhee, Orlando Roman, Deepak Sethi, Ricky Singh, Wieslaw Szymonik, Cesar Urena, Stephanie Wong, and Suzanne VanValkenburgh.
Class of 2006: Ralph Vincent Achacoso, Lauren Blanchette, Alexis Cedeno, Lok-Ming Chan, Vanessa Chaparro, Chun Chen, Istvan Dawis, Elis Espinal, Mark Fisher, Christian Flores, Sarah Gillespie, Patricia Hartendorp, Danielle Innis, Eva Kempf, Gregory Lopez, Rachel Lozada, Alejandro Martinez, Dahiana Martinez, Bernadette Melido, Robert Morales, Kentebe Ogbolu, Adebayo Ogunniyi, Nicklaine Paul, John Potes, Kara Ryan, Nathalie Santuccio, Nicole Sarasua, Maliha Siddiqui, Ada Sim, Gregory Surette, Lauren Szymanski, Christian Villodas, Wiwatsom Viwatthanasorn, Amy Vu, and Anna Wang.
Photo by B.K. Angeletti
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By Jill Kasiewicz Caseria, Editor
Extensive water damage to Bellarmine Hall has prompted a major restoration to the building's interior and exterior.
The project, which is scheduled to continue through next summer, launched in late October with work crews demolishing the basement "down to the studs," says Ric Taylor, associate vice president of campus operations. Crews have also isolated the heating systems to the first floor, sealed ducts, started mold alleviation, and began installing scaffolding to the building exterior.
Last winter, elevated levels of mold, poor indoor air quality, and deteriorating ceiling plaster were found in the basement of the 83-year-old building, resulting in employees' relocation. Following the restoration project, the basement will be used for storage, and will not be reoccupied with offices and personnel, says Taylor.
Along with the repairs due to water damage in the basement and upper floors, crews will remove hazardous materials, including asbestos and lead paint. Asbestos was found in the building's window caulking, roof flashing and patching materials, and pipe insulation; lead paint is throughout the building. Dec-Tam Corporation of Massachusetts, a Connecticut-licensed contractor that has performed abatement projects in the John A. Barone Campus Center and the Rudolph F. Bannow Science Center, will remove asbestos during weekends and vacation periods.
Mold, leaking windows, and other deterioration was found on the upper floors. Mold-contaminated surfaces on the first, second, and third floors will be removed and/or disinfected. Remediation will be done under negative pressure to contain the mold spores.
Bellarmine's plaster walls and ceilings are covered in lead-based paint, and windows have metallic lead components and window putty. Remediation will also be done under negative pressure.
The University has hired EnviroMed Services of Meriden to measure the air quality throughout the duration of the project.
Built in 1920 as the main house of the Lashar Estate, the building was originally known as Hearthstone Hall. It was renamed in honor of St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J., cardinal and patron saint of Fairfield University, following the Jesuits' purchase of the building and surrounding property. From 1942 until 1981, Bellarmine Hall was used as the Jesuit residence. Since 1982, it has been the University's administrative center, housing the offices of the President, undergraduate admission, advancement, development, and public relations. There are currently 63 full- and part-time employees working in the building.
At an information session held Oct. 20, Bellarmine occupants were informed of the construction plans, including the restoration project, which was developed by Hoffman Architects.
A second stage of the project involves exterior demolition of the terrace and plaza, and a rebuilding of the railings and garden. The third stage will involve restoring all of the windows, including removal of the caulking and lead paint and adding new hardware so they are water tight and operational.
Additional work includes:
- On the third floor, the coping stones - where they meet the slate roof - will be replaced, asbestos material removed, and the roof, where deteriorated, will be rebuilt and resealed. Windows on the roof will be replaced and reframed.
- The lead-coated gutters will be replaced with copper gutters to be historically correct, and the wrought iron railings will be redone to historic specifications. Additional stonework on the exterior will be replaced.
- Inside, after the damaged plaster is repaired to be watertight, a craftsman will make the plaster detail historically correct.
At the end of the project Bellarmine will be fully restored, says Taylor, with the stonework, gutters, downspouts, and ornamental work corrected and made watertight.
Although the work is extensive, a restoration project - rather than a demolition - was decided. "We want to preserve this signature building to the class and grace that is Fairfield," said Mark Guglielmoni, director of human resources.
Throughout the construction period, said Taylor, Bellarmine Hall will be available at all times to employees and visitors, and the front area will be protected from construction. The side entrance, parking lot, and basement level are available to construction crews only during working hours. After hours, the electronic card entrance is available for those employees with access.
Larry Cannon, president of EnviroMed Services and a 1969 alumnus of Fairfield University, assured Bellarmine staff that all hazardous materials will be contained and removed according to State law, and that his team will monitor air quality, noise, and dust levels daily. Prior to the project, EnviroMed conducted baseline air sampling to determine existing air quality and to compare levels with those during construction. Asbestos, lead, dust (total particles and crystalline silica), temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide levels in the air were within the State of Connecticut Health Department and Occupational Safety and Health Administration and/or American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers range. Indoor mold spore concentrations were below the outdoor samples taken with the exception of one location in the basement with has a concentration higher than the outdoor levels.
The project manager is Walt Stapleton of campus operations.
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Sharing skills across cultures
Professors from the Charles F. Dolan School of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences presented a three-day symposium to students and faculty at St. Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics (FINEC) in October. FINEC is among the top three finance and economic universities in Russia.
Vice-Rector, International Cooperation, Dr. Igor Maximtsev and David Siefkin, U.S. consul for press and culture in St. Petersburg, opened the symposium on U.S. pedagogy in cross-cultural communications, management, business ethics, and finance.
Dr. Robbin Crabtree (pictured above), chair and associate professor of communication, began the conference with "Intercultural Communication Theory and Skills in EFL and TESOL." Other presentations by Fairfield University faculty included "The Strategic Relationship Between Law, Ethics, and International Business," by Dr. Lucy Katz, professor of business law and chair of the management department; "Issues in Macro Economics," by Dr. Kathy Nantz, associate professor of economics; "The Manager as Negotiator: A Pedagogical Approach," by Dr. Norm Solomon, dean of the Dolan School; and "Efficient Markets, Business Education, Simulation and Trading Classrooms" as well as "Energy: Overview of Case Approach to Teaching," by Dr. Michael Tucker, professor of finance. Dr. David McFadden, director and professor of Russian/East European Studies, attended. Some 19 Russian scholars also presented papers.
The visit also included meetings with several FINEC officials, further pursuing Fairfield University's cooperative efforts.
Photo by Dr. Norm Solomon
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By Jennifer K. Covino, Publications Writer
 Apologetics - the theological task of explaining the faith to, or defending it before, those who do not share it - has been absent in the Catholic Church post-Vatican II, but is enjoying a reawakening, said Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
Author, academic, and influential Catholic theologian, Cardinal Dulles delivered "Do We Still Need a Catholic Apologetics?", the 10th annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J., Lecture in Theology, Religion, and Society. lecture, on Oct. 28 at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
Cardinal Dulles, who is the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, was a friend of Fr. Mooney, who was Fairfield's academic vice president and professor of religious studies from 1981 to 1993.
Apologetics is not necessary, the cardinal said, because it is possible to be a Catholic without having studied it. Nor is it sufficient, he said, for rational demonstrations must be accompanied by an inclination to believe. "Faith is a submission to the word of God, a readiness to accept the mystery of the revelations," he said.
Nonetheless, he continued, apologetics is useful and may help people strengthen their faith. It helps overcome the doubts of inquirers who are considering a conversion to Catholicism, and it may also assure "cradle Catholics," who, as they mature and become educated, struggle to reconcile the faith they've accepted since childhood with scientific reason and theories.
In his presentation, Cardinal Dulles traced the history of apologetics, which had its roots in the New Testament, in the letters of Paul, and in the apostles sent to spread God's word. Apologetics continued to play a significant role in the Church for centuries, but in the mid-20th century, arguments against it began to dominate. One argument maintained that apologetics is "too defensive. It resists the growth of understanding made possible by the advance of human sciences," said Cardinal Dulles. Another said that "faith is a grace and cannot be produced by arguments."
Apologetics began to get a bad name, and in Catholic seminaries and schools post-Vatican II, it was no longer offered in the curriculum, he said. In the spring, Cardinal Dulles will teach apologetics at Fordham. It will be the first time the course has been offered in 30 years.
More recently, seven different apologetic approaches have appeared in current literature. One of these is the Augustinian argument, which says that humans, seeking to fill a void, search for an object worthy of their devotion - and find it in God. Another, the Biblical evidentialist model, says that God has revealed himself through historical events - through the miracles of Christ and by his death and resurrection, as documented by the Shroud of Turin.
"All of these approaches are valuable," the cardinal said. "I do not find it necessary to choose among them. The combination of all the arguments is stronger than any one taken alone."
Apologetics, though not necessary nor sufficient, still has a role in the Church, he concluded. It must, however, be accompanied by a faith instilled in us by God. "Apologetics is not designed to prove the revelations beyond all doubt," he said. "Faith has to be free, not coerced; loving, not reluctant."
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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By Meredith Guinness, Publicist
Beginning this month, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will host a Russian Arts and Letters Festival featuring more than 20 events celebrating Russian music, art, dance, film, literature, and more. Running through April 2004, the festival includes performances by the Moscow Festival Ballet, the Salzburg Marionettes, the Amadeus Trio, dance-illusionists Pilobolus, the Yale University Russian Chorus, the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia, and a lecture by Sergei Khrushchev, son of the late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
The cultural festival is a biannual Quick Center program, which began in spring 2000 with an Irish Arts and Letters Festival, followed by "French Showcase: Evolving Arts" in spring 2002. Russian culture was selected, says Deborah Sommers, the Quick Center's director of programming, because of its major contributions to the world and because of the concentration of people of Russian descent living in the region.
"A major goal of the festival is to bring a higher level of understanding to the global significance of these important contributions to culture," Sommers says. "The festival theme focuses on the idea of global discussion and increased understanding between cultures."
In addition, about 75 Connecticut artists will take part in festival events, giving local performers a showcase for their talents.
Events in November and December include the following:
The festival begins Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. with a joint performance of Pilobolus and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Since its inception in 1971, Pilobolus has been pushing the boundaries of dance form with its wildly inventive acrobatics and athleticism. The St. Lawrence String Quartet is famous for what the Washington Post called "emotionally high charged but never out of control" musicianship.
On Nov. 17 at 7 p.m., the Quick Center will screen the first of six Russian films, covering three decades of Russian cinema. Solyaris, a 1972 science fiction film by director Andrei Tarkovsky, will be followed by Vladimir Menshov's Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, a 1979 film set to screen on Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.
Dr. Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, will present "Russia and the United States: Cultural Differences and Similarities" on Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Author of Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower, Khrushchev is a senior fellow at the Center for Foreign Policy Development of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. A book signing will follow the lecture.
On Nov. 22, at 8 p.m., the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia will bring its beautiful music, intricate steps, and ornate traditional costumes to the Quick Center's Kelley Theatre. The unique folklore and dance of the Siberian region have given the company an international following.
The Quick Center's Russian Festival and its new Live Lit! series converge on Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. with "Icons of Russian Literature." The afternoon of readings includes Shylock on the Neva by Gary Shteyngart, The Squire's Daughter by Alexander Sergeyovitch Pushkin, and A Day in the Country by Anton Chekhov. An afternoon tea will precede the readings at 2 p.m.
For tickets and more information, call the Box Office at ext. 4010.
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By Dominic Mariani, Contributing Writer
Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg and Charlie Rose
The third annual Charles F. Dolan Lecture packed the Kelley Theatre on Oct. 29 as PBS's Charlie Rose moderated a conversation with Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg, chairman of the executive committee of The Bear Stearns Companies.
The program, which will be shown on Rose's show at a later date, opened as Rose introduced Greenberg and his more than 50-year affiliation with one of America's leading investment banking and securities trading firms.
Greenberg began by explaining his nickname, "Ace". When he was a student the University of Missouri, he said, a friend suggested he change his name to "Ace Gainsborough" to attract women.
"I dropped the Gainsborough, but the 'Ace' followed me to New York," Greenberg told the audience.
When asked by Rose what drove him to seek out a Wall Street career, Greenberg admitted a football injury had led to his reading about finance. That, coupled with his enjoyment of card playing and betting, made a financial career a logical choice.
"Bookmaking was illegal at the time, so I didn't have many options. So I chose Wall Street," Greenberg said.
Greenberg began at Bear Stearns as a risk arbitrage clerk in 1949 at a salary of $32.50 a week and gradually worked his way up to trader.
He also spoke about his father, a businessman, who taught him a number of valuable lessons that he later applied to his trading career.
One piece of advice was "if you have some merchandise that doesn't look good today, sell it because tomorrow it's only going to look worse," Greenberg said. "That certainly applied to Wall Street."
His father also taught him that personnel made the difference between a good operation and a bad one.
Greenberg made the crowd laugh when he called the popular investment strategy of dollar averaging the "dumbest thing he ever heard of."
"All that does for you is you buy more stock as the price goes down and when the company files for Chapter 11, you're its biggest stock holder," he said.
When asked how he knows when to sell a stock, Greenberg replied it's when he's losing money. "I don't wait to hear any excuses or what management has to say. That's like asking a man what his daughter looks like."
When Rose asked what his biggest mistake in business was, Greenberg admitted that he was sad to see Kohlberg, Kravis, and Roberts leave the firm. "Think about it, all an investment firm has to offer is people," he said. "We don't manufacture anything or own any patents."
When asked to summarize his overall investment philosophy Greenberg said he generally wasn't interested in companies that were going to make money five years down the road because some kids might invent something that would make those companies obsolete. At the same time he preferred companies that had excellent earnings over a long period of time.
As for the corporate scandals of WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, he said they were no worse than the politicians and judges who are being sent to jail regularly. "There are bad people in every business," he said. "In 20 years there will still be prisons and there will still be people sent there."
When asked about retirement and what advice he would give to graduating students just beginning their careers, the 76-year-old Greenberg responded: "I'll continue to work as long as I enjoy it. And that's the best advice I can give any young person starting out. Love what you do and you'll be good at it."
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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By Jennifer K. Covino, Publications Writer
Today, Fairfield University has become the place that connects Dr. Winston Tellis and his wife, Kathy, on a daily basis. But 35 years ago, it was a more exotic locale that brought this employee couple together.
Kathy, now a manager in the Office of Advancement Research, and Winston, an assistant professor of information systems and operations management in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, were both working part-time at travel agencies and enjoying a freebie stay at hotel in the Bahamas. They met July 18, 1968, at a Friday evening event.
For two years before they married (in 1970), Kathy, who was an undergraduate student at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and Winston, who was living in New Haven, working, and studying at Fairfield, had a long-distance relationship.
In 1967, as a work study student, Winston was paid the "princely sum" of $1.40 to manage Fairfield University's first computer center. He supplemented his income by working at a Bridgeport travel agency, where he earned $25 a week. He received his master's degree in education from Fairfield in 1969 and later earned a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
Today, every member of the Tellis family is involved in a Jesuit institution in some way. Oldest son, Matthew, 32, works at Fairfield Prep; daughter, Joanna, 29, is associate director of service learning at Loyola College in Maryland; and son, Jonathan, 21, is a junior at Fairfield majoring in finance and information systems. Kathy, who completed her marketing degree at Fairfield in 1984, has been working in the advancement research department for 15 years. When her children were younger, she worked part-time at the library.
The couple doesn't see each other much during the work day. But they participate in campus activities together, as Eucharistic ministers and as Prospect House volunteers. They also enjoy attending cultural events at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. "We've made a lot of good friends here," says Kathy. "We have so many Jesuits who are good friends, a real comfort to us, and a lot of fun."
Fairfield's Jesuit identity is important to the Tellises. Winston, an advisor to students in the Ignatian Residential College, is apt to start his classes with a bit of Jesuit trivia. "How many of you live in Claver?" he'll ask, then "How many of you know who Claver is?" "I want them to understand that we are standing on somebody else's shoulders, that we are all responsible to carry the work forward," he says.
A native of India, Winston came to the United States on a tourist visa in 1966, then got a job at the United Nations, which afforded him rights as an international citizen. "One day a Jesuit from India was in town and needed a ride to the Fairfield grad school," he says. "So, I borrowed a car and drove him to Fairfield, where he introduced me to the dean, Everett McPeake, S.J."
The rest is history. Although the Tellises enjoy frequent trips to Europe, the Caribbean, or across the country, they always come back home to Fairfield. Says Winston: "The University has really been the center of our married lives and of our children's lives."
Photo by Jean Santopatre
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Charitable Sharing Campaign going on now
As we approach the season of giving, consider touching the lives of those who need a helping hand. Fairfield University's annual Charitable Sharing Campaign to support the United Way and Community Health Charities runs through Dec. 1. Co-chairing this year's campaign are Catherine O'Donnell, director of marketing - academic programs, and Christina McGowan, head reference librarian.
The campaign enables employees to contribute to the health and welfare of neighboring communities. With the United Way and Community Health Charities as the beneficiaries of Fairfield's campaign, there are numerous agencies to which one can designate a donation.
This year's goal is $30,000. In the coming weeks, campaign captains will ask employees to consider making a contribution. For more information, contact Catherine O'Donnell at ext. 3320 or Christina McGowan at ext. 2465.
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 "Now that it is getting colder, how do I exercise safely?"
This is one of the most frequently asked questions by people who exercise outside in the fall and winter. The answer to this question applies to any of us who spend time outdoors in colder temperatures.
Two major concerns once the temperature drops are maintaining sufficient warmth and preventing falls. Warmth is a matter of having appropriate coverage for areas of skin that are exposed to the cold. Years of research on outdoor equipment and activities demonstrates the value of layering clothing materials to achieve a necessary level of warmth for specific activities. Added to this information is a host of new fabrics designed to increase comfort over a wide range of activities.
Cotton and wool are great fabric choices for everyday wear. But once you begin to move around, cotton retains moisture, keeping a damp layer next to your skin that feels cold once the activity ends. Wool also traps heat and moisture between its fibers. In very cold temperatures, this moisture can begin to freeze at the surface, making you feel cold.
Alternatives include wick-dry fabrics and silk as base layers, covered with additional layers that wick moisture and block wind penetration. GoreTex was the first such fabric on the market, and now other companies are producing similar textiles. This same approach applies to protecting the hands and feet. Extremities are most prone to frostbite. Glove liners (silk or polypropylene) and socks that wick moisture should be covered with gloves and/or shoes or boots that are appropriate for the weather conditions. Your head and ears should be covered as well. Wear a hat and lightweight ear covers.
Slips and falls are often due to inattention while walking or running, or due to icy conditions. When outdoors this season, slow down and pay attention to the ground conditions as you walk. Acorns, dead branches, items hidden under leaves, or uneven pavement can cause you to twist and sprain an ankle or fall causing other injuries. Slippery conditions are caused by wet leaves or water that is icing over. Early morning and late evening exercise is more risky since as the temperatures drop at these times and daylight hours decrease.
All unintended falls should be considered dangerous for adults. A normal response is to try to break the fall using your arms, which can sometimes result in a break in an arm, wrist, or hand. Rather than try to "catch" yourself, protect your head, face, or chest by covering these areas as you fall. A controlled fall is better than falling in a sudden uncontrolled manner. If you feel yourself falling, try to ease yourself down to the ground. If you can choose between falling on a hard surface or on grass or snow, choose the softer surface. Once on the ground, check to make sure you are not hurt before standing. If you are injured, get attention immediately. Do not continue running or walking as you may cause additional damage. If you have hit your head in the fall, contact your primary care provider, even if you have not lost consciousness. A minor head injury can lead to more serious problems, so it is important for your primary care provider to know when and how the injury occurred. Wearing a hat can offer some protection for your head in case of a fall.
Cold weather means that you need to modify activities, not stop them. Wearing appropriate clothing, in layers, and protecting exposed areas and extremities can make outdoor activities more enjoyable. Being alert to the risk of falls and paying attention to changing terrain as you walk or run can increase your safety. Finally, it is always more fun, and safer, to exercise with a friend or partner. Another person may notice that you need more clothing, more skin protection, or that the path is becoming unsafe. So go outside and enjoy the weather!
 Philip A. Greiner, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing; Director, Undergraduate Program; Director, Health Promotion Center
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Why did you choose to work for a Jesuit institution?
What drew you to Fairfield University?
Dee Mastrone, executive secretary: "I decided to work for Fairfield first of all because of all the positive things I'd heard about the institution. Being a Catholic and the mother of two sons, I thought it would be a wonderful place to work and to experience how a University such as this obtains the impeccable reputation that it has acquired. I feel very fortunate and am very proud to be a part of the Fairfield community."
Larri Mazon, director of multicultural relations: "When I came to Fairfield University I knew that it was Jesuit, but little about what that meant. I was interested in the religious and social justice aspects because I am a Christian and also a social worker and I must say I have not been disappointed. The opportunities to grow spiritually and to participate in social justice issues close to my heart have been tremendous."
Dr. David McFadden, history chair and director and professor of Russian and East European Studies: "I was first interested in Fairfield University when I was looking for possible history positions following the completion of my doctorate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. The materials I read about Fairfield emphasized the linkage of the Jesuit commitment to a strong and rigorous liberal arts education with social justice and a commitment to service. As a life-long social activist from a social justice Protestant background, I wanted to find a place to pour my energy into teaching and making a difference in the world. From the moment I arrived on this campus in 1990 I have seen both of these commitments grow. Not only is our academic reputation and commitment enhanced and our curriculum stronger, but the range and intensity of our work in social justice has expanded as well. Fairfield is the kind of place that anyone with either of these commitments - academic excellence and social justice - can get immediately involved with students, other faculty, and staff, to build program and strengthen these linkages."
Dr. Timothy Law Snyder, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences: "The facets of a Jesuit University are conjoined with my personal and spiritual beliefs and ethics. While each contributes to my "daily way," I love most the Ignatian notion of service to others - living for others. When I pray, that is a goal: to be used, better, for others.
"Each day ends with a resonant moment I call the 'head hits the pillow'-moment. That is when one stops and reflects on the meaning and accomplishments of the day. As a member of a Jesuit institution, my head-hits-the-pillow experience is made fuller through knowing that a collection of wonderful colleagues are also undergoing that same reflection. The result is a classic 'greater than the sum of its parts'-phenomenon that ultimately contributes, significantly, to the betterment of humankind."
Linda White, secretary for four departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: "Twenty-five years ago when I came to work at Fairfield University, I was so impressed with the beautiful campus, and I knew that working in an educational environment would be different from working in the 'corporate world.' I had actually wanted to work at the University for a long time and when some job openings appeared in the paper, I was thrilled - I even took a pay cut to take the job here!"
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By Jack Jones, Director of Sports Information
Ice hockey club leads with three victories
The club ice hockey team began its season with a three-game sweep, competing in the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference. The squad defeated Hofstra (7-2), Nassau (12-4), and New Paltz (6-3). Bernard Gately, who played varsity ice hockey at Fairfield University from 1999 to 2002, is coaching the team in its inaugural season as a club team. Four players from last year's varsity team are on the roster - Mike Chaconis '06, and seniors Tom Paladino, Craig Snappinger, and Nick Stead. The schedule includes 16 games, all of which come against opponents in the MCHC. All home games are played at the Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport. The season runs through early March.
Men's exhibition game is Nov. 13
The men's basketball team will play its only exhibition game this year when it hosts the Slam All-Stars on Nov. 13 at Alumni Hall. The game, which is free, begins at 7 p.m. The men's season begins at Harvard on Nov. 21. The women's basketball team will not play an exhibition games this season. The women's regular season starts with a Nov. 23 matchup at Villanova.
Purchase tickets for 2004 NCAA tournament
Don't miss the opportunity to purchase NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Tournament tickets later this month. On Nov. 29 and 30, as part of the Coca-Cola Classic hosted by Fairfield University, fans who attend will be the first to receive an order form for NCAA Tournament first and second round tickets. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 1. On Nov. 29, fans will also see a tripleheader - Yale-Wake Forest men at 1 p.m.; Fairfield-UMass women at 3 p.m.; and Brown-Delaware women at 5 p.m. On Nov. 30, the consolation game will take place at 1 p.m., with the championship following at 3 p.m.
Deng Gai '05 honored by basketball publications
Three pre-season basketball magazines named forward Deng Gai '05 to their respective All-MAAC pre-season team in October. Gai collected honors from Street & Smith, The Sporting News, and Athlon's magazines. He finished the 2002-03 season as the MAAC defensive player of the year, and placed fourth nationally with 3.8 blocks per game.
Women's tennis team earns a best finish
The women's tennis team finished second in the New England Championships, the program's best finish ever at that competition. The Stags were runners-up with 46 points and trailed only champion New Hampshire with 53 points. Freshman Taylor Barvoets won the #2 singles championship by defeating Jen Seide of Rhode Island, 6-2, 6-2.
Sports
Paul Davis inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
By Jack Jones, Director of Sports Information
It may have taken 40 years, but life has finally come full circle for Paul Davis, assistant professor of history Emeritus, former moderator of the rugby club and most recent addition to the University's athletic hall of fame.
He accepted his plaque at the Alumni Association's Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner held in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business on Oct. 31, the place he saw Fairfield play its first-ever rugby match. The dining room stands on the same plot of ground that was once called Corbett Field, home of the rugby team until its move to Grauert Field in 1969.
"At that time, I knew nothing about the sport," Davis recalls. "I was invited by a good friend to the first game ever played by the club. I really enjoyed myself and kept going to the games."
When the moderator left, club president Bill Connolly, who later became a member of the Board of Trustees, asked Davis if he would be interested in the post. Davis quickly accepted the invitation, and began a position with the team that lasted 30 years.
"I enjoyed the camaraderie and felt part of the tradition," Davis says. "No matter where we played, whether we won or lost, the two teams got together and celebrated the game after it was over. I liked being part of that."
Davis, affectionately known by his initials - P.I.D. - to his players, continued to develop that tradition and camaraderie by using a simple axiom. He had his own version of "AAA."
"Attendance, attitude, and ability helped breed loyalty and spirit on the team," Davis says. "You couldn't miss practice or you wouldn't play. You had to have the proper attitude, a concept of team. And regardless of ability, you would play in the game as long as you went to practice and kept the team first. By following the three A's, it became hard for someone to get a big head and think he was more important than the team."
It also helped that Davis seemed to have the proper perspective about where someone stands in relation to team. Even today, Davis admits that his election to the hall of fame came as a surprise, despite all of his contributions to the University community.
"I felt like Seabiscuit - a little, outside side shot of making it into the hall of fame," Davis says. "Since it was the first time a moderator was nominated, there wasn't any precedent. Club sports are important at Fairfield, if only for the fact that they cultivate a relationship between faculty and students."
In a life full of honors and accolades, Davis places the hall of fame berth near the top of the list. He also points to the tribute given to him by the rugby program following his retirement in 1998, as well as the staff of the Manor dedicating the 1969 edition in his honor.
"If you give to Fairfield University with your time, your heart and your spirit, you will be rewarded," Davis says.
In this case, the reward cannot come close to repaying Davis for his contribution to Fairfield University.
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Harry Belafonte to deliver Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture
Harry Belafonte, who turned a popular recording and acting career into a lifetime of compassion for the world's needy children, will deliver the annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture on Nov. 10 at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The 7:30 p.m. lecture is sponsored by Open VISIONS Forum and the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies.
Belafonte burst on the music scene in 1956 with Calypso, the first-ever million-selling album in history. He has also had success as an actor and producer, but his true passion is focusing global attention on the needs of children as well as civil and human rights issues in Africa and the United States. A Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1987, he is one of only five recipients of the organization's Silver Statuette to commemorate 10 years of service.
In 1994, the United States recognized his work with one of its highest honors, the National Medal of the Arts. The NAACP, the Urban League, Hadassah International, the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, the Boy Scouts of America, and the America Civil Liberties Union have all honored his service. He was the first recipient of the Nelson Mandela Courage Award.
For ticket information, call the Box Office at ext. 4010
Human Rights Watch honoree to speak
Javier Stauring, director of detention ministry for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and policy director of Faith Communities for Families and Children, will speak about the increasing number of children in the American adult legal system. His lecture, "Jailing Juveniles as Adults: America's Failure to Protect the Human Rights of Children," will take place on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in the Loyola Hall Commons.
Stauring will address the "adultification" of children in the judicial system and the protection of legal and human rights of minors. He will illustrate the issues with scenes from a new documentary film, Juvies, by Leslie Neale.
Stauring will travel from Los Angeles to receive an award from Human Rights Watch in a 25th anniversary event on Nov. 12. The internationally recognized human rights organization will honor him and two other HRW honorees from Egypt and Liberia in New York City.
Stauring's talk is sponsored by the Ignatian Residential College, the Jesuit Community and the International Studies Program.
Caught in the Crossfire shown as part of Arab-American series
Fairfield University will present a screening of Caught in the Crossfire, a film examining the lives of Arab-Americans after the events of Sept. 11, on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oak Room of the John A. Barone Campus Center. The screening is part of the series, "The Arab-American Experience."
The film focuses on Raghida Durghem, a high-level correspondent for al-Hayat, the independent international Arabic daily newspaper; Khader el-Yateem, a minister with Salaam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn; and Ahmed Nasser, a Yemen-born New York City police officer who served at Ground Zero shortly after the attacks.
Brad Liechtenstein, who produced and directed the film with David Van Taylor, will discuss his work after the screening.
For more information, call Dr. Ralph Coury, professor of history, at ext. 2110.
Rabbi Jonathan Magonet to present Judaic Studies Lecture
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet will deliver "Did They Fall or Were They Pushed? What Happened in the Garden of Eden?" on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business.
Professor Magonet is president of Leo Baeck College - Centre for Jewish Education, London, the leading seminary for training reform, liberal, and conservative rabbis in Europe.
His academic field is the Hebrew Bible. He has published books on Biblical narrative and poetry and is the co-editor of the liturgies of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain. In addition to co-organizing the annual Jewish-Christian-Muslim Student Conference in Bendorf, Germany, for more than thirty years, he has organized a Jewish-Christian Bible Week at the same venue. His new book, Talking to the Other: Jewish Interfaith Dialogue with Christians and Muslims, will be available for sale following the lecture.
For information and reservations, call the Center for Judaic Studies at ext. 2066.
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 Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes, a widely respected economics prognosticator and former presidential candidate, delivered "The Economy and The Price of Freedom: Global and Domestic" on Oct. 27 at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as part of the Open VISIONS Forum.
Photo by Bob Winkler
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Dr. Wallace receives grant for cancer research
Dr. Meredith Wallace, assistant professor of nursing, has received an $8,000 grant from the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation to study older men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Her project, "Reducing Uncertainty in Men Undergoing Watchful Waiting for Prostate Cancer," will measure the effectiveness of Uncertainty Management Intervention on the quality of life of these patients.
In previous studies, she found that uncertainty in the lives of older men undergoing "watchful waiting" negatively impacts their quality of life. No intervention studies aimed at reducing the uncertainty of these patients have been conducted previously.
As part of her research on the subject, Dr. Wallace co-edited the award-winning book, Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care (2002) with Dr. Lorrie L. Power of Boston University School of Public Health.
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Joan Baez sings at the Quick Center for the Arts
Folk music icon Joan Baez brought her distinctive voice and music to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Oct. 24.
Photo by B.K. Angeletti
Walsh Art Gallery receives new sculpture
A bronze sculpture donated by Utah artist Dennis Smith has a home in the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery. Smith designed the nearly three-foot piece, "Liberty Rising," in the months following the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The sculpture depicts the Statue of Liberty protecting two figures, one supported by the other. A dedication ceremony took place on Oct. 15 in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
"On September 11, 2001, we were brought back to a sense of our true destiny as a nation," Smith said. "Liberty is not freedom from one another, but an obligation to one another. We are only lifted as we lift one another."
Smith is affiliated with the Charter Oak Gallery in Fairfield, which sought to find an appropriate home for the piece.
"We are thankful that the Charter Oak Gallery and the artist selected us to provide a home for this piece, a beautiful and powerful reminder of our responsibility to one another," said Dr. Diana Mille, director of the Walsh Gallery.
The sculpture is on display in the Quick Center lobby.
Photo by Jean Santopatre
Jazz expert Nat Hentoff to speak at Fairfield University Nov. 10
 Nat Hentoff, a renowned author, journalist, and authority on jazz, will speak about the history of jazz and the current music scene on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Wien Experimental Theatre.
In a career that has spanned nearly 50 years, Hentoff has met many jazz icons - including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Duke Ellington. Brian Torff, director of the Fairfield University music program and a jazz bassist, will join Hentoff as he remembers jazz legends he's known and discusses his views on the future of the genre. Throughout the evening, Torff and pianist Florence Melnotte will play compositions by jazz masters.
Known for his weekly articles in The Village Voice and music columns in The Wall Street Journal, Hentoff is an award-winning writer of several books on jazz, politics, and human rights. He has won several awards, including the National Press Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism. He is also a recipient of the Thomas Szasz Award for Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties, and the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Reservations are required for the discussion. To reserve, call the box office at ext. 4010.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet to bring its eclectic style to the Quick Center
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, one of the world's premier instrumental ensembles, will bring its technical mastery and innovative arrangements to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. The program will include J.S. Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Aaron Copeland, and Joquin Rodrigo.
The group's fondness for everything from classical to bluegrass to Caribbean styles make its live performances refreshingly unpredictable. Some of the musicians' more unusual compositions require the players to attach staples, aluminum foil and strips of leather to their instruments.
For ticket information, call the Box Office at ext. 4010.
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