Veritas, Vol. 15, No. 26, March 31, 1975

              Founders Medal
GADP Surpasses Goal, Founders Told
The University’s Golden Anniversary Development Program has surpassed its goal of $93.4 million by more than $7 million, with total gifts and commitments of $100.6 million, President Stanford told members of the Society of University Founders March 22.
Launched in February 1964, the GADP had a target date of 1975, the 50th anniversary year of the University’s charter date, April 8, 1925.
Close to 900guests at the annual dinner, hosted by the Board of Trustees to honor the Society, heard Dr. Stanford pay special tribute to the 390 Founders, including 50 new members, for their role in the successful campaign. The membership consists of those who have committed $50,000 or more to the University.
Dr. Stanford also announced a new campaign, “Commitment/25,” inaugurated by the trustees to secure
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Volume 15, Number 26
March 31, 1975
Sea Grant Publishes Environmental Report
by A1 Volker
Chief of Information Services Sea Grant Program
A special report on Biscayne Bay, designed to provide background for decisions on its management, was published this month after several years of work.
“Biscayne Bay: Environmental and Social Systems” also spotlights areas where additional information is needed, said Susan Uhl Wilson, its author. Ms. Wilson, member of the Florida Pollution Control Board, is senior editor for the UM Sea Grant Program. Susan Suarez is illustrator.
The report is an outgrowth of a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce effort to stimulate bay planning so as to accommodate the many interests that use the bay while holding environmental damage to a minimum.
The publication discusses the physical characteristics as well as the uses of the bay. Part I describes in non-technical terms the geology, water circulation patterns, water quality, and plant and animal life of the bay. Part II outlines political jurisdictions, industrial and commercial uses, and land-use of the environs.
The various land and water uses and corresponding resources are discussed as well as important limiting characteristics such as the minimal amount of water exchange between the bay and the ocean.
In spite of this slow flushing rate, waters south of Rickenbacker Causeway retain many natural amenities.
This is the first of a series of reports focusing on Biscayne Bay which Sea Grant intends to publish, Dr. Eugene H. Man, director, announced. Special Report No. 2, a bibliography compiled by Peter Rosendahl of all literature dealing with Biscayne Bay, will be available in April.
Goderich Named To Judicial Post
Governor Reuben Askew has appointed Dr. Mario P. Goderich, professor of law and law librarian, as a Judge of Industrial Claims, Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation, in Coral Gables.
Dr. Goderich’s resignation from the UM is effective March 31.
Dr. Goderich, a native of Cuba, practiced law there until 1961 when he came to this country. After working with IBM in New York, he enrolled in the UM School of Law and earned his J.D. degree in January, 1966.
He was named assistant law librarian in 1966, associate law librarian in 1969 and law librarian in 1970. He became a U.S. citizen in 1969, and shortly after was sworn in as a member of the Florida Bar.
Educational Writing Workshops Planned
Dr. Benjamin Fine, former education editor of The New York Times, will conduct three communication workshops on educational writing here this summer.
Participants in the first workshop, “School and College Communications,” July 14-18 will have an opportunity to learn how to write for and use such internal publications as annual reports, handbooks, newsletters, budget manuals, curriculum bulletins, financial reports and promotional materials.
“Professional Publishing,” July 21-25, is of interest to those who wish to secure additional outlets for their writing skills and gain greater knowledge of the expanding professional writing field.
The “Mass Media” workshop, July 28-August 1, will stress how to build public interest and support for education through the use of mass media.
Dr. Fine is currently education editor, the North American Newspaper Alliance, through which his column, “Spotlight on Education,” is distributed to more than 200 newspapers throughout the United States. While he was education editor of The New York Times, Dr. Fine won the Pulitzer Prize for his study of American history. He also won the George Polk Award for outstanding writing in the field of education and served as president of the Education Writers Association.
For further information contact the Office of Summer Sessions, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248005, Coral Gables, 33124.
commitments totaling $25 million over the next two years, payable within five years. Of this total, $15 million will be used to retire short term indebtedness; $5 million to improve existing facilities, and $5 million to assist the University’s operating budget which, like that of all private institutions, has been hard hit by inflation.
“This new effort is scarcely two months old and, without the fanfare of any publicity, our two campaign directors, Trustees Ed Fogg and Norma Kip ness, have marshalled the forces of the Citizens Board, alumni and our other trustees and already have secured $1.5 million in advance gifts toward the' goal,” said President Stanford.
In his report to the Founders on the success of the GADP, Dr. Stanford noted that $83.8 million of the $100.6 million came from the private sector, including 17 gifts in excess of $1 million. The remaining $16.8 million of the total was in federal grants, Dr. Stanford said.
Dr. Stanford paid special tribute to the late Baron deHirsch Meyer, a UM trustee who headed the campaign—then one of the largest in the history of higher education— from its inception until his death last June. No other individual has ever directed a major voluntary fund raising campaign for 10 consecutive years, Dr. Stanford said.
Among the achievements made possible by gifts received during the 11-year campaign, Dr. Stanford cited the addition of a record number of major facilities to the University’s three campuses.
The main campus in Coral Gables saw the construction of the James M. Cox Science Building and additional buildings for the schools of law and music. Student athletes benefitted from the Mark Light Field, with tartan turf and lighting, a tennis clubhouse and new tennis courts, and are awaiting completion of the Campus Sports and Recreation Building.
Added to the University’s marine campus on Virginia Key were the Henry and Grace Doherty Marine Science Center and the Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Building, North.
Buildings added to the medical school campus at the Jackson Memorial Hospital complex included the Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, the Mailman Center for Child Development, the Louis Calder Memorial Library, additions to the National Children’s Cardiac Hospital/UM Hospitals and Clinics, andv still under construction, the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute .
A new and expanded Student Union, (Continued on page 3)