Veritas, Vol. 28, No. 02, October 1987

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Gift establishes endowed chair, graduate fellowships in business
THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATipN has received a $2.1 million endowment from the estate of Emery Means Findley; Jr, founder of Climatrol Corporation.
The endowment will establish the Emery Means Findley; Jr. Distinguished Chair in Graduate Business Studies and the Emery Means Findley; Jr Graduate Fellowships in Business. The distinguished chair will be established with $1.5 million from the Findley bequest with the remaining $600,000 for the graduate fellow ships
“Vie are extremely grateful for Emery" Findleys generosity" and commitment to the advancement of graduate business studies in the School of Business Administration,” said Dean Jack R. Borsting. “The Emery" Means Findley", Jr. Graduate Fellowships in Business will stand as fitting tributes to a dedicated business leader and entrepreneur.”
“The Findley endowment greatly* strengthens the School of Business Administration as a leader in business teaching and research. We are extremely" grateful,” added President Edward T Foote.
The distinguished chair will be held by" a professor who has achieved both national and international distinction in a particular discipline. The person will be selected for his or her ability to teach, pursue research and attract quality" students. The graduate fellowships will help top quality" graduate students meet tuition and living expenses while they" obtain their graduate education.
As founder and chief executive officer ot Climatrol Corporation, Findley played a significant role in the company’s success as a screen enclosure manufacturer. Under his leadership, the company" pioneered v arious screening techniques that are now* w idely used in the industry:
The School of Business Administration has five other
endowed chairs in addition to the Emery Means Findley; Jr Distinguished Chair in Graduate Business Studies: The Leslie O. Barnes Chair in Transportation Management; The Barnett Banks Chair of Finance; The Samuel N. Friedland Chair of Executiv e Management: The Knight Chair in Business Administration; and the James W.
Me Lam ore Chair in American Enterprise.
“This extra support allows us to recruit a top scholar and a group of outstanding graduate students,” said Rita Bomstein, vice president for development.
The University- has received commitments to fund a total of 27 endow ed chairs since the current fiv e-y ear $400 million fund-raising drive began in December 1984. The campaign has brought commitments of $352 million to the University thus far
University’s divisions report strong start in United Way Campaign
THE UNIVERSITY’S UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN officially" began Sept. 21, and initial progress reports are positive.
On the Coral Gables campus, a few- units started the campaign early* and already hav e indicated good results. Overall, these contributions have exceeded $12,000, or more than five percent of die $240,000 University-wide goal. On the Coral Gables campus, the United Way Campaign leaders so far are as follows:
• Athletics is at $1,666, or 98 percent of its goal;
• Otto G. Richter Library* is at $2,578, or 71 percent of its goal;
• Business and Finance is at $6,570, or 21 percent of its goal; and
• Development Affairs is at $1,722, or 26 percent of its goal.
The Medical Affairs Div ision held its campaign kickoff Sept. 29 at a w ine and cheese reception hosted by* Vice President Bernard J. Fogel. Although no preliminary* progress report w*as av ailable as this issue of Veritas went to press, initial meetings on that campus have been successful. According to Maud Ventura, personnel director of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute7Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital. “Were going to reach our $5,000 goal, up from less than $2,000 in 1986,” she said.
The University*'s campaign coordinator David A Lieberman. vice president for Business and Finance, said that he has learned the importance of three aspects of the United Way Campaign. w*hich he believ es will help the UM attain its goal.
“First.” he said, “the film needs to be seen by* everyone in the Univ ersity. It tells the compelling story* of how United Way* touches the lives of our family; friends, and neighbors. It’s something that helps us, not some nameless. faceless indiv idual. Second, because we’re emphasizing how* easy* it is to give through payroll deduction, individual contributions are coming in for larger amounts than ever before. That’s really gratify ing And third, the prizes are getting a lot of attention.”
The top Coral Gables/RSMAS prize, to be aw-arded to someone in a school, college, or support department, is a
one-week Norwegian Caribbean Line’s cruise for two, on a space-available basis. The top Medical Center department prize is a round trip for two to any location served by Eastern Airlines in the US. or Caribbean. ( Since the relative value of these prizes was impossible to determine on an objective basis, Lieberman said, a coin flip deter
mined what prize would be assigned to each campus. ) Many other prizes are available for campaign participants. For additional information about them or any other aspect of the United Way Campaign, call Norma Rogero, administrative assistant. Business and Finance, at 284-6100.
Professor earns two national awards for research
JANICE A. EGELAND, PH D.. PROFESSOR OF
psychiatry. School of Medicine, and the project director for the Amish Study* based in Hershey. Pa., has receiv ed two national awards. Both were in recognition of research done with the Amish which led to identifying the chromosomal location of a gene that can cause a strong predisposition to manic depressive illness.
The National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association presented her with the Abraham Lincoln Award “for her major contribution and that of the other members of her research team, for their inv estigations w*hich resulted in the location of the marker for the gene responsible for bipolar affective illness.”
The American Mental Health Fund on Aug 26 presented $50,000 in research awards to be shared equally* by Dr Egeland and Miron Baron. M.D.. associate professor of clinical psy chiatry at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Both w ere honored for directing psy chiatric research teams probing genetic linkage to manic depressive illnesses. The award provides discretionary* funds to support ongoing research.
A decade of intensive field w ork in Lancaster County*. Pa., by* Dr Egeland prov ided the epidemiologic and clinical rlara required for the genetic linkage studies. Other UM colleagues involved w ere Cleona C.R. Allen, research associate who coordinated the field work, and Drs. James N. Sussex and Abram M. Hostetter who guided the psy chiatric diagnostic procedures. Drs. David Pauls and Kenneth K. Kidd of Yale University* w ere responsible for statistical analy sis of the data. Molecular genetic
studies w ere carried out in the laboratory* of Dr David Housman at M.I.T by* Dr Daniela Gerhard, now* an assistant professor of genetics at Washington University* in St. Louis.
A storyf about Dr. Egelarui's research appears on page S.