Veritas, Vol. 23, No. 03, October 1982

              Knight Center dedication Oetoberl
When officials ftom the UM and the
City ofMiami gather Oct. 1 at 400 S.E. 2nd
Avenue, they will ceremoniously bring to
an end more than a decade of planning and
signal the start of a new era of cooperative
The dedication ceremonies for the City of
Miami/University of Miami James L.
Knight International Centet will begin at
11 a.m. with music by the University of
Miami Band and University Singers. Following temarks by UM President Edward T.
Foote II and Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre,
James L. Knight will cut a ribbon, formally
opening the Center. The public is invited
to the dedication and a reception and guided
tours of the facility following the ceremony.
Located on the Miami River, the Centet
has been lauded as being a majot building
block in the downtown tevitalization efforts.
The $ 139 million complex is comprised of
thtee elements: the city's convention centet,
the Univetsity's conference centet and the
615-toom Hyatt Regency Miami hotel.
The center will soon get a teal wotkout
when the American Association of Travel
Agents (ASTA) convenes hete mid-month.
Attracting ASTA to Miami was something of a coup and may give Miami a needed
shot in the arm in combatting the negative
image of the city in newspapers and magazines around the country. Specifically, the
convention is expected to draw 12,000
people who will spend an estimated $21
million during theit week stay. Mote importantly, they will take home with them first
hand infotmation about South Florida for
their tourist clients. Every city that has
hosted an ASTA convention has enjoyed a
significant i
City of Miami! University ofMiami Jamt
dollars. A year following ASTA's convention
percent. In New Otleans, tourism jumped
by 26 percent aftet the ASTA convention.
Robett LaPrad, directot of confetence
s L. Knight International Center
services for the UM. said the exposure can
have nothing but a positive impact on the
University.
"ASTA represents agents in 120 countries. That relationship ot contact fot the
International business program
gets a boost from the prhate sector
By Gustavo Pupo-Mayo
itional corpora-
helping the
s and Banking
underwrite
jsiness School
A rapidly expanding n
tion with offices in Mi
School of Business Adi
its new Intetnational Busines
Institute (IBBI).
"R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 11
Inc., has pledged $50,000 tc
IBBI," announced Interim B
Dean Carl E.B. McKenry.
Roger Herod, Reynolds' Director of Personnel for Latin American, said his company
is "eager to establish a close wotking relationship with the School of Business because
of its recognized prominence in the preparation of competent international business
managers."
Business School Development Director
Linda Steckley explained that Reynolds
is particulatly intetested in developing and
training theit managerial personnel within
the area ofintetnational business.
Fot almost a decade, Reynolds' patent
company, R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc.,
has been undetgoing a Transformation from
a domesric cobacco company to a more profitable global consumer-goods company
earning $11.7 billion in 1981. Today, more
than half of the company's 80,000 employees are locared outside the U.S. and approximately one-third of irs revenue is generated
by its overseas operarions.
Yet, in an age when corporate profit ledgers transcend national boundaries, few business schools focus on rhe multinationals.
"There is a need for additional training of
business srudents and executives in international finance and banking," says Dr. Robert
Grosse, IBBI's associare direcror and an
t professor of intetnational business.
The need fot s
institute became apparent two years ago
after the School of Business conducted a survey of local businesses regarding their needs
and wants. The resulting emphasis on international business was not surptising considering that South Florida bills itself as the
"Gateway to the Americas," and the City of
Coral Gables is home to more rhan 100
port from the School of Business. IBBI will
be a major component of the business
school's Centet fot Advanced Intetnational
"This is not a teaching institute. Thete is
no degtee program," explains Dt. Kujawa,
"The key to IBBI is fot faculty to have an
opportunity to conduct tesearch on multinational enterprises and inrernational bank-
;. IBBI is also
n goal of be-
ticipan,
multinational cotporat
consistent with UM's long-t
coming a "global universiry."
IBBI's direcror, Dr. Duane Kujawa, says
rhe Institute's goal of crearing an information strucrure concerning international
business issues has the commitment of UM
Presidenr Edward T Foote and strong sup-
ing.
Bur rhe benefits will be reaped by the
SouthFlorida business community through
the creation of data banks, the publishing
of working papers and the development
of periodic confetences designed to help intetnational managers.
University as a host will teflect favorably on
the UM," LaPrad said. "It is an excellent
opportunity to publicize the facilities of the
Univetsity and attract futute business for
the conference centet from corporation and
educational groups.
ASTA will be using all of the Univetsity's
facilities in the center Those facilities,
operated by the School of Continuing Studies, include six seminal rooms, seven classrooms, reception ateas, a 150-seat
amphitheatet and a 500-seat auditotium.
All meeting ateas are designed to allow
simultaneous ttanslation equipment. State-
of-the-att video services are also available.
Jollivette
named to viee-
presidency
Dr. Cyrus M.Jollive
ant to UM Ptesident Edwatd T. Foote II,
has been named vice ptesident fot development affairs, effective immediarely.
Upon announcing the appointment,
Ptesident Foote said, "Having worked
closely with Mr Jollivette fot mote than a
yeat now, I am among his many admirers,
inside and outside the University. Indeed,
he is one of the most respecred people I
"A major research universiry such as the
University ofMiami," he added, "is priceless asset to any community. Especially in
rhese difficult economic times, public understanding and suppott of the University is
of the utmost importance. Mr Jollivette
will be responsible for overseeing rhis part of
our work, from fundraising to communic
tion with our many constituents."
Jollivette succeeds Edwatd G. Coll Jf.
who resigned in Decembet 1981 to accept the
presidency of Alfred Universiry in Alfred,
New York.
John Wm. Thomas, who held the posirion on an inrerim basis since January 1982.
for developmenr at the UM School of Medi-