Veritas, Vol. 39, No. 06, March/April 1997

              For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami	March-April 1997 Volume 39 Number 6
Seven to receive honorary degrees
Noted architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, a husband-wife team, will be honored at this year’s Commencement on May 9, along with a host of famous achievers including Sarah Caldwell; William H. Gray HI; Arthur Komberg; Garth C. Reeves, Sr.; and Benjamin McLane Spock. In addition to receiving an honorary doctorate, Reeves will deliver the Commencement address.
Denise Scott Brown, a principal with the Philadelphia architectural firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., studied in South Africa and London before receiving two master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. The recipient of an honorary doctorate in fine arts from her alma mater, Scott Brown has received numerous awards during her 32-year career, including the National Medal of Arts (1992). She has been a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Sarah Caldwell, opera producer, conductor, stage director, and administrator, has conducted or directed many of this country’s premier orchestras and opera companies including the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Dallas Civic Opera, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Trained at the University of Arkansas and the New England Conservatory of Music, Caldwell directed the Boston University Opera Workshop in the 1950s and later founded what was to become the Opera Company of Boston.
William H. Gray III, president and chief executive officer of The College Fund/UNCF, has led The College Fund to new fundraising records while cutting costs and expanding programs and services. A former U.S. Congressman who served as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Gray was the highest ranking African-American ever to serve in Congress. He has been a professor of history and religion at Jersey City State College, Montclair State College, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Temple University. Gray is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College with master's degrees from Drew Theological Seminary" and Princeton Theological Seminary .
Nobel laureate Arthur Komberg, one of the premier biochemists of our time, has been a professor at Stanford University since 1959 where he serv ed as chairman of the Department of Biochemistry" for ten years. Komberg shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959 for his work on the biological
synthesis of nucleic acids. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the Max Berg Award for Prolonging Human Life and the Scientific Achievement Award of the American Medical Association.
Garth C. Reeves, reporter, editor, publisher, banker, entrepreneur, and community activist, attended Dade County Public Schools and received his bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M College. Publisher emeritus of The Miami Times and recipient of The Miami Heralds 1996 Spirit of Excellence Award, Reeves was the first African-American to serve on the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the South Florida Council of Boy Scouts, and the United Way. He also is the first African-American trustee of Miami-Dade Community College and Barry University, a former trustee of
Bethune-Cookman College and Florida Memorial College, chairman emeritus of the United Protestant Appeal, and vice president of the Black Archives Research Foundation. Among his many honors are the Greater Miami Urban League’s Distinguished Service Award, the American Jewish Committee’s Human Relations Award, the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver award and the Silver Medallion of the National Conference for service to humanity. Reeves was named three times the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Publisher of the Year and has been a Pulitzer juror.
Benjamin McLane Spock, the renowned baby doctor, was trained at Yale University and Columbia University where he received his medical degree in 1929. A noted specialist in pediatric psychiatry, Spock has been
affiliated with a number of the great medical institutions in the United States, including Cornell Medical College, the Mayo Clinic, and the University of Pittsburgh. His books and teachings have influenced the way millions of children were raised.
Robert Venturi, a Philadelphia native, graduated from Princeton University". His firm, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., has made its mark on modem architecture with works including art museums, medical research laboratories, government buildings, resort facilities, and many more throughout the United States, France and Japan. His numerous awards include, among others, the National Medal of Arts, 1992. Venturi has served as assistant and associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
UM sweeps CASE awards competition
The University of Miami recently" was recognized with a record number of top awards in this year’s CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) District HI competition, according to Roy J. Nirschel, Jr., vice president for university advancement.
Grand Awards, the highest achievement, were given to UM for:
• Publications Program • Alumni Relations Program • Institutional Relations Program for the Office of Medical Public Relations • Annual Reports
“Seven Decades of Achievement,” the University’s 70th anniversary celebration, won an Award of Excellence for Institutional Relations Programs.
In addition to the Grand Award for Publications Program, the Office of University Communication received Awards of Excellence for Miami magazine in the alumni magazines category", and the 19S>6 President 's Report and 1996 Financial Report in the editorial design category. Miami magazine also received a Special Merit Award for design.
The Division of University" Advancement won a Special Merit Award in the educational fundraising category" for the Lowe Art Museum 2000 Campaign.
Additionally , the Office of Medical Public Relations, which shared Grand Award honors with the Office of University" Communication for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Report, received five Spe-
cial Merit Awards for the categories of public affairs programs, news story, feature story, and video news releases. Top honors for institutional relations programs were awarded to the Office of Medical Public Relations for linking its day-to-day media relations, publications, marketing communications, and special events activities to the School of Medicine’s goals and objectives.
“These awards reflect the esteem in which the University— and its Advancement Division—is held by its peers,” Nirschel says, adding that UM competed with many fine, long-established universities for these honors.
“The awards are a tribute to the quality of people we attract and retain in University Advancement,” Nirschel continues. “The publications we produce do a wonderful job of reflecting student and academic issues and research activities. On the alumni side, the deans and everyone involved with admissions, career counseling, the athletic program, student affairs, and many others are as integral to our alumni relations program as is the alumni staff. Thus, while we receive these awards, we do so on behalf of ev ery one who promotes and represents the University."
“The CASE Awards Program is designed as an educational service for our members.” says Joanne Catlett,
Seated: Chris Dudley, assistant vice president for medical communication (left), Jerry Lewis, executive director of university communication (right); Standing (left to right): Paula J. Musto, assistant vice president for university relations; Roy J. Nirschel, Jr., vice president for university advancement; Jeffrey L. Newton, assistant vice president for development and alumni relations. Not pictured: Kathy Uitvlugt, executive director of alumni relations.
awards programming director for the Washington. D.C.-based organization. “These awards recognize excellence in the field of advancement and hold the winners up as models of exemplary work for others to learn from.”
John Zlllloux