Veritas, Vol. 30, No. 10, Summer 1990

              SUMMER 1990 • VOLUME 30 • NUMBER 10 • FOR THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
New chairman, members elected to board
R. Ray Goode, management consultant and former Dade County manager, has been elected chairman of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds James W. McLamore, who is retiring after ten years as chairman but will remain on the board.
In addition, four new members have been elected to the board, and three others have joined the board through University associations.
“Ray Goode is one of this community’s most outstanding leaders,” says President Edward T. Foote II. “He has also served the University exceptionally well for 14 years as a trustee.”
Goode is the founder and managing partner of Goode, Olcott, Stierheim, Knight & Associates management consulting firm, which he founded last year after retiring as chairman and CEO of The Babcock Company, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser. He joined Babcock in 1976 as executive vice president, following six years as Dade County manager.
Besides his professional experience, Goode has served on the boards of 20 civic, educational, public, and private organizations, including the Orange Bowl Committee, Baptist Hospital, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Florida
R. Ray Goode, recently elected chairman, has served on the Board of Trustees for 14 years.
Memorial College, and the Blue Ribbon Committee of the Dade County School Board.
Three vice chairmen of the Board of Trustees also were elected. Charles E. Cobb, Jr., ambassador to Iceland, and Melvin N. Greenberg, president and senior partner of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., were reelected, and David Blumberg, chairman and CEO of Planned Development Company Ltd., was elected for the first time.
The four new members are Ted Arison,
Carnival Cruise Line chairman; Charles R. Black, president, Texaco Latin America/West Africa; Edward W. Eason, real estate developer and member of the University’s Citizens Board; and Rose Ellen Greene, cultural leader and a founder of the Miami City Ballet.
The Alumni Association has elected Daniel I. Bakst, an attorney with Ackerman, Bakst and Lauer in West Palm Beach, to serve as its representative on the board for three years. Also joining the board of ex-officio members are Helen Tallman-Braithwaite, the incoming president-elect of the Alumni Association, and Howard A. Mesh, president of the Citizens Board.
Rita Bornstein named president of Rollins College
Rita Bomstein, vice president for development and research professor of education, will leave the University of Miami this month to become the thirteenth president of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
As director of all fund-raising activities,
Bomstein has become nationally known for her management of the five-year Campaign for the University of Miami. In one of the largest campaigns in the history of higher education, the University exceeded the original $400 million goal, raising an unprecedented $517.5 million in commitments for buildings and equipment, endowment, and scholarships.
“I am very pleased to be joining the Rollins College community,” says Bomstein. “Rollins offers an excellent liberal arts education with
strong international and environmental studies programs. My 14 years at the University of Miami have been happy and productive, and I will miss my many friends here.”
Bomstein has an extensive background as an educator in the South Florida area. She has authored numerous articles for educational publications, journals, and books and frequently makes presentations on administration, fundraising, equal educational opportunity, and international education. She also serves on a number of boards supporting education, philanthropy, and the arts.
“Rita Bomstein is a fine educator, fund-raiser, and leader,” says President Edward T. Foote II. “She has served the University of Miami exceptionally well. We will miss her here, but if she must leave, we are delighted that she is staying in Florida to head an excellent institution, Rollins College. We wish her the best, with thanks for helping to make the University of Miami better in so many ways.”
Linda G. Steckley, formerly director of major gifts, has been named interim vice president for development and alumni relations.
AIDS
research unit dedicated
More than 200 supporters and colleagues joined staff of the University’s Comprehensive AIDS Program during the dedication of the newly renovated AIDS Clinical Research Unit June 7.
“We started five years ago with 20 patients, a doctor, and a nurse.” said Margaret FischL director of the Comprehensive AIDS Program and one of the most prominent AIDS researchers in the country. “We learned the words courage, perseverance, and dream. We offered a dream that we would find a cure for AIDS, and this facility takes us one step closer.”
The new' facility joins multiple AIDS research projects as well as administrative offices of the program under one roof.
Other speakers included Edw ard T.
Foote II, president of the University of Miami; Bernard J. Fogel. vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine; and Xavier Suarez, mayor of the City of Miami.