Alumni and Friends of VMI:
Cyber Corps Numbers: 451
New EVP for the VMI Foundation: A recent letter
from G. Gilmer Minor III, president of the VMI Foundation
indicates that James L. Adams '71 has accepted the position of
EVP of the VMI Foundation. He will begin June 22. I have already
heard from members of '71 espousing Jim's qualifications and
virtues. Sounds like a good choice.
New Law Office: I recently received an
announcement indicating that John Kearney '73 has opened a new
law office. His civil law practice has a mailing address of P.O.
Box 1031, Media, PA 19063 (somewhere in the Philly area, I
think). Phone number is (610) 544-3086. Fax is (610) 544-9026.
E-mail address is: jemkern@bellatlantic.net.
Congrats to John.
First Class Graduates: The First Class graduated
last week. Not sure where I saw it, but the speaker was US
Senator Phil Gramm (I think I have the spelling right on his
name). Sounded like a pretty impressive gathering.
More From the Alumni Association Meeting Minutes:
The following is another segment of the minutes from the April 4,
1998 Alumni Association board meeting.
Executive Committee Report - Stephen C. Fogelman '71
Mr. Fogelman began the executive committee report by
congratulating the investment committee, which has carefully,
diligently and successfully invested the monies contributed by
our alumni to the Committee of the Foundation and can proudly see
the results of their hard work through the current endowment
figures.
Mr. Fogelman reported on a two-day conference with members of the
Board of Visitors and other Alumni Agencies personnel. The
Institute staff put together a most impressive collection of date
projections, financial projections, academic needs, goals of the
Athletic Department and the commandant's objectives to fulfill
the Superintendent's vision as to where VMI should be going in
the 21st century.
The first area of concern was the academic affairs of the
Institute. It is of utmost importance that we continually work to
raise that bar to a higher level. This could take a significant
amount of money, in the neighborhood of $100 million. It is not
just the wiring of barracks, but the technological update needed
by all departments in order to be able to do research, to create
papers, etc.--about a $32 million price tag.
Mr. Fogelman said the Board of Visitors had spent two days, hard
days, looking carefully at where we are and where we need to be
in anticipation of the major fund raising task that lies ahead.
Athletics is also an area of concern with some $20 million needed
for Title IX Program and an additional $20 - $30 million for
other athletic needs.
Following Mr. Fogelman's remarks, lengthy discussions took place
covering many subjects within the co-curriculum; class system,
honor system, dyke system, etc.
At the suggestion of several board members and the president, an
appropriate commendation will be written for approval and
submitted to the board and presented to the family of the late J.
Clifford Miller, Jr. '28 for his outstanding service to the
Institute and the Alumni Agencies.
Resolutions recognizing retiring directors for their years of
service were prepared and on a motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously approved by the board. These resolutions were then
presented to: Frederick H. Ayers III '61, Mark D. Ciarrocca '82,
C. Benjamin Vanderberry '75, Mark A. Krajewski '84, Charles F.
McCallum, Jr. '68 and Anthony U. Moore '78.
Mr. Deacon once again congratulated Steve on his successful two
years as president of the alumni association and thanked him for
his outstanding leadership. The board then gave Mr. Fogelman a
standing ovation. (Editor's note....I agree with the
congratulations and good wishes extended to Steve. He was at the
helm of the Alumni Association during some pretty traumatic times
for the Institute. He did a super job.)
The Alumni Board Nominating Process: Speaking of
the Alumni Association Board, a couple folks have asked me how
the nominating process works. I have to plead some ignorance on
this. I think the reason the question came up is due to the fact
that the minutes indicate that the names of only two individuals
were presented to the Board to fill two at-large slots. Question
is....why weren't more names submitted? Beats me. But it seems
like a fair question and I'll look into it. Stay tuned.
Alumni Services: Bill Nay '77 e-mails that his
wife Doris is an Excel rep. Excel is a long-distance telephone
and rapidly growing telecommunications company. I know several
folks that use Excel and are very satisfied with the service.
Excel can be found at www.excel.com. In the words of Bill,
"They are quite competitive and they can do a 0.10 per
minute flat rate 7 days a week 24 hours a day and they offer
inbound toll free numbers and paging."
If you're interested in obtaining more info about this service
e-mail Bill at bnay@erols.com.
Much appreciated.
Hey, that's it for this week.
Happy Memorial Day. God bless those that made the ultimate
sacrifice for our country.
Yours in the Spirit,
RB Lane '75
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