The Lehigh Alumni Connection
March 2007
 
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News and Information for Alumni and Friends of Lehigh University
 

“Breathtaking” Linderman wows students
 
 

Lehigh grabs Top 20 honors from BusinessWeek
 
 

Douglas ’66 to receive Black History Makers Award

 
 

Designing “cities in the sky”

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE
 

Lehigh for Life
From the inauguration of President Alice P. Gast to the annual “L-in-Life” Award to Reunion 2007, come out and show your Lehigh pride.
 
SPOTLIGHT STORIES
 
“Breathtaking” Linderman wows students
A quaint café, new climate control systems, wireless Internet access and cozy study alcoves are among the improvements.
Lehigh grabs Top 20 honors from BusinessWeek
The College of Business and Economics received the highest marks possible for teacher quality and job placement.
Douglas ’66 to receive Black History Makers Award
The only two-time recipient of the Global Pharmaceutical R&D Director of the Year Award will be honored in New York on April 11.
Designing “cities in the sky”
Lehigh alum helps carry the legacy of visionary structural engineer Fazlur R. Khan.
 
PEOPLE
 
Stuckey ’75 to receive “L-in-Life” Award
A member of Lehigh’s board of trustees from 1992 until 2006, she'll receive the award May 2.
  Williams named University of Alabama in Huntsville president
David B. Williams, Lehigh's vice provost for research, will become UAH’s fifth president beginning July 1.
  Schuster and Lehigh are at the forefront of nuclear fusion research
Schuster recently received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  Shallow water yields deep research results
Donald Rockwell’s research team has developed imaging techniques to study flow patterns and vortices in shallow bodies of water.
CAMPUS NEWS
Call for 2008 commencement speaker nominations is issued
Nominations for the 2008 commencement speaker will be accepted from March 16-April 9.
Supply chain management program lauded as “a smart choice”
Inbound Logistics recently chose Lehigh as one of 25 top schools for MBA seekers, professionals and distance learners.
Lehigh engineers help make driving safer for wheelchair users
New modular system places handicapped operators in standard auto seats and stows their wheelchairs while they drive.
  Living substance-free and loving it
With 130 students currently signed up, substance-free housing leads a new program of themed housing options.
 
ATHLETICS
 
Lehigh announces Penske Hall of Fame Class of 2007
Basketball star Greg Falkenbach ’72 and top-notch wrestler Colin Kilrain
’82 are the new inductees.
  Hall named Mid-Major Freshman All-American
Point guard Marquis Hall was one of 16 freshmen men’s basketball players nationwide named to CollegeInsider.com's team.
  Athletics Partnership to host spring golf tournament
The Lehigh Athletics Partnership will host a spring golf tournament on Friday, April 20, 2007 at The Club at Morgan Hill in Easton, Pa.
ARTS & CULTURE
 
Lehigh’s Jazz Ensembles perform contemporary jazz April 13
Come see talented Lehigh students perform works by well-known contemporary jazz composers.
Zoellner audiences will be seeing “Red” April 13-15 and April 18-21
Pam Pepper will direct Chay Yew’s critically acclaimed play “Red” about family, politics and art during the turbulent days of China’s Cultural Revolution.
  LU Philharmonic: The French Connection
On April 20 and 21, guest conductor Jung-Ho Pak leads the ensemble in works inspired by the collaboration of French composers and Ballets Russes impresario Serge Diaghilev.
 
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