Alcalá View 1990 7.4

Passages Birth

Three new administrators join USD

A daughter, Jennifer Anne Marie, to Dr. Jeff Jones, staff psychologist, and his wife, Cindy, on Oct 26. Baby Jen- nifer weighed in at 8 lbs., 9 oz. and is 20 1/2 " long. Correction: Cynthia Putco's son Matthew Richard was 19" long at birth, not 13" as reported in the November Alcala View. Deaths Dr. Joanne Dempsey, professor of English, on Nov. 29. Thelton Amerson, husband of Myra Amerson, telephone operator, telecom- munications, on Nov. 1. Margaret Anderson, mother of Dr. James Evans, School of Business Ad- ministration, on Oct. 22. Robert Austin, long-time member of the Music Department, in October. Ray Dugan, father of Dr. Kathleen Dugan, chair of the department of theological and religious studies, in Oc- tober. Claude Magnin, father of Dr. Michele Magnin, epartrnent of foreign languages and literature, on Oct. 15. Maria Esther Saldana Vela de Rubio, mother of Maria Perez, dining ser- vices, on Oct. 7. Sr. Mariella Bremner, former registrar of the College for Women and long-time member of the USD com- munity, on Nov. 15. Congratulations to the following employees who will reach employment milestones in December and January: 5 Years Eileen Van Tassel, Telecommunica- tions; Doug Burke, Telecommunica- tions; Danny Marines, Mail Center; Maria Naranjo, Main Dining Room; Teresa Dionisio, Housekeeping Ser- vices; Janet Finney, Media Center. 10 Years Frank Orlando, Building Main- tenance; Josephine Perez, Custodial

Fellows replaces Jim Sotiros, who is currently traveling around the world. At Stanford, Fellows created a fund- raising program which targeted School of Business graduates from Japan and resulted in three endowed chairs and gifts in excess of $3.5 million. In addi- tion, Fellows staffed Stanford's Cor- porate Advisory Council comprised of CEO's from around the world. Fellows will manage the offices of the Annual Fund, Corporate Relations, Parent Relations, Alumni Relations, Law School Development and Advance- ment Services. Cynthia Weiler, former administra- tive operations analyst with the San Diego State University Foundation, was named grants and contracts officer in September. . While at SDSU, Weiler developed external funding information services

Jack Cannon Three key administrative positions at the university were filled this fall. Jack Cannon, former director of public affairs for the U.S. Information Agency in Perth, Australia, was named director of public relations in October. Cannon replaced Charles Reilly, who was named director of marketing at the San Diego law firm of Luce, For- ward, Hamilton and Scripps in August. While with the U.S. State Depart- ment, Cannon served as chief spokes- man for the U.S. government during the return of the 52 U.S. hostages from Teh- ran in 1981, appeared on television news programs including "Good Morn- ing America," "Nightline" and "McNeil Lehrer," and served as the principal U.S. spokesperson at the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver, Canada. Cannon will be responsible for managing the Public Relations depart- ment, which includes the News Bureau, Publications and Community Relations offices. Don Fellows, former associate direc- tor of development in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford Univer- sity, was named director of develop- ment in October.

Cynthia Weiler for some 2,200 faculty members, directed development services seminars and was the liaison to the Office of Federal Programs for the American As- sociation for State Colleges and Univer- sities. Prior to her work at the SDSU Foun- dation, Weiler developed automated financial systems for Harvard University's $250 million Sponsored Research office. She also published an Administrator's Guide to Sponsored Re- search Financial Services for the 100 colleges and schools at Harvard Univer- sity. As grants and contracts officer at USD, Weiler will develop a broad- based faculty grantsmanship program, coordinate the university's relationships with agencies concerned with academic grant-making, and manage the pre- and post application process for proposals.

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Debbie Gough, Provost

Don Fellows