USD President's Report and Honor Roll of Donors 1996

ti on; Sister Sally M. Furay, R.S. C.J. '72 (J.D.), School of Law; M. Elizabeth Hirst Bruns '66, College of Arts and Sciences; and Joseph J. Schmidt Ill '80, School of Business Administration. In May, USO President Alice B. Hayes and her counterpart, Augustfn R. Rozada, S.]. , from Tijuana's Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste, signed a landmark agreement fo rmalizing a partnership for

their programs, faculty and students. The top 10 percent of School of Law graduates will be elected to The Order of the Co if each year.

engineering students to bl1ild human-powered buoyancy shoes and use them to cross USD's O lympic-sized swimming pool. A new twist in this year's con- test had the competitors ne- gotiating a slalom course in the ir floating shoes. Families of sophomore, junior and senior students were in- vited to campus fo r the first annual Spring Family Weekend, March 1-3. Parents had a chance to attend classes with their tudents, discuss career plann ing with experts, sight- see in San Diego and enj oy a dinner with other parents and classmates. In a heartfelt reflection on the legal profess ion, Sol M. Linowitz spoke to a crowded Grace Courtroom in the Schoo l of Law for the 12th annual Nathaniel L. Nathanson memorial lecture. The topic is one that Linowitz covered in his most recent book, The Be- trayed Profession: Lawyering in the 20th Century. The 1996 Social Issues Con- ference, "Voices of Diversity," in March was highlighted by a keynote add ress from Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic studies at U.C. Berkeley and pionee r in cultural diversity in higher education. The Schoo l of Law was admit- ted in March to the national legal honor society of The O rder of the Co if. The school joins an elite group of 75 American law schools recog- nized fo r ,the exce llence of

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A record 66 USO student- athletes were named West Coast Conference Scholar- Athletes for the 1995-96 season. The students had to maintain a 3.0 or better grade point average to earn the distinction. Athletes from women 's bas- ketball, women 's cross-coun- try, women 's soccer, women 's tennis, volleyball, golf, base- ball, men's basketball, men 's cross-country, men 's soccer, men's tennis and foo tball filled out the team of scholars. The second annual Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards were presented in April to fi ve alumni who have attained outstanding success in their careers. Named in honor of USD President Emer- itus Author E. Hughes, the awards went to: Mary B. Middleton '80, '83 (M.S.N.) , Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing; Bertha 0 . Pendleton '89 (Ed.D.), School of Educa-

SPOTLIGHT ON 1996 : THE YEAR IN REVIEW

At a retiremenr celebration, Sister Sally M. Furay, R.S. C .J., was honored for 44 years of service to the San Diego College for Women and the University of San Diego . students at their ceremony. The School of Law C lass of 1996 included 387 students who enj oyed an address by Justice Richard D. Huffman, a USD law professor since 1972 and a judge with the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Sister Sally M. Furay, R.S.C.J., retired in June after 44 years at the San Diego Co llege for Women and University of San Diego. She spent the past two decades working as USD provost and vice president fo r academic affairs as well as teaching in the School of Law. The campus bid fa rewell to S ister Furay in a touching cer- emony and Mass celebrated in her honor. The end of the school year marked the beginning of mov- ing season fo r scores of offices on campus that relocated to the renovated Hughes Admin- istration Center, fo rmerly the San Diego Diocese building. The departments housed in the new building include stu- dent accounts, financial aid ,

Marilyn P. Chow, D.N .Sc., R.N ., F.A.A.N ., presented in February the eighth annual nursing lectureship, co-spon- sored by the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing and the Zeta Mu chapter-at-large of Sigma Theta. Chow drew on her national and international experience in education, con- sultation and organizational systems in clinical practice to talk about "The Leadership Challenge: Preparing Now for the 21st Century." The fifth annual Walk on Water competition, sponsored by the Department of Engi- neering, invited engineers and

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titled 'The Future of the Church: Looking Toward the Third Christian Millennium." Father McBrien traced the evolution of the Catholic Church, discussed the changes rooted in Vatican II and chal- lenged Catholics to spur a new era of renewal and reform as the millennium approaches. In February, student volunteers from the School of Business Administration 's accounting program and the School of Law helped other students fill out tax forms and understand IRS instructions. In addition to the two days at USD, the students spent fo ur hours a week at sites around San Diego helping community members prepare their taxes. The School of Law announced in February it received the largest donation in the school's history, a planned gift from Michael Thorsnes '68 (J.D.) and his wife, Carole Thorsnes, which could be worth in excess of $4 million. The funds will be used to support clinical education.

A year-long search for a new provost and academic vice president ended in January when Francis M. Lazarus was selected from a group of three finalists. Lazarus was vice pres ident for academic affairs at Wisconsin's Marquette University when he was chosen to succeed Sister Sally M. Furay, R.S. C.J., as the unive rsity's second-highest ranked admin- istrator. The national nonpartisan Commission on Pres idential Debates announced in January that USO was selected as one of four sites to host a 1996 presidential or vice presidential debate. The showdown between the Republican and Democratic pres idential candidates was scheduled to take place in Shiley Theatre Oct. 16. A sellout crowd packed the Hahn University Center Forum on Feb. 2 to hear Father Richard P. McBrien, one of the country's most prominent theologians and a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, deliver a speech

USO Presidenr Alice B. Hayes and Augustfn R. Rozada, S.]., from Tijuana's Un iversidad lberoamericana Noroeste fonnalized a partners/ii/>between the two universiries. educational exchange and collaboration between the two universities. The exchange program will include students and professors taking and teaching classes at the sister institutions. More than 900 undergraduates rece ived their diplomas at the May commencement and were congratulated by honorary degree recipient and keynote speaker Peter Ueberroth, fo r- mer baseball commiss ioner and president of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic O rganizing Committee. Kazuo Inamori , chairman of Kyocera Corp. and an honorary degree recip- ient, addressed the 150 graduate

More chan I , 400 undergradume, graduate and law school students joined the alumni ranks at commencement ceremonies in May.

Students perf amied miracles in the annual Walk on Water com/>etition.