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For more information, please contact [email protected]. *^4e feisUU a fynivesiUtif, Southern Wine <& Spirits of Florida and Florida Extravaganza Florid a International University Culinary Coordinators in cooperation witk Wine Spectator present the 2 n d A n n u a l MARK MILITELLO Mark’s Las Olas • FIU Graduate James Beard Award Winner ALLEN SUSSER Ckef All en ’s • FIU Graduate James Beard Award Winner NORMAN VAN AKEN Norman’s • Ckef/Autk or James Beard Award Winner Celebration Enjoy tke Cuisine of Soutk Florida’s Premier Restaurants Armadillo Cafe • Astor Place • Cafe Arugula Cafe Ckardonnay • Cafe Largo • Cafe Martorano Cafe Maxx • California Cafe • Capitol Grille Casa Juancko • Ckart H ouse • Ckef All en’s Crystal Cafe • East City Grill • Evangeline Fisk Restaurant & Oyster Bar • Tke Forge Giacosa • Grand Cafe-in tke Grand Bay Flotel • Hotel Inter-Continental • Jada • Mark’s Las Olas • M ax s Grill-Las Olas Riverfront Mickael’s on East • Mistral • Norma’s on tke Beack • Norman’s • Petaluma/S moke Over 100 of the World s Finest Beverage Companies will be on Hand Prezzo • Regalo • Restaurant St. Mickel Meet tlie Owners and Winemakers of tke World’s Finest Properties. Rusty Pelican • Sage • Smitk & Wollensky Turnt erry Isle Resort • Tutti’s in tke Gables • Participating Restaurants as of 11-3-97 • Roz and Cal Kovens Conference Center • Florida International University, Nortk Campus 3000 N.E. 151st. Street • Nortk Miami, Florida Sunday, January 18, 1998 from 3:00 p . m . - 7 : 0 0 p . m . Live Auction 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM For Information and Tickets Call (305) 919-5333 Tke net proceeds from tke Florida Extravaganza will support tke Beverage Management Studies Program E n d o w m e n t at tke Soutkern Wine & Spirits Beverage Management Center in tke Sckool of Hospitality Management at FIU- F I U MAGAZINE E ditor’s Note CONTENTS It’s been a phenomenal fall in Miami. The Florida Marlins Volume IV, Number Fall 1997 became baseball’s world champi­ ons after only five years! Jubila­ tion sweeps the community — from Cutler Ridge, Liberty City and Aventura to Miami Springs, Little Havana and Coral Gables. It THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU: brought back memories of my teenage years in New Jersey when Explorinq desiqn and my favorite team, the “Amazin”’ Mets — the perennial underdog of the human experience 10 baseball in the ‘60s — took it all in 1969, seven years after they FlU's acquisition of The Wolfsonian museum and started. And they continued to be its extraordinary collection of books and objects amazin’ for years to come for their fans. of material culture, which illuminate the history of The elation in Miami, however the period from 1885 to 1945, is a phenomenal — as we all know — was very short lived. No sooner had we intellectual and scholarly treasure. picked up that final Marlins World Champion souvenir than the team started being dismantled. *1 U e h i/itli o l a u *uu eM itu : The national pastime just ain’t what it used to be. 2 5 YEARS ABOVE But there was another amazin’ happening that took place this AND BEYOND 14 fall that wasn’t followed by a let­ down: the silver anniversary of In commemoration of Florida International Uni­ Florida International University. versity's silver anniversary, we present a special Quite the contrary, even greater times lie ahead for FIU. In this feature on its dynamic history. What began as a special commemorative issue of — long-awaited university with a limited mission to FIU Magazine we take a look at the University’s phenomenal quar- serve Miami's growing population has evolved ter-century, a history marked by IN BRIEF into a world-class research university that reflects the spirit of people who shared an incredible zeal and belief in an South Florida's increasingly global role. institution and its future. Heroes in my book. CAMPAIGN Imagine a handful of people UPDATE A gainst; all odds: An coming to an abandoned airport in See See cover story on page 14. the middle of nowhere and open­ interview with Charles ing a university with nearly o,000 students just three years later. And ATHLETICS E. "Quick" Perry 30 just 25 years later, it’s among the nation’s 25 largest universities, FlU's founding president discusses the early days of offers more than 220 degree pro­ the University, the odds that had to be overcome for grams and has attained the criteria ALUMNI of a research university. FIU to become a reality, and his vision of FlU's future. It’s sad that our national pas­ time has become just another busi­ Celebrating Excellence, Creating Creating OpportunityExcellence, Celebrating ness. But it’s heartening that edu­ A week of celebration 34 cation — the backbone of this country — endures. And in a time A photo pictorial of FlU's silver anniversary cele­ of traded heroes and dashed bration. dreams, a place like FIU continues to fulfill the dreams and hopes of tens of thousands. Looking for a story of a dream Profiles in Excellence 36 come true — you'll find it in these Mini-profiles of six alumni who exemplify the FIU pages. FIU... amazin’! spirit of excellence. Editor which which distinguished has the University’s history since one. day Editor Todd Ellenberg Creative Director Terry Witherell Art Director Bill Stahl Writers Cesar Becerra, Todd Ellenberg, Helen L. Kohen, LD 121 Marisel Othon, Roger Wyman Photographers Gloria O'Connell, William Stahl, Michael Upright, George Valcarce, Terry Witherell President Modesto A. Maidique Vice President, University Relations Steve Sauls Director of Publications Terry Witherell FIU Magazine is published twice a year by the Florida International University Division of University Relations. Reproduction in whole or in part w ithout written permission is prohibited. Distrib­ uted tree of charge to alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the University. Postmaster and others, please send change of address information to FIU Magazine, Office of Publications, PC 230, Miami, Florida 33199, • Printed on recycled paper. Copyright ©1997, Florida International University • Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Institution. • This document was produced at an annual cost of $48,500 or S1.38 per copy to inform the public about a university program.Qualified individuals with disabilities as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act who need special accommodations for any FlU-sponsored event can request assis­ The Public University at Miami A A huge rendition of the 25th anniversary logo adorns Perry of the the facade Building, E. Charles firstFlU’s tance by calling the number listed in association with the function. The request must be made five working days before the scheduled starting time. TDD, via FRS 1-800-955-8771, major major structure. The logo includes the anniversary slogan — Fall 1997 1 Ronald M. Berkman From CUNY toCUPA: Berkman and his wife, Tricia, BERKMAN APPOINTED NEW DEAN have two children, ages 8 and 11. OF URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Dean Arthur Heise of the School of Journalism and Mass Communica­ Ronald M. Berkman, dean of the School of Pub­ tion and members of the CUPA lic Affairs at The City University of New York's Search and Screen Committee con­ (CUNY) Bernard Baruch College, has been appoint­ ducted a nationwide search for a ed dean of the FlU College of Urban and Public successor to Acting Dean Mark Affairs (CUPA). Rosenberg. Rosenberg is now devot­ Berkman, who holds a Ph.D. in political science ing his full-time attention to his responsibilities as vice provost for International from Princeton University, joined the University last Studies and director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center. summer. An expert on crime, the media, economic development and urban public policy, Berkman is the author, co-author or co-editor of four books and DEAN NAMED FOR NEW numerous articles. He is the founding dean of COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Baruch's School of Public Affairs, which has 38 full-time faculty and 500 graduate and undergradu­ DeLois P. Weekes, formerly of the Boston College School of Nursing, has ate students. been appointed dean of FlU's newly formed College of Health Sciences, which "I'm very excited about the possibilities of FlU consolidates the University's College of Health and School of Nursing. expanding its partnership in the metropolitan devel­ Weekes served as associate professor and associate dean for graduate pro­ opment of Miami and in further developing its aca­ grams at Boston College School of Nursing. She holds a doctorate in nursing demic programs to train the next generation of from the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to her doctoral studies, public management," Berkman said. Weekes received an M.S. in nursing from the University of Oklahoma, a B.S. in Berkman has served as university dean for acad­ health education from Oklahoma City University, and a diploma in nursing emic affairs at CUNY, as director of the Brooklyn from St. Anthony's Hospital School of Nursing in Oklahoma City. College Graduate Center, as deputy chair of the Prior to her appointment at Boston College in 1994, Weekes held faculty Department of Political Science at CUNY and as appointments at UCSF since 1988, and before that at California State Universi­ director of its Urban Studies Program.