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Periodicals R·I·TRochester Institute of Technology 000 ! .00000 \l!"""'""r-,- ;'\ • r,f 1 ,' .<-LL, r.J\IL ,,. J www.rit.edu/magazine The University Magazine Fall 2006 The toughest partof the best job: saying goodbye Features For the past 2 5 years, my bride Caralie and I have 4 $13 million gift received for the College of Business "lived above the store." Together, we've hosted E. Philip Saunders, local businessman, is benefactor countless dinners, meetings and events when I served as president of the University of Hawaii, and 9 Getting into print since 1992, at our RIT home, Liberty Hill.Caralie Books take on new life in the Internet age and I have enjoyed every moment.It is with bit tersweet emotion that I announce my retirement as 12 Hizzoner, the RIT alum your president in mid-2007 (see page 2).It has been an extraordinarily rewarding experience at RIT: the Bob Duffy'9 3 takes officeas Rochester mayor best job I could have ever imagined. Cunt rihuting l'ditor, 14 After Katrina I is.i l'.1ud,1. lkH·lopmt·11t iilld RIT has grown considerably since I became a I md.i (:illim. lk\clop111e111 member of this great family.We've added many RIT graduates respond to the storm in many ways I )llit1 l\ii111l'r. lle,l'lopml'lll academic programs, including two Ph.D.programs. �<'Iii· lkddn. ,\111111111 lkl,ll11llls 19 Looking at the Galapagos Our endowment bas increased from$18 9 million to more than $580 million.We've gone global with Professor Robert Rothman followsDarwin's footsteps programs in China, eastern Europe, and the Dominican Republic. We've made nearly $300 million in improvements and expansion on the campus in the past decade. The alumni Departments population will soon reach a major milestone: 100,000. Our growing student enrollment of more than 15,200 puts us among the top 20 largest private universities in the United 2 On Campus States. We've become more selective. with SAT scores among the upper echelon in higher education.The university has reached new levels of excellence in many areas. 36 RIT Works! But it is certainly more than just about numbers and bricks and mortar and programs. It is about the people ... the RIT family.I will miss the students most.They are so bright 42 Class Notes and so eager to learn.It is rewarding to watch them grow. I love to celebrate their wins and accomplishments. RIT is unquestionably a progressive and agile university on the 42 Alumni Activities move.I am very proud of the impact that RIT alumni. faculty. staff and students are mak ing locally, nationally and globally. So what's in store for the upcoming year? We will not sit back and rest on our accom I t1hl'rs11y \l'\\ s Sl·n il"l'S plishments.This fall, we will dedicate the opening of the Center for Bioscience Educa- Alumni responded to Hurricane Katrina in many ways. Below, Opera· I �21 n111b \kmoricll 1)11\l' tion and Technology. We will open the new Student Development Center at the National tion Photo Rescue volunteer Joe Leute of Madison, Wisc., gets a hug Technical Institute for the Deaf. We will break ground at "College Town,·· our development from Metaire, La., resident Elaine Antonatos, who was expressing her of housing, retail and entertainment on campus. We are in the planning stages of adding thanks for the organization's work. (Photo by Dave Ellis '98) Ph.D. programs in astrophysics and sustainability. And we will wrap up the most success ful capital campaign in RIT history- gifts tallying $300 million that will benefit all of RIT fora generation to come.It will be a whirlwind year for me, and then RIT will start a new, exciting chapter. Finally, I would like thank Caralie. my children and grandchildren.Caralie has been a dedicated ambassador for RIT, serving as a leader with the RIT Women's Council, the Horlwstl'r l11s1itull' 11l 'l'l'rh11olng\', llm hl'stt·r. National Technical Institute forthe Deaf, and the Rochester School for the Deaf. She has 'l'\\ Yori,.;. puhltslws 'I hl' l r 111\l'rstl\ HI I'\\ ill t1dm1t ,111d hirt· llll'll and ,,rn1 w11: \l'lt·1- devout passion for RIT and has been my sounding board and soul mate in my SO-year Cover :111s: 1w11plt· \\ 1th d1sc1hil1t1l's: i11d1\'iduals ol i.111\ career in academia. Professor Robert Rothman's rnn·. rrl'l'd. rcl1gio11. co\11r. 11,111011111 or t·tlmu: Onward and upward forthe 2006-2007 academic year! photo of a Nazca booby. 01l)!ill, St'\ll,il Oflt'llltiliOII, il!,!l'or lllclrlt<II st.!lllS 111 r11111plt,1nn· ,, 1th :ill ,1ppropri,1tt· ll'g1sl,1t1<>11 Albert�rJ-� J. Simone President The University Magazine Fall 2006 The toughest partof the best job: saying goodbye Features For the past 2 5 years, my bride Caralie and I have 4 $13 million gift received for the College of Business "lived above the store." Together, we've hosted E. Philip Saunders, local businessman, is benefactor countless dinners, meetings and events when I served as president of the University of Hawaii, and 9 Getting into print since 1992, at our RIT home, Liberty Hill.Caralie Books take on new life in the Internet age and I have enjoyed every moment.It is with bit tersweet emotion that I announce my retirement as 12 Hizzoner, the RIT alum your president in mid-2007 (see page 2).It has been an extraordinarily rewarding experience at RIT: the Bob Duffy'9 3 takes officeas Rochester mayor best job I could have ever imagined. Cunt rihuting l'ditor, 14 After Katrina I is.i l'.1ud,1. lkH·lopmt·11t iilld RIT has grown considerably since I became a I md.i (:illim. lk\clop111e111 member of this great family.We've added many RIT graduates respond to the storm in many ways I )llit1 l\ii111l'r. lle,l'lopml'lll academic programs, including two Ph.D.programs. �<'Iii· lkddn. ,\111111111 lkl,ll11llls 19 Looking at the Galapagos Our endowment bas increased from$18 9 million to more than $580 million.We've gone global with Professor Robert Rothman followsDarwin's footsteps programs in China, eastern Europe, and the Dominican Republic. We've made nearly $300 million in improvements and expansion on the campus in the past decade. The alumni Departments population will soon reach a major milestone: 100,000. Our growing student enrollment of more than 15,200 puts us among the top 20 largest private universities in the United 2 On Campus States. We've become more selective. with SAT scores among the upper echelon in higher education.The university has reached new levels of excellence in many areas. 36 RIT Works! But it is certainly more than just about numbers and bricks and mortar and programs. It is about the people ... the RIT family.I will miss the students most.They are so bright 42 Class Notes and so eager to learn.It is rewarding to watch them grow. I love to celebrate their wins and accomplishments. RIT is unquestionably a progressive and agile university on the 42 Alumni Activities move.I am very proud of the impact that RIT alumni. faculty. staff and students are mak ing locally, nationally and globally. So what's in store for the upcoming year? We will not sit back and rest on our accom I t1hl'rs11y \l'\\ s Sl·n il"l'S plishments.This fall, we will dedicate the opening of the Center for Bioscience Educa- Alumni responded to Hurricane Katrina in many ways. Below, Opera· I �21 n111b \kmoricll 1)11\l' tion and Technology. We will open the new Student Development Center at the National tion Photo Rescue volunteer Joe Leute of Madison, Wisc., gets a hug Technical Institute for the Deaf. We will break ground at "College Town,·· our development from Metaire, La., resident Elaine Antonatos, who was expressing her of housing, retail and entertainment on campus. We are in the planning stages of adding thanks for the organization's work. (Photo by Dave Ellis '98) Ph.D. programs in astrophysics and sustainability. And we will wrap up the most success ful capital campaign in RIT history- gifts tallying $300 million that will benefit all of RIT fora generation to come.It will be a whirlwind year for me, and then RIT will start a new, exciting chapter. Finally, I would like thank Caralie. my children and grandchildren.Caralie has been a dedicated ambassador for RIT, serving as a leader with the RIT Women's Council, the Horlwstl'r l11s1itull' 11l 'l'l'rh11olng\', llm hl'stt·r. National Technical Institute forthe Deaf, and the Rochester School for the Deaf. She has 'l'\\ Yori,.;. puhltslws 'I hl' l r 111\l'rstl\ HI I'\\ ill t1dm1t ,111d hirt· llll'll and ,,rn1 w11: \l'lt·1- devout passion for RIT and has been my sounding board and soul mate in my SO-year Cover :111s: 1w11plt· \\ 1th d1sc1hil1t1l's: i11d1\'iduals ol i.111\ career in academia. Professor Robert Rothman's rnn·. rrl'l'd. rcl1gio11. co\11r. 11,111011111 or t·tlmu: Onward and upward forthe 2006-2007 academic year! photo of a Nazca booby. 01l)!ill, St'\ll,il Oflt'llltiliOII, il!,!l'or lllclrlt<II st.!lllS 111 r11111plt,1nn· ,, 1th :ill ,1ppropri,1tt· ll'g1sl,1t1<>11 Albert�rJ-� J. Simone President Search for RIT's next president is underway On Campus Immediatelyupon President Simone's retirement announcement, In addition to Boyce and Morley, search committee members a committee to seek his successor was formed.