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Theindependent Atlantic , OPINIONS ..-. • Florida Jades bring excitement to FAU -QlOSSWORDPlTUJ F • ..• Wm one, lose one in tJuiDing weeked series See storypa~ 3 The Independent Atlantic Sun Thursday, May 16, 1991 The Only Newspaper Serving South Florida Cofleges 12 Pages Free Foundation Pres donates $20 million By ED SCIIIFF benefillhe FAU College ofArts Sctmrid' given S3 million to lbeCollegcor Mr. Schmicll's gift is tbe SIUI SlDJ[ WrittT and Humanities as well as lbe FAU President AnlboDy J. Arts and Humanities and to tbe largest in the 26-)Uf history of A $5-million cash girl to entire student body. Mrs. catanese announced on tbe College ofEngineerillg FAU and the LarJeSt cash en­ Florida Atlantic Urm'ersity from Schmidl \"las a large donor 10 the stlge of FAU's Griswold Gov. Oriles, slaJlc1ing on lbc ~1D.ent for academic programs Charles E. Schmidt in th(,name College ofArts and Humanities. Theatre lhal the college will univcrsil)' theatre stage said, ever received by lbe state univer­ "'Ibis is something that ....ill henuronh be known as the ·DorothySchmidlwasa ....,onder­ The gift of his ....ife Dorothy makes the sity system in Florida. ~nderful Schmidt family the largest benefit bundreOsofthousanl1sof Schmidt College of Arts and ful, friend. We know brings tbe Schmidt family's con­ nDL\lCBily donoB in Aorida his­ eager young students for a Humanities. how much Dorothy did care tributions ro $23 million, includ­ hundred years to come,"saidMr. The SChrnidts previously had about )'Oung people. ~ ing matched funds. tory. Mr. Schmidt presented Gov. Lawton Chiles with a check for $S·milHon on Monday. State Monday offers laughs and matched funds and anolher $5· million from Mr. Schmidt is cash in Griswold Theatre .oaitingin the bank.. This ....ill add piUS FAU adminislrators, up to a S23-miUion total am­ By DAVID KJDD faculty, sludents and friends mllution IhattbeSchmidt family SJUI EdiuJr .....ho packed the Ibeatre. hIS generously donated 10 Tbe good cheer at tbe Florida Atlantic UniveBity. donation of $2O-million 10' Gov. Chiles took a polile The Schmidt Family's $10­ the Rorida Atlantic Uni'o'er- and bumorous w.ipe at MT. million donation from Monday , sil)' Coli.ege of Arts and Scbmidt when he refem:d to will be matched by another $10­ Humanities spilled over inlo previous enrounteB be had lIlillion from thestateofFlorida, _ 'I,f( l.ifTlW i,VOX ( much hwnoron Monday. witb the midwestern in- making the S20-million thc /i;/l.'YC/.J_ • The (irst big laugh came dustrialist who relired to largest single cash gifl ever when Charles E. Schmidt Rorida in 1964. received for aC3demic programs , presented a 55-million check ~I denchcd my teelh at the by a public university in Rorida. \ to Florida Gov. Lawton millions and millions Charles The living tribute to the FAU's President Catanese accepts a check Ch!leson the stage ofFAU's Schmidt gave to the GfI$woldTheatre. RepUblican Party ~ Gov. memo!)' of Dorothy F. Schmidt, from Charles Schmidt. .... hodied in January, will directly "ThisSS million will be fol•.. ChilesnQdded 10 Mr.'Schmidt lowed by another SS million seated on lhe stage nen 10 WlIillng in the bank, and the him. SlOmillion ",iUbe matched by Former FAU employees lose $10 million from the state of Then tbe governor turned Aorid.a,~ Mr. Schmidt saki. to theaudiencewaviDg the 55­ Before handing Oov. Chiles million cll.ccIr: and said: "This suit against university the $5-million check Mr. is 55-million .the Republican SdtntkIt balked for a second Pany ....i11 never gel its bands and repeated with a tongue­ on.~ Jury: Whistleblowing not afactor in firing decision in<:beek warning: "This ....ill Mr. Schmidl, his IWO IN::S be matcll.cd by $lO-million - Richard and Char1es Jr. ~ wewab1e oonlraets in January 1988. Former FAU from the stale. ~ aDd the enlire FAU Griswold I By DAVID KIDD I Presidcnt Helen Popovich approved theoonU1lets. The su'rprised governor Theatre audience roared at Ed"'" Taylor is nowworldng fora booltstoreand Col­ laughed along \lith the 6QO. the good-humored jibe. I WEST PALM BEACH- Two ex·FAU ton is unemployed. Both testified that thcyhaven" I employees who blew the whistle on over S2OO,OOO been able 10 find comparable employment. I in illegal purchases in 1986, wcre fired in 1989 for Dcrenseauorneysargued that the two hadn'l tried I Icgitit1Ulte reasons, a federal JUry held Monday.. very hard. Roben Taylor and Timothy Cotton, who claLm The six administrators were not present .....hen • lbcywere let because they went public with a slory the verdict was read. • 100Ul FAU's inappropriate purch~, brought ACLU Alloneys for lhe plaintiffs declined to I lUi! against former uni\'Crsily president Helen say if they would appeal the decision until after I Popovich and five former and current a~­ U.S. District Judge James Paine rules on a I tlIinistrators, asking for rompensatory and punl- scpanite motion to order the uni¥ersity 10 gn.e tM:damages and their old jobs back.. .. Taylor and Conon their old jObS back.. I Attorneys for thesiJ: administrators mamwned ACLU Attorney Jim Green stated that his • ~ the the two were troublemakers and were let dienlS' case was SC\'eI"ely bu.n .....hen Judge Paine "beause tbey ......eren't tearn players. refused to allow the jUry 10 be lold that cabinet A. jury oftwo men and four women deb"be1ated meeting U1pcs bad been destroyed and that Tayklr ......... ~--,; Ilr8 V2 hoUB and found Ibal Taylor aDd Conon and CoHon were the only non-management ... ~"' .....i~ litre OOt (ired for "bIO\\ing the wllistJe" on FAU. emplO)'CCSever terminated for feasoDSotber than Schmidt joked with Gov. Chiles at the reception. Taylor and Conon declined to commenL per10rm.a.nlX- The IWO men were issued one-year non-ren- Page 2, May 16, 1991 The lndepcadtntAt1llntic Sun The Schmidt's: FAU's biggest donors den. '1'hiswillbethecenterpiece ByEDSCUHT lJlftlC.time Tolly Award-winning Scbmidt Center ror Arts and two of our campus in Boca RaIOll,' Sun St4/l WriuT acrrcss ZOe caldwell; "Over 100 individual under- Humanities anl1 to cndow "'" "Super Chairs" in the College. Dr. catanese said. prellminary Dorothy F. Schmll11 anl1 ·Establishmcnt of Ihc Char_ graduale scholarships. les E. Schmll11 Eminent Scholar Mr. Schmidt is currenlly serv­ In a brief but moving presen­ plans call for the 6S,QOO.square. Charles E. Schmil1t are the big· tation ceremony before a large foot complcll to include I gesl l1onors in Florid.a Al1antic Chair in Engineering, held since ing as president of the FAU 1984 by Dr. Y.K. "Mikc" Un, Founduion, tbe University'S audicnce which included state flaiblc-seat thealre, an open-air Univtrsily history, and local dignitaries, Mr. amphitheatre, das.<;rooms, facaI. The Schmil1u. resil1ents of and the Distillguished Visiting direa suppon organilJllioo, He in lias been Sdunid.t, joined by his two SODS, tyIlIdadministrative ofikes,1a!I Boa Kenilwonh, Il­ Professor prognm the center I member of the FAU RatOD aoo Carles Jr.1lId Ridlard, gaYe his visual ans facilities. TheUIlMr. linois, have provil1el1 major for Applied Sloctastics; Foundation 1i1lOC itS c:reauon. 'Creation of an endowell "'Florida Atlantic Uoh-ersity cheet toGov, Lawton CliJcs. the silY "ill request 1lII1chin& futxII linallCial suppon to FAU since goyemorand llis wife, Rhea, who from the Rorida LegislatDr~ 1967, Previous gifts include: professorship in tbeanc, anl1 tbe peoplc or Soulheast accompanied him to Boca Raton l1uring lhe lleJ:l SCSIiion. ·Establishment of the awarded to FAU founding fal;\ll· Florida found true frienlls In ty member Joe Conaway; Dorothy and Chuck Schmidt,~ for lbc announcement, are long­ The "Super Chairs" - endow. DorOthy F. Schmll1t Eminent standing friends of tbe Schmi<lt ments that have the ability to Scholar Chair in the Perfonning 'Creation or the Joshua Dr. Catanese said. "Their legacy family. propagate superior acal1emit Arts, occupied successively by Logan Graduate Assistantships of caring will continue to enrich Also talting pan in the programs - will bolh be locate:! dircctor Josjua Logan, in Theatre; lhis community for as manyyears ceremony were State Uni\-ersity within tbe Schmidl College (( playwright Edv.in Albee, aclor "Major assistalfte in lJle crea· into lhe future as our minlls can r~ System Chancellor Chlrles Arts and Humanlilies. Mr. Hume Cronyn, and. II prescnt, tion of FAU's sdtool ofnursins; lbcy have gWen a pnee. less gift to the beart of tbis Reed, Florid.a Board ofRcgc.nts SChmidt's S5 million wiD be Universily •• hs arts and mcmber Jon Moyle, ArtS and IlIItcbed on a dollar·for-dollar humanities program. ~ Humanities Dean SDoora Nor­ basis from the Slate's EmioCII Chancellor Schwarzkopf! Mn. Schmidt, who reociYed ton, and Arts and Humanities Scbolars Trusl Fund. Elpeodi. FrolIl ~ KI"iI:ts an honorary doctoratc in student Karcn Milano. tures will be used to suppon tilt Thc Taas A&.M UniYcrsity system apparently is trying to rect1l1t bumanc Ictters in arts anl1 The Dorothy F. Schmidt Cen· v,Qrk of the chairs, through tlle retiring GeneralJ. Norman Schwa17.kopf, who dirCl.:ted thesuccssM humanities from Flori:la Atlan· ter for Artsand Humanities is to provision oHunds to underwrilt United Nations war to push Iraq OUI of Kuwait, 10 become its nCXl tic University, died on January be built near the current Arts facuUy salaries, scbolarships, re­ chancellor, thc Dallas Morning N~ reported, 19,19'}1, atlhcageof78. and Humanilies bulll1ing. on a searcb, and service, and theywiD Quotiog "a key unh-ersity souroe~ and state Comptroller John Thc S20 million gift will be large tract frontillg 0111 lake and endow all ans and humanities lIlIdilion~ Sharp, lbe paper said A&.M's "slrong military might appeal used to construct lbc Dorolhy F. (Mrlooking lbc botanical gar- progmns in the ColIe~ to Schwankopf, who couk! 001 be reacbod for commeoL H i As dating becomes extinct..
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