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SPRING 1997 The New BUCKS COUNTY CENTER Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/lasalle41 1 9961 997 m hfv' ^y^i ; r ONTENTS Glory on the,Gridiron, Page 4 CLASSES IN BUCKS COUNTY La Salle will open its new educational center ir Newtown Township in September. FOOTBALL RETURNS TO CAMPUS La Salle's Division I-AA gridiron debut is set fo: "Giving Back" to the Community. Page 19 the Fall. Women's lacrosse begins play next Spring. AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE La Salle's strategic plan identifies a list of critic; priorities for the university for the next five "Whine-A-Way, " Page 27 years. Robert S. Lyons. Jr.. '61, Editor George (Bud) Dotsey, '69. Alumni Director J. A WONDERFULLY WARM PLACE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Dr. Tom McCarthy looks back on his 45-year- Joseph H. Cloran, '61, President '62, Nicholas ]. Lisi, Esq.. Executive Vice President career as a psychology professor and Patrick O'Grady, '82, Vice President J administrator. Robert L. Buck, '90, Treasurer Charles J. Quattrone, 72, Secretary AROUND CAMPUS LA SALLE (USPS 299-940) is published quarterly by La Salle University, 1900 W. Olnev Avenue. Philadelphia. PA 19141-1199. for the alumni, Announcements of innovative "Mission Grants, students, faculty, and friends of the University. Editorial and business offices are located at La Salle a graduate program in psychology, and a new University, Philadelphia. PA 19141-1199. environmental major highlighted recent campu. Changes of address should be sent at least 30 days prior to publication of issue with which it is to take activity as reported with the assistance of the effect to the Alumni Office, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199. university's Public Relations Department. POSTMASTER: send change of address to office listed above. Member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). ALUMNI NOTES DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION: Blake+Barancik Design A quarterly chronicle of some significant event; PHOTOGRAPHY: Kelly & Massa in the lives of the university's graduates FRONT COVER: The new Bucks County Center is including a profile of a creative entrepreneur. being constructed by Pitcairn Properties. Inc., of Jenkintown, Pa. BACK COVER: Dr. Joseph Flubacher chats with David Poiesz, the honorary chairperson of the Scholarship Committee that was recently established in the name of the beloved professor emeritus of nnics. Volume 41/ Number 2 LA SALLE Spring 1997 JUS 2 6 1997 La Salle To Open IS! Bucks County Center Construction underway a Salle University will open a Bucks County Center in a newly constructed, 24,000-square-foot for educational facility educational facility in Newtown L Township in September. near Route 332 and In addition to serving both undergraduate and graduate students and offering com- Newtown-Yardley Exit of 1-95 plete master's degree programs in eight disciplines in the evenings and weekends, the Bucks County Center will also provide facilities for executive training and profes- By Robert S. Lyons, Jr., '61 sional development during the day. SPRING 1997 page 1 Students will access La Salle's new Bucks County Center through Silver Lake road on the east side of the property. The Center will be built on the Psychology. The university also ate in such matters as transfer students, Silver Lake Executive Campus, a expects to offer undergraduate sharing databases, and other areas 17 acre site owned by Pitcairn courses in nursing and liberal arts where the institutions can continue to Properties, Inc., of Jenkintown, Pa. aimed primarily at transfer students. support each other. Pitcairn began construction in March and will lease the building La Salle has been providing courses La Salle will continue to offer its MBA back to La Salle. The property is at various sites in Bucks County program on the campus of Delaware located near the Newtown-Yardley since 1981, including Bucks County Valley College, where hundreds of exit of 1-95 next to the Route 332 Community College, in Newtown, Bucks County residents have earned Newtown Bypass. and Delaware Valley College, in their MBA degree over the past eight Doylestown. But the new Center in years. The Center, which is expected to Newtown would be the first Bucks accommodate 300 students, will site devoted exclusively to La Salle "The Bucks Center is a direct result of concentrate on evening and programs, according to the univer- our growing role as a regional univer- weekend schedules designed sity's provost Joseph A. Kane, '56. sity." said Brother President Joseph F. especially for adult learners and Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D., '68. "In recent the working professional. Its "This is an opportunity to consoli- years, we've encountered a growing facilities would also be available to date and expand La Salle's graduate number of student prospects who businesses and other organizations and undergraduate offerings in sincerely appreciate the quality of La for use in sponsoring their own Bucks County," Kane said. "We Salle's academic tradition. But they've training and executive develop- intend to continue exploring ways to told us they want this kind of educa- ment. build upon a collaborative relation- tional quality close to home and in ship with Bucks County Community time slots sensitive to the demands of La Salle plans initially to offer College and other organizations in their busy schedules. We envision that master's degree programs in the Bucks County area." many of our Bucks students will be Business. Education, Nursing. juggling the priorities of family and Professional Communication, Kane added that La Salle will stop work with an earnest desire to improve Computer Information Science, using the facilities at Bucks County their credentials. We've listened to their Bilingual/Bicultural Studies, Community College at the end of the concerns, and the Center is part of our Religion, and Clinical-Counseling summer but will continue to cooper- response." pa*e2 LA SALLE Graduate Degree Program in Health Care Administration Now Offered in Bucks County La Salle University began offering an hence has a "tradition" in the MBA in Health Care Administration at profession. The university has also Delaware Valley College, in been diligent in keeping pace with Doylestown, in January, according to changes in the health care indus- Dr. Anne M. Walsh, director of the try, and full-time faculty are Health Care Administration specializa- involved in organizations such as tion in the MBA Program. This pro- the American College of Health gram has been available on La Salle's Executives and the Health Finan- main campus since 1 980. cial Management Association. The Center is also part of a university "This Health Care Administration Adjunct faculty who teach in the strategic plan that is intended to make La Salle more accessible to students program is for professionals in health program are also employed on a full-time both in Bucks County' and at its main care who want expanded professional basis and hold positions campus in northwest Philadelphia. credentials," Walsh said. Graduates of such as the president of the the program have gone on to excel in Presbyterian Foundation; vice Raymond Ricci, '67, the university's such areas as acute care, medical president, Taylor Hospital, and the vice president for enrollment sen-ices, group management and long-term legal counsel for Franciscan said that between 400 and 500 stu- care. They hold such positions as vice- Health Systems. dents are initially expected to attend president for U.S. Healthcare and classes at the new Bucks County president of Philadelphia's Presbyte- "We're really trying to teach on facility which has been designed with rian Medical Center. the basis of real life experiences," provisions for expansion in the future. said Bill Morsell, '81 MBA, vice "It virtually could double in size," "We believe that our MBA offers president for U.S. Healthcare, who added Ricci. "It's perfectly conceivable is an adjunct professor in the that in time we could see upwards of excellent credentials for health profes- 750 to 1,000 part-time students attend- sionals who want to prepare them- program teaching a course on ing in the evenings and on Saturdays. selves for the many changes which are managed care. "We use books in occurring in the health care industry," the program, but as much as 80 Most of La Salle's 5,200 students Walsh said. "Consequently, we offer percent of what we do is to study attend classes on the main campus at courses in business administration as how problems get solved and how 20th st. and ave.. in Olney northwest well as specialized courses in health strategic planning is carried out." Philadelphia. Academic programs care administration which focus on An example of studies in "real include day and evening undergradu- topics such as long term care, medical life" are reviews of health insur- ate courses as well as evening and group management, and managed ance negotiations that are actually weekend courses for adult learners care. Our objective is to educate health carried out between payers and and nine graduate-level programs.