Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid at Williamsburg, VA Permit No. 26 WILLIAM 6rMARY tmmmgmmmmm A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 13 • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991 1992 Charter Day Convocation REMINDERS Four Eminent Scientists To Be Honored Town & Gown Lunch D. Allan Bromley, the assistant to the BAF) in Newport News; and Richard H. Bromley for breaking through "the de¬ The speaker for the Town & Gown president for science and technology, will "Pete" Petersen, former director of NASA cade-long ideological impasse over how lunch on Nov. 21 will be Armand be among four distinguished scientists Langley Research Center in Hampton, to respond to the Japanese economic Galfo. His topic will be "German Stu¬ to be honored at the 1992 Charter Day now associate administrator for the Of¬ challenge." dents' Attitudes Concerning NATO." ceremonies Saturday, Feb. 8 in Phi Beta fice of Aeronautics and Space Technol¬ A nuclear physicist at Yale University, There will be no Town & Gown Kappa Memorial Hall. ogy at NASA headquarters in Washing¬ Bromley is founder and director of the lunch on Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day. Bromley, who will deliver the Charter ton, D.C. Arthur W. Wright Nuclear Structure Mario Zamora will speak at the Dec. Day address, will receive an honorary Bromley, 65, was appointed by Presi¬ Laboratory there. He holds a Ph.D. from 5 lunch on 'The Philippines Today: doctor of science degree along with Brit¬ dent George Bush to the cabinet-level the University of Rochester. He has held Mount Pinatubo, the Presidency and ish biologist Sir Cyril A. Clarke, Hon. post of White House science adviser in a number of science policy positions over Other Problems." Nuffield Research Fellow at the Univer¬ 1989, and is credited with bringing sci¬ the years, including chairman and presi¬ The Botetourt Singers of the Wil¬ sity of Liverpool, England; Hermann A. ence and technology issues to the fore¬ dent of the American Association for the liam and Mary Choir will present a Grunder, director of the Continuous front of national policy making. A re¬ Christmas concert on Dec. 12, the last Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CE- cent article in Fortune magazine credited CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 lunch for 1991. Town & Gown lunches are held in the Campus Center ball¬ room at 12:15 p.m. There is a $6 fee. Rhodes, Marshall Scholarship Nominees Named Reservations are necessary and may be made by calling ext. 12640 no later Four students have been nominated than the Monday before the lunch. for Rhodes Scholarships, one for the British Marshall Scholarships. Jay S.F. Blossom, a graduate student Bloodmobile in history; Andrew Stross, '90 a specialist The American Red Cross Blood- assistant in the office of the Secretary of mobile will be at the Rec Center from Transportation in Richmond; and two 1 to 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 25. seniors, Joseph F. Wajszczuk, and Seth Carpenter, have been nominated for the Rhodes competition. Holiday Dance Laura Ferguson, a senior, has been The Faculty Club and the College nominated for a Marshall Scholarship. Women's Club are combining their resources again for a gala holiday dance, which will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday, Dec. 6 in the Cam¬ pus Center ballroom. Tickets are $30 per couple, and include beverages and a light buffet. Dress is semi-formal. For tickets, call co-chairmen Gary and Kate Shaw at 229-2379. No tickets will be sold at the door. Thanksgiving Service The Inter-faith Council Thanksgiv¬ ing Service will be held at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24 at Bruton Parish Church. The speaker will be Mary Lee Dar¬ ling, vice-mayor of Williamsburg. Music will be provided by the Wil¬ Laura Ferguson liam and Mary Chorus, the Catholic Student Association Folk Group, the Presbyterian Bell Choii; and the Can¬ The Rhodes Scholarship pays full ex¬ terbury Singers. penses for two to three years of study at Dinner will follow at Bruton Parish Oxford University in England. The Mar¬ House. shall award pays full expenses for two to For additional information, please three years of study at any British univer¬ call Steve Pocalyko, IFC, ext. 14859. sity in the applicant's field of choice. Blossom, a native of California, earned Joseph F. Wajszczuk Andrew Stross a B.A. degree in history from the Univer¬ government. He minored in religion. active in theatre. A presidential scholar, There will be no William & sity of California at Santa Barbara. He He is a member of Mortar Board and Phi Wajczczuk has worked in several service Mary News Nov. 27 because of received a master's degree in history last Beta Kappa and served as a Governor's projects in Appalachia and has played the Thanksgiving holiday. year from William and Mary and is cur¬ Fellow in 1990 and currently works as leading roles in several plays and musi¬ Deadline for items for the rently a Ph.D. candidate. He is employed special assistant to the Secretary of Trans¬ cals on campus and acted with the Sum¬ Dec. 4 issue will be 5 p.m. at the alumni office on campus. Blos¬ portation in Richmond. mer Theatre in New Jersey. In 1987 he Wednesday, Nov. 27. som is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Wajczczuk a senior from Madison, won the New Jersey Young Playwrights Stross '90 graduated with a degree in N.J., is majoring in English and has been Award. ALUMNI Greeks Give Generously Singers, Musicians, Players David Heenan Lectures Of Time And Talents Enliven Campus Calendar At Business School To Charity November 20, 1991 NEWSMAKERS Crestar Bank Gives Funds To Continue Fellowship Program On behalf of Crestar Bank, Kenneth Mattie Ferguson Dandridge Moran and David Burris presented the William and Mary Graduate School of Mattie Ferguson Dandridge, Business Administration with a check for 90, a lifelong resident of the Wil¬ $3,000 in the name of the Crestar Fel¬ liamsburg area and a College lowship. Business School Dean Al Page employee for 20 years, died Nov. and Hector Guerrero accepted the check 11. She was a member of Shiloh in a recent ceremony. Baptist Church and Toano The funds are used for the Crestar Chapter 39 of the Order of East¬ ern Star. Fellowship which this year was awarded to Michael Dick of Arlington, Va. Survivors include three The fellowship program was initiated daughters, Naomi West and 13 years ago and is awarded to a full-time Marjorie Dandridge of Rich¬ M.B.A. student from Virginia who dem¬ mond and Mary Sims bf Fort Washington, Md.; four sons, onstrates a financial assistance need and has indicated a sincere interest in and Frank Dandridge, J. Frizzell intention to pursue a career in commer¬ Dandridge, Walter Dandridge cial banking in Virginia. and Milton Dandridge of Wil¬ The Crestar Fellow receives $1,500 for liamsburg; a sister, Alice Piggott the last three semesters of a program of Washington, D.C; 25 grand¬ plus an offer of part-time employment children and 23 great-grandchil¬ during these summers and the possibil¬ dren. Left to right, David Burris, assistant vice president, Commercial Division, Crestar Bank; ity of full-time employment during the A funeral service was held in Kenneth Moran, vice president, Commercial Division; Al Page, dean, School of Business summer period between the recipient's Shiloh Baptist Church. Burial Administration; and Hector Guerrero, director, MBA program. first and second year in the MBA degree was in Williamsburg Memorial program. Park. Author Of New Book On Corporate Trends David Heenan '61 Gives Lecture To Business School Students David Heenan '61, president and CEO big-city centers. Now corporations can of Theo H. Davies & Co. Ltd., was on have easy access to accounting, advertis¬ campus recently to speak to the Interna¬ ing and other services, without being in tional Management Group at the Gradu¬ the heart of a big city, said Heenan. On ate School of Business. the current downsizing of corporate Heenan spoke about his new book structures Heenan said that corporations The Corporate Frontier: The Big Move to Small have found they do not have to be as big Town, USA, in which he discusses the as they once were to operate effectively. new trend in American business of leav¬ Although many corporations are leav¬ ing large metropolitan areas and relo¬ ing the metropolitan areas, the cities cating to smaller towns. nonetheless remain the centers for the Since the 1950s, says Heenan, many marketplace, government, culture, inno¬ corporations have left downtown city en¬ vation, research and human thought and vironments for the suburbs. Now, corpo¬ ideas, said Heenan, who added a warn¬ rations are on the move again, he says, ing against allowing urban decay. While this time leaving even the suburbs be¬ business doesn't necessarily need to be hind for small towns and cities and re¬ in the city, an important part of America sort towns including Orlando, Fla., and does, he maintains. major university towns like Charlottes¬ Heenan also spoke about careers in ville, Va., and Princeton, N.J. international business and the increas¬ In his talk Heenan detailed three fac¬ ing globalism of corporations. He ad¬ tors that are responsible for the current vised M.B.A. students interested in inter¬ trend: high metropolitan rents and taxes; national business careers to demonstrate technological advances in communica¬ a commitment to work overseas by learn¬ tions; and minimalization and downsizing ing a foreign language, studying abroad of corporate structures. The high costs and understanding foreign culture. of living and doing business that at one Theo H. Davies & Co., which Heenan point drove companies from urban heads, is the North American arm of David Heenan with Business School Dean Al Page.