· R·I·T NEWSVol. 19, No. 8 & EVENTSDecember 17, 1987 Event Honors Horton, Benefits Future Scholars A gala testimonial dinner celebrating 25 years in Congress for U.S. Rep. Frank Horton has raised $500,000 for RIT scholarships. An estimated 1,200 people gathered at the Rochester Riverside Con­ vention Center, Friday, Dec. 11 , for the black-tie event. A bipartisan group of national politi­ cians, including President Reagan, corpo­ rate and civic leaders, and friends , offered tributes, accompanied by military bands, high school bands, bagpipers, a chamber quartet and the Glenn Miller and Roger Eckers orchestras. At the event, the Congressman an­ nounced the creation of The Frank Horton Endowed Scholarship Fund. He selected RIT to receive the scholarships established in his name and based on proceeds from the event. Individuals and corporations from Washington, D.C., and throughout the 29th Congressional District gave gifts ranging from $250 to $50,000 to honor Horton's quarter century of public service. "Creation of the RIT Horton Scholars program at RIT reflects my long-standing and deep interest in the economic develop­ ment of greater Rochester and RIT's role in providing business and industry with highly qualified graduates," Horton said. "Frank has a long history of support for RIT," said President M. Richard Rose. "He participated in the founding of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and is a member of NTID's National Advisory Group. He supported the Insti­ tute·~ new Center for M icroelec-tronic ancl Computer Engineering and has applauded RIT's professional career programs, which impact on this country's productivity." Tribute festivities at the convention center included a video message from President Reagan, who said "Frank, you are a man of great personal conviction, and you demonstrate integrity and leadership second to none. " (Top) Congressman Frank Horton beams with jubilation as he is greeted by Others offering tributes included Colby cousins Geneva Bailey and Mildred Kr:esienski from Houston, Texas. H. Chandler, chairman of the board and (Top, right) Host Don Allum, WOKR-TV anchor, exchanges thoughts on the Congressman's past with former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn , a close chief executive officer of Eastman Kodak Horton friend. ( Right, middle) Preside111 Rose prese111s Horton with a tapestry Company, and David T . Kearns, chainnan created by RIT's Don Bujnowski, professor, School for American and chief executive officer of Xerox Corp. Craftsmen ,and his wife, Pat. ( loll'er, right) Parr of the evening's entertainme/11 Chandler and Kearns were co-chairmen, included a pe,fonnance by the 98th Di,·ision Band, U.S. Arm,· Resen·e. and their companies were co-sponsors, of (lower, left) Dm•id Kearns (left), chairman and CEO of Xerox Corp., and the event. Colbv H. Chandler (right, center), chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company, presented Dr. Rose with a check for $500,000 to create th e Horton Continued on page 4 Scholars program fund. Mclrvine Installed as Dean, Graphic Arts and Photography At his installation as dean of the College dynamic leadership. " and noted how the of Graphic Arts and Photography, Edward college will continue to be a leader in the C. Mclrvine made clear his expectation imaging field. that the college will provide "intellectual A luncheon in honor of the new dean unity in the changing world of imaging.' featured three Academy Award winners: The text of Dr. Mclrvine ·s speech is Lillian Schwartz, who won the award for reprinted on page 2. a computer-animated film; John Lasseter The day-long event in Ingle Auditorium of Pixar Computer Animation Group; and featured several speakers including key­ Malcolm Spaull, associate director of the note speaker Lillian Schwartz, (see article School of Graphic Arts and Photography. on page 3), Donald 0 . Wilson, assistant Both Lasseter and Spaull won student professor of management, College of Academy Awards in 1979 for films. Business, discussed technology manage­ ment, and V. V. Raman, professor of physics, College of Science, outlined the basic principles of light. David Damouth. manager of the imaging systems laboratory HELLO, SANTA? ... Lou Masella of Phi Sigma Kappa and Pam Boyer of Alpha Xi Delta share a at Xerox Corp., told the guests that despite light mome/11 as a local youngster calls Sama 's Workshop in the CommunitY Sen·ices office. Hundreds the dramatic growth in electronic printing ofchildren wrote or called the workshop asking for presems from Sama. Scooters topped most kids' methods, paper would remain integral in lists, according to fratemit_,. and sorority e/,·es. transmitting information. President Rose called Mclrvine, a former research and development manager at Xerox Corp., an " individual of unique 2 NEWS & EVENTS December 17, 1987 The Unity of Imaging This is the text ofthe speech delivered by goals of its erudite young president, it had sociological changes engendered by the I. To a very great extent, the faculty is E.C. Mclrvine on the occasion of his to embrace excellence and scholarship. industrial revolution nor the changes in the college. So my first priority as dean installation as dean of the College of The goals were different but compatible, governance engendered by the growth of will be to create a long-range plan for Graphic Arts and Photography. and a unity was achieved. I see that history cities. But such a plan could have recog­ faculty recruitment, retention and profes­ relevant to Rochester Institute of Technol­ nized merit in our college's approach, sional development and to assist the At RIT there is no tradition of " installing ogy, another pragmatic, nonconventional whereby the college, industry and govern­ schools and centers in carrying out that the dean. " The ceremony we have just and resourceful university that can ment collaborate to educate students in the plan. The plan will include affirmative observed was established for this occasion, embrace the goals of excellence and management and technology of visual action recruiting, an examination of leaves after some thought and discussion .... We scholarship. communication. How important it is to and teaching rotation and continued em­ held this morning a symposium entitled In The Education of Henry Adams, a emphasize the fundamentals underlying phasis on external activities such as The Changing World of Imaging. Four significant chapter, "The Dynamo and style rather than detailing the current style. refereed journal publication, adjudicated distinguished speakers addressed aspects the Virgin," recounts the Paris Exposition How important it is to emphasize the basic fine arts shows, industrial consulting, and of imaging art and sciences. In each of 1900, at which Henry Adams relied scientific knowledge underlying imaging professional service. address were references to communication heavily on his guide, Samuel Langley. , rather than detailing the current 2. A fine faculty deserves fine students. needs and the responses that are evoked by Both men were in their sixties. Henry technologies. So another priority for me as dean will be images. In V.V. Raman's fertile mind, Adams, of course, was the historian and Next year will mark the 50th anniver­ to seek ways to increase the pool of highly illumination has two meanings: the spread heir to the Boston family that had included sary of the invention of xerography and the qualified student applicants to the college, of photons and the dissemination of two presidents and a brilliant diplomat. 65th anniversary of the invention of the while retaining our present high retention meaning. He discussed both. David Like Adams from a distinguished Boston iconoscope, the precursor of the image rate. Damouth believes new technology must be 3. At last month's GraphExpo, an R&E introduced to match the needs of its users. breakfast speaker said, "Today, more than Donald Wilson demonstrated that we must ever, a crossover of technologies occurs manage to a purpose. And Lillian that blurs the classic divisions. We all Schwartz showed how technologies can need to understand each other's business." assist us in studying the significance of To this end, commonality will be increased artistic artifacts and the motivation of the among the college's many undergraduate artist. curricula and options. The goal is mobility Examine the words I have just enun­ and flexibility for our undergraduates, ciated: meaning, needs, purpose, signifi­ particularly in their first two years. cance, motivation. Those are words from 4. Post-graduate education is increas­ the human perspective, not the technical ingly required for the top career positions perspective. We deal with the relation of in our fields. We will continue to install our technologies to human communica­ new graduate degree programs, including tion, wth the relation of the science of the MS in graphic arts publishing, the MS imaging to the art of imaging. I have in graphic arts systems, the MFA in therefore chosen to speak about the unity computer animation and the Ph.D. in of imaging. imaging science. I will move these forward Unity has been a concern of scholars deliberately, as the time is appropriate. over the centuries and on all continents. 5. The radical technical changes in The Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist imaging create a recognized need for more traditions stress the inevitability of change industry education. I will realign the and diversity, but recognize unity as the college's internal organization and proce­ force joining the two faces of the world: dures in order to improve our breadth and growth and decline, female and male, President Rose (right) congratulates Edward C. Mclrvine as the new dean of the College of Graphic efficiency in delivering non-credit and positive and negative. The Graeco-Roman Arts and Photography at Mclrvine's installation Dec. 4. Looking on is Thomas R. Plough, provost and credit education to meet industry and and Christian traditions of Europe cele­ vice president of Academic Affairs.