Posted on Sep 27, 1996

Ad hoc committees have been formed to evaluate the tenurability of the following faculty members: Chris Duncan, visual arts; William Garcia, modern languages; Roset Khosropour, physics; Victoria Martinez, modern languages; Louisa Matthew, visual arts;
Randolph Quaye, sociology; and Jill Salvo, biology.

Members of the Union community are invited to submit testimony on their teaching, research or community service to the appropriate committee members.

— For Duncan, committee members are Shelton Schmidt (chair), Martin Benjamin, Bruce
Connolly and Linda Stanhope.

— For Garcia, members are Harry Marten (chair), Pilar Moyano, Robert Sharlet and Karl
Zimmerman.

— For Khosropour, members are Martha Huggins (chair), Les Hull, Jay Newman and Frank
Wicks.

— For Martinez, members are George Williams (chair), Peter Prosper, Hilary Tann and
Andy Warde.

— For Matthew, members are Seth Greenberg (chair), Walter Hatke, Jordan Smith and
Teresa Meade.

— For Quaye, members are Erik Hansen (chair), Ilene Kaplan, Linda Patrik and Leo
Fleishman.

— For Salvo, members are Tom Werner (chair), Barbara Boyer, Robert Wells, and Cherrice
Traver.

Posted on Sep 27, 1996

David C. Mandeville '45, a long-time benefactor of the College, died Sept. 16. He was 74.

Mandeville donated funds toward the restoration of the Nott Memorial. The Mandeville Gallery, the exhibit space on the building's second-floor, also honors the memory of Mandeville's father and grandfather, both of whom were Union graduates.

As an alumnus, Mandeville was an associate agent of his class and an alumni club
officer. He was an alumni interviewer for the admissions office. Also, he was a member of
the Terrace Council Membership Committee and the Ramée Circle, and served as Estate
Affairs chairman of his class.

In 1975, he received the Alumni Council's Gold Medal for distinguished service to the
College.

Mandeville earned his A.B. degree in English from the College, and went on to earn a
J.D. degree in 1951 from Albany Law School. He served in the Army during World War II, and
received the Purple Heart after being wounded in Italy.

Mandeville joined the family law firm, but later began his own practice in business and
real estate law.

He was well-known in Elmira for his philanthropy and promotion of the arts. A life-long
resident of Elmira, he served on many boards of directors and was involved in community
service. He funded the Mandeville Hall for performance in Elmira as a tribute to his
father and grandfather, spearheaded the creation of a retirement village-nursing home in
the area, and helped to establish the Strathmont Museum there.

He is survived by several cousins.

His Union relatives included his grandfather, Hubert C. Mandeville, Class of 1888, a
life trustee of the College; his father, William H. Mandeville '15; an uncle, Ernest
Mandeville '17; and a cousin, Hubert C. Mandeville Jr. '62.

Posted on Sep 13, 1996

Remarks by Lawrence W. Milas, president of the F.W. Olin Foundation at Opening Convocation

“I've come to know the College quite well. It has a distinguished history, but Union today is a place of impressive academic quality that has provided important leadership for the rest of higher education.

“The F.W. Olin Foundation has a reputation for maintaining one of the most selective grant programs in America. In fact, our grants are often likened to a kind of
Nobel Prize equivalent for colleges and universities. Each year the foundation selects
only a tiny number of colleges for its grants from among hundreds of colleges which seek
our support.

“People often ask how we select grant winners. The first thing required is time,
because we need time to get to know as much as possible about each applicant.We look at
many of the obvious indicators of institutional strength like enrollment trends, student
and faculty credentials, financial management, fundraising, and the like. I can tell you
that our grants are made only to strong colleges because we want to make strong colleges
stronger. All of the indicators that I mentioned must be in the very positive range.

“We also seek something more. Colleges which win our grants must have a vision of
becoming better. We're looking for colleges which, through their own strategic planning,
seek to become more competitive and move up the ladder of academic quality. Colleges which
are content with who they are and what they've accomplished do not fit our profile. The
essence and mission of our grant program is to advance all of higher education, and we
seek to do that by identifying those colleges that we believe are on the move in academic
quality, colleges which we believe will provide important leadership for other
institutions in the years ahead.

“We spent considerable time studying Union College, and tonight represents the
culmination of ongoing discussions with President Hull and his administration over several
years.

“Let me report to you what we've identified as some of the strengths of Union
College:

— Strong enrollments of academically superior students;

— An exceptional faculty dedicated to teaching;

— Strong and growing science programs;

— Outstanding administrative and financial management;

— Strong institutional planning which envisions an even stronger and better Union
College;

— A Board of Trustees which has undertaken an ambitious $150 million fundraising drive
to provide the resources necessary for Union to enter the 21st century as one of our
nation's leading colleges;

— An alumni body that has been extraordinarily supportive and generous.

“Even with all these strengths, Union still has needs. And that's where the F.W.
Olin Foundation can help. So, in recognition of what Union has already accomplished, but
also in recognition of what we believe Union can and will accomplish in the future, I'm
pleased to announce that the F.W. Olin Foundation will make a grant to Union College of $9
million.

“This grant will be used to construct and equip a new high- technology classroom
and laboratory building. It's expected that the new building will be used by all students
at some time during their undergraduate years because it will serve as a state-of-the-art
technological interface for all academic programs.

“Our building grants are made because we believe they will have an impact far
beyond the building itself. It's not a prize for an architectural contest. You may think
we're giving Union a building, but I prefer to see our grant as a means by which Union can
realize an important part of its future.”

Posted on Sep 13, 1996

On a day that seemed to feature the word quot;transformation,” President Roger Hull on Sunday called on students to undertake some “personal transformation” by working to make a difference in the community.

“I personally believe that we must all take stands and that we must all stand for something,” he said. “Stand for children, stand for the homeless, stand for the poor, stand for the environment, stand for education, stand for the disabled — but stand.”

Hull urged the students to register and vote — and to do so in Schenectady, where “you will spend the lion's share of your time during the next four years.”

The president acknowledged the members of the Class of 2000, who already had made a
contribution to the city and Schenectady 2000 by planting shrubs and trees, painting
bridges, and cleaning parks and streets. Hull added that he hoped the experience would
encourage future involvement by Union students.

He also introduced a number of initiatives already under way: Big Brothers and Big
Sisters, tutoring, rebuilding homes on Hamilton Hill, mentoring programs and Youth
Olympics.

“No one can be said to be liberally educated unless he or she recognizes that
there is an obligation to contribute something back to the society in which one
lives,” Hull said. “Since you now live here, I hope that you will vote and
volunteer here and that you will make this community a better one — for you and for all
those who live in it.”

John I. Garver, assistant professor of geology, was awarded the Stillman prize
for excellence in teaching.

The award was created by Abbott L. Stillman '69, member of the College's Board of
Trustees, David Stillman '72, and Allan Stillman in honor of Abraham Stillman, father and
grandfather. Faculty members are nominated by students for the award, which is given to
encourage outstanding teaching.

Garver, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology with honors from Middlebury
College, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington at Seattle. Before coming to
Union, he worked for the British Columbia Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum
Resources.

Garver has been the president of the New York Geological Association, has edited a
guidebook of field trips for the association, and has presented at several professional
conferences. Garver is also the author of many published works and has received several
research grants during his more than six years at Union.

Robert S. Sharlet, professor of political science, was named the Chauncey H.
Winters Professor of Political Science.

The professorship is supported by a bequest from Chauncey H. Winters, Class of 1912,
who was president of the Bank of Richmondville (N.Y.). Mr. Winters graduated at the age of
19 as class valedictorian and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He joined the bank of
Richmondville in 1914 as a teller and over the years gave the village gifts valued at more
than $700,000, including fire equipment and a municipal building. He left his estate to
Union College and 10 Bank of Richmondville employees.

Sharlet received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and earned a Ph.D. from
Indiana University. A specialist in Russian and post-Soviet law and politics, he recently
served as coordinator for institution building in the Washington office of the Rule of Law
program, assisting former Soviet republics. He is the author of six books and more than
100 chapters, essays, and journal articles, he has testified before Congress and been a
frequent source to the national and international press. He has been a member of the Union
faculty since 1967.

Shayna C. Roberts '99 received the Phi Beta Kappa prize for outstanding
achievement in General Education. Roberts, a resident of Nassau, the Bahamas, is a 1995
graduate of Saint Augustine's School.

The convocation also honored more than 500 dean's list students whose names have been
affixed to a plaque in the Reamer Campus Center.

Posted on Sep 13, 1996

The F.W. Olin Foundation, Inc., of New York City has given $9 million to the College to construct and equip a high-technology classroom and laboratory building.

The new 53,640 square-foot technology center will support computer-aided instruction throughout the College's science and mathematics departments as well as in non-science
programs. In addition, it will serve as the home of the Department of Geology and the College's growing Environmental Studies Program. The building is expected to be used by nearly all Union students at some time in their undergraduate careers.

The grant was announced to an enthusiastic crowd at the College's opening convocation
on Sunday in Memorial Chapel. The grant is the single largest gift in the College's
history.

In making the announcement, the Foundation's president, Lawrence W. Milas, said that
“Union College presented a compelling case for our support. The very high quality of
its academic programs and faculty were evident throughout our review of its proposal. We
were equally impressed with the College's management. All of this, when combined with its
need for state-of-the-art teaching space, left no doubt in our minds that this grant would
achieve important strategic goals of both the College and the Foundation.”

President Roger H. Hull, acknowledging the grant, said, “In one fell swoop, the F.
W. Olin Foundation has transformed this historic college. For more than 200 years, Union
has been at the forefront of change and technology. Now, thanks to the F.W. Olin
Foundation, Union will be able to maintain this emphasis in its third century of
service.”

The award was kept confidential until Sunday at the request of the Olin Foundation.

The grant is a key element in the College's ambitious $150 million Bicentennial
Campaign. It is expected to serve as an important leveraging opportunity for the
achievement of the campaign goal.

The $9 million is expected to cover the total cost of constructing the building as well
as the cost of needed furnishings and equipment. The Kostecky Group, of Wormleysburg, Pa.,
is the architect. Construction will begin in early 1997 and should be completed in time
for the start of classes in the fall of 1998.

The Foundation's highly competitive building grant program seeks to identify those
institutions with building needs that, if satisfied, will enable them to achieve important
institutional goals including improved quality and competitive position.

In selecting Union for the grant, the evaluation process included numerous meetings
between the College and Foundation representatives, site visits, and the submission of
substantial data documenting the facility need and the quality of institutional
management.

The Foundation's grants are intended as a strong endorsement of an institution's
programs and leadership. Institutions selected to receive building grants are seen as
being “on the move” in terms of academic quality and the institutions with which
they compete.

The F. W. Olin Foundation was established in New York in 1938 by Franklin W. Olin, the
industrialist. The Foundation has a current net worth of more than $300 million. Since its
founding, the Foundation has made grants to fund the construction of seventy buildings
representing more than 3.5 million square feet at fifty-six colleges and universities
across the country. It is the only U.S. foundation that limits its grant program to the
support of the physical facility needs of independent colleges and universities. Such
grants cover the entire cost of constructing the new facilities as well as the furnishings
and equipment needed to support the programs that will be housed in them.

In addition to Milas, who is based in New York City, the other directors of the
Foundation include William B. Horn and William J. Schmidt of Minneapolis and William B.
Norden, also of New York City.

Building highlights:

— Two collaborative computer classrooms, one for 36 students, the other for 16.

— Laboratories and classrooms equipped for computer-intensive instruction, each
student having computer access.

— A multi-media auditorium with the most modern electronics, including satellite
conferencing, CD-ROM, VCR, videodisk, large-format video-data display.

— Laboratories outfitted for instruction in physics, biology, chemistry, environmental
studies, engineering, and mathematics.

— A high-tech learning center intended for campus-wide use of computers and study
spaces with 24-hour-per-day access to Schaffer Library's instructional technology center.

Appearance:

A three-story, cylindrical main lobby will lead, in all directions, to students engaged
in activities in a variety of laboratories, computer classrooms, and a high-tech learning
center. The shape of the main lobby echoes the rounded form of the Nott Memorial. Building
materials will be similar to those used in adjacent buildings. Atop the lobby will be a
cupola housing a remote-controlled telescope. The Olin Center will be U-shaped, with its
main entrance facing west toward Library Field.

Site:

North end of campus, bounded by the Murray and Ruth Reamer Campus Center, the Social
Sciences Building, Schaffer Library and the existing Science and Engineering Center.