USD Magazine, Fall 1992

Brooks Takes Charge as the

VP for Finance and Administration

18 states and a $125 million budget. At USD, Brooks will supervise Physical Plant, Human Resources, the Bookstore, the Mail Center, Accounting, Administrative Data Processing and Public Safety, in addition to the university's financial affairs. Brooks earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Georgetown University and a master's degree in information man– agement from George Washington University.

Fred Brooks, former senior vice president for finance and adminis– tration at the IIT Research Institute in Chicago, Ill., was named USD's vice president for finance and administration in August. Brooks replaces John D. Boyce, who began phased retirement in July after 17 years as vice presi– dent. While with IIT, Brooks was responsible for the administrative and financial activities of a contract research institute with facilities in

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W hen Jake Molina came to Alcala Park as an assistant part-time base- ball coach seven years ago, he had no idea his job would lead to worldwide travel and the chance of a lifetime-coaching an Olympic baseball team. But that's exactly what happened to Molina, described by Head Baseball Coach John Cunningham as "the sergeant who really runs our baseball program." Molina says if it weren't for Cunningham, he would have spent the summer at home like everyone else, watching the Olympics on television. Instead, he was in Barcelona, coaching the Olympic baseball team for Spain.

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assignment readily, but found Span– & L'-.. ish baseball to be a whole other

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"The best stadium was at the Pony League level," he recalls with a smile. "Others had holes in the outfield and were dangerous to play on. The rest were just pas– tures. Having a glove was a major thing." Molina's coaching techniques impressed the Spanish Baseball Federa– tion, and he was promoted from adviser to pitching

coach to head coach in a mat– ter of months. His success at the youth level led to an invitation to manage the Spanish National Team and coach them in the Olympics. Molina's Spanish team practiced at USD

"Four years ago, John gave my name to Bill Arce, the coach of Cal Poly Pomona, when Arce was looking for a coach who spoke Spanish to teach youth clinics in Spain over the summer," Molina explains. He accepted the

during the winter, playing practice games with the T oreros.

-Jacqueline Genovese

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