News Scrapbook 1981-1982

EV ENING TRIBUNE

Author's Story.

1982

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Dr. Author Hughes. Reflecti\'e Thoughtful. Articulate. President of the University ofSan Diego. Concerned and involved leader in our community. Past chairman ofEnergy 2000 Taskforce, Dr. Hughes devote.9 himself to the solutions ofSan Diego's most critical issues - water, energy, transportation above and beyond his commitment to quality education. Here, from a recent conver,ation, is Dr. Author Hughes' own story on his leadership role in San Diego, including his perspectives on the Union-Tribune's best read sections of the year:

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DAI LY CALIFORNIAN SEP a 1982

Consulllerpanel proposed forvoicein utility hearings

On San Diego's economy: •·I am very optimi!ltic. I think th at San Oiego, with stimulation from the 1:<;conomic Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce, has been successful over t he last 10-15 year in diversifying this economy. It is no longer just a Navy town or aerospace market; 1t i!I a combination of many dif- ferent industries. We feel the recession just as anywh re I , hut perhaps not as ·everely hecau~e of th is diversification." On San Diego issues: "There are cntain issues which con cern me that have taken a large part of my time over the lasl e\'eral years. I've devoted mu h of my time and energies because t he~e issues impact Southern Californu1 and San Diego communities, and therefore , the well ,being of this in- stitution and it ability to maintain its health and growth u,e issues of water, transportation and energy. I have been i~timatcly involved in all three of these. On Perspective: "What the piece doe is cause a focus ing on where we are and where we're o mg hy the leade rs in the community, 1 aders wh take a look down the road and off r a perspective, as you call it , op this com unity - what 1t is and where it is goinll To cause that to h ppen systematically is helpful to the &>m- m ity. Otherwic,.., we'd ench go our separate way· and there would be no single focus. You offer a variety of separate peri-;pectives, and from those bottom lines, each reader can determine a single perspective." Fo low the leaders. \ Putyour business in Perspeetive. Coming Monday, January 17.

encourages. elf-examination, so that student begin to ask themselves "What is my relationship to God? Who am l? Where am I going?" Our ap- proa< h since Vatican II is more ex plorative and less catechetical. I think that'· very forward-looking." On USD's history: "The University of San Diego was founded in 1949, as was the San Diego College for Women. In 1969 conver;;a tion~ began between the College for Women and the University of San Diego to merge the two in titutions. In 1972 the merger was con ·umated " On USD today: "I am proud of the development and growth of the University of San Diego. Through team work and sound fiscal management, USD has operated in the black for more than .even year~. Our four profei,sional schools of law, busmess, education, and nursing have experienced tremendous growth in enrollment and in recognition. Our country needs leadership m high quality universities where the order of prioritie. is teaching, esearch, and community F:ervice. hose are our priorities now at the University of San Diego, and I belie 'ewe have moved well down the path toward our goal, to he an excellent institution of higher learning, and to be recognized regionally and nationally for that ex Ilene ."

On his beginnings in education: "Durin the break between my junior and senior years in high school, my dad sent me to Chicago for vocational in- terest te ting, a sort of human inventory assessment concerned primarily with aptitude and skill attributes. One of the things which came out of that was a rather natural interest in teaching." On switching from educating to managing: "I came West to Flagstaff, Arizona and the Dean and President for whom I worked believed I had some abilities as a manager in higher education, so they gave me the opportuni y, I started at Northern Arizona Univer ity a. a department chairman in accounting, moved up to the Dean of the School of Business Administration and then to Vice President of the University. And then, here, as president of U D. Tho e are the traditional stepR, although what used to be typical today eemR to be shifting dramatically in h~her educa- tion." On management vs. teaching: "I was more challenged by, more satisfied by, the managementproces than I was by the scholarly proce. s. They are separate track and quite dif- ferent careers. I both liked and was con- founded by management, and still find it quite intriguing. Plus, I find myself motivated by the decision-making pro- cess. " On leadership: "The essence of management is decision-making. You have to be will- ing to say 'I really messed that up,' or 'that was the wrong decision.' You have to be able to sit back and look at yourself and what you are doing objectively. Not that you always have to find your own errors, there are those around who will quickly point them out to you. And you also have to make more right decisions than wrong ones." On his management style: "I make use of the people with whom I work. I have four excellent vice presidents, and frequently take their judgement on a matter as being my own. I don't try to second guess them, and use their decisions as they make them. Very frequently, the heavy decisions are made collective- ly." On USD's Catholicity:

consumer the right to vote in annual elections for UCAN's 11-member board or directors. The board would manage the money and hire a team of experts to represent SDG&E customers. The team would in- clude two lawyers with expertise in utility legislation, one or two utility engineers and one or two accountants. immons said the membership fees would pay for administrative costs, fliers and handbills, in addition to salaries for team experts. He said board directors would serve without pay for one-year terms and would be allowed to nm for re- election. S mmons said the law school would end its connection with the consumer group once it was formed. That means the group would be nm and financed entirely by SDG&E customers The commission will study the plan in hearings set for Monday and Tuesday, Sept 13 and 14. Monday's hearing begins at 11 a.m. in room 6N10 of the General Services Administration Building at 880 Front St. m San Diego. Tuesday's bearing begins at 9:30 a.m. in the State Building at 107 South Broadway in Los ngeles. Simmons said SDG&E was opposed to any sort of consumer group because it could be construed as a restraining force for rate increases, although he thinks otherwise. • There have been a fair number of times when SDG&E's request for a rate hike was valid," Simmons said. "We'd baclr. the utility in those cases and tell the consumers . . . which I think would tremendously improve SOG&E's image." Simmons said the group also would be beneficial to the utility commission for the same reason. He said the commission's image had deteriorated over the years because it was understaffed and unable to handle the job and because of its reputa- l ion for "automatically granting rate in- creases for SDG&E."

Br Bob Masingale of T11e Dally Californian

Utility customers unite! That' the battle cry for a plan to form an 11-member panel of consumers that would have absolute authority to represent customers of n Diego Gas &Electnc Co. in hearings before the tate Public Ut1li- tie Commi sion. The proposal - the fir t of Its kind m Cahlomia - comes from the Center for Public Interest Law, which is affiliated with the law school of the University of San Diego. USO faculty members organized the c nter two ye rs ago to study areai; ~r law that infringe on the rights of citizens, ccording to USO law professor Robert Simmons . Simmon said the center filed a request m March a k ng the commiss10n to recog- nize the exi tence - and nghts - of a non- profit con umer group called Utility Con- sumers Action Network ( CAi ), which wou d repr ent consumers m matters mvolvi SDG&E. pecihcally, the group asked the com- mission for the n ht to: • Appear befor comm ssion to rep- r t consumers on all matters concern- ing SDG&E, especially requests for in- ere s or decreases in energy rates. The group wants access to all documents SDG&E gives the commission. The group, after analyzing the documents, would de- liver Its recommendation on a request or application from SDG&E. • Insert educational fliers in SDG&E customer bills lour times a year. The Hiers would explain law , procedures and impending legislation concerning the utili- ty. Simmon said the material would balance what be described as ''I.he propa- ganda SDG&E slips into its bills today." • Use SDG&E customer bills once a year to solicit membership fees for UCAN. The !!nee-a-year 14 fee would give the

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SOUTHERN CROSS SEP 9 1982 USD enrollment, faculty up SAN DIEGO' - The 1_:niversity of San Die >, will enroll approx1ma ely 5,000 students fo r the fall emester. a four per cent increa e over last year , at a umc when typical college enrollments nationally arc ded1mng, said Sister Sally Furay, USD provo t and vice president for academic affairs. Full-time faculty members now total 181, an all-time high, she added, and includes the addition of 11 new permanent faculty and 12 visiting members; an~ther three visiting prof(,ssors will arrive at USD next spnng. THE USD College of Arts and Sciences will welcome nine new faculty members to its staff; the ,;;chool of Business Administration will add a total of four full-time and visiting faculty; two new faculty will join both the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing and the School of Education. A total of nine full -time and visiting fac~lty will join the School of Law during the coming academic year; in addition , six legal writing instructors and 10 adjunct profess~rs will teach at the law school durm!fbel 1?8 -ip academic year. P . DEL MAR SURFCOMBER SEP 8 1982 Former Falcons with USD spiker! The USD Toreras open their volleyball season against four of Southern Cal's strongest teams, Pepperdine, San Diego State University, Cal State Long Beach, and Cal Poly Pomona. Coach John Martin is looking forward to improv- ing the team's record over last year's. "After coming off an excellent spring and strong sum- mer camp, I feel the girls have a positive and enthusiastic attitude. Combining this with the new confidence and overall improvements of the younger players, we are certain to have a strong season," said Martin. The 1982 Toreras' first season as an NCAA Di- vision 1 competitor will be led by returning senior Liz Edwards and Kathy Lehner, also a senior. With a year of experience behind junior Lisa Maner and sophomores Kim Crawford, Mar- cia McEvers, Michele Rehrig and Torrey Pines graduate Cindy Wheat will form the core of the squad. Lori Robarge, the South Coast Conference MVP and the Cerritos College Woman Athlete of the Year has joined the USD team. Another new athlete is junior Cindy Hall from Santa Monica City College. The only freshman is Ellen Sibler, a San Diego CIF player from Torrey Pines.

"The University is Catholic in a sense different from what many people think. We are Catholic in that we have a commitment, within the context of the Roman Catholic tradition, to two fundamental beliefs: a belief in God, and a belief in the dignity of the _,.,,.,..... • human being. We provide the • .,--::. kind of atmosphere ___- which

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USO FOOTBALi/ The Univer.;ity of ~an Diego football team will scrimmage powerful Arm, na Western Junior College_ on the. USJ? field Saturday night. The scrimmage will begm ~th a. seven-on- even dr ill at 6·30. The full squads will begm work at 7. Toe Toreros will open the regular season Satur- day, Sept. 11, at Redlands.

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DAILY TRANSCfUPT SEP 7 1982. Law Faculty

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SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE DAILY TRANSCRI PT SEP 1 198? Business Faculty

Prof. Maimon Schwartzchl d, , who has been on the faculty of t Benjamin . Cardozo School of Law at Ye!!hiva University, wiO teach constit ional law and evideoc: this fall at the University of Sail Diego School of Law. Beginning with the spring s m tcr, Anne M. Trebilcock will be assistant professor teaching remedies. She comes to USO Crom the Max Planck Institute at Heidelberg. Visit ng professor will include Borham Atallah, currently with the niversity of Alexandria, Egypt; Denn C Col!!On, of the University of Id ho; Irving A. Gordon, dean for acad mic affairs at Northwestern University; Jame . E. Hogan, on the faculty of UC Davis; and Paul Marcus, on the faculty of the University o(lllinoi College of Law. Also, Milton Ray, recently retired from the University of Or gon School of Law; and Marc Rohr, on the faculty of Nova Univer "ty Center for the Study of Law. Th law faculty will also be jomed by ix legal writing in- tructor and 10 adjunct professors lor the new year.

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Dean the University of San Diego School of Business Administration has an- nounced appointments of new faculty members to the school. William R. Soukup, who will be ass~tant professor of management . received his doctorate from Purdue University. He has been assistant professor at t he College of Business Administration at San Diego State University. Charles J. Teplitz holds a doc- torate from Kent State University, and has been on the faculty of the University of Albany School o! Business. The school will have thre visiting professors: Dr. Willian- Walker, vi iting professor in quantitative met hods; Douglas Dalrymp le , D.B.A., visiti ng professor or marbling; and Ken• neth Schneider, D.B.A. , also visiting professor of marketing. J ames Burns of

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cording to Therese Whit- comb, art professor and Gallery director, "The exhibition is a synthesis of what, in Curtis' judgement, must have been the epitomy of beauty among native Americans at the end of the century." In order to document the dignity and valor of what be believed to be a vanishing civilization, Curtis visited with western tribes and took more than 40,000 gold-tine plates. Professor Whitcomb relates, "Curtis labored pa- tiently among the western tribes, earning their trust in order to record with im- agination, soundcomposition and the best of current meU1ods, a culture which was then endangered." Theodore Roosevelt, an admirer of Curtis, wrote the !orward to the accompany- mg 20-volume study. The Pierport Morgan Founda- tion sponsored its publica- tion.

S. Indian Venus," an exhibition drawn from Edward Curtis' photographic study of America's native civiliza- tions, will be held at the University of San Diego's Founders Gallery from Sept. 21 to Oct. 21. Admission is free to Founders Gallery which is open weekdays from noon to Sp.m.,andWednesdaysfrom noon to 9 p.m. Fifty gold-toned photo- graphs comprise the exhibi- tion selected from USD 's complete collection, "North American Indians," the monumental work of pioneer western photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952). Amassed by Curtis between 1907 and 1920, the full study includes 1,500 prints and was limited to 500 editions. "The Indian Venus" de- picts a seldom recognized theme of Curtis' work. Ac- Curtis: The

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