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winter 2009 vol.27, No.2 from theUBAAPresident Vice President for External Affairs Marsha S. Henderson, BA ’73 Associate Vice President for University Communications Joseph A. Brennan, PhD ’96 & MA ’88 Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications Arthur Page Editor Ann Whitcher-Gentzke Art Director Rebecca Farnham Production Coordinator Cynthia Todd-Flick Alumni News Director Barbara A. Byers Development News Editor Cynthia Machamer Class Notes Editor Amanda Fromm Communications Coordinator Gina Cali-Misterkiewicz, MA ’05 Senior Associate Director Jay R. Friedman, EdM ’00 & BA ’86 Associate Directors Barbara A. Byers Michael L. Jankowski Assistant Directors Laura Cornwall, EMBA ’07 & BA ’97 Kenneth Lam, EdM ’04 & BA ’01 Kristen M. Murphy, BA ’96 Patricia A. Starr UB Today is published three times annually by the UB Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Office of University Communications, Division of External Affairs. Standard rate postage paid at Buffalo, New York. Editorial offices are located at 330 Crofts Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260. Telephone: (716) 645-2626; Fax: (716) 645-3765; e-mail: whitcher@ buffalo.edu. UB Today welcomes inquiries, but accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or photographs. Alumni can help maintain UB’s momentum amid fiscal challenges L ast fall, in the face of the U.S. economy’s meltdown, I was left with many more questions than answers. The country’s financial situation—and certainly that of New York State— was tenuous at best. Financial institutions were closing or being bought out, the stock market was experiencing recordsetting fluctuations and the presidential election was upon us. Closer to home, the University at Buffalo was facing a state budget cut of at least 10 percent or approximately $21 million. If you’re anything like me and my family, you’ve been making tough choices in terms of personal spending. What can we afford? What is a true necessity versus a clear-cut luxury? How much support can we provide to our favorite charities and not-for-profit causes? Is retirement even an option? Likewise, UB is facing a similar challenge that could be summarized as “making do with less.” Given these conditions, how do we continue transforming this university into a world-class research institution? In his annual address to the community this past September, UB president John B. Simpson outlined the potential impact of state budget cuts on the university and its programs. Furthermore, he implored community members to help bring about state regulatory reforms that would enable UB 2020—our plan for expansion and academic excellence—to succeed. Collectively, alumni play a very important role in maintaining UB 2020’s momentum. The UB Alumni Association is working to keep you and all our constituents engaged and energized, as the university strengthens its reputation as a great research university and as a pillar among its peer institutions and within its various communities, whether they be local, regional, national or international. Are you interested in being part of the solution? Join UB Believers (it’s free). Join the UB Alumni Association (it doesn’t cost much and now friends of the university may join, too). Attend UB-sponsored events in a city near you (and get reconnected). Or, if you are so inclined, please consider making a philanthropic gift to a UB department, activity or scholarship fund that has special meaning for you. These times do indeed call for vigorous and unqualified support for our alma mater—please join me in our common plan for action. Douglas Levere, BA ’89 08-ALR-007 Marc A. Adler, MA ’83, MBA ’82 & BA ’79 President, UB Alumni Association marc@flynnandfriends.com; 716-523-1957 4 UBTODAY Winter 2009 www.alumni.buffalo.edu
drop us a line! mailbox Neighborhood story evokes nostalgia I very much enjoyed the article on the South Campus and its environs (“Welcome to the neighborhood,” fall 2008). I earned both my degrees on the Main Street campus; to me the South Campus is UB. I was a student who commuted, and my commute was so long that it precluded participation in campus activities. I owe the pleasures of campus life to the homes that directly bordered the campus where my friends had apartments. These homes provided a place where we could relax between classes and talk about courses, professors and ideas. Just the word “Winspear” in your report flooded me with nostalgia. Pamela Woehr, MSW ’80 & BS ’68 New York, NY Bulls’ achievements come full circle The 2008 UB Bulls football season provided all the action, drama and tension one can dream of. The 1958 team’s story has been chronicled nicely. Now it has come full circle with Turner Gill’s 2008 team being granted a bowl game. The significance of these two teams should not be overlooked. Coach Gill said right after clinching the Eastern Division title, “I just thank God, I thank God. A favor was done here, no question about it.” A favor has been granted. The final script is yet to be determined at this writing, but for now the circle is finally complete. We have come a long way as a university community. Now it’s time to celebrate and to cherish this miracle. I am proud of my university and grateful for all that it has accomplished, both on the field of play and in the display of conscience and character, in 1958 and today. I am a former UB football player—and a forever UB Bull. Tom Brill, BS ’82 Amherst, NY Editor’s note: When the 2008 Bulls football team won the MAC Championship and appeared in the International Bowl, they did so on the 50th anniversary of the remarkable Lambert Cup team. In 1958, UB received a bid to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, FL, but turned it down when confronted with racial discrimination. To read ESPN’s account of these events, go to www. buffalobulls.com. Correction The publisher of Shades of Justice, a 2008 memoir by Paul Krehbiel, MS ’79 & BA ’75, was misstated in our last issue. It is Autumn Leaf Press. UB Today welcomes letters from readers commenting on its stories and content. Please include your UB degree and the year it was received, along with a daytime telephone for verification purposes. Letters are subject to editing and may be condensed for length. Send mail to ub-alumni@ buffalo.edu This has been a great year for UB football. The Bulls played in—and won—the Mid-American Conference championship game on December 5, and for the first time in 50 years, there’s a bowl invitation to savor. In 1958, UB won eight games and defeated then-powerhouses Columbia and Harvard, making UB the top small college football program in the East and winner of the Lambert Cup. flashback 1958 The Lambert Cup was awarded in New York City on December 14, 1958. The team’s co-captains, Nick Bottini and Lou Reale, accepted the cup, with Chancellor Clifford C. Furnas, athletic director Jim Peele, coach Dick Offenhamer and members of the Lambert family looking on. There was a dinner at Toots Shor’s and an appearance on the popular Sunday night television program The Ed Sullivan Show. With the Lambert Cup and an invitation to play Florida State in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, it was arguably UB’s best season in 102 years of football. What happened next also made it one of the university’s finest hours. When the university was informed that the team’s two African American players, Willie Evans and Mike Wilson, would not be welcome in Orlando, the team unanimously rejected the bowl invitation. “Those of us who thrilled to their performances recognize them as fine football players, gentlemen and worthy representatives of the university,” Furnas said. “We have never been concerned with the color of their skins, nor do we think that should be made a point of issue by anyone else.” UB awarded Lambert Cup —John Edens, University Archives www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Winter 2009 5
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