Lehigh Receives $5 Million Gift
Lehigh University has received a $5 million gift from the Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation. The gift will go to the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.
The Baker Institute was founded in 2010 by a gift from engineer, entrepreneur and business executive, Dexter Baker ’50 ’57G ’81H and his wife Dorothy. The Baker Institute provides and participates in a network of entrepreneurship-related programs and activities open to students of all disciplines. The Baker Foundation’s Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Legacy Fund established a fund to provide a base of support for Institute initiatives.
Lehigh Appoints New President
The Lehigh University Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of John D. Simon as Lehigh’s 14th president. He will assume the presidency on July 1, 2015. Simon has previously served as the executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia.
Simon is an internationally renowned chemist and a widely respected leader in higher education. His appointment culminates a comprehensive and wide-ranging search process that began following the announcement in January that former president Alice P. Gast had accepted the presidency of Imperial College London.
Lehigh Program Has First Year Success
The Philip Rauch Center for Business Communications (RCBC) Professional Development Program at the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University had great success in its inaugural academic year. The program is designed to help prepare students to communicate effectively, interact professionally, and develop leadership skills for today’s challenging business environment.
RCBC Professional Development Program prepares students to communicate effectively, interact professionally with both internal and external audience, and develop leadership skills for today’s challenging global business environment.
Lehigh Alumnus Leads Washington Post to Win Two Pulitzers
It was announced this week that the Washington Post, where Lehigh University College of Business and Economics alumnus Martin “Marty” Baron ‘76 serves as executive editor, has won two Pulitzer Prizes in recognition for its work over the past year.
The paper earned the Pulitzer public service medal for its work exposing the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs and another Pulitzer for reporter Eli Saslow’s striking series about the struggles of Americans who receive food stamps.
In a discussion with host David Greene at National Public Radio, Baron described his work on the NSA series as “legally and reputationally risky,” but in the end particularly rewarding. “This is an organization that in its history has taken on the most sensitive and difficult subjects, and we were prepared to do that again.” He added, “News organizations need to remain ambitious. They need to do the hardest stories and the most important stories, and they need to invest the resources in order to deliver those stories successfully. And if that requires confronting powerful institutions, we’re willing to take risks in service of the public interest.” Continue reading…
