Reporter Volume 26, No.22 March 30, 1995 Alumni association to offer trip to Holocaust Museum The UB Alumni Association is offering a day-trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 22. The trip will include an orientation by a member of the museum staff, followed by a self-guided tour of the museum. Price of the trip, which includes airline travel, bus transportation while in the Washington area, orientation, lunch and dinner, is $235 for Alumni Association members and $245 for non-members. Reservations must be made by April 12. There are a limited number of tickets. For more information call 829-2608. School of Management names executive MBA advisory board The UB School of Management has established an advisory board for its new Executive MBA Program. The board will advise administrators on the direction of the executive program by making sure it directly relates to skills that managers need in the workplace, said Carol Newcomb, executive director of the Center for Management Development in the School of Management, which administers the executive program. The UB program began in the fall of 1994. Advisory board members are Larry T. DeAngelo, Wilson Greatbach Ltd.; Larry R. Drake, Graphic Controls Corp.; John E. Friedlander, Buffalo General Hospital and General Care Corp.; Karen L. Kemp, Fisher Price; John Lee, Praxair, Inc. F. Christopher McLaughlin, Marine Midland Bank; Raymond A. Mercer, Outokumpu American Brass; Sharon D. Randaccio, Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.; William E. Swan, Lockport Savings Bank and Richard A. Villari, formerly of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of WNY. Executive MBA programs accept only experienced executives who have top management potential. The UB program follows the model that Frederick W. Winter, dean of the School of Management, helped establish at the University of Illinois 20 years ago. Law Review Dinner honors Headrick for distinguished service Thomas E. Headrick, professor of law at UB, will be honored for his distinguished service to the UB law school and on his appointment as senior counselor to President William R. Greiner at the sixth annual Buffalo Law Review Dinner, which will be held on Thursday, April 6. All UB law school graduates who have served on the editorial board of the Buffalo Law Review are invited to attend. Guest speaker will be the Hon. Hugh B. Scott, '74, recently named U.S. magistrate for the Western District of New York. The dinner will be held at Classics V Banquet and Conference Center, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Reservation deadline is Monday, March 27. The cost is $40 per person, with $15 tax deductible as a contribution to provide subsidies for law students who attend. Checks may be made payable to the Buffalo Law Journal and mailed to Pauline Costanzo, 436 Colvin Blvd., Buffalo, N.Y. 14216. For more information, call Ilene Fleischmann, 645-2107. Alumni to explore voter responsibility "Voter Responsibility & the Role of Government" will be the topic of a dinner and lecture to be held on Wednesday, April 19, in Romanello's South, 5793 South Park Ave., Hamburg. The event, sponsored by the UB Alumni Association is open to the public. Jim Twombly, UB assistant professor of political science, will give the after-dinner presentation. The cost is $18 for Alumni Association members and $20 for non-members. Reservations must be made by April 11. For more information, call Alumni Relations at 829-2608. Muslim leader to speak April 12 Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Muslim religious leader for the society of Muslim Americans and Muslim-American spokesman for human salvation, will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. The son of Elijah Moham-med, W. Deen Mohammed became the leader of the Nation of Islam in 1975, following his father's death. He obtained this position despite being excommunicated twice for his dissent from the nation's beliefs. Mohammed eventually renounced the political leadership of the Nation of Islam in order to pursue his own, more traditional interpretation of the faith. As a leader of American Muslims, Mohammed has moved away from the militant separatism of his father and current Nation of Islam leaders, believing rather in the need for racial and religious reconciliation. Quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times as saying, "We must present the best image of Islam as it is found in its true practice," Mohammed has worked to gain greater acceptance for the American Muslim in America. He has argued that while American Muslims have a special duty to represent the needs of African Americans, they also have a similar duty to uphold the non-discriminatory principles of Islam. The program is sponsored by UB's Cora P. Maloney College in conjunction with the Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, Buffalo State College, the Islamic Society of the Niagara Frontier, the Langston Hughes Center, Masjid Numan, the National Conference -- formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews -- and Temple Beth Zion. Tickets are free and may be obtained by calling 645-2997, 645-2202, 645-2234 or 645-2997. UB to offer seminar on business valuation The Center for Management Development in the UB School of Management is accepting registrations for a six-week seminar on "The Valuation of Closely Held Companies," to be held from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays from April 25 through June 6. Valuation is one of the most critical aspects of any transaction involving a closely held corporation. Shares need to be valued for estate, gift, and income-tax purposes; purchase or sale of a company; buy-sell agreements; litigation, and corporation-planning purposes. The seminar, which will meet in Jacobs Management Center on the North Campus, will be taught by Edward Hutton, who has more than 10 years experience valuing closely held businesses, including his current position as vice president of closely held business services for Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. Registration deadline is April 17. For more information call 645-3200. Flower sale benefits scholarship fund A flower sale fund-raiser to benefit Grace Capen Scholarships, is being sponsored by the Women's Club of the University at Buffalo. The scholarships are given annually. Geraniums in 4-1/2-inch pots are $1.80 each or $20 a dozen; colors include scarlet, pink, fuchsia or white. Impatiens are $1.50 per six-pack, come in red, pink, white or mixed. Impatiens in 10-inch hanging pots are $10 and come in the same colors. Send orders by Friday, April 28, with check payable to UB Women's Club, to: Barbara Meenaghan, 227 Sagewood Terrace, Williamsville, N.Y. 14221. Orders may be picked up at the Center for Tomorrow May 10 from Noon-5 p.m. Other arrangements may be made by calling Joan Sprowl at 839-0469 or Barbara Meenaghan at 634-4727. Assistive-device researchers travel to Brazil Brazilian and American activists in the "independent living" movement and researchers specializing in assistive technology at UB are participating this spring in an exchange program designed to increase contact between the disability communities in the U.S. and Brazil. The exchange is being funded by the United States Information Agency. The American visitors are in Brazil from March 24-April 15 to gain an understanding of the achievements and difficulties experienced by organizations of persons with disabilities, including independent living centers (ILCs) in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Sao Luis. The American group is comprised of John Stone, UB clinical assistant professor of occupational therapy and education director of the Center for Assistive Technology (CAT); William C. Mann, professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at UB and director of CAT; Douglas Usiak, executive director of the ILC of Western New York; Denise Figueroa, executive director of the Troy, N.Y., ILC and president of the National Council on Independent Living, and Patricio Figuerio of the New York State Office of Aging. The Brazilian group will visit Buffalo in May.