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Father David Tyson’s thirteen years as University
president (July 1990 to June 2003, when he was elected superior of
the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross) spanned so
much remarkable accomplishment on The Bluff that simply listing the
facts is itself an eloquent essay. Under Father Tyson’s leadership,
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- is now ranked
among the best five regional universities in the West (by
U.S. News & World
Report),
- was named the best bargain among Catholic universities in
the West (by U.S. News)
- conducted the most successful fund-raising campaign in Oregon
private college history (“A Defining Moment,” which
raised more than $116 million for students),
- established its first five endowed professorial chairs (in
science, engineering, business, education, and ethics),
- tripled its endowment,
- built six new halls,
- expanded the campus by 30 acres,
- welcomed the largest and most -academically talented freshmen
classes in University history for eight years in a row,
- experienced a steady growth in its applicant pool (now a record
3,000),
- doubled its coverage in local and national media,
- had a professor named best in America (Spanish professor Kate
Regan),
- had professors named the best in Oregon (biology professors
Becky Houck and Terry Favero),
- won its first NCAA Division I -national championship (women’s
soccer, 2002),
- was chosen as one of twelve Carnegie Foundation teaching academies
in the nation,
- earned its first National Science Foundation and National
Institutes of Health grants,
- was named to the national Temple-ton Foundation Honor Roll
of Character-Building Colleges,
- expanded its volunteer services programs to 33, all coordinated
by students,
- earned an Oregon Governor’s Award for 10,000 hours annually
of student service to the local community,
- expanded its foreign study programs into Asia, Australia,
Latin America, and Europe,
- had student-athletes named best in the nation (soccer stars
Shannon MacMillan ’97 and Christine Sinclair ’05)
- had students earn the University’s first Fulbright,
Truman, Goldwater, Marshall, and Mitchell post-graduate scholarships,
- had its entrepreneurship program, publications program, Air
Force Reserve Officers Training Corps detachment, and Portland
Magazine named best in America,
- saw alumni win Olympic gold medals, World Cup soccer titles,
U.S. Ambassadorships to Kuwait and Madagascar, and Navy admiral’s
insignia,
- had professors chosen named the best freshman advocates in
America (history professor Fr. Art Wheeler, C.S.C., and biology
professor Becky Houck),
- established the Garaventa Center for the study of American
Catholicism,
- established the Shepard Center to support freshmen,
- experienced a steady rise in freshman retention rate,
- established four endowed annual lecture series (Schoenfeldt,
Bauccio, Pamplin, Zahm),
- had a professor earn the Univer-sity’s first science
patent (chemistry professor Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., for work
with the anti-cancer substance taxol),
- and so much else it would take a week to tell it all.— Editor
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