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Rinker Foundation gift creates tax and accountancy institute
Stetson's new tax and accountancy
institute will offer an annual national
seminar for tax lawyers and accountants,
increase the graduate course offerings in
taxation, and make possible the addition of
a new faculty position in tax, according to
Dr. H. Douglas Lee, president of Stetson
University.
The institute, established with a $2.08
million gift from the M.E. Rinker, Sr.
Foundation of West Palm Beach, was
founded in December 1988. 'The creation
of an institute for tax and accountancy at
Stetson will increase the university's
visibility in accounting circles and
strengthen an already prominent centerpiece
program in the School of Business Administration." said Dr. William Wright, dean of
the school.
The gift will benefit the Department of
Accountancy, which will be renamed the
M.E Rinker, Sr. Institute for Tax and
Accountancy. Within the institute, the
annual M.E. Rinker, Sr. Tax Conference will
be funded, with programming focused on tax
legislation and procedures.
"We will be adding a faculty position in
tax, and we will bring to Stetson nationally
Sampson Hall, Stetson's first library, undergoes renovation
Thirteen years ago, Stetson University
began the renovation of Flagler Hall, site of
the state's first law school, as the first step
in an ambitious multi million dollar restoration of historic buildings on the DeLand
campus and the entire St. Petersburg
facility.
The restoration of six buildings on the
DeLand campus will be finished in late November 1989 with the complete interior
and exterior renovation of Sampson Hall,
the university's first library. A $784,000
contract was awarded by the university in
mid June. Included in the project is a new
heating and air conditioning system, a new
electrical system, and complete remodeling
of Sampson Gallery of Art and all art
studios and upstairs classrooms.
Built in 1908 with funds donated by steel
magnet/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
and Mrs. John B. Stetson, Sampson Hall
served as the university library until a new
facility was constructed in 1964.
The renovation project will restore the
building's original exterior and interior
beauty while making it handicap-accessible
and more functional, said Dudley Howe,
director of the physical plant. All of the
work will be done in accordance with
national preservation standards, he noted,
because the building will be among those
considered if the university seeks an
historic district for the campus. An historic
survey of campus and adjacent neighborhood buildings, funded by the Horida
Division of Historic Resources and the
Jessie Ball duPont Foundation, is scheduled
for this fall, Howe said.
Sampson Gallery will be closed until the
spring semester. The university's permanent
art collection has been placed in safe storage
while the work is underway.
The restoration is scheduled for completion in
late November 1989. By Homecoming in
February 1990, alumni will see a "new" Sampson
Hall.
known experts in national and international
taxation," said Joe Master, professor and
chair of accounting and information
systems.
The first floor Accounting Department
area and the Lecture Auditorium in Davis
Hall also will be named in honor of Mr.
Rinker.
Stetson's new Griffith Hall
is open for business
For the first time two student services,
admissions and financial planning, are
together--in Stetson's newest building,
Griffith Hall.
Two alumni, Edna and Jack Griffith (both
'52) of Plantation, Fla., The Griffith
Foundation, and the Charles A. Frueauff
Foundation, Inc., New York, made the
building possible. The Griffiths were
honored during the dedication of Griffith
Hall Sept. 15.
"This is the first step toward a welcome
plaza concept for the center of campus,
which will give Stetson a more impressive
and hospitable-looking front door," said
President Lee.
The 6,400 square foot building is located
near the northeast wing of the Carlton
Union Building. Griffith Hall incorporates
several architectural characteristics of the
C.U.B. such as copper roofs, arches and
pillars, which unite the look of the two
buildings. Griffith Hall was occupied in
June.
Approximately 694 new students for
1989-90 have been admitted through
Stetson's new front door, according to the
dean of admissions, Linda Glover. The
number of new comers--501 freshmen and
193 transfers-is up from 675 last year.
Mark Your Calendar
Parents' Weekend Oct. 27-29,
1989
Stetson vs. Duke Feb. 12,
1990
Stetson Homecoming Feb. 23-25,
1990
Reunion Weekend April 20-22,
1990
