LAU President's Report 2005­2006

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President’s Report

2005–2006

Annual report of giving

Cover: Knowledge trove awaits placement in new Riyad Nassar Library, Beirut campus, July 2006.

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ear friends of LAU:

Over the course of the last academic year the university community confronted great challenges. The war that paralyzed Lebanon in the summer of 2006 was a true test of character at the institutional level—a test that faculty, staff and students tackled collectively with success.

LAU is redefining itself as a proactive institution that thinks strategically, a process that will not be thwarted by events.

By July 2006, implementation of the university’s five-year strategic plan (2005–2010) was well underway and an institutional self-study toward accreditation candidacy was in full swing. I am proud to report that LAU maintained its course on both tracks and met its goals, as you can see in the pages that follow.

What is more, the administration moved swiftly to offset the hardship many students experienced in the aftermath of the war. The Board of Trustees cancelled a planned tuition increase and gave the green light for expanded financial aid funding. The academic calendar was promptly revised so that students who had enrolled in summer classes had the opportunity to complete their studies as planned.

The most rewarding aspect of these trying times was seeing our students and alumni rise to the occasion and become living examples of LAU’s educational heritage. Inside and outside of Lebanon, they volunteered in humanitarian efforts and brought about positive changes in various ways.

And this—the education of the whole person, as expressed in our mission—is one of those priceless intangibles that our donors make possible with their continued support.

Support was granted for various purposes, such as student financial aid, construction, academic program support, and funding of operating expenses.

In this year’s report we take a closer look at individuals within these groups, intending to illustrate the significance of each and every gift to the life of the university.

My deepest gratitude goes to all of our contributors for their vision and generosity.

With warm regards,

Joseph G. Jabbra President

2005–2006 Medical school plans take shape LAU’s Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a medical school following a feasibility study and a positive assessment by Harvard Medical International. The school will be located on the Byblos campus and its program will be research-oriented. Modalities of the school’s affiliation with local hospitals are under study.

New governance milestone A faculty senate was formed for the first time at LAU. The 34-member body gives faculty in both campuses the opportunity to become guardians of academic standards by participating in LAU’s governance.

The senate has been very effective since its inception.

Among other administrative changes, the Council of Deans was established. Prior to 2005, the university lacked this important body, common to all U.S. institutions of higher learning. Our efforts have been focused on accreditation and on the implementation of the strategic plan.

Faculty Senate

LAU eligible to apply for accreditation The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher Educations has found LAU eligible to apply for candidacy for accreditation. We anticipate hosting an evaluation team in Spring 2007.

The University worked assiduously on a self-study and presented it to NEASC, which accredits such prestigious universities as Harvard and Yale.

LAU: the only non-U.S. institution granted AACP full membership The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) granted LAU regular institutional membership by virtue of having earned accreditation of its graduate program from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

AACP is an organization of faculty members and administrators of U.S. schools and colleges of pharmacy.

Non-U.S.-based schools can only

hold affiliate institutional membership in the body.

The announcement came shortly after the School of Pharmacy appointed a new dean, Dr. Farid Sadik, in January 2006. Dr. Sadik came to LAU with over 40 years of experience in the academic field. In his last assignment he served as Dean and Professor at the University of South Carolina, which granted him a distinguished professorship and named him Dean Emeritus for life.

New Business School Building inaugurated LAU celebrated the inauguration of its New Business School Building in July, adding a vital facility that houses labs, classrooms and faculty offices.

The building provides 6,000 square meters of much-needed additional space. It adds to the campus capacity by making 18 classrooms available with a total of 900 seats, two lecture halls of 150 seats each, 40 offices, five meeting and

Council of Deans New Business School Building

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conference rooms and business computer centers with about 100 stations.

The building became partially operational in fall 2005. It sustained minor damage in August when Israeli warplanes bombed an old tower behind it, but it was quickly repaired.

“We are proud to have built such a unique and innovative building on our campus. Its state-of-the-art facilities will greatly enhance the experience of our students and faculty alike.” President Joseph G. Jabbra told a gathering of dignitaries and members of the LAU community at the inauguration ceremony.

Four honorary doctorates at commencement 2006 LAU honored four distinguished guests with doctorate degrees in humane letters during commencement ceremonies that graduated over 1,266 students in Beirut and Byblos in early July 2006.

Paul Orfalea

At the Beirut ceremony, the University honored Mr. Paul Orfalea, an American entrepreneur and philanthropist of Lebanese origin who established Kinko’s in 1970. Today he leads the Orfalea Family Foundation. A second honorary doctorate was bestowed upon H.E. Leila El-Solh Hamadeh, Vice President of Al-Walid Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation and a former Lebanese Industry Minister.

the world,” Dr. Ferrero-Waldner told graduates.

Space scientist is new LAU trustee Lebanese–American space scientist Charles Elachi joined the LAU Board of Trustees, bringing years of experience in academia, science and space exploration to the University and adding luster to the body that oversees LAU’s affairs.

Equally honored in Byblos were Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Affairs and European Neighborhood Policy and Mrs. Rabab Sayed Sadreddine Al-Sadr, the chairwoman of the Imam AlSadr Center for Research and Studies since 1962.

Dr. Elachi is director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a vice president of the California Institute of Technology, where he teaches electrical engineering and planetary science. He visited Lebanon in May 2006, and enthralled students and faculty in Beirut and Byblos with a presentation on the challenges and excitement of space exploration.

“As world citizens, I count on you to continue the task you began here in Lebanon, a country which is itself a lesson in building bridges between communities, by working for better understanding and respect between all the citizens of

Dr. Elachi thinks technological advances have set the stage for change in the Middle East. He would like to see young people in the region turn it into a leading economic and technological powerhouse.

Leila El-Solh Hamadeh

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

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LAU gives high school students a taste of international diplomacy Beirut became the first Middle East city to host the “Global Classrooms” program, teaching teenagers the principles of dialogue and negotiations, sustainable development, human rights and international peace and security.

The UN simulation event, drawing 600 students from 82 public and private high schools, launched a five-year partnership agreement between LAU and the United Nations Association of the United States.

LAU students shine on national and international scenes Students participating in the Harvard World Model United Nations 2006 conference in March came home from China with seven diplomacy awards, placing LAU among the event’s top five universities.

Student athletes gained international recognition when they achieved first places in basketball

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and volleyball at the International Sports Tournament of the American College of Thessaloniki, Greece in May 2006.

International Business sophomore Mervat Abbas grabbed the Lebanese Thai boxing Championship title in February 2006. She had also won the 2005 Intercollegiate Challenge and received LAU’s Female Sportsmanship Award.

Budding literary reviewer Aya Kallab, an English Literature major, participated in the “Young Critics Programme,” a selective and intensive 10-day workshop organized by the British Council and Visiting Arts.

As part of their final-year project, a group of LAU architecture students unveiled a novel set of plans to residents and authorities of El Mina, North Lebanon. Their workable architectural plans were designed with a goal of boosting the economic, social, educational and cultural sectors of El Mina.

Women’s basketball team: First place in Greece

The plans were based on thorough research of the area’s needs. LAU architecture students have participated in similar projects with other municipalities in the past.

When the war broke out, hundreds of LAU students volunteered in humanitarian efforts with various organizations. They created websites for aid groups; established media relations and produced movie clips on the displaced; provided constructive activities for children; cleaned the streets of their communities; and gathered field data to assess needs. Outside Lebanon, students and alumni organized the delivery of aid packages and assisted people fleeing the conflict. Some of the students teamed up with such efficiency that they took on NGO status and attracted substantial funding. Through their work, volunteers came close to the personal tragedy affecting thousands of Lebanese and set an example of solidarity with fellow citizens.

Harvard World MUN 2006, China

We make a living by what we get.

We make a life by what we give.

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Campus Expansion

›› Antoine Frem President and Vice Chairman of INDEVCO

2005–2006 Contributors The Lebanese American University acknowledges with gratitude the following contributors who made generous financial, matching and in-kind gifts to the University during the academic year 2005–2006:

Founders’ Society ($25,000 and up) Alumni Association, Beirut Chapter * American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) Walid Attieh Consolidated Contractors Company Curtis W. McGraw Foundation Georges Harik 6 – Lebanese American University

Nafez M. Jundi Omar and Sima Sawaf Tarek Juffali Foundation Abdulaziz A. Al Turki U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Trireme Society ($10,000 – $24,999) Albert and Barbara Albert / Bloomsburg Metal Company Alumni Association, Saudi Arabia Eastern Province Chapter * Burhan and Nariman Abou Ghazaleh Beidas * Citigroup Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

E.A. Juffali and Brothers George N. and Claudia Faris The Ghassan Jdeed Development Foundation Wadih S. Jordan Maha Kaddoura * NAPCO Group of Companies (Inclusive Easternpak) Mohamad A. Nasser Ousseimi Foundation Ghassan M. Saab Robert and Judith Stoddard James and Floyd Stoltzfus Sun Microsystems ◊

President’s Circle ($5,000 – $9,999) Richard A. Abdoo Hanan Abou Ghazaleh Alumni Association, Bahrain Chapter * Alumni Association, London Chapter * American Task Force for Lebanon Al Baraka Bank Lebanon SAL Paul F. Boulos * / MWH Soft, Inc. Zouheir and Ghada Daniel Boulos * The International Foundation Sami F. Khouri Ahmad Maaz Albert Matta Medgulf Khaled and Chafika Dayeh Omari *

››Building for the Future

For more than five decades, members of the Frem family have steered one of the most community-minded private companies in Lebanon, INDEVCO Group.

Acting on a firm belief in the university’s capacity to be a catalyst for change, the Frems have been generous supporters of LAU over the past 22 years. LAU is but one of their philanthropic undertakings.

Their crowning contribution will be the Frem Civic Center, a handsome new building that will be situated on the Byblos campus next to the library and medical school.

The Frems are providing financial support for construction, but it is impossible to put a price on the kind of activity the center will allow LAU to spearhead.

“The center will offer courses, seminars and conferences on ethics, leadership, good citizenship, transparency, tolerance and democracy, with the ultimate objective of strengthening the fabric of nation-building in Lebanon,” said LAU trustee Antoine Frem, who serves as president and vice chairman of INDEVCO Group.

“It will be dedicated to the memory of our beloved brother, Georges Frem,” he said, referring to the late founder and chairman of the family business.

Under his leadership, the company and its foundation took initiatives in education, environmental issues, community services and humanitarian efforts. “Private companies can, in some areas, contribute more effectively than government institutions,” reads the statement penned by Georges Frem in 1974, which still inspires the company’s vision and values.

Speaking for the family, Antoine Frem says it is a duty to help create quality educational opportunities for Lebanese youth. “We believe in supporting educational institutions in Lebanon,” he said.

“This university provides our young generation with a first-

Henry and Elda Mirna Mansourian Sarkissian * Wafa G. Yammine *

Wilbert F. Newton Todd E. Petzel The Late Hazel L. Westby

President’s Council ($2,000 – $4,999) Banque Audi SAL Al Baraka Islamic Bank BLC Bank Ronald G. Cruikshank Fawzi F. Dagher * Fransabank SAL Salim J. Hachach International Advertising Association John H. Kelly Latifa H. Kosta * L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc. Bassam Lahoud ◊

President’s Forum ($1,000 – $1,999) Diraar Y. Alghanim Hani and Raja Arnaout Ali * Alumni Association, Toronto Chapter * Michael Ameen Jamil H. Badran BLOM Bank Adele Dacken Dar Al-Handasah Nazih Taleb and Partners DHL SNAS Tarek A. Fawaz *

Rendering of envisioned Frem Civic Center

class education,” he said of LAU. Frem family donations to LAU over the years have endowed scholarship funds and backed several academic projects and outreach activities.

Antoine Frem serves on the external advisory boards of the Human Resource Institute (HRI) and the Institute of Family & Entrepreneurial Business (IFEB). Both have received annual contributions from the Frem family.

“One of the main things that makes this university different is its hosting of leading institutes. IFEB, for example, was the first such body to be established in the Middle East and its creation is a reflection of the university’s awareness of the business community’s needs,” Frem said.

The LAU trustee believes the success of IFEB will increase LAU’s visibility in the Middle East, where family businesses predominate. “Family businesses look for academic institutions such as LAU to help them perpetuate their businesses,” Frem said.

Antoine Frem has a longstanding relationship with LAU. He joined the Board of Trustees in 1991 after serving on the Board of Overseers for seven years. He also chaired the Board of Trustees for two years, from 2000 to 2002.

Samuel A. Halaby Hikma – Liban Amal K. Kurban Bishara M. Lawrence Levant Distributors Company SARL Ghassan Mahassni Malik’s Bookshop Mersaco SAL Maureen Mitchell Modern Arab Construction Company Walid and Victoria Fattouh Nasr * Michel and Aida Nasser Ghada Qaddumi * Sama S. Qaddumi * Tarek S. Qaddumi * Jacqueline Rizik David Rockefeller

Imad and Ghia Saidi Saad * Abdallah Sfeir Philip B. Stoltzfus Edward and Amal Vitale Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York Dean’s List ($500 – $999) Algomod Technologies Corporation Fuad G. Ashkar Nuha E. Azar * Nabil A. AlBanna * Mary Makdissi El-Yousef * Irma K. Ghosn ISACA – Lebanon Chapter Irmgard F. Karle President’s Report 2005-2006 – 7

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Wool and linen embroidered with colored silk and gold thread

Al Khal Printers SAL◊ Imad A. Khalil * Joan S. Leavitt Fredrick C. Milkie Issam and Aida Salman Naaman * Lama M. Nasr Dan H. and Alice Nicolson James F. Sams Samira Hitti Traboulsi * University Associates ($200 – $499) Marwan B. Abboud * Theodore and Diana Domian Abdo * Aradi Develpoment L.L.C. Sam Assam Rose M. Clark * 8 – Lebanese American University

Nadia F. Daoud * Thomas T. and Terry Dodge Irene D. Faffler Jim L. Finlay Mona B. Gedeon * Janet Hitti Hitti * Frieda Howling Fady Y. Kamal * Salim and Huda Khalil Kheireddine * Emile Maalouf Jerome and Doris Mukabaa Marksohn * Maroun S. Maroun Hala Y. Masri * Anne A. Meyer Walid and Danice Najjar Artemis N. Nazarian

Samir and Laure Milki Obeid * Chafica Tamimi Ojjeh * Frank and Mary Hanania Regier * Fadlou A. and Alison Shehadi James P. Simon St. Stephens Glastonbury Society William A. and Janet Stoltzfus Betty A. Urquhart John Wholihan Century Club ($100 - $199) A.S. Abdullah Maria B. Agulian * Iman F. Ajouz * Mike H. Albayya Layla K. Audi * Helen M. Badawi *

Lucinda A. Brown Corinne J. Chakhtoura * CMBS/Realty One Trust Pauline Emily Coffman * Richard E. Conn Nouhad A. Daou * Mona Kafena Debaz * Tobias Delbruck Dr. Raymond Jallow Family Foundation Garold L. Faber Rand F. Fakih * Ronney and Souad Farah Ghaida Firestone First Presbyterian Church / Globe Helen B. Flack Margaret Flory

››Islamic Art Minor Enriches Architecture Curriculum A few years ago LAU launched a unique, multidisciplinary course of study in Islamic art, architecture and design, to be offered as an optional minor for students majoring in architecture or interior architecture.

The academic program was supplemented by an institute to promote academic study and foster public interest in this fascinating field.

Funding for the program and institute was graciously provided by a group of Lebanese and Saudi businessmen, following an initiative by Mr. Mutaz Sawwaf from the Mimar Trading Group in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“I believe our local institutions should teach Islamic culture to our students, rather than sending them abroad to collect such knowledge,” said Sawwaf referring to Middle Mutaz Sawwaf Eastern universities.

In December 2003, Sawwaf teamed up with Nafez Jundi, General Manager of Saudi Diyar Consultants in Jeddah; Saudi architect Mohammed Harasani and businessman Walid Attieh from the Attieh Group in Jeddah.

The group pledged $600,000 to initiate the program, covering operating costs over five years and endowing scholarships for needy and deserving students. The group also donated a valuable collection of reference books.

Echoing the views of his associates, Sawwaf said LAU graduates were on a par with those of top universities in the region, and expressed no doubt the University would continue to advance in that regard.

The rationale behind the program is three-fold: to respond to a dearth of regional academic programs dealing with the material

Wadih and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad * Lina A. Hajj Abdoun * Harvard Business School Publishing Lewis M. Herro Richard H. Hittle Michele Ann Holcomb * Suad Hoss Hoss * Ahmad and Nisrine Machaka Houri * Arpine Halebian Hovnanian * Hasib S. Humaydan James M. Jabara Wendy Johnson Carol J. Johnson-Miller * Lubna Jones Yvonne Agini Kabban * Peter and Suad Khallouf Katul * Michael Kazanjian

Ninar H. Keyrouz * Sawsan S. Khanafer * Mahmoud M. Khattab * Hilda J. Khouri * Adib and Mona Habayeb Khoury * Nabil Khoury Christian G. Kozma * Craig and Phyllis Chadbourne Lichtenwalner* Littlefield Presbyterian Church, Dearborn, Michigan Marilyn Loos Judith M. Lundin Hish Majzoub John Makhoul Sabah Khoury Makhoul * Leona H. Mattoni

Inauguration of the program in October 2003

heritage of Islam, to explore a magnificent artistic tradition, and to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application.

The program aims to provide students with a meaningful understanding of the artistic and architectural heritage of Islamic civilization across time and space. It consists of 18 credits that architecture or interior architecture students can take over an academic year, in addition to major requirements.

“We don’t want our students to reproduce old designs. We want them to be experimental and innovative while preserving our region’s architectural identity,” said Abdullah Kahil, instructor and director of the institute.

As a specialized course of study, it deals with both practical design and historical knowledge. Particular attention is given to the application of theoretical knowledge. The dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of Islam’s material heritage fosters critical thinking.

“The institute is now in the process of establishing close links with international and regional research centers to cooperate on conducting research and holding joint conferences and symposiums,” said Kahil.

“It also aims at mapping regional resources with the aim of bridging the gap between history and contemporary architecture and design practices,” he added.

Ernest and Adele Haddad McCarus * Marguerite Boueri Mcleod * Elise Mills Zuhayr A. Moghrabi James R. Moore Amal Khoury Nublat * Pagnamenta Torriani Architects Planners Lee and Virginia Poole Paul and Suad Salibi Qaqundah * Markley and Jeanne Roberts John and Valerie Roper Theodore and Jane Cornelius Settle * Gilbert D. Soufan * Will and Mary Lutz Spence * Martha Storie James and Samia Khalaf Sullivan *

Dima H. Tahtah * Benjamin and Carol Weir Robert F. Wesser Hiba M. Yazbeck * Lina Zeine * Friends (up to $99) Robert A. Abi Saab * Wassim M. Al Dayaa * Victor I. Arrington Georges R. Assaf * Wafa and Nancy Assaf Nathaniel and Mary Bercovitz Edward C. Bernier Margaret Bianchi Miles Binkley David and Nadine Birney President’s Report 2005-2006 – 9

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Unrestricted Giving

›› Yusuf Kanaan CCC Area General Manager / Lebanon

Suzette G. Blair* Shaker Brackett Nayla Bahou Burns * Leo Chade Tania Chamilian Joe and Margaret Clayton Donald and Judith Armstrong Coleman * Terrell Covington Samuel Cross Charbel J. Cury Wafa Sheaib Dada * Mary D. Dinno * Elizabeth E. Duncan Estate Dorothy Ellinwood Floyd W. and Margaret Ewalt Suzanne Freij Farraj * 10 – Lebanese American University

Berj and Hermine Vartanian Fermanian * Thomas and Judith Gielow Grace D. Guthrie Edwin E. Habib Jerrier A. Haddad Noreen N. Hafez * Pearl Hoffman Edward and Lesley Marrash Hopkins * Donald Howard John and Grace Salibian Hyslop * Ghada Itani * Siran Bezirganian Jizmejian * Samir F. Kadi Chucrallah K. Karam * Karen M. Kassouf

Michael K. Kendrick Maryhelen Scanlon Kennedy * Lamia Haddad Khairallah * Catherine Kano Kikoski * Robert L. Kimbrough Joan L. Lierheimer Robert C. Lodwick Jerry Ludeke Alberta S. Magzanian * Kaloust and Sossy Ajamian Mahdasian * David L. Maxwell John L. Mccreight Anahid Melikian Richard C. Michaels Sara E. Millison Leila Katul Mishalany *

Laura M. Moore * Yoko Mori Miyada Musharbash Nora H. Najarian * Erma Khoury Nettles * George and Nancy Plerhoples Clara Porter Bahaa S. Richani * Karina Rodriguez * William J. Rumsey Louis M. Saab Alva Salem * Samar W. Sheaib * Carol Shiels Roark Jean M. Stern Richard K. Stewart Robert S. Stewart

››The BCW Connection

Consolidated Construction Company has faith in LAU. Since 1992, the company has made numerous financial contributions with no restrictions on usage, and has no plans to stop.

The links between both institutions go back half a century, to the time LAU was known as Beirut College for Women, according to Yusuf Kanaan, CCC Area General Manager for Lebanon.

The generation of businessmen and engineers that founded the company married women who had attended BCW, according to Kanaan.

Widad Khoury, the wife of co-founder and president Said Khoury, earned a bachelor’s degree from BCW in 1953. “The wives of many other CCC engineers are also graduates of BCW and BUC,” said Kanaan. (BUC, or Beirut University College, was LAU’s name until 1994.)

Kanaan’s mother, Amal, and sister, Asma, are also alumnae, graduating in 1952 and 1976 respectively.

CCC’s headquarters is in Athens, where a tight group of friends closely tied to the company run an active LAU alumni chapter that brings yearly funding for scholarship grants.

“We are interested in supporting higher education everywhere in the world. It is part of our culture,” Kanaan said. CCC supports many universities in Lebanon and outside, as well as charity organizations all over the world.

Its annual donations to LAU are in the form of unrestricted aid amounting to more than $250,000 since 1992. “We don’t interfere with LAU on the spending of our annual donations.

We think it is being spent in the right way,” said Kanaan. “We are committed to this annual donation,” he added.

Kanaan thinks highly of LAU graduates as CCC employs a good number of them in its various branches. “LAU graduates are doing very well and we are hiring many, especially engineering and business graduates,” he added.

Phillip H. Stoddard Caesar P. and Patricia Tabet Robert W. Thabit Mathew and Salpi Barsumian Tokatlian * Jane Towner Caline E. Trad * Sherrill M. Weary

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Said Khoury and Hasib Sabbagh

“I think LAU is a very well-established university.

It is offering very good programs that are similar to those offered in other American universities,” he said. Kannan praised plans to launch a medical school among other initiatives.

The company recently donated $4 million towards the reconstruction of runways and fuel tanks destroyed at Beirut International Airport during the war in summer.

CCC had originally handled the project of the airport’s

expansion and rehabilitation.

CCC is a multinational construction company, with over 120,000 employees from different nationalities operating in 32 countries worldwide. “CCC is a school by itself. This is what differentiates it from others,” Kanaan said.

As a leading diversified company, it carries out construction, engineering, procurement, development and investment activities internationally, particularly in the Middle East and Persian Gulf regions.

Three entrepreneurs—Hassib Sabbagh (chairman), Said Khoury (president), and the late Kamel Abdul Rahman— founded CCC in Lebanon in 1952. It was one of the first Arab construction companies and it executed its first project in Yemen.

The company ranked 17th worldwide and 2nd in the Middle East in the 2003 “Engineering News Record Top 225 International Contractors Survey.”

The Lebanese American University has made every effort to create an accurate listing of all contributors.

If your name has been inadvertently omitted, or incorrectly spelled, please accept our apologies.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs. Amal Abdel Massih in the Advancement Office by fax at +9611786472 or by email on aafares@lau.edu.lb. Thank you.

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›› Abdel Mohsen and Leila Mekdadi Qattan The A.M. Qattan Foundation

The Endowed Scholarship Program 2005–2006 The following funds were established to provide ongoing financial aid to needy and deserving students: The Albert Abela Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hanan Abou Ghazaleh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Nariman Abou Ghazaleh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Paul Youssef Abou Khater Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The LAU Alumni Association – Abu Dhabi Chapter Endowed Scholarship Fund The LAU Alumni Association – Beirut Chapter Endowed Scholarship Fund The LAU Alumni Association – Damascus Chapter Endowed Scholarship Fund The LAU Alumni Association – Kuwait Chapter Endowed Scholarship Fund The Anglo Lebanese Cultural Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund The Fred and Emily G. Arrigg Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ramzi Asfour Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund 12 – Lebanese American University

The Marwan Toufic Assaf Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hazem F. Aswad Endowed Scholarship Fund The Walid Attieh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Edmond and Taline Avakian Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mohamad Abdul Rahman Bahar Endowed Scholarship Fund The Adelaide Bahu Endowed Scholarship Fund The Samih Barbir and Mounira Barbir Naamani Endowed Scholarship Fund The Leila Kurban Barkett Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Elias and Ferial Baz Endowed Scholarship Fund The Salim and Laudy Baz Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ikram Shakhashir Beidas Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Frank and Margaret Bitar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Robert and Mabel Bitar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Boodai Group of Co. Endowed Scholarship Fund The Badie Boulos Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ghada Daniel Boulos Endowed Scholarship Fund The Alex Fauti Bouri Endowed Scholarship Fund

››A Lifelong Commitment to Arab Youth

They live in refugee camps as perpetual foreigners, with no right to return to their homeland and slim chances of integration into Lebanese society. Their financial situation ranges from difficult to dire, with no improvement in sight.

Given that context, higher education is often out of the question for young Palestinan refugees in Lebanon.

But for five bright young school students from the camps, that grim outlook has changed thanks to the generosity of Abdel Mohsen and Leila Mekdadi Qattan.

They donated $60,000 for deserving Palestinian students through the A.M. Qattan Foundation towards the President’s Fund that LAU established in the fall of 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Qattan believe that investing in the children and youth of Palestine and the Arab world is their most valuable bequest. “Education is the main weapon we have to be able to survive,” Mr. Qattan stressed.

Mr. Qattan believes in sharing his prosperity with society.

“They planted and we harvested, we plant and they shall harvest,” he said quoting his former Palestinian tutor Khalil Sakakini.

More than half of the Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon are confined to 12 camps, where children grow up under very tough conditions. They get assistance from a variety of sources including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides basic education and health services.

Haitham Othman is a 19year-old Palestinian student from the Mar Elias camp in Beirut. He graduated from UNRWA’s Al-Jaleel high school in Bir Hassan in Fairuz Al-Hajj Hassan Greater Beirut.

Haitham Othman

The Nicolas Choueiri Endowed Scholarship Fund The Fahed Nayef Dabbous Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Endowed Scholarship Fund The Dar As-Siyassah Endowed Scholarship Fund The Darwish Engineering Endowed Scholarship Fund The Rushdi Dayeh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Elizabeth Elser Duncan Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Edward Y. Elias Endowed Scholarship Fund The Emirates Computer Endowed Scholarship Fund The Eva Kotite Farha and Peter Farha Endowed Scholarship Fund The Issam Michael Faris Endowed Scholarship Fund The Sheikh Abdallah Fouad Endowed Scholarship Fund The James and Arthur Gabriel Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mahmoud Alghanim Endowed Scholarship Fund The Youssef A. Alghanim and Sons Endowed Scholarship Funds The Frances M. Gray Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Samuel Habib Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

Othman chose to major in business and plans to pursue graduate studies outside Lebanon. He feels compelled to work hard and get high grades.

“His kind assistance opened new doors for me in life,” he said of Mr. Qattan. “Graduating from LAU will give me many opportunities. I hope he will continue to provide help to other students,” he said.

Fairuz Al Hajj Hassan comes from Al-Rashidiyyeh camp in the southern city of Tyre. To this 18-year-old, LAU was a new world. She quickly dove into her pharmacy studies with a strong determination to complete a Pharm.D. degree. She believes this may secure her a good job, to supplement her father’s income and help to support her family.

“I never imagined I would join a university like LAU. It never occurred to me due to my family’s financial restrictions,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d get an opportunity like this in my entire life,” she added.

Al Hajj Hassan said she could not thank the Qattans enough, and wished the foundation would continue to assist Palestinian students. “There are many excelling students in the camps who have great potentials but no means to continue their university education,” she pointed out.

LAU placed the students on the mandatory work-study program whereby students work a few hours a week to reduce their tuition. The Qattan Foundation grant covers the remaining amount.

Othman, Al Hajj Hassan, Hussein Ali Merhi, Tareq AlQorfaly and Ramzi Badran were selected as grant recipients on condition of passing their school exams and LAU’s entrance exams.

Leila Mekdadi Qattan graduated from Beirut College for Women in 1954. The Qattans began their career as teachers.

They were involved in philanthropic work for over 30 years before setting up the foundation in 1994. The UK-registered charity has offices in London, Ramallah and Gaza.

The Aida Haddad and Daughters Endowed Scholarship Fund The Bertha and Michael Nakhleh Haddad Endowed Scholarship Fund The Toufic Khalil Haddad Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The George William Hajjar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Dany Hamchaoui Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mohamed Harasani Endowed Scholarship Fund The Rafik Bahauddin Al-Hariri Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Taha Hassiba Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ray Irani Education Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ahmad and Suad El-Juffali Endowed Scholarship Fund The E.A. El-Juffali Endowed Scholarship Fund The Nafez Jundi Endowed Scholarship Fund The Jamile Dagher-Jureidini Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Albert and William Kanaan Endowed Scholarship Fund The Fawzi Kawash Endowed Scholarship Fund The Suad Wakim Kesler Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The AbdelRahman Ismail El-Khalil Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund President’s Report 2005-2006 – 13

The Jamil Fouad El Khazen Endowed Scholarship Fund The Nasr Khnaisser Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mohamad and Naziha Knio Endowed Scholarship Fund The Selina Korban Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Latifa Kosta Endowed Scholarship Fund The Emile and Rima Lamah Endowed Scholarship Fund The Selim Lawi Endowed Scholarship Fund The Bishara M. Lorenzo Endowed Scholarship Fund The Gabriel Maliha Endowed Scholarship Fund The Joseph and Carmen Maroun Endowed Scholarship Fund The Salwa Tuma Mayassi Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mc-Swiney-Mead Corporation Endowed Scholarship Fund The Michel Merhej Endowed Scholarship Fund The Elias and Leila Mezzawi Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mimar Group Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hassib Mroueh Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Endowed Scholarship Fund The Tony Nagib Najjar Endowed Scholarship Fund The Khalid and Sossy Nasr Endowed Scholarship Fund The Marwan Walid Nasr Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Milia and Helen Nassar Endowed Scholarship Fund The Riyad F. Nassar Endowed Scholarship Fund The Salwa C. Nassar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Aida and Michel Nasser Endowed Scholarship Fund The Argent Maksoud Nasser Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mohamad Nasser Endowed Scholarship Fund The Naim Nasser Endowed Scholarship Fund The National Paper Products Company Endowed Scholarship Fund The Edith Newton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Layla and Musa Nimah Endowed Scholarship Fund The Khaled and Chafica Omari Endowed Scholarship Fund The Suliman S. Olayan Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Rhoda Orme Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hussam Qanadilo Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hamad Rafeh Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Kamil Shaheen Al Rayyes Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Donald Rynne Endowed Scholarship Fund The Karim Fayez Saab Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mahmoud Khalil Saab Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ghia Saidi Saad Endowed Scholarship Fund The George Saadeh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabbah Endowed Scholarship Fund The Diana Tamari Sabbagh Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Mohamad Safadi Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ghassan Ibrahim Shaker Endowed Scholarship Fund The Abdul Aziz Shakhashir EndowedScholarship Fund The Adma Nakhoul Shakhashiri Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Antoine Shebaya Endowed Scholarship Fund The Walid Jamil Shehadeh Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Simon Siksek Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ethel Stoltzfus Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The William Stoltzfus Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Nehmeh and Therese Tohmeh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Kevork Toroyan Endowed Scholarship Fund The Abdulaziz Al-Turki Endowed Scholarship Fund The Joe and Wafa Yammine Endowed Scholarship Fund The Hanneh Salim Zakhem Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

Annual Scholarship Grants The following grants were established to support the financial aid program for needy and deserving students during the academic year 2005–2006: The Ahmad Abou Ghazaleh Memorial Annual Scholarship Grant The AlBaraka Islamic Bank Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Association Beirut Chapter Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Association London Chapter Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Association Saudi Arabia Eastern Province Chapter Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Association Toronto Chapter Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Emergency Fund for Financial Aid The Armenian Students Annual Scholarship Grant The Citigroup Annual Scholarship Grant The Salim Hachach Annual Scholarship Grant The Joseph J. Jacobs Memorial Annual Scholarship Grant The Tarek Juffali Annual Scholarship Grant The Nafez Jundi Annual Scholarship Grant

The Elie Kai Memorial Annual Scholarship Grant The LAU Alumni Annual Scholarship Grant The LAU Faculty and Staff Annual Scholarship Grant The LAU School of Business Annual Scholarship Grant The Modern Arab Construction Company Annual Scholarship Grant The Ousseimi Foundation Annual Scholarship Grant The Ghada Qaddumi Annual Scholarship Grant The Sama Qaddumi Annual Scholarship Grant The Tarek Qaddumi Annual Scholarship Grant The Henry and Elda Mirna Sarkissian Annual Scholarship Grant The William and Zelma Schechter Memorial Annual Scholarship Grant The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Scholarship Grant The Edward & Amal Vitale Annual Scholarship Grant

The President’s Fund Scholarship Grants The following grants were established to support the financial aid program for needy and deserving students under the President's Fund: The George Faris Scholarship Grant The Georges Harik Annual Scholarship Grant The Ghassan Jdeed Memorial Scholarship Grant

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The Maha Kaddoura Annual Scholarship Grant The A.M. Qattan Foundation Annual Scholarship Grant The Omar and Sima Sawaf Graduate Scholarship Grant

Board Leadership Board of Trustees Dr. George Faris, Chairman Chairman, Faris Group, Inc. Mr. Jamil Iskandar, Vice Chairman Chairman & General Manager, DRHTC, SAL Mr. Joseph Maroun, Secretary Owner, Caravan Trading Company Mr. Richard Abdoo Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Energy Corporation Mrs. Taline Avakian Owner, Avakian Jewelry Mr. Ronald Cruikshank Retired Senior Corporate Counsel, Omnicom Group, Inc. Dr. Charles Elachi Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Vice President, California Institute of Technology Mr. Antoine Frem President & Chief Executive Officer, INDEVCO Mr. Arthur Gabriel Secretary Treasurer, Gabriel Brothers Mr. William Haddad Managing Director, MACE Contractors Ltd. Mr. Wadih (Bill) Jordan President, Near East Pharma Mr. Walid Katibah Engineer, Office of Engineer Walid Katibah H.E. Amb. John Kelly President, John Kelly Consulting, Inc. Former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Rev. David Maxwell Editor, Geneva Press Dr. Mary Mikhael President, Near East School of Theology Ms. Maureen Mitchell Managing Director, Bear Stearns Mr. Richard Orfalea Retired Corporate Banker Mr. Todd Petzel Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Azimuth Asset Management LLP Mr. Fred Rogers Vice President & Treasurer, Carleton College H.E. Minister Mohamad Safadi Minister of Transportation Chairman, Safadi Group Holding

Sheikh Abul Aziz Al Turki President, Rawabi Holding

Mr. Zuhair Boulos Engineer

Dr. John T. Wholihan Dean, College of Business Administration

H.E. Amb. Gilbert Chaghoury Ambassador

Emeritus Trustees

Mr. Raphael Debbane Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Debbane Freres, SAL

Mr. Jose Abizaid Retired Executive

Mrs. Eva Farha LAU Alumna

Dr. Amal Kurban Professor of Dermatology, Vice Chairman for Academic & Clinical Affairs, Boston University, School of Medicine and Medical Center

Mr. Enan Galaly Senior Advisor, International Association of University Presidents

Mr. Wilbert F. Newton Retired Executive

Ex-Officio Trustees Dr. Paul F. Boulos Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, MWH Soft, Inc. Rev. Joseph Kassab General Secretary, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon Rev. Dr. Victor Makari Coordinator for the Middle East and Europe, Presbyterian Church (USA) Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra President, Lebanese American University Dr. Camille Issa Senate Chair, LAU Faculty Representative

Board of International Advisors Dr. Paul F. Boulos, Chairman Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, MWH Soft, Inc. Dr. Nadim Daouk, Vice Chairman President, INFOEL Mrs. Youmna Salame, Secretary LAU Alumna Mr. Raymond Audi Chairman & General Manager, Bank Audi SAL, Audi Saradar Group Dr. François Bassil Chairman and General Manager, Byblos Bank, SAL

Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali Retired Ambassador Sheikh Fouad el Khazen Chairman, Banque de L’Industrie et du Travail Mr. Samer Khoury Executive Vice President, Consolidated Contractors Company Rev. George Mourad Representative, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon Mr. Charles Muller Representative, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon Mr. Akram Saab Engineer Mr. Omar Sawaf Founder, Merchant/Investment Bank Mr. Philip Stoltzfus Chief Executive Officer, Thayer Brook Partners, LLP Mr. Peter Tanous President, Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC Mr. Jacob H. Yahiayan Managing Director, Continental Advisory Services

Ex-Officio Members Rev. Joseph Kassab General Secretary, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra President, Lebanese American University Dr. Camille Issa Senate Chair, LAU Faculty Representative

President’s Report 2005-2006 – 15

Expenses

Revenues Strategic Planning

1,924

Student Association Contingency & Transfers Financial Aid

639 7,500 11,434

Physical Plant

6,358

Auxiliary Enterprises Fund Raising

385 1,787

Research & Development Academic Support

73,786

Funds in thousand U.S. dollars

2002 5,568 1,461

2003 5,630 1,448

2004 5,870 1,574

2005 6,137 1,632

2006 6,303 1,647

6,000 Student Enrollment Headcount 5,000

Number of Students on Financial Aid

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Financial Aid Budget 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000

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’04 — ’05

’03 — ’04

’02 — ’03

’01 — ’02

0

650

Student Association

639

Other Educational Student Income

9,682

Total

Student Enrollment Headcount Number of Students on Financial Aid

4,219

Interest Income

190 2,696

Tuition

63,392

Total

73,786

23,159

Administration

Student Information

2,000

Auxiliary Income

967 9,951

Education

Endowment Income Fund Raising

Beirut Development Office

Samir F. Kadi Director of Development – Middle East & Europe Tel. +961 1 786456 Ext. 1323 Fax +961 1 803658 skadi@lau.edu.lb

New York Office

Richard Rumsey Vice President for University Advancement Tel (212) 870-2592 Fax (212) 870-2762 richard.rumsey@lau.edu.lb

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