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For the Pratt School of EngineerTESSA LYONS
By
ing,
the
gifts just keep
coming.
on
The Chronicle
A
After
marked
meetings
of Duke
semester
a
by
Student
time-consuming
Government
disputes
parliamentary procedure, Daryn Dodson, executive
zation’s
vice
for overseeing the biweekly
original $5O
winter break.
ing
Duke
Dodson’s decision—strongly encouraged by DSG leaders—leaves DSG’s second-highest position up for grabs. DSG President Jordan Bazinsky said Dodson’s will increase
ignation
think this is
was]
side
the
organization’s
his
organization,
priorities—not bowing
ings, and,
president, Dodson
most
the
at
hours,
rules of
body’s
due to
times,
order;
charge a
last con-
best to
to deter-
$5O
semester, but it became evident that I would be See RESIGNATION
Durham
on
grants
for
Pratt
University.
School of
Engito
the funds to
construct
a new
part
of the
help
center
as
a
million
larger $lOO
use
phoSPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
tonics and communications initia-
last
19
million in
neering administrators hope
tive. The center, which will bear the
more
page
an es-
research—the other $25
Duke,
school’s
he felt it
position
after
to Duke is
Fitzpatricks’ gift of
photonics
“I gave all I had to the
resign.
part
At
Dodson had
leadership,
year
million.
million went to Stanford
procedure.
constant consultation with DSG
University a
would be worth
$4OO
photonics
Dodson said that following serious deliberation and
was
today
The
meet-
Meetings
meetings
in
over
$35 million engineering gift from
which
frequent
even
to refer to manuals in the middleof mine proper
just
That gift is second only to James B.
prominently, running DSG’s meetings
dictated by parliamentary procedure.
over
in
was
its for
Campaign
Duke’s 1924 $4O million dollar gift,
to out-
activity, preparing for
legislator
fall lasted three fusion
history,
timated
executive vice
As
school
past
Fitzpatrick gift, the
grant
comes
from
Patty
Edmund Pratt renamed the school.
pressure.”
of monitoring
as
“I
efficiency.
good decision...,” Bazinsky said. “[lt
very
million
The
and
percent
third-largest
a
result of conversations on how he views his role
a
in the
a
res-
goal.
million
the
put
than 250
more
dur-
gatherings, resigned
Michael
has
Fitzpatrick
responsible
$25
research
photonics
Duke alumni
the organi-
is
president, who
for
gift
over
mid-December
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ENGINEERING
on
page
20
MICHAEL AND PATTY FITZPATRICK will
-
spark major
progress in
hope
photonics
their
gifts
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Regional again
falls short of
budget goals Analysis:
News
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By
to Duke and Stanford universities
research.
The Chronicle
The latest figures Durham
Regional
on
worried
community
have
that
administrators
$450,000
operating
July
and
$2.9
million.
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over
late
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faced
When tors
loss of
a
two years, health system ad-
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plans
to
hoped
Duke at
keep
ministrators have been working to turn
nations’ health
around
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a
lion operating loss for the fiscal
$l7
year
ing last July. They realized the loss after
coming cant
which the
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discovered
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accounting
error
spring
figures
in the
a
was
overestimated
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would be
said
plan,”
Durham
making ate
looking
vived two
upon
first
based.
Richard
Regional. we’re
sure
levels,
making
evaluating
Liekweg,
CEO
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staffing
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ly back
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resources.
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We’re
and we’ll continue programs,
NEAL PATEL/THE CHRONICLE
lease in which DUHS
successful in getting back to standards.”
sources
the
Oakleigh,
hospital’s substance abuse treatment
center, ined,
as a
he
specific
and
program
being
Durham Regional’s
exam-
Chief
Financial Officer Mark Miller declined to comment
tial to
on
other programs and poten-
layoffs. Liekweg unnecessarily
workers
said he did not want
worry
the
by naming specific
hospital’s
programs.
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break
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acquired by $7.1
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amount
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maximize of the
to
provide
community, and
we
and
re-
health have to
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Duke
dollars
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county
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to
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County
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the up to that the
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1998
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2001.
jobs.
problem for us,” said
Commissioner
summary, see
before
hospital
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parties
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lieve that
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financial
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foundation of the health
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negotiating control
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Duke to raise its
Durham
Regional
parties disputed
counting projections
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ac-
drove
eventually
million annual
lease payment bid to $7.1 million. The
Durham
an
recent-
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empire.
County
would take such action.”
President Nan Keohane said the Uni-
versity
care
sur-
and another by
revenue
acquisition,
come
pre-
cuts,
of
biggest
When Duke
expected
agreement.
community would
Health
county.
Heron. “We
for at
opposition
if it tried to cut
“That would be Durham
layoffs
through
years,
would likely face
from the
both parties
agreement,
there would be
three
University
Duke would give this due consideration
community.”
agreed least
of
Duke
million per year to the
cuts] right now,” Miller said. “We have a
named
major Duke,
1998,
waves
the economic DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL was
to evaluate programs if in fact we’re not
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by
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discovered accounting
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industry’s
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from HMOs
to
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what
federal balanced budget. But
revenues
getting
at
the top of the
providers
care
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a
system, they
other top academic hospitals, had
and underestimated costs.
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the
sis—HMOs.
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figures
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1991 for
in
multi-state health
county
problems that caused
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December, they
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