lau president's report 20052006

President’s Report

2005–2006

Chartered in the State of New York

Annual report of giving

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

ear friends of LAU:

Over the course of the last academic year the university community confrontedgreat challenges. The war that paralyzed Lebanon in the summer of 2006 was atrue 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 towardaccreditation candidacy was in full swing. I am proud to report that LAUmaintained 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 manystudents 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 andalumni rise to the occasion and become living examples of LAU’s educationalheritage. 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 oneof those priceless intangibles that our donors make possible with their continuedsupport.

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 theuniversity.

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

With warm regards,

Joseph G. JabbraPresident

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2005–2006Medical school plans take shapeLAU’s Board of Trustees approvedthe establishment of a medicalschool following a feasibility studyand a positive assessment byHarvard Medical International. Theschool will be located on the Bybloscampus and its program will beresearch-oriented. Modalities of theschool’s affiliation with localhospitals are under study.

New governance milestone A faculty senate was formed for thefirst time at LAU. The 34-memberbody gives faculty in both campusesthe opportunity to become guardiansof academic standards byparticipating in LAU’s governance.The senate has been very effectivesince its inception.

Among other administrative changes,the Council of Deans wasestablished. Prior to 2005, theuniversity lacked this importantbody, common to all U.S.institutions of higher learning. Ourefforts have been focused onaccreditation and on theimplementation of the strategic plan.

LAU eligible to apply foraccreditation The New England Association ofSchools and Colleges (NEASC)Commission on Institutions ofHigher Educations has found LAUeligible to apply for candidacy foraccreditation. We anticipate hostingan evaluation team in Spring 2007.

The University worked assiduouslyon a self-study and presented it toNEASC, which accredits suchprestigious universities as Harvardand Yale.

LAU: the only non-U.S. institutiongranted AACP full membershipThe American Association ofColleges of Pharmacy (AACP)granted LAU regular institutionalmembership by virtue of havingearned accreditation of its graduateprogram from the AccreditationCouncil for Pharmacy Education(ACPE).

AACP is an organization of facultymembers and administrators of U.S.schools and colleges of pharmacy.Non-U.S.-based schools can only

hold affiliate institutionalmembership in the body.

The announcement came shortlyafter the School of Pharmacyappointed a new dean, Dr. FaridSadik, in January 2006. Dr. Sadikcame to LAU with over 40 years ofexperience in the academic field. Inhis last assignment he served asDean and Professor at theUniversity of South Carolina, whichgranted him a distinguishedprofessorship and named him DeanEmeritus for life.

New Business School Buildinginaugurated LAU celebrated the inauguration ofits New Business School Building inJuly, adding a vital facility thathouses labs, classrooms and facultyoffices.

The building provides 6,000 squaremeters of much-needed additionalspace. It adds to the campuscapacity by making 18 classroomsavailable with a total of 900 seats,two lecture halls of 150 seats each,40 offices, five meeting and

Faculty Senate Council of Deans

New Business School Building

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conference rooms and businesscomputer centers with about 100stations.

The building became partiallyoperational in fall 2005. Itsustained minor damage in Augustwhen Israeli warplanes bombed anold tower behind it, but it wasquickly repaired.

“We are proud to have built such aunique and innovative building onour campus. Its state-of-the-artfacilities will greatly enhance theexperience of our students andfaculty alike.” President Joseph G.Jabbra told a gathering ofdignitaries and members of theLAU community at theinauguration ceremony.

Four honorary doctorates atcommencement 2006 LAU honored four distinguished guests with doctorate degrees inhumane letters duringcommencement ceremonies thatgraduated over 1,266 students inBeirut and Byblos in early July2006.

At the Beirut ceremony, theUniversity honored Mr. PaulOrfalea, an American entrepreneurand philanthropist of Lebaneseorigin who established Kinko’s in1970. Today he leads the OrfaleaFamily Foundation. A secondhonorary doctorate was bestowedupon H.E. Leila El-Solh Hamadeh,Vice President of Al-Walid BinTalal Humanitarian Foundationand a former Lebanese IndustryMinister.

Equally honored in Byblos were Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, theEuropean Commissioner forExternal Affairs and EuropeanNeighborhood Policy and Mrs.Rabab Sayed Sadreddine Al-Sadr,the chairwoman of the Imam Al-Sadr Center for Research andStudies since 1962.

“As world citizens, I count on youto continue the task you began herein Lebanon, a country which isitself a lesson in building bridgesbetween communities, by workingfor better understanding andrespect between all the citizens of

the world,” Dr. Ferrero-Waldnertold graduates.

Space scientist is new LAU trustee Lebanese–American space scientistCharles Elachi joined the LAUBoard of Trustees, bringing yearsof experience in academia, scienceand space exploration to theUniversity and adding luster to thebody that oversees LAU’s affairs.

Dr. Elachi is director of the JetPropulsion Laboratory and a vicepresident of the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology, where heteaches electrical engineering andplanetary science. He visitedLebanon in May 2006, andenthralled students and faculty inBeirut and Byblos with apresentation on the challenges andexcitement of space exploration.

Dr. Elachi thinks technologicaladvances have set the stage forchange in the Middle East. Hewould like to see young people inthe region turn it into a leadingeconomic and technologicalpowerhouse.

Paul Orfalea Leila El-Solh Hamadeh Benita Ferrero-Waldner Rabab Al-Sadr


LAU gives high school students ataste of international diplomacyBeirut became the first Middle Eastcity to host the “GlobalClassrooms” program, teachingteenagers the principles of dialogueand negotiations, sustainabledevelopment, human rights andinternational peace and security.

The UN simulation event, drawing600 students from 82 public andprivate high schools, launched afive-year partnership agreementbetween LAU and the UnitedNations Association of the UnitedStates.

LAU students shine on nationaland international scenesStudents participating in theHarvard World Model UnitedNations 2006 conference in Marchcame home from China with sevendiplomacy awards, placing LAUamong the event’s top fiveuniversities.

Student athletes gainedinternational recognition when theyachieved first places in basketball

and volleyball at the InternationalSports Tournament of theAmerican College of Thessaloniki,Greece in May 2006.

International Business sophomoreMervat Abbas grabbed theLebanese Thai boxingChampionship title in February2006. She had also won the 2005Intercollegiate Challenge andreceived LAU’s FemaleSportsmanship Award.

Budding literary reviewer AyaKallab, an English Literature major,participated in the “Young CriticsProgramme,” a selective andintensive 10-day workshoporganized by the British Counciland Visiting Arts.

As part of their final-year project, agroup of LAU architecture studentsunveiled a novel set of plans toresidents and authorities of ElMina, North Lebanon. Theirworkable architectural plans weredesigned with a goal of boostingthe economic, social, educationaland cultural sectors of El Mina.

The plans were based on thoroughresearch of the area’s needs. LAUarchitecture students haveparticipated in similar projectswith other municipalities in thepast.

When the war broke out, hundredsof LAU students volunteered inhumanitarian efforts with variousorganizations. They createdwebsites for aid groups; establishedmedia relations and producedmovie clips on the displaced;provided constructive activities forchildren; cleaned the streets oftheir communities; and gatheredfield data to assess needs. OutsideLebanon, students and alumniorganized the delivery of aidpackages and assisted peoplefleeing the conflict. Some of thestudents teamed up with suchefficiency that they took on NGOstatus and attracted substantialfunding. Through their work,volunteers came close to thepersonal tragedy affectingthousands of Lebanese and set anexample of solidarity with fellowcitizens.

Harvard World MUN 2006, ChinaWomen’s basketball team: First place inGreece

Charles Elachi

We make a living by

what we get.

We make a life by

what we give.


2005–2006 ContributorsThe Lebanese American Universityacknowledges with gratitude thefollowing contributors who madegenerous financial, matching and in-kind gifts to the University duringthe academic year 2005–2006:

Founders’ Society ($25,000 and up)Alumni Association, Beirut Chapter *American Schools and Hospitals

Abroad (ASHA)Walid AttiehConsolidated Contractors CompanyCurtis W. McGraw FoundationGeorges Harik

Nafez M. JundiOmar and Sima SawafTarek Juffali FoundationAbdulaziz A. Al TurkiU.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID)

Trireme Society ($10,000 – $24,999)Albert and Barbara Albert /

Bloomsburg Metal CompanyAlumni Association, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Province Chapter *Burhan and Nariman Abou Ghazaleh

Beidas *CitigroupDar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair

and Partners)

E.A. Juffali and BrothersGeorge N. and Claudia FarisThe Ghassan Jdeed Development

FoundationWadih S. JordanMaha Kaddoura *NAPCO Group of Companies

(Inclusive Easternpak)Mohamad A. NasserOusseimi FoundationGhassan M. SaabRobert and Judith StoddardJames and Floyd StoltzfusSun Microsystems ◊

President’s Circle ($5,000 – $9,999)Richard A. AbdooHanan Abou GhazalehAlumni Association, Bahrain

Chapter *Alumni Association, London

Chapter *American Task Force for LebanonAl Baraka Bank Lebanon SAL

Paul F. Boulos * / MWH Soft, Inc.Zouheir and Ghada Daniel Boulos *The International FoundationSami F. Khouri Ahmad MaazAlbert MattaMedgulfKhaled and Chafika Dayeh Omari *

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›› Antoine FremPresident and ViceChairman of INDEVCO


Henry and Elda Mirna Mansourian Sarkissian *

Wafa G. Yammine *

President’s Council ($2,000 – $4,999)Banque Audi SAL

Al Baraka Islamic BankBLC BankRonald G. CruikshankFawzi F. Dagher *Fransabank SAL

Salim J. HachachInternational Advertising AssociationJohn H. KellyLatifa H. Kosta *L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc.Bassam Lahoud ◊

Wilbert F. NewtonTodd E. PetzelThe Late Hazel L. Westby

President’s Forum ($1,000 – $1,999)Diraar Y. AlghanimHani and Raja Arnaout Ali * Alumni Association, Toronto

Chapter *Michael Ameen Jamil H. BadranBLOM Bank Adele DackenDar Al-Handasah Nazih Taleb

and PartnersDHL SNAS Tarek A. Fawaz *

Samuel A. HalabyHikma – LibanAmal K. Kurban Bishara M. LawrenceLevant Distributors Company SARL

Ghassan MahassniMalik’s BookshopMersaco SAL

Maureen MitchellModern Arab Construction CompanyWalid and Victoria Fattouh Nasr *Michel and Aida Nasser Ghada Qaddumi *Sama S. Qaddumi *Tarek S. Qaddumi *Jacqueline RizikDavid Rockefeller

Imad and Ghia Saidi Saad *Abdallah SfeirPhilip B. StoltzfusEdward and Amal VitaleWestminster Presbyterian Church,

Albany, New York

Dean’s List ($500 – $999)Algomod Technologies

CorporationFuad G. AshkarNuha E. Azar *Nabil A. AlBanna *Mary Makdissi El-Yousef *Irma K. GhosnISACA – Lebanon ChapterIrmgard F. Karle

››Building for the FutureFor more than five decades, members of the Frem family

have steered one of the most community-minded privatecompanies in Lebanon, INDEVCO Group.

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

Their crowning contribution will be the Frem Civic Center, ahandsome new building that will be situated on the Bybloscampus 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 thecenter will allow LAU to spearhead.

“The center will offer courses, seminars and conferences onethics, leadership, good citizenship, transparency, tolerance anddemocracy, with the ultimate objective of strengthening thefabric of nation-building in Lebanon,” said LAU trustee AntoineFrem, who serves as president and vice chairman of INDEVCOGroup.

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

Under his leadership, the company and its foundation tookinitiatives in education, environmental issues, communityservices and humanitarian efforts. “Private companies can, insome areas, contribute more effectively than governmentinstitutions,” reads the statement penned by Georges Frem in1974, which still inspires the company’s vision and values.

Speaking for the family, Antoine Frem says it is a duty tohelp create quality educational opportunities for Lebaneseyouth. “We believe in supporting educational institutions inLebanon,” he said.

“This university provides our young generation with a first-

class education,” he said of LAU.Frem family donations to LAU over the years have endowed

scholarship funds and backed several academic projects andoutreach activities.

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

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

The LAU trustee believes the success of IFEB will increaseLAU’s visibility in the Middle East, where family businessespredominate. “Family businesses look for academic institutionssuch as LAU to help them perpetuate their businesses,” Fremsaid.

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

Rendering of envisioned Frem Civic Center


Al Khal Printers SAL◊

Imad A. Khalil *Joan S. LeavittFredrick C. Milkie Issam and Aida Salman Naaman *Lama M. NasrDan H. and Alice NicolsonJames F. SamsSamira Hitti Traboulsi *

University Associates ($200 – $499)Marwan B. Abboud *Theodore and Diana Domian

Abdo *Aradi Develpoment L.L.C. Sam AssamRose M. Clark *

Nadia F. Daoud *Thomas T. and Terry DodgeIrene D. Faffler Jim L. FinlayMona B. Gedeon *Janet Hitti Hitti *Frieda HowlingFady Y. Kamal *Salim and Huda Khalil Kheireddine *Emile MaaloufJerome and Doris Mukabaa

Marksohn *Maroun S. MarounHala Y. Masri *Anne A. MeyerWalid and Danice NajjarArtemis N. Nazarian

Samir and Laure Milki Obeid *Chafica Tamimi Ojjeh *Frank and Mary Hanania Regier *Fadlou A. and Alison ShehadiJames P. SimonSt. Stephens Glastonbury SocietyWilliam A. and Janet Stoltzfus Betty A. UrquhartJohn Wholihan

Century Club ($100 - $199)A.S. AbdullahMaria B. Agulian *Iman F. Ajouz *Mike H. AlbayyaLayla K. Audi *Helen M. Badawi *

Lucinda A. Brown Corinne J. Chakhtoura *CMBS/Realty One TrustPauline Emily Coffman *Richard E. ConnNouhad A. Daou *Mona Kafena Debaz *Tobias DelbruckDr. Raymond Jallow Family

FoundationGarold L. FaberRand F. Fakih *Ronney and Souad FarahGhaida Firestone First Presbyterian Church / GlobeHelen B. FlackMargaret Flory

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›› Ottoman kilim (early 20th century)Wool and linen embroidered with coloredsilk and gold thread


Wadih and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad *Lina A. Hajj Abdoun *Harvard Business School PublishingLewis M. HerroRichard H. HittleMichele Ann Holcomb *Suad Hoss Hoss *Ahmad and Nisrine Machaka Houri *Arpine Halebian Hovnanian * Hasib S. HumaydanJames M. Jabara Wendy JohnsonCarol J. Johnson-Miller *Lubna JonesYvonne 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 KhouryChristian G. Kozma *Craig and Phyllis Chadbourne

Lichtenwalner*Littlefield Presbyterian Church,

Dearborn, MichiganMarilyn LoosJudith M. LundinHish MajzoubJohn MakhoulSabah Khoury Makhoul *Leona H. Mattoni

Ernest and Adele Haddad McCarus *Marguerite Boueri Mcleod *Elise MillsZuhayr A. Moghrabi James R. MooreAmal Khoury Nublat *Pagnamenta Torriani Architects

PlannersLee and Virginia Poole Paul and Suad Salibi Qaqundah *Markley and Jeanne Roberts John and Valerie RoperTheodore and Jane Cornelius Settle *Gilbert D. Soufan *Will and Mary Lutz Spence *Martha StorieJames and Samia Khalaf Sullivan *

Dima H. Tahtah *Benjamin and Carol WeirRobert F. WesserHiba 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 AssafNathaniel and Mary BercovitzEdward C. BernierMargaret BianchiMiles BinkleyDavid and Nadine Birney

››Islamic Art Minor EnrichesArchitecture Curriculum

A few years ago LAU launched a unique, multidisciplinarycourse of study in Islamic art, architecture and design, to beoffered as an optional minor for students majoring in architectureor interior architecture.

The academic program was supplemented by an institute topromote academic study and foster public interest in thisfascinating field.

Funding for the program and institute was graciously providedby a group of Lebanese and Saudibusinessmen, following an initiative by Mr.Mutaz Sawwaf from the Mimar TradingGroup in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“I believe our local institutions shouldteach Islamic culture to our students, ratherthan sending them abroad to collect suchknowledge,” said Sawwaf referring to MiddleEastern universities.

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

The group pledged $600,000 to initiate the program, coveringoperating costs over five years and endowing scholarships forneedy and deserving students. The group also donated a valuablecollection of reference books.

Echoing the views of his associates, Sawwaf said LAU graduateswere on a par with those of top universities in the region, andexpressed no doubt the University would continue to advance inthat regard.

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

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

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

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

As a specialized course of study, it deals with both practicaldesign and historical knowledge. Particular attention is given tothe application of theoretical knowledge. The dynamic andinterdisciplinary approach to the study of Islam’s materialheritage fosters critical thinking.

“The institute is now in the process of establishing close linkswith international and regional research centers to cooperate onconducting research and holding joint conferences andsymposiums,” said Kahil.

“It also aims at mapping regional resources with the aim ofbridging the gap between history and contemporaryarchitecture and design practices,” he added.

Inauguration of the program in October 2003

Mutaz Sawwaf


Suzette G. Blair*Shaker BrackettNayla Bahou Burns *Leo ChadeTania ChamilianJoe and Margaret ClaytonDonald and Judith Armstrong

Coleman * Terrell CovingtonSamuel CrossCharbel J. CuryWafa Sheaib Dada *Mary D. Dinno * Elizabeth E. Duncan Estate Dorothy EllinwoodFloyd W. and Margaret EwaltSuzanne Freij Farraj *

Berj and Hermine Vartanian Fermanian *

Thomas and Judith GielowGrace D. GuthrieEdwin E. HabibJerrier A. HaddadNoreen N. Hafez *Pearl HoffmanEdward and Lesley Marrash

Hopkins *Donald HowardJohn and Grace Salibian Hyslop * Ghada Itani * Siran Bezirganian Jizmejian * Samir F. Kadi Chucrallah K. Karam *Karen M. Kassouf

Michael K. KendrickMaryhelen Scanlon Kennedy *Lamia Haddad Khairallah *Catherine Kano Kikoski *Robert L. KimbroughJoan L. LierheimerRobert C. LodwickJerry LudekeAlberta S. Magzanian *Kaloust and Sossy Ajamian

Mahdasian *David L. MaxwellJohn L. MccreightAnahid MelikianRichard C. MichaelsSara E. MillisonLeila Katul Mishalany *

Laura M. Moore *Yoko MoriMiyada MusharbashNora H. Najarian *Erma Khoury Nettles *George and Nancy PlerhoplesClara PorterBahaa S. Richani *Karina Rodriguez *William J. RumseyLouis M. SaabAlva Salem *Samar W. Sheaib *Carol Shiels RoarkJean M. SternRichard K. StewartRobert S. Stewart

›› Yusuf KanaanCCC Area General Manager / Lebanon

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Phillip H. StoddardCaesar P. and Patricia TabetRobert W. ThabitMathew and Salpi Barsumian

Tokatlian *Jane TownerCaline E. Trad *Sherrill M. Weary

* Alumni and Alumni Chapters◊ Gift in kind

The Lebanese American Universityhas made every effort to create anaccurate listing of all contributors. If your name has been inadvertentlyomitted, or incorrectly spelled,please accept our apologies.

If you have any queries, pleasecontact Mrs. Amal Abdel Massih inthe Advancement Office by fax at+9611786472 or by email [email protected]. Thank you.

››The BCW ConnectionConsolidated Construction Company has faith in LAU. Since

1992, the company has made numerous financial contributionswith 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 forLebanon.

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

Widad Khoury, the wife of co-founder and president SaidKhoury, earned a bachelor’s degree from BCW in 1953. “Thewives of many other CCC engineers are also graduates of BCWand 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 offriends closely tied to the company run an active LAU alumnichapter that brings yearly funding for scholarship grants.

“We are interested in supporting higher educationeverywhere in the world. It is part of our culture,” Kanaansaid. 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 unrestrictedaid amounting to more than $250,000 since 1992. “We don’tinterfere with LAU on the spending of our annual donations.We think it is being spent in the right way,” said Kanaan. “Weare committed to this annual donation,” he added.

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

“I think LAU is a verywell-established university.It is offering very goodprograms that are similar tothose offered in otherAmerican universities,” hesaid. Kannan praised plansto launch a medical schoolamong other initiatives.

The company recentlydonated $4 million towardsthe reconstruction ofrunways and fuel tanksdestroyed at BeirutInternational Airportduring the war in summer.CCC had originally handledthe project of the airport’s

expansion and rehabilitation.CCC is a multinational construction company, with over

120,000 employees from different nationalities operating in 32countries worldwide. “CCC is a school by itself. This is whatdifferentiates it from others,” Kanaan said.

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

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

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

Said Khoury and Hasib Sabbagh


The Endowed Scholarship Program 2005–2006The following funds were established to provide ongoing financial aid toneedy and deserving students:

The Albert Abela Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Hanan Abou Ghazaleh Endowed Scholarship FundThe Nariman Abou Ghazaleh Endowed Scholarship FundThe Paul Youssef Abou Khater Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe LAU Alumni Association – Abu Dhabi Chapter Endowed

Scholarship FundThe LAU Alumni Association – Beirut Chapter Endowed Scholarship FundThe LAU Alumni Association – Damascus Chapter Endowed

Scholarship FundThe LAU Alumni Association – Kuwait Chapter Endowed Scholarship FundThe Anglo Lebanese Cultural Foundation Endowed Scholarship FundThe Fred and Emily G. Arrigg Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ramzi Asfour Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

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

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


The Nicolas Choueiri Endowed Scholarship FundThe Fahed Nayef Dabbous Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Endowed Scholarship FundThe Dar As-Siyassah Endowed Scholarship FundThe Darwish Engineering Endowed Scholarship FundThe Rushdi Dayeh Endowed Scholarship FundThe Elizabeth Elser Duncan Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund The Edward Y. Elias Endowed Scholarship FundThe Emirates Computer Endowed Scholarship FundThe 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 FundThe Mahmoud Alghanim Endowed Scholarship FundThe Youssef A. Alghanim and Sons Endowed Scholarship FundsThe Frances M. Gray Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Samuel Habib Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

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

››A Lifelong Commitment to Arab Youth

They live in refugee camps as perpetual foreigners, with noright to return to their homeland and slim chances of integrationinto Lebanese society. Their financial situation ranges fromdifficult to dire, with no improvement in sight.

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

But for five bright young school students from the camps, thatgrim outlook has changed thanks to the generosity of AbdelMohsen and Leila Mekdadi Qattan.

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

Mr. and Mrs. Qattan believe that investing in the children andyouth of Palestine and the Arab world is their most valuablebequest. “Education is the main weapon we have to be able tosurvive,” 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 Lebanonare confined to 12 camps, where children grow up under verytough conditions. They get assistance from a variety of sourcesincluding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, whichprovides basic education and health services.

Haitham Othman is a 19-year-old Palestinian studentfrom the Mar Elias camp inBeirut. He graduated fromUNRWA’s Al-Jaleel highschool in Bir Hassan inGreater Beirut.

Othman chose to major in business and plans to pursuegraduate studies outside Lebanon. He feels compelled to workhard and get high grades.

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

Fairuz Al Hajj Hassan comes from Al-Rashidiyyeh camp inthe southern city of Tyre. To this 18-year-old, LAU was a newworld. She quickly dove into her pharmacy studies with a strongdetermination to complete a Pharm.D. degree. She believes thismay secure her a good job, to supplement her father’s incomeand help to support her family.

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

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

LAU placed the students on the mandatory work-studyprogram whereby students work a few hours a week to reducetheir tuition. The Qattan Foundation grant covers the remainingamount.

Othman, Al Hajj Hassan, Hussein Ali Merhi, Tareq Al-Qorfaly and Ramzi Badran were selected as grant recipients oncondition of passing their school exams and LAU’s entranceexams.

Leila Mekdadi Qattan graduated from Beirut College forWomen in 1954. The Qattans began their career as teachers.They were involved in philanthropic work for over 30 yearsbefore setting up the foundation in 1994. The UK-registeredcharity has offices in London, Ramallah and Gaza.Haitham Othman Fairuz Al-Hajj Hassan


Annual Scholarship GrantsThe 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 GrantThe AlBaraka Islamic Bank Annual Scholarship GrantThe Alumni Association Beirut Chapter Annual Scholarship Grant The Alumni Association London Chapter Annual Scholarship GrantThe Alumni Association Saudi Arabia Eastern Province Chapter Annual

Scholarship GrantThe Alumni Association Toronto Chapter Annual Scholarship GrantThe Alumni Emergency Fund for Financial AidThe Armenian Students Annual Scholarship Grant The Citigroup Annual Scholarship GrantThe Salim Hachach Annual Scholarship GrantThe Joseph J. Jacobs Memorial Annual Scholarship GrantThe Tarek Juffali Annual Scholarship GrantThe Nafez Jundi Annual Scholarship Grant

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

The President’s Fund Scholarship GrantsThe following grants were established to support the financial aid program for needy and deserving students under the President's Fund:

The George Faris Scholarship GrantThe Georges Harik Annual Scholarship Grant The Ghassan Jdeed Memorial Scholarship Grant

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

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

The Salwa C. Nassar Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Aida and Michel Nasser Endowed Scholarship FundThe Argent Maksoud Nasser Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Mohamad Nasser Endowed Scholarship FundThe Naim Nasser Endowed Scholarship FundThe National Paper Products Company Endowed Scholarship FundThe Edith Newton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Layla and Musa Nimah Endowed Scholarship FundThe Khaled and Chafica Omari Endowed Scholarship FundThe Suliman S. Olayan Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Rhoda Orme Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Hussam Qanadilo Endowed Scholarship FundThe Hamad Rafeh Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Kamil Shaheen Al Rayyes Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Donald Rynne Endowed Scholarship FundThe Karim Fayez Saab Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Mahmoud Khalil Saab Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ghia Saidi Saad Endowed Scholarship FundThe George Saadeh Endowed Scholarship FundThe Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabbah Endowed

Scholarship FundThe Diana Tamari Sabbagh Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Mohamad Safadi Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ghassan Ibrahim Shaker Endowed Scholarship FundThe Abdul Aziz Shakhashir EndowedScholarship FundThe Adma Nakhoul Shakhashiri Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Antoine Shebaya Endowed Scholarship Fund The Walid Jamil Shehadeh Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Simon Siksek Endowed Scholarship FundThe Ethel Stoltzfus Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe William Stoltzfus Memorial Endowed Scholarship FundThe Nehmeh and Therese Tohmeh Endowed Scholarship Fund The Kevork Toroyan Endowed Scholarship FundThe Abdulaziz Al-Turki Endowed Scholarship FundThe Joe and Wafa Yammine Endowed Scholarship FundThe Hanneh Salim Zakhem Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund


Board of TrusteesDr. George Faris, ChairmanChairman, Faris Group, Inc.

Mr. Jamil Iskandar, Vice ChairmanChairman & General Manager, DRHTC, SAL

Mr. Joseph Maroun, SecretaryOwner, Caravan Trading Company

Mr. Richard AbdooRetired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Mrs. Taline AvakianOwner, Avakian Jewelry

Mr. Ronald CruikshankRetired Senior Corporate Counsel, Omnicom Group, Inc.

Dr. Charles ElachiDirector, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryVice President, California Institute of Technology

Mr. Antoine FremPresident & Chief Executive Officer, INDEVCO

Mr. Arthur GabrielSecretary Treasurer, Gabriel Brothers

Mr. William HaddadManaging Director, MACE Contractors Ltd.

Mr. Wadih (Bill) JordanPresident, Near East Pharma

Mr. Walid KatibahEngineer, Office of Engineer Walid Katibah

H.E. Amb. John KellyPresident, John Kelly Consulting, Inc.Former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon

Rev. David MaxwellEditor, Geneva Press

Dr. Mary MikhaelPresident, Near East School of Theology

Ms. Maureen MitchellManaging Director, Bear Stearns

Mr. Richard OrfaleaRetired Corporate Banker

Mr. Todd PetzelManaging Director & Chief Investment Officer, Azimuth Asset Management LLP

Mr. Fred RogersVice President & Treasurer, Carleton College

H.E. Minister Mohamad SafadiMinister of TransportationChairman, Safadi Group Holding

Board LeadershipSheikh Abul Aziz Al TurkiPresident, Rawabi Holding

Dr. John T. WholihanDean, College of Business Administration

Emeritus Trustees

Mr. Jose AbizaidRetired Executive

Dr. Amal KurbanProfessor of Dermatology,Vice Chairman for Academic & ClinicalAffairs, Boston University, School of Medicine and Medical Center

Mr. Wilbert F. NewtonRetired Executive

Ex-Officio Trustees

Dr. Paul F. BoulosVice President and Chief Operating Officer, MWH Soft, Inc.

Rev. Joseph KassabGeneral Secretary, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & LebanonRev. Dr. Victor MakariCoordinator for the Middle East and Europe,Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Joseph G. JabbraPresident, Lebanese American University

Dr. Camille IssaSenate Chair, LAU Faculty Representative

Board of International AdvisorsDr. Paul F. Boulos, ChairmanVice President and Chief Operating Officer,MWH Soft, Inc.

Dr. Nadim Daouk, Vice ChairmanPresident, INFOEL

Mrs. Youmna Salame, SecretaryLAU Alumna

Mr. Raymond AudiChairman & General Manager, Bank Audi SAL, Audi Saradar Group

Dr. François BassilChairman and General Manager, Byblos Bank, SAL

Mr. Zuhair BoulosEngineer

H.E. Amb. Gilbert ChaghouryAmbassador

Mr. Raphael DebbaneChairman & Chief Executive OfficerDebbane Freres, SAL

Mrs. Eva FarhaLAU Alumna

Mr. Enan GalalySenior Advisor, International Association of University Presidents

Dr. Boutros Boutros GhaliRetired Ambassador

Sheikh Fouad el KhazenChairman, Banque de L’Industrie et du Travail

Mr. Samer KhouryExecutive Vice President, Consolidated Contractors Company

Rev. George MouradRepresentative,National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon

Mr. Charles MullerRepresentative,National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon

Mr. Akram SaabEngineer

Mr. Omar SawafFounder, Merchant/Investment Bank

Mr. Philip StoltzfusChief Executive Officer, Thayer Brook Partners, LLP

Mr. Peter TanousPresident, Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC

Mr. Jacob H. YahiayanManaging Director, Continental Advisory Services

Ex-Officio Members

Rev. Joseph KassabGeneral Secretary, National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon

Dr. Joseph G. JabbraPresident, Lebanese American University

Dr. Camille IssaSenate Chair, LAU Faculty Representative


Strategic Planning 1,924

Student Association 639

Contingency & Transfers 7,500

Financial Aid 11,434

Physical Plant 6,358

Auxiliary Enterprises 385

Fund Raising 1,787

Research & Development 967

Academic Support 9,951

Education 23,159

Administration 9,682

Total 73,786

Endowment Income 2,000

Fund Raising 4,219

Interest Income 650

Student Association 639

Auxiliary Income 190

Other Educational Student Income 2,696

Tuition 63,392

Total 73,786

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