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4-March-1998 
98077 
 
    College News 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
DANVILLE, Ky.-The Centre College board of trustees has elected John A. 
Roush of Richmond, Va., to become the college's next president. Roush is 
vice president for planning, executive assistant to the president and 
secretary to the board of trustees at the University of Richmond. He has 
played a key role in founding the university's innovative Jepson School of 
Leadership Studies. He is also an elder in Third Presbyterian Church in 
Richmond, where he has been coordinator of children's church and a teacher 
for the sixth grade class. Centre has a covenant relationship with the 
Presbyterian Church. 
 
EATON, Pa.-Lafayette College has received a gift in excess of $4 million 
from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., of Morristown, N.J. Added to previous 
gifts totaling $11.5 million, the donation brings to more than $15.5 
million the foundation's support of the college during the current 
fund-raising campaign. The $143 million Lafayette Leadership Campaign is 
the largest in the school's history and one of the most ambitious 
fund-raising efforts ever undertaken by an undergraduate institution of 
Lafayette's size. To date, the college has received $80 million in gifts 
and pledges in support of the campaign, which was announced on Oct. 24, 
1997, and is scheduled to run through June 30, 2001. 
 
BRISTOL, Tenn.-King College has announced that the $12 million goal of The 
Campaign for King College has been exceeded thanks to the support from more 
than 3,000 donors. The campaign is providing funds for faculty and staff 
salaries, scholarships and campus improvements. "I would like to point out 
this campaign began exactly three years ago to the month, " said retired 
Congressman James H. Quillen, national campaign chair. "We originally 
planned a five-year campaign, but we are pleased to announce the tremendous 
support we received has allowed us to meet and exceed our goal early." 

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