LOYOLAN
VOL. 72 ‘N0.2
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
September 7, 1 994
Tony Coelho Named to Board of Trustees
Former House Majority Whip and
LMU Alumnus Joins Governing Body
By Kent Jancarik
Assistant News Editor
Headlining the four recent ap¬
pointees to Loyola Marymount
University’s Board of Trustees is
Anthony “Tony” Coelho, an LMU
graduate and a former Congress¬
man from California and Majority
Whip of the U.S. House of Repre¬
sentatives.
Coelho has a long history of ties
to LMU, beginning with his under¬
graduate degree in political science
from Loyola University in 1964. As
an undergraduate, Coelho served
as student body president and was
also affiliated with Crimson Circle,
the Young Democrats, and the Pep
Club.
Following his graduation from
Loyola in 1964, Coelho joined the
staff of U.S. Representative R.F.Sisk
as his assistant for agriculture. In
1970, he became Sisk’s adminis¬
trative assistant and also served as
staff coordinator for various House
committees, including the Agricul¬
ture Subcommittee on Cotton and
'the Rules Committee's Subcommit¬
tee on Broadcasting. At the time,
he was the youngest such aide on
Capitol Hill.
In 1978, Coelho resigned his
position to seek the seat Sisk him¬
self was vacating. After election he
served Merced in the House of Rep¬
resentatives until 1989.
called “a determination bordering
on evangelical fervor.”
He is also credited for bringing
the Democratic National Commit¬
tee into the technological age, us¬
ing loans to computerize operations
and to purchase a television studio.
An ethics investigation to look
into allegations of financial impro¬
prieties led to Coelho’s resignation
‘Throughout his years of public ser¬
vice, Coelho's ties to the LMU Com¬
munity remained close.’
As a representative in 1981 un- from the House in 1989.
der the tutelage of famed Speaker
“Tip” O’Neill, Coelho took over the
Democratic Congressional Cam¬
paign Committee; he turned the
organization around from a
$200,000 debt to a yearly
fundraising total of over $6 million
per year with what Time magazine
Throughout his years of public
service Coelho’s ties to the LMU
Community remained close. In May
1987 he was granted an honorary
doctor of humane letters degree
and served as that year’s com¬
mencement speaker. In 1988 and
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Anthony " Tony " Coelho , former majority whip of the U.S. House of
Representatives and a new Trustee of Loyola Marymount University.
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Class of ’98 over 760 Strong
Over 360 New Transfers also Enrolled
By James Keane
News Editor
The Class of 1 998 has arrived at
Loyola Marymount over 760
members strong, with over 360
transfers joining them, according to
preliminary numbers compiled by
the Office of Admissions.
The First-year class is currently
at 766, slightly higher than las{ year’s
figure of 753. Due to late arrivals
and dropouts, however, numbers
change slightly through the drop/
add period for classes, which ends
next week. The number of transfers
is down from last year’s totals by an
insignificant number.
The percentage of transfers who
actually enroll after committing in
May is much higher than for fresh¬
men, largely because transfers tend
to apply to fewer schools and make
fewer multiple committments to dif¬
ferent schools.
“The similarity between this year’s
group and last year’s class is strik¬
ing — far more striking than any of
the differences between the two,”
commented Matthew Fissinger, Di¬
rector of Admissions.
“We’re very pleased, especially
with our freshman class,” said
Fissinger. “We’re confident that
each and every one of them is com¬
ing in equipped with the tools to be
successful in our college environ¬
ment.”
No significant changes occurred
previous years.
The student population is roughly
50.6 percent Caucasian, 5.2 per¬
cent African American, 19.5 per¬
cent Chicano/Latino, 1.5 percent
Native American, and 21.1 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander, with 2.1 per¬
cent declining to state.
Geographical distribution is pro¬
jected at 75 percent within Califor¬
nia, with Hawaii and Arizona repre¬
senting the states with the highest
‘We're confident that each and every one of
them is coming in equipped with the tools to be
successful in our college environment.’
in the geographic or ethnic distribu¬
tion of the new class. While African
American enrollment increased and
Asian/Pacific Islander enrollment
decresed, the variation was slight.
Caucasian and Chicano/Latino en¬
rollment remained consistent with
enrollment outside California. Stu¬
dents from 28 other states and over
30 foreign countries also attend
Loyola Marymount.
The male/female ratio is changed
slightly, with the new class approxi¬
mately 60 percent female, compared
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