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NEW
CITY SCHOOL CREATES WORLD'S FIRST MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES LIBRARY
 New City School Head of School, Dr. Tom Hoerr and Harvard Professor Howard Gardner cut the final ribbon to officially open the New City School library. |
| Dr. Tom Hoerr and Professor Howard Gardner
compare notes. |
| Professor Howard Gardner talks with students, parents and
international visitors at the New City School Library Opening. |
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New City School, an award-winning elementary school in St.
Louis, has created the world’s first “multiple intelligences” library and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility in
December 2005. The school converted one of two gyms into the new
library, which is designed to help students learn by using all
of their intelligences.
The multiple intelligences concept is based on Harvard’s
Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which
was introduced in 1983. Gardner, a professor at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education, believed that there are many kinds of intelligence
that are important aspects of human capabilities, including visual/spatial,
bodily/kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and
naturalist intelligences.
In addition to providing many books for linguistic learning, the
library also offers multiple intelligences resources that include
art, puzzles, music, a place for water exploration, display cases
for artwork and a mini-theater area.
Stereotaxis Inc. was celebrated as the first “graduate” of the Center for Emerging Technology (CET). Stereotaxis designs, manufactures
and markets an advanced cardiology instrument control system for the treatment of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias. The company’s new home will be the CORTEX at 4300 Forest Park Ave. Left to right: Bevil Hogg of Stereotaxis, Marcia Mellitz of CET, Gov. Matt Blunt, Mayor Francis Slay and Bill Simon of CET. Stereotaxis employs 161 people and is leasing 50,000 square feet of space in the first CORTEX building. |
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MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS EARNS NATIONAL
HONOR
The Association
for Women in Communications has awarded Millennium Communications
Inc. with a 2005 Clarion Award for its work on the “Show
Me You Care: Defeat Amendment 1” campaign. Millennium accepted
the award at the association’s annual professional conference.
The campaign urged Missouri voters to reject an amendment that
would have allowed a river casino near a little town in southwest
Missouri. Concerned about the effect that a casino might have
on the region’s family-friendly tourism industry, a consortium
of Branson businesses and church groups launched the “Show
Me You Care” campaign to defeat Amendment 1. The group hired
Millennium to handle media relations for the campaign just 37
days before the issue went before voters in August 2004. At that
time, polls showed that the amendment would pass; however, Amendment
1 ultimately was defeated by a 12 percent margin.
MAYFLOWER TRANSIT WINS QUEST FOR QUALITY
AWARD
Mayflower Transit has been recognized as one of the best firms
in transportation and logistics with a Quest for Quality Award
from Logistics Management, a monthly magazine for supply chain
professionals. The winners are determined based on a customer
satisfaction survey that asks readers, who are qualified buyers
in their respective service modes, to rate carriers in all major
modes of transportation on value, on-time performance, customer
service, information technology, and equipment and operations.
More than 2,000 respondents completed surveys for this year’s
awards. Only four van lines made the survey and Mayflower Transit
scored higher than the industry’s average overall.
JETBROKERS OPENS OFFICE IN UNITED KINGDOM
Aircraft brokerage
firm JetBrokers Inc. has opened a regional office in London called
JetBrokers Europe. The office is staffed and managed by John Sirett,
who is in charge of business development and aircraft sales. Sirett
is also a director of Blackbrook Aviation, a corporate flight
department and executive aircraft management company based in
the United Kingdom. JetBrokers Europe will serve the growing European
business aircraft market and currently offers professional brokerage
services in English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
ORGANIZATION RECRUITS LEADERS FOR NONPROFIT
BOARDS
There’s a new tool available for nonprofit organizations
that need successful leaders to serve on their boards. BoardLinkStL,
an alliance of local organizations, uses innovative technology
to link talented, interested and informed individuals with nonprofit
organizations in search of leaders.
The alliance
is made up of the following local organizations: Family Support
Council/Family Resource Center, FOCUS St. Louis, Nonprofit Services
Consortium, Regional Arts Commission, United Way of Greater St.
Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Nonprofit Management
& Leadership Program; Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants
for the Arts and Washington University Alliance for Building Capacity,
George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
BoardLinkStL provides recruiting, training and online matchmaking
that pairs individuals with nonprofit organizations. Individuals
pay $50 for a year of unlimited workshops and online matchmaking.
Nonprofit organizations pay a sliding scale fee that ranges from
$100 to $300 for a year’s worth of unlimited access to the
Web tool, readiness workshops and matching opportunities. Interested
individuals and nonprofit organizations can visit www.boardlinkstl.org
for more information.
UMSL WINS TECHNOLOGY AWARD
The College
of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has been
named the 2006 recipient of the Best Practice Award for the Innovative
Use of Technology by the American Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education.
UMSL’s College of Education operates the E. Desmond Lee Technology
and Learning Center, which includes networked workstations and
specialized equipment for developing and carrying out technology-based
projects.
“This award is a clear indication of the College of Education’s
dedication toward preparing technologically innovative and knowledgeable
graduates,” says Charles Schmitz, dean of the college. “Since
its inception five years ago, the Technology and Learning Center
has attracted over 275,000 users.”
2005 OLIN CUP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Two teams of entrepreneurs have won the 2005 Olin Cup Competition
at Washington University and walked away with a total of $70,000
in seed money. Somark Innovations took home a $50,000 investment
prize, and iMobile Access Technologies received a $20,000 investment.
Two student-owned businesses, Suzanne Shenkman Designs and HomeWUrk,
will split a $5,000 award.
Somark Innovations, led by Ramos Mays and Mark Pydynowski, created
a tracking system that works like radio frequency identification
without using a physical microchip or antenna. The system uses
a biocompatible material that already has FDA approval. The company
intends to market the product initially to livestock owners, capitalizing
on government regulations that will require all cattle to be tracked
to prevent mad cow disease.
(Left to right): Bob Skandalaris, founder and
chairman of Noble International Ltd.;
Ramos Mays, Somark Innovations co-founder;
Mark Pydynowski, Somark Innovations co-founder; Ken Harrington, Managing Director of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
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IMobile Access Technologies, founded by Stephen Foster, will focus
on improving communication for people who are deaf or hard of
hearing. Foster, who was born deaf, has developed a wearable device
that transcribes spoken words into text that the user can read.
The company is working with several technological design partners
on an advanced prototype that could be available early this year.
The Olin Cup is a business formation
competition presented jointly by the Olin School of Business and
the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington
University and is sponsored by St. Louis Commerce Magazine and
the RCGA.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH AWARDS RECYCLING GRANTS
TO KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL
Anheuser-Busch Companies has committed more than $160,000 for
the 2005 Keep America Beautiful/Anheuser-Busch Recycling Grants
Program. As part of the program, 19 Keep America Beautiful affiliates
nationwide will receive funding for their community-based recycling
programs.
| Anheuser-Busch Companies has committed more than $160,000 for the 2005 Keep America Beautiful/Anheuser-Busch Recycling Grants Program. |
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Grants are awarded to programs and partnerships that promote beverage
container collection and recycling through voluntary efforts.
This year’s recipients include programs that encourage recycling
at public parks, sports venues, universities, K-12 schools and
other public places.
“Keep America Beautiful’s network of affiliates provides
long-term solutions to local quality-of-life issues,” states
G. Raymond Empson, president of Keep America Beautiful. “We’re
pleased Anheuser-Busch is providing this much-needed support for
initiatives that are important to communities across the country.”
PFIZER COMMITS $200 MILLION TO ST. LOUIS
Pfizer is building a new $200 million research facility in Chesterfield
that will consolidate approximately 250 company employees who
are currently dispersed throughout the St. Louis area. The 330,000-square-foot
building, scheduled to open in late 2008, will bring the total
number of employees at the Chesterfield site to about 1,200.
“Our goal for several years has been to create a unified
and integrated research and development site that would bring
all of our scientific work to a single location,” states
Daniel P. Getman, vice president and
St. Louis site director. “This will strengthen our ability
to deliver the new medicines.”
Globally, Pfizer researchers are working in hundreds of research
projects across 18 therapeutic areas. St. Louis is Pfizer’s
Global Center for Early Stage Biotechnology. Researchers here
focus on potential medicines to treat cardiovascular disease,
pain and inflammation, and respiratory diseases.
ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL NAMES NEW CENTER
AFTER CENTENE CORPORATION
(Left to right): Vince Schoemehl Jr., president, Grand Center Inc.; Jim Weidman,
president, Arts and Education Council; Michael Neidorff, president, Centene Corporation; Bob Ciapciak, president of the board of the Arts and Education Council;
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The Arts and Education Council has named its new home the “Centene
Center for the Arts” in honor of Centene Corporation for
providing financial leadership for the project. The new Centene
Center is located in a historic building formerly known as the
Medinah Temple at 3547 Olive Street in Grand Center. The building
is being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility for music,
dance, theatre and visual arts by the cooperative efforts of Grand
Center Inc., Owen Development and the Arts and Education Council.
The renovated building, originally built in the 1880s, will house
offices, meeting space, multipurpose spaces, gallery space and
an open-air terrace venue on the fourth floor. The building will
also host an education center for arts organizations and an arts
incubator. Tenants include aTrek Dance Collective, St. Louis African
Chorus, Bach Society of Saint Louis, Circus Arts Foundation of
Missouri, Dance St. Louis, Fair Saint Louis, Grand Center Inc.-First
Night, HotCity Theatre, Jazz at the Bistro, River Styx and Springboard
to Learning.
ADAMSON ADVERTISING WINS BIG AT AURORA
AWARDS COMPETITION
Adamson Advertising claimed 10 Platinum Best in Show Awards and
a Gold Award at the Tenth Anniversary Aurora Awards competition
for excellence in advertising. The firm won an award for every
entry that it submitted.
| Screen captures show Adamson Advertising’s award-winning spots for Shoe Carnival (left) and Save-A-Lot (right). |
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The Salt Lake City-based Aurora Awards program is an independent
film and video competition for commercials, cable programming,
documentaries, industrial films, instructional films and corporate
videos.
Adamson earned Platinum Best in Show Awards, the competition’s
highest honors, for television commercials or ad campaigns created
for Shoe Carnival, Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurants, Save-A-Lot,
Hardee’s, Epworth Children and Family Services, Dalco Home
Remodeling Inc., Health Alliance, Unity Health System and St.
John’s Mercy Medical Center. The firm also won a Gold Award
for a St. John’s Mercy Medical Center television commercial.
MISSISSIPPI LIME COMPANY WINS SAFETY AWARD
Mississippi Lime Company has been honored for its commitment to
safety in the mining industry with the 2004 Sentinels of Safety
Award. This is the third time that Mississippi Lime Company has
won the award, which is presented jointly by the National Mining
Association and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, a division
of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Sentinels of Safety Awards
are the oldest established awards for occupational safety, according
to the National Mining Association’s Web site. They were
first announced 75 years ago by President Herbert Hoover. The
program promotes an increased commitment to mine safety and continued
development of accident prevention programs.
PAYNECREST ELECTRIC EARNS BEST SUBCONTRACTOR
AWARD
A group of local general contractors selected PayneCrest Electric
and Communications to win the Best MEP Subcontractor award from
the American Subcontractors Assoc-iation Midwest Council for the
third year in a row. PayneCrest won the category for contractors
with annual revenues of more than $11 million. The company has
been nominated four out of the past five years and is the first
subcontractor to receive the award for three consecutive years.
Nominees are chosen by 35 general contractors in the region and
are judged on their bid ethics, safety policy and practices, job
site supervision, communications and project relations, scheduling
coordination, administrative procedures and quality workmanship.
STEADYRAIN WINS ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
AWARD
SteadyRain, a Web design firm, has earned a 2005 Targeted Advertising & Marketing award for a Web site that it designed for EyePromise,
an optic health brand owned by St. Louis-based ZeaVision LLC.
The awards program, sponsored by the Business Marketing Association
of St. Louis, recognizes the best business-to-business marketing
campaigns in the St. Louis region. This is SteadyRain’s second
consecutive win.
| Pictured left to right from SteadyRain is Matt Everett, application developer; Mandy O’Connel, creative director; Scott Dougherty, Internet strategist; Jason Graves, application developer; Thompson Knox, Internet strategist; Joe Marcallini, operations director; and Grant Essig, graphic designer. |
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SteadyRain’s team of graphic designers and application developers
created the site, www.eyepromise.com, to introduce the client’s
new product for improving healthy vision for seniors. Launched
in March 2005, the new site generated 25 percent of the company’s
total sales as of August 2005.
CDKWEB WINS GOLD AWARD
CDKWeb has earned a Gold Award from the 2005 World Wide Web Awards
for its Web site, www.CDKWeb.com.
The company redesigned the site just weeks before the award announcement
to better showcase its portfolio of custom Web sites, logos and
e-mail newsletters. Enhancements were also made to make the site
more user-friendly for existing and potential clients. Entries
for the awards are judged based on four categories: design and
creativity, content, navigation, and scripting and technical.
Only 16.7 percent of all sites submitted receive the Gold Award.
CLAYCO, CORTEX COLLABORATE ON LEED-CS
PILOT PROGAM
CORTEX, the Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial
Expertise, has received silver pre-certification for its new three-story
facility at Boyle and Forest Park Parkway in the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System for
Core and Shell Development (LEED-CS).
The building, called CORTEX One, has been pre-certified as part
of a pilot program for designers, builders and new building owners
who want to implement sustainable design for new core and shell
construction. The building earned its silver pre-certification
based on documentation of the green building procedures that Clayco,
the building’s design and construction manager, intends to
incorporate during construction. Once the shell and core are complete,
the U.S. Green Building Council will officially certify the building.
Future tenants will then determine how the interior space is finished.
GRACE HILL SETTLEMENT HOUSE RECEIVES $500,000
AWARD
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has honored Grace Hill Settlement
House for helping American families become self-sufficient and
successful. Grace Hill, along with Atlantic Street Center in Seattle
and Georgia Justice Center in Atlanta, earned monetary awards
through the foundation’s Families Count: The National Honors
Program. Each organization receives an unrestricted monetary award
of $500,000 to support their goals.
“We will change the future of our most at-risk children only
when we change the present for their parents,” states Douglas
W. Nelson, president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. “The
Families Count honorees show how much can be achieved by connecting
low-income families to the opportunities and supports they need
to succeed.”
| (Pictured standing from left to right): Peter J. Genovese, CEO of UMB Bank St. Louis; Archie Griffin, president and CEO, Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Centers Inc.; Richard Gram, executive director and CEO, Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers Inc.; Andrew Hereford, EVP/manager of
commercial banking. (Seated from left to right): Joe McCarthy, vice president and chief operating officer, Missouri Foundation for Health; Cecil Wood, EVP International Banking; Rob Freund, CEO, St. Louis Regional Health Commission |
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The honorees help families build assets and pursue their aspirations
for themselves and their children. Grace Hill offers an ever-expanding
roster of services that include Head Start, extended day care,
parenting and counseling programs, five health centers and a Member
Organized Resource Exchange.
LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC EXPANDS
CAMPUS
At Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, construction
is well underway on the new Dr. William D. Purser Center, a $20.7
million state-of-the-art multipurpose facility. Scheduled for
completion in early 2007, the facility is the first major new
construction on the college’s Chesterfield campus in 17 years.
(Left to right): Logan alumnus Dr. William D. Purser, for whom the center will be named;
T. Joyce Walters; Logan President Dr. George A. Goodman; Drs. Maurice and Laurel Pisciottano;
and Logan board of trustees Chairman Dr. Marc Malon. In addition to Dr. Purser, Mrs. Walters,
who is the widow of Dr. S. George Walters, and the Pisciottanos also are major donors to the
campaign for the Purser Center. The campaign is called, “Creating Community Connections.” |
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The center will feature a 1,500-person main hall that can be subdivided
for lectures and seminars. The building’s lobby will serve
as a student lounge and will also accommodate college-related
banquets and other activities. The multipurpose center will also
host graduation ceremonies on campus so that the college no longer
has to rent space for those events.
The project is being funded through a grant from the Logan College
Foundation and a private fundraising campaign. The 47,000-square-foot
building is named after Dr. William D. Purser, a 1953 Logan graduate
who has pledged $2 million to the development.
ST. LOUIS SPORTS COMMISSION PUBLISHES E-NEWSLETTER
Sports fans can catch up on the latest in collegiate and professional sports in St. Louis by
subscribing to “Impact Player,” the official e-newsletter of the St. Louis Sports Commission.
The free publication includes news from the St. Louis sports scene, a section on sports for kids, a calendar of events and other sports-related information. To subscribe, please visit www.stlsports.org/newsletter/index.htm.
BANK'S MARKETING EFFORTS FOCUS ON LATINO
COMMUNITY
National City has created a St. Louis Latino marketing taskforce
designed to meet the needs of consumers and businesses in the
local Latino community. The bank has launched a series of initiatives
designed to increase Latinos’ access to banking products
and services. Those initiatives include offering all product materials
in Spanish, providing bilingual assistance at all National City
ATMs, and creating a Spanish version of the company’s Web
site. The bank also offers a Spanish-enabled toll-free customer
service number. The taskforce is led by Maurice Quiroga, senior
vice president and a
St. Louis market executive of the National City Private Client
Group.
MERCK LAUNCHES FREE MEDICAL MAGAZINE
St. Louis is one of nine cities selected for the launch of a new
health magazine called Your Health Now from Merck & Co. Inc.,
the publisher of The Merck Manuals reference books. Your Health
Now is a free publication designed to place useful, timely and
unbiased health information into people’s hands.
“Increasingly, people want information to help them take
more active roles in health care decisions,” states Dr. Robert
Berkow, editor emeritus of The Merck Manuals and editor-in-chief
of the new magazine. “Your Health Now is a tool to help people
stay informed about health issues and foster productive conversations
with their doctors.”
Each issue focuses on a different health theme based on the most
frequently accessed topics on the Merck Manuals Web site. An advisory
board reviews the content to ensure that it is non-promotional
and unbiased. The magazine will be available in doctors’ offices, through community health organizations and online at www.YourHealthNow.com.
A-B BUSINESS SCHOOL OPENS AT HARRIS-STOWE
| (Left to right): Harris-Stowe State University President Dr. Henry Givens Jr. and Johnnie Furr of Anheuser-Busch celebrate the unveiling of the new A-B Business Administration School. |
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Harris-Stowe State University has unveiled the new Anheuser-Busch
Business Administration School on its south campus. Classes started
in fall 2005, and the university held an open house for the public
to tour the Anheuser-Busch Business Administration Building in
November. Chigbo Ofong will oversee the new school as dean of
business administration. Prior to joining Harris-Stowe, Ofong
served as chairman and associate professor of management at Rust
College in Holly Springs, Miss., and as the associate professor
of management at Savannah State University’s College of Business
Administration.
A.G. EDWARDS BUILDS EMPLOYEE FITNESS CENTER
Ribbon cutting by (left to right):
Louis Reed, St. Louis Alderman;
Robert Bagby, CEO; Mary Atkin; head of staffing divisions and John Severine, head of facilities management. |
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In an effort to combat the increasing levels of obesity, cholesterol
and heart disease in this country, A.G. Edwards has built a new
state-of-the-art fitness center at its headquarters so that employees
have a convenient place to exercise for a low cost.
The 25,000-square-foot facility offers a “cardio theater” filled with nearly 50 cardio machines, a strength training room,
locker rooms and two exercise studios. Free yoga, spinning, pilates
and aerobics classes are offered daily. Members can also access
personal training services and computers with fitness software
to monitor their exercise progress.
| A.G. Edwards’ new state-of-the-art fitness center. |
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Case studies have shown that corporate fitness programs increase
productivity, improve morale and help employees manage workplace
stress.
HEALTHCARE INVESTORS SHOW INTEREST IN
MIDWEST
According to a new survey, investors in healthcare technologies
are showing a growing interest in technologies developed in the
Midwest. The survey, conducted by Cleveland-based BioEnterprise,
asked venture capitalist firms from across the country to offer
their impressions of Midwest healthcare investment opportunities
and regions. Forty-seven venture investors completed the survey,
which revealed the following:
- Venture
capitalists rate the performance of their Midwest investments
as equal to those in the rest of the country. They consider
the region’s bioscience strength to be in medical
devices.
- About
50 percent of investors rated medical device deal flow
as “strong” or “very strong” and a
majority said deal flow from the Midwest is increasing.
- Healthcare
services and information technology opportunities were
rated as “average” by 68 percent of investors,
while biopharmaceutical offerings were considered “weak”
by 67 percent.
- In
the Midwest, the Minneapolis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and
St. Louis regions have the strongest overall reputations
among healthcare investors. Chicago, Wisconsin, Detroit-Ann
Arbor and Indianapolis formed a middle tier, and Cincinnati
and Kentucky were rated the lowest for quality of deal
flow.
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Complete survey
results and analysis can be viewed at www.bioenterprise.com/reports.
BioEnterprise plans to conduct the survey annually.
ARCTURIS EARNS AIA AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE
(Above left): Members of the Arcturis team (from left): Vern Remiger, Pat Whitaker, Arcturis President;
John Mueller, Becky Kueker and Jim Arthur.
(above right): ARCTURIS has received the Distinguished
Award for Design Excellence for its work on the Dennis and Judith Jones Performing Arts & Teen Center at the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club (shown above). |
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Architectural design firm ARCTURIS has received the Distinguished
Award for Design Excellence for its work on the Dennis and Judith
Jones Performing Arts & Teen Center at the Herbert Hoover Boys
and Girls Club from the St. Louis chapter of the American Institute
of Architects. The performing arts center opened in early 2004 and
provided the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club with 28,000 square
feet of additional space for a teen center, a music school operated
by Webster University, a dance studio, a community room, a fitness
center, a kitchen and administrative spaces.
ASYNCHRONY SOLUTIONS HELPS CREATE NATIONAL
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Last year, Asynchrony Solutions contributed to an initiative headed
by the U.S. Department of Justice to create a national sex offender
registry based on state databases of information about past criminal
behavior. The database—known as The National Sex Offender Public
Registry—provides information about the identities, locations
and past criminal behavior of known sex offenders. Any citizen with
Internet access can search the database at www.nsopr.gov.
Asynchrony Solutions participated in providing the linkage and interfaces
used to connect sexual offender databases from various states. The
Justice Department had planned to include information from all 50
states and the District of Columbia by the end of 2005.
CORRECTION
Saint Louis University’s annual revenues were incorrectly listed
in the December 2005 issue. Correct figures are:
$447
million (2000);
$452 million (2001);
$476 million (2002);
$533 million (2003);
$536 million (2004).
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