European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 12, 1997 the stars and stripes Page 7 graduates get advice with diplomas Ueberroth among commencement speakers by the associated press seniors around the United Stales received advice i inc conferring of i hair degrees sunday from such speakers As baseball commissioner Peter i Ueberroth and newsman Ted Koppel. Thousands of students donned Caps and gowns for weekend commencement exercises and honorary de -. Trees were awarded sunday to advice columnist Ann of i Landers National Public radio Host Susan Stamberg ,3 and author Joyce Carol dates. I on saturday honorary degrees also went to former i Lebanon hostage the Rev. Lawrence Man in Junco i conservative columnist William f. Buckley and Fred Rogers Host of Misiur Rogers  Ueberroth told graduates at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on sunday that they should grab opportunities but that they also should have concern and care for others. He urged the More than 5,000 graduates to guard against prejudice focusing on people without similar educational  and Don t be so Quick to disregard a person based on age he said. Ted Koppel Host of Abc to s nightlife news program told graduates of Duke University in North Carolina that his medium often simplifies life s issues and problems. There is a Harmony and inner peace to be found in following the moral Compass that Poink in your own Clircie lion Koppel said. May that peace come to your generation.1 Ann Landers received an honorary degree during the Duke ceremony. In Elgin iii., transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole told graduates of tiny Hudson College that commencement Day is the beginning of a journey i Pas Sage toward perfection charted by your own daring and limited Only by your own  she encouraged graduates to seek careers in Public service cautioning them not to abandon their Chris Tian ideals. The Wall Between Church and Kiaie should not be confused with a Moat she told the 77 graduates of the Baptist school adding that religious expression should be allowed in schools. In new York new Jersey gov. Thomas a an told Syracuse University graduates that i9s7 will he remembered As a year of scandal. He said they could ignore the problems or work to make the world a better place urging them to Lake the latter course. Kean a Republican received an honorary degree As did new York Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield. Detroit pistons basketball Star Isiah Thomas could Mil attend sunday s commencement ceremony at Indi Ana University in Bloomington so he asked his Mother  Thomas to pick up his diploma. After walking Down the aisle in a Cap and gown she pronounced sunday inc Best Mother s Day i be Ever had in my  Thomas obtained his degree a criminal Justice six years Alicr leaving the school As a Souphom re to join the National basketball association. He missed grail Union because he was in a playoff game in Detroit against inc Atlanta Hawks. Sen. Mark Hatfield r-ore., received an honorary degree from Robert was Cyan College in Rochester . At its commencement exercise he urged graduates to reach out and touch a hurling  Stamberg and dates received honorary degrees from state University College of new York at Brockport. Stamberg told the graduates they had a special debt to pay. You be been privileged she said. Now give something Back to your society to your Community to your  received $153,400 average in 86 private school presidents pay up Washington the presi it nos of the nation s major private re search universities were paid an average of $153,400 in 1986, or nearly $50,000 More than their counterparts running the largest Public universities an administrators Graap says. Overall Ine chief executive officers of Academe presidents chancellors and other lop Dop on Campus earned 7.3 percent More in 1986 than they had a year earlier according to the Survey by the col lege and University personnel association the group canvassed 1,429 colleges and universities for the Survey which Waco sponsored by the american Council on education and a trustees organization the association of governing boards of universities and colleges. The report did not disclose top Admi n istra lors salaries by institution. But using the Standard Carnegie corp. Definitions for various types of colleges it offered this breakdown major research universities j103,600 Public $ 153,400 private. Other doctoral institutions $59.600 Public $111,300 private. Comprehensive $98,900 Public $119,900 private. Baccalaureate $71,800 Public $95,100 private. Two Yean $78,680 Public 1125,000 private. Frank Manley managing principal of Sibson co., a consulting firm that pre pared the Survey said that at $153,400, the private research University presidents Are earning about what a typical chief executive officer makes at a company with $25 million in annual sales. Top tuition 1988-37 in dollars or tuition lass room and Board Bennington Choc too Tritant graphic source a col to Board,.  of education the budgets at major research campuses typically run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. If you compare the Crspo Sibili lies of a ceo of a research University with a budget greater than $250 million with the responsibilities of a company with s2s million in sales there s really no comparison what Soever Manley said. The College executive Haja much bigger Job in Industry he added the chiefs of companies with $125 million in sales earn an average of 250,000 a year including 150,000 in bonuses. Another consulting firm towers per Rin Forster & Crosby reports that the median salary and Bonus figures for chief executive officers at 50 of the nation s i do largest Industrial companies last year was $925,300. The average full professor s salary this year is $45,520, according to the Ameri can association of University professors. Colleges have been raising tuition twice As fast As the general rate of inflation during the 1980s, and . Secre tary of education William j. Bennett has accused higher education of being greedy and inefficient presidents Are not the Only ones draw ing six figure salaries at some campuses. Some of the nation s top football coaches boast base salaries that Large and some command television packages and other Perks that push their total compensation into the Quarter nillion Dollar Range. A Survey of coaches salaries last fall found thai the base pay of the average University football coach was $45,900 in 1985 86. Among the Gridiron leaders Ray per Kins was paid $120,000 by the University of Alabama Jackie Sherrill $114,190 by Texas  and to Schembechler $108,102 by the Universal of Michigan lawmaker sifting in for budget Charleston . A a stale senator who has refused to leave the Senate chamber until Fel Low lawmakers agree on a budget said sunday he was receiving tremendous support from the pub Lic but mostly i d Jike to climb in a hot Shower and slay there for a while. And gel a shave said state sen. George Buffy Warner a freshman Republican from Morgantown Warner has been holed up in the red carpeted Marble chamber since Friday when he told the sen ate he would t Budge Shower or change clothes until the stale Bud get for next year is resolved. Both Chambers arc scheduled 10 return tuesday after recessing Fri Day the 16lh Day. Of a j30,000-a Day extended session Warner complained that some House members have the Altitude of we Don t have a budget. Wedon care " the House and Senate Are $47 million apart on the budget since Friday Warner has fielded dozens of phone Calls from Well Wisher Hail his picture taken by tourists written tellers watched television on a portable set and had his fill of Beer and junk food Man kills woman he mistakes for estranged wife Rochester . A a retired army ser Geant fatally shot a 70-year-old woman As she left Church sunday then admitted he had mistaken her for his estranged wife because he forgot his glasses authorities said. I m sorry about the other woman. I meant to kill my wife Percy a Washington told police after he surrendered Ana Learned of his mistake according to investigators but i forgot my  Fannie Watson had just entered her car after attend ing services at Trinity Emmanuel presbyterian Church when Washington leaned Over the car s Hood and shot her through the Windshield police it Thomas Jones said. Watson died a Short time water at Strong memorial Hospital. Police said Washington 61, called shortly after the shooting and told them he had just shot his wife co Rinne. Officers arrested him at his Home. Washington told investigators he mistook Watson for his wife because he saw her driving a car Simitar to his wife s and both were attending services at the same Church the police report said. His wife was still inside the Church when the shooting occurred. Washington said his wife had been taking advantage of him according to the police report. He said he had been planning to kill her and had purchased a Shotgun on saturday the report said Washington was to be arraigned monday on a Sec Ond degree murder charge police said. Washington s daughter Theresa Edwards told police she had gone to the Church to warn her Mother when she witnessed the shooting. All i know is he did t save his glasses on and he did l take his diabetes medication like he should have said Edwards who lives in the same House with her father. He was just  the Washin Glons separated More than a year ago according to a relative who said Washington is a re tired army master sergeant and served in world War it the korean War Ana in i Inam