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Robert P.Cavalier,Ph.D

Dana Professor of Psychology, Elmira College

Just to let you know that I am also a Fordham author. My book, PERSONAL MOTIVATION: A MODEL FOR DECISION MAKING( Praeger 2000) is available in both hard cover and paperback from Greenwood Publishing.

The text states that the self is reciprocally influenced by three motivational systems and is formed by the motivational process itself. A triarchic theory of motivation is proposed consisting of three independent systems: formative, operational, and thematic. The text challenges current thinking by distinguishing between choosing and deciding and describing the various caracteristics of decision making as a uniquely human activity.

Bill Rothschild

Bill's latest book is "The Secret to GE's Success" McGraw-Hill 2007 It is now available in Spanish and will shortly be available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indonesian... The book can be purchased on Amazon.

This one of the book reviews:

I first thought about GE and its management practices in 1973 when a prospective client asked me for help in implementing a detailed strategic planning process and handed me a one-page version of the process (you can see a disguised version of that process on page 161 of this book). The initials in the corner were W. E. Rothschild, author of The Secret to GE's Success. Naturally, when I saw this book, I couldn't wait to see what this strategic planner extraordinaire had to say.

Most people see GE in terms of the Welch era. Why? Because that's when GE got the most press coverage. Also, the Immelt era's heritage isn't clear yet. It hasn't been long enough. Prior to that, few remember that Reg Jones was once considered a legendary CEO. Further back, only GE alumni can mention many names after Thomas Edison.

I found this book to be a helpful history of GE's continuing success, tying together many themes that I had missed. In addition, it was interesting to see how many GE "innovations" were really simplifications of earlier work . . . or continuations of long-held concentrations of focus.

Unlike many books that seek to pursue too many themes, Mr. Rothschild conveniently selected only five to illuminate and explore:

1. Choosing leaders well and pursuing an inclusive leadership style.

2. Finding effective ways to adapt to new conditions, success, and setbacks.

3. Identifying, nurturing, and encouraging excellent people.

4. Being prudently proactive in engaging stakeholders.

5. Creating connections to others that allow everyone to accomplish more.

Although Mr. Rothschild is appropriately proud of the company's success, he doesn't shrink from pointing out missteps, areas where processes need to be adjusted, and unnecessary delays in taking needed actions. He also wisely suggests that other companies not copy these practices, but rather adapt the practices to their own circumstances. In some conceptual exhibits, he provides helpful clues for how such adaptation might be done (see especially pages 59, 181, 208, 209, and 255).

Ultimately, of course, the limitation of a management book based on one company is that you don't see the lessons as clearly as you would if you had more comparisons. That's the strength of Built to Last, for example. As a result, I think most people will get more out of this book if they read Built to Last first.

The only point that I hear many management observers make about GE that Mr. Rothschild doesn't make is how slow GE usually is to adopt helpful, new practices that originated in other companies. You only see hints of that problem in the long delays involved in correcting some of the missteps. The press coverage of the company stresses the opposite point: Everything was invented by GE. But that's not really the case.

Good work, Mr. Rothschild.

Bill's other books include

• Putting It All Together, a Guide to Strategic Thinking (AMACOM, 1976) (Revised and updated in 2002
• Strategic Alternatives (AMACOM, 1979)
• Gaining and Maintaining the Competitive Advantage (McGraw Hill, 1984)
• Risktaker, Caretaker, Surgeon, Undertaker- the four faces of strategic leadership (Wiley, 1993). All of his books have been published in Japanese and Spanish. Two of the books have been translated into Portuguese, Chinese and German.

His numerous articles have appeared in major business and professional publications. Bill has just completed three new "personal tutors": Your Personal Business StrategyTutor, Your Personal Business Development Tutor, Your Personal Strategic Marketing Tutor. He also has a unique software package : StrategyLeader, that complements the Business Strategy Tutor. Visit his website: www.strategyleader.com for more articles and information.

Ray Schroth S.J.

Ray's most recent book, which should be read by ALL Fordham alumni, students and faculty is:

"The American Jesuits- A History

New York University Press, 2007

[Schroth] here offers a readable overview of the society, beginning in 1566 with the arrival of Portuguese Jesuits off the coast of Florida and covering both the heroic positives and frank negatives of its presence and influences in mission, education, and social justice. . . . This book fills a gap in general works on the subject. —Library Journal Blending history and analysis, Schroth chronicles the societys weaknesses and failures, too, including its foot-dragging on racial issues. . . . Schroth also discusses the communitys decline in numbers, but ends on a hopeful note. . . . This is an absorbing read for those with an interest in the Jesuits. —Publishers Weekly An engaging read, and an elegant synthesis of four centuries of Jesuit heroics, controversies, flops, and hard work in the United States. Should be assigned reading for students of American Catholicism. —Mark S. Massa, S.J., The Karl Rahner Professor of Theology and Co-Director, The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, Fordham University Anyone who has encountered the Jesuits — in a college, a high school, a parish, or one of their many social ministries — will appreciate this well-written and comprehensive survey of the Jesuit experience in America. —James M. OToole, Boston College With infectious energy and a genuine gift for storytelling, Raymond A. Schroth recounts the history of Jesuits in the United States. The American Jesuits isnt simply a book for Catholics; its for anyone who loves a well-told historical tale. For more than 450 years, Jesuit priests have traveled the globe out of a religious commitment to serve others. Their order, the Society of Jesus, is the largest religious order of men in the Catholic Church, with more than 20,000 members around the world and almost 3,000 in the United States. It is one of the more liberal orders in the Church, taking very public stands in the U.S. on behalf of social justice causes such as the promotion of immigrants rights and humanitarian aid, including assistance to Africas poor, and against American involvement in unjust wars. Jesuits have played an important part in Americanizing the Catholic Church and in preparing Catholic immigrants for inclusion into American society. Starting off with the first Jesuit to reach the New World — he was promptly murdered on the Florida coast — Schroth focuses on the key periods of the Jesuit experience in the Americas, beginning with the era of European explorers, many of whom were accompanied by Jesuits and some of whom were Jesuits themselves. Suppressed around the time of the American Revolution, the Society experienced resurgence in the nineteenth century, arriving in the U.S. along with waves of Catholic immigrants and establishing a network of high schools and universities. In the mid-twentieth century, the Society transformed itself to serve an urbanizing nation. Schroth is not blind to the Societys shortcomings and not all of his story reflects well on the Jesuits. However, as he reminds readers, Jesuits are not gods and they dont dwell in mountaintop monasteries. Rather, they are imperfect men who work in a messy world to find God in all things — and to help their fellow men and women do the same. A quintessential American tale of men willing to take risks — for Indians, blacks, immigrants, and the poor, and to promote a loving picture of God — The American Jesuits offers a broad and compelling look at the impact of this 400-year-old international order on American culture and the cultures impact on the Jesuits.

Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., is Professor of Humanities at Saint Peters College, as well as a Jesuit priest and a journalist. He is the author of six books, including Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader's Journey through the Christian Classics, and American Journey of Eric Sevareid. He has also written more than 300 articles and reviews on politics, religion, and the media, which have appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and America, and he is an award-winning media critic for the National Catholic Reporter, for which he writes a regular column.

FORDHAM - A History and Memoir Ray Schroth SJ

" Ray Schroth SJ effectively integrates his skill as a journalist, historian and educator to provide an easy to read and insightful history of Fordham and its leaders. He creatively blends his own views and experience with short portraits of students, faculty and alumni to make the story flow and enable the reader to personally feel part of the history. Ray goes beyond Fordham's history. He discusses the challenges facing all Jesuit colleges and universities and their need to "reconsider" their identity. This book should be of interest to all those influenced by Jesuit educators."

Book can be purchased via the University website for $12.95

Other books written by Ray Schroth

• The Eagle and Brooklyn: A Community Newspaper, 1841-1955, and history of the Brooklyn Eagle (Greenwood Press) . Now out of print but old copies probably available.
• Books for Believers: 35 Books Every Catholic Should Read (Paulist Press), out of print. But replaced by Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Person's Journey through the Christian Classics, 50 essays on great books with religious and ethical themes. (Loyola Press, 2001) just won an award as one of the best religious books of the year.
• Volunteer: with the Poor in Peru, with Jeff Theilman, the story of a BC grad who goes to Peru with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and founds a school for poor street children. (Originally published by Paulist Press, reprinted by Jeff, available on Amazon)
• The American Journey of Eric Sevareid (Steerforth Press) , the biography of the great war correspondent and CBS commentator. Out of print, but available online and 2nd hand.

Rupert Wentworth

Rupert has written a book on his experience with Prostate Cancer. Rupert wrote the following: "I have just written a book that should be of interest to our class as they age and become more vulnerable to prostate cancer.

The title is "Caught With My Pants Down: My Story About Prostate Cancer, Metastatic Prostate Cancer, And More," and it is available at amazon.com. Here's the description on the back of the book: Metastatic prostate cancer is all too common: Over 30,000 Americans die of this disease every year, and death only comes after metastasis, only after the disease escapes the prostate gland. This book is unique because it presents a never-before-published account of a life with metastatic prostate cancer. The author carefully describes all of his emotions before and after metastasis as he listened to the best advice he could get from doctors, formed his own conclusions, and pursued treatments that seemed best suited him. The title describes the numerous surprises he has had with metastatic prostate cancer, but the title is also literally true because it describes his situation during innumerable digital inspections of his prostate gland."

Rupert has also authored five chemistry books

Jim Prior

Published a book of lyrics, "Words in Search of Music"

Paul Cornelius

Paul published a book on seventeenth century language theories. He published a study of interracial children's books and wrote an article on electoral behavior.

John Mayer

Besides teaching and committee work, the 80's saw John researching and writing a book on T.S. Eliot's early poetry, notably on the relationship of his unknown and unpublished manuscript poems sequestered in the New York Public Library's Berg Collection to his already published poetry. In 1989, Oxford University Press published his book under the title T.S. Eliot's Silent Voices. His research also led to several shorter essays on Eliot's poetry.

Pete Mullany

Pete has written scholarly articles and two monographs- one on Victorian Poets and the other on Marlowe's Plays. He has authored a book Religion and the Artifice of Jacobean Drama.

Dick Mills

Dick is widely published. These include:

• "Opportunities and Constraints in Developing Post-Soviet Political Science" (PS: Political Science and Politics, June 1992).
• As Moscow Sees Us: American Politics and Society in the Soviet Mindset. Oxford University Press 1996.
• "The Soviet Leadership Problem." World Politics, July 1981.
• " One Theory in Search of Reality: The Development of United States.
• Studies in the Soviet Union." Political Science Quarterly, March 1972.
• "The Formation of the Virgin Lands Policy." Slavic Review, March 1970

Don Battle

Don has written two books…" Inside Finance" and " Waging Guerilla Warfare Against IRS". He is a member of New York Financial Writers Association for twenty-six years.

Don Pizzarello

Don is the co-author of two books with Richard L. Witcofski, PhD.: Basic Radiation Biology and Medical Radiation Biology. He also co-authored with jay S. Cooper MD Concepts of Cancer Care (a book about cancer for non-cancer specialists involved in care of cancer patients. He authored Radiation Biology, a chapter on radiation emergencies in " Toxicology Emergencies. He has written numerous articles in the Scientific Journal, nearly in all the fields of Radiation and Radiation Therapy. Don has also written fiction author. He wrote a short story "Angel of Mercy" which took first prize and won $1,000 in The Invention Factory's short story contest.

Updated 2004. I'd like to update my bio, if I may. A book of my short stories, entitled "Angel of Mercy and Other Stories," was published in 2002 by Xlibris, Philadelphia, PA. It's available through Amazon under my name or the name of the book. The title story is the one previously published in the Internet magazine, "The Invention Factory," but the book includes four other stories not previously published. If you need any other information, please don't hesitate to get in touch. E-mail address has changed; it's now piz4189@aol.com. Many thanks, Don Pizzarello