Horizons Fall 2013

23 HORIZONS Jefferson called his Academical Village. In the “Jeffersonian concept,” scholars and professionals are brought together with students to blend theory with prac- tice in an academic setting. The $500- million, mixed-use project would take 30 acres that NSU now occupies on Uni- versity Drive and turn it into a high-tech research/office park with retail space, residences, a hotel/conferencing center, and a research-medical center. The proj- ect, which is currently in development, will add to NSU’s existing $2.6-billion economic impact in the state of Florida. Nova Southeastern University con- tinues to attract top researchers through- out each school and college. Some of these include Nancy Klimas, M.D., pro- fessor, researcher, and expert in chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War ill- ness—College of Osteopathic Medicine; Jean Latimer, Ph.D., associate professor and breast cancer researcher—College of Pharmacy; Peter Murray, Ph.D., asso- ciate professor and dental stem cell re- searcher—College of Dental Medicine; and Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D., associate director of NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute, professor, and coral reef re- searcher—Oceanographic Center; to name only a few of the many top-notch researchers on the university’s faculty. “I feel very comfortable that we will continue to attract those types of faculty members, who will encourage and en- tice our existing faculty to do even more research while helping to recruit quality students,” said Hanbury. “Fifty years ago, no one could have anticipated how far NSU would come… Our future is limitless,” said Ron Assaf, who was elected to NSU’s Board of Trustees in July 1994 and became chair- man in May 2005. The early founders of the university contributed to a solid foundation, which continues to thrive today. These vision- aries included Tinsley Ellis, Bob Elmore, George English, Jim Farquhar, Robert Ferris, Charles and Hamilton Forman, Leo Goodwin, Bill Horvitz, Coleman Judd, Henry Kinney, A.L. Mailman, Mary McCahill, August Paoli, Louis Parker, Henry Perry, Dwight Rogers, Edwin Rosenthal, Alex Schure, Marilyn (Mickey) Segal, Myron Segal, and Bob Steele, and the five presidents who came before George L. Hanbury II—Warren Winstead, Fischler, Stephen Feldman, Ovid Lewis, and Ferrero. Opposite page, top and bottom: The concept for NSU’s Academical Village follows the “Jeffersonian concept” of a community of scholars, professionals, and students. Below: The planned Center for Collaborative Research will include wet lab research facilities and will be a home base for applied health care and medical research. Quite an achievement. Quite a legacy.