Church to be named for Addams

University President Judith Rodin will ask the Board of Trustees' Executive Committee to rename the Asbury Methodist Church after the late cartoonist and University alumnus Charles Addams at a meeting today. The University is in the process of renovating the church, located on Chestnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets, using funds given to the University by Lady Colyton, Addams' former wife. Upon completion, the building will provide studio, classroom and gallery space for undergraduate and graduate art students. Addams, the creator of the famous television family, received his bachelor's degree from the University in 1934. According to legend, he modeled the Addams Family mansion after College Hall. The Trustees' Executive Committee is also expected to act on a resolution allowing the University to borrow funds to purchase the Sheraton University City Hotel at 36th and Chestnut streets. In addition, the Trustees are scheduled to address the sale of 440 North 32nd Street at Friday's meeting. The committee is also expected to approve plans to renovate the Elementary Particle and Astrophysics Laboratories in David Rittenhouse Laboratories. Additionally, a resolution authorizing the lease of a helicopter to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is expected to pass. The Trustees are also expected to pass a resolution that guarantees workers' compensation for employees who work for subsidiaries of the University. During today's meeting, Rodin will brief the Trustees on campus news from this summer. Executive Vice President John Fry and Medical Center Chief Executive Officer William Kelley will present financial and health system reports to the trustees. And Provost Stanley Chodorow will brief the trustees before asking for approval of several faculty appointments and promotions. The committee will also consider several non-academic appointments, including the election of Judith Berkowitz to the Board of Directors of Franklin Physician Services, Inc. Franklin Physician Services is part of the University's health system and offers practice management services to area physicians. Melvyn Cantor and Jeanne Olivier will join the Law School's Board of Overseers. Bernard Poussot will be added to the School of Dental Medicine's Board of Overseers, and Robert Essner will be appointed to the Board of Overseers for the Nursing School. The Committee is expected to appoint Edward Anderson to the Athletics Advisory Board. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Club Room of the Faculty Club. The Budget and Finance Committee of the Trustees is also convening at 11 a.m. today in the Club Room of the Faculty Club to discuss the purchase of the Sheraton and the sale of 440 North 32nd Street.

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