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In the mid-1990s, Holland was President and CEO of Ben & Jerry’s, where he greatly improved manufacturing efficiencies and oversaw an 8% increase in sales. Ben & Jerry’s had run a national search for a new CEO by hiring a search firm, and by holding a “YO! I’m Your CEO!” contest, inviting 100 word applications from anyone interested in the job. Although Holland was discovered by the search firm, he nevertheless joined the spirit of the contest by submitting a poem called “Time, Values, and Ice Cream.” DiSorbo co-founded the Foundation for Hospice in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA) in1999 and became that organization’s first Executive Director in 2006. Under his leadership, FHSSA created the Diana Legacy Fund, named in memory of the first high-profile, western figure to go to Africa to assist in the anti-AIDS campaign. Bishop Tutu himself opened the Fund’s $10 million campaign in Los Angeles in the spring of 2007. Above: Publicity Material from the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa. As President, Arthur took a generally progressive stand, signing and vigorously implementing the 1883 Pendleton Act, the civil service reform bill, and vetoing a highly discriminatory Chinese immigration bill. He was also responsible for rebuilding and modernizing the U.S. Navy. Above: Letter from Chester Aurthur to Mary McElroy, Garfield and Arthur Inauguration Reception and Promenade Concert, Volume of speeches given at Chester Aurthur Memorial Service

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The Union Notables Exhibit

An ongoing, rotating exhibit featuring extraordinary people from Union College, Union Notables is a celebration of the great men and women who have studied and worked at Union from its founding in 1795 to the present day.

Located in the Schaffer Library Atrium, the Union Notables exhibition will feature a new group of three “notables” every six months.

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