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March 27, 2008
MUSIC INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES AND GLOBAL DEFENSE COMPANY TO BE HONORED DURING WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY’S 18TH ANNUAL LEGACY AWARD GALA ON APRIL 5
Two prominent music industry executives and one of the country’s premier global defense aerospace companies will be honored during a music-filled evening as the William Paterson University Foundation hosts its 18th annual Legacy Award Gala on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at The Villa at Mountain Lakes.
Legacy Awards will be presented to James Caparro of Saddle River, founder, EDC, LLC; Bruce Lundvall of Wyckoff, president and CEO, Blue Note Label Group; and BAE Systems, with facilities in Wayne. The gala, the Foundation’s annual event to raise funds to support the University’s mission of promoting student success and academic excellence, also will include the William Paterson University Alumni Association’s presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Faculty Service Award.
Mulgrew Miller, a jazz pianist and composer of international stature, and the director of William Paterson’s Jazz Studies Program, will perform at the gala with the William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra, conducted by David Demsey of Wayne, professor of music, coordinator of the Jazz Studies Program, and the recipient of this year’s Faculty Service Award. Miller is one of the most recorded pianists on the jazz scene today. A veteran of tours and recordings with such ensembles as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Woody Shaw Quintet and the Mercer Ellington Orchestra, he regularly tours throughout the world.
“Funds raised by the Legacy Award Gala are an investment in University initiatives supporting student success such as scholarships, student life, and faculty research,” says Sandra S. Deller, vice president for institutional advancement and president of the William Paterson University Foundation. “The dividends on this investment are over the lifetime of our students.”
During a ceremony prior to the Legacy Gala, the Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Catherine Ryan Callagee ’83 of Emerson, vice president of information services, UPS; Joseph J. Douress ’82 of Easton, Pennsylvania, senior vice president, client development services, LexisNexis; Paul T. Fader ’83 of Haworth, partner, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, LLC; Dr. Christopher Houlihan ’81 of Montville, maternal and fetal medicine physician, St. Peter’s University Hospital; and Kathy Walsh ’81 of Kearny, president/CEO, ARC of Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Caparro is founder of EDC, LLC, a leading provider of supply chain solutions for the entertainment industry. During his 30 years in the music and entertainment business, he has achieved international recognition for repeated start-up and turnaround success. He began his career at CBS, now Sony Music, where he held a number of positions including vice president for sales at Epic Records. After nearly 16 years there, he became senior vice president for national sales and branch distribution for PolyGram Records, and was later promoted to president and CEO of Polygram Group Distribution. In 1999, he created Island Def Jam Music Group, and served as its chairman until 2001. In 2002, Caparro became CEO of Warner Elektra Atlantic, Inc., the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution operation for Warner Music Group. He serves on the board of directors of the T.J. Martell Foundation, which has raised more than $200 million to support innovative research for leukemia, cancer, and AIDS, as well as on the board of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. Caparro received his bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in business from William Paterson University in 1973.
During his 48-year career, Lundvall, who is president and CEO of the Blue Note Label Group, has signed an array of stylistically varied artists, including Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Phoebe Snow, James Taylor, Stan Getz, Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Max Roach, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones. A graduate of Bucknell University with a B.S. in commerce and finance, he landed his first position at Columbia in July 1960. He stayed at Columbia Records for twenty-one years, where he served as vice president of marketing, vice president and general manager of the Columbia label, and president of the domestic division of CBS Records. Lundvall moved to Elektra in 1982, where he became president of the newly created Elektra/Musician label. In 1984, he was approached by EMI with an offer to revive the legendary Blue Note jazz label, as well as to create Manhattan, a pop music label. He has received numerous awards, including the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Foundation of America and the Russ Sanjek Award for major contributions to recording art. He has also earned three Grammy nominations and a National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Presidential Award.
BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics information technology solutions, and customer support services. The company’s Wayne, New Jersey, facilities provides military communications and navigation and guidance systems for the United States and its allies. The company and its employees maintain a strong presence in the local community. In 2007, they jointly contributed nearly $200,000 to charitable causes including the March of Dimes, the Alzheimer’s Association, United Way, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Tickets for the gala are $350; tables of 10 can be purchased for $3,500. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Faculty Service Award. The event continues with cocktails at 7 p.m., dinner and dancing at 8 p.m., and presentation of the Legacy Awards, and includes a silent auction. For reservations, call Mary Pospisil, William Paterson University Office of Institutional Advancement, at 973-720-2934. In addition, those interested in supporting the event can participate in an online auction featuring a variety of unique items; the auction can be accessed at wplegacyauction.cmarket.com.
William Paterson University, one of the nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 38 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, the Cotsakos College of Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the University enrolls approximately nearly 10,500 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution’s 373 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society.
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