UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 7, Page 1                                
October 15, 1992                                               
B&E college alumni honored                                     
                                                               
     The College of Business and Economics' Alumni Association       
celebrated Homecoming Saturday by recognizing four successful        
graduates: Henri L. Bertuch, Delaware '54, G. Dallas Green, Delaware 
'81, Stephen M. Mockbee, Delaware '73, and Leonard W. Quill, Delaware
'58, '66M.                                                           
     The chairman of the college's Alumni Award of Excellence        
Committee, Robert P. McNutt, Delaware '69, presented the group's     
second annual awards in a ceremony in Clayton Hall.                  
     The criteria for the award include career achievement,          
contribution to the business field, contribution to the community and
commitment to excellence, McNutt said.                               
     Bertuch, who received a degree in business administration from  
the University, is president of DVC Industries, Inc., which makes    
loose-leaf binders and related products. With four offices around the
Eastern United States, the company has been profiled in INC magazine 
for its successful use of an employee stock-ownership plan.          
     A pitcher on the University's baseball team in the 1950s, Green    
was drafted out of school by the Philadelphia Phillies. He played in 
the minor leagues for five years before advancing to the major       
leagues, where played in 185 games for the New York Mets and         
Washington Senators, retiring in 1967. After coaching for eight years,        
Green led the Phillies to victory in the 1980 World Series. He       
completed his degree requirementsat Delaware, and in 1981, received a
bachelor's degree in business administration. Currently, he is an    
advance scout for the Mets.                                          
     Mockbee also holds a business administration degree from the    
University. He is the founder, president and chief executive officer 
of Bancroft Construction Co., a major local construction company in  
the state of Delaware. Mockbee also is active in professional        
development and in student mentoring programs between industry and   
schools.                                                             
     The recipient of a University master's degree as well as a
bachelor's degree, Quill was elected chairman, chief executive officer        
and president of Wilmington Trust Co., in May 1992. Under his        
direction, the company became the largest commercial lender in the   
state, while sustaining a level of credit quality that ranks among the        
best in the nation. Quill also is active in the United Way of        
Delaware.                                                            
     The first John F. Puglisi Scholarship was bestowed. Senior      
accounting major Matthew G. Yancisin, who has a perfect 4.0 grade    
point average, received the $5,000 award, which is named after the   
father of MBNA America Business Professor Donal J. Puglisi, a        
University professor of finance.                                     
     The college's alumni association also recognized Chaplin Tyler, a        
lecturer in the University's Department of Chemical Engineering from 
1946 to 1949, who announced a $2 million gift to the college in      
April.                                                               
                                        -Stephen Steenkamer