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ROCK REPORT Board Appoints Two MembersRichard Sullivan, ’73Theresa M. Opie, ’04The Rockhurst UniversityBoard of Trusteesrecently appointedtwo new members.Richard Thomas SullivanJr., ’73, is chairman andCEO of McBride & SonCompanies, a home buildingcompany with officesin St. Louis, Kansas City,Atlanta, Indianapolisand Louisville.Sullivan is director ofthe National Association ofHomebuilders, a licensedMissouri real estate brokerand a member of theAmerican Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants.He is actively involved withHabitat for Humanity-St. Louis and has servedon a number of boards,including those of LindenwoodUniversity andCardinal GlennonChildren’s Hospital.While at Rockhurst,Sullivan earned a bachelorof science in businessadministration andbecame a member of TauKappa Epsilon.Theresa M. Opie, ’04,holds one of two boardpositions reserved forrecent Rockhurst Universityalumni. She graduated inMay 2004 with a bachelor’sdegree in theology, aminor in political scienceand a certification in AmericanHumanics.During her time atRockhurst, Opie wasawarded a Van AckerenLeadership Scholarshipand a Miller Family Scholarship.Following hergraduation, Opie joinedthe Missouri Secretary ofState’s Kansas City officewhere she providescustomer service andprocesses corporate filings.Be a Partof HistoryIf you’ve ever created afamily album, you knowhow challenging it can beto document history. Rockhurstis facing that challenge as its2010 centennial anniversarydraws nearer.To commemorate thisimportant occasion, the RockhurstUniversity Press is publishinga history of the University.This coffee-table book,scheduled to be released inJanuary 2009, will featurenumerous photos, lively anecdotesand engaging storiesabout Rockhurst’s first 100 years.If you have photos ormemorabilia you can lend ordonate, or memories to share,contact Bill Stancil, Ph.D.,director of the Rockhurst UniversityPress and editor of theRockhurst University CentennialHistory, at (816) 501-4023 orbill.stancil@rockhurst.edu.Boomers vs. Gen Xers — What Makes Women TickBaby boomers grewup with the idea thatthe way to achievecareer success is to workhard and pay your dues.For generation X, this conceptmakes no sense at all,says Charlotte Shelton,Ed.D., assistant professorof management.Shelton, a boomermother, and her generationX daughter, Laura Shelton,are co-authors of The NextRevolution: What Gen XWomen Want at Work andHow Their Boomer BossesCan Help Them Get It.The book is based onsurvey results from morethan 1,200 generation Xworkers, generally consideredthose born between1964 and 1977. Whenrespondents were askedto rank factors importantto job satisfaction, theyplaced job status andprestige at the bottom ofthe list.Generation X placesgreat value on relationshipsand collaboration,Shelton says. Workplacescharacterized by competitioncause women ofgeneration X, especially,to opt out. Generation Xwomen comprise thefastest growing segmentof entrepreneurs, accordingto Shelton.Baby boomers and generationX differ on how tobalance work and life,Shelton says.“The majority of theyounger-than-40 workforcearen’t going to exhibit theworkaholic behavior theirparents and professorshave role modeled.”The Next Revolution isscheduled for an Octoberrelease and will be availablein bookstores, atamazon.com and throughthe publisher atwww.daviesblack.com4 ROCKHURSTFALL 2005