For Immediate Release

Contact: Anthony Twyman
Public Relations Coordinator
Community College of Philadelphia
Office: (215) 751-8082
atwyman@ccp.edu

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA VICE PRESIDENT SELECTED FOR NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD

PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2006 - The National Association of College and University Business Officers has selected Thomas R. Hawk, vice president of Planning and Finance, and treasurer for Community College of Philadelphia, to receive its 2006 Distinguished Business Officer award.

"In a career that began nearly four decades ago as a faculty member in the department of Economics and Accounting at the (College), and having twice served as interim president, he exemplifies the dedication and commitment to higher education that this award celebrates," NACUBO stated.

Hawk is the first business officer from a community college to receive this award from the 44-year-old, Washington, D.C.-based trade group that serves a membership of more than 2,500 colleges, universities and higher education institutions across the nation.

"I am extremely grateful to have been selected for this honor," Hawk said.

His responsibilities as chief fiscal, administrative and planning officer at the College include overseeing the $120 million annual budget of the College; multi-year financial, capital and facility planning; and treasury and cash management. He also oversees more than 100 administrative, clerical and support staff; insurance and risk management; institutional research; and all facility management functions, including buildings and grounds, operations, off-campus real estate and facility improvements.

Each year NACUBO selects distinguished business officers to honor who make outstanding contributions in the field of business and financial management in higher education, normally over a number of years. Hawk was one of two people selected this year for NACUBO's most prestigious honor.

Hawk started at the College in 1967 as a professor in the economics and accounting department and has twice served as interim College president, both in 1994 and 1999.

He has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the College of Wooster.

He also has served as chair of the Pennsylvania Community College Business Officers, was a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Advisory Committee on Institutional Financial Resources, chaired two Middle States Association accreditation teams, was a member of the national Center for Higher Education Management Systems Task Force on Intra-Institutional Management and participated in Philadelphia's Community Leadership program.