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Groundbreaking Ceremony Set for the Hynes Athletics Center
Oct. 30
New Rochelle, NY - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Hynes Athletics Center will take place Saturday, Oct. 30 at 4:30 pm on Iona's main campus, located at 715 North Ave. The groundbreaking is open to the general public. Scheduled to open in 2006, the $14 million Hynes Athletics Center will be one of the largest sports complexes in the Northeast when combined with the current Mulcahy Campus Events Center. This state-of-the-art building will offer Iona's non-athletes increased recreational and intramural opportunities and expanded facilities and services for the College's 21 NCAA Division I athletic programs. Featuring an open atrium lobby, a new Hall of Fame, three multi-purpose courts, a 2,800 square foot cardiovascular center, a glass enclosed mezzanine level overlooking the courts, a conference center, a rowing tank, an aerobics and dance center, new offices for coaches and staff. Part of Iona's $55 million Vision Into Reality Capital Campaign, the Athletics Center is the direct result of James and Anne Marie Hynes's tremendous generosity. Hynes is a member of the Board of Trustees at Iona, where he received his BA in 1969 and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 2001. He also holds an MBA from Adelphi University and currently manages his investment business from Connecticut. In his more than 30 years in the telecommunications and technology industries, he achieved outstanding results as an operating manager and in the venture capital business, nationally and internationally. Most notably, in 1992, he founded COLT Telecom PLC, a telecommunications competitor in Europe, and served as its CEO until the company went public in 1996, when he became chairman. He founded Neutral Tandem, Inc. in 2003 and currently serves as Chairman and CEO of that telecom services company. Iona's capital campaign has funded the Iona College Arts Center (opened in October 2000), renovations of the science building and the Mulcahy Campus Events Center, a new main entrance, an endowment for more than 23 scholarship funds and, most recently, the Robert V. LaPenta '67, '00H Student Union (scheduled to open August 2005). Future projects include an expansion of the library.
Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as master of arts, master of science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs. (-30-) For questions or more information please contact:
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