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New Rochelle, New York, March 29, 2000 - Ralph J. Acampora '63, managing director of Prudential Securities, will speak on the topic "The Fourth Mega Market" on Wednesday, April 5 at 3:30 pm in Joyce Auditorium, on the Iona College campus. This presentation is part of The Jack Rudin & John G. Driscoll Distinguished Visiting Professorship, hosted by Iona's Hagan School of Business. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Well-known for having been one of the few technical analysts on Wall Street to foresee that the Dow Jones industrial average, perhaps the most widely accepted barometer of the stock market, would achieve record gains, Mr. Acampora, an Iona alumnus, is a savvy market prognosticator, who appears regularly as a panelist on the popular weekly TV show, Wall Street Week, hosted by Louis Rukeyser. He is frequently consulted for his opinions about the market by major national newspapers throughout the country, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Business Week, USA Today, and he has appeared on the NBC Nightly News, CNBC, CNN and other business news stations.

In addition to his position of managing director of Prudential Securities, Acampora has been the director of Technical Analysis since July 1990. He is a widely recognized industry leader in the field of technical market analysis, who has been voted #2 Technician in the Institutional Investor poll for the last four years.

With more than 30 years of technical experience, Mr. Acampora has been instrumental in the development of modern day technical analysis. He co-founded the Market Technician's Association in 1970, and is a past president of that group; founded and was the first chairman of the International Federation of Technical Analysts, comprised of 4,000 colleagues around the world; and helped create the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Examination that now leads to the technician's version of the CFA.

Mr. Acampora is dedicated to improving education in the inner city by returning to his own educational roots in the South Bronx, New York. He sits on the Board of Trustees of All Hallows High School, where he has served as a teacher and mentor, developed the library, and created a unique "distance learning" program where students can learn from teachers around the world. His dedication was acknowledged by Teachers College, Columbia University in April 1997, when he became a member of their "honor Roll of Business Volunteers for Education."

The Jack Rudin & John G. Driscoll Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Iona College was established with a grant from Jack and Susan Rudin. Invitations are extended each year to one or more outstanding scholars to serve as visiting professors at the College.

For questions or more information please contact:
Meghan Finn
Public Relations Office
Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
tel: 914 633-2005 fax: 914 637-2711

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