SAVING THE SCHOOLS HOW BUSINESS CAN HELP Let's stop lamenting the crisis and do something about it. A FORTUNE conference of corporate leaders, educators, and politicians tells what steps business can take now. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
By Nancy J. Perry REPORTER ASSOCIATES Alan Farnham and Susan E. Kuhn

(FORTUNE Magazine) – LAMAR ALEXANDER, President, University of Tennessee; JOSEPH F. ALIBRANDI, CEO, Whittaker Corp. BARBARA BATES, Director, Corporate Contributions and Community Affairs, Nynex; ALAN F. BENEDECK, Community Relations Director, Allstate Insurance; WILLIAM J. BENNETT, Former Secretary of Education; SUE E. BERRYMAN, Director, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College/Columbia University; DON M. BLANDIN, Director, Business-Higher Education Forum; JACK E. BOWSHER, Director of Education, External Programs, IBM; REGINALD K. BRACK JR., President and CEO, Magazine Group, Time Inc.; WILLIAM E. BROCK, President, William Brock Associates; DREW T. BROWN, Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve; JAMES D. BURGE, Corporate VP, Motorola; TAMRA BUSCH-JOHNSEN, Executive Director, Business/Education Compact of Washington County; OWEN BRADFORD BUTLER, Former Chairman, Procter & Gamble TERRY CHAUCHE, Director, Business/School Partnerships, Houston Independent School District; BILL CLINTON, Governor, Arkansas; ROGER D. CRIM, Executive Director, New Hampshire State Council for Vocational-Technical Education J. C. DENNENY, VP, Southwestern Bell; STEPHEN G. DONCHES, VP, Bethlehem Steel; DENIS P. DOYLE, Senior Research Fellow, Hudson Institute ROBERT C. EMBRY JR., President, Abell Foundation ALAN S. FIELDS, Managing Director, Harbor Capital Management Co.; SAMUEL L. FOGGIE, Chairman, Union National Bank of Washington; MARY H. FUTRELL, President, National Education Association DONNA J. GAMBOL, VP, Crown American Corp.; DAVID P. GARDNER, President, University of California; SANDY GARRETT, Secretary of Education, Oklahoma; LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR., President, American Express; JOHN A. GILMARTIN, CEO, Millipore Corp.; DAVID L. GOODMAN, VP, Clorox; BARBARA B. GROGAN, President, Western Industrial Contractors Inc.; JENARD M. GROSS, Chairman, United Savings Association of Texas JOHN R. HALL, CEO, Ashland Oil; CLEMENT E. HANRAHAN, Director, UPS Foundation, United Parcel Service; PETER J. HARDER, VP, Junior Achievement; IRVING B. HARRIS, Chairman, Harris Foundation; EDWARD G. HARTIGAN, Senior VP, ITT Educational Services; DAVID HASELKORN, Executive Director, Recruiting Young Teachers Inc.; KIMBERLY HOFFIZ, Public Affairs Planning, Ford; BILL HONIG, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California State Department of Education; FRANK G. HORN, Captain, U.S. Navy; MATINA HORNER, President, Radcliffe College; THOMAS E. HOWARD, Manager, Field Programs Branch, Training & Development, U.S. Postal Service; BETTY L. HUDSON, VP, Fluor; JOHN E. HUNNICUTT, Principal, Peat Marwick Main; STEPHANIE HUNTSINGER, Manager-External Affairs, BellSouth LADONNA HUNTLEY JAMES, Second VP, Lincoln National Corp.; LARRY JENKINS, Retired VP, Lockheed; PENNY JOHNSON, Community Integration Administrator, Port of Portland MICHAEL S. KNEALE, President, Education Research Development Institute ROBERT A. LANG, VP, Greyhound; RENEE S. LERCHE, Education Consultant, Ford; ANN P. LUNSON, Washington Representative, Eastman Kodak EDWARD C. MACEWEN, VP, GTE Corp.; MICHAEL A. MARSHALL, Manager, Educational Research and Evaluation, U.S. Postal Service; MONTEZ C. MARTIN JR., President, Montez Real Estate; MARSHALL MCDONALD, President, FPL Group Inc.; HOLLY STEWART MCMAHON, Director, Government Programs, American Bar Association; ROBERT E. MERCER, CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber; DONALD C. METKE, Executive Management Consultant, New York Life Insurance; EUGENE J. MEYUNG, President, Government Employees Insurance Co.; RICHARD P. MILLS, Commissioner of Education, State of Vermont; J. RICHARD MUNRO, CEO, Time Inc. LINDA K. NEELY, VP, British Aerospace Inc.; JUDY NELSON, VP, Best Western International; STEPHEN J. NIELSEN, Director, Educational Relations, US West Communications DORIS J. ODEM, Director, Community Resource Programs, Chicago Public Schools; PAUL M. OSTERGARD, President, General Electric Foundation DAVID PAULUS, Senior VP, First National Bank of Chicago; HILARY PENNINGTON, President, Jobs for the Future Inc.; JOHN E. PEPPER, President, Procter & Gamble; DONALD E. PETERSEN, CEO, Ford JOAN M. RAYMOND, General Superintendent, Houston Independent School District; FRANK H.T. RHODES, President, Cornell University; DAVID ROCKEFELLER JR., Chairman, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; JOHN I. ROGERS, Speaker Pro Tem, South Carolina House of Representatives; HENRY A. ROSENBERG JR., Chairman, Crown Central Petroleum Corp.; RICHARD R. ROWE, CEO, Faxon Co. DOUGLAS A. SAAREL, Senior VP, Coca-Cola Co.; ROBERT J. SALERNO, VP, ServiceMaster Co.; STANLEY SCHOENFELD, Principal, Peat Marwick Main; ROBERT L. SELMAN, President, Keenan Co.; ROGER D. SEMERAD, Senior VP, American Express; ALBERT SHANKER, President, American Federation of Teachers; THOMAS E. SHARRIT, President, Palmer Sharrit & Co.; ROLIN SIDWELL, Director, District of Columbia Office of Education; THEODORE R. SIZER, Chairman, Department of Education, Brown University; RALPH SMEDA, Executive Director, Education Policy & Development, American Bankers Association; K. LOUIS SOLHEIM, VP, Karsten Manufacturing Corp.; CARL G. SONTHEIMER, President, CHC Inc.; SHIRLEY M. SONTHEIMER, Chairman, CHC Inc.; PALMER SWANSON, Director, Public Affairs, Polaroid JERALD F. TERHORST, Director, National Public Affairs, Ford; P. MICHAEL TIMPANE, President, Teachers College, Columbia University; SIDNEY TOPOL, Chairman, Scientific- Atlanta Inc.; GEORGE F. TROY, President, Training and Education, Control Data EUGENE H. VAUGHAN JR., CEO, Vaughan Nelson Scarborough & McConnell TERRENCE R. WARD, President, H&R Block Foundation; JOE L. WASHINGTON, Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, Chicago; GARY D. WATTS, Assistant Executive Director for Professional and Organizational Development, National Education Association; JACK L. WENTZ, Secretary, Borg-Warner; CURTIS E. WHALEN, VP, Transco Energy Co.; MONTEL B. WILLIAMS, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy; LAWRENCE H. WILLIFORD, Senior VP, Allstate Insurance; EUGENE R. WILSON, President, Arco Foundation; MICHAEL W. WOODEN, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Humana Inc.; SUZANNE H. WOOLSEY, Partner, Coopers & Lybrand; SCOTT F. WYLIE, Director, Government Relations, Raychem.