In addition to the foundation's campaign, the development corporation will make a contribution toward the building effort.

Now the building effort, which began as research papers for two graduate students, is more organized.

Mr. Appleton said the department's building effort accomplished more in the last 12 months than ever before.

"We valued the players included in the deal very highly, but we think Eric is the key to our building efforts."

This was to become the main building effort that would put an end to Socialist realism in Romania.

A major building effort has been underway for several years in the wake of a $2 billion development campaign.

Stone inscriptions in the courtyard give the names of people who donated to the building effort.

But for nearly two years now, the building effort has been stalled because of a dispute with a contractor and perpetual money problems.

Foundations favor this approach because it lets the grants act like capstones of a major building effort.

Nor is this ecumenical building effort the first of its kind.