THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, November 26, 1986 15
yoming Valley, in fact all of
Northeastern Pennsylvania,
moved closer to a prosperous
future recently when Bell of
Pennsylvania channeled $400,000 of a $1
million gift to Penn State into what will
prove to be one of the most exciting,
economy-lifting ventures of the 1980s: A new
Center for Technology at Penn State Wilkes-
Barre in Lehman.
In this new building, Penn State will
blazed path to prosperity. They will be the
pathfinders for the region’s industry, for the
region’s economy, for the region’s family.
“We see it (Bell’s gift) as an investment,
one from which we expect to receive a direct
return in the form of having an excellent
pipeline for potential employees who will be
well trained in the technical field of
telecommunications,” said Gilbert Wetzel,
president and chief executive officer of Bell of
Pennsylvania.
Bell’s gift is the largest donation a
corporation has ever made to a major
research university in support of a two-year,
associate degree program. Of the $1 million,
a total of $600,000 will be spent here at
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More than a
center for
education
he Center for Technology is
a bold yet highly practical
response to Northeastern
Pennsylvania’s need for expanded
and more sophisticated facilities in
engineering technology, said Jim
Ryan, executive officer of Penn
State Wilkes-Barre. The Committee
for Economic Growth (CEG) con-
siders this center to be a key el-
ement in the region’s economic de-
velopment because it will provide:
BW High-quality, inexpensive tech-
nology and engineering education
for local Sass who want to re-'
main in the area. :
Dr. Jim Ryan
MB Necessary manpower for the .
region’s major growth in dustries. Campus Executive Officer
HM Resources to meet employee development needs.
HM Information and technical assistance on advances in technology.
HB Opportunities for regional manufacturers to test and develop new
products and ideas to improve efficiency and profits.
HB A home for innovative management development programs to bol-
ster the effectiveness of executives, managers and supervisors,
MB An auditorium for state-of-the-art teleconferences on technical, man-
agerial and economic topics.
HB A more marketable position in the technological and industrial future
of America. z
Penn State Wilkes-Barre: $400,000 to help build
the Center and another $200,000 to support the
program telecommunications technology. The rest
of the grant will be used at Penn State
The Center will house today
what the region will need tomorrow:
BM Laboratories for:
Mechanical Engineering/CAD
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Telecommunications
Biomedical Engineering
Manufacturing/ CAM including robotics
BM A technology demonstration room and
clearinghouse
BM Teleconference auditorium
Bl Astronomy dome
Bl Classrooms and faculty offices
The campaign to raise the walls of Jack Kolesar
ilkes-Barre
kicks off
campaign
for a
high tech
center
campuses in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
where programs will be modeled after the one
in Wilkes-Barre.
The grant is also one of the largest ever
made by Bell of Pennsylvania.
The Center will mean a lot to this area. By
having the resources here at hand, major
industries looking for new homes will find the
region attractive as they consider a move.
Also, the entire economic family of this area,
from the shoe retailer to the banquet hall
manager, will benefit from Wilkes-Barre
housing an advanced technology center which
is part of the nation’s ninth largest university.
In addition to preparing our young people
for the jobs they can find at home, the Center
will act as a technology resource clearinghouse
companies can use to access national and
international industry research data.
Bell and many other local industries and
business leaders have already shown their
support to the Center through generous gifts,
assuring the community that the Center will,
in essence, belong to them and their children.
Others are needed to raise more than $2
million to help put this region at the center of
the technological map of the future.
The people behind the campaign
Fuller Castner
the Center for Technology has just be-
gun. Yet, a good portion of the area
has already shown a commitment to
see the Center become a reality. These
people are donating their skills and
their time to help this area grow:
| THE STEERING COMMITTEE
i Michael Hudacek
1 Bill Mainwaring
| Bob Fortinsky
| Pauly Friedman
. Tom Robinson
! Karen Keefer
Sol Lubin
Dr. W.R.A. Boben
Jack Conyngham III
Jim Chester
Mimi Coppersmith
Bob Harcharik
Fred Hartwigsen
Jay Karnofsky
Anatol Kuczura
Hon. Charles Lemmond
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Frank Orloski
Helen Patella
Paul Radick
Harold Rose
Wesley Simmers
Don Smith
L.W. Townsend
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Dr. Craig Aicher
Priscilla Allison
Richard Aston
John Baloga
John F. Banks
Frank Barbera
Michael H. Brody
Ellen Campbell
Jim Campbell
Thomas Capone
Stan Charnick
Dwight Cummins
Arthur Davenport
William Davidowitz
Joan Diana
David L. Dillon™
James Doan
Don Dolfi
Ed Dreisbach
Guy DuBoice
Lee Eckert
Robert E. Fehlinger
Dr. Margaret Glaser
Manny Gordon
G.G. Gregory
Modesta Gregory
David Grimes
Bob Grieves
Harold Groff
Anthony Grosek
Martha Hadsel
Charles L. Harrison
Robert W. Hislop
Mary Manzoni David Rice
John Homza Louis Mazza Robert D. Rice
Carl Hoover Deborah Mermelstein Philip Robchewski
Edward Hosey
Sylvia Hudacek
Wilma Jones
Colin Keefer
Kerry Kluger
Sue Kluger
Gerry Kolesar
David Koziel
Judy Lemmond
Don Lockhart
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Sheldon Mermelstein
William Molitoris
Len Motzki
Madeline Motzki
Homer Moyer
Lorraine Mrackowski
John Murphy
Anthony Naro
Patricia O'Neill
Peter P. Olszewski Jr.
Joseph Osiecki
Louis Pagnotti lll
Janet Phillips
Walt Phillips
JoAnn Post
Carol Pyle
George Pyle
James Reino
Robert Reynolds
Rev. Lynn Rothrock
Diane Ryan
Sally Sagenkahn
Sheryl Santayana
Frank Schray
Andrew Seman
Fred Shupnik
Charles Sieminski
Peg Simok
Mark Sobeck
Walter Sowa
Daniel Stelmack
Douglas Trumbower
Jerry, Wall
Al Wasley Sr.
Barry Yelen
Mark Zalewski