T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
September 2, 2009
Volume 91, No.
7
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY JOHNATHAN SILVER
The Shorthorn senior staff
Fifty years after beginning, the College of
Engineering has produced...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
September 2, 2009
Volume 91, No.
7
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY JOHNATHAN SILVER
The Shorthorn senior staff
Fifty years after beginning, the College of
Engineering has produced 21,000 alumni and
each year millions of dollars in research .
The half-century mark will begin with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony for the remodeled
Engineering Laboratory Building from 10 a.
m.
to 11 a.
m.
today at 500 W.
First St.
The college has a past to reflect on and a
future to look forward to, said former UTA
President Wendell Nedderman, the college’s
first dean.
The college had much ground work to do
in the beginning, Nedderman said.
Today the
college is recognized statewide and nationally.
“In 1959 we were starting from scratch.
I
think we’ve made progress,” he said.
“What’s
satisfying to me is that what I see today is an
outstanding College of Engineering.
”
He will speak about the early history of the
college during
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