Industrial Advisory Committee News
The Committee met on January 28 to discuss progress of the new Chemical
Engineering building. Provost Daniel Fogel, Vice Chancellor Lynn Jelinski,
and Bob Bauman, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs, emphasized
the importance of the Chemical Engineering facility to LSU's mission. Committee
members attending the meeting included: Committee Chair Al Lopez, Bill Rainey,
and Lindsay McMorris, from Exxon; Alden André and Kelly Serio, from
Formosa Plastics; Michael Barrett, from Fischer-Rosemount Systems; John Berg,
from Shell Chemical; Jim Boone, from Albemarle; Steve Delo, from Allied Signal;
Vernon Fabre, from BASF; Dwight Fontaine, from Dow Chemical; Dave Magee,
from Georgia Gulf; and Dave Mongrue, from Union Carbide. The Advisory Committee
has been a strong advocate of the on-going improvement in our undergraduate
laboratory; and the Committee is currently working on increasing awareness
of the need for a new building with the State Legislature. The Advisory
Committee's next meeting will be in October.
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