1972-1977

cast Central '

+ Recefves $508,- Kodak Grant East ~ e n t r a l Junior Colleg at Decatur has received a unrestricted dir+ct g r e t u Eastman Kq a k C 1974 Educc~gimlAid .it was annonihded thi 'Dr. Charles V. Wri Resider>.at Ihe col4elege. East Central* is " w n 7 privately and piblicly & ported schools offering an degree that were awarde b unrestricted direct grant k r the company in 1974. Koda contributes $750 to private1 isupported schools and $250 to ,publicly supported -HESHiitions for each undergraduate or graduate and are c ~ e n t l y in their fifth year of employment. This year, $116,250 in direct grants was given to p&vately and publicly supported schools offering an AAS degree. The former East Centra student enabling hiscjunioi college to receive the grant ir Billy Pat Evans, formerly o Carthage, a 1966 gradilate o East Central. Evans is nov employedby Kodak for the fiftl consecutive year. AffirmingKodak's cp(tinuinr support of higher education Gerald B. Zornow, Kodal chairman, and Waltep* A Fallon, Kodak president' ant chief executive officer, saiQ ig 2 joint statement: "Ed?@$ec young erd-ults are vital-.$$:@ society's future welfare &k Gel as our company's progress. OUI n a t i q needs responsible leaders to direct its course ir the y a p s ahead, and 6u1 compaw needs capable in. 5viduals to guide it forwarc and d i n t a i n its growth. BS making a committment tc higher education, we enhance the educational opportunities )pen to young people and help tc :nswe that business and the lation will have access to a :ontinuous flow of capable gra!yates. Theref ore, we ark d e e d to continue our support his* year to institutions of ligher learning." In receiving the gift, Wright ;tated that the college was most 3ppreciative of companies, iuch as Kodak, that are in- erested in the educating of roung people at smaller in- like East Central. L