May 3, 2021
PHOTO PROVIDED Larry A. Ward, responsible for the largest alumni gift in Pennsylvania College of Technology history, speaks during the April 27 dedication of the advanced manufacturing facility named in his honor. Ward donated more than $1 million to upgrade the instructional space at his alma mater, explaining, âI knew from my experience that Penn College students were hands-on and loved figuring out how to make things work better.â
WILLIAMSPORT An alumnus’ investment in the next generation of innovators, the literal future of American manufacturing, was spotlighted during the April 27 dedication of the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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Larry Ward stood before a gathering of Pennsylvania College of Technology administrators, faculty and students, community leaders, and member of his family, on a sun-splashed spring afternoon on the grounds of the campus to remind everyone that manufacturing is alive and well in America.
Behind him stood the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center, a newly revamped facility thanks to a donation of over $1 million, the largest alumni gift in the school’s history.
Ward, a 1966 graduate, made it clear that it was the college he returned to Tuesday that helped mold him.
“Penn College is what America needs to bring manufacturing back to America,” he said.