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Then and Now
By Gary J. Erwin
Almost 80 years later, the words still hold an undeniable truth.
“Progressive employers realize that the most substantial progress is to be made by a forward movement all along the line, in their own shops, by opening up the road along with each and every employee may travel toward the goal of greater skill and ability. Thus, what the State requires and desires for the welfare of the individual and society, industries need as a material asset to meet the competition of the future. Efficiency founded on intelligence must become the key work of our business efforts.”
Since Kettering University first opened its doors as the School for Automotive Trades in 1919, thousands of students have graduated from the institution and hundreds of changes have occurred within the campus buildings and surrounding community. All of these changes are impossible to capture completely, but the images on these pages hopefully remind you of the years you spent at Chevy and Third Avenue.
The future of Kettering University is bright as we continue to seek the most talented, intelligent and focused young minds throughout the country today. And with more than 600 corporate partners in such diverse fields as the automotive and computer industries, biomedical field, aeronautical industry and manufacturing engineering to name just a few, students will continue to receive the best cooperative education in engineering, the sciences and business management available in the world today.
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Kettering Perspective, Office of PR & Communications, 1700 West Third Avenue, Room 4-934 CC, Flint MI 48504.
810 762-9538 voice; 810 762-7435 fax; gerwin@kettering.edu