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keeping the membership informed of the actions of
the Board. How do you arm a STEM Teacher with real-world application examples?
Put an Engineer in the classroom!
January 7, 1972 (Executive Committee
Meeting, RES Ofces) In the 1990s, Eastman Kodak Company jumped the gun, starting a family of STEM initiatives, years before the Government
Following extensive discussion of the fnancial status coined the STEM acronym. Te name of these programs was the 21 Century Learning Challenge (TCLC), and at our peek, we
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of the Society, the Board unanimously approved
a motion to reduce the RES holdings in Eastman were 1500 engineers and technicians, visiting Rochester City School Classrooms, twice a week for two-hour visits, during the
Kodak common stock, to 3,000 shares. Te entire School Year. Tis efort continued for nearly ten years, and not only pre-dates our recent STEM excitement level, but
proceeds of this would then be used to completely retire the Societys delivered support on a scale we have yet to match.
indebtedness, retain $5,000 as working capital, with the balance to
be reinvested for optimum cash return. Te Board then approved this Many of the volunteers in these programs were, and still are, members of the Rochester Engineering Society (RES). In the
action, unanimously. intervening twenty-fve years, many have retired, or are about to retire. Tat makes them even more available as STEM Coaches,
than they were as Kodak employees.
Te Rochester Engineer (January 1972)
Some of the problems that we have today are too serious to wait much Te RES is working to put technical people in K-12 Classrooms, throughout the Greater Rochester area, as STEM
longer, according to Eastman Kodak President, Gerald B. Zornow. Coaches. Teir presence will:
Of todays engineers, he said, No group is better qualifed to give
defnition to our dreams than the engineers, for they are equipped by Help the Teacher stay current with our ever-changing technology.
ability and training to show us how far our dreams can go. He further Provide real-World Application Examples, making whatever is being taught, real enough to be worth remembering.
admonished, And a corollary to this responsible assignment is the Support the teachers with not only the delivery of STEM concepts, but perhaps more importantly, the design and
obligation to point out to us where the nightmares might be lurking. delivery of STEM related hardware.
He went on, To those who voice apprehensions that technology has
gone too far, it hasnt gone far enough, for it has not yet served man Last year we had six STEM Coach, doing Classroom Visitation at School #3. Tat was so successful that RCSD is
as well as it can. Anticipating a large crowd for Mr. Zornows address
to the RES Luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce, reservations interested in expanding this program to involve nine STEM Coaches this year.
and advance ticket purchases, at $3, were encouraged. Te title of
his presentation was announced as, Te New Engineering: Giving
Defnition to the Dreams. Te 1972 RES Luncheon series was
announced including; Balanced Transportation Needs and Efects by
Bernard F. Perry, PE, NYSDOT, Artifcial Blood Vessels by Dr. Charles
G. Rob, U of R School of Medicine, Master Plan Concepts and
Constraints by Don Martin, Monroe County Department of Planning,
Automobile Air Bag Restraint Systems by Dr. John H. States, U of R
School of Medicine.

February 2, 1972 (Board Meeting, Bausch & Lomb)
Te RES Finance Committee reported that, upon recommendation of
the Executive Committee, 900 shares of Eastman Kodak had been sold,
realizing $86,799.70, which was used to pay all debts of the Society,
and the balance deposited into an interest-bearing account at Lincoln
Rochester Trust Company. It was also reported that approximately one-
third of this amount had been invested in convertible debentures of
National Cash Register and Reynolds Metals Company, in anticipation Te RES is specifcally seeking Retired, Technical people, (Engineers,
of an approximate 6.2% annual yield. Technicians, Machinists, Entrepreneurs or anyone whose work
would allow them to visit during School hours), as STEM Coaches.
Subsequent articles in this series will describe the RES' continuing outreach to other We currently have more than 30 Coaches, and are connecting them
technical societies as it considered its role in this and the larger community, along
with more of the activities of the RES as it moved to be of greater service to its with 13 Rochester-area Schools.
membership, especially those sufering from current economic crises, and adopted a
greater role in shaping the future of the City and its environs. Noted also, will be the
contributions made by RES members in the struggle to meet the challenges coming Tis is a life-changing experience!
out of World War II and the Korean Confict, as well as a hoped-for period of post-
war growth and prosperity. Tese articles will also feature an impressive array of RES For more information contact: Jon Kriegel  jkriegel@rochester.rr.com  585-281-5216
activities in support of post-war re-emergence of Rochester area industry, and the
ensuing prosperity of the second-half of the 20th Century. RES Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer STEM Coach
Please visit: roceng.org/stem-bridges
We welcome your questions and comments on this series.

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