BEACON Announces Election Results for New Board of Directors - Annual Meeting Reports Encouraging Results for New Year.Business Editors & Medical/Education Writers HARTFORD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 BEACON (www.BeaconAlliance.org) held its annual board of directors meeting at its Hartford office on Friday, November 30. Joe Bronzino, BEACON's President, presided over the meeting and made a motion to nominate 5 board members for reelection re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re for 2002. As a result of the election process, the members for the 2002 Board elected for a 2-year term are: Tom Blake, University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. , Amherst, Charlie Nightingale, Hartford Hospital, Keith Parent, Court Square Data Group, Jeff Osborn, the Learning Corridor, Larry Deutsch, Children's Health Network, Ray Huey, GE medical Systems, James Walls, TYCO TYCO Thank You Captain Obvious Kendall Healthcare Products, Francis Lee, Baystate Medical Center and Bruce Carlson of University of Connecticut Health Center The University of Connecticut Health Center is located on the site of the old O'Meara farms in the Farmington Heights section of Farmington, Connecticut. It is home to the University of Connecticut's schools of medicine, dental medicine, and graduate school in biomedical science. . "We are excited about the synergies that each of the new board members bring to BEACON. It will enhance our presence in the field of Biomedical Engineering in the State of Connecticut and beyond", stated Bronzino. Dr. Bronzino also discussed several BEACON activities, such as its involvement with the Knowledge Corridor, the economic bridge from Hartford to Springfield, and its new events BEACON has scheduled for 2002. About BEACON: BEACON is incorporated as a not-for-profit entity whose mission and strategic goals are consistent with the bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an of the new BEACON enterprise. Having completed the alignment of medical and academic institutions, the main activities now focus on collaborative research, industrial partnering, and professional education for competitive advantage. The most recent activity for BEACON is the formation of a technology accelerator that optimizes its unique and diverse network to incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. new ideas into economic engines, the BEACON Technology Network (BTN BTN In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Bhutan Ngultrum. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). BTN provides resources in their facilities to assist in business development of new technologies and facilitate connections within its vast membership. |
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