Campus Pipeline Appoints Dr. David Gardner to Board of Directors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 Former University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). and University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. President Brings 40 Years of Higher Education Leadership Experience to Internet Infrastructure Company Campus Pipeline Inc. Monday announced the addition of Dr. David Gardner to the company's board of directors. Gardner, who brings more than four decades of higher education experience, will be a key voice in guiding the continuing success of the Internet infrastructure company. "Dr. Gardner is highly esteemed in higher education, and has been a towering influence on some of America's most distinguished institutions," said Campus Pipeline Chief Executive Officer, Chad Muir. "His wisdom and experience will help guide the initiatives taken by our company in serving our higher education customers. We are delighted that Dr. Gardner has joined our board." Also on the board of directors are Michael Emmi, CEO of SCT; Rod Everhart, president of Education Solutions at SCT; Darin Gilson, COO of Campus Pipeline; Fred Harman, general partner, Oak Investment Partners; Eric Haskell, senior vice president of Finance and Administration, treasurer and CFO of SCT; Chad Muir, CEO of Campus Pipeline; and David Peterschmidt, CEO of Inktomi. Gardner joined Campus Pipeline's board of advisors in 1999 and is an investor in the company. Accomplishments and Experience Before joining Campus Pipeline, Gardner served for six years as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, philanthropic organization founded in 1966 by engineer and entrepeneur William R. Hewlett (1913–2001), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, his wife, Flora Lamson Hewlett (1914–77), and their eldest son, Walter B. of Menlo Park, Calif. From 1983 to 1992, he was president of the nine-campus University of California system and professor of higher education at its Berkeley campus. From 1973-1983, Gardner served as president of the University of Utah and professor of education. In the mid-1960s, he was a vice chancellor at UC Santa Barbara, and in the early 1970s served as a vice president of the University of California. Gardner also served as chairman of the National Commission on Excellence in Education The National Commission on Excellence in Education produced the 1983 report titled A Nation at Risk. It was chaired by David P. Gardner and included prominent members such as Nobel prize-winning chemist Glenn T. Seaborg. , which produced the seminal report, A Nation at Risk, and as chairman of the George and Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Eccles Foundation of Salt Lake City until early this year. He serves on the boards of the Tanner lectures on Human Values The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a multi-university lecture series in the humanities, founded on July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, by the American scholar Obert Clark Tanner. , the Huntsman Cancer Foundation The Huntsman Cancer Instituteis a cancer institute on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah named for billionaire philanthropist Jon Huntsman, Sr., a two-time survivor of cancer who also donated over $250 million to the institute. , and is the recently elected chairman of the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. of Los Angeles. Gardner is also a director of the Fluor Corp. in Irvine, Calif., of First Security Corp. in Salt Lake City, and of the United Funds of Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County (WyCo); it is part of the "Unified Government"[2] which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. . Gardner is a graduate of Brigham Young University. He holds an M.A. in political science and a Ph.D. in higher education, both from UC Berkeley. His dissertation, The California Oath Controversy, was published by the University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. in 1967. About Campus Pipeline Inc. Campus Pipeline's Internet infrastructure is setting the standard for higher education. The company collaborates with colleges and universities to create comprehensive intranets that cultivate online relationships within higher education communities. Through the Campus Pipeline(TM) Web platform, the company helps schools integrate campus communication, academic resources, administrative services, campus news, distance learning, and all other Web applications securely together online. Because sponsors help underwrite the cost of technology development, schools can enjoy the full advantages of the Campus Pipeline Web platform at a minimal cost. The Salt Lake City-based company works with many leading companies including Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HWP), Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), SCT Corp. (Nasdaq: SCTC), and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW). For more information, visit www.campuspipeline.com or call 888/682-PIPE. Campus Pipeline and the Campus Pipeline logo are trademarks of Campus Pipeline Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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