College names first Thornton-Tomasetti Fellow.Dr. Moujalli Hourani has been named the first Thornton-Tomasetti Faculty Fellow at Manhattan College in the initial scholarship award resulting from a $1.2 million faculty chair in engineering endowment made by Manhattan graduates Charles H. Thornton, Jr., (Class of '61) and Richard L. Tomasetti, (Class of '63), of Thornton-Tomasetti Group, the international engineering and design firm. The Thornton-Tomasetti Faculty Chair in Civil Engineering endowment, established last fall in honor of their fathers, Charles Thornton Charles Thornton may refer to:
The recipient, Dr. Moujalli Hourani, associate professor and chair of civil engineering at Manhattan College, will select one or two deserving student scholars to work with him in research of a field of interest of his choosing. Dr. Hourani began teaching at the College in 1988. "Charles and I learned so much from our fathers, who always stressed that education and hard work were the keys to success," said Mr. Tomasetti, chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Group. "We are extremely happy to be able to provide this ongoing opportunity to further the pursuit of academic excellence to the faculty and students of our alma mater," added Dr. Thornton. Thornton and Tomasetti shared a passion for their major, engineering, as well as similar working class backgrounds and became good friends during their years at Manhattan College. Together, they built Thornton-Tomasetti Group into one of the most respected international engineering and design firms in the world. Thornton-Tomasetti Group, headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , provides a wide cross-section of services to building industry clients through its three divisions. Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers offers structural engineering design on some of the most significant skyscrapers, sports facilities See:
LZA Lepidoptera of South Africa Technology specializes in multidisciplinary building investigations, restoration design and advanced technologies; LZA Associates provides complete building design services for specialized facilities with complex systems. The firm maintains 12 offices in the U.S. and international offices in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Shanghai. For more information about the firm, visit www.TheTTGroup.com. Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian heritage of excellence in teaching inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle De La Salle is the name of several educational institutions affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the Lasallian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: n. The system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes. co·ed institution of higher learning higher learning n. Education or academic accomplishment at the college or university level. offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. For more information about the College, visit www.manhattan.edu. |
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