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PACCAR Contributes to Global Education Funding -- 100 Years of Supporting Teaching Excellence.


BELLEVUE, Wash. -- PACCAR PACCAR Pacific Car and Foundry Company (former railroad car manufacturer now parent corp of Peterbilt & Kenworth Truck)  (Nasdaq:PCAR PCAR Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
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) is donating $2 million to Gonzaga University for the construction of the new PACCAR Center for Applied Science. Gonzaga University President Father Robert Spitzer Robert Spitzer is the name of:
  • Robert Spitzer (political scientist)
  • Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)
  • Robert R. Spitzer (industrialist, educator)
, S.J., commented, "PACCAR's leadership in supporting academic excellence, through its generous donation to Gonzaga, will have an immediate, positive impact on the technology capability of the region. Our students will be better prepared for today's fast-paced world and will enhance the future growth of the organizations they join globally."

"PACCAR has over 21,000 employees worldwide and is committed to supporting leading educational institutions in the communities in which our employees reside," said Mark Pigott, chairman and chief executive. "PACCAR has been committed to supporting educational excellence through donations to universities, independent college funds and various scholarship programs for 100 years - always focused on the betterment of students and society. Children are the future leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First.  and investing in their growth and development is our finest legacy." During the past three years, PACCAR has provided over $14 million in educational grants and donations. PACCAR was honored by the Independent Colleges of Washington (ICW ICW - Interactive CourseWare ) for being a leading contributor for 50 years.

PACCAR donated $1.5 million to the University of North Texas (UNT UNT University of North Texas
UNT Upsala Nya Tidning (Swedish newspaper)
UNT Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina)
UNT Unión Nacional de Trabajadores
) last year to endow the PACCAR Technology Institute and the PACCAR Professorship of Engineering.

The PACCAR Teaching Excellence award at the University of Washington Business School was established in 1997 to recognize superior teaching at a graduate school of business. The award is the largest honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel.
     2.
 given to an individual professor for graduate school of business teaching in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . University of Washington Business School Dean Jim Jiambalvo commented, "PACCAR is a wonderful supporter of the UW's education excellence programs and is a major reason why the UW Business School is a national leader."

Other recent beneficiaries of PACCAR's educational and supporting program grants include:
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PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. It also provides financial services and information technology and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

PACCAR shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, symbol PCAR, and its homepage can be found at www.paccar.com.
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