MCC 23rd Annual Salute to Excellence
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
5:30 p.m. General Reception; 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Awards
2012 Salute to Excellence Award Recipient:
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Honorary Committee Chair:
Donald McCabe, Sr. Vice President, Manufacturing & Performance Excellence,
Corning Incorporated
2012 MCC Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees:
Mr. James M. Sydor ’71
President, Stefan Sydor Optics Inc.
Mr. Peter Monacelli ’73
President and CEO, Monacelli Enterprises, Inc.
Adjunct, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Monroe Community College
Mr. Richard C. Brienzi ’79
Executive Vice President and CFO, Ovation Payroll
Dr. Cerri A. Banks ’97
Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of the College, Mount Holyoke College
12 optics companies are participating in the MCC Salute to Excellence on November 15th, either by sponsoring or buying tables. We are very pleased with the results so far! Participation from the optics community will show appreciation to the Corning Incorporated Foundation for the $500K grant they made to the MCC Optical Systems Technology Program. Overall, there are 582 guests currently registered to attend the event (including about 25 of this year’s optics students from Gates Chili High School’s dual-credit optics class!).
Here are the optics companies participating so far:
· Corning Incorporated (Gold Sponsor)
· Optimax
· Optipro
· United Lens
· Universal Photonics
· Sydor Optics
· ITT Exelis
· Lumetrics
· Accucoat
· Rochester Precision Optics (ASE Optics)
· Newport Corporation
· Advanced Glass Industries