PRESS RELEASE 93-09

Immediate 
Lori J. Rachul
(Bus: 216/433-8806)
<h3>Ohio Economy Boosted by NASA's Presence</h3> Clevelan, OH -- 
Approximately $635 million was added to Ohio's economy by NASA's 
Lewis Research Center in Fiscal Year 1992 in the form of contracts, 
grants to colleges and universities, utilities, and salaries and 
benefits paid to its employees.

Lewis contracts and grants alone contributed almost $270 million to 
the state economy, up some $45 million from FY91. Of the over 1300 
contract and grant actions awarded to Ohio firms and schools, 772 
contract actions and 347 grant actions were awarded to establishments 
located in northeast Ohio.

The Lewis Center employs over 2800 civil service workers who earned 
approximately $168,904,000 in salaries and benefits in FY92. On-site 
contractors accounted for approximately 1900 work years for a total 
of $157,782,000 which includes salaries, benefits, and supplies and 
materials.

As a result of the grant and fellowship activity, more than 500 high 
school students and college and university faculty and students were 
involved in programs at Lewis during the past year. The grant and 
fellowship programs benefit both Lewis and the participating 
educational institutions because it allows them to attract and retain 
top professors while engaging academic researchers to work on NASA's 
technical problems.

The following Ohio schools received over $18 million in FY92: 
Baldwin-Wallace College, $65,600; Case Western Reserve University, 
$4.4 million; Cleveland State University, $3.5 million; Cuyahoga 
Community College, $100,000; John Carroll University, $246,850; Kent 
State University, $219,707; Ohio Aerospace Institute, $5 million; 
Ohio State University, $819,360; Ohio University, $127,500; 
University of Akron $1.4 million; University of Cincinnati, $521,377; 
University of Toledo, $1.7 million; Wright State University, $31,308; 
Wittenberg University, $104,437; and College of Wooster $15,100.

The Lewis presence also had a major impact on Ohio utilities. In FY92 
Lewis spent $15.1 million for electricity, $1.5 million for gas, $2.6 
million for telephone service and $820,000 for water -- for a total 
of $20 million.



# # #

	
-end-