GRC NEWS RELEASE 02-077



02-077
For Release: October 23, 2002



Linda Dukes-Campbell
NASA Glenn Research Center
216-433-8920
linda.dukes-campbell@grc.nasa.gov



Denise Berkhalter
Tuskegee University
334-724-4553
dlberkhalter@tusk.edu

NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: NASA Glenn Joins Ranks with Historic 
Tuskegee University 

A historic event will take place on October 30 at 11 a.m. when NASA's 
Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio enters into a Space Act 
Agreement with Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee Ala. for the purpose 
of establishing a safety and assurance technologies program.



Media representatives are invited to witness this noteworthy event 
that will provide for the transfer of NASA Glenn's expertise to the 
University, while also providing training that will assist the school 
in enhancing its existing safety, health, environmental and risk 
management program.



The signing will take place in the Booker T. Washington Board Room at 
Tuskegee's Kellogg Conference Center. This event represents a first 
for NASA and for Tuskegee because it will develop a training document 
that can be used as a model by other entities, and is in keeping with 
NASA's mission to understand and protect our home planet, to explore 
the Universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation 
of explorers…as only NASA can.



Participants will include Glenn Director Donald J. Campbell, the 
Director of Glenn's Safety and Assurance Technologies Directorate 
Vernon (Bill) Wessel, Tuskegee University President Benjamin F. 
Payton, Ph.D., and the Director of Tuskegee's Environmental Health 
& Safety Program, Jesse A. Barnes, Sr. A brief question and 
answer period will follow the signing.



Media planning to attend should contact Linda Dukes-Campbell or 
Glenn's Media Relations Office at 216-433-2901 or Denise Berkhalter 
at Tuskegee University.



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