You grew up in a small town in rural New York. How has that shaped who you are? The guy who pumps your gas is as important to you as the banker in town, as the doctor in town. You hope you can get along with very different people and understand their views. A handicap I had was always being too young.
I was a college senior at To try to compete athletically and intellectually with people two and three years my senior and to try to gain their respect was quite an issue. Fortunately, I was tall and strong for my age. My upbringing helped me when I opened my then one-man civil engineering practice in in a predominantly farming community in Hanford [California] in the San Joaquin Valley. Hanford, which now numbers over 55,, was then a city of roughly 10, I was subsequently the city engineer for the two other cities in Kings County, Corcoran and Lemoore, then some 5, and 2, people, respectively.
They were too small to require a full-time city engineer, so I came on as a consultant. But my family and I integrated into those communities. I eventually assumed leadership roles in Kiwanis [a service organization], the Kings County Community Concert Association, and school design and public library activities, among others. For example, at the Gladstone Institutes [a research organization dedicated to using visionary science and technology to cure unsolved diseases], I was one of three trustees for some 25 years.
I retired from that just a year ago, and in those 25 years, only three of us were ultimately responsible for all financial, academic and managerial matters. We started with 20 people and ended up with in a world-renowned research center, in which one of our scientists [Shinya Yamanaka] won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Another source of great pride to me and my family is the Albert Dorman Honors College. Unfortunately, it has my name attached to it. And that was only because the president of the university thought having my name would help it grow.
The concept of the Honors College was to find very smart young people, the top 2 percent, who were overlooked. Over half of them came from homes where English was not the first language.
I have four brothers and sisters, none of whom have graduated high school. My mother works two shifts to support the five kids. I spend most of my time mentoring people. Baker's direction, and with the assistance of Dr.
Fenster, Dr. Dorman's special interest and generous endowment helped to create the Albert Dorman Honors College in Dorman's endowment, along with other gifts, allowed the Honors College to attract a greater number of students, growing from in to over students today. Honors scholarships were created, and a strong educational foundation was fashioned. Other changes included a stronger and more active Honors student council and additional staff to support student opportunities and activities, including a greater variety of colloquia, study trips, research activities, and publications.
Since this time, the Honors College has seen major growth in the number of Honors and Honors-enhanced courses and in the number of research and other projects undertaken by its students.
New programs, including accelerated programs in medicine, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, and law, have added to the diversity of offerings. In , the Albert Dorman Honors College celebrated 20 years of excellence, marking the occasion with a tribute to Albert Dorman:.
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