M E M O R A N D U M

								January 25, 2012


To:		Members of the Board of Trustees

From:		Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor

Subject:	Naming of Wartsila Laboratory – State University of New York Maritime College 

Action Requested

	The proposed resolution approves the action of the Maritime College Council in naming the Wartsila Laboratory of the Marvin Tode Hall Science and Engineering Building.

Resolution

	I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution:

	Resolved that the action of the Maritime College Council in naming the “Wartsila Laboratory” of the Marvin Tode Hall Science and Engineering Building, be, and hereby is, approved.

Background

      The proposed resolution approves the action of the Maritime College Council in naming the “Wartsila Laboratory” of the Marvin Tode Hall Science and Engineering Building.
      
      Wartsila, a leader in the marine industry, has donated a diesel engine, equipment, and instruction, valued at $1 million, to Maritime College’s Engineering Department to advance the knowledge of the department’s students in diesel-electric and diesel-mechanical machinery.