Rick Udicious (left) vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems and Julie Strategos (right) Tech Ops vice president of Lockheed Martin MS2 Underseas Systems, present the oversized check representing the $100,000 gift to Don Leo, associate dean for research and graduate studies of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering.
BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 9, 2009 – Lockheed Martin celebrated its Technology Day on the Virginia Tech campus, presenting the College of Engineering with a $100,000 check.
The one-day event included a trade show of booths showcasing various Lockheed Martin business lines, innovative technologies, and products.
Virginia Tech is seen as a core school for Lockheed Martin's recruiting and research efforts, and this event comes to each of Lockheed's core schools once in about five years. According to Susan Chong, Lockheed Martin's campus relations manager, this technology day is the corporation's opportunity to inform the campus about the wide variety of activities conducted by the corporation.
Lockheed Martin has a strong history of partnering with Virginia Tech. Since 2000, the company has provided more than $500,000 in philanthropic support to the university.
Lockheed Martin is headquartered in Bethesda, Md.