<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>I have received inquiries regarding Dean Monte's Memorial Fund. I am forwarding you information below, which includes a link to the Fund.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Eugene</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/26tK0QMyMA13vbXnkWVdfPts0wCcTM5f73mGTBUexNSFcMKn-EflbVSScwYAwHEvr5C9LnA0JMmKV0-FHACZUTvBiHeAuDYMC1S3D210VaiWbZZ0cdpR9g9eeIikpOl4BvB5aKQp" style="border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor" height="223" width="329"></div><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">San Diego State University, College of Engineering, Dean Monte Mehrabadi Remembered for Kind Nature, Focused Determination and Leadership  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The unexpected passing of San Diego State University College of Engineering Dean Morteza “Monte” Mehrabadi is cause for reflecting on a life well lived.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Dean Mehrabadi’s leadership moved the College of Engineering forward at a critical time,” said SDSU President </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sally Roush</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. “He believed the college could do more to serve the San Diego region.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Under his guidance, the college enhanced its academic and research excellence, expanded entrepreneurial training through the Zahn Innovation Platform and increased the number of partnerships that bring business leaders into classrooms and labs and provide mentoring and internships for students.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Provost and Senior Vice President </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chukuka S. Enwemeka</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> noted that Dean Mehrabadi was part of the team that planned and designed the new 85,000-square-foot Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences Complex, which doubled the amount of instructional space for engineering students.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Monte’s enthusiasm for engineering and for collaboration helped the college recruit and retain a diverse group of high-achieving faculty, staff and students,” Enwemeka said. “His colleagues and friends will miss Monte’s focused determination; his results-oriented leadership; and his kind nature.” </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Memorial gifts should be directed to San Diego State University, College of Engineering in memory of Dean Monte Mehrabadi to support scholarships for first-year engineering students.</span><a href="http://campaign.sdsu.edu/DeanMehrabadiMemorial" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://campaign.sdsu.edu/DeanMehrabadiMemorial" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> http://campaign.sdsu.edu/Dean<wbr>MehrabadiMemorial</span></a></p><br><div><div class="m_-4302837142979991463m_954727601882232783gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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