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    FRESNO STATE RECEIVES DONATIONS

    Reedley Exponent
    July 10 2014

    Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3:01 PM PDT

    Fresno State's agricultural program recently received generous
    donations amounting to $200,000 each from alumnus Dr. Harry B.

    Moordigian Jr. and from global agribusiness leader Olam Spices and
    Vegetable Ingredients.

    Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro announced the two gifts at
    the June 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the Jordan Research Center,
    which will be a 30,000-square-foot facility to foster collaboration
    among students and faculty in agricultural sciences and technology,
    engineering and science and mathematics.

    The center will be part of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences
    and Technology.

    Moordigian, a retired dentist, has supported his alma mater since
    the 1970s when he joined the Bulldog Foundation. His contributions
    have included support for the Armenian Studies Department. In 2007,
    he established an endowment in honor of his parents, Harry and Nevart
    Moordigian - it supports deserving students in the Department of
    Viticulture and Enology. He continues to grow the scholarship, which
    now stands at nearly $250,000.

    Olam SVI, based in Fresno, is a top global supplier of dehydrated onion
    and garlic, spices, capsicums, tomatoes and specialty vegetables. The
    company sells to more than 70 countries.

    The Moordigian gift will be used for the new center's microbiology
    laboratory, where research will be conducted on microorganisms in
    food processing and wine production.

    The Olam SVI gift will be used to enrich the sensory evaluation,
    tasting and prep laboratory inside the new Jordan Research Center.

    The center is scheduled to open in the fall of 2015.

    http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2014/07/10/community/doc53bdba24a61e0074503239.txt

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