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2008 Gala Event

January 2008

The seventh annual Long Island Technology Hall of Fame (LITHF) will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Garden City Hotel.

Each of the individuals who will be inducted into the LITHF that evening, as well as those inducted in the past, have found some form of encouragement and support of their ideas which allowed them to move forward with their great discoveries. This is the purpose of the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame: to provide the inspiration and the means to support the activities involved in research and discovery that are not readily provided for elsewhere, while celebrating the accomplishments of those who have succeeded.

We are pleased to announce this year’s inductees are:

The evening will also highlight the first LITHF Entrepreneur Award to be given to Bert Brodsky, a successful New York-based entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist, and the “as yet to be announced” recipient(s) of the first LITHF Patent Awards.

By committing to being a sponsor, you are helping to raise funds for scholarships, outreach programs, and research initiatives that will ensure Long Island’s technology leadership continues. The attached information lists sponsorship levels and relevant benefits, as well as a short bio on our inductees. Please be aware of the following deadlines with regard to sponsorships:

If you require an invoice to process a sponsorship, please contact Kathleen Ferrell at 631-632-4625. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the event.

Sincerely,

Yacov Shamash
Dean
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Stony Brook University

Lawrence J. Waldman
Partner In Charge
Commercial Audit Practice Development
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP

* Contributions above $100 on the price of an individual ticket ($250) are tax deductible.

 

Sponsorship Levels and Pricing

*Ads will appear in Long Island Business News special Long Island Technology Hall of Fame insert in the March 7, 2008 issue.

Logos are needed ASAP for listing sponsors on our website

Please send your latest official logo electronically to Kathleen Ferrell at kathleen.ferrell@stonybrook.edu. (fax. @ 631-632-4653). If you have any questions, please call 631-632-4625. For Hall of Fame package, please contact Kathleen by February 22, 2008 if you will be setting up a display table.

 

Russell M. Artzt has over 30 years in the IT industry as a technology leader. Mr. Artzt is a recognized expert in software development and project management and in June of 1976, he co-founded Computer Associates. Mr. Artzt has been an Executive Vice President of the Company since April 1987 and Executive Vice President of Products since 2004, where he manages all product business units at CA, with particular focus on the integration of the Company's industry-leading management software portfolio and the evolution of its EITM vision. Mr. Artzt has helped build CA into an internationally-respected company that employs thousands of Long Islanders. Mr. Artzt also served as Executive Vice President- eTrust Solutions from April 2002 to 2004. Mr. Artzt received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Queens College and a master's degree in computer science from New York University.

Ira Grant Hedrick had been involved in the technology aspects of all Grumman programs on Long Island since the early 1940’s, and, by setting a very high standard for technical excellence, instilled this standard in the entire engineering organization of Grumman Aerospace. Under his management, the engineering department participated in the development of such noteworthy technical achievements as the Navy’s three most sophisticated electronic weapons systems; the successful flights of the unmanned and manned Lunar Module; the successful functioning of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory; the Gulfstream Executive Transport; the winning design of the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Air Superiority Fighter; and the Gulfstream Drift Mission with the submersible Ben Franklin. After his retirement in 1980 as Senior Vice President of Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Mr. Hedrick served for a time as Senior Management Consultant to the Grumman Corporation as well as Presidential Assistant for Corporate Technology of Grumman Aerospace, a post he had held since 1975. Mr. Hedrich passed away January 14, 2008.

David E. Hershberg founded Globecomm Systems, Inc. in 1994 and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since its inception. In 1976, Mr. Hershberg founded Satellite Transmission, Inc. (STS), a provider of satellite ground segment systems and networks. He served as its President until 1994, four years after the 1990 acquisition of STS by California Microwave, Inc. (CMI), now a subsidiary of L3 Communications Corporation. Mr. Hershberg holds a B.S.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S.E.E. from Columbia University and an M.S. in Management Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. He has a number of patents in Satellite Communications, and is a member of The Society of Satellite Professionals Hall of Fame. He is also the winner of the Golden Eagle Award from Ward Melville Heritage Organization for his contribution to the Long Island Economy.

Paul C. Lauterbur was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible, sharing the prize with Sir Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham in Mansfield, England. Mr. Lauterbur began his astounding career as a Professor of Chemistry, Radiology, at SUNY Stony Brook from 1969-1985. Up until Mr. Lauterbur’s death in March 2007, he was a professor for 22 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He never stopped working with undergraduates on research, and he served as a professor of chemistry with appointments in bioengineering, biophysics, and computational biology at the Center for Advanced Study. Mr. Lauterbur was given the National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and was a member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame class of 2007.

Bert Brodsky is the 2008 Entrepreneur Award recipient. Mr.Brodsky is a successful New York-based entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist who has devoted his business to healthcare for more than 35 years. Mr. Brodsky is the chairman and CEO of Sandata Technologies, which provides web-based information technologies for home health care and social service agencies. In addition, Mr. Brodsky is chairman of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, and President of the board of the Joseph Gurwin-Fay Lindner Assisted Living Facility. He previously chaired the Board for National Medical Health Card Systems, and served on the New York State Task Force for Medicaid Reform. Mr. Brodsky is a graduate of City College of New York, Baruch School of Business.