DR. FRANK K. SCHWEIGHARDT ELECTED BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN
Dr. Frank K. Schweighardt was elected vice chairman of the Da Vinci Science Center's Board of Trustees, and ten trustees were elected to new terms recently during the board's annual meeting.
Schweighardt - a retired executive at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., volunteer, consultant, and philanthropist - served as the Center's interim executive director and chief executive officer from Aug. 2008-March 2009.
Schweighardt was elected to the Board of Trustees in February when the board hired Troy A. Thrash as the Center's CEO. Schweighardt became interim CEO when then-executive director Frank Steslow became chief operating officer of the Miami Science Museum. Thrash became the Da Vinci Science Center's executive director on March 30.
Schweighardt joined the Da Vinci Science Center team in 2006 and became one of the Center's most active volunteers, working as an exhibit floor interpreter for visitors, recruiting volunteers, and helping the Center develop its Inventor and Explorer clubs for member children.
During his 27-year career with Air Products, Schweighardt became global manager of process analytical for its gas and chemical divisions and established a new line of ultra-pure gases for use in laboratories. He has earned 27 U.S. patents and 17 foreign patents, and published nearly 100 professional articles. Schweighardt was chairman of the board for the International Forum of Process Analytical Chemistry in 2003 and has been a member of several professional organizations.
The Da Vinci Science Center's board also elected the following trustees to new terms at its annual meeting in May.
Dr. Edward Atkins, Kagaku
Productions, Inc.
Greg L. Butz, Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
Marlene O. Fowler, community leader and philanthropist.
Ellen Baker Ghelardi, Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation.
Phyllis Grube, Night Vision Equipment, Inc., Retired.
Arthur T. Katsaros, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Retired
Dr. J. Robert Lovett, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Retired.
Laurie Ryan, Human Resources Consulting.
Donald W. Snyder, Esq., Lehigh Carbon Community College.
Dr. Kathryn Worrilow, Penn State University College of Medicine.
Laurie Ryan was elected to the board originally in February with Schweighardt.
ABOUT DA VINCI SCIENCE
CENTER
The Da Vinci Science Center is an independent nonprofit organization that
promotes hands-on science learning through inquiry, highlights vibrant and
important career opportunities in science available to every young person,
and encourages all people to embrace curiosity, creativity, and imagination.
The Center delivered upon its mission in 2008 to approximately 75,000 people
through its dynamic exhibit floor, which features more than 200 hands-on exhibits;
its professional development programs for teachers, including its signature
Da Vinci Teacher Leader Institute for elementary teachers; its public programming;
and its outreach programs, including its Visiting Scientist Lab (VSL) programs
and After-School Science Lab (ASL) programs. The Da Vinci Science Center stresses
the inquiry method. Utilized by scientists and recognized as the most effective
way to learn, the inquiry method encourages questioning, experimenting actively,
observing, communicating results, and connecting all knowledge. Additional
information can be found on the web at www.davinci-center.org.
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