[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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    KILDEE PAYS TRIBUTE TO GMI ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 1994

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues in the 
U.S. House of Representatives to join me in paying tribute to an 
outstanding educational institution in my hometown of Flint, MI, the 
GMI Engineering and Management Institute. The GMI Engineering and 
Management Institute will be celebrating its 75th year of providing top 
technical and managerial talent to our Nation's industry during the 
week of September 12-16, 1994.
  This great educational institution began in 1919 after it was 
recognized there was a great need for engineers, managers, designers, 
and technicians in the growing automobile industry. The Industrial 
Fellowship League of Flint endorsed the opening of a night school under 
the direction of Albert Sobey and it was named the School of Automotive 
Trades. In 1924 the school became the Flint Institute of Technology, a 
4-year cooperative program was established and more than 600 students 
were enrolled.
  In 1926 General Motors Corp., recognizing the potential of 
cooperative education, took over financial support of the school and 
renamed it the General Motors Institute. It began to utilize the school 
to develop its own engineers and managers. In 1945 the institute added 
a fifth-year thesis and became a degree granting college committed to 
cooperative education.
  In 1982 General Motors divested itself of ownership of the school. 
Its name was changed to GMI Engineering and Management Institute. 
School administrators kept the concept of cooperative education and 
expand the number of employers. Today, there are more than 500 hundred 
companies employing GMI students in more than 750 locations throughout 
North America, Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean.
  Industries included under the co-op education concept include 
automobile industry, delivery services, aerospace, paper products, 
metallurgical, health care, and financial services.
  Ultimately, the greatest statistics are those involving the students. 
Currently, 75 percent of first-year students graduate on time and 90 
percent of GMI seniors have permanent, full-time job offers before 
graduation.
  Mr. Speaker, it is indeed an honor and a pleasure for me to rise 
before my colleagues today to urge them to join me in paying tribute to 
GMI Engineering and Management Institute. This great educational 
institution is a cornerstone in the education community in Flint. It 
has, and continues to provide, quality education to students from 
throughout our great country. It is producing the future industrial 
leaders of this country. As GMI Engineering and Management Institute 
celebrates its 75th anniversary, I congratulate it for its excellence 
in education.

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