[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF MONTE AHUJA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 25, 1999

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Monte Ahuja, a 
Cleveland entrepreneur and Cleveland State graduate, for his 
achievements and generous contributions to Cleveland State University. 
Mr. Ahuja has donated $1 million and has pledged an additional $1 
million to Cleveland State University, primarily in support of the 
James J. Nance College of Business Administration.
  Born in India, Mr. Ahuja received a bachelor of science degree in 
mechanical engineering from Punjab Engineering College in 1967. He 
arrived in the U.S. in 1969 and earned a master's degree in mechanical 
engineering from Ohio State University in 1970. After moving to 
Cleveland in 1971, and while working full time with a Maple Heights 
automotive firm, he earned his MBA from Cleveland State's College of 
Business Administration in 1975. As an assignment for a marketing 
class, he developed a business plan for an auto transmission supply 
business. After graduation, Mr. Ahuja turned this plan into his own 
company--Transtar Industries, Inc. Although the firm began with only 
two employees and virtually no capital, today Transtar has nearly 700 
employees and is the leader in the transmission products industry with 
21 operations in the U.S. and worldwide distribution.
  In addition to his generous monetary donations to Cleveland State 
University, Mr. Ahuja has dedicated his time by serving as a director 
of the Cleveland State University Foundation, and establishing the 
Ahuja Endowed Scholarship Fund in Business Administration and 
Engineering and the Distinguished Scholar in Comparative Indian and 
Western Philosophy, a cultural endowment initiated by a close friend, 
Dr. D.C. Bhaiji. As chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Ahuja 
oversaw one of the largest physical expansions in Cleveland State's 
history. In 1990, he was named one of Cleveland State's top 25 
distinguished alumni.
  Let us join Cleveland State University as they honor Mr. Ahuja on 
March 26, 1999, for his contributions to the university.

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