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| The following individuals have been accepted as members of the Society of Innovators. Their innovations and innovative approaches are contributing to a culture of change in our region. We applaud these candidates for being on the forefront of innovation in our community. |
| Society Fellow: Dr. Robert Cornwell Innovation: Calumet Astronomical Learning Facility Robert Cornwell, M.D. is founder of the Calumet Astronomical Learning Facility to encourage the study of the stars at the Buckley Homestead, Lake County Parks. Dr. Cornwell has provided dynamic leadership and vision based upon “thinking outside of the educational box.” - full text - |
| Society Fellow: Brandon Griffin Innovation: Fye-Bye Magazine Quality Web Solutions “Brandon is a young entrepreneur who has launched two endeavors by the age of 12 and creating web designs at the age of 10: Quality Web Solutions, a web design and consulting firm, and BGL Publishing, a publishing firm that is printing FyeBye Magazine. Brandon is also a gifted student at Gary West Side, a speaker, author, a philanthropist, and advisor/consultant.” In July of this year, he was named by Indiana Black Expo, the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. Brandon was also named by the Post- Tribune as a Northwest Indiana Future Leader for 2006. - full text - |
| Society Fellow: Daniel Hayes Innovation: HealthCall, LLC Created, tested and launching an advanced patient monitoring system utilizing the telephone and the web for chronic disease management that provides better, more informed communication between patients and their healthcare providers. It greatly reduces the cost of chronic disease management, empowers the patient more directly via an automated response system, and consistently gives better information to doctors and nurses about patients from remote locations utilizing the Internet. - full text - |
| Society Fellow: Gayle Koselko Innovations: Pierogifest “Gayle embodies and defines the spirit of Pierogifest, a charming tongue-in-cheek celebration of the tapestry of ethnic heritages that gave birth to Whiting. Through her efforts over the past 8 years, Pierogifest has come to define the city and has drawn literally hundreds of thousands of people from across the globe to visit and shop in Whiting. The Pierogifest, by being pure fun, is simply one of the most important economic engines of the community.” - full text - |
| Gerald I. Lamkin Fellow: Dr. Greg Ludkovsky Innovation: 16 patents in the steel industry, authored numerous papers for publications, and shaped steel industry over nearly past 30 years Under his leadership, a new generation of advanced high strength steel has been developed. These steels became material of choice for the automakers in their quest to provide higher level of safety while reducing fuel consumption. He describes these as “leapfrog” steels, breakthrough products that have “leapfrogged” industry standards. - full text - |
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| Gerald I. Lamkin Fellow: Arie Donkersloot Sr. Innovations: Telescopic Docking System Telescopic Flagpoles Studabaker Overdrive Motorcycle forks “Patented and built all the telescoping piers with lights in Michigan City, New Buffalo, MI; St. Joseph, MI, as well as the telescoping flag poles which fly in front of the John Hancock Building in Chicago and many buildings. He’s been a great lifetime innovator for the Northwest Indiana region. The Donkersloot Barge was credited with saving the boats and docks in Michigan City, IN during the recent storms that swept across NWI during late August, 2006.” - full text - |
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