Former Sunoco exec to fund $2.5M Villanova engineering lab
John "Jack" G. Drosdick, the retired Sunoco Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, has committed $2.5 million to Villanova University to fund a new Engineering Innovation Lab in the Center for Engineering Education and Research (CEER).
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John "Jack" G. Drosdick, the retired Sunoco Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, has committed $2.5 million to Villanova University to fund a new Engineering Innovation Lab in the Center for Engineering Education and Research (CEER).
Drosdick, a Bryn Mawr resident, is a 1965 Villanova engineering graduate. He was chair of the university's Board of Trustees from 2001-08.
The Engineering Innovation Lab will feature a two-story, 3,330 square-foot open garage equipped with an overhead crane that will enable engineering work that cannot be taught in a classroom.
- Inquirer staff