Scalia Gift Makes Ed Tech Room Happen

In 1996, Dr. Jim Hogan, director of library services, worked with an architectural consultant to ascertain how best to use the rooms in Dinand Library. He and the consultant came up with plans to most effectively integrate technology into the old and traditional architecture of Dinand.

While some of the projects that grew out of that study have yet to be funded, the plan for the educational technology classroom was approved and all that was missing was the funding to make it happen.

The funding came in the form of a gift from Frank Scalia ’65, P’89 and his wife, Mary Ann. The $50,000 gift allowed the College to turn the old microfilm room into a classroom where the library staff teaches students how to use increasingly complex electronic information products, according to Jim Hogan, and “where the educational technology group can work with faculty; and where at almost a moment’s notice, reserve a technology room for class presentations.”

He added “…we also wanted to provide a place where faculty could experiment with technology applications…This room…provides us with all of that functionality. Our gratitude to Frank Scalia for enabling us to do this is greater than I can express in words,” Hogan said at the room dedication.

The Scalias were joined at the dedication by their daughter, Siobhan Scalia Carroll ’89, and her husband Michael ’89, and their children, Michaela, Frank and Joe. Frank Scalia is a retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He and his wife live in New York City and Huntington, NY.