Stevens alumnus Warren Wells to be honored by his alma mater

Automation engineer Warren Wells will receive the 2001 Stevens Alumni Award from his alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, N. J., at the Alumni Association's autumn festivities.

The award will be presented at the Stevens Alumni Association's Awards Banquet and Dinner/Dance Oct. 13 on the Stevens campus.  Past awards recipients at this event include such distinguished individuals as former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, R. Buckminster Fuller and Peter F. Drucker.

Holding a bachelor's and master's degree from Stevens in mechanical engineering, Wells is credited by the Stevens Alumni Awards chairman, Ronald Parisi, with having distinguished himself as a loyal fund-raiser and benefactor to his alma mater, as well as a successful entrepreneur in automation engineering.

Wells operated his own company, Allied Transmission, Inc., in New York for more than 30 years. His business pioneered silent operating automated stage sets for Broadway theaters. He is particularly proud to have developed one of the first very large moving sets with the oil rig in the play "Wildcat," starring the late Lucille Ball.

Now making his home in Sparta, N.J., Wells and his wife of more than 50 years, Ruth, recently donated their lake home to Stevens as a "retained life estate."

Friends and neighbors wishing to the share in Mr. Wells' special day with their attendance at the event are invited to contact the Stevens Alumni Office at (201) 216-5163.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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