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09/02-- Representatives from General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS present Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke (right) with a giant CD-ROM symbolizing the largest corporate gift in Purdue history ‹ an in-kind donation with a commercial value of $116.1 million. The gift announcement was made today (Thursday, 9/26) at a news conference at Purdue's West Lafayette campus. The three corporations have formed an alliance called PACE, Partners for the Advancement of CAD/CAM/CAE Education. PACE will donate to Purdue 1,205 computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering
software packages identical to those used by General Motors in automotive design. The gift will prepare Purdue students to step directly from the classroom into the corporate world. (Purdue News Service Photo by David Umberger)
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