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Embry-Riddle Honors Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Aviall, and Bausch & Lomb


Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 13, 2003 -- The Career Services Office at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach campus will honor Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Aviall, and Bausch & Lomb on Nov. 5 at the Distinguished Corporate Awards and Industry/Career Expo Reception.

Distinguished Career Services Awards will be presented to Atlantic Southeast Airlines and eye-health company Bausch & Lomb. The Outstanding Corporate Partnership Award will go to Aviall, an aviation-parts distributor. Northrop Grumman, a previous award recipient, will sponsor the reception.

The Distinguished Career Services Award recognizes a corporation that has contributed to the career services, human resources, and staffing profession through the advancement of knowledge, leadership, or excellence in professional practice. The award honors innovation in employer educational programs related to career services and career planning, college relations, college recruiting, cooperative education, and the orientation and employment of new college graduates.

The Outstanding Corporate Partnership Award recognizes a corporation that has demonstrated a commitment to creative new programs while exemplifying the highest standard of support for Embry-Riddle through its executive involvement, alumni interaction, corporate contributions, student development, and recruiting efforts.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Aviall, and Bausch & Lomb offer co-ops/internship programs to Embry-Riddle students and full-time job opportunities to Embry-Riddle graduates, provide sponsorships and scholarships designated for the Career Services Office, and participate in the annual Industry/Career Expo at the Daytona Beach campus.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines transports more than 20,000 passengers on 800 flights daily, serving 96 airports in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Headquartered in Atlanta along with its parent company, Delta Air Lines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines has more than 5,500 employees. Its hubs are at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Aviall, the world's largest independent distributor of new aviation parts, markets the 90,000 products of more than 215 manufacturers from its customer-service centers in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company also repairs aviation batteries, hoses, wheels, and brakes. Aviall subsidiary Inventory Locator Services is an online link between buyers and sellers of parts and services in the aviation and commercial marine industries.

Bausch & Lomb, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, specializes in soft and rigid gas-permeable contact lenses and lens-care products, as well as ophthalmic surgical and pharmaceutical products. The company employs some 11,500 people worldwide, and its products are available in more than 100 countries. Bausch & Lomb's 2002 revenues were $1.8 billion.

Embry-Riddle, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Embry-Riddle educates more than 25,000 students annually through the master's level at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., at more than 130 teaching centers in the United States and Europe, and through distance learning.