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Fred Abitia
Fred Abitia  
Industrial Technology Professor Emeritus


E-mail: fabitia@calpoly.edu

 

Education

  • Professor of Industrial Technology, Ed.D., Curriculum Development,
  • Washington State University, Pullman, 1971 
  • MA, Administration and Supervision of Ind. Ed., San Jose State University, 1966
  • BA, Industrial Arts, San Jose State University. 

Additional College/University Experience
Director, Cooperative Education and Professor, College of Engineering, Cal Poly 1975 - 1989P; Assistant Professor, Washington State University; Assistant Professor, California State University at Chico; Instructor, San Jose State University

Areas Published
Editor, WRC Index; The Journal of Cooperative Education; a series of short stories and articles on great African Leaders; video tapes and training manuals for the U.S. Department of Education

Professional Organizations and Positions Held
President, National Cooperative Education Association; Founder of the International Cooperative Education Computer Network (CECONET); Author of the National Cooperative Education Code of Ethics; Founding Member and Secretary of National IMAGE, an association dedicated to helping minorities, handicapped, disadvantaged and women to gain government information; President, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; Founder and Advisor for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Western College Placement Association; American Society of Engineering Education
 
Business, Industrial, Government Experience
Operations Executive, TransCentury Corporation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Founder, CEO and President CENPAC Inc. offering marketing, advertising, graphic arts and publishing services for business and industry; Founder and President of Western Resource Center of Experiential Education (WRC Inc.), a Public Domain Career Information Exchange and Training Center

Consulting Experience
Served as a consultant and evaluator to business, industry, government and education for over 75 firms, organizations and institutions; expert testimony before the US Congress, California State Legislature and Oregon Governor's Office

Community Service
Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Faith Baptist Church, Atascadero, CA; Member, Atascadero, Chamber of Commerce

Honors
Award of Appreciation, Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers; President's Award, National Cooperative Education Association; Award of Appreciation, CCEA; Award of Appreciation, National IMAGE; Award of Appreciation, US Department of Education

Additional Languages
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Ethiopian Amhara and some training in French

Outside Interests
Iconography and African art

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