Chronology - 1990s: An Era of New Technology Applications

1997

Sybase donated $400,000 to UW's Mathematics Faculty. The gift was in appreciation of Sybase's success, which was largely a result of the company acquiring the Waterloo-based high-tech firm that was once known as WATCOM. After Sybase purchased Powersoft and WATCOM along with it, the company enjoyed a new-found profitability. Mitchell Kertzman, CEO of Sybase, was on hand for the announcement of the donation to UW's Mathematics Faculty, which the Record noted was the largest in the world with an enrolment of 3,200 students.
UW Special Collections. GA 133-1503. Wes Graham Fonds. Series 4.2: UW Post-1973 Files. Mike Strathdee, "UW math faculty gets $40,000." Kitchener Record. (Friday, April 11, 1997), B7.

Sybase Website: http://www.sybase.com/

Mitchell Kertzman, CEO of Sybase, Photo: http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/www/article/981214/nci.htm (This has one of the best pictures of Kertzman online and one good link but it has little usable information).

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