The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), Reston, Va., organizer of the PACK EXPO tradeshow, and the PMMI Education & Training Foundation (PEF) are pleased to announce they will administer the Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship, funded by Dorner Manufacturing Corp., Hartland, Wis.
Dorner established the scholarship in memory of its president and CEO, Rich Ryan, who died suddenly in September 2012. Ryan, a member of the PMMI board of directors, had an intense dedication to lifelong learning. “Rich was a lifelong learner, committed to absorbing intelligence in many forms, and he placed a premium on learning how things got done,” says Matt Jones, Dorner’s director of sales. “A scholarship in his name is a great way to honor Rich’s memory and keep his spirit alive.”