Education/
   Career
      Development
         Committee

ecdcok.org

MEMBERS

• Granger Meador, Chair
  Science Dept. Chair, Bartlesville Public Schools

• Judy Yang-Logan, Secretary

• Don Lauffer, Treasurer
  American Chemical Society (Retired)

• John Mihm, Founder

• Angela Barnes
  Tri-County Technology Center

• Marion Cabler
  Retired Engineer

• Tom Carlisle
  American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Lee Carvell
  Bartlesville District Science Fair

• Paul DesLauriers
  American Chemical Society

• Brian Farnsworth

• Becky Hoover
  Energy Days

• Gary Hoover
  Geophysical Society of Tulsa

• Gary Layman
  Bartlesville Mid-High School

• Paul Meier
  Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers

• Edna Osborn
  Energy Days

• Dean Phillips
  Oklahoma Microscopy Society

• Ben Powell
  Geological Society of America

• Jim Scinta
  ConocoPhillips

• Anne Steel
  Retired Teacher

The Education/Career Development Committee (ECDC) is a Bartlesville, Oklahoma area coalition of representatives from professional and technical societies, business, and education. It was founded in 1989 to foster and promote interest in engineering and science. The committee serves as a conduit through which educational information and resources can be passed to the local schools and community. The ECDC promotes inter-society cooperation, which allows member organizations to leverage their resources. The ECDC was incorporated as a "not for profit" organization in the State of Oklahoma in 1993.

The group is a funding mechanism for:

• Energy Days, a program for area fifth grade students, with volunteers from the professional community providing hands-on experiences about the energy industry
• Science instruction workshops that bring nationally known presenters to Bartlesville to conduct workshops for area teachers
• Grants to attend science education conferences for area teachers
• Educational programs, e.g. helping send the 2007 student robotics team at Tri-County Technology Center to the national competition

Over the years the group has also recruited volunteers to serve as coaches and judges for science fairs, helped link area schools to sources of donated materials, and promoted the education programs of its member societies such as: Engineering Week, the Oklahoma Microscopy Society's "Ugly Bug" contest, National Chemistry Week, various Explorer Posts, the SAE's "A World in Motion", and Phillips Petroleum Company's Green Country Science Teachers Workshop.

The ECDC is chaired by Granger Meador, who also chairs the Science Department at Bartlesville Public Schools. The group's treasurer is Don Lauffer of the American Chemical Society. Becky Hoover spearheads the Energy Days program. The ECDC was founded by John Mihm, formerly Senior Vice President of Technology and Project Development at Phillips Petroleum Company. Today the group is sponsored by Merl Lindstrom, General Manager of Research & Development and Shared Services at the Bartlesville Technology Center, who secures major funding from ConocoPhillips. Past ECDC chairs include: R. Bruce Eldridge, Lori Hasselbring, Deborah Hess, Judy Kokesh, and Becky Hoover.

Website by Granger Meador, ECDC Chair