Cox Science Center and Aquarium Appoints Eric Stonestrom as Board Chair
Cox Science Center and Aquarium Appoints Eric Stonestrom as Board Chair
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cox Science Center and Aquarium (CSCA) proudly announced the appointment of Palm Beach resident, Eric Stonestrom, as its new board chair. His position begins immediately following the retirement of his predecessor, Lew Crampton. Stonestrom, comes from a family of engineers and scientists and he is a technology executive with 40 years of experience in the telecommunications field.
2024年6月27日，佛羅里達州西棕櫚灘，科克斯科學中心和水族館(CSCA)自豪地宣佈，帕姆灘居民埃裏克·斯通斯特羅姆被任命爲其新任董事長。他的職位將直接接任前任盧·克萊普頓退休後立即開始。斯通斯特羅姆 來自一家工程師和科學家家庭，是一位擁有40年電信領域經驗的技術高管。
"It is a bittersweet moment as we are forever indebted to Lew for his years of service," said Kate Arrizza, President and CEO of CSCA. "However, we very much look forward to this new wave of leadership with Eric, given his distinguished career and passion for sciences. He has managed many complex projects throughout his career, and we have full confidence that he will carry our multimillion-dollar expansion to successful completion with his expertise and foresight."
"對於路易斯多年的服務，我們將永遠感激不盡。"CSCA的總裁和首席執行官凱特·阿里扎(Kate Arrizza)說:"然而，鑑於埃裏克在他傑出的職業生涯和他對科學的熱情，我們非常期待他的領導新風雲，他在他的職業生涯中管理了許多複雜的項目，我們完全有信心，他將運用他的專業知識和遠見卓識，成功完成我們數百萬美元的擴建計劃。"
After earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, Stonestrom joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984. After a decade long stint in the US and Italy, he joined DSC Communications, a telecom infrastructure company, moving to Copenhagen to run various fiber, software and wireless businesses. In 1998, through the creation of Airspan Networks Inc., he led a London based spin out of the fledgling wireless part of DSC by a consortium of Venture Capital stalwarts. He ran the company for 26 years as CEO, and lastly Executive Chairman, delivering billions of dollars of network equipment to a collection of innovative telecom operators in 35 countries. Airspan holds over 200 critical patents and Stonestrom recently had a patent issued for a network device known as "the Magic Box," co-authored with Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.
斯通斯特羅姆在UC伯克利工程學院獲得了學士和碩士學位後，於1984年加入了AT&T公司貝爾實驗室。在美國和意大利長達十年的工作後，他加入了電信基礎設施公司DSC Communications，轉而到哥本哈根運營其各種光纖、軟件和無線業務。1998年，通過創建Airspan Networks公司，他將DSC的新興無線部分剝離給風險投資支柱的倫敦聯合體。他作爲首席執行官領導公司26年，最後是執行主席，並向35個國家的許多創新電信運營商提供了數十億美元的網絡設備。Airspan擁有超過200項重要專利，最近斯通斯特羅姆與軟銀創始人孫正義共同撰寫的一項名爲“魔法盒子”的網絡設備專利被授權。
He and his family moved to Palm Beach in 2000. His son, Atticus, was a frequent visitor to the Science Museum as a child and also worked briefly as an intern explaining aspects of the Raspberry Pi to visitors. Stonestrom served on the board of the Academy of the Palm Beaches prior to the merger with the Palm Beach Day School before joining the Science Museum board in 2015 and has served as both Treasurer and the Finance Committee chair.
他和他的家人於2000年搬到了棕櫚灘。他的兒子阿提卡斯小時候是科學博物館的常客，也曾在那裏短暫地擔任實習生，向遊客解釋樹莓派的各個方面。斯通斯特羅姆在加入科學博物館董事會之前曾在棕櫚灘學院的董事會任職，在2015年加入科學博物館董事會，並擔任財務主席和財務委員會主席。
He says he holds the strong belief that science education and early exposure to the "hows and whys" of the natural world can instill youth with problem solving skills and valuable tools throughout adult life.
他說，他堅信科學教育和對自然界的"如何和爲什麼"的早期了解可以在整個成年人生中灌輸青少年的問題解決能力和有價值的工具。
"This is an exciting and pivotal time for the Cox Science Center," said Stonestrom. "In this new leadership role, I look forward to working with the incredible staff and trustee base to continue our mission of opening every mind to science. Our exciting expansion provides a platform to increase the number of young and older people that we can engage. I have seen how childhood exposure to math and science can massively impact lifelong career paths."
"這是科克斯科學中心令人興奮和關鍵的時刻，"斯通斯特羅姆說:"在這個新的領導角色中，我期待着與不可思議的員工和受託人基礎合作，繼續我們開啓每個人的科學思維的使命。我們令人興奮的擴建計劃提供了一個平台，可以增加我們能夠接觸到的年輕人和老年人的數量。我已經看到了從小接觸數學和科學如何對一生的職業道路產生巨大影響的例子。"
The planned expansion will now allow CSCA to exponentially grow its attendance to serve nearly 1 million guests annually in new and renovated spaces, including a new science building visible from I-95, new outdoor spaces and one of Florida's largest indoor aquariums. The current indoor/ outdoor campus is expected to double in size from 50,000-square-feet to more than 100,000-square-feet, with the aquarium growing from 10,000 gallons to 130,000 gallons.
計劃中的擴建現在將允許CSCA在新的和翻新的空間中呈指數級增長，包括從I-95都能看到的新科學建築、新的室外空間和佛羅里達州最大的室內水族館之一。預計現有的室內/室外校園從50,000平方英尺增加到100,000平方英尺以上，並且水族館從10,000加侖增加到130,000加侖。
In addition to floor-to-ceiling aquariums, CSCA will present an interactive extended reality experience, displaying signature programs from rocket launches to deep sea exploration; a digital arts studio to promote skills that align with high-demand jobs and an expanded biology lab that consolidates the Center's preferred provider status to all schools in Palm Beach County.
除了從地板到天花板的水族館外，CSCA還將呈現互動的擴展現實體驗，展示從火箭發射到深海探索的特色節目；數字藝術工作室，以促進與高需求工作相關的技能；以及一個擴大生物學實驗室，鞏固該中心在棕櫚灘縣所有學校的首選供應商地位。
The current traveling exhibit on display is Dinosaur Revolution now through late September 2024.For more information about CSCA's leadership please visit coxsciencecenter.org/board-trustees.
當前正在展出的巡迴展覽是恐龍革命有關CSCA領導層的更多信息，請訪問coxsciencecenter.org/board-trustees。
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SOURCE Cox Science Center and Aquarium
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