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2/11/10

For 45 years, the E.L. Cord Foundation has been a generous donor to the NJC and their support continued with two recent grants totaling $70,000. 

These two 2009 grants allowed the College to replace outdated document management equipment that are vital to the operations of the College and provide scholarships for judges to attend courses in 2010 and beyond. NJC President William Dressel recently remarked on the Foundation’s generosity, “The College is grateful for the commitment from the E.L. Cord Foundation, which, over the years, has provided numerous technology improvements, program development/enhancement, and most recently scholarship support that has allowed the College to provide relevant and challenging education.  Because of the generosity of the Cord Foundation, judges have received outstanding education through state-of-the-art learning techniques.  These experiences have provided judges from across the country with the skills and abilities to improve justice and uphold democracy and the rule of law.”

The E.L. Cord Foundation was established on December 11, 1962, by E.L. Cord, a well-known businessman, industrialist and innovator whose visions, ideas and principles were far ahead of the times. Cord had many business ventures mainly in the manufacturing of automobiles, airplane and boat engines and electrical appliances as well as real estate. He died in 1974, and his foundation has been active in northern Nevada since that date.