Keller Center: My idea of a better world
www.princeton.edu...Dennis Keller, who graduated from Princeton in 1963 with a degree in economics, and his wife, Constance Templeton Keller, were honored during a dedication ceremony Thursday, April 16, 2009, for endowing a center in Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science./nThe Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education is a cross-disciplinary initiative focused on preparing Princeton students to be leaders in an increasingly complex and technology-driven society. Members of the University community gathered to celebrate the naming of the center for the Kellers, who made a $20 million gift in 2008 to support it./nKeller, co-founder and director emeritus of DeVry Inc., one of the largest publicly held higher educational organizations in North America, and the parent organization for DeVry University, said he's learned to appreciate the value of engineering in society and the significance of the problem-solving skills students acquire from studying engineering./n"I've come to see the important role engineering has played in our history and will play in the future of our species," said Keller, who serves on Princeton's Board of Trustees and co-chairs the engineering school's advisory council. "We need the best work in applied science and engineering that the human mind is capable of providing."

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