Memorial plaque pays tribute to IT pioneer

Published 04.26.2023

News
Experienced Faculty
Information Technology
School of Engineering Technologies News
Workforce Development

    A newly installed plaque honors George P. Wolfe Sr., a retired associate professor of computer information technology who died Dec. 19, 2022, at the age of 92.

     

    The birth of the college's computing program, which has grown to seven majors enrolling more than 200 students, is marked by a memorial plaque installed on Monday afternoon. From left are Sandra Gorka, professor of computer science and department head; Brenda J. Wolfe, one of George P. Wolfe Sr.'s children; Nesli Alp, vice president for academic affairs/provost; and Stacey C. Hampton, assistant dean of industrial and computer technologies.
    The birth of the college's computing program, which has grown to seven majors enrolling more than 200 students, is marked by a memorial plaque installed on Monday afternoon. From left are Sandra Gorka, professor of computer science and department head; Brenda J. Wolfe, one of George P. Wolfe Sr.'s children; Nesli Alp, vice president for academic affairs/provost; and Stacey C. Hampton, assistant dean of industrial and computer technologies.

    Wolfe, whose career encompassed Pennsylvania College of Technology and both of its predecessor institutions, implemented and taught the first computer curriculum – then called engineering and design data processing technology – at Williamsport Technical Institute in 1963. He served as director of Williamsport Area Community College's fledgling Academic Computing Division from 1984 until 1989, when he was named the first director of Penn College’s Technology Transfer Center (the forerunner of Workforce Development).

    A family's love and respect is reflected on this memento, now hanging opposite Wolfe's former ATHS office.
    A family's love and respect is reflected on this memento, now hanging opposite Wolfe's former ATHS office.

    The plaque, near the honoree's former office on the second floor of the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, was initiated and implemented by grandson Timothy Johnson and furthered by Wolfe's children.

      Get Penn College News in your inbox each morning.

      Subscribe

      The future needs you

      If you put more into today, could you get more out of tomorrow? If you create your future at Pennsylvania College of Technology, the answer is yes.

      With open and rolling admission, applying is easy.

      Apply today

      Experience all that campus has to offer with visit options designed just for you.

      Schedule visit

      Get more information about the admission process.

      Request information