On September 19, 2005, leading university and state officials, the Clark School's major benefactors (including Dr. Jeong H. Kim and a large contingent of industry leaders), students and faculty gathered to celebrate the new cross-disciplinary research and educational facility and the combined state and private funding that made it possible.

Above:  Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. addresses the audience. Seated behind him are (from left to right): Michael Busch, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates; William "Brit" Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland; A. James Clark, chairman and CEO of Clark Enterprises; Jeong H. Kim, president of Bell Laboratories; C.D. Mote, Jr., president of the University of Maryland; and Nariman Farvardin, dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering.

Above:  Gov. Ehrlich speaks to the massive crowd filling every area of the Kim Building rotunda.

Above:   Dean Farvardin asks students to unveil the replica of the Clark School donor wall. The inscription reads, "In gratitude to those who have so generously empowered our ascent."

Above:   Mr. Clark, Dr. Kim and Gov. Ehrlich.

Above:   Dr. Kim receives the applause of the speakers and audience.

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