MELLOW NAMES COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO GAMING CONTROL BOARD

HARRISBURG, March 27, 2006 - Senate Democratic Leader Robert J. Mellow has appointed Ray Angeli, president of Lackawanna College, to the state’s Gaming Control Board.

     “Ray has a long history of accomplishment in economic development and public service,” Mellow said. “As the gaming industry moves into the next critical phase, his expertise will be essential to the Board.”

     Prior to being named college president in December 1994, Angeli was the Secretary of Community Affairs under Gov. Robert P. Casey. He also held the positions of Deputy Secretary for Programs and Director of the Department’s Northeast Regional Office.

     “One of the major objectives of the gaming industry is economic revitalization of the Commonwealth’s communities, and Ray has a proven record in that area,” Mellow said.

     While with the Community Affairs Department, Angeli was integral in the creation of Economic Development Zones, the expansion of the state’s Heritage Parks Program and the founding of the National Institute for Environmental Renewal.

     “I’m excited and optimistic about the positive influence the gaming industry will bring about in Pennsylvania,” Angeli said. “To have a hand in shaping the future is a tremendous opportunity, and I’m very grateful.”

     Before he entered public service, Angeli was a career Army officer, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served two combat tours in Southeast Asia, one as commander of a helicopter company. He served as a Department of Defense Inspector General and as Foreign Area Officer in the U. S. Embassy in Paris. He also was the U.S. Army representative to the Southwest Asia Working Group in the Pentagon.

     He earned the Meritorious Service Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Air Medal, and the Pennsylvania Meritorious Service Medal.

     The former chair of the University of Scranton’s Military Science Department, Angeli holds degrees from the University of Nebraska, University of Scranton and Penn State University.

     He is former chair of the Board of the National Institute for Environmental Renewal, the Pennsylvania Interagency Task Force on Affordable Housing, and the Pennsylvania Housing and Finance Agency. He currently serves on the board of the Great Valley Technology Alliance, St. Joseph’s Center, Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, Delaware and Lehigh River Corridor Authority, and is Chairman of the Board of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.

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