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Dorothy Gogel, executive director of the Buffalo-area Engineering
Awareness for Minorities (BEAM), died suddenly Feb. 19 in her West Seneca
Home. BEAM, a cooperative educational program for minority youths, is
sponsored by Buffalo-area companies, colleges and schools and housed at
the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. During her tenure at BEAM, dozens of students associated with the program have gone on to study engineering, business, political science, dentistry, criminal justice and other majors at colleges and universities throughout the country. Gogel came to the BEAM program in 1991 after retiring from General Motors ' Saginaw Plant, where she was supervisor of education and training. A devoted BEAM member since its founding, she worked tirelessly on a completely voluntary basis to educate area minority children and expose them early on to careers in the sciences. She was BEAM's liaison with Buffalo's Hispanic and Native American communities as well as individual BEAM sponsor at Herman Badillo School (School No. 76) in Buffalo, where she provided personal expertise as well as material support to clubs at the school. Before becoming BEAM's executive director, she served two terms as president and two terms as secretary. She had served also for more than 15 years as a member and secretary to the Buffalo Schools Superintendent's Advisory Council on Occupational Education.
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