2015 Honorees--Dr Lynne B Harrison
Recognizing the importance of STEM education and its future for our students, Dr Lynne B Harrison has been a staunch
supporter of advancing STEM at GOA. In 2013, thanks to a $480,000 grant, GOA launched the Dr Lynne B Harrison STEM program, which enabled the school to hire a new STEM Coordinator as well as fund a new intensive high school STEM class, high school robotics team, computer science electives, 3D printers and most recently, a brand new Macintosh lab. Yet her latest ge
nerous contribution to the school, a $1 million donation, will fund the new Dr Lynne B Harrison Stem Center at the Eric F. Ross Upper School Campus. “Nothing is more important in a global economy for a nation’s position, for its prosperity, than the enrichment that STEM can give us,” said Harrison. “Making top quality STEM education available to our Jewish youth is one of our key objectives.”
nerous contribution to the school, a $1 million donation, will fund the new Dr Lynne B Harrison Stem Center at the Eric F. Ross Upper School Campus. “Nothing is more important in a global economy for a nation’s position, for its prosperity, than the enrichment that STEM can give us,” said Harrison. “Making top quality STEM education available to our Jewish youth is one of our key objectives.”Dr. Harrison is the president of Harrison Research Laboratories, Inc., which she founded in 1981, testing products for safety and efficacy for major companies worldwide. Additionally, she is a member of the board of Space Israel and chair of the USA Board of Space Israel. As vice chair of the Hillel International Board of Directors and a member of the Hillel International Board of Governors, Dr. Harrison was named “Woman of the Year” in 2009. She is also vice president of the board of trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ and a member of its executive committee. In addition, Dr. Harrison funded the Dr Lynne B Harrison Science Center at the New Jersey “Y” Camps, which offers specialty science education to young Jewish campers. She is a mother of two daughters and the grandmother of GOA 8th grade student Adam Harrison Gross.