The students and faculty of UAB’s ID Program thank Charles and Patsy Collat for their vision, dedication, and generous support, all of which have been crucial to the program’s growth. As a leader in the electrical distribution industry and Chairman of Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc., Charles A. Collat Sr. has raised the profile of UAB’s ID Program by encouraging manufacturers and other distributors to contribute to the endowed program enrichment fund for ID education. In addition, he and his wife, Patsy, established the Ben S. Weil Endowed Chair of Industrial Distribution, which honors the entrepreneur who founded Mayer Electric Supply and led its remarkable growth during the Great Depression.
The ID Program also thanks its sponsors and donors for their substantial investments in the future of industrial distribution and the UAB ID Program.
Acuity Brand Lighting / Lithonia Lighting
Allied Tube and Conduit Foundation
American Polywater Corporation
American Saw and Manufacturing
Berry-Elsberry Company
Burndy
Cadet Manufacturing Company
Carol Cable Company
Carolina Handling
Clower Electric Supply Company
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Collat Sr.
Mrs. Evelyn A. Collat
Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Cooper Industries Foundation
Dudley C. Jackson, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Elizabeth M. Irby Foundation
Elliott Electrical Manufacturing Company
Mr. David M. Engleman
Furnas Foundation
The General Electric Fund
Mr. Joe S. Gilchrist
Gould
Greenlee Tool Company
GS Hevi-Duty Electric Manufacturing
GTE Corporation
Harvey Hubbell, Inc.
Houston Wire and Cable
Ideal Industries Foundation
Ilsco Mr. Kenneth L. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul Kassouf
Kidde Consumer
Durables Corporation
The Leviton Foundation
Lithonia Lighting
L. Paul Kassouf and Company
Mayer Electric Supply Foundation
Mr. Bob Merson
Midland-Ross Foundation
Midwest Plastic Fabricators
Mr. Clyde Moore
OSRAM Sylvania Corporation
Panduit Corporation
Mr. Stephen L. Pearce
Philips Lighting Company
Prophet 21
The Raymond Corporation
Siemens Energy and Automation
Sirote & Permutt
Dr. and Mrs. Jay A. Smith Jr.
Square D Foundation
Thomas & Betts Charitable Trust
Triangle Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Weil
Westinghouse Foundation
The Wiremold Foundation