George Jr. CampbellHomeBridging the Gap That Divides AmericaThe early 1970s, the aftermath of the civil rights movement, was a time of great promise for America’s minority population. Nowhere was the promise greater than in engineering. Engineering was the nation’s largest profession, the root of its economic development, the source of wealth creation. It was a field in which half of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had earned their stripes.July 12, 2007Page 1 of 1