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Renn Zaphiropoulos (Za-fur-op-o-lus), a highly-successful businessman, remarkable community citizen, and wonderful friend to the University, is a pioneer in the development of the electrostatic writing technique for the production of hard copy.  Renn is the 1969 co-founder of Versatec, the world’s leading producer of electrostatic printers and plotters.  He also is a retired corporate vice president of Xerox Corporation, having merged the company with Versatec in 1975.  Throughout his career, he held several executive positions with Varian Associates, a manufacturer of analytical instruments and semiconductor equipment.  A scientist, too, Renn has 29 patents and has written numerous technical papers on a variety of subjects, in addition to digital imaging printing.  He received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics and a master’s degree in physics from Lehigh University.  He also holds an honorary doctorate of engineering from Rose-Human Institute of Technology, and an honorary doctorate in humanities from SUU, awarded in 1990.  Renowned for his success in business leadership, he is a member of the board of directors for several companies.  Having a deep affinity for the University, Renn and his wife Ree, established an endowment at SUU which provides scholarship assistance to 12 students pursuing studies in accounting, finance, management and business education.  Also avid livestock caregivers, Renn and Ree are major supporters of the SUU Rodeo Team, and have established a scholarship to be awarded to a member of the University’s rodeo team.  Renn also serves as a member of SUU’s Board of Fellows.  He has enlightened audiences on the subject of “Cultivating Elegance and Entrepreneurial Leadership” at Harvard Business School, Columbia University and Stanford University.  In his leisure time, Renn enjoys sailboat racing, working with horses, gourmet cooking, painting, music, philosophy and woodworking. 

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