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Donations Will Support Women in Engineering and Computer Science Programs RALEIGH, N.C. and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has donated $100,000 to North Carolina State University and $80,000 to Purdue University to help enhance the institutions' computer sciences and engineering programs. The donation to North Carolina State College of Engineering established the Harris Corporation Women in Engineering endowment, which will provide general support for women enrolled in engineering programs. In recognition of the gift, the university named a room in its Engineering Building II the "Harris Corporation Student Leadership Office." "Harris Corporation has a history of collaboration with the College of Engineering, and this generous gift will provide much-needed support for our efforts to recruit and retain excellent women students in the College of Engineering," said Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at NC State University. "The leaders at Harris are forward thinkers who recognize the importance of enhancing the diversity of our student body and encouraging bright, capable women in the field of engineering. We are grateful to Harris for its continued support." The donation to Purdue's Department of Computer Science supports a general-purpose classroom in the Lawson Computer Science building that will be named the "Harris Corporation Classroom." Harris has a long-standing relationship with the department and has participated in the Corporate Partners Program there since 2001. "The leadership team of the department believes that the dedication of the Harris Corporation Classroom is a tangible reminder of the generous support given to the Computer Science Department by Harris and its employees over the years," said Professor Aditya Mathur, Computer Science head at Purdue. "We are very grateful for the many benefits in our partnership with Harris, from job and internship opportunities for our students to advice and support through our Corporate Partners Program." Over the past four fiscal years, the Harris Foundation has made contributions, grants and pledges to support higher education of science, math and engineering at the local, state and national level totaling more than $3.2 million, including nearly $500,000 in employee gift matching donations. "New computer science and engineering graduates continue to be a focus of our hiring goals, and strong engineering programs, such as those at North Carolina State and Purdue, are key to developing the skilled workforce upon which high-tech companies such as Harris rely," said Wes Covell, president of Defense Programs for Harris and a graduate of North Carolina State. "These donations reflect our ongoing commitment to supporting and enhancing engineering education and research activities at all levels." About Harris Corporation Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of over $4 billion and 16,000 employees - including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Jim Burke of Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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