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Architectural engineering alumnus organizes donation for people without homes

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.  When a cold snap plunged Los Angeles, California, into temperatures below 30 degrees in early November, Charles (Chip) Israel thought about the many people without homes that he sees regularly on his commute.

Israel, a Penn State architectural engineering alumnus and chief executive officer of the Lighting Design Alliance (LDA) architectural lighting design firm in Long Beach, California, aimed to assist those individuals and families. Full Article