| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ENVIRONMENTAL
TECTONICS CORPORATION (Amex: ETC) today announced the appointment of Howard
W. Kelley to its board of directors on May 30, 2002. Mr. Kelley is president
of Sally Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, one of the oldest and largest
designers and fabricators of animation robots used worldwide in theme parks,
museums, and entertainment attractions. Kelley previously spent over 25 years
in the broadcasting industry, including ten years in television management as
a news director and later as vice president and general manager of Channel 12
WTLV (NBC). He is currently chairman of the board of Tempus Software, in
Jacksonville, a medical software development firm. He has also previously
served as broadcast strategic planner for a major U.S. communications company
and as director of several U.S. technology firms with international business
activities. In the academic arena, Mr. Kelley serves as an executive
professor at the University of North Florida College of Business
Administration, and is a college adjunct instructor on Internet technology and
E-commerce on the Internet. Kelley is active in professional organizations,
presently serving as director of the European theme and leisure trade
association, TiLE, and is a member of the International Association of
Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA). Kelley is active in regional civic
and community affairs, as well. He is a graduate of the University of Florida
and Harvard Business School PMD. William F. Mitchell, President and CEO of ETC, in announcing the appointment, observed that, "In addition to his excellent business credentials, Howard Kelley is a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry. He will bring much valuable expertise to the ETC board and to the company as well. We very much look forward to working with him as we are shaping our plans for the entertainment industry business segment." ETC also designs, develops, installs, and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward- looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "could", "would", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "continue", or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, political unrest in customer countries, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10- k for the fiscal year ended February 22, 2002 filed on June 7, 2002. |
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