CRAY ACADEMY 725 WEST PARK AVENUE CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI 54729 TEL: 715-720-2037 FAX: 715-723-1239 CANDYCE LUND, DIRECTOR E-MAIL: clund@cesa10.k12.wi.us 2007 DATES:  AUGUST 6-10

Seymour Cray founded Cray Research in 1972. Its mission-- to build the world's fastest supercomputer. For the next decade and a half, Cray Research grew and prospered. From a handful of employees, it bloomed into an international high-tech company with a staff over 5,000. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research to form Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado to build what would still be the fastest supercomputer in the world and doing it his own way. In 1984, Chippewa Falls honored Seymour Cray as Citizen of the Year. He was a great contributor to his community and his city. During his tenure at Cray Research, the Cray Research Foundation was established. The Foundation provided a majority of the funding for the creation of the Cray Academy. At that time, it was probably not known that the Cray Academy would expand into a state and national model for teacher development and involve more than businesses and industries in the Chippewa Valley. Seymour Cray's love of mathematics, science and technology is still reflected in today's well-known Cray Academy. Chippewa Falls benefited greatly from Seymour Cray's extraordinary genius. It can be tallied in terms of jobs, tax base, and ancillary business growth. But even more important was the spirit of inventiveness and creativity which Cray infused into the area. Cray, and those who came to work at his company, brought a sense of mission, purpose, and accomplishment. Anything became possible for hungry young minds. Seymour Cray's persona still casts a long shadow in Chippewa Falls. It is easy to underestimate the importance of this quiet, passionate engineer who was never satisfied with the way things are, who was always looking to expand his knowledge and push his talents to the limit, who did not fear taking risks or encountering failure, and who served as a positive role model and mentor for a new generation of computer designers and engineers. Initiated by Cray Research Co. in 1988, the Cray Academy has grown from serving about 200 teachers in its first year to over 700 in 1997. (Excerpted from an article by Mark Baker, Editor, The Chippewa Herald)

DIRECTORY   1)  Cray Academy At A Glance     (To Be Announced)   2) Expenses & Credit       (To Be Announced) 3) Keynote Speakers Week 1 (To Be Announced)   Week 2 (To Be Announced) 4) Summer Workshops Week 1 (To Be Announced)   Week 2 (To Be Announced) 5) Business & Industry Partners