Gift from Alumnus and Family to Help Tackle the Challenge of Environmental Security

Alumnus Mike Melo ’79 has crafted a career defined by the Virginia Tech motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) and built a company based on the “In the Arena” philosophy espoused by Theodore Roosevelt for making the world a better place.

Through their ongoing engagement and a recent $500,000 gift to the College of Natural Resources and Environment, Melo and his wife and business partner, Kathy Gravely Melo, are working to ensure that Virginia Tech will be ready to take on what may be the next great challenge in the sustainable management of natural resources: environmental security. Read more in the full Virginia Tech Daily news article: Virginia Tech Daily.