Newly Appointed Entrepreneur In Residence At Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg College announces the appointment of Peter S. Linder as the College’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Linder currently teaches courses in venture capital and entrepreneurship on campus.Monday, October 4, 2004 00:13 PM
Muhlenberg College announces the appointment of Peter S. Linder as the College’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Linder currently teaches courses in venture capital and entrepreneurship on campus.
Linder founded American Interactive, a company specializing in hospital laboratory data processing systems throughout the United States and Europe, and ETHIX, a managed care company operating HMOs and Pops in 13 states.
In addition, Linder is a private investor and Chairman of LORE, the largest angel investment group in Pennsylvania. LORE invests primarily in early stage companies in the Delaware Valley.
Linder also is the treasurer of the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club in Maine, and serves on the Board of Beth Chaim Congregation and the Board of Governing Trustees of The Jackson Laboratory, the premier genetics research and resources institution in the world. Linder has a BSEE from Penn State, and an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania.
Muhlenberg College is one of the first liberal arts colleges in the nation to offer an entrepreneurial studies program. The program emphasizes the importance of innovative and critical thinking, of careful planning, and of adaptation and flexibility that together represent the philosophy and technique of entrepreneurship.
The two objectives of the entrepreneurial program are to prepare Muhlenberg graduates in the concepts of innovation and self-reliance appropriate for a variety of life and career pursuits and to support entrepreneurs in the greater Muhlenberg community. Through a combination of course instruction, hands-on internships, small business simulations, and independent research, the program strives to equip students with the well-founded confidence to assume the appropriate and calculated risks fundamental to meaningful life and career choices.
