Grand Valley State University
Schalon was a founding member of the Grand Valley State University Foundation and a long-time benefactor of the western Michigan university. Schalon provided major support for Grand Valley’s Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing. The Mr. and Mrs. Edward I. Schalon Plastics and Metal Forming Lab was named in honor of Schalon and his wife. Grand Valley President Thomas J. Haas called Schalon "one of the real titans in the history of Grand Valley State University." He was inducted into Grand Valley's Hall of Fame in 1984. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Grand Valley in 1985.
Schalon also supported Grand Valley’s Lake Michigan Center, which houses the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute in downtown Muskegon. He also sought to foster economic development in the Muskegon area as chairman of the "New Muskegon" economic recovery campaign in the 1980s. Upon Schalon’s death, Grand Valley President Haas said: “Ed Schalon made a mark on Muskegon, and his family made a mark on Grand Valley. His leadership helped strengthen Grand Valley’s regional perspective, and he was very supportive of our efforts in engineering and with the Lake Michigan Center in Muskegon. Ed will be missed; our hearts go out to his wife Marcie and their family.”
Schalon was also a former trustee of the Michigan Colleges Foundation and the Citizen’s Research Council of Michigan.
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