Former Recruiter’s Engine Donated to UTI Campus

Ron Whitman’s widow, Judy, with interim Campus President Roger Speer. / Photo by Jeremiah McWright

On hand for the event included, on the left, Ron Whitman’s daughter Katie Taylor, sister-in-law Susan Borges, grandson John Taylor and, on the right, daughter Lindsay Fantazia, granddaughter Ali Taylor and widow Judy Whitman. / Photo by Jeremiah McWright

PHOTOS BY JEREMIAH MCWRIGHT, NHS INTERN
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A $26,000 Chevrolet engine has been donated to the Universal Technical Institute campus in Natomas by the widow of Ron Whitman, a former field admissions technician at the school.

Judy Whitman presented the big-block 454 to the technical school where her husband worked, during a special ceremony held Tuesday July 2 at UTI. Whitman said the best place for the engine would be the classroom.

Ron Whitman, a Natomas resident, died last year. The ceremony also included the unveiling of a plaque in his honor.

The donated Chevy big-block 454-cubic inch engine. / Photo by Jeremiah McWright

The donated engine is fired up for a demonstration. / Photo by Jeremiah McWright