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Show GheHaltLakeTribune STO, AY FORTHE RECORD, C-2 MLOTTERY, C-2 OBITUARIES, C-8 WEATHER, C-12 DECEMBER 26,\1999 x Colleges Cash In on Brainpower 1 bo Research yields lucrative royalties of Florida, it was the sports drink Gatorade. Columbia University had a winner with its contributions to MPEG-2, a video com- Each year, the nation’s research universities gamble that a ‘The U. agent among the emerging technologies givén birth in their faculty censed. blockbuster invention may be laboratories. The wager is that among the cial penicillin. At the University professors. First-year sales for it with a contrasting radiology thatit liago to Mallinckcompany. Former professor Roland The invention game is for pa- rodt, a BYU chemist Robins scored’ ith a chemother- hundreds of inventions, there is one patent or license that will yield a commercial superstar with the julice to generate $1 million or more in royalties, with fame and fortune flowing to both inventor and school. For the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it was artifi- fiscal 1998 and supported 280,000 jobs. At least 364 new companies The association said academic discoveries contributed $34 bil- were formed last year to commercialize academic inventions. Both BYU and the U. ranked among the 44 top institutions nationally in licensing income in BYUaptheUniversity of Utah both have hit the $1 million It was licensed to Ortho-Biotech. Gov. Mike Leavitt has characterized the state’s colleges and universities as the engines that keep Utah’s economyin drive, a point backed by the most recent licensing survey from the Academic discoveries have contributed $34 billion to the national institutions — the U., BYU and Utah State University — hot new prospects include: A digital hearing aid company, Sonic Innovations, started by two BYU electrical engineering nology lion to the national economy in BY BROOKE ADAMS ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Association of University Tech- Utah's University Patents economy in fiscal 1998. BYU and the U.of U. ranked amongthe top 44 institutions nationally. Utah State University is one of the newest players in the patents game, 1988-99 totaled $30 million, making Sonic Innovation the fastestgrowing hearing aid company ever. BA bicycle brake invented by BYU’s engineering department and currently being manufac- tent players. Discoveries that are the basis of patents and start-up 0 ll Sean Noyce/ The Salt Lake Tribune tured by TechTro, a Taiwanese company. @ The LightCycler, a pathogen identification technology developed at the U. and licensed to Idaho Technology Inc. in Re- companies are often decades in the making. And once spun off, are likely to generate revenue a ly. A 10-year lag between ao andstart of royalty revis typical. But given the potial ae it is a poker game worth playing. jat Utah’'s three research Administration approved late last year for use by terminal cancer patients. @ Sorensen Vision of Logan, a start-up company formed to mar- search Park, which has in turn licensed the product to Roche Molecular Biochemicals. GA newpainkiller lozenge de- ket video compression technology developed at USU. veloped by U. spinoff Anesta, which the U.S. Food and Drug A genetic markertest developed by researchers at USU and Mayor-Elect Hits Ground Running strode into election central at Ogden’s City Hall expecting ap- plause. A previous mayor had told him that was the best part of winning -— walking into a room brimming with cheering people. But on Godfrey’s victory night, only one man clapped, and he soon stopped. The room was nearly silent. Godfrey, after all, was a 29year-old upstart who never had Park City foundationstill owes mayor, Godfrey was a track star at WeberState University, served an schooldistrict about $800,000 LDS Church mission in Venezuela, earned a bachelor’s and a mas- BY KARL CATES THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. ter’s degree in four years, built an apartment rental business from scratch, married and began a family while in college and serves as a PARK CITY — After Bill Cosby headlined the gala opening of the George S. and Delores Dore Eccles Centerfor the Performing Arts in January 1998, two things became abundantly clear to arts patrons who had shepherded creationof the $7 million facility. church bishop. “Tve been a regular Joe Blow guy,just a big nerd,” says Godfrey, whose humor often is Thecenter was every bit the sleek venue members ofthe Park City Performing Arts Foundation had hoped for in their dream of building one of the best small-town theaters in the country. @ Raising money to operate it and make good on beenpart of the (a political or civic or business life. He was the newcomer promis- ing to shake up City Hall, the spoiler to the respected Bob Hunter, a former city manager and Weber County commissioner whom the powers-that-be had wanted for the next mayor. Godfrey, who succeeds retiring eight-year Mayor Glenn Mecham Te hase ne henbia aisigail Sern otsemrects ema They are dubious of his youth * and inexperience, his biting can* OeOTee his promise ofchange. oye eae ee ee to see someone that young + Gome in,” says state Sen. Ed Allen, ; D-Ogden, Godfrey’s father-in-law. is uncomfortable. That doesn’t hi appe n without some etishie $ But iGoya and pl + cal experience make him an outsider, he has ail the markings ofan Whileall three are engaged th See UNIVERSITIES,Page C-11 Management The son of a formerHarrisville OGDEN — On election night in November, Matthew Godfrey Last year, the three etn tions invested a total ofmore $300 million in research. Hard Lessons In Arts Center Formertrack star brings youth to Ogden job BY KRISTEN MOULTON THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE the University of Iliinois that identifies spider lamb syndrome in sheep. construction debts was going to be a problem. Cosby’s fee for his appearance that night — anda special two-hour performance for Park City students ball, crawl through the grass.” He was aggressive one in the family of five children despite his small stature. He had grown to his adult height — feet 6 inches —and weighed barely 100 pounds by the time he hit high school. — cameto $75,000, aae rate because the event was for a charitable Butthe Gocntiandespite asellout, lost $45,000 on the event. It was a harbingeroffinancial difficulties to come. Tensions between the foundation and the Park City School District, which had formed a partnership to construct the center, were masked by the exuber- Even now,with a frame just 132 pounds, Godfrey sometimes has to shop in the kids section for clothes and has been mis- ance of the occasion. Keyto thatrelationship was a handshakedeal in which the foundation promised to cover cost overruns from an assortmentof upgrades that helped ensure the building would be no run-of Unable to make the cut for basketball or football in high school, he threw his energy into track and field, earning a scholarship to Weber State. “I've had people with more Ltda ability than ier but not ith his to work, his settaocigtin and motivation,” says Chick Hislop, WSU’s men’s See WORK ETHIC,Page C-5 the-mill auditorium. Plans were changed to expandcapacity from 500 to almost 1,300 seats. The lobby was beefed up, restrooms were improved,a state-of-the art projection oa was installed, a $15,000 Steinway grand piano was pl seats were upgraded, backstage rigging and lights were top-notch and a 300-seat balcony was added at a costof$750,000. Rick Rgan/The Sait Lake Tribune down 32nd Street in Ogden last week. Godfrey, who will take office Jan. 3, plans to cut the budget and shake up city departments. Mayor-elect Matthew Godfrey jogs The foundation, recipient of a $1 million grant from the Eccles family, said it would pay for many of the add-ons,but had not done so by opening night, and members of the school board were angry about the delinquency. (Though the arts group holds the See THEATER,Page C-10 asta Happy Factory Turns Scrap V . a Into Kids’ Smiles BY HEATHER MAY i ba olabrnaegbby tape on monetary donat = Wie enti contains int cwo Utah ee ea THe GALT One Charles and Dotna Cooley haveto wore ache es homes three spots OToat entaeioik Sect, Tee Comers colipaes. $308 Donations may be sent to The Happy Pactory, P.O. Box 811, Cedar City, UT, bi ag segting!nay pt iegprebioe peedh Happy Factory, make and away thousands of iapiienieres tp Their motto — “We may not be able to ‘The toy shop gives gifts to children Saeae i a Modical Center, thake a toy for every child in the world that needs one, but we're going to try” — Head Start, ‘ Rewtiaty Kringle i, “Santa Claus asks us to help him,’ ee rare er home the Salvation ‘Utah last week. ' Many children are playing with the the Coo28,000 handcrafted wooden finger * and other volunteers Shenaeponent by local renee—— ' nh \ sat eee athe Woods roe home of Bab ant A: Barner. 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