Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • November 30, 2011 Business The PhD Project, an award-winning program to increase diversity in management, has inducted its first members into the newly-established PhD Project Hall of Fame. The inductions took place at the organization’s annual conference in Chicago. Allendale resident Bernard J. Milano, president of The PhD Project and of the KPMG Foundation based in Montvale, was among those who received this special honor. PhD Project welcomes Milano into Hall of Fame The other members are Quiester Craig, Ph.D., dean of the School of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University; John A. Elliott, Ph.D., dean of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College; Andrew J. Policano, Ph.D., dean of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine; and Melvin T. Stith, Ph.D., dean of the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. The PhD Project Hall of Fame’s inaugural inductees were honored with statuettes at organization’s annual conference on Nov. 18. Starting in 2012, a new class of inductees will be selected annually, with supporters of The PhD Project and the public invited to submit nominations for each year’s class. The PhD Project established the Hall of Fame to recognize a select few who have inspired many. These individu- als have sustained an unwavering commitment to The PhD Project’s mission and their positive leadership has resulted in significant encouragement and impact within the project’s network of minority business doctoral students and faculty. Since the project began in 1994, the number of minority faculty in U.S. university business schools has increased from 294 to 1,113 and there are 377 minority business doctoral students who will become faculty over the next few years. These doctoral students and faculty are role models and mentors attracting minority students to the study of business, thereby enhancing the talent pool available to corporate America. Milano lives in Allendale with his wife, Sharon, and sons Matthew, a junior at Brown, and Adam, who will be a freshman at Middlebury College this fall. Milano has four older children and six grandchildren. Power Wash Seal of Bergen County is preparing for projects of all shapes and sizes this holiday season. In the past decade, the tradition of adorning one’s house with Christmas lights or Hanukkah decorations has seen some fierce competition between neighbors looking to display their brightest and best. The well-known “Elvis House” of Mahwah had become such a tourist attraction that onlookers would jam the streets throughout the affluent northern neighborhood from midNovember until well past Christmas. “It’s becoming more elaborate every year,” said Richard Narins whose exterior restoration company, Power Wash Seal of Bergen County, turns into the premier holiday light design/installation company during the winter months. Expert: Holiday home decorating getting more elaborate each year Narins is the man behind the design of some of the most magical lighting displays in Bergen and Rockland counties. “It’s as much a creative endeavor as it is just climbing a ladder, working a bucket truck, and getting all the houses done in time for the season. It’s understanding each house and using lights to bring out its unique holiday shine, and every year brings new designs, further technological developments the displays and 2011 is going to be the biggest and the brightest yet!” This year, Power Wash Seal of Bergen County will be employing social media to show off the creativity and grandiosity of the displays. Visit http://www.powerwashsealofbergencounty.com to find links to Facebook and Twitter as well as galleries of designs and for more information.