Language Laboratory |
Rahmi M. Koç

Bologna Center friend, Rahmi M. Koç decided to generously respond to the Bologna Center Building Campaign appeal by naming the new Language Lab on the mezzanine floor. Koç, born in Ankara, Turkey in 1930, is the Honorary Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors of Koç Holding A.S.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences in 1956, and spent his entire business career in Turkey in his family-owned holding company. He is a member of the second generation of the Koç family in the business founded by his father, Vehbi Koç.

He is former President of the International Chamber of Commerce, Former Co-Chairman the Business Advisory Council for South East Europe, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Koç University, and Member of the Advisory Board of the Turkish Employers Association.

Koç has also been honored by the Italian Government, because of his supplement for Progressing and Developing of the economical and commercial relations between Italy and Turkey, with an "Order of High Merit of the Italian Republic" in June 2001.

Prior to this gift, Koç also supported fellowships for Bologna Center students and the Maria & Robert Evans Fellowship.