Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, June 26, 1980, Page 16, Image 16

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    Nero makes
Affirmative Action work
Nero and Associates, Inc., is a m inority owned, multi-racially
staffed Oregon based business w ith branch o ffice s in
Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas. The firm is headed by
D avid M . Nero J r., President, and is heavily engaged in
pioneering research, technology assessment and transfer, en­
vironmental studies, transportation planning, energy studies and
analysis, health management, educational research, evaluation
and statistics, survey research, conference management and ap­
propriate technologies.
The firm , in ad d itio n to seeking out and hiring capable
minorities, also gives scholarship annually to worthy (3.0 GPA
and above) m inority students pursuing degrees in business at Rust
College in H olly Springs, Mississippi and the School o f Business
and Technology, Oregon State University where M r. Nero served
as an Assistant Professor in 1972 and 1973.
M r. Nero exhorts Black students to pursue degrees in Business,
M edicine, Engineering and to forget social science studies;
however, he hastens to add, a degree in underwater pinochle is
better than no degree at all.
D A V ID NERO
Nero and Associates, Inc.
HEAD OFFICE
520 S.W. 6th Street, Suite820
Portland, Oregon 97204
(503)223-4150
BRANCH OFFICES
Fifth Floor
1706 DeSalea Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Ms. Dianne J. Reynolds, Manager
(202-466-3330)
4107 Medical Parkway, Suite 208
Austin, Texas 78756
■nr. w.ivi. uoitnarp, P.E., M anager
(515)458 4666 or
(512) 468 3744