Thousands of students benefit from $4.5 million donation

Bill Gates developed his first computer program when he was 12 years old. Mozart was writing musical pieces at age 4. Most of us, however, take a more roundabout route to finding our talents and putting them to use as a career.

Providing positive direction in the wide-open spaces of career possibilities is the mission of the Pursuits program of the Olin B. and Desta Schwab Foundation in downtown Fort Wayne, The program was established in 1987 as a result of the vision of Olin Schwab.

In his late 80s, Mr. Schwab, a retired lithographer approached Dolores (De) Klocke , then Guidance Counselor at North Side High School, about the need, for career support for young people - …