{"id":114200,"date":"2020-10-07T08:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=114200"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:44:06","slug":"simulation-and-training-pioneer-donates-historical-photos-to-ucfs-school-of-modeling-simulation-and-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/simulation-and-training-pioneer-donates-historical-photos-to-ucfs-school-of-modeling-simulation-and-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation and Training Pioneer Donates Historical Photos to UCF\u2019s School of Modeling, Simulation and Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry “Hank” C. Okraski\u2019s passion for simulation and training<\/a> is reflected in the impact he\u2019s had on the field and in his unique collection of historical pictures dating back to World War I.<\/p>\n

Okraski spent most of his career working to support the training of armed service men and women through simulation and training. He was one of the founders of the National Center for Simulation and was instrumental in the development of the Center for Excellence for Simulation and Training in Central Florida. He helped create some of the first academic programs at UCF\u2019s School of Modeling, Simulation and Training<\/a>. He was an adjunct instructor for many years at UCF and Rollins College and wrote the book, \u201cThe Wonderful World of Simulation.\u201d In 2015, he was inducted into the M&S Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Throughout his 50-year career he collected photos of all kinds of simulators from those conceived to those eventually built. The collection has more than 200 images and Okraski just donated a copy to SMST.<\/p>\n