Dennis Clausen served as Director of Training until his retirement in 2018. A second facility was added to the campus in 2001, the GOMACO University Paving Center.ĭean Bengford served as the instructor for the 19 school season. The new University opened its doors for the first class in the modern facility on April 21, 1980. The remodel included adding a second story, which now houses Mr. The huge diesel engines were dismantled and scrapped and GOMACO remodeled the building to create GOMACO University.
The building had housed a six-cylinder and an eight-cylinder engine. In 1979, GOMACO purchased the diesel generating plant from Iowa Public Service Company in Ida Grove. The program was a success and outgrew the Education Center. Physical demonstrations of components were also presented in the classroom.
The classroom portion of the program consisted of lectures and discussions illustrated with drawings and slides.
The new GOMACO Education Center consisted of a classroom large enough to accommodate 18 students. Then, in 1975, GOMACO leased a building along Highways 59 & 175. The first training sessions were held in Godbersen-Smith Construction Company’s conference room. GOMACO University began as an in-house customer training program in the early 1970s.
