July/August 2004
Friends of the College of Engineering,
After an exhaustive international search, UC Berkeley has finally selected a new chancellor. Dr. Robert J. Birgeneau, president of the University of Toronto, will take over from Chancellor Robert Berdahl, who has headed Berkeley since 1997. A Toronto native, Dr. Birgeneau earned his bachelor's degree in science from the University of Toronto in 1963 and a PhD in physics from Yale University in 1966. He taught physics at MIT, where he became Dean of Science, before taking over the University of Toronto presidency in 2000. During his tenure, Toronto reached a historic fundraising goal of $1 billion, a record for any Canadian university in a single capital campaign. Dr. Birgeneau brings a wealth of experience to Berkeley, which he refers to as "simply the best teaching and public research university." We will certainly miss Bob Berdahl -- he has contributed a great deal to Berkeley over the past seven years and has been an especially strong supporter for CITRIS. I look forward to meeting with our new chancellor in the near future and impressing upon him the important role our College plays on the campus, for the State of California, and for the world!
Again, this year the College of Engineering is honoring four of its brightest and most successful alumni with the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards (DEAA). This year's DEAA awards will be presented to Wayne Clough (CE '69), the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology; Floyd Kvamme (EECS '59), co-chair of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and successful venture capitalist; and Steve Wozniak (EECS '86), Apple co-founder, a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist who has had a major impact on art and science institutions and local California schools. The Outstanding Young Leader award will be presented to In Sik Rhee (EECS '93), former CTO for America Online's ecommerce platform division and co-founder of KIVA software, a pioneer of the application server which was acquired by Netscape in 1997. Please join us to celebrate these incredible Berkeley Engineers at a special dinner Sept. 18 in our historical Hearst Memorial Mining Building. To register visit: www.coe.berkeley.edu/deaa/ .
I hope you are having a great summer. Go Bears!
/rich
A. Richard Newton
Dean, College of Engineering and
the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
Lab Notes is published online by the Public Affairs Office of the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. The Lab Notes mission is to illuminate groundbreaking research underway today at the College of Engineering that will dramatically change our lives tomorrow.
Media contact: Teresa Moore, Lab Notes editor, Director of Public Affairs
Writer, Researcher: David Pescovitz
Web Manager: Michele Foley
Subscribe or send comments to the Engineering Public Affairs Office: lab-notes@coe.berkeley.edu.
© 2004 UC Regents. Updated 6/27/04. |
