Fritz and Dolores Russ Endow International
Engineering Prize
The
National Academy of Engineering will
sponsor a biennial $500,000 prize in honor
of long-time Ohio University benefactors
Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ.
The
Russ Prize, funded through a $5.8 million
endowment at Ohio University from the
Russes, joins the Charles Stark Draper
Prize as the two top engineering prizes in
the world.
The
first Russ Prize will be awarded in 2000
to an engineer in recognition of
outstanding achievement in an engineering
field of critical importance that
contributes to improving the human
condition. The first Russ Prize will
recognize achievement in biotechnology
engineering.
"Engineers
make a major contribution to our society
and they don't get adequate recognition,"
Fritz Russ said. "...I had a dream of how
to enhance the image of an engineer and
the dream called for a prize as a means to
getting better recognition. The prize is
patterned after the Nobel prize and we
hope it will enhance engineering and
attract more people to the field. Ohio
University has a great college
of
engineering
and I want to tell the world about
it."
The
Russes, of Dayton, Ohio, and Naples, Fla.,
in 1955 founded Systems Research
Laboratories in Dayton. The engineering
and research company has grown to more
than 1,000 employees and is one of the
largest employers in the Dayton
area.
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