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Berkeley professorship commemorates EDA
pioneer
The College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, in partnership with the EDA Consortium, has set up a US $1 million endowed faculty professorship to honour the late Dean A Richard Newton.
The College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, in partnership with the EDA Consortium, has set up a US $1 million endowed faculty professorship to honour the late Dean A Richard Newton Newton passed away on 2nd January 2007 at the age of 55
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The endowment, which will be known as the Dean A Richard Newton Memorial Professorship, will support the teaching, research and scholarship of an outstanding faculty member at the College of Engineering.
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"Rich Newton was a unique and visionary individual; a man who was as inspirational in the classroom and the lab as he was in the corporate boardroom".
"My colleagues in the EDA industry and I, along with Richard's other friends who have joined us in funding this new professorship, are privileged to honour his remarkable vision, impact and kindness through this professorship", said Dr Aart de Geus, EDA Consortium Chairman and Synopsys, Chairman and CEO, speaking on behalf of both the EDA industry and contributors to the professorship.
"This is a significant investment in the faculty and research of the College of Engineering, one that marries two of Dean Newton's highest priorities".
"He strongly believed in building support for the faculty of this institution, and in the potential of fields like synthetic biology to change the world for the better", said Fiona Doyle, Acting Dean of the College of Engineering.
A Richard Newton was a pioneer in electronic design automation and integrated circuit design.
He and his faculty colleague and mentor Professor Donald Pederson were central to the creation of the multi-billion-dollar EDA industry.
Newton's 32-year career with the College of Engineering began when he came to Berkeley from his native Australia as a doctoral student in 1975.
He earned his PhD in 1978 in electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) and joined the EECS faculty that same year, serving as EECS chair from 1999 to 2000, and Dean and the Roy W Carlson Professor of Engineering from 2000 until his death.
Newton was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2003 he received the EDA industry's most prestigious award, the Phil Kaufman Award, for distinguished contributions in EDA.
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