Kaplan Endows Chair
Penn Engineering alumnus
Jerry Kaplan has made a $500,000 gift to Penn Engineering in honor
of faculty member Dr. Aravind K. Joshi.
Dr. Kaplan, a resident of Hillsborough,
CA, received his Ph.D. in computer and information science from Penn in
1979. His doctoral advisor was Dr. Joshi, the Henry Salvatori Professor
of Computer and Cognitive Science and co-director of Penn's Institute
for Research and Cognitive Science.
The Aravind K. Joshi Endowed Term Assistant Professorship in
Computer and Information Science will be awarded to a junior
faculty member who is among the best in his or her field and who
possesses the intellectual and entrepreneurial drive to become a
leader in teaching and research.
For more information see the
Almanac article.
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