Michigan Tech Endowed Professorship Recipients Named

Recipients have been named for two professorships endowed by Dave House, an alumnus and longtime supporter of Michigan Technological University.  The House Family Foundation gave $1 million to support each professorship and another $270,00 to fund graduate student assistantships.

Min Song, chair of the Department of Computer Science at Michigan Tech, will hold the Dave House Endowed Professorship in Computer Science. Kui Zhang, professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, will hold the Dave House Endowed Professorship in Statistics, Data Mining and Data Analytics.

The graduate student assistantships will provide $30,000 annually to each of three graduate assistants in Michigan Tech’s new Master of Science in Data Science program for three years. They will contribute to the research of the Alliance for Computing, Information and Automation Research Center at Tech.

House, who earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1965, began his career as a computer designer at Raytheon Computer and Communications Division.  In 1974, House joined Intel Corp., where he managed the microprocessor business as it grew from $40 million to $48 billion a year and managed the team that developed the familiar and successful “Intel Inside” marketing campaign. He served as chair of Michigan Tech’s $200 million capital campaign, “Generations of Discovery,” himself contributing $10 million.

“For Michigan Tech to provide the best learning environment and prepare its students for success in their lives and careers, it needs to be one of the top research universities,” said House. “To do that we need the best faculty. Professors shape students’ lives. Endowed professorships attract and retain the best faculty and provide a perpetual benefit for the University and its students.

“As alumni, Michigan Tech gave us critical skills we needed to be successful, and we need to show our gratitude and allegiance by supporting the University and it’s current and future students through impactful philanthropy,” he added.

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