Engineering receives donation of over $1.25 million for endowed chair

Posted June 03, 1999


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 2, 1999
99-06-01-OTHER

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING RECEIVES
DONATION WHICH EXCEEDS $1.25
MILLION TO CREATE ENDOWED CHAIR
IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The College of Engineering announced today that it has
received a major donation from Dr. H. Douglas Barber, a
graduate of the University of Saskatchewan.

Barber received his degree in Electrical Engineering from
the U of S in 1959 and his M.Sc. in 1960. He went on to
complete his Ph.D. at the University of London. Barber is
currently the President and CEO of Gennum Corporations
in Ontario.

The donation, which exceeds $1.25 million, will create a
permanent, endowed Barbhold Chair in Information
Technology in the College of Engineering and used to
attract a continuing stream of outstanding young
professors to the University who will work in
Information Technology.

The Chair consists of a five year maximum, non-
renewable, tenure track appointment for a junior
faculty member seeking his / her first university
appointment. Upon completion of the term, the
Chairholder will continue the academic career in a
regular tenured or tenure-track position. The Chair, in
turn, will be open to a new junior incumbent.

The Chairholder will have a commitment to teaching and
mentoring students, to research and scholarly inquiry,
and to application of knowledge.

The gift will be placed in perpetual trust, which in turn
will generate funds that will be used to provide the
Chairholder with above average opportunity to pursue
teaching and research to the benefit of students and
ultimately the nation. The University of Saskatchewan
will also contribute a portion to the Chair position.

For More Information, contact:

Roxanne Vandeven
College of Engineering
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5288