A gift of 10 million dollars at Grinnell College in the Domaine de la Trust de la Fidge de l’Alun and the technological revolution Robert N. Noyce after the death in 2024 of his widow, Ann Bowers, will strengthen the computer education of the ‘Iowa school and will support other initiatives in one of the midwest of the Midwest Colleges of Liberals of the leading.
The college announced the gift in a press release, saying that $ 4 million would go to establish a chair endowed with computer science, the rest divided between a fund for programs, a grant with scientific equipment. Part of the gift will also support the pioneering fund of the college, which addresses what the school says it is its “most urgent needs”.
Noyce, who died in 1990, was from Iowa and co-founder of Intel Corp., which remains one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world-the microchips that are at the heart of everything, smart phones to sophisticated medical equipment. It allowed Grinnell to enter the ground floor of the original Intel offer, by launching the college on the way to build an endowment which helps him register high level without taking their account of their financial situation.
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In a recent ranking, it was the only higher education institution in Iowa be appointed among the most selective colleges in America.
Bowers was also an executive of Intel, one of the few leaders of the early days of industry. She and her husband were administrators of Grinnell, and her philanthropy was also the key to the growth of the computer program at her Alma Mater, the Cornell University of New York.
IT registration develops quickly in Grinnell
In the press release, Peter-Michael Osera, president of the Grinnell IT department, said that the president will help the department meet the growing demand for the college for artificial intelligence education, in data sciences and in related areas.
“Computer science is omnipresent in society,” said Osera. “The depth of interdisciplinary work in the IT department, the interests of our students in other majors in our multiple theme introduction courses, reflects this fact.”
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He also noted that the registration by Grinnell of the upper IT has increased by more than 10 in the last decade, many pursuing the double majors in other areas.
Bernadine Douglas, vice-president of development and relations with the elders of Grinnell, said that Noyce, in addition to being “the force behind the discoveries that shape the way we live today”, was also known as ” The mayor of Silicon Valley “” “Douglas said he” recognized “recognized” the power of collaboration and the potential of technology have a positive influence on people’s lives “”
“It will be exciting to see how these principles, which he and Ann Bowers have waged dear, will be reflected by the teachers and students who benefit from this gift for the years to come,” said Douglas.