Gary May Earns Chair

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Gary May, professor and executive assistant to Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough, to be the new Steve W. Chaddick Chair for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). He will start as chair on May 1, assuming the duties of Roger Webb, who retired in December.

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of Georgia Tech's largest schools, with more than 130 academic and research faculty members and 2,300 students at all degree levels. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked both of Tech's programs (electrical and computer) sixth in the nation.

May earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tech in 1985, moving on to the University of California at Berkeley for his master's and doctoral degrees. He returned to Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in 1991 and accepted the Motorola Foundation Professorship in 2001.

May has been intimately involved in developing programs aimed at increasing the number of minority students who pursue advanced degrees. Two such programs -- the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science (SURE) program and the Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science
(FACES) program -- have secured more than $11 million from the National Science Foundation.

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Megan McRainey
Institute Communications and Public Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology
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