CSU Announces 2008 Wang Awardees
A computer scientist, an economics educator, a student-centered administrator, and a human communications professor have been named as the 2008 recipients of the prestigious California State University Wang Family Excellence Award.
The 2008 Wang Award Recipients are:
- Dr. Zvi Drezner, Cal State Fullerton -- Education, and Professional and Applied Sciences
- Dr. Jane S. Lopus, CSU East Bay -- Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Service
- Dr. Wm. Gregory Sawyer, CSU Channel Islands-- University Administrator
- Dr. Stuart S. Sumida, CSU San Bernardino -- Natural Sciences, Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering
- Dr. Stella Ting-Toomey, Cal State Fullerton -- Visual and Performing Arts and Letters
The Wang award was established in fall 1998 when then-Trustee Stanley T. Wang provided $1 million to reward outstanding faculty and administrators. The award is designed to "celebrate those CSU faculty and administrators who through extraordinary commitment and dedication have distinguished themselves by exemplary contributions and achievements in their academic disciplines and areas of assignment." Annually, during a 10 year-period, four faculty and one administrator throughout the CSU system have received $20,000 awards. This is the tenth and final year of the awards.
Wang, who in fall 2000 gave another $1.2 million to establish student and faculty travel scholarships for China study, is the largest individual donor to the CSU system office.
“Countless California State University faculty members have dedicated their lives to teaching students, expanding knowledge and serving both their community and their field of study. The CSU staff is equally dedicated to helping students achieve their goals. To choose just one in each category was a challenging task for the selection committee, but these individuals are all extraordinarily impressive,” said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. “We are all grateful to Trustee Wang for providing a means to recognize these five individuals for all they do for CSU students.”
Wang, who served as a CSU Trustee from 1994 to 2002, is founder, president and chief executive officer of Pantronix Corp., based in Fremont, CA. The company provides a range of manufacturing services for semiconductor components, subsystems and modules. Pantronix’s consumer base is worldwide in the medical, aerospace, telecommunications, automotive, instrumentation and computer industries. The China native also founded Amertron Inc., a manufacturing facility in the Philippines, in 1989 and in KunShan, China in 2001.
The Wang Family Excellence Award is administered through the CSU Foundation. Each campus president annually may nominate one faculty member from each of the four discipline categories. Each president also may nominate one administrator annually. The recipients will receive the awards at the May CSU Trustees’ meeting. Press Release
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