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The USC News Service
The University of Southern California's annual Engineering Awards Luncheon, always a stellar gathering of engineering executives and educators, is generating extra interest this year.
The 1999 event, slated for Friday, April 9, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Regal Biltmore Hotel, will feature Robert J. Herbold, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Microsoft Corp., as keynote speaker.
"Bob Herbold is responsible for the worldwide operations of a giant of the Information Age," said Leonard M. Silverman, dean of the USC School of Engineering. "He is deeply involved in Microsoft's planning -- producing a corporate strategy that commands international attention. His participation in this annual event affords some measure of our school's high stature within industry."
Mark A. Stevens, general partner, Sequoia Capital, will receive the Engineering Alumnus Award. He earned both his B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1981) and his M.S. in computer engineering (1984) from USC. In 1993, Stevens was named a general partner at Sequoia, which manages over $1 billion in capital and has a portfolio of more than 50 companies, including 3Com, Apple, Oracle, Cisco Systems and Yahoo! -- all of which received early-stage financing from Sequoia Capital. Stevens serves on the engineering school's board of councilors.
Alfred E. Mann, chairman and CEO of MiniMed Inc., will receive the Engineering Management Award. He is also chairman of Advanced Bionics Corp., chairman of the Medical Research Group Inc. and chairman emeritus of Pacesetter Inc., all firms that he founded. These companies develop and manufacture biomedical technology -- microinfusion pumps, systems for the diabetic and the deaf, cardiac pacemakers, etc. -- that have profoundly contributed to the quality of life. Mann serves on the USC board of trustees and the engineering school's board of councilors. His $100 million funding of the Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at USC ranks among the landmark gifts in the history of higher education.
Both awards are presented for "extraordinary contributions to the fields of engineering management and technology."
Dr. Silverman will officiate at the event. Attendees will include members of the university's board of trustees and the School of Engineering's board of councilors, along with executives and engineers from many of America's leading corporations.
The USC School of Engineering is the largest private school of engineering in the American West and the fourth largest in the nation.
Admission to the luncheon is $45. Advance reservations are required. A no-host reception will begin at 11:15 a.m. The Regal Biltmore Hotel is located at Fifth and Grand in downtown Los Angeles.
For reservations or more information, call (213) 740-4879.
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