Dongwon Lee named Frymoyer Chair in IST

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Dongwon Lee, professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been named Frymoyer Chair in Information Sciences and Technology, effective July 1. The Frymoyer Chair recognizes outstanding academic achievement and supports continued excellence in research, scholarship and graduate education.

The three-year appointment provides a faculty member in the College of IST with the opportunity to continue and further scholarly excellence through contributions to instruction, research and public service with the intent to foster the use, benefits and effectiveness of information sciences worldwide.

“I am deeply honored to be appointed the Frymoyer Chair,” Lee said. “This recognition is especially meaningful given the chair’s distinguished history and the colleagues who have held it before me.”

The current holder is Anna Squicciarini, professor in the College of IST’s Department of Privacy and Cybersecurity Informatics. Previous holders include Jack Carroll, distinguished professor emeritus in the College of IST, and Vasant Honavar, IST professor and Penn State’s vice provost for artificial intelligence (AI).

Endowed in 2000 by the Frymoyer Foundation — which is led by Edward Frymoyer, emeritus member of the College of IST Dean’s Advisory Board and president of Frymoyer Holdings Inc. — the chair was one of the first endowed academic positions created in the then-School of IST.

“Dongwon is an internationally recognized scholar whose work has had a lasting impact on institutional excellence, research innovation and academic community-building,” said Andrea Tapia, dean of the College of IST. “This professorship, combined with his role as inaugural head of IST’s Privacy and Security Informatics Department, will further advance his leadership in research, education and governance. We are deeply grateful to Ed for the important Frymoyer Chair and the opportunities it creates for outstanding…

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