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1996 CRA Distinguished Service Award
presented to
Dr. Paul Young
Dr. Paul Young, currently a professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington, was selected as the 1996 winner of the CRA Distinguished Service Award. He was honored for his numerous and significant contributions to the computing research community.
At the time he received this award he was the assistant director of the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering,
Dr. Young served as assistant director of CISE. He has provided
outstanding representation and leadership for the computing research community
during a period of critical changes in our nation's approach to research and
education.
As chair of the CRA Board of Directors during CRA's formative years (1989-91),
Dr. Young helped the computing research field develop a presence in science and
technology policy making. He was a member of CRA's Board from 1983-91.
Dr. Young also serves as vice chair of the National Science and Technology
Council's Committee on Information and Communications, which is responsible for
developing research programs and overseeing research in computing, information
and communications across all federal agencies, including the congressionally
mandated High-Performance Computing and Communications Program.
Prior to his NSF appointment, Dr. Young was professor of computer science and
engineering and associate dean of engineering at the University of Washington,
where he had served as chair of the Department of Computer Science from
1983-88. He joined the University of Washington in 1983, after 17 years at Purdue
University, where he was one of the first half dozen faculty members in one of the
first computer science departments in the United States. Dr. Young graduated from
Antioch College and received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1963.
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