Annual Dinner Honorees | YSEA Science Fair Award
For over 90 years, the YSEA has recognized many distinguished science and engineering alumni through the giving of the Annual YSEA Awards. For a complete listing of previous award winners, please click here to view the YSEA Hall of Achievement.
YSEA Annual Meeting
April 11, 2007
Yale Science & Engineering Association holds 93rd Annual Meeting
The Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. held its Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on the evening of April 11, 2007 on the Yale University campus. Attended by some 40 alumni members and guests, this event marked the 93rd year of YSEA efforts aimed at encouraging and recognizing excellence and accomplishment in members of the Yale engineering and science community.
At this dinner meeting, YSEA presented major awards to three distinguished Yale-degree holders for their professional and civic contributions. Cal. Tech. professor of chemistry Peter B. Dervan, '72 PhD, received the YSEA Award for the Advancement of Basic and Applied Science for his outstanding contributions to creation of a new field of bioorganic chemistry aimed at understanding the chemical principles for DNA-sequence recognition. William D. Glover, '50 BE, accepted the YSEA Award for Meritorious Service to Yale University for his noteworthy achievements as an alumnus, engineer and citizen, and exemplary dedication to Yale. Michael H. Jordan, '57 BE, Chairman and CEO of EDS Corp., was granted the YSEA Award for Distinguished Service to Industry, Commerce or Education for his eminent career in U.S. industry, both as a corporate leader and a private investor.