Alumni News & Events
Alumni News-Spring 2011
’68 (B.S.) Richard Silverman was awarded the E. B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances. The award is sponsored by Schering-Plough research Institute. Silverman is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. For additional details about Silverman's career and research, see the C&EN article of February 7, 2011.
'74 (B.S.) Richard Gottscho received the 2010 Eberly College of Science Outstanding Science Alumni Award. This honor is given annually by the College to recognize outstanding Penn State science alumni for their success as leaders in science and for the impact thay have had and will continue to have on society and their professions.
Gottscho, Group Vice President and General Manager, Etch Business since March 2007, joined the Company in January 1996 and has served at various Director and Vice President levels in support of etch products, CVD products, and corporate research. Prior to joining Lam Research, Dr. Gottscho was a member of Bell Laboratories for 15 years where he started his career working in plasma processing.


