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Richardson, TX (December 15, 2004)
James Von Ehr II ( [BS '72] ), of Richardson,
Texas, received the Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest
award bestowed by the MSU Alumni Association. He received
the award during the Alumni Grand Awards Ceremony at MSU’s
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on October 14, 2004.
Von Ehr is the founder, chairperson, and chief
executive officer of Zyvex Corporation, the first molecular
nanotechnology company. He was instrumental in the passage
of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development
Act, which authorizes nearly $3.7 billion for R&D programs
for four years; he was present in the Oval Office on December
4th when President George W. Bush signed the bill into law.
He also contributed $3.5 million to establish the NanoTech
Institute of The University of Texas at Dallas and endowed
the James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair of Science and Technology
for Nobel Laureate Alan G. MacDiarmid.
Prior to founding Zyvex, Von Ehr was Founder,
President, Chairman, and CEO of Altsys Corporation, the developer
of FreeHand and Fontographer (the first PostScript drawing
program). He sold the company to Macromedia in 1995.
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