$5M endowed chair to chart new approaches for solving existential issues
The Joe and Jane Gray Endowed University Chair will support faculty in biosciences, climate sciences, clean energy or environmental engineering
Joe W. Gray, PhD, a 1968 Colorado School of Mines graduate in physics and a trailblazing inventor of biomedical engineering technologies for understanding, diagnosing and treating cancer, has made a $5 million gift to create the Joe and Jane Gray Endowed University Chair.
A university chair is the highest level of distinction a Mines faculty member can hold.
Gray funded the endowed chair to support Mines’ multidisciplinary efforts to address existential issues facing humankind. The chair supports faculty in biosciences, climate sciences, clean energy or environmental engineering.
“We are going to run short of water, materials and energy, and we will suffer globally from many aspects of climate change,” Gray said. “We need leaders and teams that can address these problems head on and provide effective solutions."
Read more about the gift on the Campaign for MINES@150 website.
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