Ohio University to Fund Engineering Prize with $5.8 Million Gift.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  October, 1999  by Bischoff, Laura

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Oct. 7 -- ATHENS, Ohio -- Fritz and Dolores Russ, who founded a business in Beavercreek with desks from Goodwill, gave Ohio University $5.8 million to fund a Nobel-like prize for engineers, university officials announced on Wednesday.

The Russ Prize will award $500,000 every other year, beginning in 2000, to recognize engineers whose work has benefited humanity. It will be administered by the National Academy of Engineering.

"The prize is patterned after the Nobel Prize and we hope it will enhance engineering and attract more people to ...

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