Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has announced gifts totaling $57 million from the family of Pierre Lamond and the Lamond Family Foundation in support of Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering.
The awards include $30 million from David Lamond (’97, J.D.’06) and his wife, Kelsey (’06), and Pierre and Christine Lamond, and $27 million from the Lamond Family Foundation. The funding will establish a chair in electrical and computer engineering focused on advancing research in semiconductors and nanoelectronics. The chair and Pratt’s department of electrical and computer engineering will be named for Pierre Lamond, a French-born venture capitalist and long-time leader in the global semiconductor industry.
“I am thrilled that the Lamond family has chosen to make this extraordinary investment in the Pratt School of Engineering,” said Duke University president Vincent E. Price. “Their visionary gift will enable current and future generations of Duke scholars to advance technologies that are vital to society while also supporting excellence in computing across the entire university.”…