VIRGINIA ENGINEERING FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES WILLIAM WULF
AS WINNER OF 1997 ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 18 -- William Wulf, AT&T Professor
of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, has been selected
as the winner of the Virginia Engineering Foundation's 1997
Engineering Achievement Award.
	After a competitive review of the career achievements of
outstanding alumni nominees, the Virginia Engineering Foundation
granted the award to Wulf in recognition of his lifetime contributions
to the field of engineering in the areas of research, education,
development of new technology and leadership.
	"Bill can claim many achievements, and as all of us who have
had the good fortune to work with him know, he is also a modest and
plain-spoken friend and colleague, always ready to lend a hand to
anyone without any consideration of credit or reward," said Richard W.
Miksad, dean of U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
"I'm pleased that Bill can add this award to his long list of richly
deserved honors." 
	Wulf earned his doctorate in computer science in 1968, the
first computer science Ph.D. ever awarded at U.Va.'s School of
Engineering.  He then joined the faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University
where he served until 1981, when he left to found and lead Tartan
Laboratories, a developer and marketer of optimizing compilers, used
in writing computer software. 
	In 1988 he was appointed an assistant director of the National
Science Foundation.  After two years in that post he joined U.Va.'s
engineering school faculty as the AT&T Professor of Computer Science.
An internationally recognized designer of advanced computer hardware
and software, Wulf's current work focuses on the design of high
performance memory systems and computer security.
	His contributions as a teacher are equally impressive,
according to Miksad. Working under a National Science Foundation
grant, he led the development of a new "closed laboratories" computer
science curriculum at U.Va., which boosts the theoretical and
practical skills of undergraduates many times over that of students
from more traditional programs.  It has become a model for other
colleges and universities across the nation. 
	In 1993 Wulf was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering, and last year was chosen to serve as interim president of
the Academy.  He also chairs the computer science and
telecommunications board of the National Research Council and is a
fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ACM and IEEE.  He
is the author or co-author of three books and more than 40 papers.
	At home with industry as well as academia, he is a consultant
to numerous corporations, including Prime Computer, Westinghouse, the
United Nations Development Program, IBM, Digital Equipment, Intel, NCR
and Univac. 
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March 17, 1997
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