The LIBERAL EDUCATION DIVISION of the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION is pleased to present the 1992 STERLING OLMSTED AWARD to JOHN G. TRUXAL in recognition of his career of "making significant contributions in the teaching and administering of Liberal Education in Engineering Education."
The selection Committee commends John G. Truxal, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of the State University at Stony Brook, for his advocacy and leadership in extending the study of engineering and technology to the liberal arts, and consequently challenging his colleagues within the engineering community to enrich the study of the liberal arts for engineers. His contributions to directing the Council for understanding Technology in Human Affairs and the Sloan Foundation New Liberal Arts program have helped to expand programs and expectations to include the study of engineering as part of the contemporary liberal arts. Professor Truxal has also been a leading figure in defining and implementing Science, Technology and Society programs both at home and abroad. His most recent book, The Age of Electronic Messages (1989), culminates two decades of devotion to scholarship and communication to a broad audience. The Age of Electronic Messages, like its predecessors, provides a worthy model of the teaching he has advocated throughout his career- - namely, making a complex technical subject accessible to non-specialists, and making the social implications of a powerful technology apparent to all.
For these professional achievements, and a lifetime of exemplary teaching of students and colleagues around the country, the Liberal Education Division is pleased to award its 1992 Sterling Olmsted Award to John G. Truxal.
Lance Schachterle
Chair, Executive Committee, Liberal Education Division
23 June 1992
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