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For immediate release:
7/1/2009

Anne Buckley
VCU Communications and Public Relations
(804) 828-6052
albuckley@vcu.edu
Brian Thomas
VCU School of Engineering Foundation
804-828-0067
bsthomas@vcu.edu

VCU School of Engineering Scholarships Recognize Former President Eugene P. Trani

Robert C. Williams, a founding trustee emeritus of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, and his wife, Barbara, have established the Eugene P. Trani Leadership Scholarships.

The scholarships recognize Trani’s “extraordinary contribution to the school during his 19-year term as president of the university and the key role he played in creating the School of Engineering,” according to Williams. Trani retired as president of VCU and CEO of the VCU Health System on June 30. 

Two full scholarships, one for an in-state student and one for an out-of-state student, will be funded annually at the VCU School of Engineering through the Bob and Barbara Williams Foundation.

“I am honored by what Bob and Barbara have done and am pleased that future generations of engineering students will benefit from their generosity,” Trani said.

“Barbara and I wanted to do something special to serve as a lasting tribute to Dr. Trani’s legacy at VCU,” Williams said. “His leadership and creativity have set a standard of excellence at the School of Engineering which we hope to extend through two new Leadership Scholarships from our Family Foundation Program.”

Williams, former chairman of James River Corporation, was among the corporate leaders who helped established the School of Engineering at VCU in 1996.

About VCU and the VCU Medical Center:

Virginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban public research university with national and international rankings in sponsored research. Located on two downtown campuses in Richmond, VCU enrolls more than 32,000 students in 205 certificate and degree programs in the arts, sciences and humanities. Sixty-five of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s 15 schools and one college. MCV Hospitals and the health sciences schools of Virginia Commonwealth University compose the VCU Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. For more, see www.vcu.edu.

 

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