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To honor the illustrious career of Joseph Flaherty, Rensselaer’s recently retired dean of the School of Science, Martin Schoffstall ’82 has made a $100,000 challenge gift commitment to establish the “Dr. Joseph E. Flaherty Lecture Series” in the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer. Schoffstall will use his commitment to match gifts from alumni, friends, and colleagues of Flaherty up to $100,000. Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson announced this initiative at a recent campus reception for Flaherty. To kick off the challenge, President Jackson announced her own $20,000 commitment to the Flaherty Lecture Series.

Each year the income from the endowment will be used to invite pre-eminent computer scientists to give a general campuswide lecture to the student body, or a seminar of a more specialized nature to the members of the computer science department.  

Flaherty joined Rensselaer in 1972 and provided distinguished service as the Amos Eaton Professor of Computer Science, the founding chair of the Department of Computer Science, and dean of the School of Science.

To make a contribution, go to https://www.alumni.rpi.edu/secure2/onlinegiving/giveonline.html and designate your gift to the “Dr. Joseph E. Flaherty Lecture Series.”

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Published November 6, 2006