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David and Joanne
Lee:
Helping build CITRIS a home of its own
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Joanne
and David Lee, with Chancellor Robert Berdahl in 2001, support
many academic, medical, and theological efforts, including
the Asian Bone Marrow Donor Program and the Lydia J. Lee Professorship
in Pediatric Oncology at Stanford.
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As founder and CEO of a successful Silicon Valley firm fueling
the digital revolution, David D. Lee (B.S.’83 M.S.’86
Ph.D.’89 EECS) knows all about being on the cutting edge.
Lee is the driving force behind Silicon Image of Sunnyvale, which
he founded in 1995 and nurtured from semiconductor startup to
global leader in high-speed digital communications solutions.
The company established the DVI (Digital Visual Interface) and
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) standards in digital
content delivery and is facilitating the rapid shift from analog
to digital connections and worldwide access to rich digital media.
“The most important thing I learned during my years at Berkeley,”
Lee says, “is that success in one’s academic endeavors
requires balancing one’s work with an equal focus on family
and friends.”
Lee and his wife Joanne are facilitating another cutting-edge
effort, CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research
in the Interest of Society, with a generous pledge toward construction
of the new CITRIS headquarters. The building will be a hub for
CITRIS’s cross-disciplinary research in information technology
solutions to address the world’s big-picture challenges
like education, environment, energy, and health care.
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CITRIS
headquarters, to replace the 71-year-old north wing of Davis
Hall near the intersection of Hearst and Leroy Avenues, will
incorporate arts-and-crafts style with traditional design
elements from the original central campus buildings.
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“Our gift to the CITRIS headquarters reflects our commitment
to improving the quality and safety of human life worldwide through
affordable state-of-the-art technology,” Lee says. At his
request, an area of the building will bear the name of David A.
Hodges, EECS professor emeritus and former dean of engineering,
who was Lee’s mentor and has served on the board of Silicon
Image since the company’s inception.
With construction expected to begin in late 2004, the facility
will promote interaction among faculty and students from 50 departments
and feature high-tech classrooms, flexible lab space, distance
learning facilities, a Lifelong Learning Center, and an Integrated
Microfabrication Lab for design and manufacture of silicon chips.
To be a part of this exciting project, you can make a pledge through
the Berkeley Engineering Fund at 510.642.2487.
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