Roland W. Schmitt Quotes

Roland Walter Schmitt was an American physicist, business executive and the sixteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He was born on July 24, 1923 in Seguin, Texas to Walter L. Schmitt and Myrtle F. Schmitt. On June 2, 1951 he married Alice V. Calhoun and they had two sons: Lorenz and Brian . Alice died on July 17, 1956. He later married Claire F. Kunz on September 19, 1957; they had two children: Alice and Henry .He graduated from the University of Texas with a B.S. in physics and a B.A. in mathematics, both in 1947 and a master's degree in physics in 1948. He received a P.h.D. in physics from Rice University in 1951. He then joined General Electric as a research associate and remained with the company until his retirement in 1988. From 1978-1986, he directed the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. In 1982, he was appointed senior vice president.From 1988-1993, he was president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During his tenure, he oversaw a $200 million fundraising campaign and saw the addition of new degree programs and research centers. He served as a member of the National Science Board from 1982-1994, and as chairman from 1984-1988. In January 2000, he was appointed by New York State Governor George Pataki as chairman of the board of the New York State Office Of Science, Technology and Academic Research. In 1978, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and received the Arthur M. Bueche Award from the NAE in 1995. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the 1989 recipient of the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award, the 1988 recipient of the Maurice Holland Award and 1989 recipient of the IRI Medal, both from the Industrial Research Institute, and the 1992 recipient of the IEEE Founders Medal. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Schmitt died in March 2017, aged 93. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. July 1923 – 31. March 2017
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Roland W. Schmitt Quotes

“Individuals with any of a very broad spectrum of intellectual attributes can contribute to science.”

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Context: We hardly know the limit of intelligence of individuals who can fruitfully contribute to science in one way or another if they are given the proper training – including graduate training – as assistants, as supervised or semi-independent researchers, as team members. Individuals with any of a very broad spectrum of intellectual attributes can contribute to science.

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