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Bill Wilson receives Salgo Award
Last week a Rice University alum from the ’70s e-mailed William
“Dr. Bill” Wilson, professor in electrical and computer engineering
(ECE), to congratulate him on his upcoming retirement and noted, “You
were the first professor who ever called me by my name.”
Wilson was somewhat surprised. “That’s the whole point of being a teacher — knowing who your students are and being part of their lives,” he said. That personalized touch has earned Wilson the Nicolas Salgo Distinguished Teaching Award — Rice’s oldest teaching award. Funded by the Noren-Salgo Foundation and Rice, the award includes a $1,500 prize, and the recipient is chosen by members of the junior and senior classes. The timing couldn’t have been better, for this was Wilson’s last
year of teaching at Rice. A member of the faculty since 1972, he’s
moving to Warren Village, Vt. “It’s beautiful, and I don’t mind
the cold,” Wilson said.“I spent a good part of my youth there and
have a lot of friends in Vermont.” See full Rice News article
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