UC San Diego Chancellor Marye
Anne Fox Receives Living Legacy Award

Women's International Center award recognizes positive and lasting impact of women locally, nationally and globally

January 11, 2011

By Kristin Luciani

Chancellor Marye Anne Fox of the University of California, San Diego has been awarded a Living Legacy Award from the Women’s International Center in San Diego for her work in the development of solar energy panels. Fox will accept the award at the 26 annual Living Legacy Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 15.

“Fox is a role model for all women,” said Marianne McDonald of the Women’s International Center. “She guides one of the top ten universities in this country, has educated both graduate and undergraduate students and is an outstanding chemist herself. It is the Women’s International Center’s privilege to be presenting a Living Legacy Award to this celebrated scientist and woman who has brought much needed change to our world.”

In addition to Fox, the recipients of this year’s Living Legacy Awards include:

• Dilkhwaz Ahmed, founder of the San Diego nonprofit License to Freedom
• Natalie Cole, renowned American recording artist
• Kathryn Marie Arger Gang, women in aviation pioneer
• Jackée Harry, iconic actress and philanthropist

A nationally recognized chemist and academic leader, Fox is known for her innovative research in physical organic chemistry, which has led to applications in materials science, solar energy conservation and environmental chemistry.

A dedicated leader in advancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, Fox is helping to ensure that UC San Diego is preparing the next generation of science leaders and innovators. This year, as UC San Diego marks its landmark 50 Anniversary, Fox is celebrating with the campus the myriad achievements, innovations and discoveries of the university, as well as preparing the campus to meet the challenges of the next half century.

Fox has received numerous scientific and teaching awards, including the recently awarded National Medal of Science from President Obama—the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers and inventors. Additional honors include election to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, the Garvan Award from the American Chemical Society and international research awards in Spain, Holland, Germany and Russia. For more information about Fox, see her biography at http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu/biography.html.

The Women’s International Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to acknowledge, honor, encourage and educate women. Since 1983, the organization has hosted the Living Legacy Awards as a way to celebrate the accomplishments and profound contributions of women locally, nationally and globally. For more information visit www.wic.org.

Media Contact: Kristin Luciani, 858-822-3353, kluciani@ucsd.edu