Annual Award of the Industrial Research Institute Medal

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To ROBERT A. FROSCH

For his outstanding leadership in industrial research management as GM Vice President in charge of the General Motors Research and Development Center, and as a founder of the field of industrial ecology; in championing important scientific and engineering developments in areas such as industrial ecology, materials science, systems engineering, electronics, biomedical research, and advanced CAD/CAM engineering and analysis, which have had impact far beyond the automotive industry; and in successfully spearheading the creation of innovative methods of technology transfer to speed the implementation of new technology into automotive products. As General Motors …