<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To:  College of Engineering Faculty, Staff, Dean’s Advisory Board and Industry Advisory Boards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From:  Eugene Olevsky, Dean, College of Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kate Carinder, Senior Director of Development, College of Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Johnson’s Make Gift to Endow fred harris Chair in DSP</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">We are pleased to announce that Peggy <i>(BSEE 1985)</i> and Eric Johnson <i>(MSEE 1986)</i> have made a $3,100,000 gift to name and endow the fred harris Chair in Digital Signal Processing (DSP).</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Professor </font></span>Emeritus fred<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>harris<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> started his more than 50 year career at SDSU in 1967 teaching DSP and</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">C</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ommunication</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">S</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ystems courses.  He is internationally renowned in</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">E</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">lectrical</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">E</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ngineering and holds over 35 patents on digital receiver and DSP technology. He is the co-inventor of the Blackman-Harris Window.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Peggy is CEO of Magic Leap, a spatial computing company. Eric is an angel investor. They met at SDSU. Grateful for their SDSU education, fred’s inspiration and life-long friendship, they made the naming gift in his honor.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">If you happen to see Peggy, Eric or fred at a community event, an industry meeting or online, please feel free to express appreciation on behalf of the College. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">The College of Engineering is grateful for all those who provide much needed philanthropic support. If you or someone you know is interested in making a gift to the College, please reach out to Kate Carinder, SDSU Senior Director of Development at: <a href="mailto:kcarinder@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">kcarinder@sdsu.edu</a>.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">Eugene A. Olevsky, Ph.D.; FASME; FACerS; FASM</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Dean and Distinguished Professor</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">College of Engineering</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">San Diego State University</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">5500 Campanile Drive</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">San Diego, CA 92182-1323</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Office: (619)-594-6061</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:eolevsky@mail.sdsu.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank">eolevsky@sdsu.edu</a><span style="font-size:small"> </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>