Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building 12, home of MIT.nano, received a new name on May 14 in honor of Lisa T. Su, an MIT alumna and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
According to MIT News, the Taiwanese American executive is the first MIT alumna to make a gift for a building that bears her own name. A dedication ceremony was held Sunday with Su and her family and friends presenting at the nanoscience building.
“Eight years at MIT have given me an incredible foundation, and perhaps also, more importantly, the confidence and the vision,” she said.
Some of the guests at the ceremony were Su’s professors when she was at school. She said that during her school years, she sometimes stayed in the lab until the middle of the night to explore new technologies….