Rogers Scholars Program 2000

In July of 2000, the Kilby Awards continued its collaboration with the Rogers Scholars Program in Kentucky. Nine Kilby Laureates, Jack Kilby and Dr. Johann Deisenhofer participated in the program with broadcasts into Appalachia from the University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, Yale University, Northern California and Dallas, Texas.

Dr. George Smoot (1993 Kilby Laureate) and Dr. Hans Herren (1995 Kilby Laureate) broadcasting from UC at Berkeley.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman (1996 Kilby Laureate), Victoria Smith Downing, Chair, Kilby Board of Trustees and Jennifer Harris Trosper (1998 Young Innovator) broadcasting from UCLA.

Dr. Mark Reed (1994 Young Innovator), Victoria Smith Downing, Chair, Kilby Board of Trustees, and Dr. Michael Zasloff (1994 Kilby Laureate) broadcasting from Yale University.

Marc Hannah (1995 Young Innovator), Penny Patterson (1997 Kilby Laureate), Victoria Smith Downing, Chair, Kilby Board of Trustees, and Mike McCue (1996 Young Innovator) broadcasting from a Connexus site in Northern California.

Jack St. Clair Kilby, Namesake of the Foundation, Victoria Smith Downing, Chair, Kilby Board of Trustees, and Dr. Johann Deisenhofer, Awards Jury Chairman broadcasting from Dallas, Texas.

Victoria Smith Downing, Chairman, Kilby Board of Trustees, and Hilda Legg, CEO, The Center for Rural Development in Kentucky.