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Corporate Associates: Special eventsDr. Paul M. Horn
Dr. Horn’s top priority as head of the Research Division was to stimulate innovation in key areas of e.business and quickly bring those innovations into the marketplace to sustain and grow IBM’s existing business, and to create the new businesses of IBM’s future. Prior to his present appointment, Dr. Horn was Vice President and Lab Director of the Research Division’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California which is responsible for creating novel data centric and pervasive computing solutions for businesses. Born in New York, Dr. Horn graduated from Clarkson College of Technology and received his doctoral degree in physics from the University of Rochester in 1973. Prior to joining IBM in 1979, Dr. Horn was a professor of physics in the James Franck Institute and the Physics Department and at the University of Chicago. Dr. Horn is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow from 1974-1978. He is a former Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters and has published over 85 scientific and technical papers. Dr. Horn has received numerous awards including the 1988 Bertram Eugene Warren award from the American Crystallographic Association, the 2000 Distinguished Leadership award from the New York Hall of Science, the 2002 Hutchison Medal from the University of Rochester, and the 2002 Pake Prize from the American Physical Society. In 2002 he was also named as one of America’s top technical leaders by Scientific American Magazine. He is also a member of numerous professional committees including the Clarkson University Board of Trustees, the UC Berkeley Industrial Advisory Board, the Gallaudet University Advisory Board, and is a trustee of the New York Hall of Science and the Committee for Economic Development. |
Dr. Paul M. Horn is currently at NYU as a Distinguished Scientist in Residence. Dr. Horn recently retired from IBM Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research. 