Charles J. Prizer

As an executive with Rohm & Haas, Mr. Prizer pioneered an organizational approach to productivity improvement and participative management and created strategies for safety, health, environmental affairs, and product integrity. After retiring from industry in 1986, he formed Prizer & Wilkinson, which was involved with technology transfer from university laboratories to commercial practice. Mr. Prizer led the department’s ChE 2000 fundraising campaign and was instrumental in connecting the department with industry. The Charles J. and Dorothy G. Prizer Chair was the first endowed chair in the department and was made possible by the Prizer family. In 2003, he was presented with the College of LAS Quadrangle Award. The Grainger College of Engineering honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991.