The Blasker Chair in Environmental Engineering was established by an endowment from the Blasker-Rose-Miah Endowment Fund of the San Diego Foundation. The fund was created in honor of Mr. Samuel Blasker who left $8.0 million to the San Diego Foundation. Mr. Blasker was a successful aeronautical engineer and a business man with a vision to nurture and develop unique and innovative discoveries and experiences which may be of benefit to humanity. A portion of the Blasker-Rose-Miah Endowment will also be used to fund the $250,000 Blasker Award for Environmental Science and Engineering. Beginning in 1999, the award will be given annually to the individual or group that presents the most unique solution to an environmental problem as defined by the Blasker Committee of Experts. The Blasker Chair participates in the selection of the recipient of this award.

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