Dr. Edward M. Frymoyer
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

For over 40 years, Dr. Frymoyer has played a vital role in advancing science and information technology fields as an industry visionary, entrepreneur and advocate for the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State.

Dr. Frymoyer is the founder or first mover of several companies, including Brocade, which is now part of Broadcom, Infinity I/O, which provides storage networking training services, and Pulsar Ventures, Inc., a venture capital company focused on nanotechnology, biotechnology, energy technology, and storage ecosystems in information technology. Dr. Frymoyer is also President of Frymoyer Holdings, a real estate investment and management company.

Dr. Frymoyer has provided philanthropic support and volunteer leadership to the College of Information Sciences & Technology at Penn State since the College was founded in 1998. Dr. Frymoyer’s foundation established the first endowed faculty chair in the College.

Dr. James Thomas, the first dean of the College, credits Dr. Frymoyer with linking the College to Silicon Valley.

Quoting Dr. Thomas, “Introductions, sponsored meetings, and events were all part of Ed’s quest to make us known to the technology hub of the country.  He was able to do this because of the great respect he commanded across Silicon Valley. His status, both professionally and socially, opened doors that otherwise would have been closed to us.  He was the driving force behind centers, courses, even the philosophy that was the bedrock of the College even today.”