It is our privilege to honor Gail and Jeffrey Kodosky ’70 for their unmatched support of faculty and students at Rensselaer.
Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 earned his Bachelor’s Degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1970.
Not long after his graduation, in 1976, Mr. Kodosky co-founded National Instruments and subsequently served as the company’s vice president of research and development from 1980 until he was named a Business and Technology Fellow in 2000. Known as the “Father of LabVIEW” by engineers and scientists worldwide, Mr. Kodosky holds 68 patents associated with LabVIEW technology, and was inducted into the Electronic Design Engineering Hall of Fame for his invention.
In addition to the leadership and counsel Mr. Kodosky has provided as a member of the Institute Board of Trustees since 2002, he and Mrs. Kodosky lend their support to a variety of initiatives at Rensselaer. Perhaps their most transformative investment was that of the very first research constellation – a concept in its infancy at the time. Their belief in the vision of The Rensselaer Plan resulted in not only their unrestricted support of Rensselaer, but the establishment of the Gail and Jeffrey Kodosky ’70 Constellation in Physics, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship, to further interdisciplinary research focused on energy conversion, future electronics, nano-sciences, and a broad range of other cutting-edge areas of inquiry, including cyber-based physics and science discovery.
As an accompaniment to this visionary gift, the Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 Lecture Series supports annual speakers in the areas of physics, information technology, and entrepreneurship.
Known for their enthusiastic patronage of the arts, Mr. and Mrs. Kodosky also have clearly demonstrated their passion for classical music through the Kodosky Foundation Fund for Classical Music, which has provided thousands of tickets to classical music performances for Rensselear students, faculty, and staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Kodosky are members of the 1824 Society of Patroons at Rensselaer for their lifetime commitments in excess of $10 million, and recipients of the prestigious Alis Aquilae Medal at Rensselaer. Mr. Kodosky has been twice recognized by Rensselaer Alumni Association, receiving the RAA Fellows Award in 1999, and the Albert Fox Demers Medal in 2002.
Through the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, we celebrate the selfless service, generous philanthropy, and enduring legacy established at Rensselaer by Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70.