Nucor Endows Steel Tech Chair at Univ of Missouri

Nucor Corporation donated $2 million to endow the “F. Kenneth Iverson” chair in the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR), one of the nation’s largest metallurgical engineering programs.

The Iverson Chair will support steelmaking research and higher education in the field. It is the largest corporate cash donation in UMR’s history and Nucor’s first chair. “Nucor has always embraced new technologies, from thin-slab casting to environmentally friendly pig iron facilities,” said Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco. “The endowment will help support development of tomorrow’s technologies in the steel industry.”

Founded in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, UMR is the oldest technological university west of the Mississippi River. Web: Nucor.com
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