Tandon Announces Recipient for New Civil Engineering Sholarship


Despite the backlash from some alumni after a name change last fall, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering remains committed to honoring its alumni. The school recently announced Leonardo Yoshiaki Abe as the winner of its newly-created Donald J. Murphy memorial scholarship — a scholarship designed to honor the legacy of Murphy’s work as an educator in civil engineering.

NYU alumnus Donald J. Murphy received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering at the formerly known Polytechnic Institute. 

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