Endowment was established in honor of James Foley as part of the GVU Center's 15th anniversary celebration. The endowment funds two $5,000 scholarships awarded annually to GVU-affiliated students who demonstrate "overall brilliance and potential impact." The first two Foley Scholars were named in 2008. Notable awards IEEE Fellow, 1986. "For contributions to computer graphics." ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics, 1997. ACM Fellow, 1999. "Through his books, courses, papers, organizational, and professional contributions, Foley has had a broad and lasting impact on the computer graphics field and on ACM." ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007. "It is difficult to think of anyone who had a larger role in the institutionalization of HCI as a discipline." National Academy of Engineering Member, 2008. "For contributions to the establishment of the fields of computer graphics and human-computer interaction." Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award, 2008. "The highest honor Georgia Tech bestows on faculty." Selected publications References External links James Foley's home page Living people 1942 births American computer scientists Computer graphics researchers Georgia Tech faculty Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellow Members of the IEEE Human–computer interaction researchers Lehigh University alumni University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Mitsubishi Electric people