Richard and Patricia Lawson Computer Science Building

RICHARD AND PATRICIA LAWSON

COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING

Dedicated September 15, 2006

H. Richard Lawson earned the MS in computer science from Purdue in 1968. With his

brother and a third partner, Richard founded Lawson Software in 1975 and oversaw the 

company's growth from a small technology consulting company into an international software

giant. In 2006, Purdue awarded Richard an Honorary Doctorate in Science. His wife,

Patricia Lawson, a 1967 graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, is an educator,

community advocate, and philanthropist.

In 2003, the couple's gift of $4.7 million was the largest single private contribution toward

this building, an outstanding facility enabling Purdue to expand the frontiers of computer

science and to play an instrumental role in educating future generations of scientists.

PURDUE

UNIVERSITY 

Submitted by: Melissa McCurley