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InnoVision Awards: Jerry Cogan to be Recognized

Submitted by: John Warner on Oct 31, 2006 at 12:58 pm Tagged with: Information Technology Source:

Jerry Cogan Selected as recipient of the
2006 Dr. Charles Townes Individual Achievement Award

Greenville, SC, November 1, 2006

Jerry Cogan, retired President of Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC, has been selected as recipient of the 2006 Dr. Charles Townes Individual Achievement Award in recognition of his tireless efforts to enhance research in the textile and chemical industries and improve his local community. Cogan will be presented the award at the 2006 InnoVision Technology Awards Dinner November 15, 2006, at the Palmetto Expo Center in Greenville.

Cogan holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT. He joined Milliken Research Corporation in his early 30s, where he served as President for approximately 40 years prior to his retirement in 2001. Under his guidance, MRC developed breakthrough products such as VISA®, a process by which polyester fabrics develop sorption and soil release traits; and Millitron®, a machine and process by which individual carpeting can be jet dyed in specific patterns while on the manufacturing line.

Cogan also invests much of his time in the community. He has served on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity in Spartanburg, on the Board of Trustees for Wofford College, as President of the Literacy Foundation, and as a Choir member at the Church of the Advent. In 1980 he was named as the recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, and in 2001 was named the Innovation Award recipient for Textile Industries.

The InnoVision Technology Awards program, founded in 1999 by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, recognizes and honors businesses, individuals and organizations that have demonstrated significant advancements in the areas of innovation and technological progress. It is considered the premier awards program focused exclusively on celebrating achievements in the South Carolina Upstate region and the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union.

Every year, one individual is presented with the Charles Townes Individual Achievement Award. Townes was an Upstate native, inventor of the maser and laser, a Nobel Laureate in physics, and one of America's most honored scientists. In addition to the Individual Achievement Award, awards will be presented to organizations in five categories: Technology Development, Technology Application, Small Enterprise, Innovation in Education, and Community Service.

Information on award finalists and the Awards Dinner may be found at www.innovisionaward.org.

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