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Eugene McDermott Award

The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts is among the country's most esteemed arts awards. Established to honor Eugene McDermott, founder of Texas Instruments and long-time friend and benefactor to MIT, the award was created by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1974, and further endowed by Eugene's wife, Margaret. Since its inception, the Council has bestowed the award upon 32 individuals producing creative work in the performing, visual and media arts, as well as authors, art historians and patrons of the arts.