Distinguished Service Medallion 2004
THOMAS M. SIEBEL
Mr. Siebel has been a generous supporter of the College of
Engineering at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Mr. Siebel received a B.A.
degree in history in 1975, an M.B.A. in 1983, and an M.S. in computer
science in 1985, all from the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Medallion was
presented to Mr. Siebel in September 2004.
Board of Trustees Minutes
September 9, 2004
AWARD OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES’
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALLION
The Trustees’ Distinguished Service Medallion was created to
recognize individuals whose contribution to the growth and development
of the University of Illinois, through extraordinary service or
benefaction, has been of unusual significance.
At this time Thomas M. Siebel is recommended as the recipient of the
medallion. Mr. Siebel has been a generous supporter of the College of
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in many
ways. He has served as a member of the college’s Board of Visitors since
1996, as a charter member of the External Advisory Board of the
Department of Computer Science that was established in 2003, and he has
been a frequent guest lecturer to the faculty and students of the
Department of Computer Science. He is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Siebel Systems, Inc.
Mr. Siebel’s firm, the world’s leading provider of eBusiness
applications, established the Siebel Scholars Program in computer
science that provides an award of $25,000 to students to defray tuition
costs and expenses for the second year of graduate study in computer
science. Five students are now selected each year as Siebel Scholars.
In 2004, the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, made
possible by a gift from Mr. Siebel, was dedicated on the Urbana campus.
This gift to the Department of Computer Science was by far the largest
in the department’s history or in the college’s history. The goal for
this 225,000 square foot center for research and teaching is to make the
computer science program the best in the world, and to attract
outstanding scholars who will redefine computing for the 21st century.
Mr. Siebel received a B.A. degree in history in 1975, an M.B.A. in
1983, and an M.S. in computer science in 1985, all from the Urbana
campus.
In 2001, President James J. Stukel presented the Presidential Award and
Medallion to Mr. Siebel in recognition of “commitment to excellence in
software engineering, computer science research, and graduate education,
and to his continuing commitment and generosity to his alma mater.”
Indeed Mr. Siebel’s contributions to the University of Illinois have
exemplified “extraordinary service and benefaction and of unusual
significance.”