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Byers created three endowed professorships that bear his name and that are aligned with the mission of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first to hold the Byers Professorships are Bert Bras in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Marilyn Brown in the School of Public Policy, and Elsa Reichmanis in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese eminent teacher-scholars will be appointed for a five-year term with the option of renewal for an additional five-year term. Each appointment includes $25,000 annually in discretionary funds and will involve active participation in the Byers Institute, which \u003Cbr \/\u003Ewill enhance its national and international visibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the spring of 2013, J. Louis Fouts made a seven-figure commitment to establish the Fouts Family Chair in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). 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