Newcombe will receive the Weston Medal, NJIT’s highest honor recognizing Newcombe’s leadership in the field of corporate litigation and intellectual property. Eighteen other honors will also be awarded during the ceremony to NJIT professors and students. The public, as well as students and staff, are invited.

Joseph Bordogna, PhD, Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and former deputy director of the National Science Foundation, will be the keynote speaker.

Since 1983, Newcombe has been a partner in the law firm of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP.  In 2000, Newcombe moved from the firm’s headquarters in New York City to head a Palo Alto division.  Today, that office specializes in Silicon Valley corporate finance and represents clients such as Intel, JDS Uniphase, WorldCom, Agilent Technologies, NEC Corporation and Avistar Communications.

Newcombe received his BS magna cum laude in chemical engineering from NJIT in 1969. As a student, he was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. After graduation, Newcombe entered the Army Engineering Management Training program at the logistics management center in Texas. After his tour of duty, he developed air and water pollution control technology for industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In 1975, Newcombe received his JD from Columbia University School of Law where he was named a James Kent Scholar. While there, he founded the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.

Newcombe is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Council, and the Defense Research Institute.

In 1999, Newcombe received the Alumni Achievement Award. Today, he serves on NJIT’s Board of Overseers. In 2000, he established the George M. Newcombe Endowed Scholarship Fund at NJIT.