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Alumni Association Awards NOMINATED BY PEERS AND SELECTED BY
the Alumni Association Board of Governors Selections Committee, the Alumni Association recognized a diverse group of individuals who have made significant contributions to science, society and Harvey Mudd College. The Alumni Association awarded its highest honor, The Van Hecke Prize, to Iris Critchell, instructor of aeronautics emerita. The award goes to those who are “synonymous with an extraordinary level of support and commitment to Harvey Mudd College, its students, its alumni and its mission.” Critchell, previously named an honorary alumna, is former instructor of the Bates Aeronautics Program at HMC. She continues to assist with student aero projects and to advise members of the Barnstormers student club. She also serves as curator of the Aeronautical Library Special Collection at the College. Her many honors include the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award as well as inductions into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame and California Aviation Hall of Fame. Six alumni were selected to receive the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Award. Given from alumni to alumni, the award recognizes individuals who have made a sustained and effective commitment to improving society and whose lives best exemplify the mission of Harvey Mudd College. Awardees are anesthesiology expert Steven Barker ’66, structural engineering expert and the Jude and Eileen Laspa Professor of Engineering Ziyad Duron ’81, biophysicist Scott Fraser ’76, biotechnology CEO Jennifer Holmgren ’81, prolific inventor Charles Lemme ’66 and Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Scott Stokdyk ’91/92. The Lifetime Recognition Award, which honors outstanding dedication to Harvey Mudd College over many years, went to Patrick Barrett ’66, Penelope Barrett ’67 and Gerald Van Hecke ’61.
Iris Critchell, Van Hecke Prize awardee
Gerald Van Hecke ’61, Lifetime Recognition awardee
Penelope Barrett ’67 and Patrick Barrett ’66, Lifetime Recognition awardees
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