Celebrating the 2020 Distinguished Alumni

Distinguished Alumni Banquet T H U R S D AY, A P R I L 7, 2 0 2 2 UNIVERSITY CLUB 123 University Place University of Pittsburgh

WELCOME

Cynthia H. Liberatore Executive Director of Development UNIVERSITY WELCOME

Ann E. Cudd Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING UPDATE

James R. Martin II U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering SALAD PRESENTATION OF THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS BY DEPARTMENT

Dean James R. Martin II John Wainwright, PhD BioE ’10, presented by Sanjeev Shroff, Chairman, Bioengineering John C. Gargani, BSChe ’86, presented by Steven Little, Chairman, Chemical & Petroleum Robert O. Agbede, BSMIN ’79, MSMIN ’81, presented by Radisav Vidic, Chairman, Civil & Environmental DINNER Mark Tressler, BSEE ’71, presented by Alan George, Chairman, Electrical & Computer David K. Bucklew, BSIE ’80, presented by Larry Shuman, Interim Chairman, Industrial Laura A. Livingston, BSME ’81, MSIE ’85, presented by Brian Gleeson, Chairman, Mechanical & Materials Science DESSERT PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD LEADER IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Andrew Tavakoli, BSEE ’81, presented by Dean James R. Martin II PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Lloyd Yates, BSME ’82, presented by Dean James R. Martin II CLOSING REMARKS

Cynthia H. Liberatore

S WA N S O N S C HOO L O F E N G I N E E R I N G

Lloyd Yates Lloyd Yates serves as NiSource President and Chief Executive Officer and has been in this role since February 14, 2022. He is also a member of the NiSource Board of Directors and served on the NiSource Board as an independent Director from 2020 – 2022.

Lloyd previously held senior roles at Duke Energy Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Customer and Delivery Operations, and President, Carolinas Region. He was responsible for aligning customer focused products and services to deliver a personalized end-to-end customer experience to position Duke Energy for long term growth, as well as for the profit/loss, strategic direction, and performance of Duke Energy’s regulated utilities in North Carolina and South Carolina.

BSME ’82 President and CEO NiSource Inc.

Previously, Lloyd served as Executive Vice President of Regulated Utilities at Duke Energy, overseeing Duke Energy’s utility operations in six states, federal government affairs, and environmental and energy policy at the state and federal levels, as well as Executive Vice President, Customer Operations, where he led the transmission, distribution, customer services, gas operations and grid modernization functions for millions of utility customers. Earlier in his career, he held several line and management positions with PECO Energy before serving at Progress Energy in various senior roles.

Lloyd earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and MBA from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and the Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Currently, Lloyd serves on the Board of Directors of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

L E A D E R I N E N T R E P R E N E U RS H I P

Andrew Tavakoli Andrew Tavakoli is the Principal and CEO of Tavaco Properties, the holding company for a portfolio of commercial real estate nationwide. Andrew started in commercial real estate after graduating from University of Southern California and has been an investor in commercial real estate for over 30 years. Andrew earned his BSEE degree in computer science from University of Pittsburgh in 1981, his MBA in marketing from CSULB in 1983, and his MSBA in finance from USC in 1986.

Andrew has acquired and repositioned several private companies including the acquisition of Hamburger Hamlet national restaurant chain in 2004, which employed over 1,400 employees, and successfully sold the company in 2009. He currently holds investment positions in dozens of private companies under the umbrella of Tavaco Capital Management, a private equity firm.

Appointed by President Biden, Andrew serves on the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts and is a board member of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Cultural Center. He serves on the USC Marshall School of Business Board of Leaders. He is the Chair of Development Committee as a board member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC), a major civic organization on the West Coast. Andrew serves as a board member of the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, the largest medical center in Southern California. As a philanthropist, he supports several other charitable organizations.

BSEE ’81 Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor, Philanthropist

BIOENGINEERING

John Wainwright John Wainwright has stated his life goal is “To save millions of lives in a beneficial environment.”

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, John’s main concentration was organ specific extracellular matrix (ECM) for cardiac repair.

During this time, he also managed multiple pre-clinical device studies and worked as an artificial heart engineer, experiences which he notes were critical in his next career at Medtronic Neurovascular, where he developed devices to treat stroke.

John has effectively built and managed multiple cross-site/functional teams to improve patient care by leading meaningful innovation, development, & commercialization of neuro, peripheral, and cardiac devices. He began his engineering career as an John explains that his work intern at Tampa Electric Power at Medtronic was rewarding Plants where he learned about because of the impact on the hands-on support needed stroke patients. John has also to keep a plant functioning. served as president of the When John returned to school Medtronic Technical Forum, at the University of Florida, a grassroots organization PhD BioE ’10 he began research in the lab working on development, Vice President, of Dr. Christopher Batich, knowledge sharing, & Research & Development professor of biomedical recognition across 33,000 MIVI Neuroscience, Inc. engineering, where he worked members and mentorship and on a treatment for liver cancer. teaching UC Irvine Engineering Finding development of medical devices more students. Through these experiences, John has appealing, John joined Cordis, a Johnson and found how important a beneficial work culture Johnson Company, as a process development and mentors are on the continued success of engineer. Through repeated execution on an organization. projects, obtaining a master’s in biomedical Recently, John joined MIVI Neuroscience as engineering at U of F, and multiple great mentors, VP of R&D where he is helping them achieve he progressed to designing peripheral stents. their vision of being the undisputed leader in After seven years, John focused on earning his PhD, positing that learning about the biology of disease progression and healing would accelerate his ability to bring meaningful innovations to market. Now at the University of Pittsburgh in the lab of Dr. Stephen F. Badylak, professor of surgery and deputy director of the

distal stroke solutions. Since joining 7 months ago, John has been helping MIVI redefine their impactful product portfolio and focus on execution.

With the help of wonderful mentors and colleagues throughout John’s career, he is well on his way to achieving his life goal.

C H E M I C A L & P ET RO L E U M

John C. Gargani John Gargani received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with petroleum specialization from the University of Pittsburgh in 1986, and since then has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to retiring in 2017, John held various vice president positions at Southwestern Energy Company in Houston, Texas including Economic Planning & Acquisitions; Midstream Services; Human Resources; and Strategy, Performance & Innovation as well as other management roles within the company.

and Petroleum Engineering and is the Swanson School Representative for the Pitt Alumni Association. He also serves as Chair of the Board of Triangle Education Foundation, which focuses on developing future leaders with character and integrity within the membership of Triangle Fraternity, a fraternity of engineers, architects, and scientists.

John currently serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Department of Chemical

Melissa (BSIE ’87) and their second son Matthew (BSME ’14, MSMSE ’19) – are Swanson School alumni.

John previously served as the Chairman of Child Legacy International, a non-profit organization which helps build viable and sustainable communities through clean Before joining Southwestern water, medical care with a Energy in 1993, John held focus on mother and child BSChE ’86 various engineering positions health, and vocational training Vice President, retired with Conoco Inc. in its programs in Malawi and Southwestern Energy Company Midland, Texas office. He Zimbabwe. Additionally, is a registered Professional John serves on the Board of Engineer in the State of Texas Directors of Seton LaSalle and is a member of several energy industry Catholic High School and the Diocese of organizations including SPE and SPEE. He Pittsburgh Catholic Men’s Fellowship. previously served as Chairman of the 10,000+ John was raised in the Brookline area of member Gulf Coast Section of the Society of Pittsburgh and has been married to his wife, Petroleum Engineers.

Melissa, since 1987 and share four children.

C I V I L & E N V I RO N M E N TA L

Robert O. Agbede Robert O. Agbede is the Chairman and CEO of Chester Group Inc., a holding company for technology, engineering, and energy related investments and the former CEO and owner of Chester Engineers, which was, prior to its merger with Hatch Associates in 2017, the largest African American–owned engineering, water/wastewater treatment, energy, and environmental engineering firm in the United States.

Robert is also the Chairman and CEO of Chester LNG, LLC, a subsidiary of the Chester Group, which designs and owns several intellectual properties on micro-LNG systems for use as virtual pipelines to deliver natural gas to remote locations or as standalones for off the grid power generation or fueling.

a Pittsburgh based leadership development, coaching, diversity consulting and training organization. He and his companies are holders of several U.S. patents.

Robert is a member of the CNX (NYSE: CNX) Board of Directors, where he currently serves as a member of the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Environmental, Safety, and Corporate Responsibility committees.

BSMIN ’79, MSMIN ’81 University Trustee Chairman and CEO Chester Group, Inc., and Chester LNG, LLC

He is the Chairman of Sigma Paint Nigeria, a coating manufacturing and marketing company in partnership with Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries. Robert was also the former Vice Chairman of Hatch USA, a global engineering and business consulting company, and was a founder and co-owner of Orbital Solutions,

Mr. Agbede is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh and is the Chairman of the Swanson School of Engineering Board of Visitors.

Previous board memberships include the Allegheny Conference on Community Development (15 years); National Coal Council, a Federal Advisory Council to the Secretary of Energy (20+ years); the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland/Pittsburgh Branch, where he later served as Chairman of the Board of the Pittsburgh branch; and UPMC. In 2000, he was inducted into the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering Hall of Fame.

E L E C T R I C A L & C O M P UT E R

Mark Tressler Mark Tressler graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and later in life would retire after a remarkable 37-year global career with Exxon Mobil.

included the design, fabrication and installation of an offshore platform in the Norwegian Sea. Following the successful start-up and handover, Mark was moved to Qatar and became General Manager of Al Khaleej Gas that provided natural gas for domestic use, as well as for export to the UAE. As part of this new assignment, Mark had project executive oversight responsibilities for a second gas plant and a natural gas condensate refinery, and participated in the evaluation of a gas-toliquids project and an ethane cracker in Qatar.

Following a career plan which developed during his senior year at Pitt, Mark joined Westinghouse Electric for two years followed by a five-year work engagement with a small consulting firm in Chicago. In 1978, Mark joined Exxon (later to become known as Exxon Mobil following the merger of the two energy companies) After nearly five years in and spent twenty-one years Qatar, Mark was transferred BSEE ’71 outside of the United States to Imperial Oil in Calgary to Project Executive, retired with assignments in Canada, manage the mine design of a Exxon Mobil Colombia, Norway, and Qatar. major oil sands development.

During the first 23 years His final project execution with Exxon Mobil, Mark assignment prior to retirement worked in various engineering and management was the construction and delivery of the positions in the underground and open-pit mining Exxon Mobil campus project north of Houston, companies owned and operated by Exxon Mobil. designed to house all the staff functions of Positions included process engineering, project Exxon Mobil in the United States. engineer, safety manager, mine superintendent, Currently Mark serves on the Board of Directors general manager, and vice president of operations. for The Club at Carlton Woods (a privately Following the disposition of the assets in the mining and minerals group of Exxon Mobil, Mark moved to the upstream major project group.

His first major project management assignment

owned country club in The Woodlands, Texas).

He and his wife Gloria enjoy traveling, playing golf, and enjoying good food and wine.

I N D U ST R I A L

David K. Bucklew Dave Bucklew retired as Senior Vice President of North America Sales for Eaton’s Electrical Sector in 2018, based at the Electrical Sector’s US Headquarter in Pittsburgh, PA. Eaton is one of the electrical industries largest manufacturers with North America sales over $7 billion.

Dave attended the University of Pittsburgh from 1976 to 1980 and graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering.

He was a member of the 1976 National Champion Football team coached by Johnny Majors, and later played under Jackie Sherrill.

Upon Eaton’s acquisition of Cooper Industries in 2012, Dave led an integration team tasked with formulating Eaton’s commercial frontend organization and strategy leveraging the collective size and strength of the two industry giants. He was then appointed to oversee the combined sales and support organization with over 2000 employees and 100 manufacturer rep firms.

Dave is currently a board member of Crescent Electric Supply and ElectroMechanical Corp LLC. Additionally, he serves on the Swanson School of Engineering Board of Visitors After graduating from Pitt, and on the board of The Dave joined Westinghouse BSIE ’80 Bradley Center, a Pittsburgh and later Eaton when the Senior Vice President, area residential facility for North American Sales, retired company acquired the abused children. In 2015 Dave Westinghouse Distribution Eaton Corporation was recognized by National & Control Business Unit Association of Electrical in 1994. He held several Distributors with the Industry Award of Merit sales, marketing, and management positions and again in 2019 with the Honorary Lifetime of increasing responsibility over 38 years. From Achievement Award.

Dave was also inducted 2009 to 2018, Dave led the North American into the Western PA Electric League Hall Sales organization including all sales, channel, of Honor. and customer support functions. Previously, he held positions of Vice President of US Sales, Director of Channel Management, Marketing Director, and Regional Sales Director within the Electrical business.

Dave and his wife Danielle reside in Bethel Park, PA and have four adult children and five grandchildren.

M E C H A N I C A L & M AT E R I A LS S C I E N C E

Laura A. Livingston Laura Livingston is a Westinghouse Electric contracts for the Westinghouse Nuclear Company executive who retired in 2019 after Fuel Organization.

38 years, beginning as a Summer Intern at the Ms. Livingston holds a bachelor’s degree in Westinghouse Research and Development metallurgical and materials science engineering Department. She held positions of increased and a master’s degree in industrial engineering responsibilities that utilized (specializing in engineering her extensive relationship, management) from the leadership, and technical University of Pittsburgh. experience. Laura’s most She received a certificate recent position was Key from Duquesne University’s Accounts Vice President Women’s Executive Leadership responsible for providing Program and is a Lean Six executive interface with Sigma Master Black Belt.

Westinghouse’s regional She is currently on the customers, partners, and Visiting Committee for the suppliers by developing Department of Mechanical market strategies, identifying Engineering and Materials customer opportunities and BSME ’81, MSIE ’85 Science, advising the chair execution accountability on curriculum setting and Key Accounts VP, retired for the Americas Region Westinghouse industry news while providing customers.

President, retired real-world engineering Prior to this assignment, Laura WesDyne experience. She is also was President of WesDyne consulting with the Nuclear International, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Engineering Program and with the Center Electric Company. WesDyne is a global supplier for Engineering. of state-of-the-art nondestructive examination Laura is a member of the NEI Women in Nuclear (NDE) services for the power industry. WesDyne (WIN), the United Way Women’s Executive also worked with the Department of Energy to Leadership Council, and Westmoreland/Fayette support various government programs such as County United Way. She is the Membership down-blending of high enriched uranium. She Vice president for the American Association was also the Customer Relations and Sales of University Women in her local branch and Vice President responsible for direct customer volunteers at the Blessing Board and the interface with Exelon and Public Service Kentucky Project.

Enterprise Group and routinely interfaced with customer executives. She also was the Director Laura is married with two daughters and three of the Fuel Delivery and Contract Management grandsons, and resides in Murrysville, Pa. She organization. A position that worked with all fuel is active in her church, serving on the parish customers to negotiate and deliver on existing council, lecturing, and women’s guild.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS 1964

1976

George M. Bevier, Pet ’13 Marcus A. Follansbee, Min ’14 Robert A. Young, EE ’23

James E. Davis, ME ’49 Donald E. Rathbone, EE ’62 Joseph Salvucci, ME ’43 Nels E. Sylvander, ChE ’44

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

1965 Robert G. MacDonald, EE ’31

1977

1966

Edwin V. Clarke, IE ’48 Eugene E. Sillaman, ME ’50

William E. Brinker, ChE ’40 Leland W. Cook, CE ’24 James M. Wallace, EE ’35

1967 George S. Dively, EE ’25 Robert M. Lloyd, EE ’36 Ronald B. Smith, ME ’37

1978 G. Raymond Fitterer, Met ’30 Vernon T. Houghton, CE ’32 Edward Slack, GenE ’56

1979 Harvey J. Trilli, CE ’50

1968

1980

John M. Arthur, EE ’44 Paul W. Neuenschwander, Pet ’22 Robert J. Varga, ME ’54

Robert L. Ferris, Pet ’41 William B. Goffe, Jr., Pet ’37 James R. West, ChE ’44

1969

1981

Russell M. Arnold, ChE ’34 Walter R. Turkes, IE ’34 William J. Veenis, EE ’48

Edward P. Czapor, EE ’48 Jameel Al-Jishi, IE ’66; ’74 George E. Moore, EE ’43

1970

1982

Charles R. DeCarlo, Jr., Pet ’48 Robert E. McMillen, Pet ’36 Charles F. Ryman, ME ’20

Albert G. Holzman, IE ’49;’54;’58 John C. Marous, Jr., EE ’49 Edward B. Stuart, ChE ’48;’49;’58

1971

1983

None Awarded

Stephen J. Botos, ME ’70 Charles W. Parry, EE ’48 Robert L. Schneider, EE ’49

1972 George M. Esler, Met ’49 William P. Smith, EE ’41 John W. Simpson, EE ’41

1973 Charles P. Showalter, IE ’33 Charles S. Cusick, IE ’43 Paul N. Kuzmich, Pet ’48 Mathias J. McDonough, EE ’43

1974 Alfred C. Ackenheil, CE ’39; ’54 William L. Horner, Pet ’28;’34;’51 Frank J. Lydick, Pet ’42

1975 Gordon F. Ahalt, Pet ’51 Edward H. Greenwald, Min ’42 G. Arthur Webb, ChE ’34; ’41

1984 William M. Aiken, IE ’40 Gino P. Giusti, ChE ’49; ’53; ’59 Winthrop M. Leeds, EE ’30; ’45

1985 Murray A. Goldman, EE ’61 Joseph A. Hardy, IE ’47 Walter L. Henry, EE ’63

1986 Paul F. Fulton, Pet ’51 Paul E. Lego, EE ’58 William G. MacLaren, IE ’51 Thomas J. Usher, IE ’64; ’66; ’71

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1987

2002

Donald H. Jones, EE ’59 Clovis F. Obermesser, EE ’55 Lee A. Weaver, ME ’58

Richard J. Madden, EE ’56

1988 George A. Davidson, Jr., Pet ’61 Frank E. Mosier, ChE ’53

1989 Selwyn D. Berson, ME ’49; ’54 Joseph F. Lagnese, CE ’51 Robert v.d. Luft, ChE ’57

2003 Jack W. Shilling, MSE ’75

2004 John C. Mascaro, CE ’66; ’80

2005 Gerald E. McGinnis, ME ’60

2006 James. J. McGrath, ChE ’71

1990

2007

William S. Barrack, Jr., IE ’50 Charles L. Cost, CE ’58 Paul A. Witherspoon, Jr., Pet ’41

John A. Jurenko, EE ’56

1991 James W. Estep, ChE ’40 Val P. Peline, ME ’52; ’54

1992 Aloysius T. McLaughlin, Jr., CE’57 Donald A. Mosites, CE ’56 Ephraim Werner, ChE ’40

2008 Mahmoud K. Dabbous, Pet ’69; ChE ’71

2009 Stephen R. Tritch, BSME ’71

2010 Francis J. Kramer, BSIE ’71

2011 Roberta A. Luxbacher, BSChE ’78

1993

2012

Regis F. Filtz, ME ’58 (posthumously) Mitchell Kozikowski, ChE ’57

Wilson J. Farmerie, BSME ’68

1994

George W. Whetsell, BSIE ’72, MSIE ’73, MPH ’75

Edward F. Kondis, ChE ’62;’63

1995

2013 2014

James J. Degnan, ChE ’59

Bruce M. Coull, BSCHE ’67, MSCHE ’68, MD ’72 James M. Coull, BSCE ’57

1996

2015

Teofilo J. Ramos Gonzalez, EE ’69; ’75

Leonard K. Peters, BSChE ’62, MSChE ’68, PhD ’71

1997

2016

Robert H. Luffy, CE ’72

Lester (Les) C. Snyder, III, BSCE ’79

1998

2017

John A. Swanson, ME ’66

Wanda M. Austin, PhD, MSCE ’77, MS Math ’77

1999

2018

Mark G. Papa, Pet ’68

Wesley C. Pickard, BSMIN ’61

2000

2019

David L. Brown, ME ’63

David J. Toth, BSEE ’78

2001 Krish A. Prabhu, EE ’77; ’80

DEPARTMENT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS 1993

2000

James Shields, IE ’37

Walter R. Arnheim, ChE ’66 John T. Lucey, Jr., CE ’84 Robert P. Colwell, EE ’77 Richard C. Frank, IE ’71 Robert E. Rumcik, Met ’68 Wilson J. Farmerie, ME ’68

1994

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

Edward J. Nemeth, ChE ’60 Donald H. Landis, CE ’52 J. Thomas Cain, EE ’64; ’66; ’70 Barry J. Wetzel, IE ’65; ’69 Jack W. Shilling, Met ’75 Gerald E. McGinnis, ME ’60

1995 Joseph Field, ChE ’44 John C. Mascaro, CE ’66; ’80 Gary T. Martin, EE ’67 Joseph Buster Weinzierl, IE ’69 Ronald Gronsky, Met ’72 Bernard Fedak, ME ’68

1996 Mahmoud K. Dabbous, Pet ’69; ChE ’71 Michael A. Gross, CE ’30 Richard P. Clark, EE ’69 George W. Whetsell, IE ’72; ’73 James T. Staley, Met ’62; ’68 William J. O’Donnell, ME’59; ’62

1997 Leonard K. Peters, ChE’62; ’68; ’71 Allen D. Biehler, CE ’67 Roger L. Barna, EE ’63 George A. Huber, IE ’65 Susan Wood, Met ’73; ’76 Leighton E. Orr, ME ’28

1998 James J. McGrath, ChE ’71 Alex G. Sciulli, CE ’75; ’81 Larry P. Yermack, EE ’60 Rex J. Lysinger, IE ’59 Stan A. David, Met ’72 Richard J. Slember, ME ’58; ’61

1999 James L. Gallagher, ChE ’58; ’69 Francis J. Kramer, IE ’71 Charles M. Russell, Jr., CE ’59; ’70 Henry F. Andrejasik, Met ’49; ’53 John A. Jurenko, EE ’56 Joel E. Peterson, ME ’67

2001 Roberta A. Luxbacher, ChE ’78 Lester C. Snyder, III, CE ’79 Susan Zellmann-Rohrer, EE ’77 Ching-Wen Li, IE ’88 Jon C. Schaeffer, Met ’84; ’87; ’89 Wayne J. DiBartola, Sr., ME ’55

2002 H. Baird Whitehead, Pet ’72 Michael H. Dufalla, CE ’66; ’70 Herman E. Reedy, EE ’75 William B. Mallin, IE ’55 Mary Grace Burke, Met ’76 Harvey L. Cupp, ME ’40

2003 Paul R. Bridges, CE ’59 Roman Hlutkowsky, IE ’80; ’83 Eric J. Palmiere, MSE ’85; ’87; ’91 David J. Toth, EE ’78 Stephen R. Tritch, ME ’71 Humberto Vainieri, ChE ’70;’72;’74

2004 James M. Coull, CE ’57 Charles E. Eckert, MSE ’76 Frederick L. Kocher, ME ’77 John W. Pavia, EE ’69 Kenneth Smialek, IE ’78 C.L. Mike Winget, Pet ’78

2005 Wanda M. Austin, CE ’77 Kenneth F. Cooper, EE ’59; ’80 Bruce M. Coull, ChE ’67; ’68 M. Roger Eshelman, ME ’62 John Innocenti, IE ’72 Dennis McGlone, MSE ’71

2006 David W. Wohlfarth, ChE ’68 Joseph A. Massaro, Jr., CE ’58 Dennis Wisnosky, EE ’68 Glenn M. Foglio, IE ’83; ’90 Jack B. Allen, MSE ’71; ’80 Andy J. Benedict, ME ’71 continued > >

2007

2014

Michael Bilirakis, Pet ’59 Dennis P. Yeskey, CE ’72; ’73 Thomas D. Mino, EE ’68 Aldo Zini, IE ’75 Craig Staresinich, AE ’69

Madhavan Lakshmi Raghavan, PhD ’98 Mary T. Zeis, BSCHE ’78 Joseph “Joe” Szczur, BSCE ’84 Donald H. Gillott, BSEE ’56, MSEE ’59, PhD ’64 Jamy Patrice Hall, BSIE ’85 Lloyd M. Yates, Jr., BSME ’82

2008 Raymond P. Niro, BSCHE ’64 James J. Lombardi, BSCE ’72 Marlin H. Mickle, BSEE ’61, MSEE ’64, PhD ’67 Barbara L. Shelton, BSIE ’79 Edward F. Sobota, BSMET ’67

2009 Richard C. Baxendell, BSCHE ’80 James J. McCaffrey, BSCE ’78 Ronald Stovash, BSEE ’70 Timothy Shack, BSIE ’72 Luke Gill, BSME ’65

2010 Anthony A. Massaro, Jr., BSCHE ’67 John Choma, Jr., BSEE ’64; MSEE ’66’ PhD ’69 Francis E. Novak, BSIE ’66 Paul E. Fischione, BSME ’78 Wesley C. Pickard, BSMIN ’61

2011 Eric A. Chen, MSBEG ’02 Anthony V. Cugini, BSChE ’81, MSChE ’86, PhD ’93 Anthony M. Parasida, BSCE ’78 Robert K. Henry, BSEE ’69 Nishan G. Vartabedian, BSIE ’67 John P. Schoeppner, Jr., BSME ’60

2012 Robert F. Labadie, M.D., PhD ’95 Nicholas J. Liparulo, BSChE ’71; MSChE ’74 Ronald J. Bonomo, BSCE ’66 John Durbin Husher, BSEE ’58 Kenneth D. Burnside, BSIE ’74 Raymond J. Labuda, BSME ’72

2013 Gina E. Bertocci, BSME ’83, MSME ’91, PhD BioE ’97 Nai-Chiu Lai, PhD CHE ’73 Tamas S. Tanto, BSCE ’67 Alvin L. Hillegass, BSEE ’49 Venkatesh Padmanabhan, MSIE ’87, PhD IE ’91 Tony Treser Jr., BSMEE ’61

2015 Fernando Aguel, BSE ’00, MSBEG ’04 Michael J. Fetkovich, BSPE ’54 John D. Bossler, PhD, BSCE ’59 Jeffrey M. Platt, BSEE ’79 David M. Dunahay, BSIE ’78 Albert J. Neupaver, MSME ’79, MBA ’82

2016 Rebecca Gottlieb, BSME ’93, PhD BIOE ’01 Robert F. Savinell, MSCHE ’74, PhD ’77 Marcella (Marcy) Johnson, BSCE ’77, MSCE ’01 Michael J. Pietropola, Jr., BSEE ’83 Russell J. Corsi, II, BSIE ’70, MBA ’76 David L. Motley, BSME ’80

2017 Mark DiSilvestro, MSBioE ’99, PhD BioE ’00 Donna G. Blackmond, PhD, BSChE ’80, MSChE ’81 Michael Flowers, MSCE ’78 Vibha Rustagi, BSEE ’87 John Richter, BSIE ’75 Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., PhD, BSME ’60, MSIE ’66

2018 David VanSickle, PhD BioE ’98, MD ’01, FAANS James M. Pommershein, BSChE ’60, MSCE ’62, PhD ’70 Victor Bertolina, P.E., BSCE ’71 Michael Gazarik, PhD, BSEE ’87 Tracey T. Travis, BSIE ’83 Leonard H. Berenfield, BSME ’64

2019 Thomas W. Gilbert, PhD BioE ’06 Hanwant B. Singh, MSChE ’70, PhD ’72 Ruthann L. Omer, P.E., BSCE ’83 Robert Van Naarden, BSEE ’69 Kevin D. Braun, BSIE ’90 Kevin McAllister, BSME ’86

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