Linda S. Ritterskamp ’83 Lawrence T. Sr. ’73 & Lois J. Roth Randy E. & Donna L. Roth Rodney J. ’83 & Tina Roundcount David W. ’71 & Kathleen A. Rudy William L. ’91 & Susan M. Ruffcorn ’90 ’95 Keith A. & My Schellhardt ’83 John M. ’82 & Rose A. Schmitt Chris L. ’79 ’87 & Cindy L. Segafredo ’88 Glen A. ’76 & Renee P. Seganfredo Dave A. ’78 & Mary J. Shadowen ’78 Dr. Scott R. Smith Tom L. ’73 & Carol J. Sneed ’67 ’93 Michael J. Stedelin ’02 Kenneth R. Steinberg ’94 Mark A. ’77 & Sheryl Steyer Alberta E. Thies Gary R. & Susanne Thies Bill E. Tindall III ’02 Randy G. Venhaus ’07 Michael A. ’98 & Patricia A. Viviano ’02 Paul N. Voss ’93 Christopher L. Walker ’05 Sandra E. Walter ’11 Chris E. ’79 & Carolyn M. Warnky ’79 Joseph T. Watson ’08 Wayne A. Weber ’09 Dr. Jerry B. & Lori A.Weinberg Karen S. Wicks Richard L. Jr. & Rebecca A. Wilburn ’93 April N. Wood ’00
Corporate Partners
ABBA Engineering, LLC Ameren Corporation American Institute of Steel Construction American Society of Civil Engineers Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. ASCE - Region 7 ASCE - St. Louis Section Basler Electric Company Bitrode Corporation
Burns & McDonnell Byrne & Jones Enterprises Inc. Cannon Design CMI Leasing Inc. Construction Financial Management Association Edwardsville School District #7 Ehrhardt Tool & Machine Co. Inc. France Mechanical Corporation IAPA - Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association Illinois Water Environment Association Heideman Associates Inc. Holland General Contractors Inc. Johnson Controls Klingner & Associates P. C. Missouri Chapter ACI American Concrete Institute Oates Associates Inc. Oates Associates Charitable Contribution Fund Otis Elevator Company Peabody Investments Corp. Pepper Construction Co. #2 RJN Foundation Inc. SIUE Joint Engineering Student Council Society of American Military Engineers Southern Illinois Sheet Metal Contractors The Boeing Company The Grady Family Foundation The Korte Company The Lake Family Fund ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
Matching Gift Companies
Ameren Anheuser-Busch Companies Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Schneider Electric North America Foundation The Boeing Company Verizon Foundation
SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame 2012 Honorees
Kenneth Cates, ’96 BS Construction
Dr. Kurt Smith, ’85 BS, MS ’86
Kenneth Cates is the executive vice president of Northstar Management Company, a firm he co-founded. Cates is a certified healthcare constructor who has developed educational programs for health care owners, architects and contractors. He has chaired design and construction planning meetings for national conferences and has given countless hours to enhance the process of planning, design and construction of health care facilities. Cates has worked on more than 1,000 projects with a lifetime value of more than $3 billion. In 2009, he was awarded the Crystal Eagle Award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association, recognizing him for his excellent leadership qualities, innovation and overall contribution to ASHE.
Dr. Kurt Smith is an engineer and entrepreneur who started his first company while a student at SIUE. Since then, he has founded 15 different ventures and is now the global vice president of new growth platforms at Covidien, a $10 billion medical technology company that provides surgical and therapeutic products. Smith, who earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1985 and a master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1986, earned a doctor of science degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. His work has revolutionized the operating room, enabling surgeons to see where they are in real time on MRI and CT images displayed in the operating room.
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