Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Purdue University |
School of Industrial Engineering |
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award Recipients |
Each year since 1964, Distinguished
Engineering Alumni Awards have been presented to a select group of Purdue Engineering
graduates who have made outstanding contributions in their fields. Below are our
industrial engineer alumni who have received this prestigious award. They have made the
transformation from promising student to distinguished professional. |
Year Award Given
|
Award Recipient
|
1964 |
Robert N. Lehrer, B.S.M.E. ’40, M.S.I.E. ’47, Ph.D. ’49
Director and Professor Emeritus, School of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology |
| 1965 |
Donald G. Malcolm, B.S.P.S.E. ’40, M.S.I.E. ’48
President, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. |
| 1969 |
Carroll B. Gambrell, Jr., Ph.D. ’58
Dean Emeritus of Engineering, Mercer University |
| 1971 |
J. Grady Cox, Ph.D.’IE ’64
Professor, Auburn University |
| 1973 |
Donald A. Roach, B.S.M.E. ’52 , I.E. Option
President/CEO, Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
| 1974 |
Robert C. Forney, B.S.Ch.E. ’47, M.S.I.E. ’46, Ph.D. ’49
Executive Vice President, E.I. duPont de Nemours |
| 1975 |
Gerald Nadler, B.S.M.E. ’45, M.E.I.E. ’46, Ph.D. ’49
Professor and Chairman, IBM Chair, Engineering Management Industrial & Systems
Engineering,
University of Southern California |
| 1976 |
Harold E. Smalley, M.S.I.E. ’47 (Deceased)
Engineer, Hitachi |
| 1978 |
Joe H. Mize, M.S.I.E. ’63
Regents Professor, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State
University |
| 1979 |
Stephen D. Spence, B.S.I.E. ’61
President, Measurement & Flow Control Division, Rockwell International |
| 1980 |
John W. Reese, Jr., M.S.I.E. ’54
Plant Manager, Raytheon Electro-Magnetic Systems |
| 1983 |
John E. Carroll, Jr., B.S.I.E. ’64, M.S.I.E. ’68
Director of Planning, FMC Corporation |
| 1985 |
Charles T. Cotton, B.S.I.E. ’66 (Deceased)
Vice President of Logistics, Frito-Lay, Inc., Subsidiary of Pepsico Incorporated |
| 1986 |
James L. Farlander, B.S.I.E. ’63, M.S.I.E. ’65
Vice President, Corporate Materials Management, Abbott Labs |
| 1988 |
John A. Edwardson, Jr., B.S.I.E. ’71
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer,
International Minerals & Chemical Corporation |
| 1989 |
James M. Frische, B.S.I.E. ’64, M.S.I.E. ’65
President, DADC-Subsidiary of SONY Corporation |
| 1990 |
John R. Hodowal, B.S.I.E. ’66
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Indianapolis Power & Light Company |
| 1991 |
J. Bruce Harreld, B.S.I.E. ’72
Senior Vice President, Strategy, International Business Machines |
| 1992 |
William L. Rammes, B.S.I.E. ’63
Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
| 1993 |
Jeremy S. Weinstein, M.S.I.E. ’68, Ph.D. ’71
Vice President, Refrigeration and Room Air Control, Manufacturing and Technology,
Whirlpool Corporation |
| 1994 |
Robert D. Hall, B.S.I.E. ’70
President, Whirlpool Asia Appliance Group (WAAG), Executive
Vice President, Whirlpool Corporation |
| 1995 |
Donald DeFosset, B.S.I.E. ’71
President, Truck Group, Navistar International |
| 1996 |
C. Elliott Sigal, B.S.I.E. ’73, M.S.I.E. ’73, Ph.D. ’77
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercator Genetics |
| 1997 |
Charles C. Rhodes, B.S.I.E. ’75, M.S.I.E. ’78, M.S.I.A. ’79
Chief Engineer, Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
| 1998 |
Michael L. Eskew, B.S.I.E. ’72
Senior Vice President of Engineering, United Parcel Service |
| 1998 |
Michael T. Riordan, B.S.I.E. ’72
President and Chief Operating Officer, Fort James Corporation |
| Honorees are listed with titles they held at
the time the the DEA award was bestowed on them. |
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