Engineers’ Day: Celebrating our distinguished alumni
We’re breaking tradition, and we’d love for you to be part of the fun!
Make plans to come back to Madison for the 74th-annual Engineers’ Day on Nov. 12, 2021, and join us for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner and a celebration of you—our fantastic engineering alumni.
It’s a great time of year to check out the city, revisit favorite campus spaces, and reconnect with fellow engineers.
Register Today!
(Also be prepared to follow public health and event venue guidelines.)
How to get in on the fun
Lunch
Some departments will be hosting lunchtime alumni events. Check back often; as these plans firm up, we’ll add info about how to register to attend.
Civil and Environmental Engineering:
Engineers’ Day Luncheon; reception 11:30 a.m., lunch 12 p.m., followed by a short program
Fluno Center, Skyview Room, 601 University Ave.
RSVP and more information available here.
Mechanical Engineering:
Alumni lunch, 12 p.m., Union South | no cost and you may bring a guest
Meet the Mechanical Engineering alumni award recipients: Kara Byrne, Bjorn Borgen and Peter Hosten
Please register by Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, with this form.
Questions? Contact: Meg Hamel
Celebratory banquet
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
5 p.m.—Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
5:45 p.m.—Dinner
Following dinner—ceremony honoring distinguished engineering alumni (We think this will be the most uplifting 90 minutes of your weekend in Madison!)
We’ll be honoring the following engineering alumni:
Have questions?
Contact Cassandra Bocchieri, (608) 265-8021, alumni@engr.wisc.edu.
Pro tips
⇒ This is also a really good time for prospective engineering students to tour campus, so check out admissions.wisc.edu/visitbucky/ to schedule a visit!
⇒ Make a weekend of it! The Badger football team takes on Northwestern on Saturday, Nov. 13. You can get tickets at uwbadgers.com and, since the College of Engineering isn’t hosting a tailgate this year, you can join lots of other Badger fans and tailgate before the game at the Union South Badger Bash!
Where to stay
We have room blocks set up at the following hotels, and you can contact them directly to book your accommodations.
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace , 9 East Wilson Street , Madison, WI 53703
Thursday, Nov. 11 through Saturday, Nov. 13
Group Name: UW Engineering and Engineer Day
Group Code: UWENG
Rate: $205/night plus tax
Make reservations by calling (608) 345-0995 and mentioning group code: UWENG or book online here.
Please reserve by Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021
Hampton Inn & Suites Madison Downtown , 440 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53703
Thursday, Nov. 11 through Saturday, Nov. 13
Group Name: College of Engineering Engineers’ Day
Rate: $189/night plus tax
Make reservations by calling (608) 255-0360 and mentioning College of Engineering Engineers’ Day group block, or book online here.
Please reserve by Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021
Making a difference around the world
College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award and Early-Career Award recipients
From early-career entrepreneurs to established government officials and executives, the recipients of the annual College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Awards and Early-Career Achievement Award illustrate the vast impact Badger engineers have across multiple fields and international boundaries. If you know of someone you would like to recommend, please drop us a note.
Early-Career and Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
2021 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award Recipients
Kara Byrne (BSME ’04)
North America Commercial leader, turbomachinery and process solutions-valves, Baker Hughes
Kara is a technical and strategic leader in energy, valves and turbomachinery whose passion for inspiring women to enter engineering has enabled her to mentor, develop and retain future women leaders in energy industry.
Paul Dauenhauer (BSChE ’04)
Lanny and Charlotte Schmidt Professor, chemical engineering and materials science, University of Minnesota
Paul is a chemical engineer whose ingenious catalytic processes have revolutionized biomass use and led to three startup companies that put his inventions into practice.
Daniel R. Grice (BSMS&E ’09)
Senior materials engineer, Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc.
Dan is a materials engineer who has significantly advanced the diagnosis and remediation of material failures, provided exemplary professional society leadership, and promoted careers in STEM.
Benjamin W. Longmier (BSEP/physics ’04, MSEP ’05, PhDEP ’07)
CTO and co-founder, Swarm Technologies
Ben is a nuclear engineer whose expertise in aerospace engineering has enabled him to found three companies focused on high-altitude/low-earth-orbit communications to accelerate the Internet of Things.
Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Bjorn Krogh Borgen (BSME ’62)
Chairman, Borgen Investment Group
Bjorn is a leading financial manager and entrepreneur whose success has enabled him to support educational, athletic and cultural causes that have benefited people across the United States and in his home country of Norway.
David Ira Epstein (BSECE ’76, MSECE ’78)
Executive Director, Susilo Institute for Ethics in a Global Economy, Boston University; venture advisor, investor and management consultant, Epstein Advisors
David is an exemplary entrepreneur and executive in cleantech, semiconductors and healthcare who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to social responsibility and ethics in engineering and business.
Moo Hwan Kim (PhDNE ’86)
President, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Moo Hwan is a nuclear engineer and academic leader who has made innovations that significantly improve fundamental understanding of two-phase flow and heat transfer as applied to nuclear energy systems.
Brian E. Luedtke (BSChE ’85)
Vice president, Asia Pacific region, global corporate communications and clinical education, Hollister Inc.
Brian is a chemical engineer and executive who has improved life for patients with chronic conditions by supporting innovative technology development, effective partnerships with healthcare providers, and sustained community engagement.
Stephanie M. Whitehorse (BSMS&E ’96)
Director of intellectual property, physical sciences, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Stephanie is an engineer and patent agent who has applied her expertise to evaluating, patenting and commercializing more than 1,500 UW-Madison inventions, which have generated more than $100 million of royalty income and formed the basis of 45 startup companies.
2020 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award Recipients
Subbu Rama (MSECE ’05)
Founder, Accio Ventures
Subbu is a visionary and entrepreneurial leader in technology innovation, including pioneering virtualization of hardware accelerated devices.
Karien J. Rodríguez (PhDBME ’10)
Research technical strategist-life sciences, global research & engineering, Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Karien is a biomedical engineer who is shaping the personal care industry through her creative and innovative research.
James Tamplin (BSIE ’06, MSIE ’07)
Founder partner, Founder Collective
James is a systems engineer and entrepreneur who has fundamentally transformed and greatly simplified mobile and web applications development.
Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Michael F. Conway (BSChE ’78)
Retired president, Shell Trading, Royal Dutch Shell
Michael is a chemical engineer who rose to the top of the international oil trading business while serving as an exemplar for management practices that reflect his values of integrity and civic responsibility.
Steven R. Erbstoesser (BSMineE ’74, MSMineE ’75)
Owner, Global Operations and Management Advisors LLC; retired, ExxonMobil
Steven is an engineer, scientist and executive who, through caring and vision, has transformed organizations and led global teams to achieve world-class safety, operational and business performance in oil and gas operations.
Peter Holsten (BSME ’72)
President and managing broker, Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation
Peter is a mechanical engineer and humanitarian who is devoted to the principle that everyone deserves affordable, quality housing and who strives to build and maintain healthy communities.
Todd Kelsey (BSEE ’87, MSEE ’89)
President and CEO, Plexus Corp.
Todd is an exemplary leader of a Wisconsin‐based global company who demonstrates commitment to creating new technologies and products that build a better world.
Laurie Lindborg Parsons (MSCEE ’87)
Water Resources Division Director, Ramboll US
Laurie is a respected civil and environmental engineer, leader and advocate for clean water who has been a role model for women in STEM.
Jeffrey J. Rotsch (BSIE ’72)
Retired president, worldwide sales, General Mills
Jeffrey is an industrial engineer and visionary leader who drove global business success in the consumer foods industry.
Oscar Marcelo Suárez (MSMetE ’93, PhDMetE ’00)
Professor and coordinator of the materials science and engineering program, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Oscar is a metallurgical engineer who has led innovations in university education, promoted STEM, and advanced research on composite materials and nanotechnology.
Amy Warner (BSEM ’91)
Vice president and general manager of IT digital business solutions and corporate director of accessibility, Intel Corp.
Amy is an IT leader whose professional adaptability and commitment to empowering those of all abilities make her an example for future engineers.
2019 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award Recipients
Amanda Engler
Experimental scientist, 3M
BSChE and Chem ’05, UW-Madison (MSChE ’07, PhDChE ’11, MIT)
We are honoring Amanda for the outstanding technical and creative contributions she has made in synthesizing novel polymeric materials for antimicrobial applications and delivering bioactive compounds.
Chris Klündt
Co-Founder and CEO StudyBlue/Flash Tools Chegg Inc.
BSBME ’05, BSCS ’05, UW-Madison
We are honoring Chris as a visionary entrepreneur who capitalized on the intersection of trends and technology to found a company now used by millions of students to learn collaboratively.
Navrina Singh
Product and technology leader
MSECE ’03, UW-Madison (BSEngr. ’01, College of Engineering at Pune, India; MBA ’13, University of Southern California)
We are honoring Navrina as an exemplary technological innovator who has built innovative software and silicon products, promoted a strong startup ecosystem, and is an inspiring and passionate leader in STEM education, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities.
Nancy Spelsberg
President, BCP Transportation
BSIE ’99, MBA ’06, UW-Madison
We are honoring Nancy as an inspiring industrial engineer and entrepreneur who is driving success in the trucking industry through continuous improvement and systems thinking.
Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Dan Adamany
Founder and CEO, AHEAD LLC
BSME ’97, UW-Madison
We are honoring Dan as an entrepreneur whose focus on strategy, solutions and technical expertise in enterprise information technology has enabled his company’s success.
Cynthia Bachmann
Vice president of engineering and product development, Kitchen and Bath Americas, Kohler Co.
BSEE ’83, UW-Madison
We are honoring Cynthia as a respected industry leader whose optimism and positivity are infectious and inspiring.
Annie Caputo
Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
BSNE ’96, UW-Madison
We are honoring Annie as a leader whose policy work and dedication make a difference nationally and inspire young engineers.
Rodney Hassett
Vice president, treasurer and director (retired) Strand Associates Inc.
BSCE ’62, UW-Madison
We are honoring Rod as a respected civil engineer, visionary leader and mentor who is a passionate advocate for diversity in engineering.
Mark Hoffmeyer
Senior technical staff member, IBM Systems
BSMetE ’83, MSMetE ’85, PhDMetE ’90, UW-Madison
We are honoring Mark for his expertise and leadership in physical metallurgy, which have led to significant innovations in microelectronic devices in areas that include materials design, assembly, packaging and manufacturing.
Sunny H.K. Lo
Chairman, Café de Coral Holdings Ltd.
BSChE ’77, UW-Madison (MSChE ’78, Stanford University)
We are honoring Sunny as an entrepreneur who has helped change business models and China and proudly serves as an ambassador for UW-Madison in Asia.
Duane Radtke
President and CEO, Valiant Exploration LLC
BSMineE ’71, UW-Madison
We are honoring Duane as a respected mining engineer and corporate leader who has been an innovator in the oil and gas industry throughout his career.
Thomas Werner
Chairman and CEO, SunPower Corp.
BSIE ’82, UW-Madison (BSEE ’86, Marquette University; MBA ’95, George Washington University)
We are honoring Tom for innovations in solar technology that have transformed the global energy industry.
Author: Staff
2018 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Justin Beck
CEO, PerBlue
BSCMPE ’09, BSCS ’09, UW-Madison
Gilbert Haddad
Director, Point72 Asset Management
Staff Advisor, SparkCognition
BSME ’07, American University of Beirut
MSME ’09, UW-Madison
PhDME ’11, University of Maryland
Andrew Hanson
Chief Technology Officer, PerBlue
BSCMPE ’09, BSCS ’09, UW-Madison
Gregory Hudalla
Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor and Pruitt Family Term Fellow, University of Florida
BSChE ’04, Illinois Institute of Technology
MSBME ’06, PhDBME ’10, UW-Madison
Rahul Shinde
Executive Director, DIL
BEME ’99, College of Engineering-Pune, India
MSMSE ’01, PhDIE ’05, UW-Madison
Forrest Woolworth
Chief Operating Officer, PerBlue
BSCMPE ’09, BSCS ’09, UW-Madison
Distinguished Achievement Award
Wendy Harris
COO and GM, Commercial Operations, GE Healthcare
BSECE ’90, MBA ’99, UW-Madison
Robert J. Heideman
Senior vice president and chief technology officer
A.O. Smith Corp.
BSMetE ’88, PhDMatE ’15, UW-Madison
MSMetE ’92, Purdue University
Arthur Janes
CEO, PDS Technology
BSME ’67, BBA ’67, UW-Madison
W. Kent Lorenz
Chairman and CEO (retired), Acieta LLC
BSEM ’84, UW-Madison
William S. Monfre
BSChE ’85, UW-Madison
Engineering and Manufacturing Management, Procter & Gamble (1985-2008)
President/Owner, Quality Insulators Inc. and Asbestos Removal Inc. (2008-current)
Brian Mullins
BSCEE ’77, JD ’80, UW-Madison
Partner, Axley Brynelson LLP
2017 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Nidhi Aggarwal
Founder, Qwiklabs
MSEE ’06 (PhDCompSci ’08)
Ross Radel
President, Phoenix Nuclear Labs
BSNE ’03, MSNEEP ’04, PhDNEEP ’07
Christopher Meyer
Director, Sector 67 Inc.
BSME ’08, MSME ’10
Distinguished Achievement Award
Stephen Spiegelberg
President and Co-Founder,
Cambridge Polymer Group
BSChE ’88 (PhDChE ’93, MIT)
Alain Peyrot
Retired President, Power Line Systems
MSCEE ’66, PhDCEE ’68
Adam Steltzner
Engineering Fellow, CalTech/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 Project
PhDEM ’99
(BSME ’90, UC-Davis; MS applied mechanics ’91, Caltech)
Daniel Piette
Board member, Petroleum GeoServices
BSMineE ’80
Denita Willoughby
Vice President, Sempra Energy
BSIE ’88 (MBA Harvard)
Sharon Farrens
Director of Process Integration, Quora Technology Inc.
MSNE ’83, MSMatSci ’85, PhDMatSci ’89
(BS physics ’81, Nebraska Wesleyan University)
Christine Schyvinck
CEO, Shure
BSME ’89
(MBA engineering management ’99, Northwestern University)
2016 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Jonathan Baran
Co-founder and CEO
healthfinch
BSBME ’08, MSBME ’10
James Hillier
Chief of Staff for Global Manufacturing and Refining
LyondellBassell
BSChE ’00, BS Biochemistry ’00, BS Molecular Biology ’00
Jenna Marquard
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
MSISyE ’04, PhDISyE ’07 (BSIE ’03, University of Iowa)
Nicholas Balster
Vice President of Industrial Applications
Groom Energy Solutions
BSMSE ’00 (MBA ’13, Babson College)
Distinguished Achievement Award
Stephen H. Siegele
Chief Executive and Consultant
BSChE ’84
Jun Lee
President
SRI Design
BSCE ’68, MSCE ’69, PhDCE ’73
Xingyi Xu
Founding President
Shanghai Dajun Technologies
MSECE ’83, PhDECE ’90 (BSEE ’82, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)
Gary Krellenstein
Consultant
BSNE ’79 (MBA ’81, Cornell University; post-master’s degree, computer applications ’84, New York University)
Kim Christopher
Director of Product Management,
Optum Solutions and Technology
BSISyE ’81 (MBA ’88, University of Minnesota)
Boyd Mueller
Vice President of Technology
Alcoa Power and Propulsion
MSMetE ’83, PhDMetE ’86 (BSMetE ’82, Michigan Technological University)
Frank Sanders
Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group; Director, Global Systems Supply Chain and Technology Enabling
Intel Corp.
MSMSE ’92 (BSME ’89, University of Illinois; MBA ’07, Northwestern University)
2015 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Laura Leonard
Senior Product Line Manager, reforming and isomeriation technologies
UOP LLC
BSChE ’01
Western Springs, Illinois
Gregory Piefer
CEO and founder
SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc.
BSEE ’99, MSNEEP ’04,
PhDNEEP/MedPhys ’06
Middleton, Wisconsin
Daniel Reich
Member of Strategic Operating Committee
Great Oaks Venture Capital
BSECE ’08
New York, New York
Distinguished Achievement Award
Norman Doll
Chairman (retired)
Pieper Electric
BSCE ’77
Mequon, Wisconsin
Jeffrey Graves
CEO
MTS Systems Corporation
MSMetE ’85, PhDMetE ’87
Wayzata, Minnesota
Shen Luo
Deputy General Manager
Mindray Medical International
PhDECE ’94
Madison, Wisconsin
Craig Palmer
CEO
Wikia
BSECE ’82
San Francisco, California
Todd Pulvino
Co-founder and Principal
CNH Partners
BSME ’84
Sarasota, Florida
Patrick Quirk
Founder and General Partner
ORCA Equities
BSIE ’79
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Kirk Schnoebelen
Head of Sales
URENCO
BSNE ’82, MSNE ’84
Fairfax, Virginia
Bahram (Barry) Siadat
Founder, President and Managing Director
SK Capital Partners
BSChE ’75
Miami Beach, Florida
Malcolm Theobald
President of Bits and Advanced Technologies
Schlumberger
BSMineEngr ’83
Houston, Texas
2014 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Michael T. Casper
President/Founder
FLEx Lighting
BSME ’04
Chicago, Illinois
Distinguished Achievement Award
Ryan T. Bennett
Senior Partner
Resource Capital Funds
BSGLE ’90
Denver, Colorado
Bryan C. Hanson
Chief Operating Officer
Exelon Nuclear
BSNE ’88
Chicago, Illinois
Edward F. Kopetsky
Chief Information Officer
Stanford Children’s Health
BSIE ’78, MSIE ’81
Palo Alto, California
Michael F. Molnar
Director, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office
U.S. Department of Commerce
BSME ’85, MSE ’87
Washington, DC
Winslow L. Sargeant
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
U.S. Small Business Administration
PhDECE ’95
Washington, DC
Henry J. Theisen
Executive Chairman of the Board
Bemis Company, Inc.
BSChE ’75
Neenah, Wisconsin
Peter W. Trelenberg
Corporate Manager, Environmental Policy & Planning
Exxon Mobil Corporation
BSCEE ’80
Irving, Texas
2013 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Kristin Myers Peng
Chief of Staff
Office of the Chairman and CEO
Aetna
BSBME
Hartford, Connecticut
Distinguished Achievement Award
Brian L. Haas
Senior Vice President
Global Customer Operations
KLA-Tencor
BSME, BSEP
Milpitas, California
Paul R. LaPointe
Principal and Senior Practice Leader
Golder Associates Inc.
PhDMS&E
Redmond, Washington
Susan B. Ortenstone
Chief Administrative Officer, retired
El Paso Corporation/Copano Energy LLC
BSCEE ’79
Houston, Texas
Michael G. Pecht
George E. Dieter Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
University of Maryland
MSECE, MSEM, PhDEM ’82
College Park, Maryland
Jeffrey C. Sprecher
Chairman and CEO
IntercontinentalExchange Inc.
BSChe ’78
Atlanta, Georgia
Kristine A. Theiler
Vice President, Planning & Operations Support
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
BSIE
Anaheim, California
Roy A. Thiele-Sardiña
Managing Partner
HighBAR Partners
BSECE ’82
Menlo Park, California
2012 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Tanya M. Higgins
Quality Deployment Manager
John Deere Agricultural and Turf Division
MEPP ’04
Waterloo, Iowa
Distinguished Achievement Award
Donald E. Baldovin
Vice President, Finance and Business Support (retired)
Worldwide Exploration Business Group
Amoco
BSChE ’57
Austin, Texas
Major General Thomas A. Benes
Major General (USMC, retired)
Vice President, Strategic Planning and Development
Alion Science and Technology Corporation
BSME ’74
Dumfries, Virginia
Gary M. Gigante
President and Chief Executive Officer
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
BSMetE
Wapaca, Wisconsin
Thomas F. Gunkel
Chief Executive Officer
Mortenson Construction
BSCEM ’82
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Patrick M. Hanrahan
Canon Professor of Computer Science
Stanford University
BSNE ’77
Stanford, California
James H. Thompson
Executive Vice President of Engineering
Qualcomm, Inc.
BSECE, MSECE, PhDECE ’91
San Diego, California
2011 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Jennifer A. Topinka
Senior Finance Manager
General Electric — Oil and Gas
BSME ’01
Houston, Texas
Distinguished Achievement Award
Vincent Sik-Hung Chan
Director, Theory and Computational Science,
Energy and Electromagnetic Systems Group
General Atomics
BSECE ’72, MSECE ’73, PhDEE ’75
San Diego, California
Michael R. Duckett
President
Duckett Group, Inc.
BSCEE ’74, MSCEE ’75
Brookfield, Wisconsin
David U. Furrer
Senior Fellow, Discipline Lead
Pratt & Whitney
BSMetE ’86, MSMetE ’88
East Hartford, Connecticut
J. Michael Jensen
Vice President, Global Research and Development, retired
Procter & Gamble
BSChE ’73
Cincinnati, Ohio
Appu Kuttan
Founder and Chairman of the Board
National Education Foundation Inc.
PhDIE ’68
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard M. Lynch
President
J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
BSCEE ’74
Madison, Wisconsin
James R. Meister
Vice President, Operations Support
Exelon Nuclear
BSNE ’78
Warrenville, Illinois
Brian J. Rauch
Vice President, Engineering, John Deere Construction
and Forestry Division
Deere and Company
MSEM ’90, PhDEM ’93
Dubuque, Iowa
James D. Woodburn, Jr.
Chief Medical Officer and Director
Applied Pathways, LLC
BSECE ’77
Deephaven, Minnesota
2010 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Chad M. Sorenson
President and Co-founder
Sologear LLC
BSME, MSME
Middleton, Wisconsin
Distinguished Achievement Award
William C. Beckman
CEO
X-nth
BSCEE ’80
Maitland, Florida
Dawn Ann Harms
Vice President
Marketing and Sales
Space Systems/Loral
BSECE ’88
Palo Alto, California
Show Chung Ho
Chairman
SinoPac Holdings Co., Ltd.
MSME ’69
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Aicardo Roa-Espinosa
President
Soil Net LLC
MSBSE ’85, PhDBSE ’89
Madison, Wisconsin
Nitish V. Thakor
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
MSBME ’78, PhDECE ’81
Baltimore, Maryland
Dan J. Thoma
Office Leader — Materials Design Institute
Los Alamos National Laboratory
PhDMetE ’92
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Steven J. Zinkle
Director — Material Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
BSNE ’80, MSNE ’82, PhDNE ’85
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2009 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Andreas M. Lippert
Manager, Alternative Energy Technologies
GE Global Research
PhDME ’99
Munich, Germany
Distinguished Achievement Award
Samit Kumar Bhattacharyya
Director
Savannah River National Laboratory
MSNE ’70, PhDNE ’73
Aiken, South Carolina
Dean A. Foate
President and CEO
Plexus Corp.
BSME ’82
Neenah, Wisconsin
P. Dan Gilbert
President
Gilbert Mechanical Contractors Inc.
BSCEE ’66
Edina, Minnesota
William J. Lenling
President
Thermal Spray Technologies
BSMetE ’85, MSMetE ’86
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
James P. Peerenboom
Director, Infrastructure Assurance Center
Associate Director, Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
BSNE ’73, MSNE ’74
Argonne, Illinois
Joseph B. Powell
Process Development Advisor and Shell Chief Scientist
Chemical Engineering
Shell Global Solutions U.S. Inc
PhDChe ’84
Houston, Texas
Steven A. Schopler
Orthopedic Surgeon and Physician
Southern California orthopedic Institute
BSME ’76
Van Nuys, California
2008 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Donald W. Stanton
Corporate Director, Advanced Engine R&D
Cummins Inc.
MSME ’95, PhDME ’98
Columbus, Indiana
Distinguished Achievement Award
Charles G. Gunderson
Corporate Director (Retired)
Chrysler Corporation
BSME ’56
Sedona, Arizona
Katherine L. Hermansen
Vice President, Clinical Performance Excellence
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
BSIE ’86
Glendale, Wisconsin
Chia-Hong Jan
Senior Principal Engineer, Program Manager
Intel Corporation
MSMSE ’88, PhDMSE ’91
Hillsboro, Oregon
Valarie King-Bailey
Chief Executive Officer
OnShore Technology Group
BSCEE ’82
Chicago, Illinois
Peigen Li
President
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
PhDME ’87
Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.R. China
James E. Rushton
Director, Nuclear Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
MSNE ’67, PhDNE ’75
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
David J. Smukowski
Chief Executive Officer, Sensors in Motion
Managing Director, IntiGroup
BSCEE ’78
Bellevue, Washington
David K. Swanson
Chief Technical Officer
ESTECH Cardiac Surgery Specialists
MSEE ’72, PhDEE ’76
San Ramon, California
2007 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Matthew F. Laudon
Cofounder, Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization
Co-founder and executive director of business development, Nano Science and Technology Institute
MSME ’93, PhDME ’96
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Distinguished Achievement Award
Jeffrey H. Curler
Chairman and CEO
Bemis Company Inc.
BSChE ’73
Neenah, Wisconsin
Michael F. Davy
President, Davy Engineering Company
Manager, Davy Laboratories
BSCEE ’69
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Donald C. Erbach
Retired national program leader for engineering and energy
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
BSME ’65
Beltsville, Maryland
Stephen E. LeBeau
President and CEO
Thixomat
PhDMetE ’82
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Edwin A. McKinnon
Retired vice president of technology
General Carbide Corporation
PhDEM ’72
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Dorin Panescu
Principal Staff Scientist
St. Jude Medical Inc.
MSECE ’91, PhDECE ’93
Sunnyvale, California
Andrew T. Rensink
President and CEO
Tapemark Inc.
BSME ’79
West St. Paul, Minnesota
Jeffrey D. Wiesner
Retired partner
Accenture LLP
BSISyE ’83
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Christine M. Schyvinck
Executive Vice President
Global Marketing and Sales
SHURE Incorporated
BSME ’89
Niles, IL
Distinguished Achievement Award
Jan R. Acker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Placon Corporation
BSME ’76
Madison, WI
Gilbert C. Gerdman
Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MSA Professional Services, Inc.
BSCE ’66
Baraboo, WI
Randy L. Jirtle
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Duke University
BSNE ’70
Durham, NC
Mark D. McDougall
Executive Director
Health Level Seven, Inc., and
Coalition for Healthcare eStandards
BSIE ’83
Chelsea, MI
Gary W. Pruessing
President and Chairman
TonenGeneral Sekiyu Kabushki Kaisha
Japan Chairman, ExxonMobil Group in Japan
BSChE ’75
Asia Pacific Refining Director
James A. Senty
President
Midwest Natural Gas, Inc.
BSMinE ’60
LaCrosse, WI
Kenneth R. Welton
Owner
Welton Enterprises Inc.
BSCEE ’56
Madison, WI
2005 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Early Career Award
Randy D. Cortright
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Virent Energy Systems, Inc.
PhDChE ’94
Madison, WI
Distinguished Achievement Award
James G. Berbee
Chairman
Berbee Information Networks Corporation
MSME, BSME
Madison, WI
Roger W. Huibregtse
Volunteer, ACDI/VOCA (Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance)
(Retired) CEO, The Larson Company, VP, Dean Foods
BSChE ’50
Green Bay, WI
Will S. Kenlaw III
Chief Executive Officer
Third Day Corporation
BSISyE ’81
Silver Spring, MD
Yongmin Kim
Professor & Chair, Department of Bioengineering
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Radiology & Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
PhDECE ’82, MSECE ’79
Seattle, WA
William J. Mielke
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ruekert/Mielke, Inc.
BSCEE ’71
Waukesha, WI
Thomas J. Overbye
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhDECE, MSECE, BSECE
Urbana, IL
Susan L. Reinhold
Regional Vice President of Operations
Comcast, South Florida
BSEM ’79
Miramar, FL
Timothy C. Scott
President
Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
PhDChE ’85
Knoxville, TN
2004 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Hilton H. Augustine, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Global Management Systems, Inc.
BSECE ’82
Cynthia B. Berigan
Director, Systems Strategy
Kraft Foods
BSISyE ’83
Robert F. Cervenka
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Phillips Plastics Corporation
BSME ’58
Warren R. DeVries
Director, Division of Design, Manufacture & Industrial Innovation, Engineering Directorate
National Science Foundation
PhDME ’75, MSME ’73, BSME ’71
Thomas W. Doe
Principal
Golder Associates Inc.
PhDCEE ’80
Max D. Fiore
Vice President, Research and Development
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
MSECE ’80
Arthur F. Hawnn
Senior Civil Engineering and Project Manager
U.S. Department of Defense, CIEWR
PhDCEE ’62, MSCEE ’60, BSCEE ’59
Stanley H. Horowitz
Consultant, author & lecturer
Jay V. Ihlenfeld
Senior Vice President, Research and Development
3M
PhDChE ’78
Mahtomedi, MN
Norman H. Koo
Executive Director, Corporate Technology
AOL Time Warner
BSNE ’70
Don W. Martens
Senior Partner
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
BSGLE ’57, BSNS ’57
John D. Osteraas
Practice Director and Principal Engineer
Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
BSCEE ’76
2003 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Bruce C. Beihoff
Director, Innovation and Technology
Whirlpool Research and Engineering Center
Kenneth L. Blaedel
Engineer, EUVL Photomask Program (Retired)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
BSME ’70
Duane E. Collins
Chairman of the Board
Parker Hannifin Corporation
BSME ’61
James L. Denkmann
President
Denkmann Thermal Storage, Ltd.
BSME ’62
Robert M. Engelke
President
Ultratec, Inc.
BSCE ’67
Gregory J. Hildeman
Manager of Technology Transfer
Alcoa, Inc.
BSMSE ’70
Matthew D. Kuckuk
Vice President, e.Services
Actuate Corporation
BSISyE ’80
Erick J. Laine
Chairman of the Board
Alcas Corporation
BSCEE ’55
Ronald J. Schuh
Executive Vice President
Source XL
BSChE ’65
Rajan I. Sheth
President and Chairman of the Board
Mead and Hunt, Inc.
MSCEE ’72
David Weininger
President
Daylight Chemical Information Systems, Inc.
PhDChE ’78
2002 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
John C. Wright
Professor, Chemistry
Byron Bird Award
James A. Dumesic
Steenbock Professor of Chemical Engineering
BSChE ’71
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
Robert D. Lorenz
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
PhDME ’84, MSME ’70, BSME ’69
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Leonard Franklin Black
Director, Wisconsin Tech-Search
MS Library Science ’75, BS English Literature ’70
Distinguished Service Award
Richard L. Antoine
Global Human Resources Officer
The Procter & Gamble Company
BSChE ’69
John Paul Cowan
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Management Company
BSNE ’75
Burzoe K. Ghandhi
Corporate Director of Material Management (Retired)
Outboard Marine Corporation
PhDME ’58
Donald C. Hintz
President
Entergy Corporation
BSChE ’66, BSNS ’66
Don C. Holloway Jr.
Director/Sales & Marketing (Retired)
Stanford Health Services
PhDISyE ’71, MSISyE ’68, BSME ’66
Mark D. McNabb
VP of Business Units (Retired)
Teledyne Wah Chang
BSMSE ’58
Jerome J. Mullins
President
Jerome J. Mullins & Associates
BSCEE ’50
Keith D. Nosbusch
President
Rockwell Automation Control Systems
BSECE ’74
Robert E. Pitt
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alabama
PhDCEE ’87
Robert J. Pofahl
President
Resource Engineering Associates, Inc.
MSCEE ’73, BSCEE ’71
Richard H. Weaver
Consultant (Retired)
PhDChE ’64
Kenneth R. Wright
CFO and Chief Engineer
Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
MSCEE ’57, BSCEE ’51, BA Marketing ’51
2001 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Patrick V. Farrell
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Byron Bird Award
James Smith
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
Philip J. Biebl
Senior Artist, Engineering External Relations
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Donna M. Lewis
Senior Administrative Program Specialist, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Robert C. Armstrong
Chevron Professor & Department Head
Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhDChE ’73
Terry D. Gerhardt
Vice President of Corporate Technology
Sonoco Products Co.
Exec MBA ’99, PhDEM ’79, MSEM ’74, BSMetE ’72
Joseph L. Goss
Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing Operations
Schlumberger
BSMetE ’77
James R. Jaeschke
Owner & Manager
Electronic Systems Consultants, LLC
MSEE ’68, BSEE ’66
Thomas C. Leonhardt
President/CEO/Consulting Engineer (Retired)
Rust Environment & Infrastructure
MSCEE ’71
Jane R. Mandula
Co-owner & Vice President
Gen/Tran Corporation
BSISyE ’87
Kim A. Pearson
President & CEO
Pearson Technical Software, Inc./LANovation
MSME ’81
Kenneth P. Phillips
Manager, Advanced Development
Drives Business, Rockwell Automation
BSEE ’60
Roger W. Rolke
Director, Engineering
Equilon Technology Company
BSChE ’63
S. David Sanders
Manager, Manufacturing Operations
Caterpillar Corporation
PhDMetE ’69, MSMetE ’66
Syed M. Shahed
Vice President, Research & Development
Honeywell Turbocharging Systems
PhDME ’70, MSME ’69
Ralph J. Stephenson
Engineering Consultant
2000 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
John H. Booske
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
Arthur B. Ellis
Meloche-Bascom Chemistry Professor
John G. Webster
Biomedical Engineering Professor
Byron Bird Award
Thomas F. Kuech
Milton J. and A. Maude Shoemaker Chemical Engineering Professor
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Jay M. Samuel
Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
John E. Anderson
Executive Vice President (retired)
SSI Technologies, Inc.
BSMetE ’51
David A. Dornfeld
Will C. Hall Family Professor of Engineering and Professor of Manufacturing Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
PhDME ’76, MSME ’73, BSME ’72
John P. Holton
Chief Executive Officer
Scheduling.com
MSISyE ’75, BS History ’72
Thomas O. Hunter
Senior Vice President for Defense Programs
Sandia National Laboratories
PhDNE ’78, MSNE ’76
Leon P. Janssen
General Manager, Academic Accounts
GE Medical Systems
BSME ’64, BSAgE ’64
Thomas P. Kunes
Principal
Kestrel Management Services, LLC
MSCEE ’75, BSCEE ’70
Markku Markkula
Member
Finnish Parliament
Gerald Nadler
IBM Chair Emeritus in Engineering Management
University of Southern California
Consultant on Breakthrough Thinking
Donald R. Paul
Melvin H. Gertz Regents Chair in Chemical Engineering
Director, Texas Materials Institute
University of Texas at Austin
PhDChE ’65, MSChE ’63
Lawrence H. Roth
Principal Engineer, Subsurface Consultants, Inc.
MSCEE ’74, BSCEE ’70
John E. Schremp Jr.
President, Firestone Polymers; President, Firestone Natural Rubber Co.
Corporate VP & Officer, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
BSChE ’72
Karl E. Stahlkopf
President & CEO, EPRIsolutions
Vice President, Power Delivery, EPRI
BSEE ’63, BNS ’63
1999 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Julian Barrientos
President and CEO (retired)
Barrientos & Associates, Inc.
MSCEE ’61
Robert Beran
Laboratory Director
Westvaco Corporation
Covington, VA
PhDME ’72, BSME ’67
Robert E. Bisaro
Correlation Engineering Department Manager – Vehicle Environmental Engineering Office
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, MI
MSMetE ’70, BSMetE ’66
Malcolm P. Branch
Process Engineering Director
The Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk, Virginia
BSEM ’69
Lynn W. Gelhar
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Concord, MA
PhDCEE ’64, MSCEE ’60, BSCEE ’59
William H. Miller
Chairman (retired)
Miller Centrifugal Casting Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
BSMetE ’54
John P. Nelson
President and CEO
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
MSME ’76
James J. Pertzborn
VP, Server and Workstation Development
IBM
BSEE ’73
Ronald L. Rossmiller
Engineering Consultant
Everson, Washington
Jeffrey J. Siirola
Technology Fellow, Chemical Processing
Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, Tennessee
PhDChE ’70
Harvey D. Spangler
Ammonia Plant Manager (retired)
Farmland Industries
Sherman, Texas
BSChE ’56
Michael R. Splinter
General Manager, Technology and Manufacturing Group
Intel Corp.
Granite Bay, California
MSEE ’74, BSEE ’72
1998 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
John S. Balis
Eugene M. Bentley, III
Pierre J. Carreau
Raymond L. Degner
Hermann W. Dommel
William A.J. Golomski
Michael J. Lalich
C.Y. Loh
Thomas F. Plunkett
Kenneth L. Schroeder
Paul F. Thiele
Bennett H. Tollefson
Stuart G. Walesh
1997 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Richard E. DeVor
Joel G. Funk
David G. Hawksworth
Charles W. Johnson
Larry R. Johnson
Timothy C. Mickelson
Thomas J. Mohs
Richard J. Pearson
Richard J. Schoofs
Larry J. Scully
William A. Thurwachter
Youngil Youm
Gerd H. Zoller
1996 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Surakhuang Asavanich
John R. Dewane
Jeffrey Fang
John L. Linehan
Marty Martin
David G. McAlees
James L. Nemke
Paul D. Thompson
Sidney B Williams, Jr.
David B. Wittry
1995 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
John A. Annin
Donald E. Cheney
Do Won Chung
Rene M. Dupuis
Dong Soo Hur
Ronald E. Mengel
Juzar Motiwalla
Chung-Hyun Nam
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
William B. Winter
Tat Ching (Henry) Yu
1994 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Denice D. Denton
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Noah Hershkowitz
Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
Richard S. Marleau
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Sandra L. Arnn
Director, Engineering Career Services
Distinguished Service Award
John L. Cleasby
Guenther E. Frankenstein
Luther W. Graef
Donald L. Henderson
Raymond G. Herb
Richard G. Lione
R. Fenton-May
Roger M. Pasch
Gerald C. Pomraning
Peter P. Tong
Gary C. Vanic
1993 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Sandford A. Klein
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
David C. Larbalestier
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
John W. Mitchell
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Robert F. Perras
Director, Engineering Audiovisual Services
Distinguished Service Award
Jes Asmussen
Charles C. Baker
Ned W. Bechthold
Robert K. Catterson
George E. Miller
James E. Patton
David W. Peterson
Rafael Rangel
Vinod K. Sahney
John L. Selky
Michael R. Sfat
Robert J. Smith
Thomas R. Vanderpool
Richard N. White
1992 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Ralph W. Kiefer
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Byron Bird Award
David S. Malkus
Professor of Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Robert J. Sandberg
Manager, Mechanical Engineering Service Facilities
Distinguished Service Award
Michael A. Aimone
Mary Baker
Gordon F. Brunner
Keith J. Garnett
John J. Hren
John T. Huston
Allen A. Kozinski
Karl E. Lonngren
Robert C. Mierendorf
Peter R. Schneider
Peter E. Starkweather
David J. Storm
Rudy J. Tekippe
1991 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Dale F. Rudd
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Warren E. Stewart
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
William W. Wuerger
Associate Dean, Operations Professor, Engineering Professional Development
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Richard J. Cashwell
Senior Lecturer, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
ECE Department Centennial Citation
Harold A. Peterson
Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Ronald L. Daggett
David H. Eber
Lyle G. Hassebroek
Lowell B. Jackson
Gail E. Janssen
Brian L. Joiner
Ernest S. Micek
John P. Riggs
Manfred E. Suess
Howard F. Voigt
David A. Woolhiser
1990 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Ferrel G. Stremler
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Byron Bird Award
George E. P. Box
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Statistics
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Clayton O. Smith
Assistant Dean of Research, College of Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Norman A. Berg
Robert L. Douglas
Grahame J. Farquhar
Narendra N. Gunaji
Warren R. Haug
Thomas N. Hendrickson
Frederick Z. Herr
Dale M. Meade
Morton G. Spooner
Kuo-King “KK” Wang
Gary C. Wendt
Richard L. Wilkey
1989 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
I. Martin Isaacs
Department of Mathematics
Byron Bird Award
Max G. Lagally
Materials Science and Engineering
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Ednor M. Rowe
Distinguished Service Award
Walter G. Belter
Jose Coca Prados
Howard E. Jordan
James P. Keating
Roger E. Krempel
Richard John Schwartz
S. Herbert Stone
Jan Karol Ver Hagen
George R. Wernisch
1988 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Edwin N. Lightfoot
Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Dale F. Rudd
Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Elmer W. Becker
John E. Berndt
Robert W. Eck
Paul A. Elfers
David L. Ford, Jr.
C. Daniel Gelatt, Jr.
Elmer R. Kaiser
Carl R. Marschke
James R. Myers
Richard H. Thomas
James S. Vaughan
Bernard A. Weideman
Kurt H. Wulff
Fumitake Yoshida
1987 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Alois L. Schlack, Jr.
Professor, Engineering Mechanics
Byron Bird Award
W. Harmon Ray
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Glen W. Bailey
Eugene F. Bespalow
Steven J. Bomba
Edward Henry Bryan
Allan H. Clauer
Patrick Francis Flynn
Ora B. Morgan
Arun G. Phadke
R. David Pittle
Milton J. Shoemaker
1986 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Allan K. Scidmore
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Roger Boom
Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Metallurgical and Mineral Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Herbert K. Anspach
Jack F. Havard
Jack St. Claire Kilby
Ronald J. Lofy
Gordon G. Robeck
Brewster H. Shaw, Jr.
Everett C. Shuman
Harry L. Spiegelberg
1985 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
R. Byron Bird
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
John J. Uicker, Jr.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
John B. Lambert
Terry O. Norris
Oscar C. Boldt
John W. Rogers
Nathaniel K. Zelazo
John K. Draeger
Inyong Ham
John W. Lillesand
Jack C. Bokros
Carl W. Giesler
1984 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Donald W. Novotny
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Y. Austin Chang
Professor, Metallurgical and Mineral Engineering
Chairman, Metallurgical and Mineral Engineering
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
Peter L. Monkmeyer
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Laxmangudi K. Doraiswamy
Harold K. Forsen
Robert A. Greenkorn
George J. Hess
Henry K. Newhall
Harry W. Rubinstein
George W. Swenson, Jr.
Gerald H. Teletzke
Bjorn J. Thompson
James J. Wert
1983 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Charles G. Hill, Jr.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
W. Robert Marshall
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Director, University-Industry Research Program
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Russell J. Christesen
Distinguished Service Award
Earl J. Beck
John E. Gwyn
Donald A. Gyorog
John H. Johnson
Glenn R. Petersen
William R. Schowalter
Claude R. Whitney
1982 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Ali A. Seireg
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Henry H. Barchall
John Bascom Professor Nuclear Engineering and Physics
Distinguished Service Award
Orville E. Arnold
Edward J. Doyle
Bernard W. Gamson
Alfred C. Ingersoll
George H. Kerckhove
William R. Kimel
Robert W. Schumann
John D. West
1981 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Warren E. Stewart
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
John A. Duffie
Professor Chemical Engineering
William A. Beckman
Professor Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Warren E. Alberts
Anthony T. DiBenedetto
T. Kenneth Fowler
Donald J. Helfrecht
Harold R. Leland
Lee R. Raymond
Jerome G. Rivard
Gerard A. Rohlich
James J. Scott
1980 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
James J. Skiles
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Arthur S. Lodge
Professor, Engineering Mechanics and Chairman, Rheology Research Center
Distinguished Service Award
John A. Beyer
Richard J. Campbell
Burleigh E. Jacobs
Lawrence S. Krueger
Aksel L. Lydersen
Robert F. Miller
Donald J. Povejsil
Donald F. Root
1979 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Frederick O. Leidel
Professor, General Engineering Department, Associate Dean – Freshman Office
Distinguished Service Award
Walter S. Brager
Charles S. Brown
Ernst H. Krause
Frederick J. Mancheski
Nicholas P. Milano
Donald E. Procknow
Clare I. Rice
Kenneth A. Smith
Harvey E. Wirth
1978 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
James K. Bakken
Kurt W. Bauer
Joseph Blinka
Edward C. Creutz
John D. Debbink
Lew F. Porter
Donald F. Schulz
1977 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Thomas F. Airis
R. Ross Blackwood
Robert L. Cattoi
Edwin J. Duszynski
Ronald H. Fillnow
Robert W. Flugum
Toru Iura
James R. Randall
Robert G. Sachs
1976 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Gene M. Amdahl
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Amdahl Corporation
Sunnyvale, California
PhD Physics ’52
Clifford Allen Betts
Consultant
Denver, Colorado
MSCEE ’53
Walter L. Dahl
Jeff C. Dietz
Raymond George Herb
Lawrence H. Hodges
Richard W. Hurn
Charles S. McNeer
Chester W. Spencer
D. Gilman Taylor
Charles R. Wilke
1975 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Charles S. Watson
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Sol Burstein
Lawrence A. Ernest
Gerald Estrin
Thelma Estrin
Richard S. Hartenberg
Michael W. Maier
Roy F. Weston
1974 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Chu-Kia Wang
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Robert B. Beckmann
Robert M. Bolz
Richard E. Davis
Franklin T. Matthias
Norwood Bowers Melcher
Ragnar E. Onstad
Paul W. Ramsey
Norman C. Storck
Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.
Charles W. Yoder
1973 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Edward F. Obert
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
N. J. Beck
Simon K. Chen
William H. Ferris, Sr.
Maurice O. Holtan
Ronold W. P. King
Elizabeth Jackson McLean
Gordon H. Millar
Alden J. Pahnke
Eugene C. Ragatz
Lindon Edgar Saline
Willard W. Warzyn
1972 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
George E. P. Box
Professor of Statistics
Distinguished Service Award
Wesley J. Burmeister
Farrington Daniels
Henry P. Ehrlinger
Leon K. Kirchmayer
James W. Mohr
Ralph E. Purucker
Melvin J. Sterba
Robert E. Sutherland
Walter H. Tacke
Ransom Tyler
1971 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Kurt F. Wendt
Dean of the College of Engineering
1970 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Mohamed E. El-Wakil
Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
John K. Babbitt
Raymond L. Dickeman
Phil M. Ferguson
Herbert A. Goetsch
Robert Royce Johnson
Arnold F. Meyer
George B. Miller
George Thodos
1969 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
R. Ralph Benedict
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
William V. Arvold, Jr.
Conrad H. Hoeppner
Einar A. Jacobsen
Daniel E. Krause
Luna B Leopold
Frederick D. Mackie
James F. Mathis
Allan L. McKay
1968 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Roger A. Altpeter
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Alfred Gruhl
Valerius E. Herzfeld
Ralph H. Iisbrandt
Clement P. Lindner
Wesley Grindell Martin
Edward J. Wellauer
1967 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Otto A. Uyehara
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Louis E. Dequine, Jr.
Frank P. Hyer
Fred A. Loebel
Ralph A. Millermaster
Robert H. Paddock
Harold W. Ruf
1966 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Eldon C. Wagner
Professor of Civil Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Bertil T. Andren
Edward J. Brenner
Fernando García Roel
J. Don Howard
Lewis Handford Kessler
Robert H. Ramsey
Emmons L. Roettiger
1965 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Arno T. Lenz
Professor of Civil Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Edward G. Christianson
C. Moreau Jansky
Donald C. Minard
Thomas McMaster Niles
1964 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Phillip S. Myers
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
William C. Ackermann
Harold Goldberg
Eugene L. Grant
Patrick E. Haggerty
Charles Arthur Rowe
Lucius D. Watkins
1963 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Thomas J. Higgins
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Pierce G. Ellis
Anthony J. Nerad
B. Richard Teare, Jr.
1962 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Gerard A. Rohlich
Professor of Civil Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
George H. Brown
William K. Fitch
Herman F. Hoerig
Leonard J. Linde
Lloyd J. Severson
Aubrey J. Wagner
1961 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
C. Harvey Sorum
Professor of Chemistry
Distinguished Service Award
John J. Chyle
William T. Ennor
Oswald J. Muegge
Merrill A. Scheil
Frederick M. Young
1960 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Vincent C. Rideout
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Robert C. Allen
Alexander Graham Christie
Ronald E. Copeland
Clifford C. Gladson
William A. Klinger
Lynn H. Matthias
1959 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Roland A. Ragatz
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Erwin C. Brenner
Theron A. Brown
Ralph E. Davis
Walther C. Fischer
Hugh L. Rusch
Martin W. Torkelson
Charles S. Whitney
1958 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Jacob Korevaar
Professor of Mathematics
Distinguished Service Award
Howard Hathaway Aiken
Harry C. Brockel
George Hopkins Johnson
William Beverly Murphy
Arthur F. Peterson
1957 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Harold A. Peterson
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Service Award
Allen McKinnon Slighter
Donald C. Slighter
Louis Byrne Slighter
Sumner H. Slighter
1956 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Raymond G. Roark
Professor of Mechanics
Distinguished Service Award
J. G. Baker
Arthur Wardell Consoer
Melvin J. Evans
Charles A. Halbert
T. D. Jones
Keith S. McHugh
1955 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award
Olaf A. Hougen
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Byron Bird Award
Henry J. Hunt
Ragnar E. Onstad Award
Ralph J. Kraut
Bollinger Academic Staff Award
Irving L. Wade
Distinguished Service Award
Kenneth M. Watson
1954 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Adolph J. Ackerman
Arne J. A. Asplund
Mack C. Lake
David W. McLenegan
Robert C. Siegel
John Slezak
1953 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Allen Abrams
Julian D. Conover
Armin Elmendorf
Arthur C. Nielsen
Lester C. Rogers
William E. Schubert
1952 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Orrin E. Andrus
William E. Crawford
Robert C. Johnson
Walter A. Olen
Benjamin S. Reynolds
George P. Steinmetz
Glenn B. Warren
Julius F. Wolff, Sr.
1951 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Clarence H. Lorig
Assistant Director
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, Ohio
PhDMetE ’28, MSMetE ’25, BSMetE ’24
Grover C. Neff
President
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Madison, Wisconsin
Edwin W. Seeger
Vice-President in Charge of Development
Cutler-Hammer, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oliver W. Storey
Consultant
Burgess Battery Company
Chicago, Illinois
BSChE ’10
Reuben N. Trane
President
The Trane Company
La Crosse, Wisconsin
BSME ’10
1950 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Harold H. Brown
Hans P. Dahlstrand
Frank G. Hobart
Earl E. Hunner
L. J. Markwardt
Duncan J. Stewart
Donald W. Tyrrell
1949 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Joseph Albert Cutler
Albert J. Goedjen
William J. Grede
Leroy Francis Harza
Eugene C. Herthel
Harvey V. Higley
Louis Richard Howson
Harry Karl Ihrig
William R. Kellett
Ernst A. Longenecker
Edwin F. Nelson
J. F. Roberts
Leon A. Smith
Halsten J. Thorkelson
H. L. Woolheiser
1948 Engineers’ Day alumni award recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Fred L. Dornbrook
Chief Engineer of Power Plants
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
M. K. Drewry
Assistant Chief Engineer of Power Plants
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BSME ’22
George G. Post
Vice-President in Charge of Power (retired)
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BSEE ’04
Gould W. Van Derzee
President
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BSEE ’08