May 7, 2016

Alumni Awards Banquet

College of Engineering

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hors d’oeuvres

Atlantic Salmon brochette w/ hoisin-teriyaki drizzle

Wild mushroom in phyllo beggars purse

Curry chicken salad in an English cucumber cup

saladGathered field greens w/ goat cheese and candied pecans

Dressings: raspberry vinaigrette and balsamic vinaigrette

main

Marinated chicken in a ginger teriyaki glaze

with fire roasted pineapple and mango salsa

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Chesapeake crab cake

with basmati rice pilaf and baby bok choy

dessert

Chocolate Mousse Cake

beverages

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Michigan State UniversityCollege of Engineering

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Alumni Awards Dinner Program

5 p.m. ..............................Cocktail Reception 6 p.m. .............................Dinner 7 p.m. ..............................Presentation of Awards Welcome & Introductions ............................................................................................................Leo C. Kempel Dean, College of EngineeringPresentation of Awards

Applied Engineering Sciences Distinguished Alumni AwardAnthony A. Messina

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Distinguished Alumni AwardJohn W. Larkin, PhD

Red Cedar Circle Award in Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceBruce Edward Anderson

Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni AwardJoseph A. Sopko, Jr., PhD

Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni AwardQian Huang, PhD

John D. Ryder Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni AwardRachel. S. Hutter, PE, CSP

Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni AwardDianna Dickie Cody, PhD

Green Apple Teaching AwardMary Anne Forgach

Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumni AwardMartin C. Hawley, PhD

The Kellogg Center, Big Ten CEast Lansing, Michigan

Applied Engineering Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award

Recipients of this award, established in 2004, must have a distinguished career, evidenced by significant accomplishments; possess high standards of integrity that positively reflect on the college and the university; be recognized for leadership in the community; and demonstrate support of the applied engineering sciences program (formerly engineering arts), the College of Engineering, and/or MSU. The winner is selected by the applied engineering sciences alumni advisory board.

Anthony A. MessinaBS ’80, Applied Engineering Sciences

Anthony A. Messina has held executive leadership positions in manufactur-ing, product engineering, sales, and mergers/acquisitions, and has been responsible

for profit and loss, top line growth, operational effectiveness, product devel-opment, and commercial management. He is currently vice president of Global Engineering for Borg Warner, a lead-ing supplier of automotive powertrain technologies. In this role, Tony has responsibility for the global engineering organization and oversees all aspects of the product portfolio. Previously, Tony held the positions of vice president and general manager–Transmission Controls, vice presi-dent–North American Operations, and vice president and general manager–Emissions, where he was responsible for factory operations across Dixon, Bellwood, and Frankfort, Illinois; Water Valley, Mississippi; Juarez and Ramos, Mexico; Markdorf, Germany; Tulle, France; Monaco; and Ningbo,

China. He was also vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing while the company was expanding its North American presence into Europe through the creation of a joint venture, and into Japan, Korea, and China through part-nerships and new business pursuits. Tony has served as a board member for the NSK-Warner joint venture out of Fukuroi, Japan; was a supervisory board member for Borg Warner Tur-bocharger Systems out of Kirchheim-bolanden, Germany; and an operating board member of Morse TEC Japan out of Nabari, Japan. He also holds an MBA in finance and business economics from Wayne State University in Detroit and has continued his education though select courses within the Harvard Business School. Tony has wielded a nail gun, level, and reciprocating saw with Habitat for Humanity; tutored elementary school math; and coached little league base-ball. He was a competitive swimmer, including intramural competition at Michigan State, and started a recre-ational hockey team now in its 30th year. He is also in a pro bono charity band—Ricky the Small Gorilla. Tony and his wife, Elaine, reside in Troy, Michigan. They have two chil-dren—twins Michael and Rachael, both recent MSU graduates.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Established in 2004, this award is given to an alumnus or alumna who has distinguished himself/herself as a leader in the biological/agricultural engineering profession through professional contributions, public service, and personal accomplishments. Alumni who have graduated at least ten years ago with an undergraduate and/or graduate degree are considered.

John W. Larkin, PhDPhD ’84, Agricultural Engineering; Food Science

Dr. John W. Larkin began making an impact in the food science industry even as an undergradu-ate student—through jobs, internships, and research projects.

He completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees in food science and nutrition (1978 and 1980, respectively) at The Ohio State University, and earned his PhD from MSU in 1984. He then took a position as assistant profes-sor at Virginia Tech in both the Food Science and Agricultural Engineering Departments, where he developed a research program measuring thermal properties of food products. In 1987 John accepted a fellowship with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in 1989 was promoted to chief of the Food Processing Branch. He managed many projects, includ-ing those involving seal integrity of packaged food products, identification

and isolation of Clostridium botulinum spores, and adequacy of dairy process-ing systems to meet the requirements of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. From 1999-2002 John worked with the Grocery Manufacturers Associa-tion to develop a food industry specific guidance document on the validation of automated control systems—a docu-ment still in use today. Since 2014 John has been research director for the Food Protection and Defense Institute at the University of Minnesota. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Depart-ment of Food Science and Nutrition at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His awards and accomplishments include an FDA Individual Award for Significant and Exceptional Perfor-mance (1997) and being elected a Fel-low of the Institute of Food Technolo-gists (2007). John loves to watch Big 10 football; he cheers for both MSU and OSU and tries not to pick sides when they play each other. He has been married to his wife, Bev—whom he met while a stu-dent at MSU—for 32 years. They live in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. They have three children—Evan, Andrew, and Emily.

Red Cedar Circle Award in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Initiated in 2000, this award recognizes MSU chemical engineering and materials science alumni for their distinguished service to the profession and outstanding commitment to the community. The Red Cedar River, which passes through the center of the MSU campus, is a favorite gathering place. This award is named in recognition of the importance of this landmark to MSU alumni.

Bruce E. AndersonBS ’68, Metallurgical EngineeringMS ’68, Metallurgical Engineering

When Bruce E. Anderson flies in a Boeing plane, he has the satisfaction of know-ing that the alloys used in production of the aircraft are, in part, his develop-ment.

Bruce’s career began at ALCOA, where he became a division chief met-allurgist. While there, he received four important patents and the Arthur Vining Davis Award for development in the aerospace industry. In 1984 he and his brother, Steve, founded and began operating AL-COTEC Wire Company and MAXAL Wire Company. These companies have brought to Michigan—and, in particu-lar, the Traverse City area—approxi-mately 200 professional and manufac-turing jobs. Traverse City is now the world’s leading center for aluminum weld wire manufacturing and aluminum welding technology. Now retired, Bruce consults for ITW Corporation and has recently filed

patent applications for the next genera-tion of aluminum filler materials. He remains active in the American Welding Society and has chaired subcommittees connected with aluminum welding. Bruce, who received an MBA from Clarkson University of New York in 1971, says that his first financially successful investment endeavor was during his MSU days when he and his brother bought and fixed up an old, run-down house and made it into a student boarding house—which financed their MSU educations. Once they graduated and sold the house, and after paying back loans to their parents, they made a handsome profit. His family now operates the An-derson Family Philanthropic Fund for support of charitable endeavors, and he and his wife, Judy, have four sponsored children in India through Compassion International. Bruce and Judy have three sons—Mark, Kirk, and Ryan—all of whom are graduates of the MSU College of Engineering. They also have seven grandchildren in Colorado. They split their time between their home on Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan and a ranch in the high mountain country of Colorado.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Recipients of this award, first presented in 2003, must be: graduates of the department; national leaders in their profession; contributors to the department, the college, or the university in some meaningful way; and community leaders whose actions reflect favorably on Michigan State University. Nominations are made by faculty, alumni, and other supporters of the department. The department’s professional advisory board selects the winner.

Joseph Anthony Sopko, Jr., PhDBS ’80, MS ’83, PhD ’90, Civil Engineering

Dr. Joseph Anthony Sopko, Jr., is an expert in ground freez-ing for civil and mining projects worldwide. He has been involved in major projects for

method of temporary earth support and groundwater control for underground construction. Joe completed his MS in 1983 and, later, his PhD (1990). In 1985, Joe assumed the position of vice president with GeoFreeze, which eventually merged with the Hayward Baker Company. After working on the East Coast for five years, Joe moved to the Midwest and started the Geotech-nical Construction Division at Layne Christensen Company in Milwaukee. In 2010 Joe joined his number one com-petitor in ground freezing—Moretrench American Corporation—and assumed the position of director of Ground Freezing. In addition to his ground freezing work, Joe was a Lt. Colonel in the Mis-souri Air National Guard; he was called to active duty as an engineering staff officer in the Pentagon during Opera-tion Desert Shield in 1990 and Opera-tion Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2004. Joe resides in New York City and has two children—Jacqueline, a third-year and graduating law student at Vermont Law School; and Joseph III, a graduat-ing senior in chemical engineering at Michigan State. Joe’s father and two sisters are also graduates of MSU.

the New York City Subway, Alberta Oil Sands, and the “Icewall” surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant that was damaged by a major earth-quake and tsunami. Joe began his career with McClel-land Engineers in Houston, Texas. He was involved in geotechnical testing and spent time in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf. In fall 1982 he returned to MSU to begin working on a master’s degree in geotechnical engineering. He became more interested in frozen soils and worked on independent studies on frozen ground projects with Professor Orlando Andersland, who offered Joe an assistantship to work on a project using artificial ground freezing as a

Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Established in 2004, this award recognizes an alumnus or alumna who has distinguished himself/herself as a leader in the computer science and engineering profession through professional contributions, public service, and personal accomplishments. Nominations are made by faculty, alumni, and other supporters of the department. The winner is selected by the department chairperson and advisory committee.

Qian Huang, PhDPhD ’94, Computer Science

Dr. Qian Huang completed her doctoral work in 1994 through MSU’s Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (PRIP) labora-

tory with professors George Stockman and Anil Jain. Upon graduation, Qian joined IBM as a postdoctoral fellow at IBM’s Almaden Research Center. After her postdoctoral work, she joined Siemens Corporate Re-search Center in Princeton, New Jersey, and worked on medical image process-ing; she later headed a group at Siemens focusing work on face recognition, video processing, and intelligent surveillance. She subsequently joined AT&T Labs Research (formerly known as Bell Labs) and worked on multimedia research. During her technical career, Qian published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, participated in and served on panels of numerous inter-national conferences, and gave technical

speeches at various universities and re-search labs in different countries. She was also an inventor or co-inventor of more than 20 patents; as a result, she developed strong interests in the multidisciplinary field of patent law. In 2000 Qian took a position with the international law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as a technology specialist while attending law school in the eve-nings. After graduating from law school in 2005, she joined international law firm McDermott Will & Emery as an associ-ate, representing Fortune 500 clients in various high-profile patent litigations. Leveraging her strong technical back-ground and solid research experience, Qian served clients in patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation matters. In 2007 she was recognized by Legal 500 as a top intellectual property lawyer who provides high value to clients. In 2008 McDermott Will & Emery promoted Qian to partner in the firm. Qian currently lives with her family in Ashburn, Virginia. Her husband, Richard Schwartz, is a researcher, focusing mainly on speech recognition and machine trans-lation. They have two children. In their spare time, they enjoy music and reading together. Qian also loves gardening.

Rachel S. Hutter gradu-ated from Michigan State University with a degree in electrical engineer-ing and a concentration in theater—

John D. Ryder Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award

Established in 2004, this award commemorates the outstanding professional contributions of John D. Ryder, former dean of the College of Engineering and professor in the department. Nominations are made by alumni, faculty, and students. The department’s advisory committee selects the award winner in consultation with the chairperson. The award is given on the basis of contributions in furthering the mission of the department—which is to provide undergraduate and graduate education characterized by quality, access, and relevance; and to develop distinctive research programs in electrosciences, systems, and computer engineering, with the promise of sustained excellence as measured in scholarship, external investment, reputation, and impact.

Rachel S. Hutter, PE, CSPBS ’93, Electrical Engineering

the perfect combination for a Disney engineer. Prior to working at Disney, Rachel’s early career included such diverse roles as medical research with the Veteran’s Administration, facilities and construc-tion management at General Motors, controls engineering at General Mills, and technical support for Allen-Bradley. Since joining the Walt Disney World Resort in 1997, she has worked in many different roles, including: devel-oping and opening Disney’s Animal Kingdom; leading technical services for the Walt Disney World Resort; starting the attractions engineering services and quality assurance teams; and leading the teams responsible for ensuring the safety, operability, and maintainability

of new Disney resorts worldwide. She is currently vice president of Worldwide Safety for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. This includes direct leadership of engineers and safety pro-fessionals based at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, and dual-reporting leadership of all world-wide safety teams including Disneyland Resort Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Line. Rachel and her teams are responsible for the safety of the hundreds of thousands of cast mem-bers around the world and the millions of guests who visit Disney each year. Rachel holds U.S. and European pat-ents for a ride safety system she created in 2003 that connects the Computerized Maintenance Management System with the Ride Control System of attractions to ensure that guests have access to ride attractions only after all critical work has been completed. Rachel married her husband, Larry, a jazz musician and stay-at-home dad to their two children—Lawson, now 15; and Danielle, now 12—one month after graduating from Michigan State. They live in Orlando, Florida. Rachel is com-mitted to wellness and has set a goal to run a half marathon in every state.

Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Established in 2004, this award honors a graduate of MSU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering who has a minimum of 15 years of professional experience in an engineering or engineering-related field; provides leadership in engineering, engineering education, the related sciences, or technical management; contributes to the department, the college, or MSU; and is actively involved in the community. The winner is selected in consultation with the department’s advisory committee and board of visitors.

Dianna Dickie Cody, Ph.D. BS ’80, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Dianna Dickie Cody is widely considered a leader in the field of CT (computed tomography) physics. Her research and publication activities center on the

issue of CT radiation dose, which con-tinues to receive widespread national attention. After spending nearly 20 years in various capacities at Henry Ford Hospi-tal in Detroit, Michigan, Dianna joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2000. She is currently deputy chair of the Depart-ment of Imaging Physics, and also serves as the clinical operations director for the department. Dianna has chaired or co-chaired a number of high-visibility CT-related pro-fessional activities. She is active in vari-ous educational programs, and has been a member of many committees and task

groups for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). She was recognized as a fellow of AAPM in 2008, and received the Distinguished Alumni Merit Award from the Universi-ty of Michigan Biomedical Engineering Department in 2015. One of Dianna’s most enduring memories of MSU was being involved in what would become the Baja Racing program. During its debut year (1978), an ad-hoc, loosely organized band of students designed and built a small off-road vehicle around a Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine. The entire process was so much fun that it was repeated the following year with two teams and two vehicle entries. The first vehicle was improved and re-entered, and a new vehicle was created as part of a mechanical engineering design course. To everyone’s surprise, the new vehicle outperformed the prior vehicle. Dianna enjoys traveling, partici-pating in outdoor physical activities (hiking, camping, skiing), and target shooting. She has been married to Wil-liam Cody for nearly 30 years; Bill has two sons from his first marriage (Adam and Justin).

Green Apple Teaching Award

Established in 2006 at the suggestion of College of Engineering Alumni Association Board member Joseph M. Colucci (BS ’58 Mechanical Engineering), the Green Apple Teaching Award honors a K-12 teacher who has inspired students to study math, science, and engineering.

Mrs. Mary Anne ForgachBS ’75, Education, Shippensburg State University (Pennsylvania); MA ’02, Elementary Principalship, Central Michigan University

Mrs. Mary Anne For-gach began her teaching career in the San Francis-co Bay area after com-pleting her BS in educa-tion from Shippensburg State Univer-sity (Penn-sylvania) in

3 ½ years. She continued to teach in that locale for the next 6 years. Upon moving to Midland, Michigan, in 1980, Mary Anne taught preschool at the local community center, at which time she and her husband began a family of their own. After a hiatus to raise her own children, she returned to the class-room in 1994 with the Midland Public Schools. She worked in various posi-tions, including Advanced and Acceler-ated Teacher Consultant. In 2000, she earned her MA in elementary principal-ship from Central Michigan University. During the summers of 1999-2010, she was an instructor in math and language arts for kindergarten through

fifth grade. It was there that she had a profound effect on at least one of her pupils. “I would not be graduating with a degree in engineering if it were not for Mrs. Forgach. I went from failing math (in second grade) to being in advanced math—in a single summer—because of her,” said Kayla Grotsky, who nominat-ed Mary Anne for the award. “Whenever I said ‘I can’t do this.’ or ‘I’ll never get it.’ she simply responded with ‘Yes, you can.’ She taught me to recognize my own potential and never give up when a subject became difficult. . . . I know I’m not the only student’s life she’s touched in this way.” Mary Anne currently teaches third grade at Carpenter Street Elementary School in Midland, but plans to retire at the end of the current school year. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her three dogs, as well as reading, swimming, and cooking. She is extremely proud of her three children—Tristan, Danika, and Malena.

Mrs. Forgach was nominated for the Green Apple Teaching Award by Computer Science Senior Kayla Grotsky.

College of Engineering Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumni Award

Dean Lawrence Wayne Von Tersch established the Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumni Award in 1982. Claud Erickson, for whom the award was named, was the first recipient. Since then, it has been given annually to a College of Engineering graduate with a minimum of 15 years’ professional experience who has attained the highest level of professional accomplishment; provided distinguished and meritorious service to the College of Engineering and the engineering profession; and engaged in voluntary service at the local, state, national, and/or international level.

Martin C. Hawley, PhDBS ’61, PhD ’64, Chemical Engineering

Dr. Martin C. Hawley is a professor and recent past chairperson of the Michi-gan State University Department of Chemical Engineering and Materi-als Science (CHEMS).

He is currently senior associate to the dean of engineering and director of the Composite Vehicle Research Center. During 2010-2012 he was also director of MSU’s Office of Sponsored Pro-grams. Earlier, he was co-director of the MSU Composites Center—a National Science Foundation, State of Michigan, and industry-supported center—for ten years. He teaches, directs research, pub-lishes, and consults with industry and government in the areas of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, enzyme separations, chemical reactor design, process design, materials processing, applied mathematics, computer simu-lation, economics, and optimization. Recent research involves chemicals from biomass, free radical production

in microwave plasmas, electromag-netic coupling and measurements for materials processing, and basic reaction and transport studies in thick-section composites. His teaching career is noted for the unsurpassed success of MSU under-graduate students in the annual AIChE Student Contest Problem. Dr. Hawley has taught the senior capstone process design courses at MSU for more than 40 years with a record of 46 MSU stu-dents receiving national contest awards. He holds six patents and has published more than 200 articles and books. Dr. Hawley and his co-authors received the 2014 Elsevier Journal Composites Part A Most Highly Cited Paper Award. He has advised 22 PhD students and more than 40 thesis masters students. Five of his former PhD students are noted faculty members at various universities. The Mid Michigan Section of AIChE named Dr. Hawley Chemical Engineer of the Year for 1975 and 1976. In 1982 he was honored by MSU with a Distin-guished Faculty Award. During his term as CHEMS chairperson the depart-ment grew in both stature and size. The faculty increased by about 50 percent, the student body nearly doubled, and research expenditures for the depart-ment increased by a factor of five.

Claud Erickson, born in Manistee, Michigan, lived from 1900 to 1993. He had to help support his family during high school and took a full-time job immediately after graduation. At the

urging of work associates who recognized his talents, Claud began college, but it was a constant financial struggle. At times, faculty members chipped in to keep him in school. Claud ultimately received four engineering degrees from MSU, beginning with a bachelor of science in 1922. He later earned degrees in mechanical (1927), electrical (1933), and civil engineering (1934) and held a consulting professional engineer’s license. He also studied law and was qualified to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Claud was the first member of Lambda Chi Alpha, chartered in 1922 as the second fraternity at MSU; it now has well over 2,200 members. He became the director and general manager of the Lansing Board of Water and Light and spent more than 50 years making the utility a strong, progressive force in the Lansing area. He was a nationally respected figure in public works, and in 1971 the Board named a new power plant in Delta Township after him. Community activism was a way of life for Claud. He was the Ingham County chairman of the U.S. Treasury Savings Bond Drive for 50 years, beginning in 1941. He was honored in 1991 at the age of 91 by the U.S. Treasury Department for his 50 years of patriotic volunteer service. He was the only person in the United States

known to have directed a local drive continuously since the program began during World War II. He was a delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention, chairman of the Ingham County American Red Cross, and a trustee of St. Lawrence Hospital. He served at various times as president of the Lansing Rotary Club, the City Club of Lansing, the American Public Power Association, the Michigan Engineering Society, and the Greater Lansing Area Safety Council. He and his wife, Thelma, were the parents of one son and four daughters. He was an avid stamp collector and was considered one of the nation’s top authorities on electric-powered vehicles. He admired the simplicity of an electric car. He said, “It has only eight moving parts, and four of those are wheels.” Always maintaining close ties with MSU, Claud served on the MSU Foundation’s first board of directors. He was asked by President John A. Hannah to oversee the construction of the Alumni Chapel. He also supervised the completion of 7,000 married-student housing units in just five months to accommodate U.S. servicemen returning to campus after World War II. Claud always attended the spring commencement exercises of MSU’s College of Engineering and the initiation ceremonies of the Chi Epsilon civil engineering honor society, and he kept close tabs on each alumnus who won the Claud R. Erickson Award. When asked by President Hannah at one point, “Why do MSU alumni come back to campus year after year?” he responded, “Because they love the University that offered them the hand of friendship and the open door of opportunity.”

Claud R. Erickson

Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

1982 Claud R. Erickson BS ’22, MS ’33 Electrical; MS ’27 Mechanical; MS ’34 Civil1983 R. William Caldwell BS ’38 Chemical1984 Harold C. MacDonald BS ’40 Mechanical1985 William J. Mottel BS ’51 Chemical1986 John H. Busch BS ’51 Civil1987 John D. Withrow BS ’54 Mechanical; MBA ’711988 Melville R. Barlow BS ’51 Mechanical1989 Robert J. Schultz BS ’53 Mechanical; MBA ’691990 Harold F. Wochholz BS ’58, MS ’59 Electrical1991 William B. Larson BS ’53 Metallurgical1992 Gerald W. Pearson BS ’55 Chemical1993 Paul H. Woodruff BS ’59, MS ’61 Civil1994 Bernard A. Paulson BS ’49 Chemical1995 Robert M. Fredericks BS ’67, MS ’68, PhD ’71 Electrical1995 John C. O’Malia MS ’72 Sanitary1996 Richard M. Hong MS ’67, PhD ’70 Electrical1997 Charles R. Weir BS ’42 Chemical1998 Raymond S. Colladay BS ’65, MS ’66, PhD ’69 Mechanical1999 Leroy R. Dell BS ’66 Civil2000 Michael H. Dennos BS ’43 Chemical2001 Richard H. Brown BS ’71 Mechanical2002 Roger L. Koenig BS ’76 Electrical2003 Joseph M. Colucci BS ’58 Mechanical2004 George E. “Ted” Willis BS ’42 Chemical2005 John Ogren BS ’65 Chemical2006 James R. Von Ehr II BS ’72 Computer Science2007 Joon S. Moon BS ’60 Chemical2008 Charles J. Brady BS ’48 Mechanical2009 Richard V. Pisarczyk BS ’68 Chemical2010 Betty Shanahan BS ’78 Electrical2011 William A. Demmer BS ’70 Mechanical2012 Dr. Sami R. Al-Araji BS ’67, PhD ’73 Mechanical2013 Philip L. Fioravante BS ’84 Applied Engineering Sciences2014 Brian M. Kent BS ’80 Electrical2015 Alton L. Granger, PE BS ’54, Civil

Michigan State University Alumni Association Award Recipients

Distinguished Alumni Award1947 Charles Edward Ferris BS 1890 Engineering1947 Chauncey E. Webb BS ’12 Engineering 1950 Jay Samuel Hartt BS ’15 Electrical1951 Grover Cleveland Dillman BS ’13 Civil1953 Charles D. Curtiss BS ’11 Civil1953 Verne L. Ketchum BS ’12 Civil1955 William Frank Uhl BS ’02 Engineering1957 Maurice J. Day BS ’34, MS ’35, PhD ’37 Chemical1957 P. Edward Geldhof BS ’14 Engineering1957 Stanley B. Hunt BS ’29 Civil1959 Louis A. Carapella BS ’37 Engineering1959 Bernard F. Coggan, Jr. BS ’39 Engineering1959 Arthur F. Vinson BS ’29 Engineering1960 Christian F. Beukema BS ’40 Engineering1961 James H. Foote BS ’14 Engineering1961 Frederick H. Mueller BS ’14 Engineering1962 Grayton F. Dressel BS ’24 Engineering1962 Stanley V. Gunn BS ’47 Mechanical1963 Richard W. Cook BS ’33 Engineering1963 Walter F. Patenge BS ’23 Engineering1965 John C. Mackie BS ’42 Engineering1970 Elizabeth B. Unger BS ’61 Mechanical; MS Mathematics; PhD Computer Science1971 George B. Peters BS ’36 Engineering1972 Rr. Adm. Don Arden Jones BS ’33 Engineering1973 Donald J. Morfee BS ’48 Civil1973 Ralph D. Wyckoff BS ’20 Engineering1976 Clare F. Jarecki BS ’33 Civil1978 William R. Barrett BS ’39 Engineering1979 John R. Hamann BS ’37 Engineering1984 John D. Withrow BS ’54 Mechanical; MBA ’711987 Robert J. Schultz BS ’53 Mechanical; MBA ’691991 Verghese Kurien MS ’48, PhD ’65 Mechanical1998 Lloyd D. Ward BS ’70 Mechanical1999 Richard L. M. Lord BS ’53 Chemical2000 Gary C. Valade BS ’66 Electrical; MBA ’682002 Roger L. Koenig BS ’76 Electrical2003 Joseph M. Colucci BS ’58 Mechanical2003 Paul H. Woodruff BS ’59, MS ’61 Civil2004 Alton L. Granger BS ’54 Civil2004 James R. Von Ehr II BS ’72 Computer Science2005 Gerald Elson BS ’64, MS ’65 Mechanical2005 Ben Maibach III BS ’68 Civil2006 Joon S. Moon BS ’60 Chemical2007 Ghassem Asrar MS ’81 Civil2007 Surinder Kapur BS ’64, MS ’65, PhD ’72 Mechanical2012 William A. Demmer BS ’70 Mechanical

Michigan State University Alumni Association Award Recipients

Distinguished Young Alumni Award2007 Jeff Schmitz BS ’97 Mechanical2009 Gerald Reuben DeJean, II BS ’00 Electrical2010 Monica Braman BS ’03 Engineering Arts2012 Henry Balanon BS ’06 Computer Science2014 Kurt Rothhaar BS ’04 Computer Science

Alumni Service Award1998 Roger Bandeen BS ’72 Computer Science1998 Leroy Dell BS ’66 Civil1999 William Larson BS ’53 Metallurgical2005 Molly Brennan BS ’82 Computer Science2005 Michael McDonald BS ’87 Chemical2006 Anan Chaikittisilpa MS ’69 Civil2009 Lynn Bechtel BS ’91 Mechanical2010 George “Lee” Rock BS ’49 Electrical2015 Steven H Noll BS ’74 Electrical

Honorary Alumni Award2006 Mackenzie Davis Professor Emeritus, Civil

Philanthropist Award2001 Alton L. Granger BS ’54 Civil and Janice M. Granger Nursing ’802009 The Demmer Family Bill Demmer BS ’70 Mechanical

Joon S. Moon DistinguishedInternational Alumni Award Recipients

1991 Joon S. Moon BS ’60 Chemical 1994 Richard M. Hong MS ’67, PhD ’70 Electrical1995 Samuel K. Nnama MS ’77, PhD ’79 Civil1999 Khaled M. R. Abdulghani MS ’78, PhD ’82 Civil2002 Lawrence Wong PhD ’70 Mechanical2006 Surinder Kapur BS ’64, MS ’65, PhD ’72 Mechanical2009 Kin Keung Lai PhD ’77 Civil2010 Surinder Kumar Choudhari BS ’64 Mechanical

College of Engineering Alumni Award Recipients

Applied Engineering Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award

2004 Philip L. Fioravante BS ’842005 Jane E. Sydlowski BS ’862006 Daniel Brouse BS ’842007 Steven J. Trecha BS ’802008 Monte L. Falcoff BS ’862009 Les L. Leone BS ’68, MA ’70, PhD ’74

2010 Donnie D. Haye BS ’812011 Daniel McNulty BS ’822012 Michael W. Lamach, Sr. BS ’852013 Randy Shacka BS ’042014 Eric Seger BS ’942015 Maura Frances McDonald BS ’87

Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

2004 Bill A. Stout MS ’55, PhD ’592005 Benson J. Lamp PhD ’602006 Robert J. Gustafson, PE PhD ’742007 George H. Wedgworth BS ’502008 Gary W. Schluckbier BS ’722009 R. Paul Singh PhD ’74

2010 Daniel L. Poland BS ’872011 Eugene Ford BS ’83, MS ’842012 Stephen B. Richey BS ’80, MS ’872013 Kevin Evans BS ’872014 Cassaundra F. Edwards BS ’942015 Elaine P. Scott PhD ’87 BAE, ’89 ME

Red Cedar Circle Award in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

2000 R. William Caldwell BS ’38 Edwin J. Crosby BS ’50 Michael H. Dennos BS ’43 Bernard A. Paulson BS ’49 William J. Hargreaves BS ’46 John D. Hetchler BS ’35 C. Robert Weir BS ’42 Wilfred G. Shedd BS ’502004 Herb Kirby BS ’56 George E. “Ted” Willis BS ’422005 John Ogren BS ’65 John W. Pridgeon BS ’58

2006 Joon S. Moon BS ’602007 William B. Larson BS ’53 Richard V. Pisarczyk BS ’682008 Terence K. Kett MS ’65, PhD ’682009 Alton “Rick” Berquist BS ’612010 Carl L. English BS ’682011 Joseph F. Gentile BS ’64, MS ’662012 Kim K. de Groh BS ’85, MS ’872013 Morris C. Place, Jr. BS ’602014 David Lamp BS ’802015 Craig A. Rogerson BS ’79

Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

2003 Leo Nothstine BS ’382004 Leroy R. Dell BS ’662005 Ben C. Maibach III BS ’692006 Alton L. Granger, PE BS ’542007 Paul H. Woodruff BS ’59, MS ’612008 Frank J. DeDecker, PE BS ’492009 James K. Wight BS ’69, MS ’70

2010 W.F. Marcuson III MS ’642011 Larry E. Tibbits, PE BS ’692012 Sandra L. Woods BS ’762013 HE Khaled M.R. Abdulghani MS ’79, PhD ’822014 Kin Keung Lai PhD ’772015 Penny Wirsing BS ’83

College of Engineering Alumni Award Recipients (continued)

Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

2004 Kevin J. Ohl BS ’782005 Julie Louis-Benaglio BS ’792006 James R. Von Ehr II BS ’722007 Honda Shing MS ’88, PhD ’922008 Moti Kishin Jiandani MS ’812009 Martha L. Gray BS ’78

2010 Vandy Johnson BS ’822011 Jianchang (JC) Mao PhD ’942012 Deepak Mohan Advani BS ’862013 Keith Landau BS ’822014 Doug Zongker BS ’962015 Louise Hemond-Wilson BS ’86

John D. Ryder Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award

2004 David A. Pahl BS ’862005 Brian M. Kent BS ’802006 Gregg A. Motter BS ’73, MS ’802007 George H. Simmons BS ’73, PhD ’812008 Robert W. Leland BS ’852009 Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad MS ’73, PhD ’77

2010 Marvin W. Adams BS ’812011 William M. Siefert BS ’71, MS ’752012 Asif Naseem MS ’80, PhD ’842013 Timothy A. Adcock BS ’85, MS ’842014 Fred Killeen BS ’822015 Steven H. Noll BS ’74

Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

2004 Kristin B. Zimmerman BS ’87, MS ’90, PhD ’932005 Joseph C. Klewicki BS ’83, PhD ’892006 Patrick M. Miller MS ’60, PhD ’662007 Donald B. Paul BS ’682008 Daniel J. Inman PhD ’80

2009 David L. Joyce BS ’782010 Pandeli Durbetaki PhD ’642011 Thomas P. Gielda BS ’80, MS ’842012 Susan Pacheco BS ’842013 Randall Stephens BS ’852014 William F. Resh BS ’81, PhD ’842015 Dennis C. McLaughlin BS ’73

Green Apple Teaching Award

2006 Eileen M. Slider Webberville Community Schools, Webberville, MI2007 John W. Plough East Lansing High School, East Lansing, MI2008 William Finch Denton High School, Denton, TX2009 John West Bay City Central High School, Bay City, MI2010 Franklin Stofflet Natrona County High School, Casper, WY2011 Sharon Grandell Romulus Middle School, Romulus, MI2012 Robert K. Weiss Port Huron High School, Port Huron, MI2013 Louise Paquette Lansing Community College, mathematics faculty and coordinator of 2+2+2 Engineering Program2014 L. Martin Caves South Lyon High School, South Lyon, MI2015 Janelle M. Orange MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing, MI