46th Annual

Distinguished EngineerAwards Luncheon

April 13, 201211:30 a.m.

Sunset Ballroom, Overton HotelLubbock, Texas

2012 Distinguished Engineer Awards LuncheonSunset Ballroom, Overton Hotel | April 13, 2012 |11:30 a.m.

Welcome

Dean’s Remarks

Lunch

Presentation of 2012 Distinguished Engineers

Interviews

Elizabeth F. Holland

James E. Lowder

Alan L. Smith

Karan Watson, Ph.D.

Capt. John D. Alexander

Closing

Will Hagood ’69Senior Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc.

2007 Distinguished Engineer

Al Sacco Jr., Ph.D.Dean, Whitacre College of Engineering

William M. Marcy, Ph.D. ’64 ’66 ’72Executive Director, National Institute for Engineering Ethics

2003 Distinguished Engineer

Industrial Engineering1984

Mechanical Engineering

Petroleum Engineering1985

Electrical Engineering1977, 1981, 1982

Mechanical Engineering1982

Will Hagood ’69

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Dean, Whitacre College of Engineering

Al Sacco Jr., Ph.D.

Al Sacco Jr. is dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. He flew as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. Sacco has more than 192 publications (including book chapters) in the areas of carbon filament initiation and growth, transition metal and acid catalyst and their deactivation, and zeolite synthesis. He has been the principal investigator on more than $24 million in research grants.

Event Emcee

Will Hagood ’692007 Distinguished Engineer

Will Hagood received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Texas Tech in 1969, and went on to receive a M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He currently serves as senior vice president of HDR Engineering, in Dallas, Texas.

Distinguished Engineer Interviews

William M. Marcy, Ph.D. ’64 ’66 ’72Executive Director, National Institute for Engineering Ethics2003 Distinguished Engineer

William M. Marcy received his first degree from Texas Tech in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He then went on to earn a Master of Science in electrical engineering in 1966 and received the first Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas Tech in 1972. Marcy has served as department chair of the Department of Computer Science, dean of the Whitacre College of Engineering, and provost of Texas Tech University. He is currently the executive director of the National Institute for Engineering Ethics.

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Elizabeth F. Holland is a managing partner at Medical Product Consulting, Inc. in Wadsworth, Illinois.

Holland, a Lubbock native, pursued a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Texas Tech after graduating with high honors from Monterey High School. She achieved Girl Scout, First Class - the highest award in Girl Scouting attainable.

While at Texas Tech, Holland was active in the student chapters of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers and served as president of Explorer Post 402. Dr. Richard Dudek, Dr. Mo Ayoub, and Dr. Jerry Ramsey were a few of her professors who mentored her and encouraged her to take on many challenges including her senior project, which was redesigning the plant layout for Gould Pumps.

Holland began her career as a manufacturing engineer, designing and producing RF-guided air-to-ground missiles for Texas Instruments (TI). While at TI, her team led the transition of a cutting-edge radar warning system for the ECR Tornado aircraft as part of a NATO program with the U.S., U.K., Italy, and Germany.

After eight years in defense electronics, Holland moved her career into the health care marketplace by joining Elscint MR, a start-up company that was developing a novel, low cost 1.5T MRI system. She managed a successful design completion and U.S. regulatory clearance and subsequently became the head of marketing. She was then recruited to join GE Healthcare, where she held a global leadership position in x-ray marketing and was promoted to general manager of Global Nuclear Medicine. She grew the business into the number one world market position. Her team executed the worldwide launch of the first Nuclear/CT hybrid imaging system.

In 2002, Holland joined Abbott Laboratories in its new cardiovascular business. She played a critical role developing the strategic plan with a blueprint of acquisitions that catapulted the division to the top of the field of cardiovascular devices. She personally negotiated a key guide wire contract, that continues to this day, and has led to several hundred million dollars in sales. She was presented the president’s award for her contribution to the strategic expansion of the cardiovascular business. She was then promoted to general manager of the one billion dollar anesthesia franchise, where she navigated successfully through tricky business changes, securing critical contracts with large hospital networks and served on the boards for the American Society of Anesthesia.

Holland is actively helping medical device start-ups at the University of Wisconsin successfully commercialize research. She holds a position on board of directors for Echometrix, an innovative company developing novel musculoskeletal ultrasound products that measure tissue stiffness as a qualitative tool to evaluate injury recovery.

She enjoys sharing her talents pro-bono through Merlin Mentors, a group of experienced business executives who coach small businesses. In support of the Whitacre College of Engineering, she has served on the IE Industry Advisory Board, chaired the Industrial Engineering Academy, and is now a member of the Dean’s Council. She also actively volunteers her time to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lake County and is a Cub Scout leader. She trains for and competes in triathlons and runs in local races.

She and her husband Neil live in the Chicago area and have three children: Evan, Stephen, and Katherine, and one grandchild.

Captain John D. Alexander is the commanding officer of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy.

Alexander is a native of Port Neches, Texas. He was commissioned in December 1982 through the Aviation Officer Candidate program and designated as a Naval Flight Officer in November 1983. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering; King’s College, University of London with a Master of Arts in defense studies; the Royal Naval Staff College Greenwich (UK); the U.S. Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program; the Joint Forces Staff College; and the Navy Executive Development Course from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

He completed sea duty assignments as an A-6E Bombardier/Navigator with the “Boomers” of VA 165 on the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), the “Silver Foxes” of VA 155 on the USS Independence (CV 62), the Cruiser Destroyer Group 3 as Strike Operations Officer on the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and in the “Main Battery” of VA 196 for his aviation department head tour on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). After transition training in the EA-6B, he commanded the “Black Ravens” of VAQ 135 on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and additionally deployed to Incirlik, Turkey.

After those assignments, Alexander served as the executive officer of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and then subsequently commanded the Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS Juneau (LPD 10), which was forward deployed in Sasebo, Japan.

His shore duty assignments included instructor duty at the A-6E Fleet Replacement Squadron, VA 128; a tour as aide to the commander, Medium Attack, Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing Pacific; in-residence education at the Royal Naval Staff College, United Kingdom; a tour as head aviation commander assignments (PERS-431) at the Navy Personnel Command; and a joint tour as executive assistant to the director, Joint Staff.

Alexander has accumulated more than 3200 flight hours with 687 carrier-arrested landings. He was named Naval Flight Officer of the Year in 1994. In 1996, he presented the grand prize essay for the United Kingdom Naval History Contest. His personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Air Medal (3 strike/flight awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3 awards), and various unit, campaign, and service awards.

He and his wife Charlotte, who graduated from Texas Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education, live in Everett, Washington and have two children: Andrew and Casey.

Capt. John D. AlexanderDistinguished Engineer – 2012B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982Commanding Officer, USS Abraham LincolnU.S. Navy

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Elizabeth F. Holland is a managing partner at Medical Product Consulting, Inc. in Wadsworth, Illinois.

Holland, a Lubbock native, pursued a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Texas Tech after graduating with high honors from Monterey High School. She achieved Girl Scout, First Class - the highest award in Girl Scouting attainable.

While at Texas Tech, Holland was active in the student chapters of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers and served as president of Explorer Post 402. Dr. Richard Dudek, Dr. Mo Ayoub, and Dr. Jerry Ramsey were a few of her professors who mentored her and encouraged her to take on many challenges including her senior project, which was redesigning the plant layout for Gould Pumps.

Holland began her career as a manufacturing engineer, designing and producing RF-guided air-to-ground missiles for Texas Instruments (TI). While at TI, her team led the transition of a cutting-edge radar warning system for the ECR Tornado aircraft as part of a NATO program with the U.S., U.K., Italy, and Germany.

After eight years in defense electronics, Holland moved her career into the health care marketplace by joining Elscint MR, a start-up company that was developing a novel, low cost 1.5T MRI system. She managed a successful design completion and U.S. regulatory clearance and subsequently became the head of marketing. She was then recruited to join GE Healthcare, where she held a global leadership position in x-ray marketing and was promoted to general manager of Global Nuclear Medicine. She grew the business into the number one world market position. Her team executed the worldwide launch of the first Nuclear/CT hybrid imaging system.

In 2002, Holland joined Abbott Laboratories in its new cardiovascular business. She played a critical role developing the strategic plan with a blueprint of acquisitions that catapulted the division to the top of the field of cardiovascular devices. She personally negotiated a key guide wire contract, that continues to this day, and has led to several hundred million dollars in sales. She was presented the president’s award for her contribution to the strategic expansion of the cardiovascular business. She was then promoted to general manager of the one billion dollar anesthesia franchise, where she navigated successfully through tricky business changes, securing critical contracts with large hospital networks and served on the boards for the American Society of Anesthesia.

Holland is actively helping medical device start-ups at the University of Wisconsin successfully commercialize research. She holds a position on board of directors for Echometrix, an innovative company developing novel musculoskeletal ultrasound products that measure tissue stiffness as a qualitative tool to evaluate injury recovery.

She enjoys sharing her talents pro-bono through Merlin Mentors, a group of experienced business executives who coach small businesses. In support of the Whitacre College of Engineering, she has served on the IE Industry Advisory Board, chaired the Industrial Engineering Academy, and is now a member of the Dean’s Council. She also actively volunteers her time to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lake County and is a Cub Scout leader. She trains for and competes in triathlons and runs in local races.

She and her husband Neil live in the Chicago area and have three children: Evan, Stephen, and Katherine, and one grandchild.

Elizabeth F. HollandDistinguished Engineer – 2012

B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1984Managing Partner

Medical Product Consulting, Inc.

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James E. “Jim” Lowder was born in Abilene, Texas. After graduating from Wichita Falls Senior High, he, along with his high school sweetheart Betty Jo Splawn, attended Midwestern State University as art majors.

In June 1953, Lowder entered the U.S. Army, and after basic training, was sent to Fort Richardson, Alaska to join a Chemical Corps group. Betty worked as a draftsperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Through the association of her coworkers, he was influenced to study engineering. He was honorably discharged in 1955 with a rank of Staff Sergeant.

In the fall of 1956, Lowder enrolled at Texas Tech in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also took a part time job with Johnson Manufacturing Co. The company was a manufacturer of Welderz Friend Generators and farm machinery. At the end of 1958, he became a full time employee at Johnson Manufacturing. He designed new products and learned the manufacturing business from his mentor Charles M. “Charlie” Johnson and others.

In the early 1960s, after mastering and obtaining patents on hydraulic drives, the company was able to move its interests into the industrial earth moving market. Soon, a unique relationship with Caterpillar was formed. Johnson Manufacturing designed and produced Caterpillar scrapers and wheeled tractors. One of these models became the all-time best-selling wheeled tractor for Caterpillar.

Johnson Manufacturing was sold to Eagle Picher Industries while Lowder was chief engineer. After the sale, he became vice president of engineering, later vice president of manufacturing, and was eventually president of Eagle Picher Industries’ Construction Equipment Division.

After retirement from Eagle Picher Industries in 1994, Lowder established evstar Technologies, Inc., a consulting business.

From 1995 to 2008, Lowder was division manager of Prototype Engineering and Design for Compliance Services Group, Inc., where he coordinated the design and manufacturing of prototype military and non-military equipment projects, exotic systems construction projects, and the promotion of environmental remediation projects. Through research and development, Lowder has obtained 14 U.S. and foreign patents.

His current involvement with the public education sector has become his passion. He is involved with programs in community college career and technology education courses taught in high schools that lead to undergraduate engineering programs. By working with the Texas Legislature, Tech Prep, and the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Lowder has assisted in the development of legislation to allow the substitution of advanced career and technology education courses for the fourth year of math and science requirements in Texas public schools. He is currently chair of the advisory committee for the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center at Lubbock ISD.

He and his wife Betty live in Lubbock and have three children: Clay, Kent, and Elizabeth Holland. They also have 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

James E. LowderDistinguished Engineer – 2012Mechanical EngineeringPresidentevstar Technologies, Inc.

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Alan L. Smith is chief executive officer of Quantum Resources Management, LLC in Houston, Texas.

Smith was born in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High School in 1981. He left for Texas Tech on a tennis scholarship to study petroleum engineering. He received a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering and moved to Longview, Texas in 1985, where he began his career in the oil and gas business with ARCO Oil and Gas Company.

He worked in East Texas for several years before ARCO sent him to Lafayette, Louisiana to gain south Louisiana and offshore Gulf of Mexico experience. After seven years, Smith left ARCO for an independent company, Burlington Resources. After multiple jobs at Burlington, he then worked for a reservoir consulting firm, Ryder Scott Company, and then XPLOR Energy.

XPLOR Energy was a small independent company where he learned about small company operations. After XPLOR was sold to Harken Energy in 1998, Smith went to Ocean Energy as vice president of business development and was ultimately involved with the Ocean Energy/Devon Energy merger in 2003. After the merger, he decided to start his own company, Chalker Energy Partners.

Smith served as president and CEO of Chalker Energy Partners. This organization was funded by the private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners in 2003. Chalker built an oil and gas business in East Texas and eventually sold to Forest Oil in 2006. He then formed Chalker II, adding leadership and assets. By 2008, Chalker II had built another business in East Texas that was very similar to Chalker I and was sold to NFR Energy.

He was then recruited to join the private equity firm, Quantum, which had originally backed his company. Smith was an industry partner in the firm and served on the boards of many of Quantum’s portfolio companies. He was involved with the strategic, operational, and merger/acquisition activities of the companies.

In 2009, he was asked to step in and take over Quantum Resources, a direct investment private equity fund, which was located in Denver, Colorado. He and his partner moved the company to Houston where he is currently the CEO of Quantum Resources and QR Energy (NYSE: QRE), a publicly traded master limited partnership. Smith continues to utilize his petroleum engineering skills that he acquired at Texas Tech, as well as the commercial and leadership skills gained through his oil and gas experience, to run the day-to-day operations and chart the strategic direction of both companies.

He serves on the board of the Southeastern Region IPAA and serves in an advisory capacity to the Texas Tech Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering. He is also currently a co-chair of the Bob L. Herd Petroleum Engineering Campaign Committee. He is a board member at Stoney Creek Ranch, a non-profit aimed toward getting urban kids to camp and sharing the Gospel. He is a former board member of the Houston Producer’s Forum and the Texas Tech Whitacre College of Engineering Dean’s Council.

He and his wife Michelle live in Houston and have two children: Tiffany and Kendall.

James E. “Jim” Lowder was born in Abilene, Texas. After graduating from Wichita Falls Senior High, he, along with his high school sweetheart Betty Jo Splawn, attended Midwestern State University as art majors.

In June 1953, Lowder entered the U.S. Army, and after basic training, was sent to Fort Richardson, Alaska to join a Chemical Corps group. Betty worked as a draftsperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Through the association of her coworkers, he was influenced to study engineering. He was honorably discharged in 1955 with a rank of Staff Sergeant.

In the fall of 1956, Lowder enrolled at Texas Tech in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also took a part time job with Johnson Manufacturing Co. The company was a manufacturer of Welderz Friend Generators and farm machinery. At the end of 1958, he became a full time employee at Johnson Manufacturing. He designed new products and learned the manufacturing business from his mentor Charles M. “Charlie” Johnson and others.

In the early 1960s, after mastering and obtaining patents on hydraulic drives, the company was able to move its interests into the industrial earth moving market. Soon, a unique relationship with Caterpillar was formed. Johnson Manufacturing designed and produced Caterpillar scrapers and wheeled tractors. One of these models became the all-time best-selling wheeled tractor for Caterpillar.

Johnson Manufacturing was sold to Eagle Picher Industries while Lowder was chief engineer. After the sale, he became vice president of engineering, later vice president of manufacturing, and was eventually president of Eagle Picher Industries’ Construction Equipment Division.

After retirement from Eagle Picher Industries in 1994, Lowder established evstar Technologies, Inc., a consulting business.

From 1995 to 2008, Lowder was division manager of Prototype Engineering and Design for Compliance Services Group, Inc., where he coordinated the design and manufacturing of prototype military and non-military equipment projects, exotic systems construction projects, and the promotion of environmental remediation projects. Through research and development, Lowder has obtained 14 U.S. and foreign patents.

His current involvement with the public education sector has become his passion. He is involved with programs in community college career and technology education courses taught in high schools that lead to undergraduate engineering programs. By working with the Texas Legislature, Tech Prep, and the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Lowder has assisted in the development of legislation to allow the substitution of advanced career and technology education courses for the fourth year of math and science requirements in Texas public schools. He is currently chair of the advisory committee for the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center at Lubbock ISD.

He and his wife Betty live in Lubbock and have three children: Clay, Kent, and Elizabeth Holland. They also have 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Alan L. SmithDistinguished Engineer – 2012

B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1985Chief Executive Officer

Quantum Resources Management, LLC

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Dr. Karan L. Watson is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University. She is also a Regents Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Watson graduated from Wichita Falls High School and then earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Texas Tech in 1977. As an undergraduate student, she lettered in track and field and was a student senator. After graduation, she worked as an engineer for AT&T Long Lines and then Hicks and Ragland Consulting Company, before returning to Texas Tech to earn a Master of Science in 1981 and a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering in 1982.

In 1983, she joined the faculty of Texas A&M University. From 1991-1996, she was the associate dean for graduate studies in the Dwight Look College of Engineering. She also served the Look College as associate dean for academic affairs from 1996-2002 and as a member of the Faculty Senate. She was dean of faculties and associate provost of Texas A&M from February 2002 to December 2008.

Watson held the position of interim vice president and associate provost for diversity from 2005 to 2006 and again from December 2008 until July 2009. Watson was appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in March 2011.

She has chaired the graduate committees of 35 doctoral students and more than 60 master’s degree students. In the 2003–2004 academic year, she served as a senior fellow of the National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. Since 1991, she has served as an accreditation evaluator and commissioner and is now on the Board of Directors for ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. She is currently president-elect for ABET and will serve as the president for ABET from October 2012 until October 2013.

Watson is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. Her awards and recognitions include the U.S. President’s Award for Mentoring Minorities and Women in Science and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science mentoring award, the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, the College of Engineering Crawford Teaching Award, and two University-level Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Texas A&M University Association of Former Students—one in Student Relations in 1992 and one in Administration in 2010.

Karan and Nancy Watson reside in College Station with their six dogs, five horses, and herd of seven cattle.

Karan Watson, Ph.D.Distinguished Engineer – 2012B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1977, 1981, 1982Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic AffairsTexas A&M University

2011 Dennis Carroll Cmp. Sci. 1987, 1989, 1991 Randy Crawford Chemical 1949 Terry Fuller Petroleum 1977 Paul Grimmer Chemical 1977 William Guion Electrical 1966, 1968, 1970 Mary Anne Hicks Industrial 1979 Jack Rentz Mechanical 1974 Walter T. Winn Jr. Civil 1972, 1973

2010 Jeff Bayer Civil 1979 Mica Endsley Industrial 1982 Thomas A. Harper Cmp. Sci. 1988, 1995 Allen D. Howard Electrical 1978 Randy Howard Mechanical 1972

2009 Blake W. Augsburger Electrical 1987, 1989 Chi–Ming Chang Industrial 1983, 1986 James A. Edmiston Petroleum 1982 J.G. “Greg” Soules Civil 1979, 2009 Shelby Johnson Const. Engr. Tech. 1986

2008 Duffer B. Crawford Chemical 1941 Thomas J. Zachman Civil 1974

2007 David H. Barr Mechanical 1971 G. Kemble “Kem” Bennett Industrial 1970 William B. Hagood Civil 1969 Harold R. Inman Petroleum 1950

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Dr. Karan L. Watson is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University. She is also a Regents Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Watson graduated from Wichita Falls High School and then earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Texas Tech in 1977. As an undergraduate student, she lettered in track and field and was a student senator. After graduation, she worked as an engineer for AT&T Long Lines and then Hicks and Ragland Consulting Company, before returning to Texas Tech to earn a Master of Science in 1981 and a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering in 1982.

In 1983, she joined the faculty of Texas A&M University. From 1991-1996, she was the associate dean for graduate studies in the Dwight Look College of Engineering. She also served the Look College as associate dean for academic affairs from 1996-2002 and as a member of the Faculty Senate. She was dean of faculties and associate provost of Texas A&M from February 2002 to December 2008.

Watson held the position of interim vice president and associate provost for diversity from 2005 to 2006 and again from December 2008 until July 2009. Watson was appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in March 2011.

She has chaired the graduate committees of 35 doctoral students and more than 60 master’s degree students. In the 2003–2004 academic year, she served as a senior fellow of the National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. Since 1991, she has served as an accreditation evaluator and commissioner and is now on the Board of Directors for ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. She is currently president-elect for ABET and will serve as the president for ABET from October 2012 until October 2013.

Watson is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. Her awards and recognitions include the U.S. President’s Award for Mentoring Minorities and Women in Science and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science mentoring award, the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, the College of Engineering Crawford Teaching Award, and two University-level Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Texas A&M University Association of Former Students—one in Student Relations in 1992 and one in Administration in 2010.

Karan and Nancy Watson reside in College Station with their six dogs, five horses, and herd of seven cattle.

2011 Dennis Carroll Cmp. Sci. 1987, 1989, 1991 Randy Crawford Chemical 1949 Terry Fuller Petroleum 1977 Paul Grimmer Chemical 1977 William Guion Electrical 1966, 1968, 1970 Mary Anne Hicks Industrial 1979 Jack Rentz Mechanical 1974 Walter T. Winn Jr. Civil 1972, 1973

2010 Jeff Bayer Civil 1979 Mica Endsley Industrial 1982 Thomas A. Harper Cmp. Sci. 1988, 1995 Allen D. Howard Electrical 1978 Randy Howard Mechanical 1972

2009 Blake W. Augsburger Electrical 1987, 1989 Chi–Ming Chang Industrial 1983, 1986 James A. Edmiston Petroleum 1982 J.G. “Greg” Soules Civil 1979, 2009 Shelby Johnson Const. Engr. Tech. 1986

2008 Duffer B. Crawford Chemical 1941 Thomas J. Zachman Civil 1974

2007 David H. Barr Mechanical 1971 G. Kemble “Kem” Bennett Industrial 1970 William B. Hagood Civil 1969 Harold R. Inman Petroleum 1950

2006 Ajay M. Marathe Industrial 1983 Jerry L. Morgensen Civil 1965 Travis A. Simpson Electrical 1981

2005 J. Gregory Boyd Civil 1976 Francisco “Frank” Figueroa Electrical 1967 Gerald C. Murff Mechanical 1961 Alvin Dale Williams Engr. Tech. 1975

2004 Joseph J. Beal Civil 1968 Philip L. Frederickson Industrial 1978 Louis D. Jones Petroleum 1976 Chung-Shing “C.S.” Lee Electrical 1978 Bus. Admin. 1982

2003 Roy A. Battles Mechanical 1969 William M. Marcy Electrical 1964, 1966 Inter. Engr 1972 Fredrick S. Yeatts Electrical 1970

2002 Douglas E. Barnhart Civil Engineering 1969 Joseph C. Martz Chemical 1986 Jerry S. Rawls Mechanical 1967 Richard D. Smith Industrial 1966 Cloyce A. Talbott Petroleum 1958

2001 Ming Chiang Electrical 1978 Enoch L. Dawkins Petroleum 1960

2000 Robert C. “Bob” Banasik Industrial 1967 Robert R. Click Chemical 1948 W. R. “Rick” Hamm Civil 1970 Jimmy D. Williams Mechanical 1972

1999 Dale Courtney Industrial 1971 Julie Spicer England Chemical 1979 Dain M. Hancock Mechanical 1966 Raymond C. Vaughn Engr. Tech. 1973 Mechanical 1976

1998 William “Bill” Hervey Textile 1949 David L. Hirschfeld Civil 1962 Raymond B. Ince Mechanical 1948 Thomas S. Moore Mechanical 1964, 1965 Steven W. Nance Petroleum 1978 Garth Nash Electrical 1963 Bill M. Sanderson Chemical 1960 David E. Sharbutt Electrical 1971 Charles F. Winder Industrial 1979

1997 Woodrow W. Hitchcock Mechanical 1969 Rick D. Husband Mechanical 1980 Herbert A. Mang Civil 1974 Jeff D. Morris Chemical 1974 Harry L. Tredennick III Electrical 1970

Distinguished Engineers

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Distinguished Engineers1996 Keh-Shew Lu Electrical 1969 James H. Posey Petroleum 1964 Wolfgang Vogel Industrial 1970 Margaret R. Walker Chemical 1974 C. Clayton Yeager Civil 1964

1995 William G. Burnett Civil Engineering 1971 Patrick R. Gallagher Electrical 1964 Bob L. Herd Petroleum 1957 Larry D. McVay Mechanical 1970 David G. Wight Petroleum 1964

1994 Raymond E. Goff Industrial 1969, 1970 William R. “Bob” Herrin Jr. Petroleum 1958 Karen S. Hogg Industrial 1974 Mary Jo Poindexter Civil 1968 Louis “Jack” Powers Mechanical 1939 Arati Prabhakar Electrical 1979

1993 Charles A. Bassett II Electrical 1960 Jack L. Clem Mechanical 1975 L. D. “Buddy” Sipes Jr. Petroleum 1957 J. Rex Vardeman Civil 1961 Gary B. Wood Electrical 1973, 1975, 1977

1992 Jack L. Byrd Petroleum 1956 R. D. Cash Industrial 1966 F. Max Merrell Chemical 1957 James G. Renfro Electrical 1959

1991 Arnold Maeker Civil 1946 E. Dave Newman Mechanical 1964 Albert A. “Pete” Smith Electrical 1966 John Michael Stinson Industrial 1966 Bill G. W. Yee Electrical 1961, 1964

1990 William A. Blackwell Electrical 1949 R. David Damron Chemical 1971 Robert E. Dragoo Mechanical 1962 Bill D. Helton Electrical 1964 Allen P. Penton Chemical 1957

1989 Chester A. Green Civil 1947 Jerry D. Holmes Electrical 1959 Charles E. Houston Electrical 1931 Joseph E. Minor Civil 1974 L. Homer Moeller Industrial 1962

1988 Melvin Bobo Mechanical 1949 E. R. Brooks Electrical 1961 Larrie F. Judd Electrical 1965, 1967, 1969 H. Bennett Reaves Civil 1948 Noel D. Rietman Petroleum 1957

1987 George C. Beakley, Jr. Mechanical 1947 James A. McAuley Petroleum 1953 J. Garland Threadgill Civil 1950 D. Wyman Tidwell Chemical 1961

1986 Gerald L. Farrar Chemical 1942 T. Scott Hickman Petroleum 1957 Robert E. Hogan Civil 1950 George F. Watford Petroleum 1948

1985 Glenn C. Bandy Electrical 1949 James W. Clifton Electrical 1960 Jesse L. George, Jr. Petroleum 1947 Charles L. Harris Textile 1947 James W. Lacy Petroleum 1949 Robert J. Lewis Civil 1949 Russell H. Logan Electrical 1951 Wendell Mayes, Jr. Electrical 1949 William D. Trammell Chemical 1957 Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Industrial 1964 Alpha M. Wiggins Electrical 1933

1984 Jerry C. Edmonson Electrical 1963 Robert L. Hale Textile 1948 John C. Mihm Chemical 1964 James P. Myers Industrial 1969 Thomas J. Reeves Civil 1963 Kenneth W. Robbins Petroleum 1943

1983 Gary E. Frashier Chemical 1958 Harley D. Henry Petroleum 1959 Leon Ince Mechanical 1936 E. Carlyle Smith Jr. Architect. & Civil 1963 Joe A. Stanley Civil 1939 Walter D. Warren Electrical 1959

1982 Larry R. Byrd Industrial 1957 Paul B. Crawford Chemical 1943 Robert B. Dyer Industrial 1960 Joseph W. Luckett Jr. Petroleum 1948

1981 Roger K. Owen Electrical 1948 Richard I. Robinson Chemical 1952 Ben R. Stuart Mechanical 1957 Allan J. Tomlinson Jr. Chemical 1954

1980 Charles Robert Black Petroleum 1958 James L. D’Acosta Industrial 1950 Hugh R. Fewin Civil 1957 James Harold Yeager Chemical 1942

1979 Scott G. Arbuckle Industrial 1957 Lynn H. Elliott Electrical 1958 Norman M. Jasper Industrial 1960 H. Alan Nelson Petroleum 1947

1978 Richard W. Hurn Mechanical 1940 T. A. Rogers Electrical 1928 Gerald R. Seemann Mechanical 1959 Horace L. Smith Civil 1948

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1986 Gerald L. Farrar Chemical 1942 T. Scott Hickman Petroleum 1957 Robert E. Hogan Civil 1950 George F. Watford Petroleum 1948

1985 Glenn C. Bandy Electrical 1949 James W. Clifton Electrical 1960 Jesse L. George, Jr. Petroleum 1947 Charles L. Harris Textile 1947 James W. Lacy Petroleum 1949 Robert J. Lewis Civil 1949 Russell H. Logan Electrical 1951 Wendell Mayes, Jr. Electrical 1949 William D. Trammell Chemical 1957 Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Industrial 1964 Alpha M. Wiggins Electrical 1933

1984 Jerry C. Edmonson Electrical 1963 Robert L. Hale Textile 1948 John C. Mihm Chemical 1964 James P. Myers Industrial 1969 Thomas J. Reeves Civil 1963 Kenneth W. Robbins Petroleum 1943

1983 Gary E. Frashier Chemical 1958 Harley D. Henry Petroleum 1959 Leon Ince Mechanical 1936 E. Carlyle Smith Jr. Architect. & Civil 1963 Joe A. Stanley Civil 1939 Walter D. Warren Electrical 1959

1982 Larry R. Byrd Industrial 1957 Paul B. Crawford Chemical 1943 Robert B. Dyer Industrial 1960 Joseph W. Luckett Jr. Petroleum 1948

1981 Roger K. Owen Electrical 1948 Richard I. Robinson Chemical 1952 Ben R. Stuart Mechanical 1957 Allan J. Tomlinson Jr. Chemical 1954

1980 Charles Robert Black Petroleum 1958 James L. D’Acosta Industrial 1950 Hugh R. Fewin Civil 1957 James Harold Yeager Chemical 1942

1979 Scott G. Arbuckle Industrial 1957 Lynn H. Elliott Electrical 1958 Norman M. Jasper Industrial 1960 H. Alan Nelson Petroleum 1947

1978 Richard W. Hurn Mechanical 1940 T. A. Rogers Electrical 1928 Gerald R. Seemann Mechanical 1959 Horace L. Smith Civil 1948

1977 John S. Ball Chemical 1934 Donald R. Clark Industrial 1959 A. L. Kincheloe Civil 1950 Orval L. Lewis Mechanical 1939

1976 Charles Ovid Baker Chemical 1939 Dan T. McDonald Chemical 1938 Evan E. Roberts Architectural 1948 Billie J. Whitworth Industrial 1949

1975 Mack Atcheson Chemical 1942 Ray Butler Petroleum 1949 George Raymond Coffman Electrical 1936 George W. Dupree Electrical 1938 Herbert S. Erskine Petroleum 1950 Howard Houston Hinson Geological 1934 Guillermo E. Perea Textile 1951 Berl M. Springer Industrial 1943 Louis Dixie Stevens Electrical 1948 David Charles Williams Mechanical 1947

1974 John R. Bradford Chemical 1942 Henry H. Meredith Jr. Mechanical 1939 John W. Sheehan Chemical 1939 R. L. Williams Mechanical 1941

1973 James W. Harrell Textile 1935 A. M. L. Kube Industrial 1942 Paul C. Nail Mechanical 1947 James H. Wright Chemical 1948

1972 J. Fred Bucy Engr. Physics 1951 Arthur W. Busch Civil 1950

1971 Roy Butler Petroleum 1949 Earnest F. Gloyna Civil 1946 Edwin B. Locke Mechanical 1948 Donovan Maddox Textile 1934

1970 Miles Roger Clapp Mechanical 1933 Lester Lynne Kilpatrick Electrical 1946 Jack F Maddox Textile 1929

1969 R. Trent Campbell Civil 1932 W. Lyle Donaldson Electrical 1938 Dysart E. Holcomb Chemical 1937

1968 W. Austin Davis Mechanical 1936 Charles W. Woolridge Textile 1930

1967 William W. Akers Chemical 1943 Byron J. Bennett Electrical 1943 Charles H. Feltz Mechanical 1940 H. Elliott Knox Textile 1935

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The measure of a college’s distinction and influence depends greatly upon the achievement of its former students and the positions they earn for themselves in their respective communities and fields of endeavor. To recognize some of the most outstanding former students of Texas Tech University, the Whitacre College of Engineering has established the Distinguished Engineer Award.

This year’s awards mark the 46th anniversary of the program, initiated by Dean John R. Bradford in the 1966-67 academic year.

Purpose and Philosophy

The purpose of this program is to recognize and honor former engineering students who have made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and careers have brought credit to the Whitacre College of Engineering at Texas Tech, and to the engineering profession as a whole.

This program does more than honor these former students. It spotlights the accomplishments of the Whitacre College of Engineering, and thereby increases the pride of former students, current students, faculty, and staff.

It likewise presents to the people of Texas and the nation tangible evidence of the effectiveness of the progress of engineering at Texas Tech.

In establishing this program, it was recognized that these awards were to be given for outstanding achievement both inside as well as outside the profession and that no compromises diminishing the significance of the awards would be made.

The Distinguished Engineer Award