46th Annual
Distinguished Engineer
Awards Luncheon
April 13, 2012
11:30 a.m.
Sunset Ballroom, Overton Hotel
Lubbock, Texas
2012 Distinguished Engineer Awards Luncheon
Sunset Ballroom, Overton Hotel | April 13, 2012 |11:30 a.m.
Welcome
Will Hagood ’69
Senior Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc.
2007 Distinguished Engineer
Dean’s Remarks
Al Sacco Jr., Ph.D.
Dean, Whitacre College of Engineering
Lunch
Presentation of 2012 Distinguished Engineers
Interviews
William M. Marcy, Ph.D. ’64 ’66 ’72
Executive Director, National Institute for Engineering Ethics
2003 Distinguished Engineer
Elizabeth F. Holland
Industrial Engineering
1984
James E. Lowder
Alan L. Smith
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
1985
Karan Watson, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering
1977, 1981, 1982
Capt. John D. Alexander
Mechanical Engineering
1982
Closing
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Will Hagood ’69
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.
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Will Hagood ’69
2007 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 ’72
Executive Director, National Institute for Engineering Ethics
2003 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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Capt. John D. Alexander
Distinguished Engineer – 2012
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982
Commanding Officer, USS Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Navy
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.
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Elizabeth F. Holland
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.
Distinguished Engineer – 2012
B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1984
Managing Partner
Medical Product Consulting, Inc.
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.
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James E. Lowder
Distinguished Engineer – 2012
Mechanical Engineering
President
evstar Technologies, Inc.
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.
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Alan L. Smith
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Alan L. Smith is chief executive officer of Quantum Resources Management, LLC in Houston, Texas.
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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.
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Distinguished Engineer – 2012
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1985
Chief Executive Officer
Quantum Resources Management, LLC
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.
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Karan Watson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Engineer – 2012
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1977, 1981, 1982
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Texas A&M University
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.
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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.
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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.
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Karan and Nancy Watson reside in College Station with their six dogs, five horses, and herd of seven cattle.
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Distinguished Engineers
2011
Dennis Carroll
Randy Crawford
Terry Fuller
Paul Grimmer
William Guion
Mary Anne Hicks
Jack Rentz
Walter T. Winn Jr.
Cmp. Sci. 1987, 1989, 1991
Chemical
1949
Petroleum
1977
Chemical
1977
Electrical 1966, 1968, 1970
Industrial
1979
Mechanical
1974
Civil
1972, 1973
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Jeff Bayer
Mica Endsley Thomas A. Harper Allen D. Howard Randy Howard 2009
Blake W. Augsburger Chi–Ming Chang James A. Edmiston J.G. “Greg” Soules
Shelby Johnson 2008
Duffer B. Crawford
Thomas J. Zachman
Civil Industrial Cmp. Sci. Electrical Mechanical 1979
1982
1988, 1995
1978
1972
Electrical 1987, 1989
Industrial 1983, 1986
Petroleum 1982
Civil 1979, 2009
Const. Engr. Tech. 1986
Chemical
Civil
1941
1974
Mechanical
Industrial
Civil
Petroleum
1971
1970
1969
1950
.
2007
David H. Barr
G. Kemble “Kem” Bennett
William B. Hagood
Harold R. Inman
2006
Ajay M. Marathe
Jerry L. Morgensen
Travis A. Simpson
2005
J. Gregory Boyd
Francisco “Frank” Figueroa
Gerald C. Murff
Alvin Dale Williams
2004
Joseph J. Beal
Philip L. Frederickson
Louis D. Jones
Chung-Shing “C.S.” Lee 2003
Roy A. Battles
William M. Marcy Fredrick S. Yeatts
2002
Douglas E. Barnhart
Joseph C. Martz
Jerry S. Rawls
Richard D. Smith
Cloyce A. Talbott
Industrial
Civil
Electrical
1983
1965
1981
2001
Ming Chiang
Enoch L. Dawkins
2000
Civil
Electrical
Mechanical
Engr. Tech.
1976
1967
1961
1975
Robert C. “Bob” Banasik
Robert R. Click
W. R. “Rick” Hamm
Jimmy D. Williams
1999
Civil
Industrial
Petroleum
Electrical
Bus. Admin.
1968
1978
1976
1978
1982
Dale Courtney
Julie Spicer England
Dain M. Hancock
Raymond C. Vaughn
1998
Mechanical
Electrical
Inter. Engr
Electrical
1969
1964, 1966
1972
1970
Civil Engineering
Chemical
Mechanical
Industrial
Petroleum
1969
1986
1967
1966
1958
William “Bill” Hervey
David L. Hirschfeld
Raymond B. Ince
Thomas S. Moore
Steven W. Nance
Garth Nash
Bill M. Sanderson
David E. Sharbutt
Charles F. Winder
1997
Woodrow W. Hitchcock
Rick D. Husband
Herbert A. Mang
Jeff D. Morris
Harry L. Tredennick III
Electrical
Petroleum
1978
1960
Industrial
Chemical
Civil
Mechanical
1967
1948
1970
1972
Industrial
Chemical
Mechanical
Engr. Tech.
Mechanical
1971
1979
1966
1973
1976
Textile
Civil
Mechanical
Mechanical
Petroleum
Electrical
Chemical
Electrical
Industrial
1949
1962
1948
1964, 1965
1978
1963
1960
1971
1979
Mechanical
Mechanical
Civil
Chemical
Electrical
1969
1980
1974
1974
1970
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Distinguished Engineers
1996
Keh-Shew Lu James H. Posey
Wolfgang Vogel
Margaret R. Walker
C. Clayton Yeager
Electrical
Petroleum
Industrial
Chemical
Civil
1969
1964
1970
1974
1964
1991
Arnold Maeker
E. Dave Newman
Albert A. “Pete” Smith
John Michael Stinson
Bill G. W. Yee
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Industrial
Electrical
1946
1964
1966
1966
1961, 1964
1986
Gerald L. Farrar
T. Scott Hickman
Robert E. Hogan
George F. Watford
1985
1995
William G. Burnett
Patrick R. Gallagher
Bob L. Herd
Larry D. McVay
David G. Wight
1994
Raymond E. Goff
William R. “Bob” Herrin Jr.
Karen S. Hogg
Mary Jo Poindexter
Louis “Jack” Powers
Arati Prabhakar
1993
Charles A. Bassett II
Jack L. Clem
L. D. “Buddy” Sipes Jr.
J. Rex Vardeman
Gary B. Wood
1992
Jack L. Byrd
R. D. Cash
F. Max Merrell
James G. Renfro
Civil Engineering
Electrical
Petroleum
Mechanical
Petroleum
Industrial
Petroleum
Industrial
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
1971
1964
1957
1970
1964
1969, 1970
1958
1974
1968
1939
1979
1990
William A. Blackwell
R. David Damron
Robert E. Dragoo
Bill D. Helton
Allen P. Penton
1989
Chester A. Green Jerry D. Holmes
Charles E. Houston
Joseph E. Minor
L. Homer Moeller
1988
Electrical
1960
Mechanical
1975
Petroleum
1957
Civil
1961
Electrical 1973, 1975, 1977
Melvin Bobo
E. R. Brooks
Larrie F. Judd
H. Bennett Reaves
Noel D. Rietman
1987
Petroleum
Industrial
Chemical
Electrical
1956
1966
1957
1959
George C. Beakley, Jr.
James A. McAuley
J. Garland Threadgill
D. Wyman Tidwell
Electrical
Chemical
Mechanical
Electrical
Chemical
Civil
Electrical
Electrical
Civil
Industrial
1949
1971
1962
1964
1957
1947
1959
1931
1974
1962
Mechanical
1949
Electrical
1961
Electrical 1965, 1967, 1969
Civil
1948
Petroleum
1957
Mechanical
Petroleum
Civil
Chemical
1947
1953
1950
1961
Glenn C. Bandy
James W. Clifton
Jesse L. George, Jr.
Charles L. Harris
James W. Lacy
Robert J. Lewis
Russell H. Logan
Wendell Mayes, Jr.
William D. Trammell
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.
Alpha M. Wiggins
1984
Jerry C. Edmonson
Robert L. Hale
John C. Mihm
James P. Myers
Thomas J. Reeves
Kenneth W. Robbins
1983
Gary E. Frashier
Harley D. Henry
Leon Ince
E. Carlyle Smith Jr.
Joe A. Stanley
Walter D. Warren
1942
1957
1950
1948
Electrical
Electrical
Petroleum
Textile
Petroleum
Civil
Electrical
Electrical
Chemical
Industrial
Electrical
1949
1960
1947
1947
1949
1949
1951
1949
1957
1964
1933
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Electrical
Textile
Chemical
Industrial
Civil
Petroleum
1963
1948
1964
1969
1963
1943
1
1
1
Chemical
Petroleum
Mechanical
Architect. & Civil
Civil
Electrical
1958
1959
1936
1963
1939
1959
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Chemical
Petroleum
Civil
Petroleum
1982
Larry R. Byrd
Paul B. Crawford
Robert B. Dyer
Joseph W. Luckett Jr.
Industrial
Chemical
Industrial
Petroleum
1957
1943
1960
1948
1977
John S. Ball
Donald R. Clark
A. L. Kincheloe
Orval L. Lewis
Chemical
Industrial
Civil
Mechanical
1934
1959
1950
1939
1972
J. Fred Bucy
Arthur W. Busch
1971
1981
Roger K. Owen
Richard I. Robinson
Ben R. Stuart
Allan J. Tomlinson Jr.
Electrical
Chemical
Mechanical
Chemical
1948
1952
1957
1954
1976
Charles Ovid Baker
Dan T. McDonald
Evan E. Roberts
Billie J. Whitworth
Chemical
Chemical
Architectural
Industrial
1939
1938
1948
1949
Roy Butler
Earnest F. Gloyna
Edwin B. Locke
Donovan Maddox
1970
1980
Charles Robert Black
James L. D’Acosta
Hugh R. Fewin
James Harold Yeager
1979
Scott G. Arbuckle
Lynn H. Elliott
Norman M. Jasper
H. Alan Nelson
1978
Richard W. Hurn
T. A. Rogers
Gerald R. Seemann
Horace L. Smith
Petroleum
Industrial
Civil
Chemical
Industrial
Electrical
Industrial
Petroleum
1958
1950
1957
1942
1957
1958
1960
1947
1975
Mack Atcheson
Ray Butler
George Raymond Coffman
George W. Dupree
Herbert S. Erskine
Howard Houston Hinson
Guillermo E. Perea
Berl M. Springer
Louis Dixie Stevens
David Charles Williams
1974
Mechanical
Electrical
Mechanical
Civil
1940
1928
1959
1948
John R. Bradford
Henry H. Meredith Jr.
John W. Sheehan
R. L. Williams
Chemical
Petroleum
Electrical
Electrical
Petroleum
Geological
Textile
Industrial
Electrical
Mechanical
1942
1949
1936
1938
1950
1934
1951
1943
1948
1947
1969
R. Trent Campbell
W. Lyle Donaldson
Dysart E. Holcomb
1968
W. Austin Davis
Charles W. Woolridge
Chemical
Mechanical
Chemical
Mechanical
1942
1939
1939
1941
Textile
Industrial
Mechanical
Chemical
1935
1942
1947
1948
1973
James W. Harrell
A. M. L. Kube
Paul C. Nail
James H. Wright
Miles Roger Clapp
Lester Lynne Kilpatrick
Jack F Maddox
1967
William W. Akers
Byron J. Bennett
Charles H. Feltz
H. Elliott Knox
Engr. Physics
Civil
1951
1950
Petroleum
Civil
Mechanical
Textile
1949
1946
1948
1934
Mechanical
Electrical
Textile
1933
1946
1929
Civil
Electrical
Chemical
1932
1938
1937
Mechanical
Textile
1936
1930
Chemical
Electrical
Mechanical
Textile
1943
1943
1940
1935
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The Distinguished Engineer Award
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.
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