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Academy of Engineering Excellence

Honoring alumni of the College of Engineering through induction into the Academy of Engineering Excellence

Academy of Engineering Excellence Award

The College of Engineering established the Academy of Engineering Excellence in 1999 under the leadership of dean emeritus William Stephenson and the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering.

Membership in this Academy is reserved for individuals holding an engineering degree from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech who have made sustained and meritorious engineering and/or leadership contributions during their careers. Initiates have reached the pinnacle of their professional achievements.

Each year alumni are inducted into the Academy of Engineering Excellence. Each spring the honorees are inducted during a special dinner at Virginia Tech. With more than 82,000 living alumni of the College of Engineering, the Academy of Engineering Excellence is a pinnacle honor for alumni.

2026 Academy of Engineering Excellence Inductees

    Academy of Engineering Excellence


      William A. Aden
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1967
      M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1972


      Randall M. Albert
      B.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1980


      Kyle T. Alfriend
      B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1962
      Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 1967


      S. Kendall Anderson
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1962
      M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1970

      Richard M. Arnold
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1956

      H. Pat Artis
      B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1972

      Jeff Babione
      B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, 1985

      Paul J. Baduini
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1972

      Edward H. Baine
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1995

      Kelso S. Baker
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1955

      Charles E. Bakis
      M.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1984
      Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 1988

      Jerry H. Ballengee
      M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1962

      Paul S. Barbery*
      B.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1959

      Stonie Barker Jr.*
      B.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1951

      William N. Barker
      B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1964

      R. Sidney Barrett Jr.*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1962

      Steven Bathiche
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1997

      Courtney A. Beamon
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1995
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1996

      William E. “Ping” Betts Jr.*
      B.S., Architectural Engineering, 1932

      Charles P. Blankenship*
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1960
      M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1962

      Charles Blankenship Jr.
      B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 1988

      Dushan Boroyevich
      Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1986

      Maria A. Bothwell
      B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1990

      Mary Cunningham Boyce
      B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1981

      John W. “Jack” Boyd
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1942

      Edgar B. Boynton*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1921

      John A. Brothers*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1962
      M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1966
      Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering, 1968

      Nicholas T. Camicia*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1938

      R. Daniel Carson Jr.
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1970

      Vinod Chachra
      M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1968
      Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1972

      Betty P. Chao
      Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1983

      Edmund Y. S. Chao
      M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1964

      David A. Christian
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1976

      G. John Coli*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1941
      M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1942
      Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1949

      Joseph H. Collie
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1950

      Philip R. Compton*
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1947

      Thomas B. Cox
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1966
      M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1968

      William A. Cox Jr.*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1934

      Kevin T. Crofton
      B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, 1982

      William S. Cross Jr.*
      B.S., Industrial  Engineering, 1941

      Kevin S. Crutchfield
      B.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1986

      Raymond G. Curry Jr.*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1954

      David J. D’Antoni
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1967

      William J. Dally
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1980

      Alok Das
      Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 1982

      Kathleen de Paolo
      B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, 1987

      John T. DeBell, Sr.
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1968

      Nicholas H. Des Champs
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1962
      Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1967

      Daniel M. Dick
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1970

      Thomas G. Digges, Jr.
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1960

      Thomas A. Dingus
      M.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1985
      Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1987

      Basil C. Doumas
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1954
      M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1955
      Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1960

      Grant Dove*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1951

      Regina E. Dugan
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984
      M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1985

      Fred D. Durham*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1922

      Douglas L. Dwoyer
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1964
      M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1967
      Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 1975

      Elmer R. Easton
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1947

      Anne M. Ellis
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1980

      Keith L. Englander
      B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, 1975

      W. Robert Epperly
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1956
      M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1958

      Gilbert L. Faison*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1947

      David Finkleman
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1963

      Lisa H. Finneran
      B.S., Computer Science, 1985

      Essex E. Finney Jr.
      B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1959

      J. Stuart Franklin Jr.*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1950

      Daniel Frederick*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1944
      M.S., Applied Mechanics, 1948

      Eustace Frederick*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1952

      Frank L. Gaddy*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1948
      M.S., Mining Engineering, 1956

      Clifton C. Garvin Jr.*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1943
      M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1947

      Leslie C. Gates*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1940

      James K. George Jr.
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1964

      Alexander F. Giacco*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1942

      Robert C. Gibson
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1961

      George R. Goodson Jr.*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1949

      William H. Goodwin Jr.
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1962

      Charles O. Gordon Jr.
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1969

      Charles O. Gordon, Sr.*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1942

      John Grado*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1951

      William Grossmann
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1958
      M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1961
      Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 1964

      Jack Guynn
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1964

      Robert J. Hanley
      B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, 1979

      Paula Hansen
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1993

      Charles E. Harris*
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1972
      B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1972
      Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1983

      Bennett K. Hatfield*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1979

      Paul F. Holloway*
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1960

      Paul Huffman Jr.
      B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 1978

      Thomas (Ted) Hume
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1974

      Uma Jayaram
      M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988
      Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1991

      W. Robert Jebson Jr.*
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1956

      Marvin L. Johnson*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1964

      J.B. Jones*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1945

      John R. Jones III
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1967

      Mary V. "Prim" Jones
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1962

      Doug B. Juanarena
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1975

      Dennis M. Kamber*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1964

      George E. Keller, II*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1955

      Hugh P. Kelly*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1937
      M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1937

      William D. Kilgore Jr.*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1957

      Alfred E. Knobler*
      B.S., Ceramic Engineering, 1938

      Christopher C. Kraft Jr.*
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1944

      John H. Kroehling*
      B.S., Ceramic Engineering, 1948

      Satish Kulkarni
      B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1974

      Peter R. Kurzhals
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1960
      M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1962
      Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 1966

      Greg Lavender
      M.S., Computer Science, 1988
      Ph.D., Computer Science, 1993

      John Lemons
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1960

      Alan T. Lingerfelt
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1976

      David R. Lohr
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1976

      Letitia A. Long
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1982

      Joseph R. Loring*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1947

      Navin Manjooran
      Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, 2007

      Michael J. Mankosa
      B.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1984 
      M.S., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1986
      Ph.D., Mining and Minerals Engineering, 1990

      Ronnie Marcum*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1970

      Larry R. Marshall
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1966
      Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1974

      Harold L. Martin
      Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1980

      James R. Martin II
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1987
      Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1990

      Ray E. Martin
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1964
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1968

      Joe T. May
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1962

      William C. McAllister
      B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1965

      D. Fred McBagonluri
      M.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1998

      Samuel H. McGhee III*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1963

      Art W. McKinney*
      B.S., Architectural Engineering, 1965

      Joseph Meredith Jr.
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1969
      Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1997

      E. George Middleton Jr.*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1950

      Nicholas M. Mihalas*
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1959

      James E. Miller
      B.S., Computer Science, 1997

      Mary G. Miller
      M.S., Computer Science, 1985

      Norris Mitchell
      B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1958

      Steve Mollenkopf
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1992

      John W. Montague Jr.
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1967

      E. Towson Moore*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1958

      Anthony J. Moraco
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1982
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1984

      Matthew J. Mulherin
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1981

      Earl F. Myerholtz*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1948

      A. Ross Myers
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1972

      Lucy Nowell*
      M.S., Computer Science, 1993
      Ph.D., Computer Science, 1997

      Lynn A. Nystrom*
      Honorary, Engineering News and External Services, 1979 - 2015

      Charles G. O’Brien
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1956

      E. Minor Pace*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1943

      David E. Parekh
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982

      Jay Parikh
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1994

      Donald L. Pemberton*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1966

      Don M. Powers*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1959

      Lisa M. Price
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1981

      Haller G. Prillaman*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1955

      Charles W. Pryor Jr.
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1966
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1968
      Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1970

      Michael J. Quillen
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1970
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1971

      Helen L. Reed
      M.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1980
      Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 1981

      John F. Reid
      B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1980
      M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1982

      Ed Reynolds
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1985

      William Thomas Rice*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1934

      F.D. “Red” Robertson*
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1956

      W. Thomas Robertson Jr.*
      B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1952

      A. Warner Robins*
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1949

      C. Howard Robins Jr.*
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1958
      Ph.D., Phsyics, 1967

      Roshan Roeder
      B.S., Computer Engineering, 2001

      B. Fielding Rolston*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1964

      David W. Roop
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1976

      Neville Rowland
      B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1963

      Thomas D. Rust
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1965

      Dan Sable
      M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1985
      Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1991

      Donald L. Sage*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1956

      Kirk H. Schulz
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1986
      Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1991

      Samuel E. Shrader
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1963

      Stuart Shumate*
      M.S., Civil Engineering, 1936

      Richard D. Sisson Jr.
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1969

      C. William Smith*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1947
      M.S., Applied Mechanics, 1950

      Jay Smith III
      B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1962

      Sidney C. Smith Jr.
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1963

      D. Wayne Snodgrass
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1962
      B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1968

      Jerry C. South Jr.
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1959
      M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1959

      John F. Sparks
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1974
      M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1976
      Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1981

      Kirk E. Spitzer
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1967

      Edgar A. Starke Jr.
      B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1960

      James N. Strawbridge
      B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1984

      John F. Sweers*
      B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1946

      Tom Taylor
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984

      Edward G. Tiedemann Jr.
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1975

      Joe Timko
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1982

      Robert Tolson
      B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1958
      M.S., Physics, 1968
      Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 1990

      Hyde C. Tucker
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1956

      James E. Turner Jr.*
      B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1956

      Horacio A. Valeiras
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1980

      Ingrid Jensen Vaughan
      B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1985

      Leo A. Vecellio Jr.
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1968

      Joseph H. Vipperman*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1962

      L. Preston Wade*
      B.S., Civil Engineering, 1955

      Lori Wagner
      B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1982
      Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1987

      Bevlee A. Watford
      B.S., Mining Engineering, 1981
      M.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1983
      Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1985

      Hobart A. Weaver*
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1950

      William B. Webber*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1934

      William K. Wells
      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1966

      John A. White Jr.
      M.S., Industrial Engineering, 1966

      Preston Mason White
      B.S., Building Construction, 1963

      W.S. “Pete” White Jr.*
      B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1947

      Zhenghe Xu
      Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, 1990

      *Deceased
      Only Virginia Tech Engineering degrees are listed.