Academy of Engineering Excellence
Honoring alumni of the College of Engineering through induction into the Academy of Engineering Excellence
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 79,000 living alumni of the College of Engineering, the Academy of Engineering Excellence is a pinnacle honor for alumni.
2024 Academy of Engineering Excellence Inductees
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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*
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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
B. Fielding Rolston*
B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1964
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
*Deceased
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