2025 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae - INDUCTEES:

The Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award is presented to men and women who have distinguished themselves in any field in ways that reflect favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.

These alumni are engaged in engineering work and their record of accomplishments is indicated by their growth into positions of increasing responsibility.

  • Leslie Bottorff | BSBME 1979
    Senior Managing Director, Healthcare | GE Ventures
  • Jack Champaigne | BSEE 1968
    President | Electronics Incorporated
  • Daniel Dumbacher | BSME 1981
    Chief Executive Officer | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Jorge Haddock | PhD IE 1981
    Professor, Business Administration | University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus
  • Jennifer Kerr | BSIDE 1993
    President, Cook Research Incorporated 
  • Emmett Kilgariff | BSEE 1980
    Vice President, GPU Architecture | NVIDIA
  • Michael Klobuchar | BSChE 1998
    Chief Strategy Officer | Merck & Co, Inc
  • Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan | BSAAE 1992
    Agency Senior Executive, Complex Systems Design | NASA
  • Kenneth Morris | BSME 1989
    Senior Vice President, Product Programs, Safety, Integration and Motorsports General Motors
  • Beth Moses | BSAAE 1992, MSAAE 1994
    Chief Astronaut Instructor, Virgin Galatic
  • Douglas Owen | BSCE 1980
    Senior Principal | Stantec

2025 TEAM AWARD – Chicago Six

This group is being recognized because of the massive success of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) – one of the largest and most impactful student-led engineering organizations in the country and internationally, regardless of history or demographic consideration.

  • Arthur Bond | BSEE 1968, MSEE 1969, PhD EE 1974, HDR 2009
    Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • Edward Coleman | BSME 1975
    Member, NSBE
  • Anthony Harris | BSME 1975, HDR 2013
    President, NSBE
  • Brian Harris | BSIDE 1975
    Member, NSBE
  • Stanley Kirtley | BSCE 1975
    Member, NSBE
  • John Logan | BSENE 1975
    Member, NSBE
  • George Smith Jr. | BSEE 1976
    Member, NSBE