Alumni Awardees
Distinguished Engineering Alumni
The Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award is presented to engineering alumni who have distinguished themselves in any field of endeavor that reflects favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.
2023
2022
Parasuram
Balasubramanian
(PhD 1977)
2021
Ricardo
Echevarria
(BSIE 1988)
Susan
Ellspermann
(BSIE 1982)
2020
Robert
Dittus
(BSIE 1973)
2018
Carlos
E.
Odio
(BSIE 1965, BSCE 1965)
2016
Patricia
K.
Poppe
(BSIE 1989, MSIE 1991)
Ravi
Venkatesan
(MSIE 1987)
2014
James
D.
Gibbons
(BSIE 1985)
Kathy
Kilmer
(BSIE 1992)
2013
Theresa
Carter
(BSIE 1985)
2011
Edward
M.
Schreck
(BSIE 1971)
2009
Joseph
T.
Mallof
(BSIE 1972)
2007
Thomas
D.
Weldon
(BSIE 1977)
2006
Keith
J.
Krach
(BSIE 1979, HDR 2018)
2005
Cynthia
A.
Niekamp
(BSIE 1981)
2004
MG Robert
D.
Shadley
(BSIE 1965, MSIE 1966)
2003
Charles
G.
Armstrong
(BSIE 1964)
William
J.
Gillilan
III
(BSIE 1968)
2001
Pedro
P.
Granadillo
(BSIE 1970)
2000
Juan
Ernesto
De Bedout
(BSIE 1967, MSIE 1968, HDR 2013)
1999
James
A.
Tompkins
(BSIE 1969, MSIE 1970, PhD 1972)
Adel
A.
Zakaria
(MSIE 1970, PhD 1973)
1998
Michael
L.
Eskew
(BSIE 1972, HDR 2002)
Michael
T.
Riordan
(BSIE 1972)
1997
Charles (Rocky)
C.
Rhodes
(BSIE 1975, MSIE 1978)
1996
C.
Elliott
Sigal
(BSIE 1973, MSIE 1973, PhD 1977)
1995
Donald
DeFosset
Jr.
(BSIE 1971)
1994
Robert
D.
Hall
(BSIE 1970)
1993
Jeremy
S.
Weinstein
(MSIE 1968, PhD 1971)
1992
William
L.
Rammes
(BSIE 1963)
1991
J.
Bruce
Harreld
(BSIE 1972)
1990
John
R.
Hodowal
(BSIE 1966)
1989
James
M.
Frische
(BSIE 1964, MSIE 1965, HDR 1994)
1988
John
A.
Edwardson
Jr.
(BSIE 1971, HDR 2006)
1986
James
Farlander
(MSIE 1964)
1985
Charles
T.
Cotton
Jr.
(BSIE 1966)
1983
John
E.
Carroll
Jr.
(BSIE 1964, MSIA 1968)
1980
John
W.
Reese
Jr.
(MSIE 1954)
1979
Stephen
D.
Spence
(BSIE 1961)
1978
Joe
H.
Mize
(MSIE 1963, PhD 1964)
1976
Harold
E.
Smalley
Sr.
(MSIE 1947)
1975
Gerald
Nadler
(MSIE 1946, PhD 1949)
1974
Robert
C.
Forney
(BSChE 1947, MSIE 1948, PhD 1950, HDR 1981)
1971
J.
Grady
Cox
(PhD 1964)
1969
Carroll
B.
Gambrell
III
(PhD 1958)
1965
Donald
G.
Malcolm
(BSPSE 1940, MSIE 1948)
1964
Robert
N.
Lehrer
(BSME 1945, MSIE 1947, PhD 1949)