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

Mica Endsley
(MSIE 1985)
Keyvan Esfarjani
(BSIE 1992, MSIE 1994)
Erin T. Youngs
(BSIE 1992)

2022

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

2001

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

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

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

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

1965

Donald G. Malcolm
(BSPSE 1940, MSIE 1948)

1964

Robert N. Lehrer
(BSME 1945, MSIE 1947, PhD 1949)