Recognizing Excellence in Engineering: Past & Present

Earlier this month Dr. H. Guyford Stever, MA B 1938, died at his home in Gaithersburg, MD.

Dr. Stever truly had an illustrious career, which is profiled in an obituary from MIT news here.

He served as chief science adviser to Presidents Nixon and Ford, as president of Carnegie Mellon University (1965-72), as director of the National Science Foundation (1972-76), and received the Medal of Science award in 1991.

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the recipient of the 2010 Tau Beta Pi-Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award of the College of Engineering.

Professor of Physics, Paul G. Kwiat, has been named as this year’s recipient and will be presented his award on May 3rd at the annual College of Engineering faculty awards ceremony.

The Tau Beta Pi-Daniel C. Drucker Award is named for Dr. Daniel C. Drucker, NY A ’38, dean of the College of Engineering from 1968 to 1984. Read full news release

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Each year at Georgia Tech, the Tau Beta Pi Cup is awarded to the “top Georgia Tech engineering undergraduate who has demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, and service to the field and the Institute, and who has shown potential for continuing growth.” Many consider this award to be the highest honor for an engineering student at Georgia Tech.

The Tau Beta Pi Cup “was funded through a generous endowment from Dr. Narl Davidson, GA A ’63, faculty ombudsman and professor emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, and his brothers in memory of their parents.”

This year’s winner is Alina Staskevicius. Read the article from Georgia Tech for more information.

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