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Alumni Awards

2024

  • Leah Riter (PhD 2001) Distinguished Alumni Award

2023

  • Karen Vogel Pinette (PhD 1995 Chemistry) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Harry Kloor (MS 1991 Physics, PhD 1994 Physics & Chemistry) Distinguished Alumni Award

2022

2021

  • Darryl Boyd (M.S. 2008; Ph.D. 2010) Early Career Alumni Award
  • Mark Stoyer (B.S. 1984) Distinguished Alumni Award

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

  • Ei-ichi Negishi Honorary Degree
  • Tony Y. Zhang (Ph.D. 1989) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Juan D. Fontanes (B.S. 1986) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Douglas J. Buttrey (M.S., Ph.D. 1984) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Joseph A. Mickiewicz (Ph.D. 1994) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Robert B. "Chip" Cody, Jr. (Ph.D. 1982) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2011

2010

2009

  • Frederick J. Palensky (Ph.D. 1977) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • John P. Longenecker (B.S. 1969) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • James M. Tour (Ph.D. 1986) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Terry R. Taber (B.S. 1976) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • P. Robert Peoples (M.S., Ph.D. 1979) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Gary A. Molander (Ph.D. 1979) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Thomas H. Lane (B.S. 1974) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Judith B. Melville (Ph.D. 1982) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Dorothy L. Gabel (M.S., Ph.D. 1974) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2008

  • John B. Landis (M.S., Ph.D. 1978) Honorary Degree
  • Louis F. Wong (Ph.D. 1976) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Ramona Quintanilla (B.S. 1986) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Dean A. Falb (B.S. 1983) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • George W. Kabalka (Ph.D. 1970) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • William A. Nugent (B.S, 1969) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Henry T. Gaw (B.S., M.S. 1971) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2007

  • Alan J. Levy Honorary Degree
  • Bernard J. Bulkin (Ph.D. 1966) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Mary J. Wirth (Ph.D. 1978) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Margaret C. Morris (Ph.D. 1982) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Raymond E. Kaiser, Jr. (Ph.D. 1990) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Randall K. Julian, Jr. (Ph.D. 1993) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Robert L. Ford (Ph.D. 1972) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2006

  • Ray W. Chrisman (Ph.D. 1976) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Zhong-Yin Zhang (Ph.D. 1990) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Ronald E. Shoup (Ph.D. 1980) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Barbara A. Burke (Ph.D. 1970) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Jonathan W. Amy (Ph.D. 1955) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Pedro Rodriguez (Ph.D. 1969) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2005

  • John A. Smith Honorary Degree
  • Patricia A. Mason (B.S., M.S. 1971) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Robert E. Curry (M.S., Ph.D. 1974) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • C. Virgil St. John (M.S. 1946) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Robert F. Santini (Ph.D. 1970) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Valerie J. Kuck (M.S. 1965) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Harold E. Guard (B.S. 1964) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • John P. Lawrence (Ph.D. 1970) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Arthur L. Ruoff (B.S. 1952) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Steven Odre (M.S. 1973) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Vincent R. Zurawski, Jr. (Ph.D. 1973) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Joel M. Harris (Ph.D. 1976) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2004

  • Elaine Jones Heron (B.S. Ph.D., 1974) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Alan J. Levy (Ph.D. 1962) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Harry W. Galbraith (Ph.D. 1949) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Thomas E. Wood (B.S., Ph.D. 1980) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • William E. Moore (Ph.D. 1967) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • David Estell (Ph.D. 1978) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Kim Dunbar (Ph.D. 1984) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Alvin W. Czanderna (Ph.D. 1957) Outstanding Alumni Award 
  • Bruce A. Carlson (Ph.D. 1973) Outstanding Alumni Award 

2003

  • Arlene Musser (B.S. 1974) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Adel F. Halasa (Ph.D. 1964) Distinguished Alumni Award

2002

2001

  • Don G. Brady (Ph.D. 1966) Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Eileen M. Bedell (B.S. 1974) Distinguished Alumni Award

2000

Sundaram Krishnamurthy (Ph.D. 1971) Distinguished Alumni Award

1999

1998

William H. Woodruff (M.S., Ph.D. 1972) Distinguished Alumni Award

1997

1996

Nina M. Roscher (Ph.D. 1964) Distinguished Alumni Award

1995

1994

John B. Landis (M.S., Ph.D. 1978) Distinguished Alumni Award

1993

Martin L. Gorbaty (Ph.D. 1969) Distinguished Alumni Award

1992

Christopher M. Cimarusti (Ph.D. 1968) Distinguished Alumni Award

1991

Frank Brown, Jr. (Ph.D. 1969) Distinguished Alumni Award

1990

Fred W. Hoover (M.S., Ph.D. 1941) Distinguished Alumni Award

1984 

Alfred Robert Bader Honorary Degree

1982 

C.N. Ramachandra Rao (Ph.D. 1958) Honorary Degree

1981 

Herbert C. Brown Honorary Degree

1980 

James D. Idol, Jr. Honorary Degree

1977 

Charles Joseph Plank Honorary Degree

1974 

Melvin Guy Mellon Honorary Degree

1970 

Henry Bohn Hass Honorary Degree

1969 

Myron L. Bender Honorary Degree

1966 

W. Brooks Fortune Honorary Degree

1965 

Waldo Buford Ligett, Jr. Honorary Degree

1962 

Howard Wigton Swank - Honorary Degree

1960 

Paul Weber Honorary Degree

1959 

Alex Golden Oblad Honorary Degree

1958 

John Adam Leighty Honorary Degree

1954 

Louis Bradley Howard - Honorary Degree

1954 

Nathan Wetherill Shock Honorary Degree

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