Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Academy of Distinguished Alumni members at the Distinguished Alumni banquet in April 2018

Academy of Distinguished Alumni members at the Distinguished Alumni banquet in April 2018
Academy of Distinguished Alumni members at the Distinguished Alumni banquet in April 2018

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We are excited to be accepting nominations for the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Nominations can be submitted here (electronically).

New members of the ISE Academy of Distinguished Alumni announced (April, 2019)

ISE Academy of Distinguished Alumni honors seven new inductees (June, 2018)

ISE Academy of Distinguished Alumni Honor Nine New Inductees (May, 2017)

The Academy of Distinguished Alumni was established by the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and its Advisory Board on October 14, 1993. Thirty‑eight charter member alumni were inducted and the Marvin H. Agee Distinguished Alumni Award was presented posthumously to Marvin Agee, who, as ISE department head in the early 1970's, founded the ISE Advisory Board. Since its inauguration, the Academy has steadily developed into a group of recognized leaders in the field who have served their profession and society with distinction.

The Academy of Distinguished Alumni

* Deceased

# Inducted Name Class Information
140 2019 Suraj M. Alexander, Ph.D. 1972, 1976 Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville
139 2019 Maria Bothwell 1990 Chief Executive Officer, Toffler Associates
138 2019 Donald E.K. Campbell 1990 President, Persona Medical
137 2019 Kristen Casto, Ph.D. 2009 Colonel, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Army
136 2019 Delia Grenville, Ph.D. 1997, 2001 Director of Strategy, Corporate Strategic Procument, Intel Corporation
135 2019 John Kobza, Ph.D. 1993 Department Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee
134 2019 J. Cole Smith, Ph.D. 2000 Associate Provost of Academic Initiatives and Professor of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University
133 2019 Warren Vaneman, Ph.D. 1997, 2002 Professor of Practice, Systems Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School
132 2019 Ingrid Vaughan 1985 Vice President and General Manager, Navigation & Maritime Systems, Northrop Grumman
131 2018 Pius J. Egbelu 1979, 1982 Distinguished Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
130 2018 Olivier A. Girod 1996 Senior Officer, U.S. Security and Exchange Commission
129 2018 Daniel W. Gower, Jr. 1992 President (Retired), U.S. Army Medical Department Test Board
128 2018 C. Garland Hagen 1967 Corporate Executive Vice President (Retired), SunTrust Bank
127 2018 Suvrajeet Sen 1982 Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, UCLA
126 2018 Marilyn Smith 1982, 1984 Professor of Management, Winthrop University
125 2018 Raymond W. Staats 2003 President, Craven Community College
124 2017 Thomas E. Askew 1971 Senior Associate, Partnership Staffing, Inc.
123 2017 Steven M. Belz 1995, 1997, 2000 Director of Express Solutions Design, AT&T Business Solutions
122 2017 Betty Chao 1983 Westech International, Inc.
121 2017 James T. Luxhøj 1984, 1985, 1986 Professor and Undergraduate Director, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers University
120 2017 Alexandra Medina-Borja 1995, 2002 Program Director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF)
119 2017 John W. Minnich 1989 Proprietor, Trio Wine, Beer, and Cheese
118 2017 W. Frederick St. John 1973 Former Owner, Officer, and Director, True Energy Coal Sales, Inc.
117 2017 Dinesh Verma 1991, 1995 Professor, Systems Engineering and Executive Director of Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), Stevens Institute of Technology
116 2017 Linda S. Wood 1981 Vice President of Operations Services (Retired), R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
115 2016 John Montague 1967 President of John W. Montague Jr. Inc. (retired)
114 2016 Janis Terpenny 1981, 1996 Chair and Head of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University
113 2016 Don Wittke Honorary alumnus Director of Industrial Engineering at United Parcel Service
112 2014 Rebecca B. Kates 1978, 1981 Owner, Quality Consulting, LLC
111 2014 Martin E. Muscatello 1982 President & CEO, CCS-Inc. and subsidiaries Qualtrax, Inc. and FoxGuard Solutions, Inc.
110 2014 Chris J. Rockwell 1992 President, Lextant
109 2012 Thomas R. Balzer 1983 Executive Vice President, Balzer & Associates, Inc.
108 2012 Thomas A. Dingus 1985, 1987 Director, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
107 2012 John R. McKnight 1991 Vice President & General Manager, Wyman-Gordon Forgings
106 2010 David (Dave) H. Klein 1983 Principal, BTB Solutions, LLC
105 2010 Kevin E. Layne 1983 President, Kollmorgen
104 2010 Eileen M. Van Aken 1988, 1991, 1995 Interim Department Head, ISE Department, Virginia Tech
103 2008 Kevin W. Leclaire 1995 Founder & Managing Director, ISDR Consulting
102 2008 Charles E. Leslie 1956 President & Owner, Embroidery by Chalaine
101 2008 Jaime A. Smith 1989 Vice President Sales, SunEdison
100 2006 Aditya (Tim) Guleri 1988 Sierra Ventures
099 2006 Robert (Bob) L. Gunter* 1992 Sector Senior Vice President, Northrop Grumman Newport News
098 2006 Robert van Luyn 1963 Staff Engineer, General Electric Aircraft Engines (retired)
097 2006 Bevlee A. Watford 1983, 1986 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
096 2004 Lawrence K. Baker* 1957 Engineer, Hearing Aid Industry
095 2004 Dan H. Heflin Jr. 1953 Professional Engineer, Heflin & Williams, Inc.
094 2004 Nancy Bowman Sauer* 1984 President, D2Xchange, LLC
093 2004 Herb H. Thompson* 1956 President and CEO, Ball Foster Glass Container Company (retired)
092 2002 Darrell A. Davis 1982 Vice President - Six Sigma, Empire-Today
091 2002 Timothy Fields Jr. 1970 Senior Vice President, Marasco Newton Group, Ltd.
090 2002 Oren E. Hopkins Jr.* 1950 Former President, The Coombs-Hopkins Company
089 2002 James P. Ignizio 1971 Manager, Modeling and Simulation, Intel Corporation
088 2002 Joseph (Joe) W. Meredith Jr. 1997 President, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
087 2002 William T. Miller* 1951 President, RBI Corporation
086 2002 Kirk E. Spitzer 1967 President & CEO, Alfa Laval Inc.
085 2002 Thomas Cato Tillar* 1945 W.T. Tillar Company, Inc.
084 1999 Richard (Dick) M. Arnold 1956 Consultant, Ben. Rd. of Global Ministries of the UMC
083 1999 William G. Buchanan Jr.* 1935 Associate Professor, “Voice of the Hokies”
082 1999 Richard L. Francis 1960, 1962 Professor, Department of ISE Dept., University of Florida
081 1999 Homer H. Hickam Jr. 1964 Retired NASA Engineer and noted author
080 1999 James Ed Hines 1969 Manufacturing Vice President, Lucent Technologies, Inc. (retired)
079 1999 Harold W. Schneikert 1965 Principal Consultant, International Division, E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
078 1999 Walter L. Thomas* 1943 Production Control Contracts Administrator, Newport News Shipbuilding, Retired US Army Major
077 1999 Grover L. Wilson* 1937 Retired Colonel, Industrial Engineer, US Air Force
076 1999 Hal G. Worley* 1946 Manager, AT&T Customer Engineering & Quality Administration
075 1998 Jerry R. Batt 1972 Consumer Billing Systems Vice President, AT&T Corporate
074 1998 John G. Casali 1979, 1982 John Grado Professor, ISE Department, Virginia Tech
073 1998 George A. Costan* 1936 Chairman of the Board, Southern Air Inc.
072 1998 Daniel M. Dick 1970 Director, Air Force Programs, General Dynamics Advanced Info Systems
071 1998 John C. Harrell 1963 President, Suffolk Iron Works, Inc.
070 1998 Jesse P. Jacobs Jr.* 1949 Retired USAF, Boeing Corporation
069 1998 James L. Jones Jr. 1956 Retired Patent Agent
068 1998 Arthur C. Klages* 1942 Vice President, Burlington Handbags, Inc.
067 1998 Edward H. Lane Jr.* 1937 Vice President, The Lane Company
066 1998 John S. McLellan 1963 President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
065 1998 Augustus M. Raney* 1941 Investment Real Estate
064 1998 T. Frank Smith Jr.* 1944 Manager of Southern Region, Exxon Corporation (retired)
063 1998 Harry D. Temple* 1934 United States Army
062 1998 John W. Thomas Jr. 1949 Chairman of Board, Thomas Built Buses, Inc.
061 1996 Leon P. Harris 1964 President, Keltech, Inc.
060 1996 Robin L. Keesee 1970, 1976 Director, US Army Human Ergonomics Lab
059 1996 Gordon A. Mapp* 1968 Vice President and General Manager, Thermo King Corporation
058 1996 C. Alexander Neely 1973 President, Burlington Menswear
057 1996 L. Thomas Wilburn Jr.* 1951 Chairman, President & CEO, Bethesda Services
056 1996 Paul J. Woo Jr. 1969 President and CEO, Sterlie Concepts, Inc.
055 1996 Elwin I. Brawner 1966 Chairman of the Board, ICI Explosives, Inc.
054 1996 Bennie J. Butts Jr.* 1950 Adjunct Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University
053 1995 John R. Canada* 1957, 1961 Professor Emeritus, IE Department, NC State University
052 1996 Thomas (Tom) A. Carpenito 1973, 1974 Vice-President of Global Infrastructure, Computer Sciences Corporation
051 1994 Robert F. Allnutt 1957 Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Assoc.
050 1994 Vinod Chachra 1968, 1971 President, VTLS Inc.
049 1994 Charles M. Forbes* 1949 VP Development & University Relations, University of Delaware
048 1994 Larry M. Goodall 1970 Attorney,  McGuire, Woods & Battle
047 1994 D. Joe Long 1956 Owner and President, Regency Bedspread Mfg. Company
046 1994 Ellis P. Monroe 1956 President, Monroe Sales Company, Inc.
045 1994 Douglas C. Montgomery 1965, 1967, 1969 Regents' Professor of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University
044 1994 J. Frederick Moring* 1957 Attorney & Partner, Crowell and Moring
043 1994 J. Landon Short* 1952, 1956 Director of Education, The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation
042 1994 Wayne C. Turner 1964, 1970, 1972 Professor, IE Department, Oklahoma State University
041 1993 Warren E. Abrams* 1950 President, Warren Elliott Associates, Inc.
040 1993 John A. Bachmann 1965, 1968, 1970 President, Proteus Performance Group
039 1993 Charles J. Brown III 1970 President, Entergy Power Group
038 1993 Thomas C. Burns* 1949 Chairman and Managing Director, AIT/BAC New Zealand Ltd.
037 1993 David H. Burrows* 1942 Chairman and CEO, Wiley N. Jackson Company
036 1993 Fred T. Campbell* 1950 Past President, Campbell and Associates, Inc.
035 1993 W. John Campbell* 1953 President, Tobacco Technologies Group
034 1993 Gerald D. Clarke 1968 Retired President and CEO, Energy Services Group
033 1993 William S. Cross Jr. 1941 CEO and Director, Cross Sales and Engineering Co., Inc.
032 1993 Charles W. Davies Jr. 1971 President and CEO, Tultex Corporation
031 1993 John W. Donehower 1969 Senior Vice President and CFO, Kimberly Clark Corporation
030 1993 Robert D. Dryden* Honorary alumnus Dean of Engineering, Portland State University
029 1993 Phillip E. Frankfort* 1940 Union Camp Corporation (retired)
028 1993 Leroy O. Gillette* 1947 Director of IE, Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
027 1993 Charles O. Gordon, Sr* 1942 Chairman, Bydand Corporation
026 1993 Charles O. Gordon Jr. 1969 Senior Vice President, Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
025 1993 Jack C. Gordon* 1977 President, The Bydand Corporation
024 1993 John Grado, Jr.* 1951 Retired Chairman and CEO, Technographics, Inc.
023 1993 George C. (Jack) Guynn 1964 President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
022 1993 Dale B. Hartman* 1950 President, Cam-I
021 1993 Robert H. Holland 1966, 1969, 1972 President and Chairman, Holland Systems Corporation
020 1993 O. P. Johnson 1952 President, L-TEC Welding & Cutting Systems
019 1993 Barry A. Latimer 1971, 1972 President, Whites Advertising, Inc.
018 1993 Robert H. Levine* 1946 President, Raleigh Junk Company
017 1993 Earl F. Myerholtz* 1948 Vice President, TRW Inc. Industrial Product Group
016 1993 Charles G. O'Brien 1956 Retired Executive Vice President, Thomasville Furniture Industries
015 1993 Frederick T. Parker II* 1965 President, Virginia Peanuts, Inc.
014 1993 Charles J. Parks* 1948 Vice President in Operations, Union Carbide Corp., Nuclear Division
013 1993 Hal G. Prillaman 1955 President, Prillaman Brothers, Inc.
012 1993 Wiley E. Ring, III 1958 President, Kingsport Foundry & Manufacturing Co.
011 1993 B. Fielding Rolston 1964 Vice President, Eastman Chemical Company
010 1993 Donald L. Sage* 1956 Engineering Manager, AT&T Microelectronics
009 1993 John F. Sweers 1946 Corporate Vice President, The Gap Stores, Inc.
008 1993 Robert E. Taylor P.E. 1970 Associate Professor Emeritus, ISE Department, Virginia Tech
007 1993 Joseph C. Thomas* 1943 President, Thomas Brothers, Inc.
006 1993 Curtis Tompkins 1964, 1967 John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
005 1993 Paul E. Torgersen* Honorary alumnus Honorary Professor & John Hancock Chair, ISE Department, Virginia Tech
004 1993 John A. Urquhart* 1949 President, John A. Urquhart Associates
003 1993 James R. Vilseck 1959 President, Island Creek Coal Company
002 1993 Douglas D. Walker 1963 Vice President Engineering, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
001 1993 John A. White Jr. 1966 Chancellor and Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas