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Michigan Engineering Honors 15 Alumni

Alumni will share memories and activities throughout Alumni Weekend 2007 and, as always, the highlight of the weekend will be the Alumni Society Awards Dinner, which will honor those alumni who personify Michigan Engineering's tradition of excellence and who have achieved significant accomplishments in their professional lives. The 2007 awards recipients are, as in past years, quintessential Michigan Engineering alumni.

2007 Alumni Society Medal

James McDivitt (BSE AA '59, ScD Hon. '65), brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; vice president (ret.), Rockwell International Corporation.

2007 Recent Engineering Graduate Award

Alan Steremberg (BSE CE '94), president, Weather Underground.

2007 Distinguished Service Award

James Fausone (BS AOS, BS Env. '76), attorney/partner, Fausone Bohn, LLP.

2007 Alumni Society Merit Award Recipients

Departmental committees selected the following individuals to receive Merit Awards in recognition of significant accomplishments in their professional lives.

Aerospace Engineering
Karen Albrecht (AERO '72), engineering site director, Lockheed Martin

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
Greg Jenkins (AOSS '89), chair, associate professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University

Biomedical Engineering
Spencer BeMent (BioEng '67), professor emeritus, U-M Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Chemical Engineering
James Street (ChE '59), group research co-ordinator (ret.), Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd.

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bruce Dorfman (CEE '82), principal, Thompson Dorfman

Electrical Engineering
Lee Boysel (EECS '62), founder, FourPhaseSystems

Computer Science
Nancy Benovich Gilby (CSE '85), vice president, Engineering, Asurion Mobile Applications

Industrial and Operations Engineering
Mary Petrovich (IOE '85), CEO, Axle Tech International

Mechanical Engineering
Richard Heglin (ME '59), president/mgmt. consultant, R.T. Heglin, PE, LLC

Materials Science and Engineering
Jody Hall (MSE '84), engineering group manager, Global Die Standards & Materials Applications, General Motors

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Harry Benford (NAME '39), professor emeritus, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Keith Cooley (NERS '67), director, State of Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth