Alumni Award Recipients – Ole Miss Engineering

Engineer of Distinction Award Recipients

The Dean and the Engineering Alumni Chapter created this award to honor an individual with a long, successful career in engineering that exemplifies the best of Ole Miss Engineering in their practice as an engineer. The Engineer of Distinction has given back to the University of Mississippi as a leader in supporting Ole Miss Engineering and the university. They are leaders in their profession and among their peers and a mentor to engineering students and young engineers.

Year	Presented To:	Degree Program
2024	David T. Martineau	B.S.G.E.
2023	Susan Dio	B.S.Ch.E
2022	William D. Porter II	B.S.Cv.E
2021	William H. Baker Jr.	B.S.M.E
2020	Dawn Blackledge	B.S.G.E
2019	William D Dykeman	B.S.E.E.
2018	Albert L. Hillard	B.S.C.S.
2017	Karen C. Matthews	B.S.
2016	John W. S. Ward	B.E.
2015	Cindy Rich	B.S.C.E
2014	Larry C. Kelly	ChE
2013	Nadim M. Aziz	B.S.C.E
2012	Debra L. Starne	B.S.CH.E
2011	Dr. Thomas Zacharia	M.S.M.S.E
2010	Dr. George Flinn	B.S.E.E.
2009	Clark Chen-Kun Liu	M.S.C.E
2008	Jerry M. Harris	B.S.E.E.
2007	Julius M. Ridgway	B.G.G.E
2006	Sam W. Waggoner, III	B.S.C.V.E
2005	Charles E. Smith	B.E.E.
2004	William W. Parsons, Jr.	B.S.G.E
2003	Prescott A. Sherman	B.S.C.E
2002	John G. Alder	B.S.E.E.
2001	James W. Barnette	B.S.C.E
2000	J. Gorman Schaffer, Jr.	B.S.C.E
1999	Barbara K. Beckmann	B.S.CH.E
1998	Richard A. Roeder	B.S.CH.E
1997	Raymond R. Stasiak	B.S.CH.E
1997	Winfred A. Shaw	B.S.G.E
1996	Tracy W. Lusk	B.S.G.E
1996	Thomas W. Elliott	B.S.C.E
1996	J. Michael Nash	B.S.M.E
1996	George D. Dumbaugh	B.S.M.E
1995	John A. Fox	B.S.A.E.
1995	J. Roland Adams	B.S.G.E
1994	Joseph E. Lauderale	B.S.C.E
1994	Edgar Lee Caples	B.S.E.E.
1993	Kenneth A. Barfield	B.S.E.A
1993	Joe Davis Brown	B.S.C.E
1992	James D. Quin	B.S.C.E
1992	William G. Yates. Jr.	B.S.C.E
1991	Wells Edward Nutt	B.S.CH.E
1991	O. Edward Wall	B.S.CH.E
1989	David W. Arnold	B.S.CH.E
1988	Karl Brenkert, Jr.	B.S.
1988	Junius Thomas Jarman	B.E.
1988	Finis Stephen Patton, Jr.	B.S.CH.E
1987	Henry C. Brevard, Jr.	B.S.C.E
1986	William Lee Heard	B.S.C.E
1986	Jospeh Edmund Johnston, Sr.	B.S.C.E
1985	Francis Everett Hall	B.E.
1985	John W. Prados	B.S.CH.E
1984	Jospeh Cerny, III	B.S.CH.E
1984	Richard Baxter Wilson	B.E.
1983	Frank A. Anderson	B.S.CH.E
1983	George H. Kimmons	B.S.C.E
1983	Paul W. Murrill	B.S.CH.E
1983	Clifford G. Worsham	B.S.C.E

Engineer of Service Award Recipients

The Dean and the Engineering Alumni Chapter created this award to honor an individual who has gone beyond the call of duty for the School of Engineering and made a mark for themselves in their career. The Engineer of Service award is given to an alumnus based on service, commitment, and dedication to the School of Engineering. They are a leader among their peers and a mentor to younger alumni who are interested in service to the School of Engineering.

Year	Presented To:
2024	Albert Hilliard
2023	Lucy Priddy
2022	David Dykes
2021	Dallas Baker
2020	Vince Rodriguez
2019	Hunter H. Howell
2018	Jeff Rish, III
2017	Chuck & Steve Smith
2016	Henry C. Brevard, Jr.
2015	Barbara Beckmann
2014	Julius M. Ridgway
2013	David Carroll
2012	James Barnette
2011	David W. Arnold

Young Alumni Award Recipients

This award was created to recognize young alumni who have graduated from the University of Mississippi in the past 15 years. This alum has actively supported Ole Miss Engineering, taking leadership roles in serving the school and advocating for the School of Engineering. In addition, this young alum’s career is on an upward trajectory, as evidenced by their advancement and increasing responsibilities in their career.

Year	Presented To:	Department
2024	Aly Parsons Bybee	Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023	Elizabeth Taylor	Chemical Engineering
2022	Spero Peters	Mechanical Engineering
2021	Clay McLeod	Computer & Information Science