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Notable Alumni

Timothy C. Adams, BS ‘72
Project Manager, NASA (Johnson Space Center)

David Bego, BS ‘75
President and CEO, Executive Management Services

Florence Cramer Bratton, BSCE ‘21
First female engineering graduate

Heather Cassaday, BSChE ‘99
Program design engineer, GE Appliances

Tim Collier, BSEE ‘77
President, Westinghouse Korea

Lesley L. Cochran, BSCJ ‘95
FBI and Secret Service Agent

Guido DiGregorio, BSEE ‘66
CEO, Communication Intelligence Corp.

Bob Fallon, BSChE ‘78
Lilly Engineering Excellence Award 2004

Arnie Heier, BSChE ‘81
Lilly Engineering Excellence Award 2003

General Lewis B. Hershey, BS ‘12, BPd ‘14
Director of Selective Service under Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

John Hester, BSChE ‘58
Associate Dean Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento; Former Vice President for Technology, Clean Custom Fuels, Inc.

Ralph Ketner, BSBA ‘39
Co-founder of Food Lion Grocery Chain

Arnold Littleton, BSBA ‘40
Founder, American Plastic Toys (maker of Barbie accessories)

Ray Lothery, BSBA ‘65
Played for the Harlem Globe-Trotters

Bill Lowe, BSBA ‘75
Executive VP and CFO, Metaldyne Corp.

Jerry Lutz, BSAE ‘54
American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics Precollege Outreach Award 1999

Dr. John J. McKetta, BSChE ‘37
Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and George H.W. Bush; Former Provost, University of Texas System; Former Dean, College of Engineering, University of Texas-Austin

Patrick Mills, BSCE ‘73
Dupont Engineering Excellence Award 1996

Robert Molitor, BSChE ‘42
Invented Top Flite golf ball and holds 29 patents

John Pittman, BSEE ‘58
Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society's Albert F. Sperry Founders Award 2004 (Lifetime Achievement)

Jeff Posendek, BS ‘77
Assistant Principal of the Year, State of Ohio, 2004

Herbert Pratt, BSChE ‘45
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists' Olney Medal (outstanding contribution in the field of textile chemistry) and Chapin Award (dedicated service to the organization)

Bill Reinhart, BSCE ‘51
American Society of Civil Engineers Rickey Medal 2001 (Meritorius Contribution to the field of Hydroelectric Engineering)

Byron Rouse, ‘56
Silver Snoopy Award 1997 (STS-87), NASA (Marshall Space Flight Center); Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame

Richard Silver, BSCE ‘32
Pioneered overhead signage and introduced "edge-of-pavement" reflectorized line on interstate highways

Charles Taylor, BSME ‘36
President and CEO, Otto Konigslow, Koster Crop Tester, Tube Craft

Edwin Tucker (E.T.) Reynold, BSBA ‘32
Helped develop the Studebaker automobile

James Thourlby, BSBA ‘49
The first Marlboro man in national advertising campaign

Stephanie Weber-Demyan, BSChE ‘84
Director of Quality Assurance, L’Oreal USA

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