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Alumni Awards

Tennessee Tech College of Engineering alumni are renowned not only for their success and innovation as engineers and computer scientists, but also for their professional and personal integrity. Each year, the college presents its Pinnacle Awards to recognize alumni who have demonstrated distinguished service to their professions and a personal reputation for outstanding character and citizenship. They exhibit a vested interest in the success of our students, inspiring them to be pioneers of progress in their own lives.

Computer Scientist of Distinction Award
Engineers of Distinction Award
Outstanding Alumni Award
Technologist of Distinction Award
Young Alumna Achievement Award

Computer Scientist of Distinction Award Recipients

 

Mary Patterson portrait

2010

Mary A. Patterson
Mathematics

Lynne E. Parker portrait

2014

Lynne E. Parker
Computer Science

John M. Seel portrait

2017

John M. Seel
Computer Science

 

Edward Smith portrait

2019

Edward Smith
Computer Science

Mark Rigney portrait

2020

Mark Rigney
Computer Science

 

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Engineers of Distinction Award Recipients

 

Chris Privon portrait

2013

Chris Privon
Mechanical Engineering

Marilyn Lewis portrait

2013

Marilyn Lewis
Civil Engineering

Trudy A. Harper portrait

2014

Trudy A. Harper
Electrical Engineering

 

Cullen Lamar Dunn portrait

2014

Cullen Lamar Dunn
Civil Engineering

Paul D. Deggs portrait

2015

Paul D. Deggs, P.E.
Civil Engineering

Byron A. Pardue portrait

2015

Byron A. Pardue
Mechanical Engineering

 

William R. (Bob) Vick portrait

2016

William (Bob) R. Vick
Civil Engineering

Jonathan (Jon) Callies portrait

2017

Jonathan (Jon) Callis
Mechanical Engineering

Kevin S. Young portrait

2018

Kevin S. Young
Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Keith Kirkpatric protrait

2019

Keith Kirkpatric
Mechanical Engineering

Phaneendra Kondapi portrait

2020

Phaneendra B. Kondapi
Engineering

 

 

1981 — James Seay Brown, Sr. (1920-2013), Mechanical Engineering
1981 — Landon Lyon Corbin (1916-2017), Electrical Engineering
1981 — James Manson Henderson (1896-1980), Civil Engineering
1981 — George R. Jasny (1924-2001), Chemical Engineering
1981 — Aubrey J. Wagner (1912-1990), Civil Engineering
1982 — William E. Griffin, Sr. (1915-1980), Civil Engineering
1982 — Donald E. Nichols (1923-1980), Mechanical Engineering
1982 — Paul H. Shoun, Sr. (1922-1994), Electrical Engineering
1983 — Ray Kinslow (1913-2004), Mathematics
1983 — Ned K. Walters (1927-1983), Electrical Engineering
1984 — Wallace S. Prescott (1920-2013), General Engineering
1984 — Edward E. Rehorn, Jr. (1924-2017), Mechanical Engineering
1985 — Don E. Ferguson (1923-1988), Chemistry
1985 — Roger F. Hibbs (1921-2002), Chemistry
1986 — Roy H. Dunham (1923-2016), Mechanical Engineering
1986 — Alexander Koltowich (1925-1985), Civil Engineering
1986 — Lawrence E. Swanson, Civil Engineering
1987 — Charles H. Fox, Jr., Engineering Science
1987 — Charles O. Glisson (1897-1972), Engineering
1987 — H. LeRoy Henderson (1931-2014), General Engineering
1988 — David Patterson Hammer (1942-2015), Civil Engineering
1988 — William Thomas Moon, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
1989 — C. Stephen Lynn, Industrial Engineering
1989 — Lawrence Edward Wilson, Jr., Civil Engineering
1990 — Howard Boatman, Civil Engineering
1990 — David B. (Mickey) Soloff, Jr., Civil Engineering
1991 — Daniel K. Coen, Jr., Aeronautical Engineering
1991 — Trueman D. Parish, Chemical Engineering
1992 — Steven G. Rochelle, Engineering Science
1992 — Thurman D. Rodgers, Electrical Engineering
1993 — Robert E. Rose, Civil Engineering
1993 — J. Roy Wauford, Jr., Engineering
1994 — DeWitt Ezell, Jr., Electrical Engineering
1994 — Nathan L. Gibson, Industrial Engineering
1995 — W. A. Goodwin (1925-2014), Civil Engineering
1995 — John F. Webb, Mechanical Engineering

1996 — Rafael B. Bustamante, Civil Engineering
1996 — Donald H. White, Mechanical Engineering
1997 — William Terry Boston, Civil Engineering
1997 — Hal O. Jones, Mechanical Engineering
1998 — Harvill C. Eaton, Engineering Science
1998 — John H. Matthews, Electrical Engineering
1999 — Terry W. Warren, Industrial Engineering
1999 — J. Phil Wilbourn, Civil Engineering
2000 — Sandra K. Dudley, Chemical Engineering
2000 — James R. Laycock, Industrial Engineering 
2001 — Jerry L. Childs, Mechanical Engineering
2001 — Leighton E. Sissom, Industrial Arts / Mechanical Engineering
2002 — Allen R. Atkins, Electrical Engineering
2002 — Ashraf Islam, Civil Engineering
2003 — David L. Davidson, Civil Engineering
2003 — Richard Melvyn Smith, Electrical Engineering
2004 — Alice L. Cannella, Civil Engineering
2004 — Randy G. Darcy, Mechanical Engineering
2005 — E. Ray Morris, Civil Engineering
2005 — Steven Pearson, Mechanical Engineering
2006 — Dudley Garner, Jr., Electrical Engineering
2006 — David Swindle, Engineering Science
2007 — Teresa Vanhooser, Industrial Engineering
2007 — Carl W. Sandlin, Chemical Engineering
2008 — Robert Gower, Electrical Engineering
2008 — Stanley Manning, Chemistry / Chemical Engineering
2009 — Charles Scott Bartlett, Mechanical Engineering
2009 — Thomas M. Hudson, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
2010 — Barry E. Wilmore, Electrical Engineering
2010
— David Richard Wright, Civil Engineering
2011
— James D. Peterman, Electrical Engineering
2011
— Clayton L. Clem, Civil Engineering
2012
 — David C. Bond, Electrical Engineering
2012
 — John A. Gordon, Civil Engineering

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Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

 

Capt. Barry E Wilmore portrait in his astronaut suit

2010

Capt. Barry E. Wilmore
B.S. Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical Engineering

Robert Gower portrait

2011

Robert Gower
B.S. Electrical Engineering

Clayton L Clem portrait

2012

Clayton L. Clem
B.S. Civil Engineering

 

Chris Privon portrait

2013

Chris Privon
B.S. Mechanical Engineering

David Richard Wright portrait

2014

David Richard Wright
B.S. Civil Engineering

Cullen Lamar Dunn portrait

2015

Cullen Lamar Dunn
B.S. Civil Engineering

 

Trudy A Harper portrait

2016

Trudy A. Harper
B.S. Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical Engineering

Lynne E Parker portrait

2017

Lynne E. Parker
B.S. Computer Science

Jonathan D Callies portrait

2018

Jonathan D. Callies
B.S. Mechanical Engineering

 

1976 — Trumbull Blake (1915-1986), B.S.  Civil Engineering
1977 — Wallace Prescott (1920-2013), B.S.  General Engineering
1981 — Ray Kinslow (1913-2004), B.S.  Mathematics
1982 — Lt. Gen. Thurman (Don) Rodgers, B.S.  Electrical Engineering
1982 — William Albert Goodwin (1925-2014), B.S.  Civil Engineering
1984 — James Seay Brown, Sr. (1920-2013), B.S.  Mechanical Engineering
1985 — H. LeRoy Henderson (1931-2014), B.S.  General Engineering
1985 — Mark A. Odom, B.S.  Civil Engineering
1986 — Donald E. Nichols (1923-2003), B.S.  Mechanical Engineering
1986 — David W. Swindle, Jr., B.S.  Engineering Science
1986 — Jerry D. Cantrell, B.S.  Industrial Engineering
1988 — Euclid C. Moore (1926-1997), B.S.  Civil Engineering
1988 — James K. Morton, B.S.  Mechanical Engineering
1989 — James Darren Jones, B.S.  Mechanical Engineering
1990 — Steven Mark Wilsom, B.S.  Mechanical Engineering
1992 — C. Stephen Lynn, B.S.  Industrial Engineering
1994 — Tommy Chisholm, B.S.  Civil Engineering
1994 — Michael MacIndoe, B.S.  Civil Engineering

1998 — Dewitt Ezell, B.S.  Electrical Engineering
1998 — Sandra Dudley, B.S. Chemical Engineering, M.A. Education, Ph.D. Engineering
2000 — James Peters, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
2002 — James R. Laycock, B.S. Industrial Engineering, M.S. Industrial Engineering
2002 — Mary A. Patterson, B.S. Mathematics
2002 — Stephen R. Shaw, B.S. Computer Science
2003 — Paula Flowers, B.S. Civil Engineering
2004 — Richard M. Smith, B.S. Engineering
2005 — Terry W. Warren, B.S. Industrial Engineering
2005 — Lem and Donna McSpadden, B.S. Industrial Technology
2005 — Stephen Arnette, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
2006 — Allen R. Atkins, B.S. Electrical Engineering, M.S. Systems Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
2006 — Art Blanchford, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
2008 — Dudley Garner, Jr., B.S. Electrical Engineering
2009 — Ray Morris, B.S. Civil Engineering

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Technologist of Distinction Award Recipients

 

Lem McSpadden portrait

2004

Lem McSpadden
Industrial Technology

Chris W. Hetzler portrait

2005

Chris W. Hetzler
Industrial Technology

Paul Edward Trussell portrait

2006

Paul Edward Trussell (1945 - 2017)
Industrial Technology

 

Kenneth R. Winter portrait

2007

Kenneth R. Winter
Industrial Technology

David Vickers portrait

2008

David Vickers
Industrial Technology

Paul Edward Trussell portrait

2009

Spurgeon J. Smith, Jr.
Industrial and Engineering Technology

 

Kenneth R. Winter portrait

2012

Alesia C. Bloom
Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Kimberly S. Williams portrait

2014

Kimberly S. Williams
Industrial Engineering Technology

Steven D. Hawkins portrait

2016

Steven D. Hawkins
Industrial Technology

 

Ethan Bernhardt portrait

2017

Ethan Bernhardt
Industrial Engineering Technology

John Lowry portrait

2020

John Lowry
Industrial Technology

 

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Young Alumna Achievement Award Recipients

 

Carlos Carvajal portrait

2016

Carlos Carvajal
Manufacturing Engineering

Amy Elliot portrait

2017

Amy Elliot
Mechanical Engineering

Janey Smith Camp portrait

2018

Janey Smith Camp
Civil Engineering

 

Christian Walker portrait

2019

Christian Walker
Mechanical Engineering

Christy Drewry portrait

2020

Christy Drewry
Chemical Engineering

 

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