Dean's Award

The Dean's Award for Achievement is presented each year at the UB Engineering Commencement ceremony. Each year, dating back to 1978, the school gives this, its highest honor, to someone who has made a substantial contribution to the practice of engineering or to the applied sciences and/or has had an exceptional professional career. Quite often the recipient has also performed outstanding service for the school or university.

Past Recipients:

2008 - Norman R. McCombs,
BS ME 1968; Senior Vice President of AirSep Corporation

2007 - Mark H. Karwan,
Professor and former Dean

2006 - Douglas P. Taylor,
President of Taylor Devices, Inc. and Tayco Developments, Inc.

2005 - Steven L. Lerner,
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Praxair

2004 - George C. Lee,
Samuel Capen Professor of Engineering and Dean Emeritus

2003 - Hadi Makarechian,
BS CIE 1972; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Capital Pacific Holdings, Inc.

2002 - Lawrence L. Peckham,
BS IE 1969; Chairman, retired, LPA Software/Xelus, Inc.

2001 - Henry Stone,
BS ME 1949; Vice President, retired, General Electric

2000 - Erich Bloch,
BS EE 1952, ScD (Hon) 1985; Distinguished Fellow, Council on Competitveness; Principal, Washington Advisory Group, LLC

1999 -
Eli Ruckenstein,
Distinguished Professor,
UB Department of Chemical Engineering
John Zahorjan,
PhD IE 1974;
Adjunct Professor,
UB Department of Industrial Engineering

1998 - Hiroshi Morihara,
PhD ME 1971; Chairman and CEO, Peninsula Laboratories, Inc.; President, Via Press, Inc.; President, CGC, Inc.

1997 - Calvin C. Chien,
MS CIE 1970, PhD CIE 1974; Environmental Fellow, DuPont Company

1996 - Anthony L. Russo,
PhD ME 1969; Executive Director, Calspan-UB Research Center (CUBRC); Vice President, Calspan Corporation's Advanced Technology Center

1995 - Hatim A. Tyabji,
MS EE 1969; Chairman, President, and CEO, VeriFone, Inc.

1994 - Robert H. Goldsmith,
BS ME 1951; Chairman, President, and CEO, Exten Industries, Inc.

1993 - Irving H. Shames,
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, UB SEAS

1992 - Lee H. Runk,
BS IE 1961; President, Harvard Industries, Inc.

1991 - Sol W. Weller,
Furnas Professor Emeritus, UB SEAS

1990 - Ray W. Judson,
President, The Parsons Corporation

1989 - Gerald D. Albertson,
Vice President, Linde Division, Union Carbide Corporation

1988 - Henry P. Semmelhack,
President, Barrister Information Systems Corporation

1987 - H. Robert Leland,
President, Calspan Corporation

1986 - Gregory B. Jarvis,
BS EE 1967, Hughes Aircraft Company, NASA Payload Specialist. Awarded Posthumously.

1985 - Howard E. Strauss,
MS ME 1954, Professor and Associate Dean, UB SEAS

1984 - William C. Moog Jr.,
Chairman of Board and President, Moog, Inc.

1983 - Charles M. Fogel,
BA PHY 1935, Professor and Director of Industrial Liaison, UB SEAS

1982 - Martin Kasbohm Director, Research and Development, Linde Division, Union Carbide Corporation

1981 - James DeSerio,
President, DeSerio Engineers

1980 - Paul E. Mohn,
Professor Emeritus and former Dean, UB SEAS

1979 - Wilson Greatbatch,
MS EE 1956, ScD (Hon) 1984; President, Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd.

1978 - James W. McLernon,
BS IE 1950, DocHL (Hon)1998; President, Volkswagon Manufacturing Corporation of America