Alumni Awards

AE Distinguished Alumni Award

The AE Distinguished Alumni Award is given to alumni in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in their profession .

Date Awardees
2023 Rick Mange
2022 Daniel J. Dorney
2020 Michael J. Burghardt, William P. Norby
2019 Jason B. Ditman, Susan Althoff Gorton, Mark D. Maughmer
2018 Paul Dees, Rich Field,  Michael F. Lembeck
2017 Michael S. Hopkins, Arthur A. Ibers, John K. Soldner
2016 Erik A. Johnson, Alexandre Kosmala, James B. Mocarski, Laura L. Bogusch
2015 Richard W. Hoch, D. Christopher Raymond
2014 Stanley A. Deal, Donald J. Leo
2013 Steve Wells & Dan Jensen
2012 Jeff Fisher & Abdollah Khodadoust
2011 Blaine Brown & Jay Onken
2010 Terry Jaggers
2009   Stephen Hoffman & Catherine Koerner
2008   Bruce Donaldson
2006   Mark Crowley
2005   Shirley Dyke & Barry Butler
2004   Gregory C. Mayer
2003   Michael W. Miller & Robert E. Spitzer
2002   Lee H. Sentman & Thomas J. Tobey
2001   William Heckathorn & Rodney Jacobs & William Moore
2000   Bruce T. Goodwin & George K. Muellner
1999   Scott D. Altman & Kenneth L. Atkins & Eugene G. Hill
1998   Steven J. D'Urso
1997   Gary L. Jennings and Mark Page
1996   Craig Bolt, Robert Gregg III, and Gustav Nystrom
1995   David Riley and Daniel Young
1994   Ross Bisplinghoff
1993   James DeLaurier and John Hsu
1992   Rudolph Yurkovich
1991   Larry Cooper and Jerry Lundry
1990   John Kirby and Vernon Roan
1989   Rao Channapragada, Preston Henne and Emmett Kraus
1988   Robert Liebeck and Steven Nagel
1987   John Fisher and Richard Grant
1986   Gerald Karr
1984   Thomas Cost, Eugene Pelka, Rimas Vaicaitis and Colman Winn
1983   Ronlad Banas, Paul Fuller and Edward Thompson
1982   Fredric Cohan, Larry Howell and Curtis Vail
1981   Donald Doty, Steven Drum, Allen Green, Charles Herndon and Jean Vaillancourt
1980   Robert Farquhar and John Prodan
1979   Walter Reeder, Harry Sauerwein and John Williams
1978   Sterling Campbell, Fred Breuer, John Heckel, Paul Klevatt and Herschel Sams
1977   Gene Armstrong, Russell Hopps, Edwin Spuhler, Noel Thyson and Clive Whittenbury
1976   Max Braun, Alan Kehlet, Pillutla Murthy, Stanley Newman, Sridhar Ramachandra, Robert Tatro and James Xerikos
1975   William Brooks, Charles Badewitz and Earl Dowell
1974   Phil DeProntine, Hassan Hassan and Allen Ormsbee
1973   Lembit Pottsepp

AE Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

The AE Outstanding Recent Alumni Award is given to alumni, who have graduated from the AE Department within the past 15 years, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in their profession.

Date Awardees
2023 Heather Arneson
2022 Steven Macenski
2020 Scot E. Campbell, Leia Stirling
2019   Adi M. Boulos, Karl R. Klingebiel, Samantha D. McCue
2018   Jason Kamphaus
2017   Erik Antonsen, John Yu
2016   Jeremy R. Alonso, Gina M. Miller
2015   David A. Shaw
2014   Jason M. Merrit, Edward A. Whalen
2013   Lynn Craig McGrew
2012   Samuel Schweighart & Kazuhiro Horie
2011   Aaron Trask
2010   Carrie Hartman & Daniel Therriault
2009   Pamela McVeigh & Daniel Thunnissen
2008   Qi (Joyee) Kim & Justin Berman
2007   Richard Mange, Cheol Kim & Presun Desai
2005   Michael Kerho, Matthew Cummings & Laura Bogusch
2004   Donald J. Leo
2003   David L. Carroll & Erik A. Johnson
2002   Abdollah Khodadoust
2001   Andrew Higgins
2000   Albert L. Herman & Robert A. Waldo
1999   Catherine A. Larson Koerner
1998   Shirley J. Dyke
1995   Stephen Alexanader and Michael Lembeck
1994   Steven D'Urso and Brian Fuesz
1993   Lee Archambault and Michael D. McFarland
1992   William Heckathorn and Mark Maughmer
1991   Gary T. Yip
1990   Gail Jonkouski, Michael Miller and Mark Page
1989   Stephen Hoffman, William Moore and John Rice
1988   Michael Bragg, Paul Nus and Shawn Sheridan
1987   James Korkowski
1984   Stewart Stoddart
1983   Clifford Chrisman, Raymond Curtis and John Nixon
1982   William Drysdale, Preston Henne and William Walters
1981   James DeLaurier, John Madden, Michael Mariani and David Scheiwe
1980   Kenneth Atkins, Tom Forster, Harold Kerzner and Emmett Kraus
1979   Bruce Donaldson, John Majerus, Steven Nagel and Vernon Roan
1978   Albert Bennett, Clark Bullard, Gerald Karr and Kenneth Roth
1977   Larry Howell, John Hsu, Richard Martin and Rimas Vaicaitis
1976   Stephen Patay and Curtis Vail
1975   Thomas McDaniel
1974   George Carruthers
1973 Earl Dowell

Harry H. Hilton Dedicated Service Award

The Harry H. Hilton Dedicated Service Award was created in 2022 to honor alumni who have gone above and beyond in service to the department. 

Date Awardees
2023 Michael Miller
2022  Larry J. Howell

College of Engineering at Illinois Alumni Award for Distinguished Service

The College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service is conferred upon exceptional alumni each year. Recipients are recognized for professional distinction through outstanding leadership, contributions to the field of engineering, creativity, and entrepreneurship; as well as service to society, the professional community, and to the department, college, or university. To see the full list, visit the college webpage.

Date Awardees
2021 Stanley A. Deal and Michael S. Hopkins
2019  Larry J. Howell
2015 Michael Bragg
2013 Robert Farquar
2011 Scott Altman
2009 Lee Archambault
2008 Eugene Hill
2006 Bruce Goodwin
2005 Preston Henne
2002 George Muellner
1994 Robert Liebeck
1991 Richard Grant
1988 Steve Nagel
1982 Alan Kehlet
1975 George Carruthers

Alumni Association Achievement Award

Established in 1957, this is the highest honor bestowed upon alumni of the University of Illinois by the Alumni Association on behalf of the University of Illinois. It is presented to those alumni who have attained outstanding success and national or international distinction in their chosen business, profession, or life's work, and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on or bring honor to their Alma Mater. This list includes those members of the AE Department bestowed with the University of Illinois Alumni Association Achievement Award. For the full list, visit the Alumni Association webpage.

2018

Robert H. Liebeck

1992

Steven Nagel

Alumni Loyalty Award

Established in 1957, this award is bestowed upon alumni of the University of Illinois who have made significant, notable, and meritorious contributions and who have consistently demonstrated exceptional loyalty, commitment, dedication, and service to the University of Illinois Alumni Association for the advancement of their Alma Mater. This list includes those members of the AE Department bestowed with the University of Illinois Alumni Loyalty Award.

1994 Craig Bolt
1990 Herschel Sams
1984 Artha Chamberlain (staff)
1977 Lee Sentman
1976 Charles Hurter
1973 Larry Howell, Katherine Howell (LAS) and Richard Ollila
1970 James Xerikos