Previous Award Winners
| Year | Alumnus |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Howard K. Vander Meer, P.E., LEED AP '70 |
| 2009 | Doa Meade, '98 |
| 2008 | Traci Renee Newton’94, ‘99 |
| 2005 | Alexander K. Marquez, ‘92 |
| 2003 | Joseph Lombardo, ‘91 |
| 2002 | Douglas R. Seastrand, ‘88 2001 |
| 2001 | Paige (Zielinski) Russell, ‘91 |
| 2000 | Kenneth Ackeret, '90, '96 |
| 1997 | Clark McCarrell, '91, '99 & James L. McFarlane, '71, '83 |
A replica of the H-1 aircraft, designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer, is suspended from the high ceiling of the Great Hall in the Thomas Beam Engineering Building. The H-1 set a world speed record in 1935, when Hughes flew it in the skies over southern California and reached speeds in excess of 352 miles per hour.
