13th ANNUAL NSBE GOLDEN TORCH AWARD HONOREES

 

Golden Torch Legacy Award
Colonel Frederick D. Gregory
United States Air Force (Ret.)

 

Distinguished Engineer of the Year 

Capt. Willie L. Metts, U.S. Navy

Division Director, Information Operations and Intelligence Assignments (PERS-47),
Navy Personnel Command

 

Lifetime Achievement in Government 

Col. Jeffrey T. Butler, Ph.D., U.S. Air Force

Permanent Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Dean of the Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy

 

Lifetime Achievement in Academia

Amy L. Freeman, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Engineering Diversity,
The Pennsylvania State University

 

Dr. Janice A. Lumpkin Educator of the Year

Mary W. Stroud

Senior Laboratory Instructor in Chemistry,
Xavier University, Ohio

 

Minority Engineering Program Director of the Year

Amy L. Freeman, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Engineering Diversity,
The Pennsylvania State University

 

Graduate Student of the Year

Sophoria N. Westmoreland

Doctoral Candidate,
University of Maryland, College Park

 

Pre-College Initiative Program of the Year

Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Center for Youth in Engineering & Science
Brooklyn, New York
Beverly Johnson , Executive Director

 

Pre-College Initiative Student of the Year (Male)

Jonathan A. Thompson

Senior, Judson High School,
Converse, Texas

 

Pre-College Initiative Student of the Year (Female)

Sydney S. Steward

Senior, South Mecklenburg High School,
Charlotte, N.C.

 

Pre-College Initiative Director of the Year

Margaret C. Tarver

Advisor, Tri-Cities High School NSBE Jr. Chapter,
East Point, Ga.

 

Entrepreneur of the Year

Paul W. Foster

President/CEO, Foster CM Group, Inc.

 

Lifetime Achievement in Industry

Kofi A. Mensah, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, General Mills – Riverside Technical Center

 

Corporate Community Service

Harris Corporation

Corporate/Education Partnership

CPS Energy Distinguished Fellows Program, CPS Energy, Inc.

 

Corporate Diversity Leadership

General Mills Diversity Scholarship, General Mills, Inc.

 

Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the Year (Male)
Carl McGill
Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 

Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the Year (Female)
Sophoria N. Westmoreland
Masters Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park

 

Alumni Extension Member of the Year
Ms. Ivy White
Central Ohio Alumni Chapter

 

Alumni Extension Technologist of the Year

Mrs. Jamie Haynes
Region V Member-At-Large

The Boeing Company

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