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College of Engineering alums have been walking to the podium quite a bit recently—accepting awards.

Stanley M. Howe received the 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Iowa State University Alumni Association. A 1946 Iowa State graduate with a degree in engineering (and an MBA from Harvard), Howe went on to become one of Iowa’s most successful business leaders. He began with Home-O-Nize and helped build it into HON Industries, later HNI Corporation, the nation’s second-largest office furniture manufacturer. The Howes are economic and community development leaders in Iowa, and it was their leadership gift that launched the Engineering Teaching and Research Complex (now Howe and Hoover Halls).

Murray and Ruth Harpole of St. Paul, Minnesota, received the 2005 Order of the Knoll Campanile Award for service and generosity that advanced the excellence of Iowa State. Murray graduated in 1943 with a degree in electrical engineering and went on to found Pentaire Inc., a global leader in water-handling equipment and enclosures for electrical equipment. The Harpoles have been active at Iowa State both by serving on various boards and through gifts that supported the Engineering Teaching and Research Complex and the renovation of Coover Hall, in addition to creating a professorship in electrical and computer engineering.

M. K. “Mary” Hurd last fall became the first woman to receive the Anson Marston Medal. She earned her degree in civil engineering in 1947 and since then has gained an international reputation as a writer, editor, and engineer. She is currently working on the seventh edition of her how-to book, Formwork for Concrete.

• Raj Nathan, MSIE’77/PhDIE’81, senior vice president and general manager of Sybase, Inc., the sixth-largest software company in the world
• James Petersen, PhDChE’79, vice provost for research at Washington State University and Battelle Distinguished Professor of Bioprocessing
• Robert Tucker, MSMSE’64/PhDMSE’67, retired from Praxair to form his own company (The Tucker Group), known worldwide for his expertise in coating technology
• Robert Walkup, BSIE’60, currently the mayor of Tucson and formerly employed by Rockwell International, Fairchild Republic, and Hughes Aircraft Company in engineering and executive positions

The 2005 Professional Progress in Engineering Awards were presented to the following alums:

• Daniel Branagan, PhDMSE’95, founder and current CTO of The NanoSteel Company
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Scott DeBoer, MSPhys’91/PhDEE’95, R&D manager for Micron Technology, Inc.
  
  
  
  
  
• Agustín Irizarry Rivera, PhDEE’96, associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
  
  
• Shelli Starrett, PhDEE’94, a Kansas State University engineering professor credited with greatly enhancing KSU’s power engineering-related graduate and undergraduate curricula