Distinguished Alumni
This page introduces some of the distinguished alumni of the College of Engineering.
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Joseph C. Cook, Jr.
(BS/IE '65)
Founder and Principal of Mountain Group Capital, LLC and chairman of the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals. He is also a former vice president of Eli Lilly. |
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Min Kao
(MS/EE '75, PhD/EE '77)
CEO and director of Garmin Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of GPS devices. He co-founded the company in 1989. |
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Charles O."Chad" Holliday
(BS/IE '70)
Chairman and CEO of DuPont. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 and is past chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. |
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Ronald Nutt
(BS/EE '61, MS/EE '62, PhD/EE '69)
Founder of CTI Molecular Imaging, he served as its president and CEO. Nutt invented an imaging device that Time magazine ranked as medical invention of the year in 2000. |
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Mark E. Dean
(BS/EE '79)
IBM Fellow and Vice President at the IBM Almaden Research Center developed the technology that effectively launched the personal computer. |
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Richard T. Snead
(BS/IE '73)
President & CEO of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide headquartered in Dallas. Carlson includes almost 800 restaurants worldwide, with T.G.I. Friday's as the core brand. |
