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COE celebrates achievement at "2001: An Engineering Odyssey"


The College of Engineering held its annual Honors Banquet on Monday, April 9, 2001, at the Foundry banquet hall in Knoxville.

Engineering faculty, staff, students and guests gathered to bestow recognition on outstanding academic and professional achievements.

Dr. Jerry Stoneking, Dean of the College of Engineering, opened the evening with a welcome address outlining the theme of the evening, "2001: An Engineering Odyssey."

Earnest W. Deavenport Jr., CEO, Eastman Chemical Company, was the keynote speaker.

The evening's most prestigious award, the Nathan W. Dougherty Award, was presented to former University of Tennessee Chancellor and COE dean Dr. William T. Snyder (BS/ME '53) (for more information, please see the "Kudos" section).

The event was sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company. Awards included
   
Provost Scholars: (front, l to r) Brent Weinberg, Whitney Durham, Janalyn Brown; (back) Russell Warford, Jacob Noe, Dana Overman and Spencer Goodwin.
   
Earnest W. Deavenport Jr (l), CEO of Eastman Chemical and keynote speaker, with Dr. Jerry Stoneking (r).
Allen & Hoshall Faculty Award: Dr. Richard Bennett, Engage Program and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department (r), presented by Tim Davenport (l)
   
COE Support Staff Award: Audrey Williams, administrative secretary, dean's office (r), with Dr. Jerry Stoneking (l)
   
Leon and Nancy Cole Superior Teaching Award: Dr. Ronald Pevey (r), Nuclear Engineering Department, presented by Trey
Johansen (l)
   
Brooks Distinguished Professor Award: GDr. Mongi Abidi, (r) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department presented by Cindy Jones.

 
   
Outstanding Advising Award: Dr. William Johnson (r), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, presented by Garland "Gigi" Youngblood (l).
Brooks Distinguished Professor Award: Dr. Lawrence Townsend (r), Nuclear Engineering Department, presented by Cindy Jones (l).

 

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