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Meet Our Grads

Here is just a sampling of how our engineering alumni have distinguished themselves over the years:

LTC Andrew M. Allen, ME '77
NASA Astronaut - Space Shuttle Missions in 1992, 1994 and 1996 (Piloted the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1992), Vice President and Program Manager, Fixed Wing Military Aircraft Honeywell International, Inc.

John F. Bishop, ChE '65
Inducted into the Eastman-Kodak "Distinguished Inventor's Hall of Fame," and authored or co-authored 22 U.S. patents.

David J. Collins, CE '57
Invented the bar code.

Nance K. Dicciani Ph.D, ChE '69
President and CEO, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International, Inc.

Edmund Dougherty, EE '69
Helped develop the Emmy Award winning Skycam - used in the NFL, NBA, and NHL; BestShot - a system used in televised boxing events; LaserScore - the world's first commercial automatic scoring, steel tipped dart board; and Stereovision Telepresence Systems - used by the US Navy to allow operators to perform remote tasks.

Dr. John L. Hennessey, III, EE '73
The President of Stanford University, and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

John Paul Jones, III, ChE '72
The Chairman of the Board & CEO of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA.

Michael T. McCullough, CE '76
The Principal Design Manager of Walt Disney Imagineering, and designer of Euro-Disney.

David J. Quinn, ME '02
Gates Cambridge Scholarship recipient, studying micro-electromechanical systems at the University of Cambridge, England.

Rory Sparrow, EE '80
Villanova University and NBA Hall of Fame inductee. Director of Basketball Operations, National Basketball Association.

LTC Andrew M. Allen, ME '77
NASA Astronaut - Space Shuttle Missions in 1992, 1994 and 1996 (Piloted the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1992), Vice President and Program Manager, Fixed Wing Military Aircraft Honeywell International, Inc.

Nance K. Dicciani Ph.D, ChE '69
President and CEO, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International, Inc.

John Paul Jones, III, ChE '72
The Chairman of the Board & CEO of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA.