Alumni
EighTH Annual alumni golf outing
May 12, 2008
The Club at Nevillewood
Details 
Swanson School of Engineering's Alumni Web site
2008 Distinguished Alumni
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 2008 Distinguished Alumni awardee is
Edward F. Sobota (BS Metallurgical Engineering '67).
Sobota is founder of Derry, Pa.-based Tech Spec, Inc., a nationally acclaimed manufacturer and supplier of titanium bar and forging products for the aerospace, medical, chemical, and industrial product industries.
2007 distinguished Alumni
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 2007 Distinguished Alumni awardee is Craig Staresinich (BS Aerospace Engineering '69). Mr. Staresinich
is the Vice President & General Manager of Northrop Grumman Corp., Mission Systems Sector located in Fairfax, VA.
2006 dISTINGUISHED aLUMNI
The Materials Science and Engineering 2006 Distinguished Alumni awardee is Jack B. Allen (BSMSE '71, MSMSE '80). Mr. Allen
is the senior vice president, operational excellence, based out of Westinghouse's Windsor, CT, location. He is responsible for the
Westinghouse behavioral and operational transformation initiative called Customer 1st.
The Mechanical Engineering 2006 Distinguished Alumni awardee is Andy J. Benedict (BSME '71). Mr. Benedict served as the executive director, global facilities, materials and services purchasing, Ford Motor Company.
2005 distinguished alumni
The Materials Science and Engineering 2005 Distinguished Alumni awardee is
Dennis McGlone (BSMSE '71). Mr. McGlone is the president and chief executive officer of the Copperweld Corporation.
The Mechanical Engineering 2005 Distinguished Alumni awardee is M. Roger Eshelman, class of 1962. Mr. Eshelman was the vice president of Carrier Overhaul and Nuclear Services for Northrop Grumman Newport News.
2004 Distinguished Alumni
The Mechanical Engineering 2004 Distinguished Alumni Awardee is Frederick L. Kocher,
class of 1977. Mr. Kocher was the senior vice president of customer
support for Rolls-Royce North America.
Featured Alumnus
Karol Galik (PhD '02), a mechanical engineer at Allegheny
General Hospital's Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory on the North
Side, used computer technology to analyze the fossil remains of
the earliest known human-like creature. His findings, published
Sept. 3 in the journal Science, suggest that the fossils
are indeed the earliest known hominid to be bipedal.
For details, see the full article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
