Distinguished Alumni Awards
Our alumni are key to the success of our department. As graduates of our program, they reflect the professionalism and technical acumen we hope to engender in each of our students. They are our ambassadors to a wider world of industry and academia, and we are proud to have such representation in their professional accomplishments and character.
The department recognizes distinguished alumni who have made major contributions to the field and the department. We are grateful for their role as ambassadors whose accomplishments reflect well on the department and the University of Utah.
| Name | Year | Title | Education |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Chamberlain | 2024 | President, Baystar | BS '90, MBA '02-Rice |
| Michael Stubblefield | 2023 | President and CEO, Avantor | BS ’94, MBA ‘99-Texas A&M |
| Blake Goff | 2022 | Vice President, Seattle Genetics | BS '88, PhD '93-Princeton |
| Kurt Nielson | 2019 | Chief Engineer, ExxonMobil | BS '79 |
| Mike Homma | 2018 | President, Gap Engineering | BS '85 |
| Sara Dansie Jones | 2017 | Co-Founder, Women Tech Council | BS ‘98 |
| Richard H. Nordlund | 2017 | Senior Director, Commerce Real Estate Solutions | BS ’64, MBA ‘66 |
| Alan J. Walker, Outstanding Service Award | 2017 | Supervising Oil and Gas Engineer Department of Conservation | BS ’74, MBA ’81, MS ‘15 |
| Jason E. Job | 2016 | CEO and President, Job Industrial Services, Inc. | BS ‘98 |
| Rajesh Rawat | 2016 | Director, Combustion and Chemical Process Development, CD-adapco | PhD ‘97 |
| Guinevere A. Cummings | 2015 | Aerospace SCM Director, Flextronics | BS ‘82 |
| John A. Williams | 2015 | General Manager EPS, LLC | MS ’84, PhD ‘90, MBA-UChicago |
| Carl B. Horton | 2013 | Vice President and Chief IP Counsel, General Electric | BS ‘88, J.D.- GWU |
| Gregory P. Starley | 2013 | Manager, Exploration Evaluation, Corporate Reservoir Engineering, Apache Corporation | BS ’76-Sci, MS ‘80, PhD ‘82, MBA-Thunderbird |
| Jeffrey J. Siirola | 2010 | Technology Fellow, Eastman Chemical Company | BS ’67, PhD ‘70 |
| Michael W. Soulier | 2010 | Global Director of Human Resources, DuPont | BS ‘64, Master of Commerce ‘72 |
| Marvin M. Johnson | 2007 | Research Fellow, Phillips Petroleum Company | BS ’50, PhD ‘58 |
| Peter D. Meldrum | 2007 | CEO, Myriad Genetics | BS ’70, MBA ‘74 |