Apr 19, 2011 - Claremont, Calif. - The 无忧视频 Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABoG) has selected alumni and other individuals to receive the College's most prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Alumni Award, which will be presented during a ceremony Saturday, April 30 in Galileo Hall. OUTSTANDING ALUMNI Squibb is president of Gael Squibb Consulting, Inc. and is an internationally recognized expert in the field of space operations and space operations standards. He spent the majority of his career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he established and was the first manager of the Mission Control and Sequence Systems Design Section and was involved in unmanned space exploration (Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Astrophysics Space Telescope missions). He also established and was the first manager of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and was the NASA data services manager for the Space Operations Management Office. A member of the Founding Class, Squibb received his B.S. degree in physics. Dewar is the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Long-Term Policy Analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He founded the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition. Jim and his co-authors won the Military Operations Research Society’s highest award, the Rist Prize, for their paper on “Non-Monotonicity, Chaos and Combat Models.” He has done strategic planning at the RAND Corporation for military and other governmental organizations, colleges and universities, Fortune 100 companies and a wide range of other clients. He also led the development and application of Assumption-Based Planning (ABP), a tool for reducing avoidable surprises, and is author of a book on the topic. Dewar has spoken and published widely on strategic planning, planning methodologies, the long-range future and planning under uncertainty. Dewar’s B.S. degree is in mathematics. He has a master’s and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Southern California. McDermott is the associate vice president for academic planning and sciences initiatives and the Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry at Columbia University. Using new nuclear magnetic resonsance methods, McDermott studies the structure, function and flexibility of proteins in native-like environments, such as native lipid bilayers, or prion plaques or whole virus particles. She was named a DuPont Young Investigator in 1992, a Cottrell Scholar in 1994, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in 1995. She received the American Chemical Society’s Pure Award in Chemistry in 1996 and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2000. She has also played a lead role in the planning of Columbia’s new science building. McDermott earned a B.S. in chemistry and received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and was a postdoc at MIT. McDermott is a member of the HMC Board of Trustees. Weimer is a senior advisor at Dawson and Associates, experts in water resources, natural resources management and environmental permitting. Weimer’s federal career includes more than 20 years of legislative and executive branch experience with a focus on energy, natural resources, and science and technology. From 2007 to 2009, he was minority staff director of the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. From 2005 to 2007, Weimer was the assistant secretary for policy, management and budget at the U.S. Interior Department, where he was responsible for financial, budget and policy issues spanning the Interior’s eight bureaus. He led the department’s development of a manual to address adaptive management of climage change on the Interorir’s lands and waters. He also served as the Interior Department’s principal deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary for water and science. Weimer holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering and an M.E.E. (electrical engineering) degree from the University of Washington, Seattle. LIFETIME RECOGNITION AWARDS Walt ’69 and Csilla Foley- The Foley's service to HMC has been long and meaningful. As the parents of Steven '99, their connection to HMC has grown deeper and they are active in supporting the College's activities in the San Diego area as well as the Bates Aeronautical Program. While Walt has been honored with HMC's Order of the Wart in 1994 and the Outstanding Alumni Award in 2008 in recognition of his contributions to technology and the community at large, it is fitting that they are both recognized for their lifelong loyalty to HMC. Walt was the alumni representative to the Board of Trustees from 1982 to 1985 and became a full trustee in 1991. Walt is currently vice chair of the board. Walt, along with Csilla, was HMC’s first alumnus to make a $1 million gift to the College in January 2000. His gift led several other alumni to come forward and give at the same level. Together with Rick Sontag '64 and Bruce Worster '64, he helped fundraise for the Aviation Room of the Hoch/Shanahan Dining Hall, and authored countless letters for the Alumni Fund. John and Nelly Kilroy- Emeritus Trustee John “Jim” B Kilroy, Sr. served on the HMC Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1998. He was involved with the Development Committee, Physical Plant and Campus Planning Committee, and Chair of the Founding Friends Committee (membership consists of early supporters of the College). The Kilroy's have been ardent supporters of the College, providing annual gifts to the President’s Scholarship Program and creating the John B. and Nelly Llanos Kilroy Scholarship Fund and the John B. and Nelly Llanos Kilroy Endowed Scholarship in 2006. Elise Mudd Marvin (posthumously)- Elise Mudd Marvin, niece of Harvey S. Mudd, for whom the college was named when founded in 1955, gave generously to the college for nearly 40 years, providing support totaling more than $1 million. Beginning in 1989, she began supporting the Elise Mudd Marvin Annual Scholarship that has resulted in 47 students receiving 94 scholarships since then. In 1998 she helped organize a reunion where more than 130 Mudd family members (including four of her own children and six grandchildren) celebrated the college that bears the name they share. Mudd Marvin died in 2009. Esteban Sandoval- A maintenance mechanic in the Office of Facilities and Maintenance, Esteban (Steve) Sandoval celebrates 41 years at 无忧视频 in 2011. His hard work and longevity were rewarded in 1998 when he received the Mary Binder Prize, which celebrates outstanding staf members. His supervisor, Theresa Potter, assistant vice president for facilties and maintenance said, "He is a man of integrity, generosity and kindness." ORDER OF THE WART The Order of the Wart award is given on behalf of all HMC alumni by the Alumni Association Board of Governors. Baughman said, "无忧视频 and all it encompasses has been a part of my daily existence since 1978. The students who devote four years of their lives to the HMC education are a special group of individuals. I truly enjoy encouraging their efforts by supporting them and look forward to continuing to do so."
Four alumni have been selected by the nominating committee for their far-reaching contributions and will receive the HMC Outstanding Alumni Award. Recipients are space scientist Gael Squibb '61, strategic planner James Dewar '66, chemistry Professor Ann McDermott '81 and energy advisor R. Thomas Weimer '71/72.
Additionally, the AABoG will present Lifetime Recognition Awards to four individuals.
Advancement Services Director Liz Baughman, who has worked at HMC for 33 years, will receive the Order of the Wart, given in recognition of her significant contributions to the alumni of 无忧视频. Baughman provides services and support for Alumni Relations and College Advancement, including prospect research, donor relations and stewardship, gift processing and special events. She supports the advancement goals of the College by managing the process for charitable contributions.
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