The Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame recognizes Illinois engineering alumni, and others affiliated with the College, who have significant achievements in leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation of great impact to society. Each year the college will honor these remarkable accomplishments by inducting a class of honorees into the Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame.

2011 Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame Ceremony
Friday, October 14, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
1404 Siebel Center

2011 Inductees

Roy J. Carver
BS, General Engineering, 1934

Global entrepreneurial industrialist, philanthropist, and innovator; Founder of Carver Industries and Bandag Company, Inc.
Alfred Cho
BS, Electrical Engineering, 1960
MS, Electrical Engineering, 1961
PHD, Electrical Engineering, 1968
Doctor of Engineering Honorary Degree, 1973

"Father" of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method for producing novel layered materials used in wireless and optical communications, lasers, and transistors.
William L. Everitt
Doctor of Science Honorary Degree, 1969

International educational leader known for innovative technical contributions to communciations systems; Engineering Dean who guided the Illinois engineering program to national prominence.
Robert Liebeck
BS, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1961
MS, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1962
PHD, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1968

World-renowned leader in aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and aircraft design.
Joan Mitchell
MS, Physics, 1971
PHD, Physics, 1974

Leading developer of image compression methods; coinventor of jpeg.
Nathan Newmark
MS, Civil Engineering, 1932
PHD, Civil Engineering, 1934
Doctor of Science Honorary Degree, 1978

Worldwide leader in understanding structural engineering with significant global contributions to geotechnical and earthquake engineering.
Raymond Ozzie
BS, Computer Science, 1979

Software visionary and entrepreneur who influenced communications and productivity in business; Chief Software Architect of Microsoft; Founder of Groove Networks; Creator of Lotus Notes.
Henry Pao
BS, Electrical Engineering, 1959
MS, Electrical Engineering, 1960
PHD, Electrical Engineering, 1966

International leader in entrepreneurial applications of high-voltage integrated circuits for medical ultrasound, flat panel displays, and LED Lighting; Cofounder, President, and CEO of Supertex, Inc.
Alexander Rankin
BS, Mechanical Engineering, 1957

Entrepreneurial leader; Founder and Chairman of Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co.
Chihtang Sah
BS, Electrical Engineering, 1953
BS, Engineering Physics, 1953

For pioneering contributions to solid-state electronics in MOS and biopolar technologies.
Rosalyn Yalow
MS, Physics, 1942
PHD, Physics, 1945
Doctor of Science Honorary Degree, 1974

Pioneer in the discovery and development of radioimmunoassay, a revolutionary technique enabling major advances in endocrinology. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1977.