1996 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - One-Hundred and Eighte

Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRose-Hulman Scholar Commencement Programs Spring 5-25-1996 1996 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology : One-Hundred and Eighteenth Commencement Rose-Hulm

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Rose-Hulman Scholar

Commencement Programs

Spring 5-25-1996

1996 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology : One-Hundred and Eighteenth Commencement

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One Hundred and Eighteenth

Commencement

of

Rose-Hulman Institute

of Technology

11 a.m., May 25, 1996

Shook Fieldhouse

Commencement Program

Prelude "Chaconne " by Louis Couperin

Academic Procession Jess R Lucas, B.S , M.S , Ph.D

Marshal

Processional "Prince of Denmark March " and "Trumpet Tune " by Henry Purcell

National Anthem Andrew R Mech, B.S , M.S , Ph.D

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Invocation Ashvin P Lad

President, Student Government Association

Greeting from the Alumni Brent E Robertson, B.S., M.B.A

President, Alumni Association

Response from the Senior Class Gabe] Ferland

President, Senior Class

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Robett] Wallace

Past President, Student Government Association

Commencement Address Randall L Tobias

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Lilly and Co., Inc

Organ Interlude "Cantilena " by Carl Simone

Awarding of Heminway Medal James R Eifert, B.S., M.S , Ph.D

Vice President for Academic Affairs

John T Royse Award Jess R Lucas

Vice President for Student Affairs

Herman A Moench Distinguished Senior Commendation Robert Steinhauser, B.S , M.S

Herman A Moench Distinguished Professor

Awarding of Honorary Degrees Samuel F Hulbert, B.S., Ph.D

President, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Willard R Holland, Jr (Doctor of Engineering), Introduced by Clifford H Grigg, B.SC , M.Sc., Ph.D John T Myers (Doctor of Humane Letters), Introduced by Thad D Smith, B.A., Ph.D

Niles L Noblitt (Doctor of Engineering), Introduced by Christine A Buckley, B.S., M.S., Ph.D

Richard H Raab (Doctor of Engineering), Introduced by Thomas W Mason, B.S., M.S., Ph.D William R Small (Doctor of Engineering), Introduced by Ronald S Artigue, B.S., M.S., D.E

Randall L Tobias (Doctor of Engineering), Introduced by Brij M Khorana, M.Tech., M.S., Ph.D Presentation of Fifty-Year Commemorative Degrees Samuel F Hulbert Conferring of Degrees Samuel F Hulbert Dean's Outstanding Teacher Award .]ames R Eifert Board of Managers ' Outstanding Scholar Award B Guille Cox, Jr

Chairman of the Board

Distinguished Service Award Samuel F Hulbert President's Outstanding Service Award Samuel F Hulbert

Climb Ev 'ry Mountain by Rodgers/ Hammerstein Susan A Lantz, B.S., M.S., Ph.D

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

Benediction Michael H Rubin

President, Blue Key

Recessional "Nun Danket'' by Bach/ Fox

Postlude "Rigaudon " by Campra/ Fox

Organ Music by Alfred R Schmidt, B.S., M.S Professor of Mathematics

(Allen Digital Organ through courtesy of Samuel Music of Effingham, Illinois)

Honorary Degrees

Doctor of Engineering Willard R Holland President and Chief Executive Officer

Ohio Edison Company Akron, Ohio Willard R Holland began his career with Detroit Edison Company in 1966 after earning the bachelor of science and master of science degrees in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

He was senior vice president of energy marketing and distribution with Detroit Edison before joining Ohio Edison Company in 1991 as president and chief operating officer He is currently president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Ohio Edison Company Holland also serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Edison's subsidiary, Pennsylvania Power Company

Holland is on the board of directors of the Edison Electric Institute and of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

He has been active in volunteer leadership posts for civic and professional organizations such as the Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center, the Metropolitan Affairs Corporation of Detroit, the Akron Art Museum, the Boy Scouts of America and the Ohio Business Roundtable

Doctor of Humane Letters John T Myers Member, United States House of Representatives Indiana 7th Congressional District

Washington, D C

John T Myers has had a distinguished 30-year career in public service as the Republican congressman representing Indiana's 7th Congressional District which includes Terre Haute

He is currently the third most senior Republican in the House of Representatives and is the senior member of the Indiana Republican congressional delegation In previous sessions of Congress, Myers has served as the top Republican on the House Ethics Committee and the Post Office and Civil Service Committee

Myers has been a member of the Appropriations Committee since 1970 He now serves in the important leadership role of chairman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

In addition, he is a member of two other appropriation subcommittees As a member of the Agriculture Subcommittee, Myers had an important role in the development of the 1995 farm bill He also serves on the Military Construction Subcommittee which oversees funding to military installations worldwide

Doctor of Engineering Niles L Noblitt Chairman , Board of Directors Biomet, Incorporated Warsaw, Indiana

Niles L Noblitt is the co-founder of an international company that designs , manufactures and markets surgical implants, orthopedic-support devices , and various hospital supply products

Noblitt graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1973 with a bachelor of science degree in biological engineering He has been a member of the Rose-Hulman Board of Managers, the governing body for the college, since 1988 He received the Rose-Hulman Distinguished Young Alumnus Award in 1983

His current activities with Biomet include business development, strategic planning, mergers and acquistions He has been chairman since 1986 Noblitt has also served as president of Electro-Biology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biomet

His early career with Biomet included the position of executive vice president during which he was responsible for North American operations including manufacturing, marketing, sales, research and development, quality assurance and regulatory affairs He has also served as vice president, technical affairs for the company

Doctor of Engineering Richard H Raab Retired President, Interface Associates Inc

Baltimore, Maryland Richard H Raab has served as the president of an international export trading and consulting company, and as a vice president of the Roper Corporation

After graduating from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1943 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, Raab worked for a short time

at General Motors before serving in the U.S Navy during World War II After his military service, he worked as regional sales manager for a distributor of United States Gypsum Co

In 1958, he joined the Roper Corp and served as vice president and manager

of its Architectural Products Division Eight years later, he initiated a venture that resulted in the creation of a Roper European subsidiary that jointly owned a fabricated metal and electrical commercial building products company He was named president

of the subsidiary which had offices throughout Europe, England and Scandinavia

He left the Roper Corp in 1978 to establish Interface Associates, an export trading and consulting company that did business in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa, Latin America and South America

Doctor of Engineering

William R Small Vice President, Westvaco Corporation and General Manager of

Westvaco's Consumer Packaging Division

Richmond, Virginia William R Small began his career with Westvaco in 1957 after earning a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology His first engineering job was in the company's Technical Services Department at the Covington (Va.) Mill of the Bleached Board Division

During a series of promotions, Small served as assistant superintendent of the Recovery Department, superintendent of sheet finishing, plant manager, and later general manager at the company's Folding Carton Division plant

Small was elected vice president of the company in 1990 Four years later he was named assistant manager of the Bleached Board Division Earlier this year, he assumed his current post

The Consumer Packaging Division utilizes state-of-the-art printing and converting technology at seven plants to serve the packaging needs for food , cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and other consumer products in the United States and around the world

Doctor of Engineering Randall L Tobias Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, Indiana Randall L Tobias was named to the position of chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company in 1993

He had previously been with American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) since 1964 and had been vice chairman of the board of AT&T since 1986

An Indiana native, Tobias graduated from Indiana University in 1964 He has been honored by Indiana University which presented him with its Distinguished Alumni Award Tobias has also been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C

Tobias is vice chairman of the board of trustees of Duke University and a trustee of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

He is also a director of the Phillips Petroleum Company, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Knight-Ridder, Inc Tobias serves as a member of the Business Council, the Business Roundtable, the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S.-Japan Business Council

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Candidates for Degrees Bachelor of Science

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

** Kyle Donovan Bailey Oblong, Illinois

G Levi Jonathan Barclay Davison, Michigan Dennis Neil Burgess Terre Haute

* Bryan Blake Carter Chuckey, Tennessee Jason Chaneske Lansing, Illinois Barry] Dimock Merrimack, New Hampshire Ryan John Eichstadt Centerville, Ohio

*** ]ol1n Martin Estes New Albany

Daniel Howard Ewing Greenwood Thomas Michael Finney, Jr South Bend Nathania! Paul Hackett Kokomo

** Keegan William Ireland Terre Haute

*** Cl1ristopher Robert Koel1le r Cassville , Wisconsin

G Ste phan Scott Kuester Newburgh Ashvin P Lad Springfield, Illinois

G Erich Willi Leonhardt Hammond Matthew Stewart Lindsey Paris, Illinois

* Keith Craig Martin Evansville Marcos Vincente Martinez Fort Wayne Jason Alan Metcalfe Springport Brian Anthony Miesse Decatur

** Anthony James Miller Loveland, Ohio Christopher Wayne Neukam Holland Jeremy Alan Nolan Loogootee Mark Aaron Parker Decatur

* Shane Richard Parnell Elkhart Terry David Patcheak Elkhart Austin Lynn Peacock New Palestine

** Timothy Dirk Pletcher Walkerton

** Erik Jon Roggeman Elmhurst, Illinois

Michael H Rubin Midland, Texas

* David Andrew Shore Hagerstown

C Shaun Matthew Slisher Knox Robert Alan Solomon Clinton James Charles Thurmond Mooresville John Andrew Tomic Delafield, Wisconsin Marc William Vonderlage Paris, Illinois

* Paul Allen Werner Tell City C* Jason Bernard Wibbels .Jasper G** Shawn David Wischmeier Seymour

* Mark Cameron Zolman Wabash

CHEMISTRY Matthew Raymond Birck Sykesville, Maryland

* G Phillip Hochgesang, Jr Indianapolis

* Charles Eric Thomas Brazil

CIVIL ENGINEERING Jonathan Erich Borgers Milford, Illinois

* Jakob Christian Bruhl Roseville, Minnesota Yun Choe Honolulu, Hawaii Neil David Costello Clinton Brian C Crissman Schoolcraft, Michigan Christian 0 Curry Sound Beach, New York

* James Michael Czarnik Schererville Ian Andrew Doll .Indianapolis Gregory S Ellis Dugger

* Mark J Fligor Carbondale, Illinois

* Jonathan Luke Erwin Fuller Frankfort, Kentucky

** Douglas P Gannon Brazil C* Brian E Gilley Elkhart Jason Allen Gregor Lowell Kiley P Gwaltney Fairfield, Illinois James Michael Hall Houston, Texas Matthew Stephen Larrabee Decatur Kenneth Donald Luebeck Ramsey, Minnesota

C Troy Andrew Madlem Mishawaka

C Craig E Martin Gas City James F Mazzei Morton, Illinois

** Mathew Michael McNeff Kihei, Hawaii Brent H Mutti Tucson , Arizona Zachary Ryan Nickell Elkhart

** Arik Scott Quam Palatine, Illinois Lewis Adrian Reid Fairfield, Illinois Steven Thomas Ruble Greensburg Nathan William Schildt Danville, Illinois

* Daniel Joseph Schuck North Vernon

** Kalen Schulteis Manteno, Illinois Patrick Ryan Shea Gurnee, Illinois David Michael Snyder Plymouth Leslie Eric Strickland LaPorte Daniel Brook Tarr French Lick C*** David Gerard Wahman Oldenburg Kevin C Walker Troy, Michigan John Robert Welliver Dennison, Illinois Timothy Byran York Mitchell

COMPUTER SCIENCE tt* Dennis William Brylow Greendale, Wisconsin

* Scott] Burwinkel Cincinnati, Ohio Leonard Morris Dattilo Terre Haute

f Kristopher E Dunn .Jeffersonville Louis Lee Goodrich II Fort Wayne Derek Shawn Green Marshall, Illinois f* Ray Benjamin Hochstedler Greentown Scott Alex Loughmiller Brazil G** Jason Marc Parkhurst Tucson, Arizona Jeffrey Allan Ready Griffith

f Clinton J Rusk Fort Wayne I*** Ryan Eugene Scherle Jasper Christopher Lawrence Sea wood Heth, Arkansas I* Timothy Paul Sherrill Watertown, South Dakota

* Ernest Anthony Snider Singletown, California

Computer Science and Mathematics

* Steven Ryan Williams Austin

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Electrical Engineering Chad Michael Baker Wabash Keith Alan Barron Mooresville Jason Scott Bechtel Noblesville Michael John Bengston Bloomington

* Steven Michael Berg Ferdinand G* Erik Francis Bogensberger Kal Berau, Germany

* Timothy Adam Boyd Woodbridge, Virginia tt* Dennis William Brylow Greendale, Wisconsin Eric Jay Bulington Marion Justin Patrick Coakley Xenia, Ohio

** James Beecher Cole Lowell Ross James Collins Boonville Jeffrey Louis Courter Freelandville I* David Joseph Couto Fairhaven, Massachusetts

** Craig Fisher Cutforth Gaston

*** Jon Paul Davis Russellville , Kentucky Steven Dewey Delk Springport Clayton Oliver Epps, Jr .Jeffersonville G** James Michael Fay Fairfax, Virginia Scott Allen Fisher Trafalgar Jeffrey Lee Foale .Tecumseh, Oklahoma Daniel James Fox Valparaiso

f Damon Raphael Fraylon Gary

*** Steven Michael Goetz Crystal, Minnesota

f Nathan Karl Gutekunst Hollywood, Maryland

** Eric John Hansen Huntington Jason Conrad Hittle Columbus John Christopher Houston Fort Wayne

* Dustin Lee Janes Bloomington G*** Randall James Johnson Columbus Brett Elliot Jones Danville Robert Lee Juergens, Jr Dyer

f Brian Edward Karns Waldron Daniel D LaBelle Schererville Eric David Lamkin South Bend

f Anthony Andrew Lowe Michigan City f** Masood Makkar Terre Haute Jim L McGowan Clarksville f** Matthew Edward Meiser Monroe , Michigan Brent Edward Minnick Spencer Jeffrey Thomas Montgomery Dallas, Texas

C Jason Robert Napier Marian

I Kelly Kent Orr Tipton 6zgi.ir Osman 6zkaya Ankara , Turkey David Andrew Pettit Anderson

I f Jason G Phillips Auburn Sean Anthony Phillips Elkhart Karl Eugene Rathe Le Sueur, Minnesota John Matthew Samosky Springfield, Ohio G* Richard Julius Gottfried Schultz III Valparaiso