Alumnus of the Year
Linda P. B. Katehi MS ’81, PhD ’84
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Achievement Award
Allen S. Adham BS ’90, Founder, Tenfold Capital Management
and Co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment

Michael Morhaime BS ’90, President and Co-founder,
Blizzard Entertainment

Frank Pearce BS ’90, Senior VP, Product Development and Co-founder,
Blizzard Entertainment

Alumni Achievement in Academia Award
James D. Plummer BS ’66
Dean, Stanford School of Engineering

Distinguished Young Alumnus Award
Ani Garabedian BS ’99
Communications System Engineer, Northrop Grumman Space Technology

Lifetime Contribution Award
Gerald Estrin
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science

Lockheed Martin
Excellence in Teaching Award
Behzad Razavi
Professor, Electrical Engineering

Northrop Grumman
Excellence in Teaching Award
Junghoo (John) Cho
Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Steven Margulis, Assistant Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Edward K. Rice Outstanding Student Awards
Doctoral - Alireza Mehrnia, PhD ’06 Electrical Engineering

Master’s - Christine M. Lee, MS ’07 Civil & Environmental Engineering

Undergraduate - Baley Akemi Fong, BS ’06 Chemical Engineering



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