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Berkeley Engineering Innovation Awards

On November 19, 2008 we honored

Arun Sarin
Materials Science & Engineering '78, MBA '78

Recipient of the 2008 Berkeley Engineering Innovation Award

Arun Sarin has provided bold leadership in wireless technologies to facilitate communication worldwide, having led AirTouch, Accel-KKR Telecom and most recently Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile phone company. He brought Vodafone to emerging markets in India and Eastern Europe and broadened its scope to include broadband, internet and wireless data. A committed global citizen and philanthropist, he is helping to build electronic materials research laboratories in his native India.

On September 26, 2008 we honored

Dr. Paul E. Jacobs
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences '84, '86, '89

Recipient of the 2008 Berkeley Engineering Innovation Award

Mobile commerce. Cardiac monitors. Even AMBER alerts to find missing children. Wireless technology now enables all of these services, thanks to the vision and drive of Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm since 2005. The holder of more than 35 patents for his inventions, he is now extending the reach of wireless to help developing regions around the world. By fostering a community-oriented, philanthropic culture, Dr. Jacobs and the company he leads are widely recognized as exemplary global citizens.

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The Berkeley Engineering Innovation Awards recognize outstanding achievements by alumni in the field of engineering and technology. Previously known as the “Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards,” they have been awarded by the College of Engineering since 1975. Selection of recipients is based on performance and recognition locally, nationally, or internationally in one or more of the following areas:

Professional Achievement: exemplary leadership and technical accomplishment within the engineering profession.
Academic Achievement: outstanding creativity in advancing the engineering profession within the context of a university or research institution.
Public Service Achievement: exemplary community and public service.

Honorees
2008 Paul E. Jacobs, '84 '86 '89 Arun Sarin '78 '78	1991 Seng-Lip Lee, CE '53 Leslie E. Robertson, CE '52 Howard, G. Wilson, EE '48 '50

2007 James K. Lau, Ap.Math & CS, '81 Peter Norvig, EECS '86 Rula A. Deeb, CEE '94, '99	1990 Ray S. AbuZayyad, ME '61 Ben C. Gerwick, Jr., CE '40 Charles V. Shank, EECS '65 '66 '69

2006 Andrew S. Grove, ChE '63 Tejal Desai, BioE '98	1989 William F. Ballhaus, Jr., ME '67 '68 '71 Edward M. Benson, Jr., PE '42 Daniel M. Tellep, ME '54 '55

2005 Franklin J. Agardy, CEE '58 '63 Bill Joy, EECS '79 Barbara Simons, EECS '81 John Deng, EECS '97 Tom Zhang, EECS '04	1988 Donald C. Bentley, CE '52 Edgar L. Buttner, ME '21* Edward L. Ginzton, EE '36 '37* Irvan F. Mendenhall, CE '41

2004 Wayne Clough, CE '69 E. Floyd Kvamme, EE '59 Steve Wozniak, EECS '86 In Sik Rhee, EECS '93	1987 Mihran S. Agbabian, CE '51 Richard E. Hall, CE '38 George J. Maslach, ME '42* Edward K. Rice, CE '49 '51

2003 Eugene Herson, CE '65 '66 Yong-Kyung "Ken" Lee, EECS '75 Robert Taylor, CE '56 '58 '63 Dawn Tilbury, EECS '92 '94	1986 Roy W. Carlson, CE '33 William R. Gianlelli, CE '41 Amnon Yariv, EE '54 '56 '59

2002 George Leitmann, ES '56 Robert S. Pepper, EE '57 '58 '61 Theodore W. Van Zelst, CE '44 Valerie E. Taylor, EECS '91	1985 L. LeRoy Crandall, CE '41 Kenneth Haughton, ME '52 '64 Egor P. Popov, CE '33*

2001 Werner Goldsmith, ME '49* C.D. Mote, Jr., ME '59 '60 '63 Loring A. Wyllie, Jr., CE '60 '62	1984 Charles F. Dalziel, EE '27 '34* Tung-Yen Lin, CE '33* Louis W. Riggs, CE '48*
2000 Lynn S. Beedle, CE '41 Gordon M. Graham, PE '40 Erich P. Ippen, EE '65 '68 Jacques I. Pankove, EE '44 '48	1983 Robert L. Johnson, ME '41 '42 Louis H. Oppenheim, CE '38* Richard J. Woodward, CE '47*
1999 Stephen W. Director, EECS '67 '68 Pradman P. Kaul, EE '68 Harvey F. Ludwig, CE '38 James D.A. van Hoften, CE '66	1982 Malcolm R. Currie, EE '52 '54 Everett D. Howe, ME '25 '28* Plato Malozemoff, MM '31*

1998 Philip M. Condit, ME '63 Paul H. Gilbert, CE '59 '60 David A. Hodges, EE '61 '66	1981 Henry J. Degenkolb, CE '36* Edgar J. Garbarini, CE '33*
1997 David H. Auston, EE '69 David N. Kennedy, CE '59 '62 Ronald V. Schmidt, EE '66 '68 '71	1980 Harmer E. Davis, CE '28 '30* Harry E. Kennedy, CM '14* John R. Whinnery, EE '37 '48
1996 Douglas C. Engelbart, EE '53 '55 Carl L. Monismith, CE '50 '54 John Neerhout, Jr., ME '53 James E. Roberts, CE '53	1979 Paul F. Chenea, CE '40* Eneas D. Kane, ME '38 '50 Joseph M. Pettit, EE '38*
1995 William B. Bridges, EECS '56 '57 '62 Victor E. Cole, CE '41* William A. Gross, ME '49 '51 Richard W. Karn, CE '50	1978 John F. Bonner, CE '37*
1994 William F. Brusher, ME '41 Arthur Fong, EE '43 John H. Lienhard, ME '61 John A. Martin, CE '42	1977 Clyde E. Bentley, CM '23* John A. McCone, CM '22* John E. Rinnie, CE '31 '35*
1993 J. Barry Cooke, CE '39 Henry Lurie, MS '57 '61 ES '58 Alexander C. Scordelis, CE '48 Kenneth Lane Thompson, EE '65 '66	1976 J. Perry Yates, CE '26*
1992 Hishashi Kaneko, EE '62 Peter T. Lyman, ME '57 '63 NAOE '59 Karl S. Pister, CE '45 '48 Barton W. Shackelford, CE '41	1975 Donald H. McLaughlin, MM '14*


*Deceased