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Karl Pister named CAA Alumnus of the Year
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Engineering dean emeritus Karl Pister received the California Alumni Association's highest honor, Alumnus of the Year for 2005.
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Karl Pister (B.S.’45, M.S.’48 CE), dean emeritus of Berkeley Engineering and chancellor emeritus of UC Santa Cruz, was honored as California Alumni Association (CAA) Alumnus of the Year for 2005 at last month’s Charter Gala Event in San Francisco.
The award, CAA’s highest honor, is given to a Berkeley alumnus who has achieved distinction through exceptional contributions to international, national, state or community welfare.
“It is hard to find an individual whose life’s work better mirrors the very mission of our University,” said Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. Pister, who has held more than 20 academic and administrative positions at the University of California, has also received the Berkeley Medal and the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award, as well as the University of California Presidential Medal.
Pister’s career and life are the subject of a 600-plus-page oral history published in 2003 by the Regional Oral History Office. The history chronicles Pister’s early years in Stockton, his civil engineering studies at Berkeley and the University of Illinois, his Navy service, and his 56-year academic career, and is rich in detail about his personal history. He is also featured in a recent issue of California, CAA’s bimonthly magazine.
An engineer was last named CAA alumnus of the year in 1994, when the late T.Y. Lin (M.S.’33 CE) took the honor.
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