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STEVENS AWARDS

SATURDAY, APR I L 14 , 2018

THE PLAZA , NEW YORK , NY

April 14, 2018

Dear Stevens Alumni and Friends,

Welcome to the 2018 Stevens Awards Gala, the fifth time we have gathered to honor our distinguishedalumni and friends in such an elegant setting. I am sure you will find this year’s honorees to be impressive,impactful, and inspirational. They are among the finest graduates our university has produced in our nearly150-year history, and we are immensely proud of them.

This spring, as we prepare to award diplomas to yet another stellar class (and perhaps one or two future galahonorees), a certain word comes to my mind: transformation. It may mean change, growth, progress, or evolution, and all of those would describe our myriad accomplishments over the last six years.

Many of the traditional hallmarks of a Stevens education—analysis, ingenuity, innovation, and determina-tion—transcend the past and form the basis of a new era with limitless possibilities, one guided by a boldstrategic plan to grow in size, scope, impact, and prestige. We will always be known to the world as America’sfirst college of mechanical engineering, but today, we are also known for achievements in artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare and biomedical engineering, technology-based quantitative finance, energy innovation, coastal resiliency, computer science, cybersecurity, systems engineering, sensortechnologies, and many domains at the intersection of technology with business, the arts, and humanities.

We have made significant investments in modernizing our campus infrastructure, with the planned openingof our new Gianforte Family Academic Center in Fall 2019, and smart classrooms, advanced labs, and evenan award-winning online learning studio. And, most importantly, we have reaffirmed our commitment to student success, with record highs for graduation, retention, and career placement rates; national recognitionfor the return on investment of a Stevens education; and increased support for women and underserved stu-dents pursuing a Stevens education. Our student body is larger and more diverse, and the academic profile ofour students has increased dramatically over the last six years. This combination positions Stevens and ourgraduates for even greater impact in the dynamic, technology-driven, global economy of the future.

In short, Stevens is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, from the “hidden gem on the Hudson” to a dynamic, vibrant center of innovation, learning, and research. In the years to come, Stevens will continueon its upward trajectory as a nationally and internationally renowned center that transforms talented studentsinto successful leaders and problem-solvers.

Indeed, this is an exciting time for Stevens. If you are already familiar with Stevens, thank you for being acommitted and engaged member of our community. If you are a new friend joining us this evening, I hopeyou see how proud we are of our honorees, and how bullish we are about the future of Stevens.

Per aspera ad astra,

Nariman FarvardinPresident

Office of the President

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS

ARTS AND HUMANITIESJohn A. Newton ’71

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYVikki Hazelwood Ph.D. ’07

BUSINESS AND FINANCEDianne K. McKeever ’01

ENGINEERINGKen Venner ’84

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P E R F O R M A N C ETony Yazbeck

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LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDMarty P. Valerio ’68

YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDMarques Brownlee ’15

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARDFrank J. Semcer, Sr. ’65

D E S S E R T A N D C O F F E E

P E R F O R M A N C EIan DiGuilio ’18 and Kiera Dillon ’20

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER JR. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDStephen T. Boswell C.E. ’89 Ph.D. ’91 Hon. D.Eng. ’13

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSachin N. Shah ’89 M.S. ’93

STEVENS HONOR AWARDJohn “Sean” J. Hanlon IV ’80

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At Stevens,the biomedicalengineeringprogram is thriv-ing because ofVikki Hazelwoodand her commit-

ment to inspiring students and pursuingimpactful research.

Dr. Hazelwood serves as an industry pro-fessor and director of the biomedical engineeringprogram. She also created and directs the univer-sity’s Lab for Translation Research in Medicine,which focuses on preventing injury and diseaseand improving procedural and therapeutic out-comes. Dr. Hazelwood recruits students to workin the lab, where with her encouragement theygain relevant career experience, learn about en-trepreneurship, and develop appreciation for thehumanitarian aspects of medical technology.Benefitting from her industry connections, herstudents collaborate with physicians and expertclinicians from area hospitals, labs and compa-nies, including Hackensack University MedicalCenter, New York Medical College, Rutgers Uni-versity Medical School, and New York University.

Dr. Hazelwood’s lab has filed several patentapplications and launched a startup, SPOC(Stevens Proof of Concept), which involved students as co-inventors and full-time employeesand received over $1 million in venture fundingand 510K clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

As a researcher, Dr. Hazelwood has devel-oped innovation for minimally invasive evalua-

tions, early disease detection, assistive technolo-gies for the disabled, drug discovery and delivery,obesity prevention, pain management, and surgi-cal techniques for orthopedics and interventionalcardiology. She also has extensive industry experi-ence, including executive positions in sales andbusiness development.

Dr. Hazelwood is a fellow in the NationalAcademy of Inventors, and in 2010 she receivedthe Advancement of Invention Award from theNew Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Recently, forher research into designing a new catheter, shewas awarded a grant from the New Jersey HealthFoundation and the Nicholson Foundation.

At Stevens, Dr. Hazelwood has twice servedas the Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Pro-fessor. She has received the Dean’s Award for Excel-lence in Undergraduate Teaching, the AlumniAssociation Outstanding Teacher Award, and theStudent Association Distinguished Senior AdvisorAward.

Dr. Hazelwood has published two text-books, including one on biomedical engineeringand another on a study she conducted that as-sessed the physical health of college students.She has also published in almost two dozen jour-nals and spoken at several conferences.

In addition to her doctorate from Stevens,Dr. Hazelwood earned a bachelor’s degree inchemical engineering from Rutgers and a mas-ter’s degree in biomedical engineering from NewJersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Hazelwood’senthusiasm for teaching is rivaled by her passionfor competitive waterskiing. She also enjoys hervery energetic puppy, Mocha.

e audio engineeringacumen ofJohn Newton hasmade listening toclassical music amore refined,

palpable and enriching experience.Mr. Newton is the founder and president

of Soundmirror, a Boston-based studio thatsince 1972 has become a premier recording andproduction company for orchestras, operas, choruses and soloists. Using the latest technol-ogy and custom designed equipment, aiming to capture a natural sound, Soundmirror has produced definitive recordings of Yo-Yo Ma,André Previn, Paul McCartney, Andrea Bocceli,Lorin Maazel, Isaac Stern, Jessye Norman, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, BerlinPhilharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony,New York Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera and ahost of notable artists worldwide. e company’srecordings have earned over 100 Grammy nomi-nations, including ten in 2018. Mr. Newtonhimself has been nominated nineteen times andwon nine in Best Engineered Classical Album,Best Choral Performance, and Best OrchestralPerformance categories. He has won an Emmyfor his work with the Utah Symphony.

Soundmirror also collaborates with per-formers and arts organizations to create andimprove their content libraries and media strate-gies. It has produced syndicated radio andtelevision programs, including the popular NPR

program From the Top. In 2000, SoundmirrorKorea was launched in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. Newton is a member of the AudioEngineering Society and the National Associationof Recording Arts and Sciences. While still a stu-dent, he began working for Dolby Laboratories,then a young startup company. Concurrently hebegan working at Tanglewood, the summerhome of the Boston Symphony. He created anddeveloped the audio engineering department at the Berkshire Music Center, commencing anearly fifty year relationship with the BostonSymphony Orchestra.

With the dawn of the digital age in the1970s, Mr. Newton headed the east coast opera-tions of Soundstream, the company founded byDr. omas Stockham, inventor of the first digital recording and music editing system. Mr. Newton’s work with Soundstream led to his appointment as head of the recording depart-ment at Philips Classics in the Netherlands. In concert with Philips and Sony, Mr. Newtonhelped launch the Super Audio Compact Disc(SACD) format in 1999.

Mr. Newton graduated from Stevens witha degree in engineering. He returned to provideaudio services at commencement ceremonies, including that of Frank Sinatra receiving hishonorary doctorate in 1985.

Mr. Newton is an avid motorcyclist whohas traveled the world over on two wheels. Hiswife of nearly forty years is pianist and novelistJanice Weber, whose father and two uncles grad-uated from Stevens.

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD ARTS AND HUMANITIES

John A. Newton ’71

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vikki Hazelwood Ph.D. ’07


In the not toodistant future,when spacetravel is as com-mon as a trip tothe store, KenVenner will know

he helped transform commerce, tourism and thetrajectory of human development.

Mr. Venner is the CIO of SpaceX, theworld’s premier private space technology com-pany, with an ultimate of goal of enabling peopleto live on other planets. Founded in 2002, it isthe first company to return a spacecraft fromlow-Earth orbit, and in 2012 its Dragon craft de-livered cargo to and from the International SpaceStation, a feat previously only governments hadaccomplished. e company now has a contractwith NASA to regularly resupply the station, andit serves government agencies and private com-panies worldwide in launching satellites forcommunications, weather forecasting and otheruses. In 2017, SpaceX successfully achieved thefirst reflight of an orbital class rocket, and in2018 the company successfully launched FalconHeavy, the most powerful rocket in the world.

As the SpaceX CIO, Mr. Venner plays thecritical role of overseeing the design, develop-ment and implementation of the 5,000-employee company’s computing and informationinfrastructure, closely involving him in all opera-tions from manufacturing to rocket launches.

Prior to SpaceX, Mr. Venner served as CIO and executive vice president of corporateservices for Broadcom, a semiconductor manu-facturer for the wireless and broadbandindustries. He enabled the company to growfrom $400 million to $7.6 billion; from 1,000employees to 10,000; and from five locations to80 globally, while acquiring and integrating 50other companies.

Mr. Venner was also a CIO and vice presi-dent of product management with RockwellElectronic Commerce, and he served as a directorof order management for Lucent Technologies.Additionally, Mr. Venner currently co-ownsAttune Wines, a boutique winery that cultivatespinot noir, chardonnay and other blends from8.5 acres of vineyards.

At Stevens, Mr. Venner was a brother andsocial director of Chi Phi, worked at theRathskeller Pub on campus, and received the Kenneth J. Moser Award from the Office of Stu-dent Life.

In addition to his degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens, Mr. Venner earned amaster’s degree in mechanical engineering fromCarnegie Mellon and an MBA from NewHampshire College.

Mr. Venner’s father is Edward Venner fromthe Class of 1956, and his sister is the late SusanVenner Munday of the Class of 1985. He lives in California with his wife Debra, and he enjoystraveling, dining, scuba diving and golf.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD BUSINESS AND FINANCE

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD ENGINEERING

Ken Venner ’84Dianne K. McKeever ’01

Dianne K.McKeever isCo-founderand ChiefInvestmentOfficer of IdesCapital, a deep

value investment advisor that constructively engages with companies to improve corporategovernance and implement operational, strategicand capital changes that drive long-term share-holder value. Launched in 2015, Ides takes itsname from the Roman-era word portending dramatic change and has been cited as the “only”woman-led activist fund “shaking up U.S. companies.”

Ides’ most public engagement to date hasgenerated positive changes at Boingo Wireless, a provider of mobile internet access for wireless-enabled devices. After acquiring shares at a 50%discount to Boingo’s IPO price, Ms. McKeeverlaunched a proxy contest to elect directors toBoingo’s board. Ides ultimately reached a settle-ment with Boingo that encompassed specificstrategic and governance enhancements, themost significant being the appointment of threenew directors to the Board including the first fe-male director in Boingo’s history. Ides remains ashareholder of Boingo, which has seen its stockprice appreciate approximately +300% since Ms. McKeever initiated Ides’ campaign forchange just two years ago.

Ms. McKeever began her career as an analyst at Barington Capital Group, a small-capactivist fund, where at the age of 25, she becamethe firm’s youngest partner. Ms. McKeever was a portfolio manager at Park Row Capital andserved as a public company director at LQ Corp.,Inc. and Sielox, Inc., where she chaired the nomi-nating and governance committee and served as a member of the audit and compensationcommittees.

For her success in disrupting the statusquo, Ms. McKeever has received substantialrecognition. In 2016, the New York Timesfeatured a profile of Ms. McKeever and Ides’ differentiated approach to shareholder activism.Ms. McKeever has been named to Fortune’s 201640 Under 40 list, Crain’s New York Business’ 201740 Under 40 list, and Marie Claire’s New Guard2017.

In addition to her degree in chemical engineering from Stevens, Ms. McKeever wasawarded a bachelor of science in chemistry fromNew York University as well as a juris doctorate,cum laude, from Fordham University.

Ms. McKeever resides in New York withher husband Shreyas where they are supportersof the New York Philharmonic, the Museum ofthe City of New York, the Jazz Gallery andTaylorNEXT. Ms. McKeever serves as a memberof City Year New York’s Women’s Board and as amember of Fordham Law’s 100 Years of WomenExecutive Committee.

HONOREES


e hits keepcoming for websensationMarques Brownlee,a novel entrepre-neur who is mas-tering new media.

Mr. Brownlee is the creator of MKBHD, atech-themed YouTube channel that influencesover six million subscribers. Every week, fromhis fully-stocked studio, and sometimes on loca-tion, Mr. Brownlee reviews the latest in smartphones, televisions, video games, drones, electriccars and other hot products, with total views ofhis 1,000-plus videos headed toward one billion.Notably, Tesla founder Elon Musk personally se-lected Mr. Brownlee’s video as winner of anation-wide contest to promote the company’snew Model S electric car. In another popularvideo, Mr. Brownlee interviewed basketball starKobe Bryant about sneaker technology.

Mr. Brownlee’s channel, named for his ini-tials and the acronym for high-definition, earnslucrative advertising revenue with every viewing.Mr. Brownlee started his channel for fun whilehe was in high school, but with early popularity,and from taking courses at Stevens, he realizedhe could turn his product reviews and tutorialsinto into a viable business. With millions of con-sumers trusting his advice on gadgets they rely

on every day, he has since expanded to offerbranded tee shirts, hats and other merchandise.

Mr. Brownlee’s portfolio also includes 2.7million Twitter followers and 1.4 million follow-ers on Instagram. His stature as a new mediacelebrity extends beyond his own content. Hehas been cited in Time, Forbes, HuffPost and else-where, and he appeared as a guest on a talk showhosted by astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson. In2016, he was selected by NBC and YouTube toask a question about tech privacy to candidatesduring a Democratic Party presidential primarydebate, and in 2013, during a national video chat with President Barack Obama, Google picked Mr. Brownlee, while he was still a Stevens student, to ask a question about the minimumwage. In 2015, Mr. Brownlee was invited toApple’s public introduction of its 12-inchMacBook with retina display, becoming the firstYouTuber invited to any of the company’s pressevents. In 2013, Vic Gundotra, a former Googlevice president, called Mr. Brownlee “the besttechnology reviewer on the planet right now.”

Mr. Brownlee was one of the first gradu-ates of the Stevens School of Business. He livesin New Jersey, and in addition to his tech busi-ness, he is a semi-professional ultimate frisbeeplayer, most recently in 2018 with the New YorkEmpire of the 24-team American Ultimate DiscLeague.

For more thana third ofStevens history,Marty Valeriohas devotedlyserved his almamater.

Mr. Valerio has been an active and impact-ful member of the Stevens Alumni Association(SAA). He has served as vice president, trustee,and 1960s decade representative, and he waselected president from 2003 to 2005.

In his leadership roles, Mr. Valeriostrengthened the SAA by cultivating regionalclubs in Northern California, Florida, Houstonand elsewhere. He served on committees for officer nominations, long-range policy and plan-ning, and the Stevens Alumni Association TermLegacy Scholarship, and he guided the SAA in developing a strategic plan. He also founded theSAA’s civil engineering and construction club.

As president, Mr. Valerio concurrentlyserved as one of five SAA representatives on theStevens Board of Trustees, including on the committees for facilities, development, alumnirelations, and financial reporting. After servingas president, Mr. Valerio served as a member ofthe SAA Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2017.

Mr. Valerio is a former president of theStevens Metropolitan Club, and he has served asa telethon caller. In 1973, he was the first of hisclass to receive the Anniversary Achievement

Award (now the Harold R. Fee ’20 AlumniAchievement Award). In 2008, he received theStevens Alumni Award.

As a student, Mr. Valerio was president ofthe Class of 1968; secretary and vice president ofthe Student Council; a brother in Delta Tau Deltaand pledge president and house manager; vicepresident of Gear and Triangle; member ofKhoda; and copy editor and business manager of the Link yearbook. As a class fund captain, heraised money to build the Williams Library.

Mr. Valerio is a licensed professional engineer with over 45 years of experience in theconstruction industry. He started as a project engineer in Boston and pivoted to project man-agement, mostly in the New York City area,where he worked on Mount Sinai Hospital andother health care facilities. In the 1980s, he wasbased in North Carolina and worked on a super-computer center. He is a member of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers and a formermember of the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers. Currently, Mr. Valerio is an adjunctprofessor of construction management atStevens.

Mr. Valerio and his wife Holly have twosons, one daughter, and five grandchildren. In2004, they established the Marty P. ’68 andHolly C. Valerio Endowed Scholarship. Mr. Valerio volunteers at Holy Name MedicalCenter in Teaneck, New Jersey.

LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD

Marty P. Valerio ’68

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YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Marques Brownlee ’15

HONOREES


Every day,throughoutthe northeastand beyond,thousands ofpeople travel tojobs, schools,

stores and recreation on roads Stephen Boswellimproved with his engineering ingenuity.

Dr. Boswell is president and CEO ofBoswell Engineering. His grandfather Davidstarted the firm in 1924, and Dr. Boswell has ap-plied bold entrepreneurial thinking inpositioning the firm to thrive as it reaches a sec-ond century. Boswell Engineering now offersexpertise across the full spectrums of civil andenvironmental engineering, with both designand construction supervision. Its areas of specialization include transportation, structural,water, wastewater and underwater engineering,plus surveying, permit acquisition, site remedia-tion and geographic information systems.Boswell Engineering serves municipal, county,state and federal clients along the mid-Atlanticand as far away as Minnesota, Arkansas andeven Hawaii, and its private sector clients in-clude complex industrial concerns and thelargest developers in the country.

In the tristate area, Boswell Engineeringhas improved major roads such as the NewJersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway, andRoute 287 in New York from Rockland Countythrough Westchester County, across the TappanZee Bridge. Other notable Boswell projects in-

clude Secaucus Junction, which is a major com-muter rail station in New Jersey; manywaterfront structures for the Port Authority ofNew York and New Jersey; paving at NewarkLiberty International Airport; and the designand construction supervision of the popularSinatra Park waterfront in Hoboken, New Jersey,near the Stevens campus.

Dr. Boswell’s entrepreneurship extends beyond engineering. He is a co-founder and leadindependent director of ConnectOne Bank, a values-orientated, client-centric financial insti-tution listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.Established in 2005, the bank has 20 branches inNew Jersey and one in New York City.

Dr. Boswell earned a bachelor’s degree inbiology from New York University and a master’sdegree in biological sciences from WilliamPaterson University. rough Stevens he earneda double master’s degree in civil engineering anda Ph.D. in environmental engineering. He is a li-censed professional engineer in 28 states and anelected fellow in the American Society of CivilEngineers and the American Council ofEngineering Companies.

Dr. Boswell is the incoming chair of theStevens Board of Trustees. He is also a trustee atHackensack Meridian Health and the BuehlerChallenger and Science Center. Dr. Boswell liveswith his wife Karen, and their daughter Kristenbecame the first fourth-generation licensed pro-fessional engineer in New Jersey. In his sparetime, Dr. Boswell enjoys playing golf.

Whenever helooks at hisbountiful lifeand career success, FrankSemcer always remembers the

start he got at Stevens.Mr. Semcer is the chairman and CEO of

MICRO, a New Jersey-based manufacturingcompany he purchased in 1977 and grew into aglobal conglomerate. Annually, MICRO producesover six billion parts for the medical device, au-tomotive, aerospace and electronics industries.rough Mr. Semcer’s encouraging leadershipand strategic thinking, an enduring pursuit oftechnological innovation, and close collaborationwith customers, MICRO has tripled its sales andgrown from just a few dozen employees to over500, with divisions in Florida, Korea andSingapore. With sales exceeding $100 millionevery year, MICRO is routinely named to theNJBIZ list of top privately held companies.

Mr. Semcer began his career as a product development engineer for Allied Chemical. In addition to his Stevens degree, he earned anMBA from Seton Hall. He is a member of theNew Jersey Tooling and Machining Association,the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and theAmerican Society of Quality Control. He alsoserved as director of the New JerseyManufacturers Insurance Company.

Additionally, Mr. Semcer serves as a mem-ber of the Stevens Board of Trustees, where his

peers praise his upbeat demeanor and bold vi-sion. He has made numerous philanthropiccontributions to Stevens, including a recent giftto support a research lab in the university’sCenter for Healthcare Innovation, scholarshipsfor biomedical engineering students, and a fac-ulty chair.

Mr. Semcer received the Harold R. Fee ’20Alumni Achievement Award in 1985 and theStevens Honor Award in Innovation and Entre-preneurship in 2010. He often attends AlumniWeekend and inspires his classmates to engagewith their alma mater. He has befriended andmentored numerous students, employing themthrough the university’s internship program andhiring many full-time when they graduate. Healso supports his beloved eta Xi fraternity, including the maintenance of the Keuffel Housewhere the brothers live.

Mr. Semcer and his wife, Mary Jane, spendmost of the year in Florida, where on the state’swest coast they entertain Stevens couples andhave hosted an annual alumni luncheon for overten years.

Four of their children work at MICRO, including son Brian, who earned a graduate degree at Stevens. ey have 16 grandchildren,in whom they encourage philanthropy. One ofthe Semcers’ special charities is St. Benedict’sPreparatory School in Newark, which they haveadopted for the exceptional work that FatherEdwin Leahy, Headmaster, has accomplishedover the last 40 years.

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Frank J. Semcer, Sr. ’65

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CHARLES V. SCHAEFER JR. ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

Stephen T. Boswell C.E. ’89 Ph.D. ’91 Hon. D.Eng. ’13

HONOREES


Sean Hanlonis chairman,CEO and co-chief invest-ment officer ofHanlonInvestment

Management, which he founded in 1999. After graduating from Stevens in 1980,

with a bachelor of engineering in mechanical en-gineering, Mr. Hanlon became a project engineerwith Rohm and Haas. Two years later, Mr.Hanlon had a desire for a Wall Street career andwas hired into the renowned, industry-leadingtraining program at Merrill Lynch. ree yearslater, Paine Webber recruited Mr. Hanlon to opena branch office in 1986, where he expanded hisalready successful investment services practice.

In 1993, Mr. Hanlon’s entrepreneurialspirit led him to leave Paine Webber and becomean independent financial advisor, starting hisown independent firm. In 1999, having devel-oped a specialized investment managementapproach for his direct clients, Mr. Hanlonlaunched Hanlon Investment Management (HIM),an SEC-registered investment advisor, expandingan already successful retail investment manage-ment practice to now include distributinginvestment management solutions on a wholesalelevel, where HIM provides investment manage-ment services for advisors and their clients.

e HIM wholesale business expanded rapidly and needed considerable technology so-lutions, so Mr. Hanlon led HIM to make criticalinvestments into purchasing and developing

software. Today, HIM is an innovative assetmanagement, services and financial technologycompany, employing over 130 associates. Itsproduct offerings include an asset and wealthmanagement platform for advisors, wealth managers, family offices, broker/ dealers, banksand institutions. Over 100,000 clients are serveddaily through the HIM platform, enabledthrough a fully-integrated, cloud-based technol-ogy that includes high quality service and premier investment management teams.

Mr. Hanlon is a member of the StevensBoard of Trustees and chairman of the advisoryboard for the Hanlon Financial System Center atthe Stevens School of Business. e Hanlon Center’s mission is to provide facilities and labsfor educating the students who will become to-morrow’s financial services leaders. e HanlonCenter also supports financial systems research; the development, testing and evaluation of soft-ware for financial networks; the investigation ofcyber-security challenges in the financial domain; hosts conferences; and much more. Mr. Hanlon does or has served on the advisoryboard of numerous financial service companiesand venture capital partnerships.

Mr. Hanlon earned the Certified FinancialPlanner (CFP®) designation in 1997, and he is a member of e Richard Stockton College ofNew Jersey Financial Planning Advisory Board.He and his wife of 28 years, Cathy, have twowonderful, successful adult children, John andErin, and they enjoy spending time with theirimmediate and extended family, especially at theJersey Shore.

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STEVENS HONOR AWARD

John “Sean” J. Hanlon IV ’80

Sachin N.Shah’s career ininternationalbusiness hastaken him fromStevens to Tokyo,where he is chair-

man, president and CEO of MetLife Japan andserves in several leadership roles in U.S. businessorganizations.

MetLife Japan is MetLife’s largest businessoutside the United States, with approximately$14.8 billion (JGAAP) in annual revenue. Mr.Shah leads more than 9,000 employees acrossthe country.

Mr. Shah joined MetLife in 1999 as a vicepresident in the company’s U.S. division. Hesteered the launch of award-winning digitaltechnologies, which were developed for MetLife’scorporate customers, ranging from small busi-nesses to Fortune 500 companies. Beginning in2006, Mr. Shah was responsible for leading strat-egy and business development for MetLife’sinternational business. He identified and man-aged key growth initiatives, including mergersand acquisitions. In 2010, Mr. Shah co-led a$15.5 billion deal involving business in morethan 50 countries, representing the third largestdeal in the life insurance industry.

Beyond his role as MetLife Japan CEO, Mr. Shah is committed to the continued develop-ment of U.S.-Japan relations and the success ofU.S. business in Japan. He serves as president ofthe American Chamber of Commerce in Japan,

the leading foreign business association inJapan, with over 3,500 members. He is also aboard member of the U.S.-Japan BusinessCouncil.

His international contributions also include his leadership in women’s empower-ment. In 2013, Mr. Shah helped establish theTOMODACHI MetLife Women’s LeadershipProgram (TMWLP) in partnership with the US-Japan Council. e program has providedleadership training and mentorship to nearly450 Japanese women and enjoys steadfast support from the U.S. and Japanese govern-ments. In 2015, the Government of Japanselected Mr. Shah as one of the first foreign leaders to join the “Male Champions of Change”council, focusing on accelerating women’s empowerment in Japan.

In addition to his degree in electrical engineering, Mr. Shah earned a master’s in technology management at Stevens. As an undergraduate, he pitched on the varsity baseball team for four seasons. He now serveshis alma mater as a member of the School ofBusiness board of advisors.

Mr. Shah and his wife Rajul have threechildren, including their son Jaisal, who will enroll at Stevens in the fall of 2018. Mr. Shah’sbrother Saumil graduated from Stevens in 1991,and his niece Serena is a member of the Class of 2021. In his spare time, Mr. Shah enjoys staying fit and keeping in touch with his Stevens classmates.

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sachin N. Shah ’89 M.S. ’93

HONOREES


INAUGURAL STEVENS AWARDS GALA

—2013Honorees—LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDWarren G. Wells ’42

YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDMark R. Biamonte ’01

FRIEND OF STEVENS AWARDRobert D. Somerville

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDTony T. Wang M.M.S. ’73

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARDJohn A. Schepisi ’65

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDDavid E. Hershberg M.M.S. ’68

STEVENS HONOR AWARDNorman N. Li Sc.D. ’63

PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP AWARDLawrence T. Babbio, Jr. ’66 Hon. D.Eng. ’01

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS :ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENTWilliam W. Destler ’68

BUSINESS AND FINANCEGina M. Addeo ’86

ENGINEERINGWilliam E. Witowsky ’79

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYMr. Mark R. Crispin ’77*

EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY OR HUMANITARIAN SERVICEJohn H. Hovey ’57

SECOND STEVENS AWARDS GALA

—2014Honorees—LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDRobert W. Bosse ’50

LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDA. Joseph Schneider ’46

YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDCristina Vieira Martinez ’94 M.Eng. ’96

FRIEND OF STEVENS AWARDRichard P. Widdicombe

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSang-Beom Han M.S. ’85 Ph.D. ’91

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDAlbert E. Sisto ’71

STEVENS HONOR AWARDDavid J. Farber ’56 M.S. ’61 Hon. D.Eng. ’99

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS :ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENTFernando L. Fernandez ’60 M.S. ’61 Hon. D.Eng. ’01

BUSINESS AND FINANCEDwight B. Massey ’53

ENGINEERINGJack Lipinski ’72

THIRD STEVENS AWARDS GALA

—2015Honorees—LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDRobert L. Klein ’42 M.S. ’43

YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDMoushmi Patel Culver ’00

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARDJohn H. Tan ’87 M.Eng. ’89

FRIEND OF STEVENS AWARDomas H. Scholl

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDArt Harper ’78

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDFrank Fawzi ’84 M.M.S. ’87

LEGACY AWARDCharles Stewart Mott 1897 Hon. D.Eng. ’37*

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS :ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENTElizabeth E. Bailey M.S. ’66 Hon. D.Eng. ’00

BUSINESS AND FINANCEGustav H. Koven III ’65

ENGINEERINGGerard J. Foschini Ph.D. ’67

ARTS AND HUMANITIESRichard Reeves ’60 Hon. D.Eng. ’87

EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY OR HUMANITARIAN SERVICEJoseph J. Kaminski ’60

—2016Honorees—Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. ’66 Hon.D.Eng. ’01

Elizabeth E. Bailey M.S. ’66 Hon.D.Eng. ’00

David J. Farber ’56 M.S. ’61 Hon.D.Eng. ’99

Frederick Reines ’39 M.S. ’41 Hon.D.Eng ’84*

Charles Stewart Mott 1897 Hon.D.Eng ’37*

FOURTH STEVENS AWARDS GALA

—2017Honorees—YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDRita Gurevich ’06

FRIEND OF STEVENS AWARDJosh S. Weston Hon. D.Eng. ’96

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARDSteven Shulman ’62 M.S. ’63 Hon. D.Eng. ’02

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSteven I. Bandel ’74

STEVENS HONOR AWARDNate Davis ’76

HALL OF ACHIEVEMENTAlexander Calder 1919 Hon. D.Eng. ’69*

PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP AWARDGreg R. Gianforte ’83 M.S. ’83 Hon. D.Eng. ’12 and Susan Gianforte

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS :ACADEMIA & GOVERNMENTMartha J. Connolly ’75 M.S. ’75

ENGINEERINGRichard D. Noble ’68 M.Eng. ’69

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYProfessor Hon. Cardinal Warde ’69

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* Posthumous

PAST HONOREES

20 2018 STEVENS AWARDS GALA

A complete turnaround is happening at Stevens.

Since President Nariman Farvardin’s installation as seventh

President of Stevens Institute of Technology in 2011, the university

has accelerated into the national spotlight as a technology educa-

tion leader. rough a comprehensive strategy resulting in growth

in both size and impact during a remarkably short period of time,

Stevens has rapidly ascended to the elite ranks of higher learning.

Stevens Institute of Technology expresses its gratitude to the members of the Stevens Awards Committee for their time and dedication in selecting the honorees of the Fifth Stevens Awards Gala.

Philip P. Crowley, Esq. ’71, Chair

Marissa M. Brock ’99

Lynn Insley

Nicole P. Malantchouk ’12

Dwight B. Massey ’53

Bruce McNair ’71 M.Eng. ’74

Susan Metz

John C. Rizzuto ’89

Kirit Sarvaiya ’97

James T. Western ’05

President Nariman Farvardin, ex-officio

Nate Davis ’76, ex-officio

William W. Destler ’68, ex-officio

Joseph J. Kaminski ’60, ex-officio

Jack Lipinski ’72, ex-officio

Albert E. Sisto ’71, ex-officio

Victoria Velasco ’04, ex-officio

A B O U T S T E V E N S

ank youTO OUR AWARDS COMMITTEE

Support for Stevens Continues to Soar

Within the last six years,philanthropy and alumniengagement have been revitalized, demonstratingconfidence in and positive sentiment for the university.

Since 2011:

$18.7 million

increase in annual giving

$49.7 million

increase in University’s endowment

41% increase in the

number of alumni donors

New Programs Connect Talent to Opportunity

In 2017, Stevens launchedtwo important newinitiatives designed tosupport highly motivatedunderrepresented minoritystudents as they work toachieve excellence in STEM:

CLARK SCHOLARS PROGRAMThe largest endowed scholarship gift in the school’s history provides financial support and enhanced learning opportunities for exceptional undergraduate students who are underrepresented in the engineering field.

ACES PROGRAMStevens is partnering with high schools in underserved communitiesto introduce talented students with significant financial need, particularly underrepresented minority students, to college life; inspire them to pursue STEM educations; and give them supportduring their undergraduate years.

World-Class Facilities and Curricular Enrichment

Stevens is undertakingexpansion and modern-ization to providestate-of-the-artinfrastructure andinterdisciplinary learningopportunities for ourdynamic students and faculty:

Entire IT infrastructure has been modernized

95% of classrooms have been renovated across our campus

Addition of arts and cultural programmingthrough OnStage at Stevens

Continued thought leadershipas part of the

President’s Distinguished Lecture Series

Construction has begun on a 90,000 square-foot academic complex

Demand for a Stevens Education has Never Been Greater

Stevens’applications andenrollments haveeach increasedsignificantly overthe past six years, as have incomingstudents’ academiccredentials –withoutcompromisingselectivity.


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ABOUT STEVENS

Stevens Students Put eir Degrees to Work

Stevens preparesstudents with skillsthat impact industryand innovations thatdrive our economy –making our studentshighly desirable toboth employers andthe most competitivegraduate programs.

Average Starting Salary (Class of 2017)

secured jobs in intended fields within six months of graduationStudent Outcomes (Class of 2017)

for Return on Investment (PayScale College ROI Report, 2017)

in Best for Career Placement (The Princeton Review,

Colleges That Pay You Back, 2018)

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Top 10

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Our Time is Now

We’re receiving widespreadacclaim for our unique blendof hands-on, project-basedlearning and our STEMclassroom curriculum; for a lecture series featuringnational thought leaders;and for research in nuclearsafety, traumatic braininjury, Alzheimer’s diseasedetection, climate-changeand other key areas.

Stevens also appearsregularly in the pages of The Washington Post and theNew Yorker, on NBC, CNNand The Weather Channel, as well as in hundreds ofadditional publications andmedia outlets. In addition:


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ABOUT STEVENS

Stevens received the 2018 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation, in recognition of its innovative response to higher education challenges and dramatic growth and success over a relatively brief period of time. The honor included a $10,000 prize to Stevens.

U.S. News & World Report named Stevens among Top 25 Most Innovative Schools in the Nation.

We have developedexciting new research partnershipswith MIT, Duke, Columbia and Accenture, among others.[

[According to data

collected by U.S News & World Report, Stevens is the secondfastest rising universityamong the top 100 National Universities.

President Nariman Farvardin was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to receive the 2017 Academic Leadership Award. The honorrecognizes exceptional leadership and included a $500,000 grant to fund academic initiatives.

Forbes dubbed Stevens the “Turnaround University” in an impressive 2017 feature, remarking upon the university’ssignificant enrollment increases, risingoperating revenues, a growing endowment and upgraded debt ratings.

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