PEOPLE

We show in this page careers and profiles of our alumni at different stages. For our current and prospective students, this page may give them a glimpse of future career paths and provide them with inspiration. Our alumni can use this page stay in touch. We invite alumni to send your profiles and news to: Dr. Alex Cheng at acheng@olemiss.edu.

Prescott Sherman BSCE (1938) President, PASCO Realty and Development Corp. (retired), UM 2003 Engineers of Distinction Award
Clifford G. Worsham BSCE (1939) UM 1983 Engineers of Distinction Award
George H. Kimmons BSCE (1941) UM 1983 Engineers of Distinction Award
Douglas S. Jennings BSCE (1942) (Deceased) Senior Civil Engineer, Monsanto Corp., Pensacola, Florida
Henry C. Brevard, Jr. BSCE (1943) B&B Concrete, Tupelo, MS, UM 1987 Engineers of Distinction Award
Sam Waggoner BSCE (1943) Former Mississippi State Highway Commissioner, UM 2006 Engineers of Distinction Award
David Galloway BSCE (1943) Civil Engineer, Exxon (Retired)
Taylor McElroy BSCE(1950) Assistant State Construction Engineer (Retired), Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Alton Keith Gilbert BSCE (1951) Manager of Highway Engineering, Automobile Club of Southern California (Retired).
Joe Davis Brown BSCE (1955) UM 1993 Engineers of Distinction Award
Thomas W. Elliott BSCE (1956) UM 1996 Engineers of Distinction Award, Owner, Elliott & Britt Engineering, Oxford, Mississippi
James W. Barnette BSCE (1958) President, Coastcon Corp., UM 2001 Engineers of Distinction Award
James Davis Quin BSCE (1958) UM 1992 Engineers of Distinction Award
Hubert L. Foley, Jr. BSCE (1959) Hubert L. Foley, Jr. and Associates, P.A., Consulting Engineers, New Albany, Mississippi.
Bobby Whitaker BSCE (1960) Retired, Metcalf & Eddy, Construction Manager
John Jernigan BSCE (1960) Director, Civil / Transportation Division, Ellers, Oakley, Chester & Rike
A. Garner Russell BSCE (1960) Owner, A. Garner Russell & Associates
Billy Woodrow Key BSCE (1961) Contract Administration Engineer, Mississippi Department of Transportation
William G. Yates, Jr. BSCE (1963)
JD
President, Yates Construction Co. (Largest in Mississippi, ranked in top 50 in the US), UM 1992 Engineers of Distinction Award
G. Edward Hargraves BSCE (1964) Partner, Askew Hargraves Harcocurt & Associates, Inc.
Chun-Tsung Wang MSCE (1966) Former President, National Taiwan Ocean University
T. Paul Teng MSCE (1966) Director, Office of Infrastructure R&D, Federal Highway Administration.
J. Gorman Schaffer

BSCE (1967)
MS (1969)

Principal and Executive Vice President, Neel-Schaffer, Inc., Jackson, MS., UM 2000 Engineers of Distinction Award
Clark C.K. Liu MSCE (1969) Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Steven Kent Howell BSCE (1971) Owner, Endevco Inc., Oxford, MS
William "Butch" Porter BSCE (1971) President, W. H. Porter & Co., Inc.
Bill Rigby BSCE (1971) Vice President for Facilities Services, BE&K Government Group, Birmingham, AL.
Joseph F. Lauderdale BSCE (1971) Owner of Consulting Engineering Firm, Olive Branch, MS, UM 1994 Engineers of Distinction Award
Robert Moss BSCE (1971) Moss Construction Co.
Alfred "Al" Crawley BSCE (1974)
MSCE (1978)
Consulting Engineer, Crawley & Associates, formerly, Director of Research, Department of Transportation, State of Mississippi.
Richard "Dick" Sipos BSME (1971) BSCE (1977) Richard Sipos Consulting
Jeff W. Rish, III BSCE (1977) Ph.D. ME (1985 Head, Electro-Optics Sensing & Surveillance Technology Branch, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City
Nadim M. Aziz BSCE (1978)
MS (1980)
Ph.D. (1984)
Department Chair, Professor of Civil Engineering, Clemson University
Roy Anthony DiVincenti BSCE (1978) CEO, Professional Forensic Services, Inc.
Wade Stinson BSCE (1978) Vice President, Construction and Maintenance, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.
Joy Portera BSCE (1979) Assistant Chief Engineer--Operations, Mississippi Department of Transportation (Retired)
David N. DeLeeuw BSCE (1979) Program Director, Mississippi Transportation Design Branch, Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Jackson, MS; President (01-02), Mississippi Engineering Society
Rick Turner BSCE (1980) Window Observational Research Facility Manager, NASA
Adnan A. Basma BSCE (1980)
MS(1981)
Ph.D. (1985)
Department Chair, Civil Engineering, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Deceased in 2004)
William R. Reed BSCE (1981) President and General Manager, Cives Steel Company, Mid South Division
Wes Dean BSCE (1983) State Traffic Engineer, Mississippi Department of Transportation
William D Young, III BSCE (1984) President, Pinnacle Construction, UM 2001 School of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Lecture speaker
Robert Alan Jenkins BSCE (1986) Jenkins Engineering, Inc., Tupelo, MS
Thomas G. Dunlap

BSGE (1988) BSCE (1989) MS (1990)

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc.; ASCE Mississippi Section President (02-03)
Stephen O'Connor BSCE (1989) Chief Bridge Engineer, Department of Highway and Traffic, Saint Louis County, Missouri
John E. Robbins BSCE (1989) Project Manager, Eutaw Construction Company, Aberdeen, Mississippi
Barrett E. Green BSCE (1990) Director, Portfolio Management & Corporate Development, Entergy
Rick Ferguson BSCE (1991) Senior Bridge Engineer, Pickering, Inc., Jackson, MS
Jim Ferguson, Jr. BSCE (1995) East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Public Works, Design Engineering Division
Pedro "Pete" Rodriguez Ph.D. (1997) Director, Testing Laboratory, Engineering Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Center.
Martin W. Doyle MS (1997) Assistant Professor, Geography Department, University of North Carolina
Adel Mahmoud Belal Ph.D. (1997) Associate Professor, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt
Nichalos D. Gardner BSCE (1997) Director of Public Works, Hinds County, Mississippi
Hely Saul Gonzalez BSCE (1998) Lieutenant, Civil Engineer Corps, US Navy
Ben Sale BSCE (1998) Lieutenant J.G., US Navy.
Johnny Kelly BSCE (1998) Yates Construction Co.
Muhammad M. Ali BSCE (1999) Assistant Engineer, Neel-Schaffer, Inc
Acey Roberts BSCE (1999) Consulting Engineer, Williford, Gearhart & Knight, Inc.
Amber Miller Cutcliff BSCE (2001) Aviation Engineering, Neel-Schaffer, Inc. ASCE Mississippi Section Younger Members Chairperson
Van Gilbert BSCE (2001) Juris Doctor, University of Mississippi
Lauren Averill BSCE (2001) Safety Advisor, ExxonMobil Development Company
James L. Caughorn, Jr. BSCE (2001) EIT, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., Houston, TX
Lucy Phillips BSCE (2002) Research Civil Engineer, Engineering Research and Development Center, Corps of Engineers
Richard Mestayer BSCE (2002) Project Engineer, Lanier and Associates.
Khairy Abu-Salah MS (2003) Environmental Engineer, State Pollution Prevention Coordinator, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
David Carroll BSCE (2003) Project Engineer, MBA Structural Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama