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Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. ’66 Hon.D.Eng. ’01 |
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From his early days at Bell to his executive role in the merger that formed Verizon, Larry Babbio helped create the modern telecommunications industry. As Verizon’s Vice Chairman and President, he used his engineering expertise to develop FiOS, the integrated network that provides cable, internet and phone service to millions of customers. He has served on a number of corporate boards and is chairman emeritus of the Stevens Trustees. |
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Elizabeth E. Bailey M.S. ’66 Hon.D.Eng. ’00 |
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Throughout her career, Elizabeth Bailey has been the first many times: the first woman to earn a PhD in economics at Princeton, the first woman to lead a department at Bell Labs, and the first female commissioner appointed to the federal Civil Aeronautics Board. Her expertise has taught generations of students at several universities, guided numerous corporate boards in diverse markets, and shaped public policy on industry regulations. |
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Charles Stewart Mott 1897 Hon.D.Eng ’37 |
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Charles Stewart Mott was a navy gunner during the Spanish-American War, a two-term mayor of Flint, and an early partner in forming General Motors. During his 21 years as Vice President and six decades on the board, Mott led GM into becoming the most profitable company in the United States. He used his wealth to create the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which has given millions for community causes worldwide. |
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Frederick Reines ’39 M.S. ’41 Hon.D.Eng ’84 |
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For his work discovering the neutrino, Frederick Reines was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1995. Previously, many scientists considered the neutrino as only theoretical, or if real, something impossible to detect, but Reines and Clyde Cowan were successful in a Savannah lab in 1956. The discovery updated what scientists understood about particles, and decades later, astronomers are using neutrinos to probe deep into space. |
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David J. Farber ’56 M.S. ’61 Hon.D.Eng. ’99 |
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Known as the Grandfather of the Internet, Dave Farber wrote several computer languages that shaped the early worldwide web. His NSFNet provided an early blueprint for internet infrastructure, and his work co-creating a distributed computer system that could share data foreshadowed modern cloud computing. He has taught at universities and advised the federal government on technology, and he was elected to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013. |