The Engineers' Council
Honorary Engineer of the Year Award
1969 - 2009

1969 Edward Reineke, Lt. Gov. State of California
1970 William Lear, Chairman of the Board, Lear Motors
1971 William F. Rockwell, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Rockwell Int.
1972 Hon. Donald R. Jackson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, USAF
1973 Daniel J. Haughton, Chairman of the Board, Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
1974 Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
1975 Burt F. Raynes, Chairman of the Board, Rohr Industries
1976 Grant L. Hansen, VP and GM, General Dynamics
1977 Aaron Cohen, Orbitor Project Manager, NASA/JSC
1978 Dr. David R. Scott, President, Scott-Preyss Associates
1979 Major General James W. Stansberry, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Systems Command
1980 Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States
1981 Douglas T. Ross, Chairman of the Board, SOFTECH
1982 Ronald Reagan, President of the United States
1983 Malcolm Baldrige, United States Secretary of Commerce
1984 James R. Barret, President & CEO, Computervision Corporation
1985 Len J. Weaver, Executive Chairman, Polymark International
1986 J. Tracy O'Rourke, President & CEO, Allen Broadly Co.
1987 David R. McMurtry, Chairman of the Board, Renishah PLC
1988 Jon Michael Smith, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NASA
1989 Dennis E. Wisnosky, President Wizdom Systems
1990 Dick Cheney, United States Secretary of Defense
1993 Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA
1994 Dr. William J. Perry, United States Secretary of Defense
1996 Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Corporate VP, Engineering & Science, Lockheed Martin Corp.
1997 Donna Shirley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
2000 Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA
2001 Lt. General Thomas J. Keck, Commander 8th Air Force, USAF
2002 Hon. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
2003 Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, USAF (ret.)
2005 Hon. Sean O'Keefe, 10th Administrator, NASA
2006 Hon. Curt Weldon, United States Congressman, Pennsylvania
2007 Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations, USN