Alumni Awards & Honors

B.S. Alumni

Carol Bartz
B.A. '71
with Honors

Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!
 Formerly Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Autodesk, Inc.
 Appointed to 
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Policy (PCAST) by President Bush (2001 - present)
 Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Cisco Systems, Network Appliance, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science and Technology
 Barron's "World’s 30 Most Respected CEOs" (2005)
 Forbes "World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" (2004)
 Exemplary Community Leadership Award, National Conference for Community & Justice (2004)
 Women in Technology List, Business Week (2004)
 100 Most Influential Women in Business  San Francisco Business Times (2004) 
 Entered into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (2003)
 Avatar Award for Women of Excellence, National Association of Female Executives (2003)
John Bethencourt
B.S. '05
Graduate Student, Univ. of California - Berkeley
 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2006) 
 National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2006)
Jason Franklin
B.S. '05
Graduate Student, Carnegie-Mellon University
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2006)
Nicholas Rasmussen
B.S. '01

Principal R&D EngineerIndustrial Light & Magic

2008 Scientific and Engineering Award,
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    for the Industrial Light & Magic fluid simulation system

 

Mark Shavlik
B.S. '84

CEO of Shavlik Technologies 
 2004 Tekne Leadership Award, Minnesota Technology, Inc. & Minnesota High Tech Association