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Sylvanus Thayer Fellows Award

The Sylvanus Thayer Fellows Award was established in 1978 by Dartmouth Engineering's Board of Advisors to recognize alumni and friends who have given thoughtfully of their time and resources to Thayer. The award, named after the School's founder, has been bestowed on individuals distinguished by their generosity to Thayer, their commitment to engineering education at Dartmouth, their accomplishments in their careers, and their service to the community at large.

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Recent Honorees

Benton Routh Named 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Fellow

Dartmouth Engineering named Benton Routh '86 Th'86 Th'87 as this year's Sylvanus Thayer Fellow for his lasting service to the School and his exemplary multidisciplinary career. 

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Past Fellows

  • 2020s

    2023

    John H. Currier '79 Th'81

    2022

    Stina Brock '01 Th'02
    Richard Tabors '65

    2020 (awarded in 2021)

    Ralph E. Crump '66a 
    Carol B. Muller '77 P'06 '09

  • 2010s

    Michael C. Chapman '76 Th'77
    Harlan W. Fair '53 Th'54 GP'18
    Jessica L. Duda '96 Th'97 Th'99
    Robert B. Garman '69 Th'70 P'00

  • 2000s

    Albert W. Doolittle Jr. '36 Th'37 P'64
    Christopher K. Hu '69 Th'70 P'15
    Warren F. Daniell Jr. '48 Th'50 P'77
    Charles L. Weinberg '42 Th'42 P'74
    John H. Kennedy '53 Th'54 P'86
    Thomas P. Putnam
    John Fletcher
    Frank P. Strong Jr. '56 Tu'57 Th'57

  • 1990s

    William F. Allyn '58 Th'59 P'86 GP'15
    Robert E. Field Sr. '43 TU'47 P'76 TUP'77 GP'93 '01 '12
    John C. Woodhouse '21 GR'23 P'51 H'84
    W. Patrick Gramm '52 P'88
    Myron Tribus '42 H'66
    Samuel C. Florman '46 Th'73 GP'20 '21
    Stanley H. Feldberg '46 P'73 '74
    Theodora L. Feldberg W'46 P'73 '74 GP'12
    Paul J. Henegan '47 Th'49
    Howard E. Sommer '40

  • 1980s

    William E. Buchanan '24 P'53 '56 GP'80 '81 H'77
    Marian Miner Cook W'29 P'69 ThP'70 GP'95 '98
    Robert T. Ley '33 Th'34
    Howard A. Schroedel '25 Th'26
    Cecil Goodheart W'08 ThW'09
    Orodon S. Hobbs '31 Th'32 P'70
    Craig J. Cain '45 Th'45 P'72 ThP'71 GP'04
    William H. Davidow '57 Th'58
    George H. Hartmann '49 Th'50 P'83 '85 '91
    Richard D. Lombard '53 TU'54 P'88
    Ronald A. Schiavone '47 Th'48 P'82
    John M. Alden '46 TU'48 Th'48
    Joseph A. Baute Jr. '52 Th'54 P'77 TUP'80
    James A. Browning '44 Th'45 P'78 H'61
    Robert P. Hallock Jr. '38
    Charles J. Zimmerman '23 TU'24 H'73
    David T. McLaughlin '54 TU'55 H'71 '87 P'78 '81 '85 TUP'81 GP'07 '09 '11 '12 '14 '16
    Agnar Pytte P'82 GRP'82
    Reuben Samuels '47 P'79
    Edwin F. Studwell '31 TU'32
    John W. Ballard II '55 TU/Th'56 GP'07 '08 '17 ThGP'07 '09
    Ray Stata
    William E. Scollard '47 Th'48 P'92 TUP'95 ThP'93

  • 1970s

    Henry C. Beck Jr. '38 Th'39 P'81 GP'99
    John O. Bickel
    Peter R. Brown '49 Th'49
    John B. Cook '29 P'69 GP'95 '98
    George B. Davidson '13 Th'14
    Nelson L. Doe '12 Th'13
    Phillip R. Jackson '43 Th'43 P'77
    Charles C. Jones '18 Th'19
    Paul Jones Jr. '44 Th'44 P'75 '77
    Barry L. MacLean '60 Th'61 H'10 P'87 '94 '95 ThP'95 '96 GP'25
    Henry J. McCarthy '31 P'60
    Eugene E. Nearburg P'72 ThP'74
    A. James O'Mara '42 Th'42 P'69 '71 '82 ThP'86
    Foxhall A. Parker '48 Th'49 P'82
    Helen W. Parker P'82
    Ida L. Patterson
    Warren A. Peterson Jr. '55 P'80
    Robert J. Rodday
    Thomas L. Tyler '54 Th'56 P'75 '89 GP'00