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The Rensselaer Alumni Association
Alumni Hall of Fame

The achievements of Rensselaer alumni through the years have had important and far-reaching effect.

From the bridge builders of the 19th century to the engineers of space exploration, from the inventors of the Industrial Revolution to the entrepreneurs of today’s computer technology, Rensselaer alumni have helped shape our world.

In 1995, the Rensselaer Alumni Association established the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame to preserve and celebrate the long and exceptional heritage of Rensselaer graduates.

The accomplishments of the members of the Hall of Fame are celebrated in etched windows that line Thomsen Hall in the Darrin Communications Center.

Watch the video commemorating the September 2007 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees (requires Flash).

Photographs from the 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Inducted September 2007
Ebenezer Emmons, Class of 1826 Geologist 1799-1863	William Pitt Mason, Class of 1874 Teacher, Pure Water Advocate 1853-1937
John Alexander Low Waddell, Class of 1875 International Bridge Designer 1854-1938	Frank C. Osborn, Class of 1880 Stadium Architects And Engineers 1857-1922
Kenneth H. Osborn, Class of 1908 Stadium Architects And Engineers 1886-1949	Robert H. Widmer, Class of 1938 Aircraft Designer 1916-
Hermann A. Haus, Class of 1951 Optical Communications Specialist 1925-2003
Inducted September 2005
Watch the video commemorating the September 2005 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees: Quicktime \| Windows Media Player Photographs from the 2005 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Robert Woolston Hunt, Class of 1916 H Metallurgist 1838-1923	Garnet Douglass Baltimore, Class of 1881 Landscape Engineer 1859-1946
Chauncey Starr, Class of 1932 Atomic Power Pioneer 1912-2007	Don L. Anderson, Class of 1955 Geophysicist 1933-

Inducted September 2003
Douglass Houghton, Class of 1829 Geologist 1809-1845	Walter E. Irving, Class of 1896 Engineer, Inventor, Manager 1874-1958
Howard P. Isermann, Class of 1942 Sunscreen Developer, Trustee 1921-	Lois Graham, Class of 1946 Engineering Education Leader 1925-
J. Christopher Jaffe, Class of 1949 International Acoustician 1927-	Myles N. Brand, Class of 1964 Leader in Higher Education 1942-
John L. Swigert Jr., Class of 1965 Astronaut 1931-1982	Robert Resnick, Class of 1992H World-Famous Physics Educator 1923-

Inducted September 2001
Theodore Dehone Judah Transcontinental Railroad Visionary 1826-1863	Edwin Bryant Crocker, Class of 1833 Western Railroad Pioneer 1818-1875
Eben N. Horsford, Class of 1838 Inventor, Educator, Chemist, 1818-1893	Frederick Grinnell, Class of 1855 Pioneer in Fire Safety 1836-1905
John Flack Winslow Iron Manufacturer, Steel Pioneer 1810-1892	William H. Wiley, Class of 1866 Scientific and Technical Publisher 1842-1925
Alan M. Voorhees, Class of 1947 Urban Planner and Traffic Forecaster 1922-2005	Raymond S. Tomlinson, Class of 1963 Inventor of Network Electronic Mail 1941-

Hall of Fame Inductees: The First Two Classes Watch the online streaming video about the first two classes of inductees to the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame (requires Windows Media Player)
Inducted October 1999
Asa Fitch, Class of 1827 Entomologist 1809-1879	James Hall, Class of 1832 Geologist, Paleontologist 1811-1898
William B. Cogswell, Class of 1852 Mining Engineer, Entrepreneur 1834-1921	Alexander J. Cassatt, Class of 1859 Civil Engineer, Railroad Executive 1839-1906
Leffert L. Buck, Class of 1868 Bridge Builder 1837-1909	Mordecai T. Endicott, Class of 1868 Civil and Naval Engineer 1844-1926
Henry A. Rowland, Class of 1870 Physicist 1848-1901	George T. Horton, Class of 1893 Industrialist, Materials Engineer 1873-1945
Milton Brumer, Class of 1923 Civil Engineer, Bridge Builder 1902-1999	W. Lincoln Hawkins, Class of 1932 Chemist, Inventor, Advocate 1911-1992
Ralph B. Peck, Class of 1934 Leader in Soil Mechanics 1912-	Keith D. Millis, Class of 1938 Metallurgical Engineer, Inventor 1915-1992
C. Sheldon Roberts, Class of 1948 Engineer, Semiconductor Pioneer 1926-	Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy, Class of 1949 Heat Transfer Engineer, Manager 1927-
Marcian E. Hoff, Class of 1958 Electrical Engineer, Inventor 1937-	Roland W. Schmitt Scientist, Manager, Educator 1923-

Inducted September 1998
Stephen Van Rensselaer Patroon, Leader, Founder 1764-1839	Amos Eaton Educator, Scientist 1776-1842
Benjamin F. Greene, Class of 1842 Educator, Visionary, Scientist 1817-1895	Emily Warren Roebling Manager 1844-1903
Washington A. Roebling, Engineer, Bridge Builder, Industrialist 1837-1926	Palmer C. Ricketts, Class of 1875 Engineer, Educator 1856-1934
George W.G. Ferris, Class of 1881 Civil Engineer, Inventor 1859-1896	John M. Lockhart, Class of 1887 Steel Maker, Banker, Philanthropist 1865-1939
Margaret O.S. Sage Benefactor 1828-1918	Sanford L. Cluett, Class of 1898 Inventor 1874-1968
Emil H. Praeger, Class of 1915 Civil Engineer, Creative Builder 1882-1973	J. Erik Jonsson, Class of 1922 Philanthropist, Leader, Public Servant 1901-1994
Allen B. Du Mont, Class of 1924 Inventor, Television Pioneer 1901-1965	Clay Patrick Bedford, Class of 1924 Industrialist, Engineer, Manager 1903-1991
H. Joseph Gerber, Class of 1947 Inventor, Engineer, Industrialist 1924-1996	George M. Low, Class of 1948 Space Pioneer, Engineer, Educator 1926-1984
Ivar Giaever, Class of 1964 Research Scientist, Nobel Laureate 1929-

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