Purdue Notebook

February 27, 1998

Campus activities

-- Katherine Tyler Scott, executive director of Trustees Leadership Development, will present "Inner Work: A Discipline of Leadership" at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 19, in Room 210, Stewart Center. Scott's organization has developed a national education program designed to help not-for-profit agencies build leadership skills for their staffs and board members. The free program is part of the Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

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Alumni honors:

-- The School of Industrial Engineering honored eight of its graduates with the 1998 Outstanding Industrial Engineer Awards. The award recognizes individuals whose distinguished careers reflect highly on the value of a Purdue industrial engineering education. Recipients are: Juan E. de Bedout Molina, vice president, Latin American Operations, Kimberly-Clark, Roswell, Ga. ; Michael L. Eskew, senior vice president of engineering, United Parcel Service, Atlanta ; Pedro Granadillo Jr., vice president, human resources, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis ; Harry V. Huffman, vice president and general counsel, Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, Indianapolis ; Cynthia A. Niekamp, vice president, corporate strategy and planning, Mead Corp., Dayton, Ohio ; Mike T. Riordan, president and chief operating officer, Fort James Corp., Green Bay, Wis. ; John M. Stropki, executive vice president and president North America, Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio ; and Adel Zakaria, senior vice president, engineering and manufacturing, worldwide agricultural equipment division, Deere and Co., Moline, Ill.

Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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