2006 Recipients
Peter B. Myers '46
Peter Briggs Myers, your alma mater honors you this day for your extraordinary accomplishments. You received a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1946 and a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics from Oxford University in 1950.
Until your retirement in 1993, you served as a Director of the Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the National Research Council for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. For 14 years you were responsible for all aspects of the Research Council's involvement with the management of high-level, low-level, and transuranic nuclear wastes from both commercial and defense activities. The Charter of the Board includes uranium mill tailings and the decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
Before your appointment at the National Research Council, you held various management positions with responsibility for research and development of advanced solid state technology. After serving in World War II with the U.S. Navy and completing a doctorate in Nuclear Physics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, you started your professional career at Bell Telephone Laboratories and in the course of the next 29 years held positions with Motorola, the Martin Company, Bunker Ramo, and Magnavox.
You are a fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a founding member of the Institute of Management Sciences and a member of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society.
In contrast to your primary career in the physical sciences and advanced technology, you are the surviving representative of the family that developed Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the most widely administered self-report personality instrument in the field today. You are co-owner of the MBTI and is active in research and extension of Jungian type theory to aid in the constructive use of human differences. You served on Advisory Boards at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Hocking Technical College, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Type Resources, Inc. and of the Instituto Interamericano de Capacitacion Turistica, an educational institute concerned with conservation and alternative occupation for the people of the Amazonian rain forest in Brazil. You are the Chairman of the Myers & Briggs Foundation dedicated to the celebration of diversity and the encouragement of scholarly research on psychological type and hold an honorary doctorates in Humane Letters from the College of Idaho and in Applied Public Service from Hocking Technical College.
Peter Myers, it is with great pride and pleasure that WPI presents you with the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement.
Robert L. Diamond '56
Robert Diamond, you have been described as a true 21st century serial entrepreneur. Throughout your career you have demonstrated unique business and engineering vision. Through your energies and efforts, technology in many fields has been linked to consumer market opportunities resulting in new companies, inventions and services, which have improved our lives.
Your belief in your own unique abilities and determination to gain from and to give back to life was demonstrated as a WPI student when you worked your way through college while retaining jobs in construction, a factory, and bakery. Despite the demands of your hectic schedule you poured every spare moment into achieving your degree, proudly graduating second in your class with highest honors.
After graduation you joined the corporate world as an electrical engineer, later serving businesses in a variety of technologies in the areas of marketing, business development and sales management. These corporate business experiences eventually prompted your decision to launch your own engineering, consulting, and manufacturer's representation firm, Robert Diamond, Inc.
Over the years you evolved from engineer to enabler, finding the needed application and fitting the technology to it. You were centrally instrumental in bringing the Hughes CMOS chip technology to Timex for watches and to Milton Bradley for portable game technology, and the Fairchild LED technology to Monroe to make an early four function calculator. By the early 1980s your firm won a contract to manufacture telephones for AT&T. This in turn led you to join with a Singapore partner to launch a Caller ID business, CIDCO Inc. You were CIDCO's Chairman of the Board, you are a holder of a Caller ID engineering patent and you were named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1996.
With the turn of the millennium, based upon the success of the CIDCO business model, you launched Xanboo, a company founded to allow users to control, command, and view their home or business remotely over the internet. Today Xanboo designs Internet-based services and applications for both the consumer and business markets. Since its founding Xanboo's technology has won numerous honors and awards.
Robert Diamond, for your remarkable continuing accomplishments in recognizing the opportunity to bring technology together with products which improve our world, it is an honor to present you as a visionary, inventor and businessman with the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement.
John P. Casey '76
John Casey, for more than 25 years, you have brought great pride to WPI through your contributions to the nuclear-submarine industry and our nation's security.
In addition to your bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, you earned your MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981. Your professional education continued at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Alfred P. Sloan Fellows Program, where you earned an MS degree in Management.
You joined Electric Boat in 1979, and moved steadily through the leadership ranks - superintendent of pipe coverers; manager of Los Angeles-Class ships management; director of estimating and contract changes; general superintendent of the machine shop, foundry and electrical trades; site manager for the company's Quonset Point facility; vice president - programs; and later, vice president - operations. In 2003, you were named president of Electric Boat.
In January, 2005, you brought even more honor to WPI when you were appointed Chairman of the American Shipbuilding Association, which represents the country's largest shipbuilders. Additionally, you are serving on the boards of directors of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, and The Westerly Hospital.
Your commitment to WPI is evidenced by a close and ongoing relationship with the school over the years. Serving on your class board of directors since 2003, you took on the leadership position as your 30th Reunion Class Gift Chair, continuing to support the school that has provided support to you in your success. In 2000, you joined the ranks of WPI parents, when your son, Conor, entered WPI. As a 2004 graduate, he is now a member of the next generation of WPI alumni.
So it is then with great pride and pleasure that WPI presents you, John Casey, with the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement.
William N. Giudice '76
Bill Giudice, you are a visionary in the communications and semiconductor industries. Your entrepreneurial abilities, leadership and dedication to your field have earned you the respect of your colleagues and peers.
Following your graduation from WPI with a degree in electrical engineering, you entered the business world, spending several years in the sales and marketing division of some the world's leading technology and communications companies including Hewlett Packard, AT&T and Verbex (Exxon Communications Systems). You then went on to spend nine years at LSI Logic where you held a number of senior-level positions in sales and marketing.
In 1994, you and a fellow WPI alumnus co-founded Maker Communications, a company which developed and marketed semiconductor integrated circuits and software. You served as chairman, president and CEO until Maker became a publicly traded company in 1999. In 2000, Maker Communications was acquired by Conexant Systems, Inc. who named you vice president and general manager of Broadband Internetworking Systems, a business unit formed within Conexant's Network Access Division. Once again, your experience of more than twenty years in the communications and semiconductor industry served you well as you demonstrated your ability to think strategically and effectively manage the business.
With each professional challenge, you have been known for creating a dynamic environment that nurtures creativity and innovation. In 2001 you joined Telephotonics, Inc. as their president and CEO where you were responsible for the design and manufacturing of next-generation optical components for the DWDM market and other segments of the global telecommunications and data communications optical network.
In 2003, you joined Analog Devices, a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, as vice president and general manager of the company's Micromachined Products Division. You continue in that position today and you remain committed to excellence and a broad understanding of an every-changing field.
Your life outside your professional world has been noteworthy by your concern for and dedication to education at all levels. You have been an elected member of WPI's Board of Trustees since 2004. Wherever you turn, your quest for the highest quality of education which ultimately benefits society has been a distinguishing emphasis of your involvement.
Bill Giudice, in recognition of your leadership and vision and with great pride in the successes of your career, WPI presents you with the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement.
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