Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement

Awarded by
WPI Alumni Association

Named in honor of Robert Hutchings Goddard, Class of 1908, pioneer in the field of modern rocketry. Recipients will have demonstrated exceptional professional achievement in his or her chosen field. Qualifications include, but are not limited to, outstanding leadership skills, business acumen, innovative approaches to technical challenges, pre-eminence in teaching or research, and/or entrepreneurship.

In 1926, Dr. Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket was launched in Auburn, Mass. Larger scale experiments and a skeptical local government made it necessary for Dr. Goddard, who was to become recognized as the father of the United States space program, to move to New Mexico in 1930. There, he carried on a major series of tests until 1942 at which time he was called to Washington as Chief of Navy Research on jet-propelled planes.

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Year Recipient Name Awarded by Type Details
2018 Wesley P. Wheeler '78 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2018 Robert D. Woog '68 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2018 Maria Elisa Carvajal '88 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2018 Lynn M. Foden '03 MBA Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2018 Bari Hamami '93 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2018 Steven P. Vassallo '93 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 David Cortese Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 James Mayer Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 John Kelly Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 Lise Jorgensen Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 Mehrdad Givehchi Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 Joseph Kilar Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2017 Zhiqiang Tan Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2016 Donald D. Dossa '97 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Joseph B. Szialo '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 William F. Kiczuk '81 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association
2016 Kathleen M. Loftus '86 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Zvi Szafran '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2015 A. Laurence Jones III Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2015 James Giza MS Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2015 Joseph D. Adams Jr. ’75 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2015 A. Laurence Jones III '75 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2015 Joseph D. Adams, Jr. '75 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2015 James D. Giza '95 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 Linwood E. Bradford, Jr. '89 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 William A. Delphos '74 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 Gary Goshgarian '64 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 David G. LaPre '74 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 Dean F. Stratouly '74 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2014 Todd D. Wyman '89 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2013 Richard H. Campbell '58 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Posthumously, Read the citation: 2013 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Richard H. Campbell

2013 Dean L. Kamen '73 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2013 Raymond M. Dunn '78 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2013 William A. Fitzgerald III '83 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2013 Timothy F. Horan '83 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 Scott S Harris '82 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 George R Oliver '82 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 David P Norton '62 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 Rene LaPierre '67 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 Wayne J. Miller '67 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 Raymond P. Roberge '72 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2012 Thomas L Pajonas '77 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

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2011 William L. Anthony '61 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Stuart C. Kazin '61 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 James P. Baum '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Joseph E. Laptewicz, Jr. '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Claude P. Mancel '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Richard K. Allen '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Bob Whyte '60 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Peter Rado '70 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni