Distinguished Engineers

Recipients of the Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award

2013 Distinguished Engineers

This award recognizes outstanding lifetime achievements in the practice of engineering, contributions to the engineering profession, and actions enhancing the image of engineering in our society.  Charles W. Britzius was the epitome of the distinguished engineer, having excelled in all three areas recognized by the award: he was the founder of Twin City Testing, Inc.; was a long-time contributor to MSPE and ASCE; served as mayor of Deephaven; and was a tireless supporter of numerous professional and civic causes.

2023 William Arnold
Steve Compertz
ASCE
ASQ
2022 Gary A. Davis
Dave Martini
ASCE
MnSPE
2021 Christopher R. Erickson
Emmanuel Detournay
SAME
ASCE
2020 Venkat Parameshwaran
Thomas Eggum
SAE
ASCE
2019 Terry R. Zien
Dr. Bojan Guzina
SAME
ASCE
2018 Mark Angelo, PE
Dr. Ronald Bennett, PE
Dr. Stephen Druschel
Ashweni Sahni
Dr. Samuel Sheikh
SAME
MnSPE
ASCE
ASQ
AIAA
2017 Bill Holman, PE
Kenneth Holte, PE
Dr. Gary Jing
Kurt Nordstrum, PE
Dr. Antonio Schultz
SAME
MnSPE
ASQ
ISA
ASCE
2016
Randall F. Geerdes, PE
Beth A. Keister, PE
Daniel Peterson, PE
John Palmer
ASCE
SAME
MnSPE
INCOSE
2015 Thomas Crump, PE
Paul Pasko, PE
SAME
MnSPE
2014 Charles Canton, PE, F.NSPE
James Hill, PE
Andy Walker Mobley, PE
MnSPE
ASQ
ISA
2013 John Blackstone, PE, F.NSPE
Eriks Ludins, PE, F.ASCE
James Mosner, PE, F.SAME
Patrick Whitcomb
Shu-Ho Yung
MnSPE
ASCE
SAME
ASQ
ISA
2012 Eileen Arnold, PMP, ESEP
Prof. John Gulliver
Prof. Mostafa Kaveh
Larry Kirchner, PE
Dennis Martenson, PE
Jeff Shopek, PE
INCOSE
ASCE
IEEE
ASME
ASCE
MnSPE
2011 Robert Diesch, PE
Cameron Kruse, PE
Joseph Labuz, PE
ASME
MnSPE
ASCE
2010 John Edward Anderson, PE
James Bakken, PE, F.SAME
Karen C. Chou, PE
Catherine French, PE
David Morrill, PE
INCOSE
SAME
ASCE
ASCE
MnSPE
2009 Michael Semmens, PE ASCE
2008 Vernon Castle, PE
James Scott, PE
Prof. Edward Silberman
Dr. Eugene Skok, Jr.
SME
SAME
ASCE
AGS
2007 Donald Borcherding, PE, LS
J. (Marty) Romano, PE
MnSPE
ECM

2006 J. Craig Johnson, PE, F.SAME
Henryk Stolarski, PE
Darrel Untereker, PhD
David Urke, PE
SAME
ASCE
ASQ
ESSP
2005 Andrew Drescher ASCE
2004 Todd Christopherson, PE
Prof. Steven Crouch
Robert Schlentz, PE
MnSPE
ASCE
IEEE
2003 Jon Rippke, PE
Prof. Heinz Stefan
MnSPE
ASCE
2002 Prof. Roger Arndt
Donald Brauer, PE
Robert Post, PE
Herman Viegas, PE
ASCE
ECM
SAME
ASME
2001 Thomas Kuehn, PhD, PE
Richard Kremer
2000 Nicholas Berkholtz, PE
W.T. (Mac) McCalla, PE
James McLinn, CRE
1999 Neil Petersen, PE
George Richter, PE
Robert Rosene, PE
Russell Susag, PE
1998 Prof. H. Ted Davis
George Ellison, PE
Leif Ericksen, PE
Joseph Ling, PE
Benjamin Liu
Ronald Schmidt
1997 John Braun, PE
Richard Braun, PE
Theodore Galambos, PE
Joseph Killpatrick
1996 Charles Britzius, PE
Oscar Schott, PE

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