Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award
Texnikoi is an organization of undergraduate students in the College of Engineering that recognizes qualities of leadership, integrity and personality as exemplified by active participation and leadership in extracurricular activities. Each year the active membership of Texnikoi selects one of the younger alumni of the College of Engineering as a recipient of the Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award. This award is based upon their achievements since graduation, evaluated in light of the objectives of Texnikoi.
Alumni Award Nomination Form and Information
2007 Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient
John Russell
John Russell is a founding partner of the intellectual property law firm of Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP. The firm opened for business in 2005; in its first year, it achieved the status of the largest new intellectual property law firm in the country, based on the number of issued patents. Under his leadership, the firm has continued to expand and now represents clients such as Ford Motor Co., Nike, Microsoft, Kawasaki and Mattel.
Russell holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a doctorate from Ohio State University, a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a law degree from the University of Michigan. Before beginning his legal career, Russell worked in the research area of Ford Motor Co., where he developed advanced powertrain and emission control systems. He is a named inventor on nearly 100 U.S. patents in a broad range of technical fields, including fluid dynamics, control systems, artificial intelligence, combustion and electro-magnetics. Several of his inventions are used in millions of vehicles each year to reduce fuel consumption, improve safety and reduce emissions.
While at Ford, Russell was awarded Ford’s most prestigious technical award, the Henry Ford Technology Award, for his groundbreaking work in creating a new, integrated, exhaust gas recirculation system that provides significantly improved performance and fuel economy and reduced emissions at significantly reduced costs.
Russell is active in various bar associations and speaks frequently on issues relating to work-life balance and challenging the traditional law firm structure. He is a daily bicycle commuter and participates in various bike-to-work challenges.
Russell, his wife and their two children live in Portland, Ore.
Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Gradutaion Department/Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Russell | ME, PhD 94, 00 |
| 2006 | Karen Eisenloffel | ARCH, CE 83, 90 |
| 2005 | Steven Auvil | ME 88 |
| 2004 | John Rudolph | ISE 90 |
| 2003 | Marybeth Lima | AG 88, PhD FAB 96 |
| 2002 | Nancy Porter | WE 85 |
| 2001 | Richard Brandon | CHE 83 |
| 2000 | Wes Blankenship | ME 86, 88, 91 |
| 1998 | Nancy Dawes | CHE 81 |
| 1997 | David Tatman | IE 80 |
| 1996 | Douglas Brown | CHE 78, 79 |
| 1994 | Jacquelyn Kovach | WE 76 |
| 1993 | Gary Tatterson | CHE 74, 77 |
| 1992 | Colette Pierce-Burnette | ISE 80 |
| 1991 | Karen Murphy | CHE 79 |
| 1990 | Douglas Smith | CHE 68, 69 |
| 1989 | Dr. Kenneth McKelvey | CHE 67, 68 |
| 1988 | Jeffrey Rodek | ME 75 |
| 1987 | Dr. Eric Grulke | CHE 71,72,75 |
| 1986 | John Salladay | CHE 68, 68 |
| 1985 | Dr. Eugene Jarrett | CHE 66, 68 |
| 1984 | Bruce Wilson | MIN 65 |
| 1983 | Kerry Hertenstein | CHE 71,71 |
| 1982 | Thad Perry | ISE 67 |
| 1981 | Karen Hendricks | CHE 71 |
| 1980 | Thomas Thomas | EE 66, 66 |
| 1979 | William Lowrie | CHE 66 |
| 1977 | William Fuller | IE 48 |
| 1975 | Robert Stafford | EE 61 |
| 1974 | Thomas Eyerman | Arch 63 |
| 1973 | Philip Stevens | IE 56 |
| 1972 | Larry Hench | CER 64 |
| 1971 | Thomas Fitz | CHE 66 |
| 1970 | Dr. Earl Dietz | CER 59 |
| 1969 | James Bassett | LandArch 52 |
| 1968 | Phillip Bowser | ME 50 |
| 1964 | Kent Brandt | Arch 51 |
| 1963 | James Farst | CHE 56 |
| 1962 | Dr. James Johnson | CER 47 |
| 1959 | Robert Sessions | IE 48 |
| 1958 | John Wright | MIN 49, 50 |