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Dean of the school of engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md., and one of the country’s most accomplished modern-day technology leaders, Eugene M. DeLoatch ’59 received the 2003 Pioneer Award at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference in February. He joins a notable roster of professionals from such companies as General Motors, Boeing Company, and IBM Global Services.
President of the American Society for Engineering Education, DeLoatch has served as dean at Morgan State since 1984. Previously, he was professor and chairman of the department of electrical engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C. He is an appointed member and secretary of the board of Maryland Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Corporation.
He is a member of ASEE’s public policy committee and the editorial board of its Journal of Engineering Education, and chairs its projects board and peer review committee. He has served as ASEE’s vice president for public affairs and was chair of its College Industry Partnership Division.
DeLoatch co-founded the Black Engineer of the Year program and chairs the Council of Deans of Engineering-Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He has served on the National Research Council’s Board of Engineering Education and on the Technical Advisory Board of Whirlpool Corp.
An electrical engineering graduate, DeLoatch also earned a master’s in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in bioengineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. Lafayette awarded him an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree in 1998.
“Lafayette provided an excellent, focused engineering program,” DeLoatch says. “I found it to be a very solid school in grounding people not only in the fundamentals (of engineering), but also the social sciences and humanities–the building blocks of good citizenship.”
Since 1987, the Black Engineer of the Year awards ceremony has provided employers with the opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of African American trailblazers within their ranks. The conference brings together college administrators, engineering and IT professionals, scientists, and high-level decision-makers from the corporate, government, and military communities in an effort to broaden diversity in this country’s technical and scientific workforce.
For more information, www.blackengineeroftheyear.org