A native of the tobacco growing community of Pierce, Green County, Kentucky, Paul Yates Thompson was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Greensburg High School then enrolled at the University of Kentucky where he received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1958. As an undergraduate student, he was active in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Arnold Air Society, a Cadet Major in the Air Force ROTC, and was elected to Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor society.
As one of twelve children, Gregory Louis Summe was born and raised in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky. Upon graduating from Covington Catholic High School, he enrolled in Thomas More College majoring in physics. Two years later, he transferred to the University of Kentucky and in 1978 received the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He then pursued post-graduate education at the University of Cincinnati where he earned the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1980.
Roger Davis McDaniel is a native Lexingtonian and graduate of Lafayette High School. He enrolled at the University of Kentucky where he earned the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1962. As an undergraduate, he was active in the student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity. He later completed the Master of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky in 1966.
A native of London, Kentucky, Herman A. Harrison graduated valedictorian of his senior class at London High School. He enrolled at Sue Bennett College and later transferred to the University of Kentucky where in 1955 he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Born in Williamsburg, Kentucky but raised in both Corbin and Lexington, James L. Wyatt graduated from Lafayette High School in 1941. Immediately thereafter, he began undergraduate studies in metallurgical engineering at the University of Kentucky. Because of the United States’ involvement in World War II, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served with the 15th Air Force Squadron in the European Theatre of Operations as a P-38 photo-reconnaissance pilot.
Lexington, Kentucky native, William R. Sims graduated from University High School in 1953. Transferring from Miami University , Oxford , Ohio to the University of Kentucky , he earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with an architectural option in 1958. While a student, he was a member of the Cooperstown Council, Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, and the Air Force ROTC.
A native of Maysville, Kentucky, and a Maysville High School graduate, Major General Earnest O. Robbins II received the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1969. As an undergraduate, he was the recipient of a Kentucky Highway Department Scholarship and participated in Air Force ROTC. He actively participated in engineering student organizations including ASCE, ITE, and KSPE. He was a member of Triangle Fraternity, and an editor of the College’s Kentucky Engineer magazine.
Born at Kings Creek in Letcher County, Kentucky, James B. Day graduated from Whitesburg High School in 1957. He began his collegiate career at Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky but later transferred to the University of Kentucky where he received the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree in 1961. He would later earn the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UK in 1969.
James Wadhams Stuckert is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. After graduating from St. Xavier High School in 1955, he enrolled at the University of Kentucky where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1960.
Lexington, Kentucky native Betty Peters Preece graduated from Lafayette High School. She enrolled at the University of Kentucky and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1947, the first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree from UK.
