Wentworth Alumni Association, Inc.
The Alumni Association of Wentworth Institute of Technology was founded in 1913 as the Wentworth Institute Alumni Association, Inc. Its initial membership totaled 246. Since that time, membership has climbed to more than 34,000 alumni, approximately eighty percent of whom live in New England.
The Association is involved with projects such as the Wentworth Alumni Association annual awards program and the Wentworth Alumni Association scholarship program. The Association also contributes to many alumni sponsored events and works with student groups on campus.
Gold Leopard Award
The highest honor bestowed by the Wentworth Alumni Association, Inc. is the Gold Leopard Award, which was created by the board in 1962 to recognize the long-term efforts of alumni, faculty, trustees, and administrators. It was established in recognition of outstanding loyalty and service to Wentworth, the community, the state and the nation. The following individuals are recipients of the award:
Kenrick M. Baker PM’13,AMP’14 1962
Benjamin Garfink MC&TD’14 1963
William B. Ness AFP’13 1963
John A. Volpe AC’30 1963
Charles E. Hennessey C&B’12 1964
C. Leonard Shaw MC&TD’16 1964
Orvis H. Saxby P&GA’21 1965
Frank T. Parrish EC’25 1966
Herbert J. Albee AC’37 1967
Lawrence S. Burke AC’29 1968
Dr. H. Russell Beatty 1971
Robert A. Wilder APM’16 1972
Eugene P. O’Neil AC’42 1972
Carl A. Swanson MW&TM’38 1973
Charles T. Pheeney EC’48 1974
Wesley J. Packard MC&TD’25 1975
Humphrey J. Greer MW&TM’42 1976
H.P. Tucker, Jr. EI&M’37 1976
Gerald A. Clark AC’56 1977
Carl W. Nickerson ED’50 1979
Robert W. Boyden MC&TD’52 1980
Luther H. Blount MC&TD’37 1981
Joseph A. Whittaker S&EPPP’32 1982
J. Joseph Tansey 1983
Sinclair Weeks, Jr. DET’86 1983
John F. Rich 1983
Lloyd R. McIntosh EC’40 1985
Lester P. Yanowitz AC’53 1988
Douglas C. Elder AC’58 1989
Edward J. O’Leary AC’48 1990
Paul W. Witherell 1990
George C. Chryssis EET’69 1991
Charles A. Rosselli CHE’65 1992
Richard F. Cole 1993
William H. Flanagan MC&TD’51 1993
John G. Steeves MW&TM’58 1994
Francis E. Nestor 1995
Paul E. Cheney PM&MD’50 1996
Wilfrid Savoie EEE’64 1997
William N. Whelan EEP’63 1998
None Presented 1999
J. Gerin Sylvia APM’31 2000
Frederick E. (Ted) Hood BC’50 2001
Raymond Tavares 2002
Robert Villanucci EEE’66 2003
David Wahlstrom AET’80 2003
Frederick F. Driscoll 2004
Dr. John F. Van Domelen 2005
None Presented 2006
Will Caissie AM ’64 2007
Phil Hooper S&DE ’58 2008
Boyd Leslie IEC ’58 2008
† Philip J. Brooks AET ’88, AEC ’90 2009
