Awards & Scholarships
Scholarships
Billings Engineers Club (BEC) is pleased to announce that a higher education scholarship will once again be awarded to students in south-central Montana. This scholarship is reserved for graduating seniors intending to study a discipline of engineering, engineering technology or related field at an accredited college or university. The amount awarded will depend on availability of funds and will be paid to the student upon verification of enrollment; however, previous scholarships have generally been $1,000 each. Between 2002 and 2011 BEC has awarded an astounding $62,000 in higher education scholarships!
To download a 2012 BEC scholarship application package, please follow this link: Application Package.
Application packages will only be accepted in hard copy. E-mailed applications will not be considered. Please do not bind the application elaborately. Each application must dis-assembled, copied, re-assembled and distributed to the scholarship committee members for review. Your attention to this detail will be noted and appreciated. Applications are to be postmarked no later than January 20, 2012.
As in the past, recipients will be duly recognized at the Billings Engineers Club Annual Awards Banquet to be held March 2nd, 2012. Successful applicants will be notified in early February and details regarding the BEC Banquet will be passed along. Recipients, along with two guests, will be cordially invited to attend the banquet and one complimentary ticket will be reserved for them, with two additional tickets available for purchase at half price. A written notice will be sent after the banquet containing information regarding the transfer of scholarship funds.
Typically scholarships have been awarded to one in every four applicants, so needless to say the chances for a $1,000 scholarship are quite favorable! Please feel free to address questions to me via email at chuck.strum@interstateeng.com or by calling 406-256-1920.
BEC has been very pleased with the positive response and number of applicants in recent years. As usual, scholarship committee members were extremely impressed with the high caliber students that applied in 2011. We eagerly await the opportunity to contribute to another group of well-deserving students’ higher education again in 2012.
BEC 2011 Scholarship Winners
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Congratulations to the following students. Each received a $1,000 scholarship at the 2011 Banquet. Pictured, below, left to right:
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Awards
BEC 2012 Award Applications
Each year the BEC awards deserving engineers and projects with the Young Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, and Project of the Year awards. Nomination forms for the 2012 BEC Awards are now available and may be accessed by clicking on the following links: Young Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, and Project of the Year. Please consider nominating a deserving colleague or project for an award. Thanks for your help.
Shoots Veis
BEC 2011 Award Winners
- Distinguished Service Award
- Rick Leuthold (Sanderson Stewart)
- Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year
Jill Cook (Morrison-Maierle, Inc.) - Innovative Projects of the Year
Alkali Creek Multi-Use Path Tunnel completed by DOWL HKM, the City of Billings, and the City-County Planning Department
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| Rick Leuthold - Distinguished Service Award (Craig Canfield - award presenter) | Jill Cook - Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year (Jared Harris - award presenter) |
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Carl Jackson (award presenter), Ralph Gurney (DOWL HKM), Chris Hertz (City of Billings), and Scott Walker (City-County Planning) - Alkali Creek Multi-Use Path Tunnel - Project of the Year |
Awards
Distinguished Service Award - This award was established to recognize distinguished engineers for their exceptional technical contributions to the engineering profession and their contributions to their communities.
Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year - The Billings Engineer's Club presents this award to a young engineer who has made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and the community during the early years of their career.
Innovative Project of the Year - The Billings Engineer's Club presents this award in recognition of a firm that exhibits outstanding achievement using innovation in engineering design. The definitions of innovation, for the purposes of this award, include projects of a scale larger than a Montana firm would normally achieve, designs which are the first of their kind from a Montana firm, projects with a difficult or tight time line, projects that involve a substantial coordination effort, projects deploying new or innovative construction techniques or practices, and designs employing new design technology in modeling or computer-assisted design tools.
This award provides one of the greatest honors any company could have, the recognition of excellence by ones peers.
Past Service Awards
| Year | Young Engineer | Distinguished Service |
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| 1966 | Frank Barchardt | |
| 1967 | Al Kersich | Ed Waldo |
| 1968 | Richard Nisbet | Fred B. Liquin |
| 1969 | Larry Larson | Barry Nolan |
| 1970 | Larry O'Dell | Clyde McCarty |
| 1971 | Richard Lee | Tom Dolan |
| 1972 | Bob Sanderson | L.T. Christian |
| 1973 | Ken Haag | Dave McCullough |
| 1974 | Dave Hummel | Max Stevens |
| 1975 | Bill Oakey | George Kirk |
| 1976 | Warrant Satterlee | Eugene Padanyiguylas |
| 1977 | Gerald Gaston | Harry Schmitt |
| 1978 | John Stewart | Ben Hurlbut |
| 1979 | Al Stilley | Al Kersich |
| 1980 | Bill Gibbs | Malcolm Long |
| 1981 | Mike Keene | H.S. "Sonny" Hanson |
| 1982 | Leon Howe | Roy Prussing |
| 1983 | Kurt Baltrusch | James B. Spring |
| 1984 | John Pool | Stan Hedrick |
| 1985 | Dana Cowger | William Hart |
| 1986 | Randy Sullivan | Jim Verzuh |
| 1987 | Jim Fels | Coy Rowland |
| 1988 | Richard McComish | John L. Hansen |
| 1989 | Steven Shelton | Bob Sanderson |
| 1990 | Corrine Mountjoy | Joel Long |
| 1991 | Kurt Corey | John Woodmansey |
| 1992 | David Charles | Dave Hummel |
| 1993 | Rick Leuthold | Art Barz |
| 1994 | Craig Canfield | Ken Haag |
| 1995 | Tony Banovich | Mike Keene |
| 1996 | Dan Munson | Dan Farmer |
| 1997 | Patricia Walsh | John Stewart |
| 1998 | Bill Barnhart | Ron Billstein |
| 1999 | Matt Mettler | Gary Simonich |
| 2000 | Michael Sanderson | Ed Weber |
| 2001 | Sara Sanderson | Larry O'Dell |
| 2002 | Crystal Kuntz | Steven Shelton |
| 2003 | Cristy Hoferer | Kent Brewer |
| 2004 | Keith Phillips | Richard McComish |
| 2005 | Danielle Reagor | Bob Marvin |
| 2006 | Carl Jackson | Bruce Barrett |
| 2007 | Dave Maehl | H. Terry Smith |
| 2008 | Shoots Veis | Gene Wasia |
| 2009 | D.J. Clark | John Shoff |
| 2010 | Jared Harris | Craig Canfield |
| 2011 | Jill Cook | Rick Leuthold |
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