Awards and Scholarships

BEC Scholarships


Scholarship Application

Check back in December for 2011 Scholarship Application

For additional information contact: scholarships@BillingsEngineersClub.org.


2009 Scholarship Winners:

Brittany LaRoque, Skyview HS

Timothy Kienitz, Billings Senior HS

Curtis Stein, Billings West HS

Tyler Young, Bridger HS

Edward Stevenson, Bridger HS


Photos

2005 Awards Banquet Photos
2006 Awards Banquet Photos
2007 Awards Banquet Photos
2008 Awards Banquet Photos

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 (BEC) 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 (BEC) 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
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
1973Ken 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, P.E.

Engineering Hall of Fame

In recognition of a lifetime of dedication to the engineering profession, the following engineers have been inducted into the Engineering Hall of Fame located in Roberts Hall on the campus of Montana State University, Bozeman - Montana.

Daniel T. Berube, P.E.
  • Montana Professional License Number 3076PE
  • Engineer and manager for the proposal, design, construction, operation and maintenance of Colstrip Units 1, 2, 3 & 4, 1968-1987
  • Retired CEO of Montana Power Company, 1992-1997
  • Northeastern University - Associate in Chemistry, 1955 Mechanical Engineering, 1957 University of Washington - B.S. Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 1964 Montana College of Mineral Science - M.S. Degree, Engineering Science, 1971 Harvard Advanced Management Program, 1990
  • Inducted November 7, 2008
Fred F. Videon, Ph. D., P.E.
  • Montana Professional License Number 2952PE
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, Montana State University Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1965-1988; Department Professor of the Year in 1968, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1985 and 1988; Awarded Professor Emeritus status in 1990
  • Developed “Snow Loads for Structural Design in Montana”, 1978 and 1988
  • Colorado State University - B.S. Degree, Civil Engineering, 1958 Colorado State University - M.S. Degree, Civil Engineering, 1960 University of Illinois - Ph. D. Degree, Civil Engineering (Structures), 1965
  • Inducted November 2, 2007
Joseph A. Maierle, P.E., L.S.
  • Montana Professional License Number 44ES
  • Mount St. Charles College (now Carroll College), Pre-engineering 1929 & International Correspondence School, B.S. Civil Engineering 1930
  • Joined with John H. Morrison to found Morrison-Maierle, Inc. in 1945
  • Inducted November 3, 2006
Eldon R. Dodge, Ph.D., P.E.
  • Montana Professional License Number 3PE
  • University of Wisconsin, B.S. Civil Engineering 1932; University of Wisconsin, M.S. Civil Engineering 1933; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. Civil Engineering, 1942
  • Professor and Head of the Montana State University Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1946-1969, Professor Emeritus at Montana State University 1969-1989
  • Inducted November 3, 2006
Robert L. Sanks, Ph.D., P.E.
  • Montana Professional License No. 2704PE
  • Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Montana State University, 1966-1982
  • Editor-in-Chief and co-author of Pumping Station Design
  • Inducted November 4, 2005
Harold S. "Sonny" Hanson, P.E.
  • Montana Professional License No. 923E
  • Graduate, Montana State (College) University, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1950
  • Founded Con'eer Engineering
  • Inducted November 5, 2004
Leland J. Walker, P.E.
  • Montana Professional License Number 238E
  • Iowa State (College) University - B. S. in Civil Engineering, 1944
  • Founded Northern Testing Laboratories in 1958
  • Inducted November 14, 2003
W. Paul Schmechel, P.E.
  • Montana Professional License No. 1446E
  • Graduate, Montana State (College) University, B.S. in Electrical Eng., 1953
  • Montana Power Company - served as executive assistant, vice president, president, chief executive officer, chairman of the board of directors
  • Inducted November 14, 2003
Ben F. Hurlbut, P.E.
  • Montana Professional License Number 473E
  • Graduate, Montana State (College) University; B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1949
  • Founded Hurlbut, Kersich, and McCullough (HKM), 1970
  • Inducted November 15, 2002
John H. Morrison, P.E., L.S.
  • Montana Professional License No. 1ES
  • Graduate, Montana State (College) University; B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1927
  • Founded Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 1945
  • Inducted November 15, 2002