Poor Named Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus

Auburn Engineering alumnus H. Vincent Poor has been named Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus for 2005. He will be present at the group's 100th annual convention in Utah where he will be honored with a $2,000 scholarship given in his name to a student member.

A native of Columbus, Ga., Poor holds four degrees in electrical engineering - a bachelor's degree (1972) and master's degree (1974) from Auburn, and a master's degree (1976) and doctorate (1977) from Princeton. He is the George Van Ness Lothrop professor at Princeton and is the founding director of the Princeton Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.

Founded in 1885, Tau Beta Pi is the world's largest engineering society with more than 477,000 members. The society's distinguished alumnus award is now in its ninth year.

"Dr. Poor's career exemplifies the ideals of Tau Beta Pi," says a society representative. "He has fostered a spirit of liberal culture through his extraordinary accomplishments in research, in service to the profession and in education."