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Issued by: Laura Hunt 414-229-6447 llhunt@uwm.edu Date: Feb. 20, 2002

Cudahy to Speak at the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science Banquet

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee businessman and philanthropist Michael J. Cudahy, who founded Marquette Medical Systems, will be the featured speaker at a gathering of friends and alumni of the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).

The annual Alumni Awards and Scholarship Fund Banquet will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Wyndham Milwaukee Center Hotel, 139 E. Kilbourn Ave. Cudahy's address will begin about 8:15 p.m.

Cudahy will speak about his launch and ultimate sale of Marquette Medical Systems, now a part of GE Medical Systems based in Waukesha, and about the economic climate in Milwaukee today.

Cudahy became linked with CEAS recently when UWM's Milwaukee Industrial Innovation Center (MIIC) moved its offices into the Cozzens & Cudahy Research Center at 9100 N. Swan Road, where the investment arm of Cudahy's enterprise also is housed.

The mission of the MIIC is to bring together industry and university resources to facilitate manufacturing and other technology that will stimulate the state's economy. Also centered at Cudahy's business incubator is a medical imaging project associated with TechStar, the new venture-accelerator of five educational institutions in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Cudahy sits on the board of directors for three companies and seven local cultural and charitable organizations. In addition, he is president of Discovery World Museum of Science, Economics and Technology, Inc. His many awards have included the Lamplighter Award, given by the Greater Milwaukee Convention & Visitors Bureau earlier this year.

Also at the event, William Gregory, dean of CEAS, will recognize seven professionals with Outstanding Alumni Awards.

Milwaukee engineer John C. Pierson, ('86 B.S., '88 M.S.), Global Director of Materials for Johnson Controls, Inc., will be named as the Dean's Outstanding Alumnus. Pierson received the Outstanding Alumnus award in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1997 and also was the chairman and founder of the UWM Electrical Engineering Industry Advisory Council. He teaches as an adjunct faculty member at CEAS.

In addition, each of the College's six departments will give awards to alumni for outstanding professional achievement.

The honorees and their respective departments include:

• Civil Engineering and Mechanics
  Professor Chung-Yuan Chen, D.E., P.E., ('82 M.S., '84 D.E.),
  Institute of Environmental Engineering,
  National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, ROC
• Electrical Engineering
  Richard F. Schmerda, ('81 B.S.E., '87 M.E.),
  Principal Engineer, Eaton Corp.,
  Cutler-Hammer Products, Navy Controls Division
  Milwaukee
• Computer Science
  James Radigan, ('83 B.S.),
  Development Lead, Microsoft Corp.
  Washington
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  William A. Berezowitz, Ph.D., P.E., ('84 B.S.E., '96 Ph.D.)
  General Manager, Global CT Supply Chain,
  GE Marquette Medical Systems
  Milwaukee
• Materials
  Robert M. Hathaway, ('88 B.S.),
  Chief Materials and Processes Engineer,
  Corporate New Product Development Center,
  Oshkosh Truck Corp.
• Mechanical Engineering
  Henry P. Bensler, D.M.E., ('82 B.S., '84 M.S.),
  CFD Group Manager, Engine Thermodynamics Department,
  Power Train Research,
  Volkswagen Corporate Research Division,
  Germany

Also, six student awards - recognizing service, leadership, academic achievement, personal achievement, graduate student teaching, and outstanding graduate student performance - will be presented by Elizabeth Hoppe ('99 MS, '98 BS), president of the CEAS Alumni Association.

The banquet is co-sponsored by Generac Power Systems, Inc. and Wisconsin Energy Corporation. For more information, or to make reservations, contact Len Iaquinta at
229-3894, email iaquinta@uwm.edu, or Barb Swamp at 229-5176, bswamp@uwm.edu.

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