Honored Alumni Awards

For more than 70 years, the Honored Alumni Award has served as the highest honor bestowed upon Cal Poly alumni. Through their contributions to their professions, service to Cal Poly and impact in their communities and beyond, Honored Alumni represent the best of Learn by Doing.

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Engineering

Carson Chen

(Electronic Engineering, B.S., '73)

Chen is co-founder and chairman of Innovation Quest (iQ) and the retired vice president and general manager of the Cable & Wireless Platform Division of Cisco Systems.

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Science and Mathematics

Michael Abbott

(Biochemistry, B.S., ‘94)

Abbott is the vice president of engineering for Apple, Inc., former general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and former vice president of engineering at Twitter.

2014 Award Recipient Video

Architecture and Environmental Design

Ted A. Hyman

(Architecture, B.S., '79)

Hyman is the managing partner at ZGF Architects LLP, a LEED accredited Professional, and the proud designer of the Warren J. Baker Center for Science & Mathematics on the Cal Poly campus.

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Sandra Gardebring Ogren Leadership Award

Jon N. Monett

(Industrial Engineering, B.S., '64)

Monett served in the U.S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency, and later founded the College of Engineering’s Quality of Life Plus Laboratory (QL+).

2014 Award Recipient Video

Orfalea College of Business

Michael C. Bickel

(Industrial Technology, B.S., '95 & Industrial & Technical Studies, M.S., '02)

Bickel is the president and owner of RPS Holdings, Inc. after having started his career in 1982 at what is now Rantec Power Systems, Inc.

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CPAA Distinguished Service

Bassel Anber

(Construction Management, B.S., '94)

Anber is director of construction and project management at Irvine Company, a LEEDS Accredited Professional and former Cal Poly Alumni Association board member.

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Liberal Arts

Kelli Seybolt

(Political Science, B.S., '90)

Seybolt was appointed as the deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force for International Affairs after having recently served as director of International Affairs and foreign policy advisor for the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Peter Oppenheimer

(Agricultural Business, B.S., '85)

Oppenheimer is a former CFO of Apple, Inc. and ADP, former longtime board member of the Cal Poly Foundation, and current member of the Goldman Sachs board of directors.

2014 Award Recipient Video