Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Civil Engineering Alumni

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Career Achievement Award Each year, Rose-Hulman honors four alumni with the Career Achievement Award. Recipients of this award have graduated in the last twenty years and are selected based on their achievements within their communities and their professions. Honorees are recognized at the Student Honors and Awards Ceremony held in May. More on Career Achievement Awards

2007 Career Achievement Award John Lueken, Director of Construction, McDonald’s USA John Lueken keeps the Golden Arches standing and expanding as director of construction for McDonald's USA, based in Oak Brook, Ill. In that position, his areas of responsibility include construction support and development of national initiatives across 13,700 locations. He also is responsible for development and implementation of construction technologies including Oracle-based costing systems and web-based project management tools. Other responsibilities include global procurement strategies in his leadership of the corporation's purchasing group. Lueken has been with McDonald's since 1994. During that time he has been recognized by the company with several awards, including the "Circle of Excellence Award" for work with the Hispanic Business Vision in 2005, the President's Award in 2003 and the U.S. Regional Construction Manager of the Year Award in 2003. Prior to joining McDonalds, Lueken was a projects department manager for MasterBrand Cabinets, the second-largest manufacturer of Kitchen Cabinets in the United States. He is a 1987 civil engineering graduate.

2005 Career Achievement Award Mark Federle, Chief Information Officer, The Weitz Company Mark Federle has the unique perspective of serving both industry and academia, allowing him to advise both entities about their strengths and limitations, thus allowing them to work together more effectively. A former award-winning college professor at Iowa State University, Federle left academics to work for The Weitz Company, an employee-owned company that's currently the 19th largest building contractor in the nation with revenues surpassing $1 billion in 2004. He has directed efforts to change how the company used technology to better serve its clients and employees - despite having no information technology training. He continues to serve higher education as a member of the Associated General Contractors of America Construction Education Committee, and is chair of the national student competition sub-committee. Federle remains close with Rose-Hulman as a class agent, member of the Department of Civil Engineers' Board of Advisors and helping students obtain summer internships in the construction industry.