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r. John Slaughter is the 1987 Black Engi- neer of the Year. Currently, he is professor of education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, with a joint appointment at the Viterbi School of Engineering. In his new position at Rossier and Viterbi, Dr. Slaughter will be looking at the intersection between engineering and education, with a focus on what has become his lifelong quest of increasing minority participation in the science and engineering fields.
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After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in com- puter sciences from Kansas State University in 1956, Slaughter served as an engineer at General Dynamics Convair. He took a civilian position at the United States Navy Electronics Laboratory in San Diego in 1960. He was appointed the director of the Ap- plied Physics Labo- ratory at University of Washington in 1975, and joined the NSF in 1977 as assistant director for Astronomics, Atmospherics, Earth and Ocean Sciences. In 1978, he became academic vice presi- dent and provost of Washington State University, but left for his historic ap- pointment in 1980
John Slaughter, Ph.D. Professor of education
university of South California
as the first African American to direct the National Sci- ence Foundation.
He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 1982, and has served on its Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development and chaired the Forum on Engineering Workforce Diversity.
From 1982 to 1988, he served as chancellor of University of Maryland, College Park, where he made major advancements in the recruitment and retention of African American students and faculty. Dr. Slaughter took the job of president of Occidental College in 1988, and transformed the school during his 11-year tenure into the most diverse liberal arts college in America. In 1999, he was appointed Melbo Professor of Leadership in Education at the University of Southern California, and taught both diversity and leadership courses at USC for a year before taking up post as president and chief executive officer of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering in 2000. He held the posi- tion until August 2009.
Slaughter holds a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California, San Diego (1971), and a master’s degree in engineering from the University
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Captain Donne L. Cochran Group Manager
Coca Cola Aviation
Donnie L. Cochran is 1989 Black Engineer of the Year. On Octo- ber 4, 1985, he became the first African American to become a member of the Blue Angels precision flying team. He flew
C planes #3 and #4 during this three-year assignment.
In 1986, Lieutenant Commander Cochran had flown more than 2,000 hours in jet fighters and completed 469 carrier landings. On July 4, 1986, Cochran, along with other members of the Blue Angels, flew an A-4 Sky- hawk in a ceremonial celebration saluting the restora- tion of the Statue of Liberty.
By 1995, Cochran had accumulated more than 4,350 total flight hours in seven different types of naval aircraft and completed 570 carrier landings. During his tours as a Blue Angel pilot, he flew over 2,200 hours in more than 300 air shows before over 30 million specta- tors throughout the United States and Canada.
Captain Cochran served as the commanding officer of the NROTC Unit at Florida Agricultural and Mechani- cal University from August 1996 until July 1999. During his final assignment he served as the deputy command- er, Navy Recruiting Command, second in command of over 7,000 people at over 1,500 locations around the nation and abroad.
In 1976, Cochran earned a civil engineering degree from Savannah State College (now known as Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia), where he was a member of the NROTC program. He is also a graduate of the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama and earned a master’s degree in human resource manage- ment from Troy State University. He completed flight school and earned his Navy wings in 1978 after com- pleting basic and advanced jet training. He retired from the U.S. Navy with over 24 years of aviation experience.
of California, Los Angeles (1961). His research has been in the areas of higher education leadership, diversity and inclusion in higher education, underrepresented minori- ties in STEM, and access and affordability.
Dr. Slaughter is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, and IEEE. In 1993, he was named to the American Society for Engineering Education Hall of Fame, and in 2001 was named an Eminent Member of the Eta Kappa Nu Society, the honorary society of electrical engineering.
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oca Cola Aviation Group Manager
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