Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Award Recipient
Hugh M. Duncan — 2000
This loyal alumnus received his BS degree in industrial engineering in 1955. A native of Shelby, NC, he served in the US Marine Corps from 1946 to 1948. His career involved a wide range of engineering work for Industrial Piping, Inc., Pneumafil Corporation, Luwa Corporation, and Southern Precision Spring Co., Inc., which he purchased in 1964 and changed from financially troubled to profitable in one year.
Over the next 30 years, his many innovations in quality control, cost accounting, and the computerization of manufacturing operations made SPS Co., Inc. one of the most successful companies of its kind. He retired in 1994.
In 1997 he established an endowed professorship in mechanical engineering in honor of his father, Dean F. Duncan (BSME '23). This was the first time that a professorship had been endowed in the College by an individual. He also endowed a merit scholarship in industrial engineering.
He has been a long-time supporter of Junior Achievement and United Way. He is a former member of Rotary International and is a sponsor of the Boy Scouts of America.
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