Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Award Recipient
Henry M. Shaw Sr. — 1970
A 1922 graduate in Mechanical Engineering, this outstanding alumnus has a long and distinguished career in the quarrying, aggregate production, and concrete manufacturing industries. As one of North Carolina's leading industrialists, he has helped to stimulate the state's industrial growth and economy.
He is the Founder and President of North Carolina Products Corporation and an organizer of the Superior Stone Company, of which he was the President until his retirement in 1966.
He has kept in close touch with his alma mater and, through numerous gifts, has contributed to its growth generously. Through the years, he has had an active interest in students and their development. He has moved quietly behind the scenes, continuing to give his time and his support to worthwhile programs. He has invited engineering students to visit his manufacturing facilities, presenting each with a valuable hydraulic handbook. For student projects, he constructed test facilities for conducting full-scale hydraulic experiments.
In 1966, in recognition of his contributions to the growth of North Carolina and of his continuing interest in the activities of the School of Engineering, his family and friends endowed the Henry M. Shaw Lecture Series in Civil Engineering.
Henry M. Shaw Sr.