Technology & Management Executive of the Year

Louise Francesconi is a Raytheon Company vice president and president of Raytheon Missile Systems where she runs the world's largest missile company. She oversees nearly 40 missile programs that support every mission area of U.S. and allied military forces. Prior to the merger of Raytheon and Hughes operations in 1997, Francesconi worked for Hughes Aircraft Company. In October, Fortune magazine named Francesconi for the second time as one of the nation's "50 Most Powerful Women."

College of Engineering and Mines Distinguished Service Award

Craig Goehring joined the nationwide environmental engineering and consulting firm Brown and Caldwell in 1977 and in 1995, was named president, CEO, and board chairman. Goehring reinvigorated the company's brand by emphasizing the firm's longstanding reputation for true innovation and technological leadership and annual revenues have nearly tripled under his leadership.

College of Engineering and Mines Lifetime Achievement Award

Craig M. Berge is the president of Berge Ford in Mesa, Arizona and serves as chairman of The University of Arizona Foundation Board. Since joining the family business, a small automobile dealership, in 1962, he has led its expansion into the multifaceted company it is today. The acquisition of multiple automobile franchises, real estate development, construction, and cattle feeding and farming interests have made him one of Arizona's outstanding entrepreneurs.

Eller College of Business and Public Administration Lifetime Achievement Award

Robert Eckert is chairman of the board and CEO of toy giant Mattel, Inc. Prior to taking the top post at Mattel, Eckert spent more than 20 years at Kraft Foods, rising through the ranks of various marketing and senior management positions to become president and CEO. Under Eckert's leadership, Mattel's earnings climbed nearly 16% in 2001 and Harry Potter has become a toy franchise as enduring as Hot Wheels and Barbie.

Eller College of Business and Public Administration Distinguished Service Award

Frances McClelland began working in her family's business, Shamrock Dairy, Inc., in 1948. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 1964 and continues to serve as the secretary/treasurer of the Shamrock Foods Company, now the largest food distributor in Arizona and the eighth largest distributor in the United States. McClelland Hall, home of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration on The University of Arizona campus is named in honor of the McClelland family.