List of Florida Institute of Technology people

This list contains people associated with the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, including current and former college presidents, as well as notable alumni and faculty.

Alumni or attendees

Art, literature, and entertainment

Actors

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Richard HatchOriginal winner of the CBS Survivor television series[1]
Jim Quinn1988Engineer at Orange County Choppers, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering[2]

Writers

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Lela E. Buis1991Author, poet and playwright

Athletes

Baseball

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Tim WakefieldDrafted by professional baseball in his junior year

Business

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Stephen Lee Morgan1980sCOO of CLS America

Government and law

Judges

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Catharina Haynes1983Federal judge

Mayors

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Stephen R. Speed1993Former mayor of Dover, Delaware
Tom Stuart Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, 1973 to 1977[3]

Military

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Charles C. Cannon1976 Major General USA, Ret.
Ann E. Dunwoody1987 General USA, M.S., First female four-star general in the military
David A. Score1989? Rear Admiral NOAA, Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps[4]
James L. Herdt19929th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Larry L. Hereth1992Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District of the United States Coast Guard
Galen B. Jackman1983 Major General US, Ret.; Chief of Legislative Liaison, U.S. Army [5]
Waleed A. Samkari1988 Brigadier General; former director of the Jordanian Maintenance Corps
Johnnie E. Wilson1977 General USA, Ret.[6]

Science and technology

Astronauts

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Albert Scott Crossfield1982USAF Astronaut, Honorary Doctorate of Science, 1982
Joan Higginbotham1992Engineer, NASA astronaut, M.S. Management Science, 1992, M.S. Space Systems, 1996
Kathryn P. Hire1991NASA Astronaut (STS-90)
Sunita Williams1995NASA Astronaut
George D. Zamka1997NASA Astronaut (STS-120)

Scientists and engineers

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Richard Adams1976Inventor[7]
Wassim Michael Haddad1987 IEEE Fellow and Full Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering[8]
David A. King1991Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center[9]
Felix Soto Toro1990Astronaut applicant, developed the advanced payload transfer measurement system for NASA[10]

Royalty

Name Class Year Notability Reference
Prince Louis of LuxembourgThird son of Grand Duke Henri (monarch of Luxembourg, 2000–present); studied aeronautics and aeronautical management for two years (c.2009-2011) at FIT[11][12][13]

Faculty and staff

Florida Institute of Technology presidents

Name Notability Reference
Anthony CataneseCurrent university president

Faculty

Name Notability Reference
Guy André BoyUniversity Professor and Director of Human-Centered Design Institute
Cem KanerUniversity Professor and Director of Center for Software Testing Education & Research
Buzz Aldrin Second Man On The Moon.

References

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  1. ↑ "Biography for Richard Hatch". IMDb. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Team". Orange County Choppers. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sheila Blackmon/Meridian Star, Tom Stuart, former mayor, dies". Franklin County Times. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rear Admiral David A. Score, NOAA Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Director, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". noaacorps.noaa.gov. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Office of The Chief Legislative Liaison". Hqda.army.mil. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ African-American Ascends from Private to Four-Star General Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Richmond, Leigh, "Computer hums its own music" Evening Times Melbourne FL Monday November 11, 1974, A1". Exoticsciences.com. October 22, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Wassim M. Haddad". Georgia Tech. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ "NASA – NASA'S Marshall Center Director David King Receives Presidential Rank Award – Nation's Highest Honor for Federal Service". Nasa.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  10. ↑ "NASA Quest > Space Team Online". Quest.arc.nasa.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Viewing cable 09LUXEMBOURG325, LUXEMBOURG SOLDIER DIES IN KOSOVO". wikileaks.org. Retrieved 12 June 2014. NOTE: Prince Louis and his family are currently in the United States in F-visa status, while Prince Louis is studying at Florida Institute of Technology.
  12. ↑ "Prince Louis taking to Florida skies". royalblog.nl. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2014. Prince Louis... is studying Aeronautics and Aeronautical Management at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.
  13. ↑ "The Grand Ducal Family". Lux-arazzi. Retrieved 12 June 2014. After living and attending university in Florida for two years, the family now lives in London.
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