C.A. “Pete” Shelton is very deserving of this honor. He has years of service to the community both as a first responder and as a volunteer. He is a graduate of St. Anthony High School in Beaumont, and served with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve. Chief Shelton...

As police chief of the Orange Police Department Sam Kittrell has set a record of being the longest-serving head of a law enforcement agency in Orange County’s history. He was born and raised in Orange, Texas. Kittrell’s parents were Claude and Doris Kittrell. He...

Air Products Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75 years. The Company’s core industrial gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining...

Daniel William Crowley taught Instrumentation and Process Operations for 16 years at LIT, sharing his love for the profession and the expertise he acquired from 42 years at DuPont SRW in Orange. He was very involved in his community, was a proud veteran having served...

Libbie Campbell Nylin is an instructor of mathematics at Lamar Institute of Technology. She has been on the faculty at LIT since 1976. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lamar University. Dr. William Nylin and Elizabeth and Darin McNeil are...

Dr. Paul J. Szuch has served as President of Lamar Institute of Technology from July 2006 – July 2016. Dr. Szuch received his Ed.D. in Higher Education from Nova Southeastern University in 1984, his M.Ed. in Business Education from the University of Southern...

Dr. Robert D. Krienke was the founding president of the Lamar Institute of Technology. During his 12-year tenure he served the Institute from April 4, 1994 until retirement on May 31, 2006. Dr. Krienke launched his career as a research chemist for Tracor. His...

The Sabine District Dental Society began this endowment under the leadership of Dr. Wilbur White in 1972 when the first class of Dental Hygiene students was enrolled. That class graduated in 1974. This endowment is for the benefit of Dental Hygiene students at Lamar...

Dr. Kenneth Shipper is the long-time dean and vice president for instruction at Lamar Institute of Technology. He has devoted more than 30 years as a teacher and administration at LIT and continues to be an adjunct instructor of chemistry and retention coordinator at...

Dr. Leigh Gandy Smith is a lifelong resident of Beaumont, Texas and honor graduate of Monsignor Kelly High School, Leigh Smith began her college career when she enrolled at Lamar University and became very active in campus activities. She served as a University...

Knowledgeable, dedicated, and hard-working, Hester Bell’s reputation as a top-producing realtor is indisputable. With over 40 years of real estate experience serving Southeast Texas, Hester’s professionalism and expertise have earned her numerous awards and honors...

Thelma “Cotton” Ladd Warren graduated from Deport High School, Paris Junior College, East Texas State University in Commerce and did post graduate work at Columbia University in New York. Prior to her marriage, she was a teacher and grade school principal in the...

The PVF Roundtable is a 501 ( c)(3) non-profit organization of industry professionals involved in the Pipe, Valve, and Fitting industry. The membership is committed to providing an open dialogue to exchange relevant information, creating awareness of current industry...

Alice and Dalton Babineaux Sr. are the deceased parents of Lamar Institute of Technology alumnux Dalton and Danny Babineaux. They were supportive of their sons education at LIT. Alice Blackman of Buna married Dalton Babineaux of Groves. They resided all their married...

Deanna Stahl was a long-time mathematics instructor at Lamar Institute of Technology. The year before her tragic death, she was honored by the LIT Alumni Association as a Distinguished Instructor. Subsequent to her death on December 3, 2003, family, friends and...

J. C. Garcia III was the beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Garcia of Port Arthur. He was an incoming col

William Windhorn is the beloved brother of Patti Calhoun. Before his untimely death, Bill was employed as a paramedic assigned to EMS divisions in the state of New York.

Thomas J. Frank is chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of Conn Appliance, Inc., in Beaumont, Texas. He is a graduate of the College of Technical Arts at Lamar University, before it was spun off and became Lamar Institute of Technology....

Mrs. Linda Blackmon is a homemaker, great wife of Mr. BenBlackmon, and the mothei(of two daughters and a son. This endowment is being set up on their 50th wedding anniversary to honor Mrs. Blackmon.

Del Papa Distributing Company, founded in 1910 in Galveston, Texas by Omero Del Papa Sr., began with the conversion of his retail grocery business into a wholesale establishment that now celebrates its 100th year of business serving three major Texas markets:...

Mrs. Hurlbut died of lung cancer in 1996, and her family was very appreciative of the radiology technicians that helped her fight her cancer. It was a critical part of the fight against her tumor. But in the end the cancer had spread beyond the original tumor which...