Texnikoi Engineering Honorary

Texnikoi
TNK
Founded November 5, 1924 (1924-11-05)
The Ohio State University
Type Engineering Honorary
Colors Black and Yellow
Headquarters Columbus, Ohio
USA

Texnikoi was founded in 1924 as an honorary organization for students in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University for the purpose of giving due recognition to those members of the College of Engineering who have distinguished themselves as campus leaders while maintaining, at the same time, a commendable scholastic record.

Texnikoi Engineering Honorary allows for only 25 new inductees each year from a variety of the engineering specializations. To be considered for membership he/she must be an engineering student at The Ohio State University with an above-average cumulative GPA and a status of sophomore or above. Members will then be chosen by the amount and level of extra-curricular activity. Applications for membership are reviewed in early November each year.

Values

The three main values of Texnikoi are:

Through Texnikoi’s emphasis on leadership and participation, it has always been able to select the top quality engineering students. The number of activities participated in by a student is not necessarily indicative of his/her qualification for membership in this fraternity, but rather the manner in which he/she has assumed active leadership, administrative ability, and integrity.

History

Founding

Texnikoi Engineering Honorary Fraternity was founded in 1924 at The Ohio State University as an honorary organization for students in the College of Engineering. At the time that this organization was founded, a number of the students felt that some effort should be made to recognize outstanding work in the extra-curricular field.

Endowment

Even as the founder of Sakrete[1] and the inventor of the bagged concrete industry,[2] Avril never forgot about his roots. In 1989 he raised close to $250,000 for the Texnikoi organization by auctioning off his 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing. It is this donation that has allowed for the thousands of dollars in scholarships awarded to outstanding members each year, and for the coverage of operating expenses of the honorary.


Symbols and Traditions

Meetings - Texnikoi holds meeting once a month during the regular school year. Meetings serve two purposes; to inform members of the upcoming service, philanthropy, and social events, and to allow engineers to meet other engineers and create a social network.

Plaques - The Texnikoi plaque is a hand crafted representation of the Texnikoi symbol. At the beginning of every initiation period, members are instructed to make a plaque to represent the symbol of Texnikoi. Initiates are only given an unfinished die cast of the 'TNK' symbol and criteria as to which the aspects of the plaque must fall into. Plaques are due before initiation and then given back to the newly initiated members as symbol of their membership. Alumni who have lost their plaques may request a new one be made by contacting the current President or Adviser of Texnikoi.

Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award[3] - The Texnikoi Award was first presented in 1955 and has been given annually since then. The requirements of the recipient are as follows:

1. A person who has risen rapidly in the field of engineering.
2. A person who has made outstanding contributions through civic and social activities.
3. A person of approximately 40 years of age or under.
4. A person from one of the engineering departments not recognized in the recent past.

The precedence has been established that a department should not be considered for two years after one of their alumni receives the award.

Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

Each year the active membership of Texnikoi selects one of the younger alumni of the College of Engineering as a recipient of the Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award. This award is based upon their achievements since graduation, evaluated in light of the objectives of Texnikoi. [4]

Award Year Name
2015 Chakka Parker
2014 Gary O. Spitznogle
2013 Tamer Ibrahim
2012 James I. Hileman
2011 Jackie Marshall DiMarco
2009 Daniel L Wieczynski
2008 Vineet Aryaa[5]
2007 John Russell[6]
2006 Karen Eisenloffel[7]
2005 Steven Auvil[8]
2004 John Rudolph
2003 Marybeth Lima
2002 Nancy Porter[9]
2001 Richard Brandon
2000 Wes Blankenship
1998 Nancy Dawes
1997 David Tatman
1996 Douglas Brown
1994 Jacquelyn Kovach
1993 Gary Tatterson[10][11]
1992 Colette Pierce-Burnette[12]
1991 Karen Murphy
1990 Douglas Smith
1989 Kenneth McKelvey
1988 Jeffrey Rodek
1987 Eric Grulke
1986 John Salladay
1985 Eugene Jarrett
1984 Bruce Wilson
1983 Kerry Hertenstein
1982 Thad Perry
1981 Karen Hendricks
1980 Thomas Thomas
1979 William Lowrie
1978 Walter Roehrs
1977 William Fuller
1976 Stephen Launce
1975 Robert Stafford
1974 Thomas Eyerman
1973 Philip Stevens
1972 Larry Hench
1971 Thomas Fitz
1970 Earl Dietz
1969 James Bassett
1968 Phillip Bowser
1967 James Early
1966 Robert Bates
1965 Forrest Poling
1964 Kent Brandt
1963 James Farst
1962 James Johnson
1961 Orlando Feorene
1960 Wesley Leas
1959 Robert Sessions
1958 John Wright
1957 Harry Warner[11]
1956 Wilbert Chope
1955 Hayward Gay

References

  1. "Sakrete Founder". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. "Bagged concrete inventor" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  3. "Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award". Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  4. "Outstanding Alumni Award". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  5. "Vineet Arya". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  6. "John Russell". Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  7. "Karen Eisenloffel". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  8. "Steven Auvil". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  9. "EWI".
  10. "Newsbank". Greensboro News & Record. 1993-06-23.
  11. 1 2 "Beacon Journal". 1991-05-27.
  12. "News Library". 1992-05-25.
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