Distinguished Service Award

2002 Award Recipient

Alan Lefkow
Alan Lefkow was initiated in 1963 into Beta Pi Chapter at the City College of New York. In 1965, he was elected president of Beta Pi Chapter and led the chapter on to win the Outstanding Chapter Award for that year. After graduation, he joined the New York Alumni chapter and was elected alumni chapter Vice-President in 1968, and President in 1969.

From 1967 to 1969, he served as a juror for the Outstanding Chapter Award, and in 1970 was named chair of the OCA committee, a role that he still holds today. During his tenure as chair, Alan has made numerous contributions to the OCA program.

Alan was elected national Director on the Eta Kappa Nu Board of Governors from 1979 to 1981. In 1985, he was elected as the HKN International Vice President, and in 1986, he was elected as the HKN International President.

He has assisted the National organization in several activities including traveling to college campuses to install five new chapters. In 1980 he installed Theta Iota chapter at Rochester Institute of Technology and Theta Mu chapter at State University of New York at Stonybrook. In 1981, he installed Theta Sigma chapter at University of Bridgeport. In 1984, he installed Iota Delta chapter at Stevens Institute of Technology and Iota Epsilon chapter at the University of Hartford.

Alan has also assisted other HKN award programs by serving as a national juror in 1986 for the OYECE award, and as a national juror in 2000 for the Outstanding ECE Student award.

Alan is also an EE graduate of Columbia University, and is currently Associate Technical Director of Consumers Union and Consumer Reports. He lives in Rockland County New York with his wife and three children, and enjoys amateur radio, meteorology, and automatic watches.

November 7–9, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University

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