Alumni, faculty, staff and AE friends gathered to celebrate the Department's 70th Anniversary.
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About 90 Aerospace Engineering at Illinois alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered over Homecoming Weekend (October 24) to celebrate AE's 70th anniversary and congratulate Emeritus Prof. Harry H. Hilton on 65 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The program began with a video tribute to the late Steven R. Nagel, AE alumnus and astronaut. The evening event then turned to Hilton's presentation of the department's history: from its founding in 1944 by first Department Head H.S. Stillwell; to significant growth in the 1960s in response to the Space Race; to today's continued prosperity, outstanding faculty, and excellent students.
Photos of the event and its participants can be viewed on AE's Facebook page.