| Name | Position | Company | Year Received | Degree | Year of SJSU Graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald R. Beall | President & CEO | Rockwell International | 1980 | Metallurgical Engineering | 1960 |
| Norman O. Gunderson | Dean Emeritus | SJSU | 1980 | ||
| William D. Nix | Professor | Stanford University | 1980 | Materials Engineering | 1959 |
| Charles Swall | President | IBM - Systems Technology Division | 1980 | Industrial Engineering | 1965 |
| Robert MacLellan | Vice President | FMC Corp. | 1981 | General Engineering | 1949 |
| Onslow H. "Rudy" Rudolph, Jr. | Chairman of the Board and Founder | Rudolph & Sletten, Inc. | 1981 | Civil Engineering | 1950 |
| Richard F. Byers | Vice President | Guy F. Atkinson Construction | 1982 | Civil Engineering | 1951 |
| Luis F. Diaz | President | Cal Recovery Systems | 1982 | Mechanical Engineering | 1972 |
| Raymond A. Smelek | General Manager | Hewlett-Packard Company | 1982 | Electrical Engineering | 1959 |
| James O. Leckie | Professor | Stanford University | 1983 | Civil Engineering | 1964 |
| Howard E. Wolnowsky | Division Manager | Lockheed Missiles & Space Company | 1983 | Electrical Engineering | 1962 |
| A. Phillip Bray | President & CEO | Renewable Resource Systems | 1984 | Mechanical Engineering | 1951 |
| Alvin R. Zeman | President | Zeman-Rittenhouse & Associates | 1984 | Civil Engineering | 1964 |
| Robert Kochis | President | Condor Systems | 1985 | Electrical Engineering | 1963 |
| F.G. Butterfield | Executive Vice President | CBI Industries, Inc. | 1986 | Civil Engineering | 1952 |
| Robert J. Frankenberg | General Manager | Hewlett-Packard Company | 1986 | Computer Engineering | 1974 |
| Riyad S. AbuZayyad | President | Rolm Corp - IBM | 1987 | Mechanical Engineering | 1961 |
| Phillip E. Allen | Professor | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1987 | Electrical Engineering | 1962 |
| Joseph D. Andrade, Jr. | Dean of Engineering | University of Utah | 1987 | Materials Engineering | 1965 |
| Paul F. Fratessa | President | Paul F. Fratessa Associates | 1988 | Civil Engineering | 1960 |
| Daniel H. Lowry | President | Grade-Way Construction | 1988 | Civil Engineering | 1956 |
| James W. Adkisson | President | Insite Peripherals | 1989 | Electrical Engineering | 1969 |
| David A. Brown | President and Member of the Board | Quantum Corp. | 1989 | Mechanical Engineering | 1968 |
| Jane G. Evans | Grants Specialist | Hewlett-Packard Company | 1990 | Electrical Engineering | 1965 |
| Arthur L. Money | President | ESL/TRW | 1990 | Mechanical Engineering | 1965 |
| Dale W. Pilgeram | Vice President of Development | IBM-General Products Division | 1990 | Electrical Engineering | 1967 |
| Finis F. Conner | Chairman & CEO | Connor Peripherals | 1991 | Industrial Management | 1969 |
| Charles W. Davidson | President | C.W. Davidson Company | 1991 | Civil Engineering | 1956 |
| James W. McCoy | Vice President | MacKay & Somps, Inc. | 1991 | Civil Engineering | 1964 |
| E. Gene Bruner | Manager Facilities & Planning | Georgia Pacific Corp. | 1992 | Mechanical Engineering | 1959 |
| Randall M. German | Brush Chair in Materials | Pennsylvania State University | 1992 | Materials Science | 1968 |
| Roger W. Werne | Director of Engineering | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 1992 | Civil Engineering | 1967 |
| Douglas Carnaham | Vice President & General Manager | Hewlett-Packard Company | 1993 | Electrical Engineering | 1965 |
| Theodore C. Fairfield | President | Fairco Properties, Inc. | 1993 | Civil Engineering | 1959 |
| Anthony N. Lapine | Chief Executive Officer | Lapine Technology Corp. | 1993 | Electrical Engineering | 1965 |
| Koichi Nishimura | President & Chief Executive Officer | Solectron Corp. | 1994 | Electrical Engineering | 1963 |
| E. P. "Gene" Reilly | Vice President and Chief Engineer | Southern Pacific Lines | 1994 | Civil Engineering | 1971 |
| Thomas W. Collins | Director of Engineering Operations | Systems Development Division, Tandem Computers Inc. | 1995 | Electrical Engineering | 1961 |
| Peter Kaldveer | President | Harza Engineering Company of California | 1995 | Civil Engineering | 1963 |
| John J. Silveira | Deputy Director | Dept. of Water Resources, State of CA | 1995 | Civil Engineering | 1959 |
| Helmut Krawinkler | Professor | Stanford University | 1996 | Civil Engineering | 1967 |
| Maurice D. Roos | Chief Hydrologist | Dept. of Water Recources, State of CA | 1996 | Civil Engineering | 1957 |
| L. Thomas Tobin | Consultant | Tobin & Associates | 1996 | Civil Engineering | 1972 |
| Alden V. Munson | Vice President | Intelligence Market Area-TRW Systems Integration Group | 1996 | Mechanical Engineering | 1965 |
| George Perlegos | Founder, President & CEO | Atmel Corp. | 1997 | Electrical Engineering | 1972 |
| Wayne K. Tanda | Director | Streets and Traffic, City of San Jose | 1998 | Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS) | 1971 (1973) |
| Mel Blevins | Watermaster | Upper Los Angeles River Area Watermaster | 1999 | Civil Engineering BS | 1957 |
| Brad Mattson | Chairman & CEO | Mattson Technology, Inc. | 1999 | Aeronautics BS | 1976 |
| Gary L. Yancey | President, CEO & Chairman of the Board | Applied Signal Technology | 1999 | Electrical Engineering MS | 1970 |
| Thomas M. Blalock | President | Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board | 2000 | Civil Engineering BS | 1954 |
| Francis F. Huang | Professor Emeritus | Mechanical Engineering, SJSU | 2000 | Production Engineering BS | 1951 |
| Joseph D. Countryman | President | MBK Engineers | 2001 | Civil Engineering BS | 1966 |
| Nancy Wheeler-Nelson | Vice President | Engineering Communication Products, Trimble Navigation Ltd. | 2002 | Electrical Engineering BS | 1979 |
| Bernard S. Siegal | President | Thermal Engineering Associates, Inc. | 2002 | Electrical Engineering MS | 1966 |
| Anthony J. Banta | Vice President Worldwide Operations | Cisco Systems | 2004 | Aeronautics BS | 1970 |
| Mahmoud "Max" Gahrahmat | Partner | Geomax | 2004 | Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS) | 1969 (1976) |
| Omid Kordestani | Sr. Vice President Worldwide Sales & Field Operations | Google, Inc. | 2005 | Electrical Engineering BS | 1984 |
| Gust Perlegos | Co-Founder and Executive Vice President | Atmel Corporation | 2005 | Electrical Engineering BS | 1969 | Carolyn Guidry | President | Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation | 2006 | Computer Engineering MS | 1979 | Peter McGrath | Former Sector Vice President | Science Applications International Corp. | 2006 | Mechanical Engineering BS | 1965 |
| Lee Chen | Founder and CEO | A10 Networks, Inc. | 2007 | Electrical Engineering MS | 1982 |
| Joseph E. Louis | President | Louis Engineering Corporation and M.J.M. Land Development Co. Inc. | 2007 | Civil Engineering BS | 1969 |
| L. Carl Harris | Founder & Chairman of the Board | Harris & Associates | 2008 | Civil Engineering BS (Civil Engineering MS) | 1963 (1967) |
| Julie A. Sattler | Vice President, Engineering | Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company | 2008 | Aeronautical Engineering BS | 1983 |
