CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2003 -- Four Boeing [NYSE: BA] employees will be honored at the 2003 Black Engineer of the Year Awards ceremony on Feb. 15 in Baltimore. The awards recognize the achievements of the country's most successful African-American engineers, scientists and technology leaders.
Three Boeing employees -- Miller Adams, James Peck and Frank Weaver -- will be presented prestigious Black Engineer of the Year awards in three separate categories during the 17th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference. A fourth Boeing employee, Olympia LePoint, will be honored as a Modern Day Technology Leader at the conference, which is one of the nation's premier technology events. More than 7,000 participants are expected to attend.
Boeing is one of 130 companies, government agencies, colleges and universities that support the event. Adams, Peck, Weaver and LePoint join 12 Boeing employees nationwide who have been honored in previous years at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference.
Miller Adams, director of Technology Planning and Acquisition for Boeing Phantom Works in Seattle, is receiving the Chairman's Award. Adams leads a 30-member team in managing the overall technology planning process and global R&D strategies for Boeing. In addition to many other duties, he serves as president of Boeing Phantom Works Investment Inc., the Boeing entity for venture capital investments. Adams holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Seattle University and a law degree from the University of Puget Sound Law School, now known as Seattle University School of Law. He also is involved in a broad range of community activities that include his participation on the board of the Seattle Center Foundation.
James Peck, an associate technical fellow at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, is receiving the Outstanding Technical Contribution in Industry Award. Peck holds 11 engineering patents, mostly involving fiber optics, and is recognized by his peers as a technical problem solver. At Boeing, Peck has worked on Global Position System, or GPS, technologies, and most recently has served as the technical lead for the Boeing NASA Systems orbiter payloads project in Huntington Beach, Calif. Peck, a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, will retire this spring from the Reserve with 37 years of service, including 10 years of active duty. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from West Coast University in Orange County, Calif.
Frank Weaver is being honored with the Dean's Award. As director of Boeing telecommunications policy in the company's office in Washington, D.C., Weaver coordinates requirements for frequency spectrum and develops strategy to secure licenses and approval from various federal agencies. He has more than 25 years of experience in both government and industry in business development, public relations, advertising and strategic planning. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Weaver associate administrator of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, an organization responsible for promoting and regulating the commercial launch industry. Weaver holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Howard University; a master's in business administration and marketing from the University of North Carolina; an honorary doctorate in science from Saint Augustine's College; and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Shaw Divinity School.
Olympia LePoint is being honored as a Modern Day Technology Leader. As a systems safety and reliability engineer for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Canoga Park, Calif., she serves as an internal consultant on Rocketdyne rocket engine testing and is one of two statisticians at her site. LePoint earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from California State University, Northridge, where she is finishing her master's degree in applied math. She plans to soon begin work on a doctorate in statistics at UCLA. LePoint serves as a mentor to many high school students in the Los Angeles area and teaches weekend workshops in trigonometry and calculus to prepare these students for college.
The Boeing Company is the world's leading aerospace company, with its heritage mirroring the history of flight. It is the largest manufacturer of satellites, commercial jetliners and military aircraft. The company also is a global market leader in missile defense, human space flight and launch services. In terms of sales, Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter. Total company revenues for 2002 were $54 billion.
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