Texnikoi Engineering Honorary

Texnikoi was founded in 1924 as an honorary organization for students in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. Its purpose is to give 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
TNK
FoundedNovember 5, 1924 (1924-11-05)
The Ohio State University
TypeEngineering Honorary
ColorsBlack and Yellow
HeadquartersColumbus, Ohio 43201
USA

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 at least Sophomore. Members are then chosen by the amount and level of extra-curricular activity they participate in. Applications for membership are reviewed annually in early November.

Values

The three main values of Texnikoi are:

  • PARTICIPATION in activities
  • LEADERSHIP in organizations
  • SERVICE to the University and the community

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.

  • Main Founder - Arthur C. Avril was the first president of the organization in 1924. Although Avril graduated from Ohio State in 1925, he remained in close contact with Texnikoi and The Ohio State University community up until his death in July 1996.
  • Other Notable Founders - Peter B. Baggs, Edward Burkhalter, Jesse R. Glaeser, Richard R. Grant, Charles L. Lockett, Howard L. Matthews, Donald F. McChurchy, George R. Miller, Loren A. Murphy, Herman F. Nofer, Albert Ward Ross, Jr., Hoyt L. Sherman, Edmund D. Watts, Rolland P. Wood, and Clarence T. Woodward.

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: i) to inform members of the upcoming service, philanthropy, and social events, and ii) 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 YearName
2015Chakka Parker
2014Gary O. Spitznogle
2013Tamer Ibrahim
2012James I. Hileman
2011Jackie Marshall DiMarco
2009Daniel L Wieczynski
2008Vineet Aryaa[5]
2007John Russell[6]
2006Karen Eisenloffel[7]
2005Steven Auvil[8]
2004John Rudolph
2003Marybeth Lima
2002Nancy Porter[9]
2001Richard Brandon
2000Wes Blankenship
1998Nancy Dawes
1997David Tatman
1996Douglas Brown
1994Jacquelyn Kovach
1993Gary Tatterson[10][11]
1992Colette Pierce-Burnette[12]
1991Karen Murphy
1990Douglas Smith
1989Kenneth McKelvey
1988Jeffrey Rodek
1987Eric Grulke
1986John Salladay
1985Eugene Jarrett
1984Bruce Wilson
1983Kerry Hertenstein
1982Thad Perry
1981Karen Hendricks
1980Thomas Thomas
1979William Lowrie
1978Walter Roehrs
1977William Fuller
1976Stephen Launce
1975Robert Stafford
1974Thomas Eyerman
1973Philip Stevens
1972Larry Hench
1971Thomas Fitz
1970Earl Dietz
1969James Bassett
1968Phillip Bowser
1967James Early
1966Robert Bates
1965Forrest Poling
1964Kent Brandt
1963James Farst
1962James Johnson
1961Orlando Feorene
1960Wesley Leas
1959Robert Sessions
1958John Wright
1957Harry Warner[11]
1956Wilbert Chope
1955Hayward Gay
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  5. "Vineet Arya". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
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