Mark R. Stumpf, Ed.D. P.E., Class of '65
Dr. Mark R. Stumpf received his baccalaureate
degree in civil engineering in 1965 and his masters degree
in environmental engineering in 1967. During his student years,
he served as Vice President of his junior class and was a
member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. After graduation, he joined
Amoco Chemicals Corporation designing wastewater treatment
plants. Two years later, he joined Abbott Laboratories where
he held numerous management positions including: Manager,
Waste Control; Manager, Corporate Environmental Services;
Manager, Project Engineering; Project Manager Cogeneration
Puerto Rico; Director, Diagnostics Division Facility Engineering.
In June 1990 he was promoted to Director, Corporate Plant
Engineering Operations with responsibility for 1016 people
and an annual operating budget of $234 million.
Over the years, Mark continued his formal
education. In 1977, he graduated from the Advanced Management
Institute with a Masters of Science in Management (ASM) degree.
In 1980, he obtained his MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School
of Management. In 1988, he received his Doctor of Education
degree from Nova Southeastern University where he specialized
in expert systems.
Dr. Stumpf has been very active in the scientific,
technical, and education community. He served as Editorial
advisor for Pollution Engineering Magazine and taught courses
in Operation and Maintenance of Treatment Plants, Wastewater
Analyses, Process Design, and Computer Programming. He has
published twelve papers in technical journals and has given
several technical presentations at conferences. Dr. Stumpf
was a guest at Ningbo University in the People's Republic
of China, where he spoke on education in America.
After 27 years of service with Abbott Laboratories,
Dr. Stumpf retired and is working as an Abbott Executive on
Loan to Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering (AMIE).
As AMIE's Partnership Director, he has published a book on
how to form effective partnerships with universities. He is
currently working part-time developing partnerships for universities
with Fortune 250 companies. Mark married Anne Collins from
Chassell. They reside in McHenry, Illinois and have three
children and two grandchildren.
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