Eugene LeBoeuf

Open Mind: Supporting our veterans, advancing our mission

Nov. 4, 2019—By embracing the knowledge and expertise of the veterans and service members at Vanderbilt, the university community expands its scope of diverse perspectives and lived experiences, writes Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente in her latest column ahead of Veterans Day next week.

Former CIA Director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus (right) congratulates Vanderbilt alumnus Maj. Gen. William “Bill” Hickman, BS’83, MBA’92, on his upcoming retirement from the U.S. Army. (Adrienne Burns/Vanderbilt)

Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus helps celebrate alumnus’ military career at Alumni Hall ceremony

Oct. 22, 2019—Maj. Gen. William "Bill" Busby Hickman, BS'83, MBA'92, was recognized for his 36 years of service in the U.S. Army at a ceremony held Oct. 17 in Alumni Hall and attended by former CIA Director and Ret. Gen. David Petraeus.

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Gene LeBoeuf, winner of the Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award. (Vanderbilt University)

Six recognized during Spring Faculty Assembly

Apr. 7, 2017—Six faculty members were recognized for their teaching, research and service at the annual Spring Faculty Assembly April 6.

LeBoeuf called to active duty as Army University’s vice provost of academic affairs

Feb. 11, 2016—Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, a civil engineering professor at Vanderbilt, has been called to active duty in the U.S. Army to serve as vice provost of academic affairs for Army University and deputy commanding general for reserve affairs for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center.

Dean Philippe Fauchet (left) and former Dean Kenneth F. Galloway remove Col. LeBoeuf's shoulder boards and replace them with the brigadier general's one-star shoulder boards.

Engineering professor promoted to U.S. Army brigadier general

Jul. 15, 2015—Eugene J. LeBoeuf’s Vanderbilt colleagues, his friends, neighbors and family witnessed a moving promotion recognition ceremony at the School of Engineering June 27, when the professor was honored as brigadier general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, U.S. Army Reserve.

Third environmental engineering professor is certified by U.S. academy

Dec. 12, 2013—Eugene LeBoeuf is the third Vanderbilt environmental engineering faculty member in two years to be accepted into the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists as a board certified environmental engineering member.

Kudos

Mar. 1, 2012—Amrutur Anilkumar, professor of the practice of mechanical engineering, and Sankaran Mahadevan, the John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering, have been elected associate fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Peter Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Engineering Directorate and...