• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Industrial and Operations Engineering
  • Current Students
  • Events
  • Giving
  • Intranet

Search

  • About
    • Overview
    • Message from the Chair
    • Mission & Values
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    • Reporting Concerns and Misconduct
    • Facts & Figures
      • Professional Memberships & Awards
      • Staff Awards
    • History
    • Contact Us
      • Industry & Media
  • News
  • Research
    • Applications
      • Business Operations and Analytics
      • Energy and Sustainability
      • Health and Human Safety
      • Mobility and Transportation Networks
    • Methodologies
      • Data Analytics
      • Human Systems Integration
      • Optimization
      • Stochastic Systems
    • Labs & Facilities
  • Undergraduate
    • Admissions Requirements
    • Planning and Advising
    • Areas of Study
    • Minors, Concentrations & Programs
    • Scholarships
      • Past Scholarship Recipients
    • IOE ABET Information
  • Graduate
    • Master’s Program
      • Master’s Applications
      • Master’s Admissions & Planning
      • Master’s Programs & Curriculum
    • PhD Program
      • PhD Applications
      • PhD Admissions & Planning
      • PhD Programs & Curriculum
    • FAQs
    • Combined Graduate Programs
  • People
    • Administration
    • Faculty
    • Staff
    • Doctoral Students
  • Alumni & Partners
    • Join Our Alumni Network
    • Giving
    • Alumni Events
    • Alumni Merit Award
    • Current Students
    • Events
    • Giving
    • Intranet

Alumni Merit Award

home_outline/Alumni & Partners/Alumni Merit Award
  • Alumni & Partners
    • Join Our Alumni Network
    • Giving
    • Alumni Events
    • Alumni Merit Award
    • Advisory Board
    • Alumni Profiles
    • Industry Partners

ALUMNI RESOURCES

  • U-M Alumni Association
  • U-M Alumni Career Services
  • Update your alumni record
  • Buy official U-M merchandise
  • U-M Events Calendar

Each year U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering recognizes an alum who personifies the College of Engineering’s tradition of excellence.

image of Anne Shen Smith
Anne Shen Smith

2020 Alumni Merit Award Honoree: Anne Shen Smith

Anne Shen Smith retired in 2014 as the chairman and CEO of Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. SoCalGas is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, delivering energy services to over 23 million consumers.

Smith started her career with SoCalGas in 1977 and held leadership positions in marketing, public affairs, strategic planning, environmental policy, regulatory affairs, customer care, support services, and operations. Smith received numerous awards for community service and environmental leadership. She was appointed to policy advisory commissions at the local, state, and federal levels. She served as a member of the board of directors for the PG&E Corporation — a Fortune 500 company, the American Gas Association, Coalition for Clean Air, Southern California Leadership Council, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center, Asian American Advancing Justice Los Angeles, and California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. She continues to be actively involved in her community and is a member of The Trusteeship — an affiliate of the International Women’s Forum, and Women Corporate Directors.

Smith immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1964. She received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and has a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley.

Previous recipients:
2019Craig Russell
2018Robert G. Sargent
2017Gary Verplank
2016Norman Harbert
2015Bill Johnson
2014Betty Chao
2013Julia Higle
2012Chakor Doshi
2011Ranvir Trehan
2010Marlin Thomas
2009David H. Gustafson
2008Kedrick Adkins
2007Mary Petrovich
2006Wally Hopp
2005Lawrence D. Burns
2005Donald C. Graham (Alumni Society Medal)
2004Karl G. Bartscht
2003W. Peter Cherry
2002Erhan Cinlar
2001Roger Kallock
2000John A. Muckstadt
1999Robert M. Brown
1998Ralph E. Reins
1997John E. Utley, Jr.
1997Robert J. Vlasic (Alumni Society Medal)
1996 J. Dann Engels
1995C. Robert Kidder
1994Myun Woo Lee
1993Richard Carl Jelinek
1992Thom Hodgson

Footer

  • Giving
  • Sign-up for our newsletter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Graduate Programs
  • Faculty Directory
  • Careers
  • U-M Engineering Home
  • Strategic Vision

© 2021 The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Policy | Campus Safety