Five inducted into Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni

October 30, 2023

Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni Inductees
Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni inductees.

Five new members were inducted into the Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni in October.

Now in its 10th year, the Academy recognizes the program’s most prominent alumni and friends.

“Members of this esteemed alumni academy exemplify the best in engineering, philanthropy and service,” said Kevin Gillis, chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. “They motivate and inspire students, partnering with the department and college to help future generations of chemical engineers.”

The 2023 inductees are:

  • Teresa Crockett, B.S. ChE ’91, M.S. ’92
  • Baolin Deng (honorary)
  • Kerri Crain Hailey, B.S. ChE, Math ’96
  • Jeremy Lowe, B.S. ChE ’96
  • Chris Roach, B.S., ChE ’93

About the Inductees

Four people including Teresa Crockett with award
Teresa Crockett with Academy Chairman Art Orscheln, left, student presenter Jack Shultz and Department Chair Kevin Gillis.

Teresa Crockett is Senior Vice President, Separation Management Office at 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Separation Management Office (SMO) ensures seamless execution in creating a leading global diversified health care company and a more focused 3M, which will continue to be a leading global innovator in material science.

Four people including Baolin Deng with award
Baolin Deng with Academy Chairman Art Orscheln, left, student presenter Paige Snider and Department Chair Kevin Gillis.

Baolin Deng is a William Andrew Davidson Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Co-director of the Missouri Water Center. He holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. For over 6 years, Deng chaired the MU Department of Chemical Engineering and led the establishment of the ChE Academy of Distinguished Alumni in 2013.

Four people including Kerri Crain Hailey with award
Kerri Crain Hailey with Academy Chairman Art Orscheln, left, student presenter Abby Law and Department Chair Kevin Gillis.

Kerri Crain Hailey serves as Vice President of Baby Care Research and Development, Halley leads an innovation organization spanning three continents that brings together deep consumer understanding, business acumen and technical mastery across multiple disciplines (process, equipment, material and product design; digital systems; sustainability; modeling and simulation.

Four people including Jeremy Lowe with award
Jeremy Lowe with Academy Chairman Art Orscheln, left, student presenter Nick Bender and Department Chair Kevin Gillis.

Jeremy Lowe joined the 130-year-old intellectual property law firm of Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. as an associate patent attorney. He is now a first-chair trial lawyer and shareholder of the firm.  Lowe is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, which recognizes the top 0.5% of attorneys, judges and scholars.

Four people including Chris Roach with award
Chris Roach with Academy Chairman Art Orscheln, left, student presenter Ethan Simpkins and Department Chair Kevin Gillis.

Chris Roach serves as the CEO of Monarch and is the President of the Renewables Division of Roeslein & Associates (R&A), following the merger of Roeslein Alternative Energy with R&A in mid-2023.

Read more about the Chemical Engineering Academy here.