100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 www.wpi.edu 2005 Award Recipient W. Todd Akin '70 Todd Akin, WPI commends you for your more than thirty years of dedicated public service to the people of Missouri and the nation. Your bachelor of science in management led you to serve your country from 1970 to 1980 in the U. S. Army as a member of the Army Combat Engineers. Following your military service, you held management positions at IBM and at Laclede Steel. In 1988 you were elected to the Missouri House of Representatives, where you served six terms and where you became the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. In 2000 you were elected to the U. S. House of Representatives to serve the Second District of Missouri. As a Congressman, you serve on the Armed Services Committee, the Science Committee, and the Small Business Committee. You currently chair the Small Business Subcommittee on the Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs. While engaged in serving our nation, you are raising your six children with your wife, Lulli, and you've found time to be active in the Boy Scouts of America, a leader in your church, a former board member of Missouri Right to Life, and a member of the board of Mission Gate Prison Ministry. In 1984 you obtained your master of divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church of America. You have received the Taxpayer's Friend Award from the National Taxpayers Union and the "Hero of the Taxpayer" award from Americans for Tax Reform. You've been recognized by the Small Business Survival Committee as a Champion of Small Business. Todd Akin, WPI is proud to add to these accolades by presenting you with the Robert H. Goddard Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement. .