BLACKSBURG, Va., May 8, 2008 –– Tom Rust, who earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1965, is a 2008 inductee into Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering’s Academy of Engineering Excellence. Rust of Herndon, Va., joins a select group of 80 engineering alumni in the Virginia Tech academy.

Tom Rust spent the first two years after high school working as a drafter with Fairfax County. But he wanted to be the first person in his family to earn a college degree. He entered Virginia Tech as a member of the Corps of Cadets, and today he is Chairman of the Board of his company, a veteran political figure, and an accomplished engineer with two master’s degrees.

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BLACKSBURG, Va. May 8, 2008 ––Ray Martin, who earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1964 and 1968, respectively, is a 2008 inductee into Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering’s Academy of Engineering Excellence. Martin who resides in Ashland, Va., joins a select group of 80 engineering alumni in the Virginia Tech academy.

When Martin earned his undergraduate degree, he joined B&O Railroad for a year and then returned to Virginia Tech to pursue his graduate degree. He and his wife Carol had two children in tow, so he earned a salary by teaching civil technology at Bluefield State College three days a week, and commuted from Bluefield to graduate school at Virginia Tech the other four. He continued this grueling schedule for three years, obtaining his master’s in 1968.

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