Honored Alumni Award

LLCC 2024 Honored Alumnus

David Western

David Western, embedded software engineer for Lockheed Martin, was recognized with the 2024 LLCC Honored Alumni Award. After graduating from LLCC, Western earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2019.

During that time, he was a member of a spacecraft research team that supported a NASA-sponsored project. He then earned a master’s degree in space resources in 2021 from Colorado School of Mines. For the past three years, Western has been developing the flight software for the U.S. Space Force’s early warning missile detection and tracking satellite program.

Previous Honorees

Brice R. Huddleston

Rebecca L. Watts, Ph.D.

Catherine A. Creighton Kush

Tyson Manker

Samuel Wheeler

Timothy B. Smith

William D. McCarty, II

Andrew Thoron

Cinda Edwards

Karla Carwile

Jim Matheis

Gregg Humphrey

Brice R. Huddleston

LLCC 2023 Honored Alumnus

Brice R. Huddleston, retired Colonel, U.S. Air Force, earned an associate in applied science degree from LLCC. He later oversaw the National Guard Joint Operations Center, coordinating support in response to hurricanes, fires and floods.

Rebecca L. Watts, Ph.D.

LLCC 2022 Honored Alumna

Dr. Watts is a proud advocate for community colleges and always speaks proudly of her beginnings at LLCC. Watts is an innovator in education policy, educator preparation, post-secondary educational access, alignment across the P-16 continuum and concurrent enrollment.

Catherine A. Creighton Kush

LLCC 2021 Honored Alumna

Dr. Kush earned an R.N. from LLCC, a bachelor’s degree from Capital University, post-master’s certificates from St. Louis University and University of Missouri St. Louis, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from St. Louis University.

Honored Alumni Award

Honored Alumni Award

LLCC 2024 Honored Alumnus

David Western

Previous Honorees

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