ASME vice president named faculty member of the year

Mary James Legatski
ASME Leadership and Diversity

Clark McCarrell, ASME vice president, Leadership and Diversity, has been honored by the University of Phoenix with its Faculty Member of the Year award. The University of Phoenix specializes in adult education courses and offers classes both on its Las Vegas campus and via the Internet.

McCarrell has been an instructor of a number of management courses at the Las Vegas campus for the past six years. He was selected for the recognition from more than 250 candidates in the Las Vegas area on the basis of his teaching and mentoring skills, detailed review of students' work products, and ability to bridge the gap between the theoretical and the practical business applications.

Clark McCarrell, ASME vice president, Leadership and Diversity

Originally from Chicago, McCarrell attended the City Colleges of Chicago, where he graduated with honors and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) with a major concentration in engineering management.

McCarrell is employed as a senior engineer in power generation at Nevada Power Co., an electric utility company in Las Vegas. Prior to joining Nevada Power, he held various engineering positions at Southwest Gas Corp. for almost 10 years.

In addition to this most recent honor, McCarrell has received many awards, including the 1997 Outstanding Alumnus award from UNLV's College of Engineering. He is the chairman of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering advisory board and serves on the alumni board of directors at UNLV. He has served as the Southern Nevada chapter president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, and as a director of the Nevada Society of Professional Engineers.

In his spare time, McCarrell enjoys performing with a variety of musicians as an accomplished jazz drummer.

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