Barre Native Louis Dindo Honored with Clarkson University's Most Prestigious Alumni Award

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Left to right: Clarkson President Tony Collins, Dindo, and Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations Steve Newkofsky.

POTSDAM, NY (07/24/2014)(readMedia)-- Louis A. Dindo, a native of Barre, Vt., and current resident of Groton, Mass., has been honored with the Golden Knight Award by his alma mater, Clarkson University.

Presented each year during Reunion Weekend, Clarkson's most prestigious alumni award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves either by service to Clarkson through Alumni Association activities or have demonstrated outstanding career achievement, bringing distinction to themselves and to Clarkson.

Dindo received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering degree from Clarkson University in 1954 and was a member of the Omicron Pi Omicron fraternity. He was an active member of ROTC and was a member of both of Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. He received his associate in electrical engineering degree from Northeastern University in 1963.

Dindo began his career with General Electric in the manufacturing training program. He then moved on to the Raytheon Company, where he remained for the next 44 years. He held several management positions in the Defense Systems Department, which was one of the key areas of Raytheon's business.

Early in his career, he was the lead engineer for the mechanical design fabrication and test of high vacuum RF power tubes, including the Lunar Excursion Module, which was used in all of the U.S. moon landings. As his career progressed, he became an expert in the mechanical design, fabrication, environmental testing and installation of land-based, mobile and shipboard reflector and phased array antennas. He had several overseas assignments, including a stint in England, where he was part of an engineering team that conducted a concept exploration study of a shipboard mounted phased array antenna that sought to provide early detection and tracking of simultaneous targets from any direction for the NATO Anti-Air Warfare System.

Dindo has been a loyal and supportive alumnus of Clarkson. He has been a member of the Roundtable for many years and has served in several volunteer roles, including class agent and reunion activity chair. Dindo is also a member of the Annie Clarkson Society, as he has created numerous charitable gift annuities to provide a scholarship endowment for future mechanical engineering students. He currently serves as a volunteer for the Annie Clarkson Society, as he is also an expert spokesperson for charitable gift annuities to Clarkson.

Not only does he have great enthusiasm for Clarkson, but he is an active member in his community as well. He is a member of the Massachusetts Republican Club, the Lions Club and a founding member of his community's Youth Hockey Organization. He is also a legacy member of the World War II 73rd Bomb Wing Association.

Dindo, a native of Barre, Vt., resides in Groton, Mass., with his wife, Joan. They have three adult children.

Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.