SUNY Maritime Students Take the Solemn Oath of the Engineer

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SUNY Maritime Students Take the Solemn Oath of the Engineer
With reverence, each candidate recited in crisp, calm diction, “I am an Engineer. In my profession, I take great pride. To it, I owe solemn obligation…” After reciting the “Obligation of an Engineer,” 24 State University of New York Maritime College graduating engineering students joined the Order of the Engineer during an induction ceremony held Thursday, March 6 in the Lecture Hall of the S & E Building. The new members of the Order are: Giovanni Cardone, Matthew Cole, Richard DeJacquant, Patrick Gensch, Crawford Green, Sean Hickey, Joshua Karalitzky, Joshua Kohl, Brian Kopka, Justin Litterine, Timothy Michels, Daniel Murphy, David Nowak, James O’Leary, Richard Pusatere, Jeffrey Robert, Kenneth Romney, James Ruppert, Stephen Shea, Oladokun Sulaiman, Michael Tombolillo, Winston Williams, Peter Wocial, and Christopher Yakuboff. “On behalf of the Maritime College administration and campus community, I congratulate each student on a job well done,” said Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, USN (Ret.), President. “Their accomplishment is most deserving of this most venerable occasion.” The Order of the Engineer is the roster of engineers in the United States who have participated in an Engineers' Ring Ceremony and who have accepted in public the "Obligation of an Engineer". The solemn obligation of engineers is "to uphold devotion to the standards and the dignity of (the engineering) profession." It is an obligation to turn to, "practical use, the principles of science and the means of technology...to serve humanity by making the best use of earth's precious wealth." The Order is patterned after the Canadian Ritual of the Calling of the Engineer, which is a fellowship of engineers who are dedicated to the practice, teaching or administration of their profession. Its purpose is to stimulate formal public recognition by engineers in the United States of two basic principles. These principles are that (1) the primary purpose of engineering is service to the public, and (2) all members of the engineering profession share a common bond. The Engineer's Ring in the United States is a stainless steel ring, worn on the fifth finger of the working hand by engineers who have accepted the Obligation of an Engineer in a Ring Ceremony. In Canada, the Engineer's Ring is a wrought iron ring accepted by engineers inducted into the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer in a secret ceremony. Any engineer is eligible to participate if he or she has graduated from an ABET- (or ECPD-) accredited engineering program or holds a license as a Professional Engineer. Students enrolled in an ABET-accredited engineering degree programs are eligible if they are within four months of graduation. Other candidates may be considered eligible because of equivalent credentials, subject to the approval of the National Board of Governors. The Order is governed at the national level by a National Board of Governors, composed of as many as 21 engineers who serve three-year terms. The officers are a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary-treasurer. The National Board establishes policy, directs the national office, and charters local "links" governed by local boards of governors. Such "Links" are granted the right to conduct Ring Ceremonies. There is no formal connection between the Order of the Engineer and other organizations; it is independent. However, the Order recognizes ABET's accreditation of engineering programs as a primary measurement of educational credentials for an engineer in the United States. The National Board of Governors has contracted with ABET to house and staff the national office of the Order of the Engineer since August 1987. In addition, Links of the Order have been charted to various local components of Tau Beta Pi, NSPE, and other engineering societies.
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