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Home / News & Events / SIE Names Marla Peterson 2019 Alumna of the Year

SIE Names Marla Peterson 2019 Alumna of the Year

Thursday, June 20, 2019
A woman in a black suit jacket accepts a plaque from a man wearing graduation regalia. He is also holding a larger plaque with four names inscribed.
Marla Peterson, right, accepts her SIE Alumni of the Year Award from department Head Young-Jun Son.

When 1983 SIE graduate Marla Peterson went to get traveler's checks for her first business trip, the clerk insisted the young engineer was just an assistant and told her that the person actually traveling would have to pick up the checks.

“That was the first time it was basically stated to my face: Someone was telling me that I wasn’t an engineer because I’m a woman,” she said. “It really made me think, ‘OK, I’ve got to do something about this.’”

Peterson has indeed dedicated herself to change, and to supporting future engineers, particularly at her alma mater. Accordingly, the University of Arizona Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering recognized Peterson with its 2019 Alumni of the Year Award at the department’s pre-commencement ceremony May 9.

All three past award winners were on hand to honor her: Herb Burton of the Class of 1960, Cindy Klingberg of the Class of 1988 and Ted Landis of the Class of 1990.

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