Alumni In The News

The Manganaro Family, (Anthony Manganaro, civil engineering Alum), open the door to education for high-potential students by providing the Torch Scholars Program an additional $7.5 million gift. Read more ....

Foster Wheeler names Mr. Edward Galante, a Northeastern University Civil Engineering Alumi and two others to its board of directors

Mr. Edward G. Galante, 57, retired from ExxonMobil in 2006 as senior vice president and member of the Management Committee after a 34-year career at that firm. His responsibilities included worldwide Refining and Supply, Fuels and Lubricants Marketing and Research and Engineering. His earlier experience at ExxonMobil included progressively responsible assignments in engineering, sales, product line coordination and terminal operations. He also held positions in Corporate Planning, Supply, and served as manager of the company's Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery and as managing director of Esso Thailand. Currently he serves on the board of Praxair, Inc. and of Junior Achievement Worldwide. He is a member of the 25-Year Club of the Petroleum Industry. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Northeastern University and serves on the Board of Overseers for that institution. He also serves as executive in residence at the university's College of Business Administration.