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[ Dr. Thomas B. Cook ] - [ Patricia Garrison-Corbin ] - [ Clem Haskins ]
Dr. Cook is best known for a classified reference document, "The Cook Book," which for years was the major source on high altitude effects of nuclear weapons. He received the E.O. Lawrence Award in 1971 for meritorious contributions in the field of atomic energy. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1981 and was awarded the Department of Energy's Distinguished Associate Award in 1986. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society. More recently, Dr. Cook was involved in the design and development of strategic nuclear weapons systems. Patricia Garrison-Corbin She has received numerous awards, including the 1995 Revlon Business Woman of the Year. She was the first African-American female officer in public finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1982. At WKU, she chartered and was president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first black Greek-letter organization on campus, in 1968. Corbin, who lives in Philadelphia, was appointed by President Clinton to the Environmental Protection Agency in 1994. President Reagan appointed Corbin to the advisory panel to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1986. She served on Pennsylvania's Tax Reform commission in 1985. Corbin is a charter board member of the Pennsylvania Coalition of 100 Black Women and a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Links Inc.
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physicists. The native of Richmond, Ky., earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Western in 1947 and his master's degree and doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Dr. Cook retired as executive vice president of Sandia Laboratories in 1986. He joined the research organization at Sandia National Laboratories in 1951 and worked most of his career in the physics of nuclear weapons outputs and the effects produced by weapons bursts.
also holds a master's degree in urban studies from the University of Louisville and a master's degree in finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was the first African American female Sloan Fellow. Corbin is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of P.G. Corbin & Co., independent financial advisors. It is the first African-American female-owned Wall Street financial services corporation. The company ranked number three nationally in 1993 in the financial services industry.
team from 1980-86. Haskins earned a bachelor's degree from Western in 1967 and a master's degree at WKU in 1971. 
group during 1953-54. The group was the number one vocal combination by Billboard and Cash Box magazines in 1953 and consistently remained one of America's Top Ten through 1960. The quartet originated when three Western students, Don McGuire ('54), Jimmy Sacca ('53) and Seymore Spiegelman ('53), joined a former Westerner, Billy Vaughn. Their first hit was "Trying." Twenty-one Hilltopper recordings made Billboard Magazine's Top 40 Hit List. The group had record sales in excess of 8 million copies. They appeared on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town and also on American Bandstand.
Time (VT) Fuse, a secret weapon of the U.S. which affected the course of WWII. The fuse helped the government to create artillery shells that would explode on target every time. The Henderson, Ky., native graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. After the war, Kleiderer became the vice president of Brilhart Plastics Corporation and president of Brilhart Plastics Corporation. Prior to retirement, he was the executive vice president of Shaw Plastics Corporation. He was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame in 1994, one of 87 who have received the honor thus far.