GRADUATE ASSOCIATIONS
GRADUATE ASSOCIATIONS: ENGINEERING
Join the Engineering Graduates’ Association (EGA) online at
www.ucd.ie/alumni/join_alumni_association.htm. The
EGA is open to all graduates of engineering in UCD. For more information, contact Fionnuala McGowan at
fionnuala.mcgowan@ucd.ie or check out
www.ucd.ie/enggrad/.
Eamon Ryan TD
Pictured at the council meeting
were Emer O’Hare, Barry Hogan
and John Martin
INAUGURAL CONVENTION
ANNUAL LECTURE 2008
OF THE EGA COUNCIL
The 2008 Annual Lecture of the EGA was delivered on 5
The EGA updated its structures in 2007 and held the inaugural
March by Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Communications,
convention of its council on 25 September 2007 in Belfield.
Energy and Natural Resources. The lecture, which
The council consists of distinguished graduates, academic staff
attracted a large audience of UCD engineering graduates,
and the Year President for each graduating class. Following
was attended by UCD President Hugh Brady and College
the council meeting, the university hosted a meeting and
Principal Nick Quirke. In his lecture entitled ‘Building a
dinner for the Past Presidents of the EGA in order to recognise
Sustainable Future for Ireland’, the minister called on
their contribution over the years to the development of
engineers to lead the technological changes necessary if
alumni relations. Arising from the meeting, a number of
Ireland is to survive the energy and climate change issues
significant initiatives
Past Presidents’
facing it in the coming decades. A full summary of the Dinner
were discussed and
lecture and more photographs of the occasion are
the Board of the EGA
available on the EGA website
www.ucd.ie/enggrad/.
will be prioritising
projects in the areas
of teaching and
DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD
learning, research and
also physical
At the 2007 Annual
structures in 2008.
Luncheon, the
president of the EGA,
Simon Kelly (BE ’75)
AWARD OF GOLD MEDALS
presented the 2007
The EGA annually awards Gold Medals for Excellence in
Distinguished
Engineering to graduating engineers. At the last ceremony,
Graduate Award to
held on 3 July 2007 in the Clinton Auditorium foyer in Belfield,
Jack Golden (BE ’76,
the Gold Medals were awarded to those achieving first place
MEngSc ’80), human
in their respective disciplines.
resources director of
Ireland’s largest
Jack Golden
company, CRH. In his
early career, Golden worked as a process engineer in the
metal industry and as a manufacturing engineer and
production manager with Braun Ireland before being
transferred to Germany to lead a significant product
development project. He spent a number of years in the
automotive sector with Continental AG, the world’s fourth
largest tyre manufacturer, where he was managing director
of Semperit Ireland and subsequently of Continental Pneus
Front row: Patrick Conway; Diarmaid Ruth; Cian Carroll;
Gordon Chrystal (Architecture Gold Medal). Back row:
SNC in France. His current role in CRH focuses on supporting
Tony O’Brien (BE ’74, MBA ’83), past president, EGA;
the group’s continued performance and growth, and
David Anthony Twomey; Edmond Hogan; Prof G. Byrne;
developing its next generation of leaders. Absent, Adrian Kelly
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