On April 17, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Baton Rouge, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering held their annual Hall of Distinction and Faculty Awards banquet. In addition to current and past inductees, attendees included Dr. George Voyiadjis (Department Chair), Dr. Astrid Merget (Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost), Dr. Richard Koubek (incoming Dean of the College of Engineering) and Dr. David Constant (Interim Dean of the College of Engineering). The 2008 Hall of Distinction inductees are Robert A. “Bob” Deason and the late Dr. Frank J. Germano. The 2009 inductees are John A. Graves and Dr. Mehmet T. Tümay. It is our great pleasure to welcome these four outstanding gentlemen to our Hall of Distinction. Including the four recent inductees, the CEE Hall of Distinction is now comprised of 20 members.