Eugene M. DeLoatch

Eugene M. DeLoatch (born 1936) in Piermont, New York, is an American academic in engineering education. DeLoatch's career has sought to expose historically marginalized communities to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). DeLoatch founded the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., School of Engineering at Morgan State University, where he served as an engineering professor and dean from 1984 to 2016. DeLoatch is responsible for growing the population of African American engineers in the United States to five percent from less than one percent in 1959.

Early life and education Eugene M. DeLoatch was born in 1936 and raised in Piermont, New York. He credits his awareness of the possibility of becoming an African American engineer to his high school French teacher. DeLoatch has currently trained over 2300 African American engineering students.

DeLoatch served as the chair of the department of electrical engineering for Howard University in 1975. He served as the president of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) from 2002 to 2003. Additionally, he has served as the chair and dean of the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities AMIE Lifetime Achievement Award 2015 Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus Award 2016 Included into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame 2017 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) 2017