Stark Receives NIU Outstanding Alumni Award

The Northern Illinois University Alumni Association recently named Gerald E. "Gerry" Stark, BS, CP, FAAOP, the 2006 recipient of the Outstanding College Alumni Award for the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.

Seven Outstanding Alumni are chosen annually to represent each of the university's academic colleges, "thereby highlighting the diverse disciplines of a comprehensive university," the Alumni Association noted. The selection committee, composed of NIU Alumni Association board members, looks for individuals who have achieved outstanding professional accomplishments.

"NIU graduates have gone on to distinguish themselves and Northern in countless ways," explained Pat Anderson, director of alumni relations. "It is a great pleasure for the NIU Alumni Association to recognize those outstanding individuals, such as Gerald Stark, whose significant work and accomplishments bring great honor to the university."

Stark received his mechanical engineering degree from NIU in 1989 and worked as a tooling engineer before attending Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, for his prosthetic certificate in 1991. He interned as a clinical prosthetist in Denver, Colorado, and returned to Northwestern University as a prosthetic instructor in 1993.

In 1996, Stark joined the Hosmer Dorrance Corporation, Campbell, California, and moved on to Fillauer Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was promoted to vice president of product development and education. Stark has spoken nationally and internationally about various levels of orthotic and prosthetic care, materials, and biomechanics, and serves as contributing faculty for Northwestern University.

Along with seeing patients in the research clinic, Stark is responsible for development and education of new and existing products. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) and actively supports its online curriculum program.

Stark has given over 70 presentations between 1996 and 2005 and has made nearly 40 contributions to various publications, plus three contributions to reference books. He received the University Scholar Award from Northern Illinois University in 1986; the Gunther Gehl Scholarship Award from the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Midwest Chapter in 1992; the Thranhardt Prosthetic Education Award from the Academy in 1999; and the Prosthetic Lecture Award from the Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CAPO) in 2000. He has also received three grant awards for his work in biomechanics.

Over the years, Stark has devoted his time and expertise as a visiting lecturer for the Department of Mechanical Engineering in NIU's College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. "Through his work in the field of biomechanics, Gerry has brought recognition to his college and its strong programs," the Alumni Association noted.

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