Current Recipients | MSU Alumni Association

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Molly Brennan of Farmington Hills, who received a bachelor of science degree in computer science in 1982, is an engineering group manager for the Truck and Bus Division of General Motors Corp. in Farmington Hills.After a brilliant career at MSU, during which she was a two-time All-American in track and MSU Sportswoman of the Year in 1982, as well as one of the top two students academically, Brennan won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, England. She joined General Motors and won the first World Solar Challenge, setting four solar and electric land speed records in the Guinness Book of World Records. She became Tau Beta Pi's first National Laureate recipient and has served in a wide range of community positions.Brennan has been involved in both MSU athletic and academic activities.She is president of the College of Engineering Alumni Association Board of Directors and has been a member of the MSUAA's National Alumni Board. She served on MSU's Capital Campaign 2000, The Campaign for MSU committees and was a keynote speaker at MSU's 1990 fall commencement ceremonies.She and her husband, William Derlin, have made many donations to MSU and endowed a joint Honors College/College of Engineering student scholarship. She served as a national committee chairperson for the MSU Student-Athlete Academic Center campaign and many other endeavors. She has won numerous awards, including the 1996 Nell Jackson Outstanding Alumna Award and induction into MSU's Athletics Hall of Fame.

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