WPI Journal - The Magazine for WPI Alumni

FALL 2014

The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)

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46 Fall 2014 news from HIGGINS HOUSE The Right Fit Goat's Head Award recipient devoted almost four decades to his alma mater W hen Steve Hebert frst visited the WPI campus as a high school student with his par- ents, he wanted to enroll be- fore even stepping out of the car. "I think it just felt right because of the physical appeal of the campus, seeing the students, and thinking that I could ft in there," he recalls. Not only would WPI be the right school for Hebert to earn a BS in civil engineering in 1966, it would also be the right place for a career that spanned 37 years. Upon graduation, Hebert spent three years in Vermont teaching a combination of math, mechanical drawing, and physics; he also served as assistant basketball and football coach and eventually the athletic director. Yearning for something more, he visited WPI's placement offce. While there, he was tapped for the position of WPI's assistant alumni secretary. "It was a strange choice for someone who'd attended an engineering school so he wouldn't have to write," Hebert quips. But the role was the right ft because it was a people-oriented job and he was a people-oriented person. As an undergraduate, he was active in student gov- ernment and the American Society of Civil Engineers chapter on campus. He served on the yearbook staff, was president of his Skull class, and managed the basketball team. "My basic nature is to be involved," he says.

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