HOUSTON, TX – September 28, 2009 – Raymond F. Messer, P.E., President and Chairman of the Board of WALTER P MOORE, has been presented with The Alumni Hall of Fame Award of Carroll College. The award honors alumni who have given outstanding contributions of stewardship – sharing of time, talent and treasure in distinguished service to his/her community and/or to Carroll College. One of three alumni to receive the Hall of Fame honor this year, Messer was presented the award on Friday, September 25 at Carroll College’s Centennial Homecoming.

Messer was a 1968 graduate of Carroll College and has continued his support and involvement by serving on the Engineering Advisory Council. As a several year member of the Carroll College Board of Trustees and the incoming President, he has consistently emphasized the need for planning for all aspects of the college. As a result of Messer’s leadership, the college recently completed a campus-wide and all-inclusive programmatic analysis and plan for future development.

Carroll is a liberal arts and pre-professional college in Montana's capital city of Helena. Carroll College has earned top national and regional awards for its academic programs, including its flagship biology, civil engineering, nursing, and mathematics departments.

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