Class of 1972: Graduate School alumnus John T. Watson, Ph.D., has been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. He is the first individual from the National Institutes of Health to be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Watson is currently serving as Professor Emeritus in Bioengineering; Co-Director, MAS Medical Device Engineering; Director, BE Masters of Engineering Graduate Program; Director, Whitaker Center for Biomedical Engineering; former Executive Director, Cell Engineering Research Center; and founder, The William J. Von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement, all at the University of California, San Diego.