Category: Alumni News

You can take the Gator out of Gainesville, but you can’t take Gainesville out of the Gator.  Or so it goes with Wally Rhines, a wildly successful businessman, engineer and philanthropist.

Join us in congratulating the outstanding alumni from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering for earning their place among the 2025 Gator100 — the world’s fastest-growing Gator-led businesses.

David Wantman, co-founder of a successful South Florida-based consulting, planning, surveying and design firm and 1990 UF engineering graduate, has been selected as a Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Florida.

Four exceptional Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumni have been honored with the University of Florida’s “40 Gators Under 40” awards.

UF mechanical engineering graduate Diego Acevedo’s grand life – from kite surfing in his Aruba neighborhood to three engineering degrees from three countries – stems from curiosity and a bit of restlessness.