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March 1, 2004 The News & Observer By staff report © Copyright 2004 The News & Observer Publishing Company. Edward E. Hood, Claude E. McKinney and Bryce R. Younts will be presented the Watauga Medals, the university's highest nonacademic honor, at the Founders' Day dinner March 8 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The dinner commemorates the 117th anniversary of the founding of NCSU, in 1887. Hood served the university as a member of the board of trustees and of numerous development and alumni boards. McKinney, professor and dean emeritus of the College of Design, served as assistant to the chancellor for Centennial Campus development from 1984 to 2000 and is recognized as one of the chief architects of the 1,334-acre technology park's success. Younts was the university's director for alumni relations from 1966 to 1992. Linda D. Krute, director of distance education for the College of Engineering, has received the Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. Krute was honored for her "outstanding service to continuing professional development of engineers." As part of her duties, Krute also directs the Engineering Online program. Wesley E. Snyder, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Snyder will receive the honor in recognition of his contributions to the field as well as his "demonstrated interest, concern and involvement with critical issues affecting medical and biological engineering." Snyder also is a paramedic, an adviser for the Emergency Medical Training club on campus and a member of the NCSU biomedical engineering faculty. He joined the faculty in 1976.