SOE alumnus George Pullen has been chosen to receive the Spirit of Maine Achievement Award.
The Spirit of Maine Achievement Award recognizes an individual who both graduated within the past 15 years and has achieved outstanding professional success. Pullen, a 2003 UMaine SOE graduate, is a senior economist with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, specializing in energy derivatives. Mr. Pullen has over seven years of federal civilian service and over five years with the USMC Reserves.
Award recipients were selected through a formal nomination and review process that concluded in January. A standing committee of alumni volunteers conducted the review. Recipients will be honored at the Alumni Association’s inaugural Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner and Celebration to be held on Thursday, April 26 at Wells Conference Center on the University of Maine c
ampus. The event is open to the public.