By ECE News<div><img width="2000" height="1016" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ECE_8860.jpg" alt=""></div>At the dedication of Holmes Hall on November 1, 2018, Irwin Holmes shares how his exemplary career began with the help of faculty while a student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NC State. |Alumni, hall of fame, history, holmes
By ECE News<div><img width="2000" height="915" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658.jpg" alt=""></div>Irwin Holmes, NC State's first black graduate, with a degree in electrical engineering will be honored for his perseverance and dedication to the university when the University College Commons is renamed Holmes Hall.