Doug Clifford won the mayoral election in Pleasant View, Utah on November 6, 2007 with 54% of the votes. After retiring from an executive position at Hewlett Packard (he was at Iomega before that), Doug joined the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering as an Adjunct Professor teaching business management and teamwork to senior project teams. Doug, who is also the chair of the College of Engineering's ACET (Advancement Council for Engineering and Technology), was the 2007 Honored Alumnus for the College of Engineering.