

In addition, his book, The Consulting Engineer, is the only definitive work on the professional aspects of private consulting practice. He received the Alfred Novel Prize, the Collingwood Prize from the ASCE, and an Iowa Engineering Society award for technical papers on significant engineering design topics. Stanley was the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his achievements in the engineering profession, community affairs, and the advancement of world peace. In addition, he was Co-founder of HNI Corporation (formerly HON INDUSTRIES, Inc.) which is an office equipment manufacturing industry.

Innovative organization structures and operational procedures have enabled Stanley to efficiently and effectively serve its clients. Enlightened personnel policies, including a company-wide profit sharing program, flex-time work schedules, and ownership of the firm by its members, has marked the firm's development.

Professionally registered in 20 states, he stressed the importance of striving for high standards of excellence in performance and in relations with employees, clients, and the public. He directed the development of the firm to a 700-member international multidisciplinary consulting organization serving governmental, industrial, and electric utility clients throughout the USA and in more than 30 foreign countries, making it the largest consulting firm in Iowa. Stanley pioneered an expansion into the international market. By 1939 the firm had grown to 70 members, and its name was changed to Stanley Engineering Company when C.M. Maxwell Stanley came to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1932 as half owner of Young & Stanley, Inc., a two-man consulting firm. College of Engineering Monthly NewsletterĬ.Iowa Engineer Magazine: Archived Issues.Engineering Graduates of the Last Decade (eGOLD) Board.Kirkwood Community College Transfer Guides.Iowa Lakes Community College Transfer Guides.Iowa Central Community College Transfer Guides.Indian Hills Community College Transfer Guides.Hawkeye Community College Transfer Guides.Eastern Iowa Community College Transfer Guides.Des Moines Area Community College Transfer Guides.Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence.Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination.Center for Glogal & Regional Environmental Research.Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Community.Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
