Norcross, Georgia: Milton Stewart was honored as one of five recipients of the Presidents Award by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. The Presidents Award, new for 2006, is bestowed on those who have made significant commitments to leading industrial engineering programs that have resulted in named industrial engineering departments. These significant contributions enhance the profession as well as heighten awareness and improve public understanding of the value of industrial engineering to contemporary society.

Stewart's has made a lifelong commitment to his alma mater Georgia Tech, supporting many programs and establishing the H. Milton Stewart Endowment Fund for ISyE Programs (Industrial and Systems Engineering). The school named the department in his honor.

Stewart is retired chairman and CEO of Standard Group Inc and has served on various advisory boards and councils. Stewart also has an MBA from Emory University. Stewart is the retired chairman and CEO of Standard Group, Inc, in Cornelia, Georgia.