Re: Why Dr.?

I believe that it might be different to some degree in higher education. Many students refer to the profs as Dr.

Rick 


I work at a company where the vast majority of the engineers have MS
or PhD degrees, and I don't think I've *ever* seen anyone use the ",
PhD" internally, and have never heard a PhD someone called "Dr."
in-house except sarcastically (with the exception of the one PhD
engineer who is also an MD).  Most PhDs I know don't care about titles
unless they are doing a resume or a formal document.  Similarly with
the few PEs we have here, the "PE" only ever comes out if they are
formally signing something as a PE.

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