Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 34) minder — think rough, tough, Clough, he says. His new job may require him to be both rough and tough as he tackles what The Washington Post called “staggering problems,” but he has a ready and disarming sense of humor. The Times asked Clough if he was comfortable with the pay package, which does not come with corporate-style perks. “I’m used to flying in seat 29E,” he replied. “Obviously, if I can accumulate the mileage, I upgrade.” Clough was asked how he plans to restore public trust in the Smithsonian. “I don’t think the public trust has gone away,” Clough responded. “There is tremendous residual goodwill for the Smithsonian. I think what we need to do is repair some bridges. We need to communicate, be transparent, reinvigorate the excitement about the Smithsonian that should be here.” The Nation’s Museum he Smithsonian is the nation’s premier educational, historical and cultural archive. It has a staff of 6,300 employees, including about 500 scientists. It includes 18 museums, with a 19th in the planning stages, the National Zoo in Washington and nine research centers. The Smithsonian has a $1 billion operating budget, 70 percent funded by the federal government, and receives about 25 million visitors each year. Clough said the Smithsonian resem- bles a large university in many ways but with the notable exception of not having a football or basketball team. “We’ll just pass on that for the time being because there’s plenty to do,” he quipped. A Georgia Tech Grad lough received his bachelor’s and master’s in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 1964 and 1965. He received a doctorate in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. A native of As president of Georgia Tech, Clough inspired Douglas, Ga., alumni with a vision of strategic growth and Clough was provost and vice national prominence. Capital campaigns raised president of acamore than $1.6 billion during the Clough years. demic affairs at the University of Washington when he was selected to be Georgia Tech’s president. He is a former dean of engineering at Virginia Tech and was an associate professor at Stanford and Duke universities. Clough has been recognized for his teaching and research, including a total of nine national awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers, most recently the 2004 Outstanding Projects and Leaders lifetime award for contributions to education. He is one of a handful of civil engineers to have been twice awarded civil engineering’s oldest recognition, the Norman Medal, in 1982 and 1996. In 1990, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. >>> C T CLOUGH LEGACY ACCOLADES the poetry readings that we hold each year and have taken a personal interest in the development of Poetry@Tech. — Rosser is dean, Ivan Allen College ” campus during his presidency has been remarkable and will stand as a hallmark of his legacy. Tech will miss his leadership, and the Smithsonian will gain. — Giddens, AE 63, MS AE 65, PhD AE 67, is dean of the College of Engineering Don Giddens: Wayne Clough has made a tremendous impact on his alma mater. The transformation of the “ ” Hubert L. Harris Jr.: Wayne Clough has been a great leader for Georgia Tech. He had a vision of what it takes to be a great university and he developed a strategy to achieve that for Georgia Tech and then implemented it. The Georgia Tech family owes a ‘thank you’ to Wayne for all he “ 34 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008
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