Tech Topics - Fall 2007 - (Page 24)

GivingBack GARY MEEK Endowments Benefit ‘Both Sides of the Education Equation’ D avid and Jennifer Bailey say they give to Tech to help the nation retain its competitive edge in science and technology. “We feel that science, technology and manufacturing are vital to the country’s future,” said Jennifer Pepper Bailey, CerE 70, MS CerE 71. “We both recall the early days of the space program and the excitement and emphasis on science educations, and we’ve seen numerous spin-offs from NASA that have enhanced all our daily lives. “Without the push given by space exploration, would electronics and computerization have advanced as rapidly and been as widely available as they are today? It is most important that the United States maintain global leadership in technology,” she said. Through a seven-figure bequest provision, she and David, IE 69, will establish endowed scholarship funds and faculty chairs in both the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering. “Georgia Tech had a profound influence on our lives,” David Bailey said. “While we received a topquality engineering education, more importantly we were taught how to think, how to analyze problems and how to solve them. College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens called the endowments “a very strategic gift that addresses both sides of the education equation. While the endowed scholarships will bring in highly sought-after students to both ISyE and MSE, the endowed chairs will simultaneously help us recruit leading faculty scholars in these fields. “These faculty leaders will not only serve as excellent mentors for our students but will also be able to offer the vast resources of their research programs for the benefit of our students,” Giddens said. Both the Baileys spent their entire professional careers with BASF Corp. and have retired. David Bailey continues to consult for BASF on new business integration. “David and I see this as an opportunity to provide a legacy at Georgia Tech,” said Jennifer Bailey. “It’s a good feeling to know that we will be helping educate many, many students we won’t know. Perhaps someday one of them will also decide to support Tech in a similar fashion. We consider it ‘paying forward.’” Reprinted from Philanthropy Quarterly Joseph Hughes says a $4 million study abroad endowment fund will have a huge impact. Donor Helping Civil Engineering Students Gain Global Experience A Seats Filled on Advisory, Foundation Boards N 24 TECHTOPICS | FALL 2007 “ ew members have been appointed to two boards, one serving the Institute and the other the Georgia Tech Foundation. Named to three-year terms on the 54-member Georgia Tech Advisory Board are Don L. Chapman, IM 61, chairman of ChapCo Investments; Walt G. Ehmer, IE 89, president and chief operating officer of Waffle House Inc.; Richard Garside, chief operating officer of Citigroup’s global consumer group and the parent of a College of Architecture student; William H. Harrison, Arch 71, principal architect with Harrison Design Associates in Atlanta; Roger A. Krone, AE 78, president of Boeing’s Network and Space Systems in Arlington, Va.; Jefferi K. Lee, chairman and chief executive officer of the Bio-Defense Research Group in Columbia, Md., and parent of a student in the College of Computing; J. Neal Purcell, retired vice chair of KPMG Peat Marwick; J. Paul Raines, IE 85, executive vice president of United States stores for The Home Depot; Kenneth C. Stewart, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development; and Dennis K. Williams, AE 68, the retired chairman of IDEX Corp. Appointed to four-year terms on the 45-member board of trustees of the Georgia Tech Foundation are Richard A. Beard III, IM 67, president of the R.A. Beard Co. in Tampa, Fla.; John F. Brock III, ChE 70, MS ChE 71, president and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises in Atlanta; Marion B. Glover Jr., IM 65, president and CEO of Glover Capital Inc. in Atlanta; J. William Goodhew III, IM 61, vice president of Intelligent Systems Corp. in Atlanta; Garnett L. Keith Jr., IE 57, chairman and CEO of SeaBridge Investment Advisors in Port Ludlow, Wash.; G. William Knight, IE 62, MS IM 68, director of investment sales for GVA Advantis in Atlanta; Thomas E. Noonan, ME 83, general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems in Atlanta; and Frances G. Rogers, Econ 93, the president of Checks and Balances Inc. in Atlanta. on the school’s reputation and truly $4 million gift from an distinguish us from our peers,” anonymous donor will support Hughes said. “Funding of this the international activities of magnitude will enable us to plan our undergraduate students in the School international student programs for the of Civil and Environmental long term, allowing us to develop a Engineering. genuinely comprehensive plan for An endowment fund will be providing relevant, engaging established from the commitment, international academic experiences for which will be paid over five years. our students.” Awards from the commitment will The importance of international cover a variety of costs related to academic experience is students’ something the donor international came to appreciate experiences, As important long ago. including travel, as international “My husband was housing and living academic always disappointed expenses. Academic that our children didn’t experiences could experiences have the experience of include study at are now, they studying abroad,” said foreign universities are going to the donor, the widow as part of Tech’s become even of a Tech alumnus. International Plan, “When I met recently traditional study more important with Joe Hughes and abroad stints or in the future. heard him talk about research projects the fact that American requiring only a college students just week at a site in don’t have a good grasp of the global another country. competition they’ll be facing, it made “The impact of this program will me think immediately of what my be nothing short of huge,” said Joseph husband had said years before about Hughes, professor and chair of the studying abroad. School of Civil and Environmental “I thought about it and decided Engineering. “This very generous that I wanted to provide an incentive donor and I both believe that as for civil engineering students to get important as international academic international experience, which is experiences are now, they are going to going to be so important for their become even more important in the futures. I hope the experiences the future as our students consider how to students have as a result of this maximize their competitiveness in the program will give them a real global marketplace. “Beyond that, I think this program competitive edge that will last a will also have an immeasurable impact lifetime,” she said. GT “

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