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Burdell&Friends The Ramblin’ Roll 1950s Clinton Bastin, ChE 50, a retired chemical engineer and nuclear scientist, is listed in the 2008 edition of “Who’s Who in the World” at the age of 80. Bastin, who is working to resolve America’s energy challenges, is teaching a course, Energy, the Environment and the World, at Emory University’s Lifelong Learning Center. William Comer, EE 58, received the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society’s Distinguished Society Service Award at an awards gala in October. He has been a senior member of the society for 23 years and was elected an ISA fellow in 1999. Comer retired from Micro Craft and the Calspan Corp. W. John Lee, ChE 59, MS ChE 61, PhD ChE 62, was appointed an academic engineering fellow by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance in October. Lee is serving a oneyear term through August and will work on various issues related to the disclosure of oil and gas reserves. Lee worked for Exxon Corp. from 1962 to 1976 and for the petroleum engineering consulting firm S.A. Holditch & Associates from 1980 to 1999. Charlie Space, ME 57, has published his first book, “Run For Your Life: Engineers Don’t Idle Well,” at the age of 72. Space lives in Hayesville, N.C. Medical College of Georgia in 1966, is a cardiology professor at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. George B. Pilkington II, CE 61, MS CE 70, M CP 70, was appointed to the Atlanta Commission on Aging by the Atlanta City Council in November. The commission will review city services to ensure that they are senior friendly. Pilkington also is the chairman of the Civic Engagement Institute for Creating Aging Friendly Communities’ transportation group. A forensic expert in transportation engineering, he is the principal engineer of Pilkington Engineering. Leo A. Vecellio Jr., MS CE 69, has been elected 200708 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Vecellio is the chairman, president and CEO of Vecellio Group Inc. in West Palm Beach, Fla. He has been involved with ARTBA for nearly 10 years and is a trustee for its Transportation Development Foundation. John L. Wilson, CE 68, has been elected president of the 6,500-member hydrology section of the American Geophysical Union, which advances understanding of earth and space sciences through publications, meetings and other activities. Wilson is professor of hydrology at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Megan’s Menagerie A 1970s Robert F. Amason Jr., Econ 74, MS IM 75, received a PhD in higher education administration from the University of Florida in December. President of the management consulting firm Strategy Navigators Inc., Amason was a graduate alumni fellow at the university from 2003 to 2007. H. Vernon “Skip” Anderson, EE 73, has been appointed associate editor of the professional society journal Cardiovascular Interventions, which is published by the American College of Cardiology. He also serves on ctress Megan Blake — classmates probably know her as Tammy Fulwider, Psy 81, a former Miss Georgia — gathered her six rescued pets for a photo opportunity when PBS renewed her television show “Animal Attractions” for a second season. After her reign as Miss Georgia, Fulwider changed her name to pursue opportunities for a career as an actress. That was more than 25 movies and more than 20 television shows ago. One of her bestknown roles was as the comedic, trailertrash mother of Christina Ricci in “The Opposite of Sex,” named one of the best films of 1998 by The New York Times. Blake is co-host, contributing writer and producer of the “Animal Attractions” series, which focuses on the relationship between people and their pets. She lives in Mailbu, Calif., with her husband, Kim Swartz, an entertainment attorney, and her rescued pets — an Arabian horse, a Shetland pony, two cats and two dogs, a white mixed Lab amputee named Spirit and a border collie called Guardian. One of the cats, Tout Suite, which means “hurry up” in French, is known as the travel kitty. The cat has traveled more than 60,000 miles with Blake and has inspired another project. “I am writing a book from the perspective of my cat about his travels. He speaks in poetry, of course,” Blake said. 1960s Joel F. Blackford, BC 62, and his wife, Maryanne, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 20. Blackford is a minister and the couple live in Atlanta. Stephen David Clements, ChE 62, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for meritorious service to the field of cardiology from the Georgia chapter of the American College of Cardiology in November. Clements, who received a medical degree from the the editorial board of the parent publication, Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In 2004, Anderson completed an 11-year term as associate editor of Circulation, the premier scientific journal published by the American Heart Association. Anderson is a professor of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. A.J. “Bo” Arduengo, Chem 74, PhD Chem 76, a chemistry professor at the University of Alabama, has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007 fellow. He was elected a fellow for the synthesis of the first stable carbenes and for distinguished contributions in the synthesis and characterization of main group element compounds with unusual valencies. Charles Campbell, CE 72, is semiretired and travels between Marshall, Va., and his home in Columbus, Ga. In his career as a construction engineer, he has worked on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport build- ings; underground work for transit systems in Atlanta and Portland, Ore.; a large drainage tunnel in Tempe, Ariz.; industrial projects throughout the Southeast; and hospital and support facilities projects in Saudi Arabia and Tennessee. Steve Cover, Arch 78, M Arch 81, M CP 81, commissioner of the Department of Planning and Community Development for the city of Atlanta, received the Special Award of Recognition for Outstanding Leadership at the American Institute of Archi31 TECHTOPICS | SPRING 2008

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