Tech Topics - Spring 2009 - (Page 5) SPRING 2009 TechTopics Vol. 45, No. 3 • Spring 2009 • gtalumni.org Publisher: Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80 Managing Editor: Kimberly Link-Wills Assistant Editor: Van Jensen Assistant Editor: Leslie Overman Design: Ryan Giusti Student Photographer: Eric Turner Alumni House 8 Gold & White / The Alumni Association presents Joseph M. Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Awards and Dean Griffin Community Service Awards and names honorary Georgia Tech alumni. 8 The Hill 15 Professor of the Year / An expert on Latin American politics, Kirk Bowman sees controversy stirred up by political debate in the United States as “potentially positive.” Georgia Tech Alumni Association Executive Committee William J. Todd, IM 71 Chair C. Meade Sutterfield, EE 72 Past Chair Joseph W. Evans, IM 71 Chair-elect/Finance Alfredo Trujillo, AE 81 Vice Chair/Roll Call Scott P. Jennings, ME 89 LeShelle R. May, MS OR 89 Edward L. Underwood, IE 71 Members At Large Joseph P. Irwin, IM 80 President 15 Student Life 18 Crew Club, Alumni Come Together / Former rowers are helping current oarsmen raise money to replace equipment lost in a roadway accident that occurred on the way to a meet. Board of Trustees Ana I. Anton, ICS 90, MS ICS 92, PhD CS 97 Thomas G. Arlotto, ME 82 David A. Bottoms, Mgt 01 William B. Bourne III, GMgt 72 Kevin R. Cantley, Arch 76, M Arch 78 J. Abner Conner, CE 66 Marc A. Corsini, IM 80 Tracey M. Countryman, IM 98 Steven R. Cover, Arch 78, M Arch 81 Frederick C. Donovan Sr., CE 62 Ernest P. Epps, ME 56 Marian H. Epps, IM 83 Angela D. Fox, EE 91 Richard A. Guthman Jr., IE 56 Kelvin C. Hawkins, MS EE 92 Carl E. Hofstadter, CE 77 Selma A. Jabaley, CE 74 Craig R. Lentzsch, Math 70 John A. Lewis Jr., IM 79 A. Wayne Luke, IE 72 Benton J. Mathis Jr., IM 81 William C. Mizell, Mgt 87 Kevin P. Murray, Mgt 90 Wanda B. Murray, HS 82 Jess Newbern III, IE 65 Daren B. Pietsch, ME 91 Mack Reese, IM 83, MS Mgt 85 Magd Riad, IE 01 Troy W. Rice, IE 01 John E. Robertson, ChE 66 Victoria L. Selfridge, IE 96 Rush S. Smith Jr., Phys 72 Jeb M. Stewart, Cls 91 Robert N. Stargel Jr., EE 83 James E. Trimble Jr., Mgt 91 Advertising Holly Green (404) 894-0765 E-mail: holly.green@alumni.gatech.edu Burdell & Friends 23 18 For the People / When Florida lawmakers got back to work in January, Daniel Webster wasn’t there for the first time in 28 years. Somewhere Out There / Jon Jenkins is a co-investigator on NASA’s Kepler mission, launching in search of Earth-like planets. 30 Yellow Jackets 41 Still Loving the Game / Basketball remains central to Lara Kauffman 16 years after she led Tech to the women’s basketball team’s first appearance in the NCAA tournament. 23 Life Jackets 45 Dress the Part, Learn Your Lines / Job seekers attending the 26th Annual Alumni Career Fair must be prepared. The Alumni Association can help. 20 Cover Story 30 Everyone aboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived the crash landing in the Hudson River in New York, including Tech alumnus Charles Spiggle. AP IMAGES/EDOUARD H.R. GLUCK Alumni Association (404) 894-2391 TechTopics (ISSN 1062-077X) is published quarTechTopics terly (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter) by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Alumni/Faculty House, 190 North Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30313. Periodicals Postage paid at Atlanta, GA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to TECH TOPICS, Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Alumni/Faculty House, 190 North Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30313-0175. Georgia Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institute. © 2009 by TECH TOPICS. Departments 7 8 15 18 Letters Alumni House The Hill Student Life 20 25 41 45 Burdell & Friends Ramblin’ Roll Yellow Jackets Life Jackets 41 http://www.gtalumni.org
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