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1950s

Herb Lindsay, IE 58, and his wife, Dagmar, are about to begin their 12th season working in the guest services department for the Aspen Skiing Co. at Snowmass, Colo. The department will be open Nov. 25 through April 24. Lindsay wrote that he and his wife “would love to have those with ties to Georgia Tech stop by and say hello.”

Jerry L. Terrell, IM 56, has been elected Professor of the Year for 2010-11 by the faculty at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Fla., where he is a professor of aeronautics. It is a second career for Terrell, who retired from the Navy with the rank of captain after a long and successful career as a naval aviator.

Homer V. “Vaughn” Wagnon Jr., ME 51, a retired professional engineer and World War II veteran, helps people find information about living and deceased vets through the 102nd Infantry Division Web site. He recently helped return an ID bracelet belonging to an Army buddy to the soldier’s family. The bracelet, which was lost 65 years ago, was found by a Dutch relic collector on a German battlefield. An article about the incident was published in the Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., where Wagnon lives.

1960s

Thomas F. Christian Jr., AE 68, MS AE 70, PhD AE 74, an Air Force senior level technical adviser for systems engineering, was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He also received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Air Force Materiel Command.

Al Kroemer, IE 66, has been elected president of the Classic Car Club of America, which is headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill. Kroemer is a partner in the law firm of Cantey Hanger LLP in Dallas.

Randy Nordin, AE 69, retired as Georgia Tech’s chief legal adviser in September. He joined the Institute’s Office of Legal Affairs in 1991. As head of the office, he provided legal advice to all Institute administrators and researchers. Nordin has been a member of the Georgia State Bar since 1973, the year he graduated from Emory University’s School of Law. He served as general counsel of the Georgia Department of Administrative Services before returning to Tech.

William A. “Bill” Snellgrove III, ME 69, has been elected governor-elect for the Ohio district of Kiwanis International. Snellgrove will serve a one-year term and then become governor for the administrative year beginning Oct. 1, 2011. The district has 255 clubs and 9,000 members. Snellgrove, who earned an MBA from the University of Dayton, retired following a 38-year career with Ashland Inc. in 2007 as a manager with responsibility for evaluating and negotiating acquisitions and joint ventures for the company’s chemical division. He has been active in community service for 25 years, serving as a trustee on the Ohio Business Week and Ohio district of Kiwanis foundations. He and his wife, Cheryl, have five children/stepchildren and 17 grandchildren. The couple live in Columbus.

Joe Stoner, ChE 66, received an Outstanding Service Award from the Georgia section of the American Chemical Society in recognition of his years of outstanding leadership through service as chair and councilor of the organization and as a contributor to numerous Georgia and national ACS committees.

Alan Willson, EE 61, received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ 2010 Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award in June for exemplary teaching and curriculum development and for inspirational guidance of PhD student research in circuits and systems. Willson holds the Charles P. Reames endowed chair as a distinguished professor of electrical engineering at UCLA, at which he has been a faculty member for 38 years, having also served as assistant dean for graduate studies and as associate dean of engineering. He created and taught UCLA’s first courses in digital signal processing in the 1970s and is noted for his research in nonlinear circuit theory. In 1991, Willson founded Pentomics Inc., a California corporation focused on IP development and licensing.

1970s

Bill Chastain, IM 79, has written a novel, Peachtree Corvette Club, which will be released by Stanley Publishing in November. The story takes place at Georgia Tech in the fall of 1977. Chastain works for MLB.com, covering the American League’s Tampa Bay Rays.

Douglas Darch, Psy 73, has been named the compensation and employment law coordinator for the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie. Darch currently is a partner in the North American compensation, labor and employment law practice group.

Carl V. “Van” Mauney, EE 75, a vice admiral in the Navy, and his wife, Debby, will transition from the Navy in January following 35 years of military service. Mauney has served on and commanded nuclear submarines and on Navy and joint service shore operational commands and staffs. Debby, a graduate of Berry College, in addition to serving as a Navy spouse and mother, has overseen the numerous moves between New England, the Southeastern coast, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, Bahrain, Italy and Nebraska. Mauney last served as the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb.

Thomas A. Reed, MS AE 72, was awarded the rank of fellow in the Society for Technical Communication for his contributions in both industry and academe and for mentoring students and new professionals in the field. Reed is president of reedinfo.com, a technical communications and training company in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Stefan V. Stein, EE 77, was selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Stein practices intellectual property law as an attorney in the Tampa, Fla., office of GrayRobinson PA.

1980s

Kelly Barrett, IM 86, has been named 2010 Volunteer of the Year by the YMCA of metro Atlanta. Barrett is serving her sixth year as a Y volunteer. She is an executive committee member, treasurer and chairperson of the finance and audit committee. She also serves as a member of the Partnership Against Domestic Violence board, Georgia Tech Business School advisory board and The Carter Center Board of Councilors. She is vice president of internal audit and corporate compliance for The Home Depot. She and her husband live in Marietta, Ga.

Alice P. Clements, IM 83, of Rome, Ga., was appointed to the Professional Standards Commission by Gov. Sonny Perdue. Clements is a third-grade teacher at the Darlington School, at which she was awarded the Brown Faculty Award. Clements received a master’s degree from Berry College and is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi education honor society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Herbert V. Congdon II, EE 86, manager of standards and technology for Tyco Electronics, was elected president of Professional Engineers of North Carolina for 2010-11. Officers were installed in June during the organization’s summer conference. He lives in Conover, N.C., with his wife, Julie.

John K. Dewberry, IM 86, was appointed to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Dewberry is chairman and CEO of the real estate firm Dewberry Capital Corp. He is a member of the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame and the Georgia Tech Foundation board.

Geoffrey Morris, CerE 82, a professional engineer, has been hired as a senior specialist in 3M’s Energy and Advanced Materials Division, which develops and manufactures lightweight hollow glass and ceramic microspheres, continuous high temperature ceramic fibers and specialty chemicals. He previously was with 3M Unitek and remains at the corporation’s global R&D headquarters in St. Paul, Minn.

Tracy Turnipseed Neal, IM 83, a certified professional accountant, has joined SUN ’n FUN Fly-In Inc. and Florida Air Museum Inc. in Lakeland, Fla., as chief financial officer. The SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In and Expo is the second-largest general aviation event in North America. She and Steven G. Neal, IM 83, have two children and one grandchild.

Parri “Scrappy” Olmstead, AE 84, a first officer flying the 767 with Delta Air Lines, has been elected as negotiating committee chairman for the Delta Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association. Olmstead, who flew the A-10 and F-117 stealth fighter in Desert Storm, retired from the Air Force as a colonel after 23 years of service.

Jeffrey W. Shaw, ME 88, was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to a six-year term as a district judge. Shaw is the presiding general district court judge in Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex and New Kent counties. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Locust Hill, Va.

James Teofilak, ME 83, has been named fleet outage performance manager for the nuclear generation group of Progress Energy, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. He joined Progress Energy after 26 years working for Duke Energy, most recently as fleet outage manager for the nuclear generation department. He and his wife, Trish, have two sons, Coleman, 16, and Alex, 18, who is a freshman at Auburn majoring in aerospace engineering.

1990s

Amy Underwood Aponick, Biol 99, and husband Aaron celebrated the first birthday of their daughter, Elizabeth Audrey “Ellie,” on Sept. 20. Aponick is a registered dietitian/nutritionist with Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida. The family lives in Gainesville, Fla.

Donny Comer, ISyE 99, is the executive director and founder of the GROW Initiative, a program that implements international community development projects throughout the developing world. Having particularly focused thus far on Latin America, Comer will be traveling to Asia with GROW to continue these efforts, focusing primarily on water and sanitation systems as well as the environment.

Holly L. Davis, Cls 95, received an Outstanding Service Award from the Georgia section of the American Chemical Society for her service to the organization as a treasurer and chair, a committee member and an advocate of numerous public relations and outreach programs.

Mark Ehrhart, Psy 96, and his wife, Karen, announce the birth of a son, Evan Gregory, on May 1. Ehrhart is an associate professor of industrial/organizational psychology at San Diego State University.

James Emery, CE 96, led a team of Troup County civil engineers in pushing a 324-ton concrete slab into West Point Lake near LaGrange, Ga., in July, perhaps setting a world record for the largest boat ramp ever moved into a body of water. The three-lane ramp connects with another in the lake to form a six-lane ramp funded with a $400,000 state grant as part of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s Go Fish Georgia project aimed at attracting fishing tournaments to boost local economies. Emery, county engineer and head of the Troup County roads and engineering department, led the ramp project. The Troup County board of commissioners honored Emery’s achievements by presenting him with a plaque in August. He recently was selected to serve as first president of the new south metro branch of the Georgia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

J. Clay Fowler, Econ 92, has been recognized by the American College of Healthcare Executives and Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives with the ACHE Service Award.

David E. Gibson, ABiol 98, and his wife, Jessica, announce the birth of twin daughters Abigail Elise and Sophie Elizabeth on Jan. 25. Gibson is a physician with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mark Harclerode, Arch 93, a licensed senior project architect at HDR Architecture, Atlanta, has been recognized as a professional associate for his expertise in science and technology architecture. A house he and his wife, Melody, designed has been featured on the Western Red Cedar Web site, wrcla.org, as a fine example of the use of cedar in residential design.

Justin C. Honaman, IE 96, the director of customer intelligence for Coca-Cola Customer Business Solutions, has released a second album, Let Go & Let God. It has 10 tracks spanning the contemporary Christian and country music genres, all written by Honaman. He plans to donate a percentage of the proceeds to the United Service Organizations. The album is available through iTunes and the Tate Music Group. For more information, visit honaman.com.

Leslie King, ME 92, is a senior member of the technical staff in the fluid mechanics department of the Aerospace Corp. King received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California in 2009. He was an Aerospace Corp. fellow. He lives in Carson, Calif., with his wife, Kim, and daughters Nailah, 1, and Nia, 9.

Nagesh Kukunoor, MS ChE 91, a Bollywood film director, released his latest film, Aashayein, in the United States in August.

Scott Loughrey, M CP 95, is the owner of Office Furniture Concierge Inc. based in Atlanta.

Jennifer Powers, PhD Chem 93, was presented an Outstanding Service Award from the Georgia section of the American Chemical Society for her years of service as treasurer, a member of committees and an organizer of a symposium at the 2003 Southeast regional ACS meeting.

Kevin Prevost, ChE 99, has been promoted to senior manager in the strategy practice at Accenture. Prevost lives in Marietta, Ga., with his wife, Sara, and two children, Parker and Mason.

William H. Robinson, MS EE 98, PhD ECE 03, was promoted to associate professor of electrical engineering with tenure at Vanderbilt University. He is the first African-American to earn promotion and win tenure in the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. Robinson was selected for a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program Award and named to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Computer Science Study Panel in 2008. A year later, he was elevated to senior member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. Robinson also is a member of the American Society of Engineering Educators and National Society of Black Engineers.

Craig R. Schwetje, Mgt 94, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps on Oct. 1.

Victoria Selfridge, IE 96, has edited and self-published When Women First Wore Army Shoes, her great-aunt Ethel A. Starbird’s memoir of service as a member of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. The book is available as a paperback and an e-book through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Chrysta Stotts, IE 95, of Centreville, Va., is a software test engineer consulting to the Department of State, at which her husband, Corey Nightengale Sr., is a supervisor. The couple have three children, Tiffany, Corey Jr. and Hayden.

Jill Tucker Whittington, MatE 98, is in Texarkana, Texas, where she serves as the executive director of Harvest Texarkana, the food bank responsible for hunger relief for northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas. She and her husband, James, have two sons, Nathan and Seth.

Wendi Sturgis Yong, IM 90, was promoted to the head of North American account management for Yahoo! She is responsible for all account management functions for Yahoo! search, display, video and mobile advertising. She previously was a vice president in the strategic partnerships group at Yahoo! in New York City.

2000s

Chinmay S. Bhide, MS QCF 06, a risk analyst for Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, has been awarded the chartered financial analyst designation by the CFA Institute. Bhide married Bhagyashri Phansalkar on June 26.

Ben Entrekin, ME 02, a professional engineer and certified fire protection specialist, has become the senior fire protection engineer for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners-Products Pipelines. Entrekin is responsible for flammable and combustible liquid code compliance for 38,000 miles of transmission pipe and 180 bulk-storage facilities in the United States and Canada.

Conor Flannery, MS ME 05, completed a 2,500-mile, 133-day trek from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska, aboard a kayak. Through the trip, which he called Cause to Paddle, he raised $20,000 for MedShare, which distributes medical supplies to poor hospitals and clinics. Flannery, who volunteered with MedShare while a student at Tech, is a medical device design engineer in Los Angeles.

Rebekah Henry, Mgt 05, has been named one of “40 Under 40” by Georgia Trend magazine. She is executive director of the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta, Ga., and will complete her MBA at Augusta State University in December.

Katie Hunley, CE 06, a senior construction engineer with Juneau Construction Co., has been appointed to the board of trustees of the National Association of Women in Construction Atlanta Scholarship Foundation. Hunley is one of four trustees helping to lead the foundation as it distributes scholarships to women seeking construction-related education. For more information about the foundation or to apply for a scholarship, visit nawicatlantascholarships.org.

Ryan Kaysen, ME 05, was promoted to manager in the supply chain management consulting practice of Accenture. Kaysen is based out of Atlanta and currently lives in the Vinings area.

Lei Deng Lan, IE 05, MS IE 06, and her husband, Michael Lan, BME 04, announce the birth of son Ethan Daniel Lan on Aug. 30.

Yulong “Clark” Li, MBA 02, the global investment research director of the Atlanta-based wealth management firm Balentine, twice has spoken at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. He discussed stock index futures in March. In July, he spoke on the application of index futures in the asset management industry. Li served as executive manager of the research department of the Shanghai Stock Exchange before joining Balentine.

Alison McKelvie, Arch 04, is in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, working with the United Nations’ volunteer program in its rebuilding efforts. She will be doing AutoCAD work for the infrastructure and building projects of MINUSTAH, the United Nations’ stabilization mission in Haiti.

Feifei Pan, PhD CE 02, an assistant professor of geography at the University of North Texas, has been selected to receive one of 32 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The award will support Pan’s research on “inversely retrieving the spatial variability of soil particle size distribution from remotely sensed soil moisture.”

Amy Phuong, IntA 05, has joined the administration of Atlanta’s mayor, Kasim Reed, as the city’s chief service officer. In the new position, funded by a $200,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies, she will direct a plan to increase volunteerism in the city. Phuong has served on the boards of Dad’s Garage Theatre, Keep Atlanta Beautiful and the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta’s Cole Society.

Greg Popowitz, ME 02, joined the business litigation group of the law firm of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart. Popowitz also is a registered patent attorney located in south Florida. He may be contacted at [email protected].

Jonathan Robert Rosenfield, Phys 08, was awarded master’s degrees in physics and medical physics from the University of Pennsylvania in May. Since graduation, he has worked as a consulting physicist for Life Engineered Antibody Products LLC, a Georgia-based antibody engineering firm, to extend image reconstruction methods for electrical impedance tomography to pathologic systems. A former President’s Scholar at Georgia Tech and fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Rosenfield began doctoral studies in medical physics at the University of Chicago this fall.

Jacquelyn Renee Schneider, BC 06, was accepted to the University of California, Davis transportation technology and policy doctoral program in the spring and hopes to strengthen the nation’s alternative transportation networks and rejuvenate the urban fabric. She recently worked as an environmental consultant on Capitol Hill, representing the Architect of the Capitol. In 2008, she finished her master’s degree in environmental science and policy at Johns Hopkins University.

Ginger Tsai, BME 10, has joined the faculty of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Rabun Gap, Ga. Tsai, who minored in Chinese at Georgia Tech, will teach in the science and language departments.

Courtney Ratto Wright, ChE 01, and Mike Wright, ChE 00, announce the birth of a son, Wyatt Alexander, on July 21. Wyatt joins sister Savannah at the family’s home in Chattanooga, Tenn.