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Frank A. Stovall, ChE 43, MS EE 49, in February celebrated 67 years of marriage to Marjorie Hailey of Atlanta. The couple have four children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Stovall, who was on the track and tennis teams at Tech, continues to play singles tennis twice a week. He was ranked No. 1 in his age group in Georgia in 1997 and 2008. After receiving his Navy ROTC commission, he served aboard DE-156/APD-52 in World War II and later in the Korean War. Stovall retired from Lockheed Aircraft in 1984 as the reliability engineering manager. In his 32 years with the company, he received two patents for hot forming titanium, methods still used in the aircraft industry. In 2009 he published Investing for Fun — and Profit, which detailed more than 50 years of his stock investments.
Randy Cabell, who in the 1950s played piano for the Fowler Street Five Plus One band shown here, recently composed two marches.
Randy Cabell, EE 53, MS EE 54, and his wife, Mary Kay, who was the first female professor at Georgia Tech, have digitized and published more than 1 gigabyte of family history dating back to 1723. The couple live in Boyce, Va., overlooking the Shenandoah River. Randy Cabell was the pianist for the Fowler Street Five Plus One band, which played Dixieland music at Tech dances and on WAGA’s Stars of Tomorrow program with Freddie Miller in the 1950s. Cabell, now retired, wrote two marches in 2010. To hear renditions of the marches performed by the Band of the Piltdown Fusiliers or to download the scores, e-mail Cabell at [email protected].
Noel Malone, ChE 57, has been married to the former Ada Lee Turner for 52 years. Their son, Michael, lives in Burbank, Calif., and works in the motion picture industry. A member of Sigma Chi fraternity while at Tech, Malone retired from a 39-year career in marketing with Eastman Chemical Products in Kingsport, Tenn., in 1996. He moved to Springdale, Ark., in 2005. The Malones live in Scottsdale, Ariz., during the winter.
Jerry L. Terrell, IM 56, retired last year from his position as professor of aeronautics at Jacksonville University in Florida and was awarded professor emeritus status. Terrell was the university’s Professor of the Year in 2010.
Gerald R. “Jerry” Harris, EE 67, achieved the status of life fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Harris is the ultrasonics laboratory leader at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health in Silver Spring, Md.
Carl H. McNair Jr., AE 63, MS AE 63, a retired Army major general, received the Gen. Creighton W. Abrams Medal for outstanding service to the Army at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting and exposition in October. A member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame, McNair was commanding general of the Army Aviation Center from 1980 to ’83 and the first chief of the Army Aviation Branch upon its establishment in 1983.
Francisco T. See, TE 64, opened the Laurel Park Professional Building in Brunswick, Ohio, in October. It is the first of three buildings planned for a three-acre site, which See purchased to provide more office space for his wife Lily, who has a pediatric practice, and other area professionals. See, who is a retired project engineer with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., worked with an architect in the planning of the building, which was built into a hillside so that the earth could serve as a natural insulator. The Sees live in Medina, Ohio.
E.W. Smith Jr., EE 60, has written Athletes Once: 100 Famous People Who Were Once Notable Athletes, published by Fireship Press in December. A Navy veteran when he arrived at Tech, Smith went on to work on B-52 radar systems, the Army Pershing missile, NASA’s Surveyor moon probe and federal water pollution research. He joined the Indian Health Service in 1975 and served as director of management information systems. Smith later was the marketing director for Ford Aerospace. Athletes Once includes Randolph Scott, a Tech football player before he took up acting. A resident of Germantown, Md., Smith also is the author of Dieter’s Checklist, published by Doubleday in 1975.
Jeff Barab, EE 77, of Houston, retired from Shell Pipeline Co. LP after more than 33 years of service. During his career with Shell, Barab held multiple assignments in engineering and operations supporting the company’s crude oil, products and chemical pipeline businesses. For the past 15 years, he has been a commercial manager developing major pipeline projects along the Gulf Coast and in California.
William H. Booth Sr., IE 73, became the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Force Management Integration in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs in Washington, D.C., in September. Booth was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973 through Tech’s ROTC program and served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility over the next 28 years. He retired from active duty with the rank of colonel in 2002 and became a senior-level executive, serving as the senior adviser for manpower and organization at the Air Force headquarters.
Al Bornmann, MS EE 72, received the 2010 Chairman’s Award for Honesty and Service from SRA International Inc., a provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated honesty, service to customers, care for employees and contributions to his community.
David Hallman, GMgt 73, has written a novel, The Growing Season, in which Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Hank Monroe “gets more than he bargained for in his first season on the job” following the disappearance of a young woman in a small Southern town. The book, published by Five Points Press, is available through Amazon.com. Hallman, a retired special agent with the FBI, has 35 years of criminal investigative experience. He was a special agent with the GBI before joining the FBI. Hallman now lives in Leesburg, Ga., and teaches courses in criminal justice as an assistant professor at Andrew College. Hallman is the son of George Garner Hallman, Text 50, and father of Russell Andrew Hallman, Cls 05, who is married to Madhura Adiga, Chem 05.
Charles H. “Chuck” Huling, CE 74, a resident of Smyrna, Ga., was appointed to the metropolitan north Georgia water planning district governing board in December by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue. Huling is the retired vice president of environmental affairs for Georgia Power. He serves on the advisory panel for Georgia Tech’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is a member of the College of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.
Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, CE 75, of Virginia Beach, Va., has been named the 2011 Railroader of the Year by Railway Age magazine. Moorman is chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern. A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Moorman joined Southern Railway in 1970 while working his way through Georgia Tech as a co-op student. He spent the first 12 years of his railroad career working in maintenance-of-way positions. Moorman became president of Norfolk Southern in 2004, CEO in 2005 and chairman in 2006. Moorman also is a graduate of Harvard Business School.
W. Allen Morris, BMgt 75, received the 2010 McCallie Alumni Achievement Award. Morris is chair and CEO of The Allen Morris Company, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the Southeast. Morris graduated from McCallie School, a college preparatory school for boys in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1970.
C. Hugh Richardson, ME 76,was named director of College Park Power by the mayor and council of College Park, Ga. A registered professional engineer, Richardson joined College Park following a 33-year career with Middle Georgia EMC, from which he retired in 2009 after 26 years as general manager.
Mark V. Smith, IM 79, a resident of Savannah, Ga., was appointed as a coastal representative to the Board of Natural Resources in December by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue. The appointment was effective Jan. 1. Smith, a hotel management executive at Prince-Bush-Smith Hotels and the CEO of South Atlantic Utilities, serves as chairman of the Georgia International Maritime Trade and Convention Center. He is a member of the Historic Savannah Foundation Board, a curator of the Georgia Historical Society and a past chairman of the Savannah Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
William Kirk Smith, EES 74, received a PhD in technology management from Indiana State University in December and has accepted a tenure-track faculty position as an assistant professor at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.
Stefan V. “Steve” Stein, EE 77, was named the 2011 Tampa Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Stein is a shareholder in the Tampa office of GrayRobinson PA. He also serves on the board for Family Service Centers and is an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida.
Jeff Tuomi, IM 77, is a founding investor in DrawSuccess, which offers interactive programs in leadership training, organizational transformation and team performance.
Ralph M. White, EE 75, wrote two books, both of which are available through Amazon.com. In DEB Load Calculations, the author lays out a process to help in the design of low voltage electrical power systems. In How to Measure the Performance of Management, he describes a management process he developed “using basic engineering logic without all the normal management double talk” to help managers or management groups decide what to focus on and how to track their progress.
Raymond I. Bruttomesso Jr., AE 83, MS AE 84, was elected a shareholder of Devine Millimet. Bruttomesso is a member of the law firm’s intellectual property practice group and works out of its Manchester, N.H., and Andover, Mass., offices. He also is an engineering duty officer in the Navy Reserve, holding the rank of commander. In 2004 Bruttomesso was mobilized to U.S. Joint Forces Command in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
Michael Gazarik, MS EE 89, PhD EE 97, has been chosen as NASA’s new deputy chief technologist. He will work in the office responsible for coordination, integration and tracking of all technology investments across the organization. Gazarik, who has worked on both the Mars and shuttle projects, also will manage NASA’s Space Technology programs. He previously was deputy director of the engineering directorate at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. During his career with NASA, Gazarik has received the organization’s Silver Snoopy Award and its Outstanding Leadership Medal.
Holly Hart Hearn, Mgt 89, joined Nike Inc. as assistant general counsel of employment-North America at the company’s world headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., in January. She and husband Eric Lenard, son Ryan and daughter Avery are relocating to the Portland area from Seattle, where she previously was a law partner with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, specializing in labor and employment law.
Ramona M. Hill, IE 83, was named vice president for enrollment management for Spring Hill College. Hill will be responsible for admissions, financial aid and student success initiatives and will continue her management responsibilities for graduate and continuing studies. An adjunct faculty member at Spring Hill since 2002, she has taught courses in workplace diversity and motivation. She joined the college’s administration in August 2008 as associate provost for graduate and continuing studies. She also owns Workshops Etc. Inc.
Bill Johnson, MS ICS 84, was elected to Congress for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District in November, the first time a Republican has won that seat since 1994.
Thomas Q. Langstaff, IM 82, was appointed in April 2010 to the federal bench. Langstaff now is serving as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Middle District of Georgia. His new office is located in the U.S. District Court at 201 W. Broad Ave. in Albany, Ga.
Ben Mathis, IM 81, has been appointed a special assistant attorney general by Georgia attorney general Sam Olens to assist in representing the state in the legal challenge to the federal health care reform act. Mathis, who is managing partner of Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, serves on the executive committee of the Alumni Association’s board of trustees.
Tom O’Brien, IE 81, the co-founder of Axion BioSystems, has equipped the undergraduate teaching laboratories of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University with five new microelectrode arrays. The MEAs will allow students to study and probe the complex signaling of electrically active tissue.
Marcus Sachs, CE 81, is the vice president for national security policy at Verizon, with responsibility for directing the company’s policy development and advocacy on issues ranging from critical asset protection to cyber security and emergency preparedness. Sachs will work with Congress, administration officials and the security industry on national security policies and issues. A retired Army officer, Sachs was a presidential appointee to the White House in 2002-03. Sachs and his wife, Diane, Psy 83, have two daughters, Elise, a graduate of Florida Tech working at msnbc.com, and Kelly, Econ 10, a graduate student at Georgia Tech.
Greg Schmidt, CE 82, of Anchorage, Alaska, has joined the national board of American Heritage Girls, a character development organization for young women embracing Christian values and encouraging family involvement. Schmidt helped develop the organization’s engineering merit badge last year. He is the deputy chief of the engineering division for the Alaska district of the Army Corps of Engineers. Schmidt is married to Rebecca and has one son in the Boy Scouts and two daughters in AHG.
Dan Barnicle, CmpE 97, has been named chairman of One Hen Inc., a nonprofit micro lender dedicated to educating children and empowering them to become social entrepreneurs. A co-founder of the organization, Barnicle also is vice president and content management and collaboration practice lead for SapientNitro, a Boston-based global marketing and technology services firm.
Doug Bowman, MS CS 97, PhD CS 99, was named a 2010 Distinguished Member by the Association for Computing Machinery. Bowman is an associate professor of computer science and member of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech and a 2003 National Science Foundation CAREER award recipient. He directs the 3-D interaction group at Virginia Tech, which focuses on 3-D user interface design and the benefits of working in virtual environments.
Scott Cadora, Mgt 92, IntA 93, received an executive MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Cadora is the co-founder and COO of PinnacleHR, an Atlanta consulting firm specializing in human capital outsourcing.
Cameron Craddock, CmpE 99, MS ECE 03, PhD ECE 09, has received a Young Investigator grant from the NARSAD Brain and Behavior Research Fund for his research in bipolar disorder. Craddock is a postdoctoral researcher with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute in Roanoke. He previously was a research fellow at Baylor College of Medicine. Craddock’s research involves the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to understand and treat psychiatric disorders.
Tara D. Elliott, CmpE 98, has been named a principal in Fish & Richardson’s IP litigation group in Wilmington, Del. She will continue to focus her practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling across a range of technologies, including electrical and computer engineering, and will work in government investigations and provide compliance and risk management counseling. Elliott has previous technical experience as an analyst and computer engineer at the CIA.
Kisha Ford, Mgt 98, who after playing basketball for the Yellow Jackets spent five years in the WNBA, now is an officer in the Georgia Army Guard. Ford graduated from Officers Candidate School at the Clay National Guard Center in January as a second lieutenant. She began basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., in June. Ford left the WNBA in 2001 and has worked as a police officer in Atlanta and DeKalb County. She was inducted in the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
J.P. Hall, CE 99, and his wife, Pollyanna, announce the birth of daughter Madison Grace on Nov. 19. Hall is a project manager with Jollay Masonry in Avondale Estates, Ga. The Halls live in Newnan.
Herbert S. Hasell, ME 90, and wife Ruth announce the birth of a son, Christopher Gadsden Hasell, on Dec. 30. Hasell retired from the Navy and now is an AirTran Airways pilot.
Fatimot Ladipo, MS PubPol 99, has joined the Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations as assistant director of federal relations. She will be based in the Institute’s Washington, D.C., office. Ladipo previously was a legislative and media liaison with the Georgia Student Finance Commission.
Andrew E. Lovejoy, CE 96, MS EnvE 03, was promoted to president of Civil Engineering Consultants, a civil and environmental engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
Katie Lubke, MS MSE 99, and her husband, Dave, announce the birth of son Joseph Douglas on May 21. He joined his siblings, Noah and Jessica, at the family’s home in Milan, Mich. Lubke works for Ford Motor Company.
Allison Beard Luzier, IE 96, and her husband, Tom, announce the birth of son Grant Everett on Oct. 13. Grant is the grandson of Richard A. Beard III, IM 67, and the great-grandson of the late Richard A. Beard Jr., GS 37. Beard Luzier is senior vice president and product delivery manager for the Florida commercial real estate group at Bank of America. The family lives in Tampa.
Vivek Maddala, EE 95, composed score music for the film Kaboom, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January. He also participated in a panel discussion at the film festival titled Music & Film: The Creative Process. In 2010 the composer finished his musical score for The Burn Unit, part of the second season of HBO’s Funny or Die Presents comedy series. He also has been playing drums on the scores for the television shows Fairly Legal and Perfect Couples, both of which premiered in January. Maddala was inducted into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering’s 2010 Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni.
Sara Meyers, IE 98, and Jeff Meyers, Mgt 98, announce the birth of son Jack Abram on June 23. Jack joins his sister, Lily, 3, at the family’s home in Marietta, Ga.
Tonya Neukam Austeri, TE 98, MBA 03, and her husband, Tom, of La Grange, Ill., announce the birth of a daughter, Vivian Marie Austeri, on Oct. 18. Neukam Austeri works as a plant director at USSTMC in Chicago.
Mardis W. “Chip” Parker Jr., Phys 90, has retired after a 20-year Air Force career and has accepted a position teaching Air Force junior ROTC at Lebanon High School in Ohio.
Susannah Rogers Pedigo, IntA 99, was named a partner in the law firm of Inglesby Falligant in Savannah, Ga. She focuses her practice in the area of family law and also serves as a guardian ad litem for the Superior Court of Chatham County when requested by the court to assist in that capacity.
Tom Rickard, CE 90, currently is deployed to Wardak province, Afghanistan, as commander of a combined task force including a U.S. infantry battalion, two Afghan army battalions, a Czech Republic airborne battalion adviser element and other supporting forces and agencies. His wife, Lisa, retired from the Army last year after 20 years of service and now is a full-time mother to the couple’s daughter, Sarah, 5.
Gazelle Soares, EE 97, and her husband, David Gallagher, announce the birth of their daughter, Kara Reese, on Jan. 8. Soares works as a project engineer for Wiley Wilson. The family lives in northern Virginia.
Jason Speck, ChE 98, and Kristin Speck, ChE 01, announce the birth of a son, Logan William Speck, on Nov. 14. Jason is an associate director at Pearl Therapeutics, and Kristin is a group manager at the Clorox Co.
Benjamin J. Tarbutton III, Mgt 94, a resident of Sandersville, Ga., was elected as vice chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. Tarbutton, the assistant vice president of the Sandersville Railroad Co., began his term as the 12th Congressional District representative to the Board of Regents in 2006.
Leila R. Abdi, CS 01, is an associate in the electronics practice group of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, a Washington, D.C.-based intellectual property law firm. Abdi received a juris doctor degree from the American University Washington College of Law.
Matthew Bain, Mgt 01, MBA 10, the Alumni Association’s director of IT Services, recently was on the set of The Change-Up with his children Lauren and Luke. The twins will make their film debut in the comedy, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman and Alan Arkin and is scheduled to hit theaters later this year. During some downtime on set, the budding actors had their photograph taken with the film’s director, David Dobkin, left to right, brother J.J., mother Missy, Bateman and their father.
Donna Nahser Blalock, CE 01, and Jeremy Blalock, Cls 01, announce the birth of a daughter, Kellen Elizabeth Blalock, on July 6. Jeremy is an engineer with Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah.
Jarrett Pender Dunn, ME 03, married Hillary Stacia Lowe on Dec. 4 in Spartanburg, S.C.
David Gewertz, EE 02, and his wife, Marisa, announce the birth of son Jordan Paul Gewertz on Oct. 4. Jordan joins brother Joseph, 2, at the family’s home in Sandy Springs, Ga. Gewertz is an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton.
William Grady, ID 03, won two iF product design awards for IBM Storwize V7000 and IBM Power 710/730. The products were recognized in a field of 2,756 entries. The hardware will be displayed at the 2011 CeBIT Expo in Hannover, Germany, and will be published in the 2011 iF product design award yearbook. Grady accepted a new position as industrial designer of brand experience and strategic design at IBM corporate headquarters.
William W.P. Hagler, ME 06, has passed the Georgia professional engineering exam and now is licensed as a mechanical engineer. Hagler was promoted to project manager at Paulson-Cheek Mechanical. He and his wife, Greer, Mgt 06, live in Atlanta.
Catherine Prince Hoover, CE 05, an engineer with Raudenbush Engineering Inc., was named the 2011 Young Engineer of the Year by the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council. Her husband, Anthony Hoover, Mgt 05, joined the law firm of McNees Wallace & Nurick as an associate in the litigation and family practice groups. The couple were married on Aug. 4, 2007, and live in Harrisburg, Pa.
Spencer Irvine, AE 04, MS AE 06, is the CEO of AirVentions Inc. The company, which has two approved patents, specializes in collision avoidance systems for ground-support vehicles at airports. Irvine came up with the idea for the system while training for a ramp agent position at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and began working on it as a graduate student at Tech. He is a 2010 graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Matt Moulthrop, MBA 04, a third-generation wood turner with Moulthrop Studios in Marietta, Ga., has been selected for a “40 Under 40” exhibition to be held at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012. The exhibit will highlight the work of 40 artists born since 1972, the year the Renwick opened. Works by featured artists will be added to the museum’s permanent collection.
Daniel Noto, ME 02, and his wife, Rachel, announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Josephine, on Dec. 5. Noto is the managing director of the San Diego office of United Mechanical Consultants. The family lives in San Diego.
Jennifer Troeschel O’Hara, ChE 02, and her husband, Donald, announce the birth of daughter Grace May O’Hara on Oct. 6. O’Hara is a global account manager for the personal care division of ISP in Wayne, N.J. The family lives in Philadelphia.
Kristin Speck, ChE 01, and her husband, Jason Speck, ChE 98, announce the birth of a son, Logan William Speck, on Nov. 14. Kristin is a group manager at the Clorox Co., and Jason is an associate director at Pearl Therapeutics.
Whitney Taylor, Cls 06, and Scott L. Taylor, Mgt 03, announce the birth of a son, Bennett Conrad, on Nov. 8. Scott is the manager of compensation and social responsibility at Carter’s Inc. in Atlanta.
Mary Katherine “Katie” Watt, BC 08, married Charles “Chip” Tinsley IV, IE 05, on Aug. 14. Katie will be an attorney with Carlton Fields after graduating from the University of Florida’s College of Law this spring. Chip is a project manager with AT&T. The couple live in Orlando, Fla.
Patrick Caputo, EE 10, Phys 10, and James Molini, BME 10, co-founded Waste to Watts LLC with Duke University graduate Chris Hamman. The company has received several awards for its invention Enzi, an inexpensive back-up power supply on which such devices as EKGs and computers can run for hours. The Waste to Watts team has marketed the device, which is made from repurposed electronic waste, to health care facilities in developing nations prone to frequent power outages. In January, Waste to Watts received $6,000 for its second-place win in the 2011 Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition, Canada’s largest international business plan competition. It also picked up the competition’s Grant Bartlett Sustainability Award, receiving $1,000. Last year, Waste to Watts won first place and $5,000 in the Engineering World Health Design Competition as well as a $10,000 cash prize from the Dell Social Innovation Competition. Caputo is pursuing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering at Tech. Molini, who lives in Boston, is a technical support specialist for St. Jude Medical’s cardiac surgery division and president of Waste to Watts LLC. The team is performing field tests on the device in hospitals in Rwanda and Cambodia.
Matthew Stellmaker, BC 10, has returned to the states following a nearly seven-month sojourn in Chile, where he helped introduce straw-bale homes to Patagonia as project manager of a green housing project. Stellmaker said straw-bale construction is ideal for single-family homes and freestanding structures in rural areas. “Straw is readily available in most agricultural regions and serves no purpose other than bedding for livestock,” he said, adding that straw-bale construction can achieve insulation factors up to three times higher than fiberglass insulation. “Not only does straw-bale construction cut down on energy usage for the construction and materials of the house, it also reduces life cycle energy costs, reducing drastically the energy consumption for heating and cooling,” he said. Stellmaker said that as word spread of his project, people from surrounding communities came to check it out. Before leaving Chile in January, Stellmaker worked with a municipality so that it could replicate his building model in its rural projects.
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