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1940s
Thomas J. Thomas, IM 49, sold the city-owned Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to the Florida Power and Light Group (FPL).
1950s
Joseph “Ron” Coursey, ChE 59, was honored by the Dayton Section of the American Chemical Society for achieving Emeritus status after 50 years of membership. His project at General Motors reduced energy usage and chemical emissions.
Allen Ecker, EE 57, MS EE 58, was honored with HR 1124 by the Georgia House of Representatives on January 28. This honor recognizes Ecker’s business accomplishments and contributions to the state of Georgia. He lives with his wife, Sandra, and children in Atlanta.
Linden Longino, IE 58, was honored by the Sochi, Russia, Olympics Committee with a portrait painted by a well-known Russian artist. Longino founded a non-profit youth art organization called “International Paint Pals.” Longino has curated many worldwide exhibitions for the United Nations and Olympic Games, involving more than 200,000 kids in 75 countries.
1960s
Tom Fleming, ID 68, was recognized by the Museum of Modern Art for Excellence in industrial design. He has had several products on exhibit.
Paul Flower, CE 68, was named the new chairman of the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region. He is the president and CEO of Woodward Design+Build.
Lawton M. “Mac” Nease, III, IM 65, president of Nease, Lagana, Eden & Culley Inc., has been elected to the National Association of Estate Planning Council’s Hall of Fame. This designation recognizes significant and outstanding lifetime achievement and contributions to the practice and profession of estate planning.
Grady Thrasher, IM 64, founded Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus with his two brothers. The circus was inducted into the Air Show Hall of Fame by The International Council of Air Shows Foundation.
1970s
Dean Alford, EE 76, received the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers Engineer of the Year in Industry Award. Alford is president and CEO of Allied Energy Services, based in Conyers, Ga., where he is currently responsible for more than $5 billion of energy projects in both Central and North America. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
Rembert “Chip” Jarrell, Chem 78, retired from the Central Intelligence Agency after 33 years of service as a professional intelligence officer. He received gold service medals from the CIA and the National Reconnaissance Office. He lives in Nokesville, Va.
Blair Caplan Marks, CerE 78, was installed as president of Women of Reform Judaism, an international organization of approx. 65,000 women in nearly 500 local women’s groups. Professionally, she is director of ethics awareness and international operations for Lockheed Martin.
Nathan Meehan, Phys 75, was nominated to be president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Gary A. Smith, IM 79, was named vice president of Supply Logistics for MTA, New York City Transit. He and his wife live in Manhattan.
1980s
Ben Atha, EE 83, MS EE 88, and Michael Valletutti, IE 91, MS IE 92, founded Applied Global Technologies (AGT) in 1993 while working together at Georgia Tech Research Institute and established it as a Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center company. AGT is now the leading provider of video conferencing technology and cloud services. Its headquarters are now in Kennesaw, Ga.
Raymond Bruttomesso Jr., AE 83, MS AE 84, returned to his position as chief patent counsel and associate general counsel for Human Design Medical after supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He is an engineering duty officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was mobilized to be the branch chief of the Ministerial Development of Ministry of Interior Facilities Department within NATO Training Mission.
Dan Carey, AP 85, was selected to move to Round 2 of the Mars One astronaut selection program on Dec. 30, 2013. He survived the 99.5% cut selection process of individuals willing to travel and permanently live on Mars beginning in 2024. He lives in Annandale, Va.
Dr. Pat Culligan, Mgt 89, received a patent and Federal Drug Administration approval for a device called Stitchkit, which will make laparoscopic surgery more effective and less painful. He is a urogynecologist and operates using robots.
Keith Daniel, EE 85, has been promoted to senior vice president of transmission policy at Georgia Transmission Corp. in Tucker, Ga.
Elizabeth De Armond, CS 84, was named director of IIT Chicago-Kent’s Legal Research and Writing Program. She is a professor at IIT Chicago-Kent in Illinois, as well as a contributing author for National Consumer Law Center publications.
Daniel Gallagher, Arch 87, and his design firm NADAAA, received a Progressive Architecture Citation for the University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in Australia. The project is slated for completion later this year.
Roger Grabman, MS Mgt 88, founded Grab Innovations & Services LLC, which is a new professional engineering firm with machine design and equipment development expertise.
Bo Hagler, Mgt 88, was named CEO of MFG.com, an online manufacturing marketplace. Previously, Hagler served as vice president of research and development at QAD Inc.
Derrell James, Mgt 89, has been appointed president and CEO of Stradis Healthcare, a leading supplier of custom surgical pack, accessories and other health care products.
Harry Maddox, EE 83, was recognized by the Georgia Senate with Senate Resolution 1160 for his contributions to the Georgia Department of Transportation upon his retirement.
Ben Owens, ME 87, was selected as a 2014 National Teaching Fellow by the Hope Street Fellow.
Patrise Perkins-Hooker, IM 80, will be sworn in as the president of the State Bar of Georgia in June. The State Bar of Georgia is composed of more than 40,000 attorneys licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia.
Steve F. Pierce, MS IE 87, has been named chief technology officer for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command.
1990s
Matthew Cohen, Psy 99, joined First Long Island Investors as an Assistant General Counsel in January. He and his wife live in Jericho, N.Y.
Maël L. D. S. Disseau, AE 94, MS AE 95, Ph.D. AE 02, graduated with a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 9. Disseau will begin teaching as an associate professor of Theology at Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, Ga. in the fall of 2014.
Tara D. Elliot, CmpE 98, has joined Washington, D.C.-based firm WilmerHale as a principal of the IP Litigation Group.
Sherry Goldstein Hodor, Mgt 93, has become a partner at the fee-only wealth management firm Brightworth. She joined Brightworth in 1995 as a financial planner and now serves as the firm’s chief compliance officer and director of operations.
Ronald Grover, ME 98, was presented with the Most Promising Scientist: Industry award at the 2014 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, DC. He is a staff researcher at Propulsion Systems Research Lab at GM Global Research and Development.
David Herring, MgtSci 96, received the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s President’s Award for Excellence. It’s the district’s top recognition of outstanding staff performance and recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to the success of the Bank or the Federal Reserve System.
Kim Justus, IA 94, was promoted to partner at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP in January. She represents financial institutions in real estate-secured commercial leading and resolves troubled loans. She lives in Atlanta.
Omar Khawaja, EE 99, was hired as the chief information security officer and vice president at Highmark, the third largest integrated health network in the nation. He and his wife, Nadia, Mgt 00, and their two daughters, Aiyla, 3, and Amalie, 5, recently relocated to Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joe McMahon, CS 92, is the director of solutions for the Washington, D.C., office of Ringtail Design. Ringtail Design is a software development firm, specializing in developing great user experiences.
Jeffrey Osterlund, MS AE 98, is the Houston functional and engineering operations manager for Boeing Space Exploration, accountable for engineering and technology integration. Previously, he served as the exploration chief engineer for United Space Alliance in Houston. Prior to that, he was a project engineering manager at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, GA.
Charles “Chad” Pannell, ChE 99, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Linn Inn Alliance in recognition for his work and contributions to the success of the alliance, which was founded in 2008 to unite the existing intellectual property law focused American Inns of Court.
Val Porter, Mgt 93, was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits. Porter has worked in public service and nonprofit management for nearly two decades.
Michael Sobers Jr., AE 98, PhD AE 10, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force, in October 2013. He and his family will be moving to Colorado Springs to join the U.S. Air Force Academy as an assistant professor in the department of astronautics.
Birkin Weith, ChE 99, was promoted to vice president of aromatics and higher olefins at CB&I in Bloomfield, N.J.
2000s
Roger D. Anderson, Mgt 04, was hired as a United States Tennis Association National Coach in the player development department. He lives in New York.
Jason E. Barton, EE 03, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Christopher Booth, AE 06, was presented with the Most Promising Engineer: Industry award at the 2014 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. He is a flight test engineer at Gulfstream.
Jessica S. Clements, AP 01, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
M. Wayne Craige, MBA 09, is the founder and CEO of CiDrep Informatics, an integrative clinical-genomic informatics consulting firm specializing in the technical implementations of clinical and research informatics infrastructures.
Richard O. Dozier III, EE 06, has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Brian Emfinger, CS 04, joined Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. in 2012 as an elected shareholder. He prepares and procures patents and also provides legal and technical support. He was formerly a software engineer.
Suzzanne Fulcher Fowler, Mgt 03, accepted a position of Sales Manager for Graphisoft North America, which is based in Atlanta.
John M. Goodman, ChE 02, was named partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Birmingham, Ala. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Construction Practice Groups.
Robert C. Grant, ME 07, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Jeremy Haile, CS 03, is founder and CTO of Sideqik, a company that simplifies the management of marketing partnerships and cross-promotions with other brands. Sideqik was a Georgia Tech Flashpoint company in 2012 and kicked off Venture Atlanta in 2013.
Walker C. Jones, ME 06, has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Heeyoung Kim, MS Stat 08, PhD IE 11, is now an assistant professor at KAIST, a top school in South Korea.
Nicholas A. Mazzolini, EE 03, has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Sean Padfield, AE 06, was awarded Chartered Engineer status with the United Kingdom Engineering Council and elected member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He also accepted a new role at Rolls-Royce Corp. as integrated project team lead in Indianapolis.
Jeffrey Reese, BC 08, has left his position as a judicial law clerk to handle contracts for PAREXEL International.
Jeffery L. Waters, EE 05, IE 00, was promoted from Associate to Counsel at Cantor Colburn, LLP. He drafts and prosecutes patents for mechanical and electrical innovations.
2010s
Salvatore M. Lizzio, ME 10, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Kurt Luther, PhD HCC 12, has accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of computer science at Virginia Tech.
Friends
Kenneth J. Knoespel, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College, has received a prestigious honorary doctorate from the University of Umeå in Sweden in recognition of his engagement with Swedish institutions of higher learning.
Whitney Hagan, STC 05, and Mark Dietel, on Oct. 6, 2013, in Culver City, Calif. Whitney is a digital production manager at Scanline VFX and her husband is a pipeline developer at South Park Studios. They live in Los Angeles.
Jordan Jones, Mgt 10, and Sarah Jeffcoat, Mgt 11, on May 4, 2013, on Saint Simons Island, Ga. Jordan is a CPA with Jones & Kolb, and Sarah is a senior associate at Triage Consulting Group. They live in Atlanta.
Baabak Ashuri, MS BC 04, MS OR 06, PhD ISyE 08, and his wife, Rokhsana Sanai, welcomed daughter Audrina on Oct. 2, 2013. Baabak is assistant professor in the School of Building Construction at Georgia Tech. They live in Roswell, Ga.
Megan (Lukken), IA 09, and Trey Birch (James Michael III), Econ 10, welcomed son James Michael IV on March 31.
Kathleen, ISyE 11, and Matthew Braman, Mgt 09, welcomed daughter Julianna Marie on May 9, 2013. Matthew is a product manager for PanTheryx. They live in Longmont, Colo.
Tony Burkhardt, Econ 07, and his wife, Ashley, welcomed daughter Mikayla Marie, on Oct. 6, 2013. Tony is an IT director for a local school. They live in Phoenix.
Stephen Clawson, ME 07, and his wife, Dawn, welcomed daughter Eliza Mae on Sept. 10, 2013. Stephen works for software company Epic and the family lives in Madison, Wis.
Justin Davis, EE 97, MS EE 99, PhD EE 03, and his wife, Shannon, welcomed son Victor Dean on Aug. 16, 2013. Justin is a lead electrical engineer at Perceptron. They live in Toledo, Ohio.
Daniel DeCicco, ISyE 00, and his wife, Jessica, celebrated his return from his fifth military deployment on Jan. 2, and birth of their son, Grayson James, on Jan. 14. Daniel is a lieutenant commander and helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy.
Jennifer Dodd, IA 94, M IA 00, and Reggie Graham, Mgt 93, welcomed daughter Elodie Sloane. They live in Atlanta with daughter Gabrielle and son Mick.
John Michael Doyle, IE 05, and his wife, Lauren, welcomed daughter Olivia Rose on March 3. John Michael, after returning from a two-year work assignment in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is plant manager at CSM Bakery Products in Atlanta. They live in the Atlanta area.
Shannon Goodman, M Arch 98, and William “Erik” Poole, Arch 94, M Arch 98, welcomed daughter Madison Sloane Poole on Aug. 21, 2013. Shannon is executive director of Lifecycle Building Center, and Erik is a senior design and plan review consultant at Intercontinental Hotels Group. They live in Atlanta.
Melissa (Vander Wood), IE 05, and Brian Holman, EE 06, welcomed son Bennett Timothy on March 19. Melissa is the lab manager for MVA Scientific Consultants. Brian is a research engineer for GTRI. They live in Roswell, Ga.
Pete Jenior, BS CE 05, MS CE 07, and his wife, Elizabeth, welcomed son Thomas on Aug. 1. Pete is a transportation engineer with Kittelson. They live in Baltimore.
Andrew Milburn, MSE 07, and his wife, Amy, welcomed son Jason Emerson on Sept. 6, 2013. Andrew is an EOD officer in the U.S. Navy and they are currently stationed in Virginia Beach, Va.
Christina O’Neill, CS 10, and Darin Yawn, ME 08, welcomed their son Conner Thomas O’Neill Yawn on Jan. 10. They live in Villa Rica, Ga.
Greg Popowitz, ME 02, and his wife, Ashley, welcomed son Noah Aaron on April 23. Greg is a patent attorney for Assouline & Berlowe, P.A. They live in Cooper City, Fla.
Sean Rastsmith (Smith), Mgt 08, and his wife, Brittany, welcomed son Saul Thomas on Nov. 21, 2013.
Stephen Watts, IE 01, MS IE 02, and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed their second daughter, Anna Grace, on Feb. 7. They live in Marietta, Ga.
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