Vol. 76, No. 2, Fall 1999

CONTENTS

Designing a Business Revolution
Al West has broken the traditional business mold, outlawing coats and ties, tossing out time clocks, and building a headquarters in pastoral rural Pennsylvania. The result: amazing growth for his company, SEI.
By John Dunn

1998-1999:
A Year of Accomplishment, a Future of Challenges
Highlights of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s past year.

Big Business in the Big House
A controversial prison work program draws praise and criticism...and low recidivism rates.
By Shawn Jenkins

Saving the Light
Engineers move the 5,000-ton, historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse—the nation’s tallest—more than a half-mile inland in an effort to save it from eroding coast and encroaching surf.
By Karen Hill
Photography by Mike Booher

Tending to Business
Steve Mitchell’s no entrepreneur, but he knows how to make a business make money.
By John Dunn

DEPARTMENTS

Feedback

Tech Notes
Legacy of Bud Foote; Going UP
Tracking Traffic Headaches
Good Fortune; Sober Up
On the Road...Again?; City Planner
New Associate Athletics Director; Women’s Tourney; Y2K Cometh
MERIT-ed Awards

Campaign for Georgia Tech
Funding for the Future

Pacesetters
Gay Love: Family Matters
Hollis Harris: High Flier
Andrea Arena: Accommodating Culture
Keith Beaty: Over Bite
Andrew Hunt: Sticky Situation

Research
Counting Pollutants
Unraveling DNA
Non-polluting Paint May Fly
Quiet Curtains
Protecting Against Progress

Profile
Gregory Abowd: Educational Experience

Photo Finish
Lighting the Light House