Award Winning Engineers
Three Georgia Tech alumni received Engineer of the Year awards at the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers meeting June 15 in Savannah. Tammy Banks Griffin, IE 82, was named Engineer of the Year in Industry; Robert E. Fountain, CE 68 was named Engineer of the Year in Government; and Adam Vakiener, CE 89, MS CE 90, was named Young Engineer of the Year.
Long Named Nunn Chair
Professor William J. Long was named chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in Ivan Allen College effective June 1. Long has been a professor in the school since 1991.
Tuition Hike
Tuition costs will increase at Georgia Tech and other state public universities this fall, with out-of-state students seeing the biggest hike. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a plan to increase tuition revenue statewide.
Rich, Handsome and Single
What does former Georgia Tech baseball standout Nomar Garciaparra have in common with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Tiger Woods? Yes, they all make buckets of money. (Garciaparra is in his third year of a $45.25 million seven-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.) And, ladies, they're all handsome and single. Garciaparra — as well as golfer Woods and actors Affleck and Damon — made People magazine's list of "America's Top 50 Bachelors."
Tech Corridor Gets $5 Million
The Woodruff Foundation has given $5 million to the Georgia Tech Foundation toward the Midtown Park project, which will complement Georgia Tech's Technology Square development on Fifth Street.
The money was designated to acquire four acres of land for the Advanced Technology Development Center in Midtown Park, a $130 million, 15-acre development to be located north of Fifth Street, across from Tech's Technology Square project.
Secret of Life
A new study of a "motor" protein by Georgia Tech physicist Ronald Fox suggests a process of random motion powered by thermal energy moves enzymes and other chemicals inside cells. The research endorses a new mechanism for generating motion in future nanometer-scale machines and supports 19th-century biologist Robert Brown's original hypothesis about the "secret of life."
Squelching Gas-Guzzling SUV's
Georgia Tech's team placed fourth overall against 14 other universities at the Future Truck competition in June, earning more than $6,000 in prize money. The program, begun two years ago by General Motors Corp. and the U.S. Department of Energy, is aimed at making gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles more environmentally sound.
Collegiate Player of the Year
Former Georgia Tech golfer Bryce Molder was named the Fred Haskins Collegiate Player of the Year. After earning his degree in management on May 5 with a 3.41 grade point average, Molder was also named an All-America scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Rowing to Success
Georgia Tech's kayaking team brought home a national title and the crew team snared a fourth-place finish in national championship competitions in June. The kayaking club won the inaugural National Collegiate Sprint Kayaking Championships held at Chula Vista, Calif., while the crew team finished fourth in its first appearance in the 99th Intercollegiate Rowing Championships in Pennsauken, N.J.
2001 Hall of Fame
In 1990, All-Americans Kenny Anderson and Marco Coleman led Georgia Tech's basketball team to the Final Four and its football team to the National Championship, respectively. The men now headline the list of 2001 inductees into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.
Take Me Out to the Show
A school record nine Georgia Tech baseball players were selected in the first 20 rounds of the 2001 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, eclipsing the previous high of seven players in 1997. Heading the list is third baseman Mark Teixeira, who was the fifth overall selection in the draft. He was taken by the Texas Rangers.
New Named Assistant AD
Former Georgia Tech assistant football coach Larry New was named assistant director of athletics by athletics director Dave Braine. New retired from coaching following the 1997 season and has spent the past three years as director of the Homer Rice Center for Sports Performance.
Joseph Named Assistant Coach
Georgia Tech has hired former Auburn assistant coach MaChelle Joseph as assistant women's basketball coach. Joseph was recognized this spring as one of the nation's top 25 assistant coaches by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Roll Call Update
The 54th Roll Call has raised $7,994,082 as of June 29, about 97 percent of the $8.2 million goal. Donations to date have been made by 24,800 alumni and friends — 94 percent of the participation goal of 26,489 donors. "We're so close to the goal and this is the time of year when the momentum really builds," said Jim Shea, assistant executive director for Roll Call. "Alumni often mail their last-minute gifts and also go on-line to contribute. We keep Roll Call open into the July to process these contributions and also to accept matching gift funds from companies that payout on June 30th. We're hopeful that alumni will come through once again."
July Calendar
Tis the season to get away! Go with fellow alums to college in Tuscany, walk along the Seine or visit New York. It's all listed in the July calendar.
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