  Congratulations to the Class of 2006, Our Newest Alums!
More than 1,000 students, family members, faculty, staff, alumni and friends celebrated at a reception following the Clark School commencement ceremony. The college-wide event was held on the plaza of the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building. The Engineering Chapter of the Alumni Association coordinated with the departments of aerospace, bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular, civil & environmental, electrical & computer, fire protection, materials science, and mechanical engineering to make the day special.
The Clark School would like to thank the following Corporate Partners who sponsored the event:
Black & Decker
Constellation Energy
Hughes Network Systems
Lockheed Martin
Third Annual Engineering Golf Tournament a Success!
Everyone had a ball at the 3rd Annual Engineering Alumni Chapter Golf Tournament at the University of Maryland golf course last month. The funds raised will help support the Engineering Alumni Chapter commencement celebration effort and the Engineering Alumni Chapter Scholarship.
The Engineering Alumni Chapter would like to thank the following event sponsors:
A. Morton Thomas & Associates
Development Facilitators, Inc.
E.K. Fox & Associates
Kennedy, Porter & Associates, Inc.
Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
Wallace, Montgomery & Associates
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani, LLC
Special thanks to Phil Anderson, B.S. ’85 mechanical engineering, and Chester Clark B.S. ’71, M.S. 73 and Ph.D. ’74 chemical engineering, for serving as co-chairs for this event!
Interested in helping out next year? Please contact Cornelia Kennedy for volunteer and sponsorship opportunities.
Engineering Alumni Chapter Announces New Officers
The Engineering Alumni Chapter Board of Directors is pleased to announce the new slate of officers who will serve a two-year term:
President:
Norine Walker, B.A. ’81 urban studies and B.S. ’83 civil engineering
President-Elect:
Catherine Stewart, B.S. ’03 mechanical engineering
Immediate Past-President:
Eric Gwin, B.S. ’86 chemical engineering, MBA ’05
Secretary:
Elisabeth Goldwasser, B.S. ’03 mechanical engineering
Treasurer:
Gregg Wollard, B.S. ’89 civil engineering
The Board of Directors for 2006-2007:
Alumni Outreach Committee
Chair: Ralph Wheeler, B.S. ’79 civil engineering
Gregg Wollard
Communications & Fundraising Committee
Chair: Catherine Stewart
David Pelgrim, B.S. ’91 mechanical engineering, MBA ‘04
Golf Committee
Co-Chair: Philip Anderson
Co-Chair: Chester Clark
Tim Gipe, B.S. ’82 chemistry and B.S. ’83 chemical engineering
Student Outreach Committee
Chair: Hark Tagunicar, B.S. ’04 computer engineering
Anthony Dilebe Aneke, B.S. ’01 mechanical engineering
Kimberly Brown, M.S. ’98 and Ph.D. ’05 chemical engineering
Elisabeth Goldwasser
Kurt Keydel, Ph.D. ’84 mechanical
Andres Kwasinski, M.S. ’00 and Ph.D. ’04 electrical engineering
Alumni interested in serving on a committee should contact Cornelia Kennedy, Director of Alumni Relations at 301.405.2150 or ckennedy@umd.edu.
Save
the Date! Fire Protection Engineering Alumni Reunion
and 50th Anniversary Celebration
Fire
protection engineering alumni—please join us
October 13-15, 2006, to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the department! Details
are available on the web. Email Moriel
Kaplan to help us plan this tremendous event.
Find
Work with Our Corporate Partners
Are
you looking for a job? The Clark School's Corporate
Partners are always looking to fill positions with
experienced engineers! Below are direct links to their
recruiting web sites:
Alumni
Notes
Kenneth Bell, B.S. ’74, M.S. ’77 and Ph.D. ’83 civil engineering, has been promoted to chief engineer in Bechtel Corporation’s G&HES Group. He has worked for Bechtel for 22 years.
Kristina Lynn Dodson, B.S. ’97 chemical engineering, received an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in May.
Ermis Sfakiyanudis, B.S. ’91 civil engineering, president of ETelemetry, received the Community Service Award, including a check for $1,000, from the Parole (Maryland) Rotary Club for his excellence in volunteer service. Sfakiyanudis has served as the Chairman of the Board of Economic Development for Anne Arundel County for the past seven years. He has generously donated the award money to the Clark School’s Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund.
Phil Wiser, B.S. ’90 electrical engineering and former chief technology officer at Sony, has become chairman and president of Building B, an early-stage, privately held company that is addressing the need to simplify and unify the consumer home entertainment experience.
The
Clark School Mourns the Passing of...
We are sad to report the loss of Anson W. Biggs (B.S. ’43 civil engineering), Earle Willard Brown (B.S. ’50 civil engineering), Alfred Zucchi (B.S. ’75 mechanical engineering), Donald L. Coble (B.S. ’65 mechanical engineering) and Jacob S. Worrell (B.S. ’51 mechanical engineering), all of whom passed away recently. Innovation Hall of Fame inductee Frederick S. Billig (Ph.D. ’64 mechanical engineering) passed away on June 2.
Tell
Us Your News
Clark
School Alumni, we produce this e-newsletter so we can
tell you about the school, but also so you can
tell your fellow alumni about yourselves. Send us news
about your recent career moves and personal events
and we will include them in upcoming issues. Please
send your news to ckennedy@umd.edu.
This
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'82,
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