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On his blog, Mark Lee, Cls 95, guitarist in the Grammywinning Christian rock band Third Day, tells fans he studied civil engineering and was a member of Tech's marching band.
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Jorge Cham, ME 97 (opposite page), chronicles "life or the lack thereof in academia" in the online comic strip "Piled High and Deeper." PHD products include calendars, mugs and books,
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Ryan Stewart, Mgt 98, a former strong safety for the Detroit Lions, and his brother, Doug Stewart, are the hosts of "2 Live Stews," a nationally syndicated sports talk radio show,
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In 2000, John Bland, MgtSci 83, left the software company he co-founded to serve as executive director of Amigos for Christ, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the people of Nicaragua.
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In April 2002, Robert Foley a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and his talented toy poodle, Asa, appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Asa, winner of the Purina Dog Chow Incredible Dog Challenge Eastern Regionals, showed her stuff on a steeplechase course set up outside the Ed Sullivan Theater.
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Jimmy Carter, Cls 46, the only alumnus to serve as president of the United States, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his role in the 1978 Camp David accords as well as his "untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development." Georgia Tech-Lorraine launched the Georgia Tech Europe Alumni Association with a gala event in Paris on Dec. 3, 2003. The Georgia Tech-Lorraine campus opened in Metz,
France, in 1990, M, David Luneau, MS EE 81, recorded the first image of the ivory-billed woodpecker (left) in nearly 70 years with a video camera in the Big Woods of Arkansas in February 2004.
Vivek Maddala, EE 95, won the Young Film Composers Competition in 2000 and was contracted to write the score for the modern-day release of the 1921 silent film "The Ace of Hearts" on Turner Classic Movies and a Warner Brothers DVD compilation of Lon Chaney movies,
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Matt Smith, ID 01, was m the MTV "Real World" cast in New Orleans while a Tech student. He returned to campus and hosted "The Latest Dish" on the Georgia Tech Cable Network during his senior year. In 2003, Smith was part of MTV's "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet." Now a resident of Phoenix, Smith maintains a blog at Supaflycom and directs the Internet ministry for Life Teen, an international Catholic youth organization.
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Bucky Johnson, who retired from Tech in 2001 after 19 years as the band director, now is the mayor of Norcross, Ga,
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Joe Baldassare, Phys 71, and his partner, Bill Bartek, competed as Team Guido in the first season of television's "Amazing Race" in 2001 and returned for the all-stars competition, which aired in 2007,
Mark Zupan, CE 99, starred in "Murderball," a 2005 Academy Award-nominated documentary about wheelchair rugby,
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Best-selling crime author Kathy Reichs dedicated "Cross Bones," published in 2005, to James Woodward, AE 61, MS AE 62, PhD EM 67, to thank him for his help over the years with the novels she had set on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he was chancellor. The television series "Bones" is based on Reich's life as a forensic pathologist by day and novelist by night.
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, the Institute temporarily housed 275 Tulane University >Âť
President George W Bush came to Tech on March 27, 2002, to pay tribute to police, firefighters and emergency medical workers in response to the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and to see a demonstration of technology that could detect chemical and biological weapons. Three Tech alumni perished on 9/11: Carl Max Hammond Jr., Phys 87; Mike Gann, IM 85; and Murray Greer Jr., IM 62.
Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008