Ramblin' Roll w i t h Dell. The McConnell family lives in Round Rock, Texas. Marc McGrath, Mgt 97, was promoted to senior vice president at Georgian Bank. McGrath will continue leading the IT department, for which he manages four technology experts. McGrath, who joined the bank two years ago, has worked in the bank technology industry for more than 12 years. S t a c y Priest N a d e a u , AE 91, and her husband, Jeff, celebrated son Aaron Jeffrey's first birthday on Oct. 6. The Nadeau family, which also includes sons Eric, 3, and Ian, 5, lives in Canton, Mich. Brian O'Connor, CE 99, and Lindsey Destine O'Connor, IE 03, of Marietta, Ga., announce the birth of a son, Arthur "Art" Gregory, on Aug. 6. Brian is a transportation engineer for Gresham, Smith and Partners. Lindsey is senior business analyst at The Home Depot. Brian K. P a y n e , IE 96, has been promoted to partner with Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. He is a leader in Accenture's talent and organization performance practice focused on managing organizational change within the utilities industry. He and his wife, H e a t h e r S i m o n P a y n e , ChE 99, live in Chapel Hill, N.C., where she is in her second year at the UNC School of Law. Mark Pinion, Mgt 90, has been promoted to senior vice president and senior credit officer at Georgian Bank. He will manage risk management and underwriting for corporate and commercial banking, leading a team of six credit underwriters. Pinion, who earned an MBA in corporate finance from the University of Georgia, joined the bank two years ago. A n d r e w B. P l a t t e n , ME 99, and his wife, Oanh Bui-Platten, announce the birth of a son, Matthew, on July 14. A lieutenant commander with the Navy, Platten is the engineer on the USS West Virginia. They live in Kingsland, Ga. A l i c e Torres Roby, Chem 99, and Darrin Roby, CE 00, announce the birth of son Cael Magnus "Gus" Roby on April 14. He joins his sister, Erin, 4, at the family's home in Palmdale, Calif. Alice is a full-time mother, and Darrin is a project manager for Layton Construction.
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Portman Exhibit This chair is part of the John Portman: Art & Architecture exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta through April 18. Fifteen architectural projects, from the Hyatt Regency Atlanta to Marina Square in Singapore, will span five decades of Portman's career and will be represented with large-scale photographs, design plans and architectural models. The exhibition also will feature furniture, paintings and sculpture by Portman, Arch 50. Most have never before been publicly exhibited. In September, Portman received the lifetime achievement award at the Governor's International Awards ceremony.
M i c h a e l Stafford, EE 95, MS ECE 03, and his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of a son, Aiden Michael, on July 23. He joins his brother, Cole, 4, at the family's home in Roswell, Ga. Stafford is a senior systems engineer with Lockheed Martin in Marietta.
rections by Georgia Gov. Somay Perdue. A 5th Congressional District representative, he is a partner, project manager, management committee member and financial manager with Wiedeman and Singleton Inc., a civil and environmental engineering consulting firm.
Heidi Clark S u t t o n , CE 92, and her husband, Kevin, announce the birth of son Logan Fredrick in November 2008. Logan's twin sisters, Lauren and Leah, are 9 years old. Sutton, a member of the Hawaii Air National Guard, currently is working with the 169 Civil Engineer Squadron with the South Carolina National Guard. The Sutton family is en route to an active duty station in Mississippi.
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J u s t i n H. Wiedeman, MS CE 93, of Atlanta, has been appointed to the state Board of Cor-
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Bahareh Azizi, PhD Chem 05, research support manager in Tech's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is running for the Atlanta City Council District 6 seat in the Nov. 3 election. S h a n e Bailey, IE 02, of Acworth, Ga., was promoted to operations support process improvement leader for Shaw Industries in August. He had served as operational deployment Lean Sigma Black Belt since July 2007.