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Stanley Elected Chancellor of AIA College of Fellows William J. Stanley III, Arch 72, was elected chancellor of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He will be inaugurated in December at a black-tie dinner in Washington, DC. Stanley previously served as bursar and vice-chancellor of the college. “Being elected by my peers to the highest office of the most elite group in my profession is perhaps the greatest professional recognition that one can obtain,” he said. “It is a culmination of a life of service to the profession.” Stanley is the founder and principal for design of the firm Stanley,
Scott Steinberg, Mgt 99, is the CEO and lead analyst at TechSavvy Global and a bestselling author and professional speaker. Tammy Taylor, MS EnvE 98, PhD EnvE 99, was named chief operating officer at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Alex Thomas, EE 94, was promoted to vice president of Southwire Company. He lives in Carrollton, Ga., with his wife and children. Shane Thomason, CE 93, was named chief engineer of program maintenance for Norfolk Southern in Atlanta. Audrey Tolson, Econ 91, cofounded Team Couture, which designs highend collegiate fashion. Amanda Upper, IE 99, is the director of learning development at Duke Energy in Charlotte, N.C. She recently became the 7,459th owner of 0 8 8
Love-Stanley, which oversaw construction of the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center and O’Keefe Gymnasium, among other notable projects. Stanley, who was the first black graduate of Tech’s College of Architecture, remains closely involved with the Institute. He was a founder of the Office of Minority Education Development and the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization. He and his wife, Ivenue Love-Stanley, Arch 77, were elected as Georgia Tech Legacies by GTBAO. They both have
been members of ANAK, the Alumni Association Board of Trustees and the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
an all-electric Tesla Model S sedan. Lee Welborn, Arch 94, was promoted to executive director of the Ernst & Young Orange County, Calif., office. She is a member of Ernst & Young’s tax practice, working with engineers, contractors and architects.
2000s Dmitri Alperovitch, CS 01, MS IS 03, made the Technology Review TR35 list of influential people in technology under age 35. He cofounded the security company CrowdStrike. Vijay Balasubramaniyan, MS IS 08, PhD CS 11, made the Technology Review TR35 list of influential people in technology under age 35. He cofounded Pindrop Security. Justin L. Burns, Bio 05, PhD Bio 10, received certificates of completion for an exclusive business
leadership program. Rebecca J. Clay, ME 04, joined Burns & McDonnell Southeast as a project manager and process engineer in its Water Practice department. Teman H. Cooke, PhD Phys 02, wrote a physics textbook, First Semester Physics Survival Guide: A Lifeline for the Reluctant Physics Student. John Michael Doyle, IE 05, finished as the top amateur in the open division in the Professional Disc Golf Association’s Prodiscus Dutch Open in Amsterdam. He lives in the Netherlands on a two-year work assignment. Nayan Jain, CM 09, founded Audax Health, which has offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and recently secured $21 million in funding. In July he was named a Presidential Innovation Fellow. Julie Kientz, PhD CS 08, made the
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