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Savoy Magazine recently named three Tech alumni among its "2014 Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America." They include: 1. Ralph Cleveland, ME 86, global head of customer operations for AIG Property and Casualty Insurance ; 2. Jerome Hamilton, IE 91, MS IL 02, vice president of Lean Six Sigma, Corporate Quality & Acquisition Integration at 3M; and 3. Bob Stargel, EE 83, vice president of global nonwovens for Kimberly-Clark Corp. and chair of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees. Savoy selected all three as exceptional examples of African-American achievers, influencers and executives facilitating global change through their leadership.
1. Kumar S. Rajan, ChE 97, and 4-year-old future Yellow Jacket Kiran wore matching Tech hats while strawberry picking in Shelton, Conn. 2. W. Wayne Wilbanks, BC 70, has traveled to Lom, Bulgaria, for the past seven years to volunteer for a local orphanage. Here he poses with Zoiko, one of the many kids in need with whom he’s formed strong bonds. 3. Members of the Georgia Tech San Antonio Alumni Network, led by Amy Avery, CE 01, proudly show off their renderings of the Tech Tower at a painting party, one of the group’s favorite events. 4. Though he’s now living in GB (Great Britain), Daren Pietsch, ME 91, displays his GT ties through the decal on the back window of his Audi. He only wishes it were a little bit bigger (the decal, not the car). 5. Members of the Hampton Roads GT Alumni Network get their grape with friends from Virginia Tech at a wine tasting event that helped raise scholarship monies at both schools. 6. Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson got out and about this summer. He toured the state of Georgia, and here he speaks with parents, alumni and friends at the Augusta GT Alumni reception. 7. The Northern California/ San Francisco GT Alumni Network gets ready to run before their Ghost Pi Mile event this past April. 8. Accepted Student Meet and Greets, like this one hosted by the San Diego GT Alumni Network, are a great way for alumni to connect with potential new Yellow Jackets. GTALUMNIMAG.COM VOLUME 90 NO.3 2014
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