the Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. This award is presented by the Associated General Contractors of America and recognizes association excellence. Anderson is the president of Anderson Construction Company of Fort Gaines, Ga.
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Elizabeth Holmes, CE 89, is a finalist for the Women of the Year in Technology Award. Given by the Women in Technology, this award celebrates female technology executives for their accomplishments as leaders in business, visionaries of technology and women who make a difference in their communities. Holmes is SVP of IT Transformation and Global Quality Assurance at Elavon. L. Jackson McConnell, Mgt 88, is president of the Georgia Banker’s Association. He is also president and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Financial Corporation. Fay Cobb Payton, IE 89, published “Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing - A Professor's View on Digital and Social Inclusion." She is an associate professor, information systems, at North Carolina State University.
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Jeffrey W. Shaw, ME 88, was recently elected by the Virginia General Assembly to an eight-year term as a judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. He is the presiding circuit court judge in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Locust Hill, Va. Mike Skrynecki, BC 88, Mgt 88, won the 2014 Invest in Others Catalyst Award at the eighth annual Invest in Others Community Leadership Awards dinner in New York City. Skrynecki earned the honor for his work with the WiskottAldrich Foundation, which will receive a $20,000 donation from the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation. He is a certified financial planner and financial adviser with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
1. The Nikoukary family of Yellow Jackets gathered on campus for Georgia Tech Family Weekend this past fall. Left to right are: Greg Nikoukary, Mgt 16; Carol Nikoukary; Mark Nikoukary, IE 11; Kristin Nikoukary-Hitt, IA 09; Gary Nikoukary, IM 81; Alex Nikoukary, IE 17; and future Yellow Jacket Kevin Hitt. Not pictured: Nathaniel Hitt, Mgt 09. 2. Candy (Frederick) Houston, IE 98, MS IE 99, and Paul Houston, ME 97, MS ME 00, proudly wore their GT gear on vacation in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National parks this past September. 3. One hundred years and four generations of Yellow Jackets gathered in person and spirit, starting with Pierre Rouaud, left, a first year environmental engineering student at Tech; his father, Didier Rouaud, right, Ph.D. EE 92; and grandfather Henry Taylor V, center, CE 51. Pierre’s great grandfather Henry Taylor IV studied at Tech from 1914-16, and made an appearance in the 1915 Blueprint. GTALUMNIMAG.COM VOLUME 91 NO.1 2015
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