Focus News Briefson Alumni & Friends 1970
Dave Burford has been named nuclear fleet security and emergency preparedness manager for Southern Nuclear. Burford is also a brigadier general in the Alabama National Guard and in 2001 was immediately mobilized after Sept. 11 as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Green Beret special operations force. He spent more than two years on active duty and served in several combat zones.
1980
Chris Broome was named general manager of the SmurfitStone Container Corp. paper mill in Ontonagon, Mich. He and his wife, Virginia, and daughter, Abby, are moving to Michigan. Rebecca Peterson, plant manager for Solutia Inc.’s nylon fiber plant in Cantonment, Fla., was featured in the St. Petersburg Times in a story about women who have “cracked the glass ceiling” in business. Peterson, her husband, Kyle, and their two children live in Pace, Fla.
1982
Wilbur Strickland Jr. has been appointed Science and Technology Director for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for Cadbury Schweppes. Strickland will lead scientists at 16 locations in those regions. He lives near London with his wife, Cindy, and sons, Blake and Brad.
1984
Kathy Pearson is the recipient of the Texas Chemical Council’s (TCC) A.D. Cypher’s Safety Professional of the Year (SPOTY) Award for 2004. Pearson is currently a senior risk analyst for Rohm and Haas Texas, in Deer Park.
1991
Janice Dodson Teske and her husband, Erich, announce the birth of a son Alexander, on Oct. 3. Alexander joins brother Andrew and sister Susanna at the family’s home in Chicago. Teske is a technical innovation knowledge manager with The Wrigley Co.
1995
Keisha Wilson Tanner and her husband, Tyrone, announce the birth of a daughter, Chelsea Tiana, on Sept. 26. Tanner is a project manager with BP. The family lives in Missouri City, Tex.
Bill Grieco (left), PhD ChE ‘92, Process Engineer in Monomer Research for Rohm and Haas, speaks with an undergraduate student during a mixer and information session the corporation sponsored on October 14. Rohm and Haas has donated almost $400,000 to Tech, mostly to ChBE. In the School, the corporation sponsors an award for an outstanding sophomore, and proceeds from their endowment assist with graduate student funding.
1996
Kimberly Cochran Kozakis and Jason Kozakis, announce the birth of a son, Alexander James, on Feb. 26. Kimberly is an environmental engineer with the Shaw Group and Jason is a management consultant for Mercer Management Consulting. The family lives in Chicago. Jay Curtin and Tiffany Dickey Curtin, CE ‘97, announce the birth of a daughter, Abigail Constance, on Dec. 29. Abigail joins brother Leo at the family’s home in Marietta, Ga. Jay is a radiologist with Emory University Hospital and Tiffany is a full-time mother.
1999
Jennifer Stoudt received her MBA in April from the University of Florida. She and her husband, Damon Woodson, are residents of St. Petersburg, Fla.
2000
Allison Dickey and John Stalvey were married July 31 in Forsyth, Ga. Dickey is a senior business analyst at Delta Technology in Atlanta. They live in Hapeville, Ga. 11
Graduate and undergraduate participants in the ExxonMobil Success Program in ChBE recently met for lunch on campus with corporate representatives to provide feedback about their activities in this dynamic initiative. Guests from ExxonMobil included Bing Kao, ChE ‘97 (front row, far left); Ken Lee, Truman Bell, Charlie Dickson, ChE ‘87, MS Env ‘01 (back row, from far left); and Gerald McElvy (back row, 2nd from right). Under the leadership of Prof. Sue Ann Bidstrup-Allen (front row, third from left), Associate Chair for Student Initiatives and Executive Assistant to President Clough, the program provides mentoring, study help, and professional development assistance to students, as well as sponsors guest speakers from academia and business. Lee Suber and Kelly Points, Mgt ‘00, were married June 5, 2004. Lee graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in May and Kelly is a communication coordinator at a non-profit trade association in Raleigh, N.C. The couple live in Durham.
DEATHS 1943
Mr. Francis S. Dennis, Jr. of Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 3, 2005.
1955
James F. Rutledge of Smithville, Tex., on March 2, 2004.