Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering 1996 Annual Report [text version]

Whiting School of Engineering 1996 Annual Report

Reason to Celebrate

The period covered by the 1996 Annual Report witnessed many special occasions in development and alumni relations efforts. The ongoing work of alumni and friends who volunteered their time and talents resulted in more support than ever for engineering at Johns Hopkins, both in contributions and new and continued programming. The list below features a selected group of the numerous accomplishments during the past 18 months.

1995

January Two engineering alumni received University awards: Michael Bloomberg ’64 was recognized with the Distinguished Alumnus Award and Paul Cox ’59’70 was honored with the Alumni Heritage Award.

March The family of Julian Sinclair Smith ’52 pledged $2 million to endow a chair in electrical engineering and to renovate the Barton Hall Lobby. Smith founded the Sinclair Broadcast Group, currently the seventh-largest company of its kind in the country.

April The Society of Engineering Alumni (SEA) Washington, D.C. Regional Committee hosted one of its most popular events at the Russian Embassy, where 170 alumni and guests gathered to hear a discussion of collaborative research opportunities between the U.S. and Russia.

May The Engineering Campaign Challenge Committee was initiated and began raising major gifts for the Whiting School’s $50 million Designing for Technological Leadership campaign.

June Alumni from across the country gathered to recognize M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman ’49 for his lifelong service to geography and environmental engineering. Wolman chaired the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering from 1970 to 1990.

September Duane LeVine ’56’58 presented the keynote address at the first Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, an annual event organized by the students that brings industrial representatives to Homewood to discuss the students’ research projects.

Jim McClaine ’63 established a young engineering alumni challenge to raise contributions for the Maryland/Krieger renovations.

October The $900 million Johns Hopkins Initiative campaign marked the end of its first year with $413 million, or 46 percent of the total, raised.

Michael Bloomberg announced his magnificent $55 million gift to the University, which included $15 million for engineering.

Allan Huston ’66 assisted in securing a $1 million pledge from PepsiCo for the Newton H. White Athletic Center.

The SEA began its fourth year, with five subcommittees that address issues in communications, development, faculty relations, nominating, and student relations, and six regional subcommittees.

November Baltimore’s World Trade Center was the site of the annual Whiting Leadership Reception, an event that acknowledges the significant support provided by alumni and friends.

The SEA established a homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.jhu.edu/~engalum/ thanks to the efforts of Larry Kenney ’78.

1996

January Four alumni were honored with University awards: Charles Miller ’40 and Mark Rubenstein ’62 received the Alumni Heritage Award and Kenneth Keller ’63’64 and Gil Levin ’47’48’63 won the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

The Whiting School received substantial gifts from the estates of Acheson Duncan, a professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and Cruikshank Stewart ’28.

Gordon Croft ’56 designed and presented the Intersession course, Educating for Technological Leadership—Financial Strategies.

The Summer Work Experience Program began its third year in matching undergraduates and local companies in internships.

February The Whiting School delivered the first issue of EngineeringNEWS, a monthly electronic publication designed to keep alumni and others informed of the accomplishments of the School and its faculty and students.

Alumni and guests attended Whiting School Today, a day-long event that allowed participants to keep abreast of engineering at Johns Hopkins, including the opportunity to meet with faculty and students.

March The Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering presented the first Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Lecture in Environmental Management. Ted Schad ’39 established the lecture to honor his late wife, Kay, and to provide continuing growth in the field of policy studies.

April The Society of Engineering Alumni initiated new alumni groups in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida, areas with the assistance of Tom Kegelman ’53, Ed Baker ’69’72, and Lew Miller ’57’61.

May Headed by campaign chair Mark Rubenstein ’62, the Engineering Campaign Leadership Committee was initiated and met as the Whiting School’s volunteer campaign steering group. The renovations to the Barton Hall Lobby were completed and, in a ceremony attended by the Smith family, the lobby was dedicated in the name of Julian Sinclair Smith.

June The Biomedical Engineering Campaign Committee met for the first time, chaired by Andrew Bozzelli ’53.

Renovations to Krieger Hall were completed.