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PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2014 Annual Report
A MESSAGE FROM GEORGIA TECH PRESIDENT G.P. “BUD” PETERSON
Each year, Georgia Tech brings in close to 2,800 first-
Like all Georgia Tech students, they benefit from an
year students who enthusiastically accept the “Tech
innovative support system that challenges them to stretch
Challenge” by striving to not only meet but also exceed
in ways they probably couldn’t have imagined before
the demands of Georgia Tech’s rigorous curriculum. Among
they arrived. Georgia Tech’s world-class professors serve
them is a cohort of 50 President’s Scholars, selected
as guides and interviewers during the selection process.
for this honor because of their outstanding academic
Outstanding faculty and staff across the campus provide
record and because they excel in leadership and service
intellectual, service-oriented, and leadership development
endeavors. This year, we have more than 200 President’s
that has helped yield tens of thousands of dollars for
Scholars on campus, all intent on making an indelible
charity. The program has produced Rhodes and Marshall
impact on the world around them.
scholars, inventors, entrepreneurs — and the list goes on.
Our President’s Scholars are a very select group of students,
chosen from the many outstanding students who apply to
Georgia Tech. The demands on them are numerous: First,
they must apply by the Early Action deadline in October,
Alumni commit time and energy to a national selection
process, and their generous philanthropic support has
enabled the program — and the endowment upon which
it is built — to thrive.
almost a year before they will actually start classes. The more
In the following pages, you can read about “a year in the
than 12,000 applicants in that category are then pared down
life” of our President’s Scholars. Please take a few moments
to about 600 semifinalists through a rigorous selection
to delve into the remarkable ways in which these dedicated
process that considers their academic record, writing
young people are improving Georgia Tech and the world
ability, leadership skills, and extracurricular activities.
around them!
From that group, 100 finalists are chosen, about 50 of
whom are eventually offered the President’s Scholarship.
Sincerely,
We look at the President’s Scholarship not as a reward
for the recipients’ high school accomplishments, through
which they’ve already distinguished themselves, but
rather as an investment in what they will do to make our
campus community and the world around them a better
place. Before they even set foot on the Georgia Tech campus,
they have already shown that they embrace the program’s
hallmark pillars of scholarship, leadership, progress, and
service. Through the President’s Scholarships, our goal is
to encourage and nurture that passion and harness their
many talents.
G.P. “Bud” Peterson
President, Georgia Institute of Technology
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION AT A GLANCE
12,000
Applicants
Finalists
Semifinalists
AVERAGE
GPA 4.29
(weighting allows for an average above 4.0)
SAT 2264
(three-part)
AP/IB Courses 11.6
REPRESENTING
17
States and Territories
Not shown: one foreign country and Puerto Rico
11
Georgia Counties
45
High
Schools
2
100
583
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
10
47
Stamps
Leadership
Scholars
President’s
Scholars
CLASS COMPOSITION
African American: 6%
Female
55%
Hispanic: 10%
Asian: 29%
Male
45%
Caucasian: 55%
COLLEGES REPRESENTED
3
Scheller College of
Business
1
4
College of
Computing
Ivan Allen College of
Liberal Arts
6
33
College of
Engineering
College of
Sciences
OTHER UNIVERSITY OFFERS DECLINED
BY INCOMING PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS
Private Universities
Public Universities
No. 5
Stanford University
No. 1University of California-Berkeley
No. 5
University of Chicago (University Scholarship)
No. 7
Duke University
No. 2University of California-Los Angeles
(Achievement Scholarship)
No. 7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No. 7
University of Pennsylvania
No. 12
Johns Hopkins University
(Westgate Scholarship)
No. 3University of Virginia (University Achievement
Award and Access Scholarship II)
No. 4
University of Michigan
No. 5
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
No. 14
Washington University in St. Louis (Arnold J.
Lien Scholarship and Moog Scholarship)
No. 6College of William & Mary
(Monroe Scholarship)
No. 16Cornell University (McMullen Scholarship
and Hunter R. Rawlings III Presidential
Research Scholarship)
No. 8Pennsylvania State University
(Engineering Merit Scholarship)
No. 17 Vanderbilt University
No. 11University of Illinois
(University Achiever’s Scholarship)
No. 18
Rice University (Trustee Distinguished
Scholarship and Century Scholars Program)
No. 12University of Wisconsin
(Engineering Scholarship)
No. 18
University of Notre Dame (Provost’s
Scholarship and University Scholarship)
No. 14University of Florida (Full ride)
*Rankings by U.S. News & World Report 2015; for context, Georgia Tech is ranked No. 4 among undergraduate engineering programs, No. 7 among
public universities, and No. 35 nationally among all universities.
PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
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Clockwise from top left: Third-years Silvia Vaca, Rachel Puechner, Virginia Collier, Joe Boltri, and Beth Carpenter on their class retreat in Panama City in February; Nick Selby
and Mia Weinstein at the U.S. Naval Academy’s Leadership Conference, open to Stamps Scholars from various schools across the country; Dylan Radford trimming branches
at Ebenezer Baptist Church as part of the MLK Jr. “Day On” of service in which President’s Scholars give back to the community; Scholars kayak in the Adriatic Sea off the
coast of Croatia during the ASK Balkans leadership and scholarship expedition; Scholars engage in service during the MLK holiday; Anna Woodmansee, Kevin Okseniuk,
Christine Gebara, and Joseph Mattingly at the International Planetary Probe Workshop at CalTech in Los Angeles; Angela Vujić, ASK Balkans trip committee chair, above the
small town of Livno in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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DEVELOPING SCHOLARS
The pillars of scholarship, leadership, progress, and service
form the base of a launch pad from which President’s Scholars
can soar higher than they would unaided, contributing to the
improvement of Georgia Tech and our world. Our programmatic
approach strengthens scholars’ skills related to these pillars,
and fosters both individual intellectual growth and societal
improvement.
ENRICHMENT GRANTS
In 2013, the President’s Scholars program began a new initiative
to provide financial support to President’s Scholars for a variety
of academic, intellectual, and professional purposes. Students
may apply for funds to attend an academic conference to present
research, a professional conference, or cultural and intellectual
events. Students receive an endorsement from a faculty member
to attain academic grants. For the events, one or more faculty
members typically attend with the President’s Scholars. They
may also attend ORGT (Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech)
Adventure Programs if at least three students sign up together.
Enrichment grants are funded through private support directed
to the President’s Scholarship Program. Stamps Leadership
Scholars are provided with annual enrichment grants as a part of
their scholarship from the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation.
•M
issy Pittard, Sid Sinha. Science and Engineering Conference:
“Science and Technology for the Developing World.”
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
•N
eil Prasad, Brian Shin. George Mason University’s Institute
for Humane Studies’ Weekend Exploring Liberty seminar.
Clemson University, South Carolina.
•B
ennett Garland**, Janani Raj, Kelsey Roberts, Carah
Stark, Zach Steinfeld**. Undergraduate Scholars Program
Administrators Association Student Summit. St. Mary’s
University, San Antonio, Texas.
•J
oey Rogero. Teaching Bridge-in-a-Day (multiple students
participated).
*T
his student is a Bradley-Turner Servant Leadership Scholar and was
supported jointly by that scholarship program.
** T
hese students are Dean’s Scholars within the Scheller College of
Business and were supported by the President’s Scholarship Program
jointly with that scholarship program.
Approved Proposals 2013-14
•N
ick Selby, Mia Weinstein. Leadership Conference. U.S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
•D
avid Alman, Abby Harrover, Trey Sides, Bradley Smith.
Foreign Affairs Conference: “Human Security in the
Information Age.” U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
•P
aul Anderson*, Charlie Bryant, Beth Carpenter, Abby
Harrover, Nairita Nandy, Nick Selby. Robert K. Greenleaf Center
for Servant Leadership 23rd Annual Conference. Indianapolis,
Indiana.
•C
handler Barre, Chris Healy, Nicole Kennard.
ORGT Adventure Programs.
•Q
uinton Bruch. Dalai Lama Talk. Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia. Supported by Dr. Russell Gentry,
College of Architecture (12 scholars attended).
•S
ara Dada, Arush Lal. Boston Area Model United
Nations Conference. Boston University.
• Ronnie Foreman (Class Retreat). ORGT Challenge Course.
•C
hristine Gebara, Josh Lee. International Space
Development Conference. Los Angeles, California.
•C
hristine Gebara, Joseph Mattingly, Kevin Okseniuk,
Anna Woodmansee. International Planetary Probe Workshop.
California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, California.
• Tyler Harmon, Silvia Vaca. Bodies Exhibit and Dinner.
Supported by Dr. Jeremy Ackerman.
•K
arthik Nathan. Society for Biomaterials Annual Conference.
Denver, Colorado. Supported by Dr. Johnna Temenoff,
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Top: Sofia Blasini of Puerto Rico with her parents during President’s Scholars Finalist Weekend in
March 2014. Bottom: Stamps Leadership Scholars on their retreat focused on “Thinking In The
Gray,” in Panama City in April.
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Within Georgia Tech’s Strategic Plan, expanding our global
footprint and influence is one of the primary goals. For the
President’s Scholars Program, this can take many forms,
including study or work abroad, service expeditions, and
academic study trips. The Reginald S. Fleet Scholarships and
Stamps Leadership Scholars Enrichment Funds generously
provide funding for international experiences. Unless otherwise
noted, the Scholars named below traveled abroad in Summer 2014.
ASK Balkans (ORGT-PSP leadership/academic
expedition to Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia)
International Academic Search for Knowledge (ASK) trips are
unique experiences offered exclusively for President’s Scholars by
the President’s Scholarship Program (PSP) office in conjunction
with Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT). Like the domestic
versions, run by PSP only, the international complement expects
that Scholars will work with faculty consultants to ask — and
find answers to — an overarching question that serves as the
intellectual framework for the trip. In this case, it was, “How have
the history, geology, and geography of this region affected its
modern culture and political landscape?” The first half of the trip
focused on backpacking and sea kayaking in Croatia as well as
conducting informal interviews with local citizens; the latter half
was conducted within the urban environs of Bosnia and Serbia.
Ben Ashby (1st Yr)
Chandler Barre (1st Yr, Jr. Expedition Leader, PSP/ORGT)
Claire Bergman (3rd Yr)
Parker Buntin (2nd Yr)
Virginia Collier (3rd Yr)
Preston Culbertson (2nd Yr)
Alison Foreman (1st Yr)
Allie George (4th Yr)
Frederick Grimm (4th Yr)
Kyle Hendrix (4th Yr)
Savannah Holcomb (1st Yr)
Nicole Kennard (1st Yr)
Ahsan Khan (Sr. Expedition Leader, ORGT)
Rachel Puechner (3rd Yr)
Kelsey Roberts (3rd Yr)
Peter Schnaak (3rd Yr)
Trey Sides (3rd Yr)
Andy Smith (4th Yr)
Lara Tucci (3rd Yr)
Angela Vujić (2nd Yr, Student Planning Chair, PSP)
Andrew Warren (4th Yr, Jr. Expedition Leader, PSP/ORGT)
Hugh Crawford (Professor, Literature, Media, and
Communication)
David Knobbe (Administrator, ORGT)
Chaffee Viets (Administrator, PSP)
Loren Williams (Professor, Biochemistry)
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Georgia Tech-Lorraine (Study Abroad in France)
Samantha Acevedo
Michael Baldwin
Luke Dinges
Alisha Goel
Chris Healy
Wil Hergenrader
Lydia Hylton
Ben Murray
Katheryn Stephens
Sara Tuell
Amanda Grace Wall (Spring 2014)
Mia Weinstein
Lauren Winston (Spring 2014)
Language, Business, and Technology (LBAT) Programs
(Study Abroad)
Mexico/Ecuador
Luke Alexander
Sara Dada
Kanchi Patel
Spain
Deeti Pithadia
Angela Vuji
Oxford Summer Program (Study Abroad)
Sarah Both
Courtney Burton
Rachel Corbin
Sarah Dennis
Forrest Mercier
Nairita Nandy
Janani Raj
Joey Rogero
Brian Shin
Sarah Stevens
Shelby White
Pacific Program (Study Abroad Spring 2014)
Abby Harrover
Lydia Hylton
Bonnie Rowland
Other Programs
Savannah Andersen and Maya Goldman, Nicaragua
(service abroad, Spring Break 2014)
Nick Barker, Israel (study abroad, academic year 2013-14)
Austin Beacham and Andrea Vetrone, Spain, Centro de Lenguas
Modernas Program (study abroad, Spring 2014)
Tanner Blumer, United Kingdom, independent writing project
(Spring 2014)
Jasmine Burton, Brazil (service abroad)
Weatherly Langsett, Brussels EU and Transatlantic Relations
(internship in Belgium)
Trisha Pintavord, France, Sciences Po Exchange Program
(Spring 2014)
Jay Shah, Georgia Tech BEST Lyon (study abroad in France)
Kara Strasser, Australia (study abroad, Spring 2014)
Marnie Williams, Georgia Tech Ireland, BME/AE Limerick Program
(study abroad in Ireland)
Clockwise from top left: ASK Balkans participants explore the site of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo (former Yugoslavia); David McCandless enjoying time outdoors during his
study abroad semester in Chile; Trey Sides takes a flight over Stone Mountain as part of an outing with the Georgia Tech Flying Club; Jake Andersen lights a sparkler during a PS
social activity; Madeleyne Vaca conducts research at the world’s largest panda reserve in Chengdu, China, during Georgia Tech’s Chinese Language, Business, and Technology (LBAT)
program; Trish Pintavorn takes a moment to rest in Greece.
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CLASS RETREATS
Cohorts of President’s Scholars hold annual expeditions or
retreats based on the pillars of the program:
First-Year Retreat – “Leadership” (two-part sequence)
Incoming Scholars were given the opportunity to undertake
10-person “Tech Trek” expeditions in which they learn
leadership and team-building skills as part of an outdoor
expedition. Similar to experiences offered by organizations like
Outward Bound or NOLS, Tech Treks are student-led trips
overseen by Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT). This year’s
destinations included the southeastern United States, Alaska,
the Canadian Rockies, and Scotland. Special thanks go to ORGT
administrators David Knobbe and Matthew Marcus, as well as a
host of student expedition leaders.
Expedition Facilitators
Alaska – Joe Boltri, Andrea Vetrone
Canadian Rockies – Austin Beacham, Abby Harrover
Scotland – Jacline Griffeth, Frederick Grimm
Southeast U.S. – Jaya Janadhyala, Marnie Williams
At the conclusion of the PS Tech Treks, all 50 President’s
Scholars came together for a full class retreat in Amicalola Falls
State Park in northern Georgia. They continued their exploration
of leadership and learned about the PSP’s expectations for them
once they set foot on campus in the fall: not merely to perform
academically, but to embrace their passions and contribute
meaningfully to the world around them; “to strive not merely for
success, but for true significance in impact” (Billiee PendletonParker, assistant director).
Retreat Leaders
Allison Brackin, Frederick Grimm, Chris Thompson
Retreat Facilitators
Pranaya Chilukuri
Luke Dinges
Wil Hergenrader
Kelsey Maloney
Ben Murray
Karthik Nathan
Missy Pittard
Bonnie Rowland
Kara Strasser
Palavi Vaidya
Second-Year Retreat – “Service”
Planning Committee
Charlie Bryant
Tom Conte, faculty guide
Connor Donovan, chair
Nairita Nandy
Janani Raj
The second-year President’s Scholars chose to explore different
types of service and to discuss their experiences giving back
to Georgia Tech thus far, as well as their aspirations to “pay it
forward” in the future. Philanthropy is woven into the program
— Scholars recognize, and learn from, the significant role that
alumni and friends have played in building and sustaining it
through their generosity and vision. In addition to sessions
on teamwork, the Scholars put their words into action by
volunteering with the National Divine Spiritual Church in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District on the MLK Jr. Day of
Service. While helping with repairs and improvements to the
facility, the Scholars also heard a powerful testimonial from
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two individuals who were personally involved in the civil rights
movement in Atlanta.
Third-Year Retreat – “Scholarship”
Planning Committee
Lanie Damon, special guest
Kavya Muddukumar, chair
Kate Overstreet
Anjaly Poruthoor
Conrad Rybka
Christine Valle, faculty guide
Scholarship implies so much more than earning high grades. For
that reason, the third-year President’s Scholars focused on their
intellectual responsibility to society and finding passion in their
career choices. Lanie Damon of Georgia Tech’s Center for Career
Discovery and Development helped guide the students through
a values clarification exercise, and Christine Valle, director of
Women in Engineering, discussed post-baccalaureate careers in
academia. Finally, the third-year Scholars discussed the role of
intellectual dialogue in addressing controversial societal issues —
and the importance of including ethical underpinnings in
such debates.
Fourth-Year Retreat – “Progress”
Planning Committee
Ronnie Foreman, chair
Randy McDow, former director and special guest
The seniors are particularly adept at assessing the impact they
have made during their time at Georgia Tech and pondering the
contributions they hope to make to the world going forward.
The fourth-year retreat — the first one in the recent history of
the program — focused on highlighting the value of “progress,”
the first half of Georgia Tech’s motto. The seniors discussed
the Georgia Tech network and what it means to look ahead,
from drawing on past successes and failures to relying on one
another for professional insight, entrepreneurial inspiration, and
support. As a collective, they are now better equipped to take the
knowledge they gained here into their professional lives, and to
make a more significant mark on their communities.
GT1000
Team Leaders (“TECHsperts”)
Beth Carpenter, Deeti Pithadia (“Scholarship”)
Jacline Griffeth, David McCandless (“Leadership”)
Kate Overstreet, Katie Pokrant (“Progress”)
Christine Gebara, Steven Seligsohn (“Service”)
Russell Gentry, faculty guide
Billiee Pendleton-Parker, instructor
The structure of President’s Scholars’ sections of GT1000 has
morphed over the years in attempts to find the best fit for our
students. This year was no exception. In the planning process,
former and newly selected team leaders helped to construct
an improved, focused, and more purposeful curriculum.
Upperclassmen leaders who guide the direction of the class were
dubbed “TECHsperts.” Each one was responsible for presenting
class sessions on one of the four pillars that comprise the
program’s developmental foundations: scholarship, leadership,
progress, and service. Several guest speakers participated,
including Sarah Perkins in Leadership and Civic Engagement,
and Dr. Kathryn Meehan, GT Fellowships.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Each semester, on multiple occasions, the President’s
Scholarship Program works with internal and external experts
in professional development to deliver seminars to President’s
Scholars and other outstanding student leaders on campus.
Last year’s events included:
• “Gold Medal Communication,” Alan Hoffler,
MillsWyck Communications
• “Connecting: Networking As a Leadership Skill,”
Chaffee Viets, PSP director
• “Building Your Resume 2.0,” Lauren McDow,
Scheller College of Business
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usiness Etiquette Dinner (sponsored by Accenture),
Lara O’Connor Hodgson, Georgia Tech alumna,
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SERVICE ACTIVITY
Service has always been a hallmark of Georgia Tech, something
that Tech students and alumni exemplify through genuine
caring in their work and personal time. This attribute, coupled
with progress, is emblazoned on the Institute’s seal. President’s
Scholars come to Tech with a history of serving, and many
of them continue that tradition here. They bring leadership,
enthusiasm, experience, energy, and more to myriad on- and
off-campus community service projects and research-related
initiatives. The President’s Scholars strive for problem solving
and success for the greater good, not merely for the individual.
A sampling of projects* in which President’s Scholars
were involved this year:
AIDS Walk
Hands On Atlanta Day (Golden Living Center/nursing home)
Hot Chocolate 15/5-K Run for the Ronald McDonald House
Into the Streets (freshmen only, through MOVE)
MLK National Day of Service (National Divine Spiritual Church/
MLK Historic District)
Moving Day: Parkinson’s Foundation
TEAM Buzz
Tech Beautification Day
Women’s Day of Service
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
*Assistant Director Billiee Pendleton-Parker served as the advisor or keynote
speaker for more than half of these events.
Top: Hayley Tsuchiyama with her father at President’s Scholarship Weekend; Shelby White, Nick Picon, and Chaffee Viets, PSP director, converse during the annual reception for
Stamps Leadership Scholars held October 2013.
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STAMPS LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS
The Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholarship
is a merit scholarship that has been awarded to the top 10-12
President’s Scholars at Tech every year since 2006. Stamps
Leadership Scholars receive a full-ride scholarship, an international travel stipend, an internship/research stipend, a 10-day
outdoor leadership expedition, and an opportunity to participate
in the new, biennial Stamps Retreat aimed at developing the
Scholars into better leaders.
The Stamps Leadership Scholarship is awarded to well-rounded
students who show great promise for pursuing scholarship,
leadership, progress, and service at Georgia Tech, and
demonstrate great perseverance and innovation. Scholars have
visited every continent. For example, Frederick Grimm and
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Veronica Foreman conducted research in Antarctica this year. In
addition, Jacline Griffeth was elected Ms. Georgia Tech; Nicholas
Picon, undergraduate student body president, was awarded a
Marshall Scholarship; and Joseph Boltri interned at the Carter
Center and met the former president at his home. Nicholas Selby
earned international fame with his speech at Tech’s New Student
Convocation in August 2013. Stamps Scholar alumni have gone
on to work for companies such as McKinsey & Company, and to
pursue post-undergraduate degrees at Harvard Business School,
Oxford University, and the University of Michigan’s medical school.
In 2015, Georgia Tech will host the biennial Stamps Scholars
National Convention, a three-day leadership summit. More than
600 current Stamps Scholars from 40 colleges and universities
around the country will be invited to Atlanta for this event.
STAMPS SCHOLARS RETREAT
Planning Committee:
Frederick Grimm, 2010
Trey Sides, 2011
Sidhartha Sinha, 2011
Max Bruccoleri, 2013
William J. “Bill” Todd, IM 1971, Stamps faculty guide
The biennial Stamps Retreat, an opportunity for Scholars to
grow beyond the classroom, convened this year in Panama City
Beach, Florida. Thirty Scholars from five classes came together to
reconnect and grow professionally. Mentored by Professor of the
Practice Bill Todd (business administration), the Scholars focused
on the idea of “Thinking in the Gray.”
The distinction of being Stamps Leadership Scholars at Georgia
Tech comes with a certain level of intellectual and social
complexity that asks them to reach far beyond the academic
curriculum in their pursuits. Stamps Leadership Scholars must
learn to combine mental acuity with a determined spirit to
become effective leaders. An integral aspect of effective leadership
is in their decision-making, especially as the problems society
faces today do not have simple or absolute answers. There exists
a middle ground in which great leaders must operate to find the
best solution.
This Stamps Retreat challenged the Scholars’ boundaries
through carefully guided exercises. It encouraged them to
become more introspective about their ambitions and their
decisions. The conclusion allowed Scholars to apply all they had
learned throughout the weekend to solve a real-world case study.
The retreat was an opportunity for the Stamps Scholars to add a
dimension of depth to their leadership, and it was made possible
by E. Roe and Penny Stamps and the Institute.
Stamps Scholars in action, clockwise from top left: Ronnie Foreman (center) with Frederick Grimm (right) and Eli Scott, a Stamps Scholar from the University of Georgia (left), on an
expedition to Antarctica in Winter 2013-14); Jacline Griffeth and Frederick Grimm explore Bobby Dodd Stadium this past spring; Arjun Meka and Anirudh Sundararaghavan celebrate
after Spring Commencement; first-years Courtney Burton, Sarah Both, and Mia Weinstein don “Rat Caps” during the first-year Convocation, an annual tradition welcoming new
students to Georgia Tech; astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson poses with Stamps Scholar and student body president Nick Picon after Tyson’s lecture at Georgia Tech.
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TALKING ABOUT TALKING
Nick Selby, Stamps Leadership Scholar
Whether you know him as the YouTube phenomenon, the
“You Can Do That” kid, or the Convocation speaker who
concluded by yelling, “I am doing that!” as the theme from
2001: A Space Odyssey played in the background, you have
probably heard of the Georgia Tech student who made college
student speaker history. He has been featured on CNN, the
Huffington Post, and FOX News. He was included in YouTube’s
mashup of 2013 highlights, a video that has had more than 99
million views. His image has even expanded internationally; on
his summer adventures in China, he was approached as “that kid
in the video.”
We know him as Nick Selby. Nick, who has soft contacts and
doesn’t know what “toric” means. Nick, who comes to the
President’s Scholarship Program “Living Room” to hang out
with his “other mom,” Billiee Pendleton-Parker, whom he met
on his First-Year scholarship retreat. Nick, the 20-year-old from
Phoenix, Arizona, who says that if he could do one thing with his
life, he would remove money from politics to enable people to act
with pure intentions. Nick, who memorized the entire “elements
of the periodic table” song in the first grade. He is also one of the
first two “walk-on” Stamps Leadership Scholars — outstanding
Georgia Tech students admitted to the program as second- or
third-year students (the other is Savannah Andersen). Here’s
what else we know about Nick Selby.
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Math (Differential Equations)
Why Georgia Tech?
Nick chose to apply to Georgia Tech because he heard it was a
great school. When he found out he had received the President’s
Scholarship, it “sealed the deal” on his commitment to Tech.
Where did he acquire his interest in public speaking?
Just like any middle-school story, eighth-grade Nick tried out for
a play in order to spend more time with a girl he had a crush on.
Nick landed the lead role in the disco-style version of Comedy
of Errors.
“It was a blast. It was crazy and weird, and I loved it,”
recalls Nick.
His passion for public speaking continued throughout high
school, where he performed in poetry slams and 10-minute
monologue competitions.
What is his favorite thing about public speaking?
According to Nick, it is “the ability to command an audience.
Taking them from ‘now you will feel sad’ to ‘now you will laugh
at my jokes.’”
The source of his public speaking voice?
Nick credits his public speaking skills to genetics and to training.
As he puts it, his deep voice (inherited from his father) is one of
the factors that contribute to his compelling public speaking voice.
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Future goals with his public speaking?
Nick says that his public speaking skill serves a couple of
purposes. First, it is “good for professional stuff” such as
conferences, interaction with colleagues, presenting projects
at work, etc. Second, Nick uses his speaking experiences to
coach others. He even mentored the speaker for Tech’s 2014
Convocation.
Nick’s best piece of advice to the speaker? Be original and try not
to emulate what he did in 2013. He advised the speaker to create
a completely different experience for the incoming first-year
students, one that they would remember as their own.
Regarding the impact he has had at Tech:
Everybody expects great things from this young and extremely
promising public speaker. When we asked him about the impact
he has had on the student body and on Tech’s reputation, he
humbly responded, “To be honest, I don’t know if I would say it
was a significant impact … yet.”
One thing is sure. Leadership, one of the pillars of the President’s
Scholarship Program, is fueled by great communication. Nick’s
talent as a public speaker is part and parcel of his leadership
and his charisma.
Clockwise from top left: Nick Picon emcees the Stamps Leadership Scholars annual reception with E. Roe Stamps IV; Frederick Grimm shares a personal story of gratitude for
his scholarship at the Stamps reception; Nick Selby, PSP Assistant Director Billiee Pendleton-Parker, and Savannah Andersen at a Halloween reception at the Historic Academy
of Medicine.
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MEET THE PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS
2014 Entering Class
Tsion Mesfin Assaye
Connor Henry Brown
Brian Huynh Do
William Woocheol Jun
Rodney C. Adkins
President’s Scholarship
Biomedical Engineering
Mountain View High School
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps
IV Leadership Scholarship
Computer Science
Millard North High School
Omaha, Nebraska
Penelope W. and E. Roe
Stamps IV Leadership Scholarship
Mechanical Engineering
Strawberry Crest High School
Plant City, Florida
David C. Garrett Jr.
Aerospace Engineering
Suncoast Community
High School
Jupiter, Florida
Lauren Brooke Aycock
Dorothy Anne Cannella
Grant Tarleton Ethridge
Kesha Kanakiya
North Gwinnett High School
Atlanta, Georgia
Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps
IV Leadership Scholarship
Computer Science
Centennial High School
Roswell, Georgia
Harold Couch
Douglas County High School
Villa Rica, Georgia
Lloyd O. Harris Jr.
Business Administration
Atlanta International School
Atlanta, Georgia
Sofia Beatriz Blasini
Savita Carolyn Chapman
Ann Elizabeth Johnson
Claire Frances Kirkpatrick
D. William Brosnan
Industrial Engineering
Academia Del Perpetuo Socorro
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Class of 1965
Maryville High School
Maryville, Tennessee
Columbus High School
Columbus, Georgia
R. Joe Taylor
Valdosta High School
Valdosta, Georgia
Grace Brosofsky
Hasit DeWan
Melissa Jeannette Johnson
Saurabh Kumar
Lloyd O. Harris Jr.
Environmental Engineering
Georgia Cyber Academy
Buford, Georgia
Lloyd O. Harris Jr.
Peachtree Ridge High School
Duluth, Georgia
Lloyd O. Harris Jr.
Biochemistry
Dacula High School
Dacula, Georgia
Computer Science
Illinois Math and Science Academy
Palatine, Illinois
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Savannah Elizabeth Lee
Yoonju Moon
Akinade Okemakinde
Sergio Alexander Parra
Robert H. Ferst
Biochemistry
Lovett School
Atlanta, Georgia
Robert H. Ferst
Biology
North Oconee High School
Bogart, Georgia
Robert H. Ferst
Biology
Lee County High School
Albany, Georgia
Stamps IV Leadership
Scholarship
Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Mill Creek High School
Auburn, Georgia
Roshni Anuj Malde
Savannah Ashley Morgan
Julianne Denice Oliver
Fred and Susie Donovan
Civil Engineering
Southside High School
Greer, South Carolina
D. William Brosnan
Providence Day School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Robert H. Ferst
Biochemistry
North Forsyth High School
Cumming, Georgia
Tessa Maren Powers
Sivabalan Manivasagam
Scholarship
Rockford Senior High School
Rockford, Michigan
Ryan Joseph Norris
Michael Christopher O’Mara
D. William Brosnan
Chemical and
Texas Academy of
Math and Science
Plano, Texas
D. William Brosnan
Great Valley High School
Eagle Creek, Oregon
Electrical Engineering
Loudoun Valley High School
Hamilton, Virginia
Megan Tamazine Miller
Dillon Joseph Notz
Hannah Margaret Orr
Rahul Raina
Cynthia F. and John T.
Slaughter President’s
Scholarship
Chemical and
Cumberland Valley High School
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
John R. Hollingsworth
Westover Comprehensive
High School
Albany, Georgia
Charles R. Livingston
St. Edward’s College
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Class of 1951
Computer Science
Jamesville-Dewitt
High School
Jamesville, New York
Riley Marie Poynter
Chemical and
Collins Hill High School
Suwanee, Georgia
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Kaitlin Michael Rizk
Rikhil Ritesh Shah
Aaron Payne Stansell
Hunter Dorsey Ubersox
Class of 1968
Strongsville High School
Strongsville, Ohio
Joseph M. Dallavalle
Peachtree Ridge High School
Duluth, Georgia
Class of 1957
Nuclear and
Radiological Engineering
Homewood High School
Birmingham, Alabama
Donald James Deiters
Charlotte Country Day School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Alex Saad-Falcon
Viral Ashwin Shah
Allison Marie Stauffer
Michael Patrick Van Akin
Mitchell Lukin
Savannah Arts Academy
Savannah, Georgia
Suraj Sehgal
Scholarship
Liberal Arts
Alpharetta High School
Alpharetta, Georgia
Melissa L. Murray
Gwinnett School of Math,
Science, and Technology
Duluth, Georgia
Louis C. Bodenheimer
Biology
Brookwood High School
Thomasville, Georgia
Emma Caroline Smith
Akash Himanshu Thaker
Rinell Family
International Affairs
Centennial High School
Roswell, Georgia
Louis C. Bodenheimer
Westlake High School
Austin, Texas
Sarah Selim
Mahalakshmi Srinivasan
Hayley Arin Tsuchiyama
Ronald L. Martin
Menchville High School
Newport News, Virginia
Scholarship
Dublin Jerome High School
Dublin, Ohio
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Scholarship
Chemical and
Shorewood High School
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
New Fairfield High School
New Fairfield, Connecticut
Sydney Rae Webb
David A. Bottoms
Sequoyah High School
Woodstock, Georgia
2010 ENTERING CLASS
Norquata Dalise Allen
Melanie Cols
Ron and Beth Slaymaker President’s Scholarship
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Norquata will graduate in May 2015.
David A. Bottoms President’s Scholarship
Columbus, Georgia
Business Administration; certificate: Finance
Melanie will be working for Alvarez & Marsal in Atlanta.
Hayden Richards Asquith
Rachael Margaret Copeland
Brown Stove Works Inc. FiveStar Division
Germantown, Tennessee
Hayden will graduate in May 2015.
R. Joe Taylor President’s Scholarship
Senoia, Georgia
Ian Edwin Bailie
Louis C. Bodenheimer President’s Scholarship
Crestwood, New York
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ian will graduate in May 2015.
Ronald L. Martin President’s Scholarship
Douglas will return to Georgia Tech for a master’s degree
in mechanical engineering.
Michael Baldwin
Anna Colleen Crouch
Fred and Susie Donovan President’s Scholarship
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Paul Williams President’s Scholarship
Winchester, Tennessee
Polymer and Fiber Engineering; minor: Biomedical
Engineering
Frederick Tanner Blumer Jr.
Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholarship
Atlanta, Georgia
Frederick will graduate in May 2015.
Kyle Bogdal
D. William Brosnan President’s Scholarship
Tinley Park, Illinois
Kyle will be going into industry upon graduation in May
2015.
Jasmine Burton
Class of 1968 President’s Scholarship
Dunwoody, Georgia
Industrial Design
Following graduation this year, Jasmine plans to continue
designing and implementing the SafiChoo toilet, an
inexpensive mobile sanitation solution, in Kenya through
a startup company she co-founded. She intends also to
pursue a master’s degree in public health.
Andrew Byrd
Charles R. Livingston President’s Scholarship
Martinez, Georgia
Christopher Gregory Carscallen
Atlanta, Georgia
Christopher plans to stay in Atlanta for work after
graduating this fall.
Mohamad “Walid” Choueiki
Worthington, Ohio
Walid will be working for Deloitte Consulting LLP as a
business technology analyst in Atlanta.
Blake Christianson
Lloyd O. Harris Jr. and Class of 1943 President’s
Scholarship
Macon, Georgia
Biology; minor: Spanish; certificate: Biomedical Sciences
Blake will be attending the Medical College of Georgia.
Jonathan Douglas Cox
Ariana Bahareh Daftarian
Robert H. Ferst President’s Scholarship
Roswell, Georgia
Biochemistry; minor: Spanish
Ariana is taking a gap year before applying to medical school.
Shinjini Das
Donald S. and Patricia F. Pirkle President’s Scholarship
Duluth, Georgia
Shinjini will work for Deloitte Consulting LLP.
Noa Elizabeth Davidson
Joann Holcomb President’s Scholarship
Annapolis, Maryland
Noa will work as a supply chain software consultant at
Manhattan Associates in Atlanta.
Thomas Benton Ferguson
James C. Fry President’s Scholarship
Raleigh, North Carolina
Benton will graduate in May 2015.
Rachel Ford
Scholarship
Powder Springs, Georgia
Rachel will graduate in May 2015 and continue working
on Sucette, a new form of pacifier that earned second
place in the 2014 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize.
Veronica Lynn Foreman
Bethesda, Maryland
Following graduation in December 2014, Ronnie will intern
for six months before starting graduate school.
Alexandra Noelle George
St. Augustine, Florida
Civil Engineering
Allie graduated in December with plans to pursue
graduate coursework in environmental engineering, as
well as continue her research in water, sanitation, and
health in the developing world.
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Ryan August Gleber
Andrey Ivov Kossev
Cornelia, Georgia
Donald James Deiters President’s Scholarship
Arden, North Carolina
Jacline Valerie Griffeth
David Andreas Leber
Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholar
Jefferson, Georgia
International Affairs and Modern Languages
Jacline graduated in December 2014 and begins medical
school in the fall.
Suffolk, Virginia
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
David will be working as a contact engineer at Exxon
Mobil in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Frederick Grimm
Shane Vincent Lympany
North Augusta, South Carolina
Industrial and Systems Engineering; certificate:
Entrepreneurship
Frederick began working at McKinsey & Company after
graduation in December 2014.
Class of 1965 40th Reunion President’s Scholarship
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
Shane will pursue his master’s degree at Georgia Tech.
Amanda Leigh Grubb
David C. Garrett Jr. President’s Scholarship
Florence, South Carolina
Amanda will return to Georgia Tech to start her Ph.D. in
aerospace engineering.
Tyler Jack Prescott Harmon
Cornelia, Georgia
Kyle Clifford Hendrix
Norcross, Georgia
Kyle graduated in December 2014.
Daniel Keith Hull
Augusta, Georgia
Computer Science, and Industrial and Systems
Engineering
Amisha Kadiwar
Scholarship
Fayetteville, Georgia
Biology; minor: Spanish
Amisha will attend St. Georges University of London to
study medicine.
Drew Walter Keller
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Industrial and Systems Engineering; certificate: Spanish
Drew will work at McKinsey & Company as a consultant.
Maggie Irene Kellett
Athens, Georgia
Maggie graduated in December 2014.
Alexander Kessler
Atlanta, Georgia
Alex will work for Manhattan Associates in Atlanta
as a consultant.
Elizabeth Kornegay
Thomasville, Georgia
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Mary Catherine MacHeski-Preston
Valdosta, Georgia
Computational Media
Kenneth Daniel Marino
Jack C. Webb President’s Scholarship
Round Rock, Texas
Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Kenny will graduate in May 2015.
Joseph Mattingly
Cynthia F. and John T. Slaughter President’s Scholarship
Louisville, Kentucky
Joseph will return to Georgia Tech to pursue a graduate
degree in aerospace engineering.
Carolyn McPherson
William J. VanLandingham President’s Scholarship
Augusta, Georgia
Carolyn graduated in December 2014.
Arjun Prasad Meka
Snellville, Georgia
Biology
Arjun attends the University of Michigan Medical School.
Connor Gates Perkett
Scholarship
Queensbury, New York
Connor will work as a business analyst for Alvarez & Marsal.
Nicholas Rafael Picon
Boca Raton, Florida
Nick will spend the next two years studying in the United
Kingdom on the Marshall Scholarship for master’s degrees
in autonomous vehicle dynamics and control at Cranfield
University, and international conflict studies at King’s
College London.
Naomi Nicole Robert
Rinell Family President’s Scholarship
Decatur, Georgia
Computer Science
Matthew Aaron Rubin
Christopher Robert Thompson
Charles R. Livingston President’s Scholar
Williamsville, New York
Computational Media; certificate: Social Psychology
Scholarship
Vidalia, Georgia
Mechanical Engineering; minor: Computer Science
Chris graduated in December 2014.
Ivan Alexander Santillan
Joseph M. Dallavalle President’s Scholarship
Athens, Georgia
Ross Schlegel
Cumming, Georgia
Economics
William Sterling Sessions
Augusta, Georgia
William will be attending the Medical College of Georgia.
Andrew Cullen Smith
Reginald S. Fleet President’s Scholarship
Macon, Georgia
Andy graduated in December 2014.
Laura Lucile Tucker
Russell F. Hill Family President’s Scholarship
Peachtree City, Georgia
Biomedical Engineering; minor: Biology
Lucy graduated in December 2014.
Tam Viet Van
Augusta, Georgia
Andrew Porter Warren
Roswell, Georgia
Biology; minor: Economics
Carlton Lanair Washington Jr.
Paul A. and Ruth Pleak President’s Scholarship
Atlanta, Georgia
Sonja Solomon
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Sonja joined the work force after graduating in December
2014.
Lisa Michelle White
William Steindorf
Marnie Elizabeth Williams
Roswell, Georgia
Tyler plans to work in an industrial setting after
graduation in May 2015.
JoAnn Holcomb President’s Scholarship
Roswell, Georgia
Marnie began participating in the GA LEND Program
through Georgia State University after graduation in
December 2014. The LEND Program is an interdisciplinary
fellowship that focuses on disabilities.
Anirudh Sundararaghavan
Alpharetta, Georgia
Anirudh will be attending the Medical College of Georgia.
Aditya Suresh
Harold Couch President’s Scholarship
Kingsport, Tennessee
Mechanical Engineering; minor: Chemistry
Charles D. and Brenda B. Moseley President’s Scholarship
Houston, Texas
Industrial and Systems Engineering and Psychology
Lisa will graduate in May 2015.
Steven Wojcio
Lane Middleton President’s Scholarship
Forsyth, Georgia
Computer Science
Steven went into industry after graduation in December 2014.
Samantha Rone Worsham
Mitchell Lukin President’s Scholarship
Savannah, Georgia
Industrial Engineering; minor: Public Policy
The graduating class poses for a photo with President Peterson during an event celebrating their original naming as President’s Scholars.
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2011 ENTERING CLASS
Savannah Lanier Andersen
Class of 1961 President’s Scholarship;
Cartersville, Georgia
Benjamin Earl Appel
Lloyd O. Harris Jr. and Class of 1943 President’s Scholarship
McDonough, Georgia
Nicholas Joel Barker
Acworth, Georgia
Claire Marie Bergman
Valrico, Florida
Claire graduated in May 2014 and has begun a graduate degree at
Georgia Tech in mechanical engineering.
Joseph Richard Boltri
María Eugenia Díaz Ortiz
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stephanie Jean Grimes
Memphis, Tennessee
Biology
Davis Reid Harrison
Ronald L. Martin President’s Scholar
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Anjana Ann Kallarackal
Roswell, Georgia
Literature, Media, and Communication
Veena Priya Krishnan
Rich Family President’s Scholarship
Austin, Texas
Jason Stephen Lewitzke
Troy, Michigan
Grayslake, Illinois
Allison Brooke Brackin
Kelsey Caroline Mary Maloney
Roy and Polly Cooley President’s Scholarship
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta, Georgia
Lewis Pratt Salovaara Brower
Sampurna “Megha” Mandal
Bart S. Henson President’s Scholarship
Greensboro, North Carolina
Civil Engineering
Lilburn, Georgia
Biology
Elana Lyndsay Burton
David Winfield McCandless
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Katherine Eugenia Cannella
Catherine “Anne” Meadows
Roswell, Georgia
Computer Science
Atlanta, Georgia
Nicholas Alexander Cardamone
Kelliann Nicole Morrisey
Ronald A. Veith President’s Scholarship
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Suwanee, Georgia
Elizabeth Lee Carpenter
Kavya Muddukumar
Savannah, Georgia
Milton, Georgia
Marisa Carmela Casola
Karthik Nathan
Beverly Hills, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Mohamad “Salim” Choueiki
Katherine Michelle Neuberger
Ronald W. Woliver President’s Scholarship
Worthington, Ohio
Plymouth, Minnesota
Virginia Elaine Collier
Kate Elise Overstreet
Roswell, Georgia
Suwanee, Georgia
Rachel Ryan Palumbo
Alpharetta, Georgia
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Pisharmon “Trisha” Pintavorn
Maya Ramachandran
Fred B. Wenn President’s Scholarship
Martinez, Georgia
Duluth, Georgia
Deeti Jatin Pithadia
Kelsey Walsh Roberts
Columbus, Georgia
Biochemistry
Randolph Whitfield President’s Scholarship
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Yvonne Ploder
Joseph Alan Rogero
Johns Creek, Georgia
Linda and Julian Raines President’s Scholarship
Jacksonville, Florida
Katherine Rebecca Pokrant
Conrad Jonathan Rybka
Carolyn F. and Earl L. Shell Jr. President’s Scholarship
Castle Rock, Colorado
Marietta, Georgia
Andrew James Pontius
Maria Samuel
Glenelg, Maryland
Sherman and Alana Glass President’s Scholarship
Houston, Texas
Anjaly Poruthoor
Peter Karl Schnaak
Alpharetta, Georgia
Biochemistry
Joshua Kevin Price
Owen Myers Scott
Paul Williams President’s Scholarship
Salisbury, North Carolina
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Rachel Catherine Puechner
Steven Alan Seligsohn
Tampa, Florida
Computer Engineering
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Alyssa Marie Shapiro
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Wolfe
G.D. Monroe President’s Scholarship
Bradenton, Florida
Joyce “Danielle” Sharpe
Anna Christine Woodmansee
Rodney C. Adkins President’s Scholarship
Waycross, Georgia
History, Technology, and Science
Danielle graduated in May 2014.
Brown Stove Works Inc. President’s Scholarship
Richmond, Virginia
Charles “Trey” William Sides, III
Athens, Georgia
Birmingham, Alabama
Jason Ye
Ryan Matthew Simpson
Lloyd Family President’s Scholarship
Cumming, Georgia
Sidhartha Mohan Sinha
Smyrna, Tennessee
Industrial and Systems Engineering, and International Affairs
Allison Rhett Smedberg
Michael J. Rosinski President’s Scholarship
Fairfax Station, Virginia
Bradley Robert Smith
Macon, Georgia
Carahline Maryanna Stark
Harold Couch President’s Scholarship
Galax, Virginia
Kara Marie Strasser
James C. Fry President’s Scholarship
Bexley, Ohio
Materials Science and Engineering
Edward Vincent Strecker
Epstein Family President’s Scholarship
Plano, Texas
Lara Elizabeth Tucci
Auburn, Alabama
Sara Lydia Tuell
Russell F. Hill President’s Scholarship
Madison, Georgia
Ana Sofia Tuttle
Oxford, Georgia
Silvia Daniela Vaca
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Silvia graduated in May 2014 and has started medical school at
Stanford University.
Matthew Christopher Waples
Thomas and Lisa Rawe President’s Scholarship
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2012 ENTERING CLASS
Samantha Marie Acevedo
Linda L. Raines President’s Scholarship
Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Austin James Beacham
Atlanta, Georgia
William “Alex” Berry
Rodney C. Adkins President’s Scholarship
Albany, Georgia
Katelyn Nicole Bill
Edward J. Brown Jr. President’s Scholarship
Fayetteville, Georgia
Eric William Brower
Robert C. West CE 1949 President’s Scholarship
Madison, Alabama
Charles Lane Bryant
Gainesville, Georgia
Parker Bancroft Buntin
James C. Fry Endowed President’s Scholarship
Atlanta, Georgia
Laura Margaret Burbach
Madison, Georgia
Public Policy
Pranaya Hasini Chilukuri
Mobile, Alabama
Preston Davis Culbertson
Carolyn F. and Earl L. Shell Jr. President’s Scholarship
Ocala, Florida
Jay Deuskar
Alpharetta, Georgia
Computer Science
Luke Austin Dinges
Sally C. and Fred L. McCord President’s Scholarship
Alpharetta, Georgia
Connor William Donovan
Jaya Mallika Janadhyala
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Randolph W. McDow President’s Scholarship
Duluth, Georgia
Biochemistry
Ayshali Savi Gauba
Joshua Gary Lee
Dr. Cecil G. Johnson President’s Scholarship
Berkeley Lake, Georgia
Cooley Family President’s Scholarship
Marietta, Georgia
Christine Alice Gebara
Forrest Wright Mercier
Jane J. Richardson President’s Scholarship
Houston, Texas
Jordan and Elizabeth Gardner President’s Scholarship
Kathleen, Georgia
Abigail Elizabeth Harrover
Jessica Randahl Morris
Martinez, Georgia
Biology
Russell F. Hill Family President’s Scholarship
William Jensen Hergenrader
Benjamin Taylor Murray
R. Thomas Dyal President’s Scholarship
Memphis, Tennessee
Marietta, Georgia
Scott Evan Woods Higgins
Nairita Nandy
Sugar Hill, Georgia
Biochemistry
Alpharetta, Georgia
Lydia Ann Hylton
Kevin Josue Okseniuk
Falls Church, Virginia
Nolensville, Tennessee
Marissa “Missy” Morgan Pittard
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Dylan Lane Radford
Ronald L. Martin President’s Scholarship
Powder Springs, Georgia
Janani Raj
Cumming, Georgia
Abigail Grace Riddle
Canton, Georgia
Bonnie Hannah Pruitt Rowland
David C. Garrett Jr. President’s Scholarship
Biology
Alexandria Langley Schmid
Ron and Beth Slaymaker President’s Scholarship
Mebane, North Carolina
Nicholas Stearns Selby
Class of 1968 President’s Scholarship;
Phoenix, Arizona
Jay Dipesh Shah
G.D. Monroe President’s Scholarship
Fremont, California
Top: Kristen Shiflett, Palavi Vaidya, Nairita Nandy, and other President’s Scholars take
part in a special tour of the library archives at Georgia Tech; Sarah Dennis and Nairita
Nandy take a break during dinner for finalists at President’s Scholarship Weekend in
March 2014.
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Zain Sharif
Duluth, Georgia
Biology
Kristen Brooke Shiflett
Ronda R. Sides President’s Scholarship
Rome, Georgia
Lucy Rathbone Elliot Squires
Athens, Georgia
Civil Engineering
Katheryn Harvard Stephens
Cynthia F. and John T. Slaughter President’s Scholarship
Maitland, Florida
Palavi Pavan Vaidya
N. Knowles Davis President’s Scholarship
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Andrea Vetrone
Westmont, Illinois
Angela Vladimir Vujić
Smyrna, Georgia
Karla Brooke Wagner
J.D. Fleming President’s Scholarship
Marietta, Georgia
Stephen Sheng-Ting Wang
Atlanta, Georgia
Andrew Lloyd White
William and Susan Thacker President’s Scholarship
Decatur, Georgia
Lauren Anne Winston
Bishop, Georgia
Computer Science
Kara Renee Yogan
Thomas H. Green President’s Scholarship
Buford, Georgia
David James Zisek
Alpharetta, Georgia
2013 ENTERING CLASS
Luke James Alexander
Carl F. “Tex” Branson President’s Scholarship
Vernon Hills, Illinois
David Connor Alman
Huntingtown, Maryland
Jacob William Andersen
Benjamin Keith Ashby
Omaha, Nebraska
Chandler Mackenzy Barre
Columbus, Georgia
Public Policy
Anoop Bedapudi
Frisco, Texas
Sarah Nicole Both
Columbus, Ohio
Max Alfonso Bruccoleri
Lebanon, New Jersey
Quinton James Bruch
Hiram, Georgia
Biochemistry
Courtney Jordana Burton
Dunwoody, Georgia
Eleanor “Ellie” Mae Cheyne
Charles R. Livingston President’s Scholarship
Kent, United Kingdom
Industrial Design
Rachel Elizabeth Corbin
Marietta, Georgia
Sara Amina Dada
Roswell, Georgia
Sarah Wallis Dennis
David C. Garrett President’s Scholarship
Macon, Georgia
Biology
Megan Elizabeth Fechter
Evans, Georgia
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Tesca Fitzgerald
Ravi Chand Jindal
Reginald S. Fleet President’s Scholarship
Tigard, Oregon
Computer Science
Longwood, Florida
Alison Marie Foreman
Alexis Kaylee Jones
Alan J. and Caron A. Lacy President’s Scholarship
Bethesda, Maryland
Computational Media
Columbus, Georgia
Alisha Goel
Nicole Josiane Janet Kennard
Duluth, Georgia
David C. Garrett President’s Scholarship
Acworth, Georgia
Maya Savannah Goldman
Jasmine Kaur Klar
Angela G.D. and James L. Mitchell President’s Scholarship
Ponde Vedra Beach, Florida
Civil Engineering
Alpharetta, Georgia
Jason Amit Gupta
Arshiya Lal
Cordova, Tennessee
Computer Science
Christopher Kevin Healy
Arush Lal
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Braden Grant Hocker
Weatherly Marie Langsett
William J. Corbett President’s Scholarship
Gainesville, Georgia
Norcross, Georgia
Savannah Rose Holcomb
Dina Teshager Mengesha
Hampton, Georgia
Grayson, Georgia
Biology
Benjamin Miller Horst
Jennifer Rachel Morris
Atlanta, Georgia
Biology
Bradley Nathaniel Jenkins
Laura Ann Murphy
William and Susan Thacker President’s Scholarship
Ottawa Hills, Ohio
Willie M. and Robert C. West President’s Scholarship
Valdosta, Georgia
Civil Engineering
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Carolyn Lange Nelson
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Public Policy
Decker Jay Onken
Marietta, Georgia
Kaley Elizabeth Parchinski
St. Marys, Georgia
Biology
Kanchi Mehul Patel
Smyrna, Georgia
STAFF AND FACULTY
Kristen Andersen
Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission
[email protected]
Tom Conte
Faculty Guide, PS12
Professor, Computer Science and Computer Engineering
President Elect, IEEE Computer Society
[email protected]
Russell Gentry
Faculty Guide, PS13
Professor, College of Architecture
[email protected]
Neil Akash Prasad
Billiee Pendleton-Parker
Saratoga, California
Economics and International Affairs
Assistant Director
[email protected]
Jae Won “Brian” Shin
Cumming, Georgia
Public Policy
William Todd
Faculty Guide, Stamps Scholars
Professor of the Practice, Scheller College of Business
[email protected]
Sarah Elizabeth Stevens
Jack C. Webb President’s Scholarship
Bradenton, Florida
Industrial Design
Sangeetha Thevuthasan
Kennewick, Washington
Kayla Jenee Townsend
Bill Schutz President’s Scholarship
Gainesville, Virginia
Mitcham Clayton Tuell
Madison, Georgia
Madeleyne Vaca
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Amanda Grace Wall
Suwanee, Georgia
Computational Media
Mia Rebecca Weinstein
Atlanta, Georgia
Shelby Leaann White
Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Laura Catherine Winalski
Dr. Robert Burnett President’s Scholarship
Falling Waters, West Virginia
Biochemistry
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Christine Valle
Faculty Guide, PS11
Director, Women In Engineering
[email protected]
Chaffee Viets
Director
President, Undergraduate Scholars Program
Administrators Association
[email protected]
PRESIDENT’S SCHOLAR ALUMNUS
AND DONOR – A DIALOGUE WITH
DAVID BOTTOMS
President’s Scholarship Donor and Georgia Tech
Young Alumnus of the Year (2014)
David Bottoms was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia. During
his time at Georgia Tech, he was active in a number of campus
activities, graduating with a degree in management in 2000 with
highest honors. David joined the Bottoms Group after seven
years as an employee benefit specialist at Unum.
He and his wife, Brittney, have been married for 11 years. They
reside in Atlanta with their young son, Drew. Drew hasn’t chosen
his major yet, but he is destined to be a Yellow Jacket.
What is your favorite memory of Georgia Tech as
an undergraduate?
I have a lot of good memories, but the highlight of my Georgia
Tech experience was studying abroad at Oxford. The President’s
Scholarship and Reginald S. Fleet Scholarship helped to make
this a possibility, for which I am grateful.
How did the President’s Scholarship Program help shape you
into the person you are today?
First and foremost, it cemented the merits of good stewardship.
Through the process of receiving my acceptance letter, anticipating what was to come, and finally arriving at Tech — only to
realize that this money had to come from somewhere — I really
started to get a feel for the bigger picture. This scholarship that
allowed me to come to Tech, gain incredible experiences, and do
it all for free came from alumni who care about students, alumni
who sacrifice their time and who set money aside for young
President’s Scholars. This realization has stuck with me over the
years, and I have tried to keep it in mind from the moment I got
out. I wanted to pay it forward and fund another future Tech
student to help make their dreams a reality, like the alumni who
helped to fund my President’s Scholarship did for me. This “pay
it forward” mindset was definitely the most powerful takeaway
from my experience with the President’s Scholarship Program.
When you were a first-year student, did you ever think you
would endow a scholarship?
No, not at that point. In my first year, I had a hard time even
fathoming having a job.
The idea of endowing a scholarship actually popped into my head
during my senior year. Once I had established a relationship
with my donor, R. Joe Taylor, IM 1956, and had a few lunches
with him, the idea of endowing a scholarship to foster a similar
relationship with a future recipient sounded like something I
wanted to do once I had the opportunity.
What has it been like financially supporting a student?
The experience has been incredibly rewarding. I have been
blessed to get to know the folks who have made it through Tech
and graduated, which reinforces for me how glad I am that I got
into the program when I did. Each year, the President’s Scholars
are more and more exceptional, and I am proud to have the
opportunity to get to know some of them. I hope more PS alumni
realize the many benefits of endowing a scholarship.
President’s Scholar alumnus and donor David Bottoms with a Scholar he has
supported, fourth-year Melanie Cols.
What was your experience like as a Georgia Tech Young
Alumni Award winner?
It was a complete surprise! For the past five or six years, I have
been on the board of the Alumni Association, which is the body
that focuses on the awards — it never crossed my mind that
I would ever be a recipient. Melanie Cols, MGT 2014, a recent
Tech grad and fellow President’s Scholar, introduced me at the
ceremony that evening, which was especially meaningful to me
since she was the most recent scholar I had endowed.
What led you to found a national honor society at Georgia Tech?
I cannot believe you know about that! I actually don’t really
remember. The national group approached me and said they
would be interested in starting a chapter at Georgia Tech, and
I wish I could take more credit for it. It was pretty neat to
be involved.
When you arrived at Tech, did you have goals or a vision
in mind?
I had a specific career in mind. I leaned heavily on former
director Randy McDow, IE 1995, MS PUBP 2003, who sat me
down and talked with me about different organizations on
campus. We talked about my skill sets and where I would be a
good fit, and he introduced me to folks ahead of me who helped
lay the groundwork for these organizations.
Academically, my dad was a Tech grad and a management major,
and I always knew I wanted to study business. I came in as a
management major and never changed, so I was pretty focused
in that regard for better or for worse.
If you could go back to your freshman year, what advice
would you give yourself?
I would tell myself to relax a little bit and to enjoy Georgia Tech
and the college experience. I was so focused on getting a 4.0 and
getting involved in campus activities that I may have missed out
on some fun experiences. I had excellent grades my first year,
but I feel that I may have missed out on some social opportunities. I definitely believe in a work-life balance, and I would have
told myself to find that happy medium.
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President’s Scholarships, and the accomplishments of individual
President’s Scholars, have been the focus of several stories in Campaign
Quarterly, a publication of the Office of Development at Georgia Tech
that highlights the impact of philanthropy.
Burson honors friend, fellow alumnus Jim Borders
“He epitomizes all that’s good about the typical Georgia
Tech graduate,” said John H. Burson III, ChE 1956, MS
MET 1963, Ph.D. ChE 1964.
He was referring to friend and fellow alumnus James R.
“Jim” Borders, ME 1983, a man whom Burson is now honoring
through the establishment of a President’s Scholarship in his
name. “Jim’s family and my family have a long, close relationship. It is a privilege for me to be able to start something that
not only honors Jim, but also the whole Borders family.”
For several years, Burson has been endowing President’s
Scholarships — Georgia Tech’s most prestigious merit-based
scholarship program — and athletic scholarships as a way to
publicly honor individuals who have played an important role in
his life or whose example he greatly admires.
Jim Borders is one of those individuals. The founder and president of
Novare Group, a developer of high-rise,
mixed-use communities, he began
his career as an attorney with Atlanta
law firm King & Spalding and later
was a consultant at GrandWest before
starting his own company. Borders
holds JD and MBA degrees from the
University of Georgia.
“I am completely humbled to be
honored by John Burson in this
manner,” Borders said. “I often tell
James R. “Jim”
people that Dr. Burson makes me
Borders
proud to be from Carrollton, Georgia,
and from Georgia Tech. He is my
hero, and future generations of students who benefit from this
scholarship would do very well to try to walk in his footsteps.”
Burson’s plan is to endow a series of 20 President’s
Scholarships and 10 athletic scholarships. “There is a proliferation of philanthropy at Tech these days,” he said. “Georgia Tech
is closing in on one and a half billion dollars, and I’m just glad
to be part of that.”
Burson, who earned a medical degree from Emory University
in 1975, received the Dean Griffin Community Service Award in
2009, was elected to the Engineering Hall of Fame in 2007, and
was named a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus
in 1999. Burson is a past member of the Alexander-Tharpe
Board, the Alumni Trustee Board, and the Chemical Engineering
Advisory Board. He also served on both his 40th and 50th
Reunion Committees.
A retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, Burson volunteered
for four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. n
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John H. Burson III. Portrait by Steve Penley.
Former Stamps Scholar becomes fourth Rhodes Scholar in Tech history
Georgia Tech is no stranger to extraordinary students.
In 2012, however, a young woman from Memphis did
something that only three undergraduates before her had
accomplished at Tech: she was named a Rhodes Scholar.
Joy Buolamwini, CS 2012, also received a Fulbright Fellowship
for 2013. And today, her dreams are as expansive and inexhaustible
as her talents, as she envisions a future in which computing and
technology will improve the quality of life in parts of the world
where the greatest challenges exist.
Her Fulbright is taking her to Zambia, where she will work on
an initiative she developed, called Zamrize, that in Buolamwini’s
words “aims to empower Zambian youth to become creators of
technology through exposure to information communication
technology, education in Web and mobile development, and
instruction in entrepreneurship.”
Buolamwini spent four years at
Georgia Tech as a Stamps President’s
Scholar pursuing her intellectual interests, honing her leadership skills, and
developing her commitment to positive
change. As she recalled, “The Stamps
President’s Scholarship was truly the
deciding factor in my choice to come to
Georgia Tech.” She received offers from
Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, as well
as full funding from Carnegie Mellon
Joy Buolamwini
and Vanderbilt. “At Georgia Tech I felt
I would have champions who would support my passions, but I had
no idea just how many opportunities there would be, because of
the generosity of Roe and Penny Stamps and the strength of the
President’s Scholarship Program.”
As an undergraduate, she interned at Yahoo, served as a
technical consultant at The Carter Center (where she created a
mobile surveying solution to help eliminate blinding Trachoma in
Ethiopia), and in 2009 was the youngest finalist in the InVenture
Prize competition. She also started several companies, including
Techturized, a hair care technology enterprise, and served as the
founding chief technology officer of Excelegrade, an education
technology company founded by Lauren Miller, MGT 2008, a former
President’s Scholar and 2007 Ms. Georgia Tech.
At the University of Oxford, Buolamwini plans to obtain two
master’s degrees—one in African studies and the other in global
health science—and she also plans to pursue a Ph.D. upon her
return to the U.S. “Ultimately, I want to lead an organization
that uses computer science to uplift developing nations, and
to encourage more women and underrepresented groups in
computer science to become full participants in the technology
revolution,” she said.
One of Georgia Tech’s previous Rhodes Scholars, Jeremy Farris,
IA 2004, was also a Stamps President’s Scholar. At Oxford, he studied moral and political philosophy, earning a master’s degree with
distinction at Balliol College and a Ph.D. at University College. Farris
is currently in his third year at Harvard Law School and has served
as a teaching fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Both Buolamwini and Farris credit their Stamps Scholarships
for playing an important part in shaping their respective academic
and professional paths. For Farris, it is “at the foundation of the
good fortune I have had since Georgia Tech,” and in Buolamwini’s
words, “Knowing that Penny and Roe truly believed in me and wanted
me to excel motivated me to give Georgia Tech my all. I wanted
them to know I wasn’t going to squander a once-in-a-lifetime gift.”
Though the two have never met, they share a bond forged by
the community of Stamps Scholars, and now Rhodes Scholars. At
Rhodes House, in Oxford, there is a small library that looks out onto
a garden. It contains histories of various American universities,
and there, in the pages of Robert B. Wallace’s Dress Her in White
and Gold: A Biography of Georgia Tech, Farris left a note for the
next Rhodes Scholar elected from Georgia Tech. “I hope that
Joy finds it,” he said, “as I hope she finds Oxford as enchanting,
transformative, and significant as I did.” n
President’s Scholar becomes Tech’s fifth Rhodes Scholar
Another member of the Georgia Tech community is
headed to Oxford. This year, it’s Melissa McCoy, ChBE
2012. And, like her most recent predecessors — Joy
Buolamwini, CS 2012, and Jeremy Farris, IA 2004 — she
will be proudly representing the Institute and its most
prestigious scholarship program, the President’s Scholarship.
“I’m looking forward to developing new skill sets to complement
my engineering and entrepreneurial skills,” said McCoy, former
Epstein Family President’s Scholar, who plans to pursue a Ph.D.
in electrical engineering or computer science. The Epstein Family
Foundation, based in Dallas, Texas, created the scholarship in 2003.
McCoy is also eager to make the most of the intellectual
and social opportunities that will be provided by the Rhodes
Scholarship. “I will be surrounded by great minds and people
with different perspectives,” she explained. “Hopefully they will
be close friends and allies for life.”
McCoy, a native of Dallas, graduated summa cum laude from
Georgia Tech and went on to study entrepreneurship and
technology at the NASA Ames Research Park in California.
During her years at Tech, she created and served in a mentoring
program and she founded a startup company, Enterprise
to Empower. With three other Georgia Tech alumni, she
co-founded Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics,
which developed an efficient, economically viable solution for getting clean
water to remote locations, particularly
during disaster relief efforts. The latter
was inspired by her experiences in Chile
in 2010 during a devastating earthquake,
in which she saw communities going
without water for weeks.
This is the second consecutive year
the Rhodes Trust has awarded one of its
prestigious scholarships to a Georgia
Tech graduate. McCoy is the fifth Rhodes
Melissa McCoy
Scholar in Institute history, and she will
be attending Oxford with Buolamwini, one
of her closest friends from Tech. n
To inquire about making a gift in support of the President’s
Scholarship program, contact any development officer, or
Associate Vice President Dorcas G. Wilkinson at 404.894.4540
or [email protected].
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PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT
FOR THE PRESIDENT’S
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Each year, the President’s Scholarship Program is greatly
enhanced and enriched by the generosity of visionary donors —
alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations who recognize
the importance of providing unparalleled opportunities to the
brightest, most talented undergraduate students from around the
nation. Thanks to all of those who have come before us, and all
who will follow, the President’s Scholarship Program strengthens
the Institute and shapes tomorrow’s leaders.
Michelle L. Adkins, IMGT 1983, and Rodney C. Adkins,
EE 1981, MS EE 1983
Anonymous in memory of William J. Corbett, CHE 1955,
PHD CHE 1964
Anonymous in memory of Joseph M. Dallavalle
Anonymous in memory of Graham D. Monroe, CERE 1956
Anonymous in memory of Ben Logan Sisk, Georgia Tech Band
Director 1946-1963
Anonymous in honor of James R. Borders, ME 1983
Anonymous in honor of Dr. Goodman B. Espy III, ME 1957
Anonymous in honor of Julian Denver Fleming Jr., CE 1955,
PhD CE 1959
Anonymous in honor of Edward Y.H. Keng, MS CHE 1964
Anonymous in honor of Ronald W. Rousseau, Faculty
Anonymous in honor of D. Wayne Waddell, EE 1956
Dorothy B. Autin, CHE 1980, in memory of her
father, Dr. Robert Burnett
Mary R. and W. Mark Beshears, CHE 1977
Sam W. Blasingame, MS CE 1970, in memory of Frederick
William “Bill” Schutz, Faculty
*Louis C. Bodenheimer, IM 1941
Boeing Company in honor of *David C. Garrett Jr., MS IM 1955
David A. Bottoms, MGT 2000, GEN MGT 2001
*Carl F. “Tex” Branson, AE 1949
Southern Railway in honor of *D. William Brosnan, CE 1923
Brown Stove Works, Inc.
Jan H. and Edward J. Brown, III, IM 1970, in memory of
Edward J. Brown Jr.
Elizabeth J. and John J. Carpenter, Friends
Class of 1934 in celebration of their 50th reunion
Margaret P. and H. Keith Cooley, IE 1975, in memory of his
parents, Polly and Roy Cooley.
Margaret P. and H. Keith Cooley, IE 1975, in memory of her
parents, Ruth and Paul Pleak.
*Donald J. Deiters, ME 1947
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Susie S. and Frederick C. Donovan Sr., CE 1962
R. Thomas Dyal, EE 1988
Epstein Family Foundation
*Robert H. Ferst, ME 1938
*Julia B. Fleet in memory of Reginald S. Fleet, ME 1916
The Flowers’ Family in memory of N. Knowles Davis, EE 1925
*David C. Garrett Jr., MS IM 1955, in honor of Dr. Cecil G.
Johnson, Georgia Tech Faculty
*David C. Garrett Jr., MS IM 1955, in honor of *Dr. Fred B.
Wren, Georgia Tech Faculty
Alana C. and Sherman J. Glass, CHE 1971, MS CHE 1972
Helen B. and *Thomas H. Green Jr., CHE 1949
*Lloyd O. Harris Jr., IM 1943
Bart S. Henson, CE 1964, MS CE 1965
Lynne and Russell F. Hill M.D., ME 1978
*JoAnn Holcomb, Friend
Mary Elizabeth and *John R. Hollingsworth, EE 1928
Donald H. Jones, ME 1947, in memory of alumni and friends
Harrold K. Couch, ME 1941
Caron A. and Alan J. Lacy, IMGT 1975
Adams D. Little Jr., IM 1953, in memory of Elizabeth and
Jordon M. Gardner, ME 1915
*Charles R. Livingston, EE 1950
Lynn L. and Dale M. Lloyd, ME 1974, MS IMGT 1975
Lori F. and Brian F. Luders, Friends
Mitchell D. Lukin, EE 1972, MS EE 1976
*Ronald L. Martin, IM 1968
*Fred L. McCord, IM 1948
Hugh L. Middleton, TEXT 1953
Angela G. Mitchell, PTCH 2004, and James L. Mitchell, CE 2005
Brenda B. and Charles D. Moseley Jr., IE 1965
Patricia F. and Donald S. Pirkle, IE 1958
Claudia L. and J. Paul Raines, IE 1985, in honor of his parents,
Linda L. and Julian Raines
Lisa G. and Thomas E. Rawe, CE 1979
Lewis L. Rich, CHE 1974, and Family
Donald W. Richardson, AE 1951, in memory of Jane J. Richardson
The Rinell Family
*Robert G. Ring, Friend
Michael J. Rosinski, ME 1967
Carolyn F. and Earl L. Shell Jr., BC 1962
Ronda R. Sides, IE 1983, and Alan F. Sides, ME 1983
Cynthia F. and John T. Slaughter, EE 1989, MS EE 1990
Elizabeth Ann M. Slaymaker, CHE 1981, MS CHE 1985 and
Ronald S. Slaymaker, EE 1982
Penny W. and E. Roe Stamps IV, IE 1967, MS IE 1972
R. Joe Taylor, IM 1956
Susan F. and William L. Thacker Jr., ME 1967
Tuscarora Yarns, Inc. in memory of James C. Fry, IM 1951, IE 1955
Debbie and Harold B. Tyber, IE 1974, and Family
*William J. VanLandingham, IE 1959
Ronald A. Veith, IE 1979
*Jack C. Webb, IE 1948
*Frank K. Webb, ME 1938
*Robert C. West, CE 1949
Paul H. Williams, CHE 1960
*James F. Williams, EE 1949
Ronald W. Woliver, IE 1965
President’s Scholar Alumni, Parents, and Friends in honor of
E. Jo Baker-Henry, Faculty
Randolph Whitfield, ME 1932, MS ME 1943
Randolph W. McDow, IE 1995, MS PUBP 2003
The following have made generous provisions within their estate
plans to provide future funding for President’s Scholarships:
J. Dan Blitch III, IE 1953, in honor of his son, Bird Daniel
Blitch, IE 1997
Heather L. Bowers, EE 1995
C. Bertram Eidson, MGT 1997
Andrew E. Farkas, IM 1969
Marilyn H. Harris, Class of 1960, and R. Clark Harris, AE 1959
Emory F. Harris, AE 1959
E. Jo Baker-Henry, Faculty
Constance P. and Dan E. Hunt, IE 1963
S. Howard McKinley, IM 1960
Brenda B. and Charles D. Moseley Jr., IE 1965
Mary Lu and Wade T. Mitchell, TEXT 1957
Isis and Francisco A. Soto, ME 1962
John H. Weitnauer Jr., IE 1949
Thomas J. Westbury Jr., EE 1957, GEN EE 1956
Rhonda B. and Marshall D. Wingo, TEXT 1968
Geraldine G. and Theodore R. Wirtz, IM 1956
All gifts and commitments in support of the President’s Scholarship
Program made between July 2004 and December 2015 will
count toward the overall goal of Campaign Georgia Tech. Gifts
are deductible to the extent provided by law, and are subject to
acceptance of the Institute or its associated foundation. Interested
donors are encouraged to consult with their personal legal and
financial advisors when contemplating a gift.
For more information about the Campaign or the form of a gift,
please contact:
Dorcas G. Wilkinson
Associate Vice President for Development
404.894.4540
[email protected]
* deceased
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SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWERS
We would like to acknowledge our team of interviewers, those
Georgia Tech faculty, staff, alumni, and special partners of
the President’s Scholarship Program who generously share
their time and knowledge of the Institute with candidates.
Their interviews are a vital part of the President’s Scholarship
selection process, and they support our recruitment strategies
to encourage candidates to enroll at Georgia Tech.
ALUMNI
Kelsea Adams
Jim Andrews
Kenneth Atchinson
Scott Atha
Dorian Bafas
Eleni Bafas
Jeana Beeland
Kamna Bohra
Andy Booth
Hank Bowden
Stephanie Box
Will Boyd
Laurie Bracaglia
Alexander Brunk
Darby Bryant
Melody Butler
Laura Cabaniss-Kreutter
William Campbell
Rick Cardona
Laura Carpenter
T.W. Cauthen
Caroline Chang
Han Chang
Koushik Chatterjee
Andrew Chung
Elizabeth Churchman
Rich Cohen
Clay Colvin
Bill Cook
Derek Cook
Stephanie Cook
Savannah Cookson
Ashlee Cribb
Danny Crnkovich
Robert Daniel
Wesley DeBusk
Kim DeCarrera
Courtney Dennis
Kim Derrick
Chetan Devchand
Naveen Dittakavi
Cara Dome
Mike Donohue
Andy Drexler
Karen Drexler
Matthew Dubnik
Christine Dunphy
Eli Duval
Austen Edwards
Vivian Fan
Freddie Fernandez
Sophia Fisher
Fleurette Fitch
Gary Floyd
Caroline Freeman
Grace Freeman
Jeff Freeman
Joe Fuller
Dennis Gardner
Sam Gorton
Derek Goshay
Mary Courtney Griffin
Martin Hall
Josh Hammel
Lisa Hardymon
Dana Harmon
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Holly Harris
Ian Harrison
Olivia Hawkins
Marianna Heacock
Alexa Heddinger
Walter Henderson
Travis Hicks
Abby Hill
Sarah Hilton
Michael Hodgson
Steve Hoffman
Jonathan Hofmekler
Curt Hudson
Bob Hunt
Meridith Jarrell
John Jay
Joel Jenkins
Ben Jones
Brandon Kearse
Mona Kharazmi
Kevin Kung
Richard Lackey
Jarret Lafleur
Randy Lampert
Joe Layden
Marshall Leslie
Sean Leu
Jing Li
Antonio Llanos
Iris Lu
Courtney Lynch
Michael Maniscalco
Conrado Marion-Landais
Helen Markewich
Kento Masuyama
Kevin Mawn
David McCollum
Don McCollum
Sean McGee
Cait Meree
Jeff Metcalf
Daniel Miles
Dan Moore
Margaret Moore
Sarah Murdock
Gaurav Nagle
Jennifer Nelson
Kirsten Nieto
Emilie Norton
Alexa Orticelli
Rob Parrish
Sue Payne
Jana Peacock
Frances Perez
James Peta
Jason Peters
Charity Pires
Don Pirkle
Vicky Polashock
Greg Popowitz
David Raab
Adam Ragsdale
Chris Railey
George Ray
Nikki Rennalls
Troy Rice
Jeff Riley
Lara Tucci and Parker Buntin with alumnus Miller Templeton at the President’s Scholarship
Weekend finalist dinner, part of the last stage of the selection process.
Albert Rocker
Jessica Rozier
John Rozier
Ryan Rushforth
Jen Saballos
Andrew Sandifer
Christy Sapp
Meg Scheid
Peter Scheidt
Paul Seefeld
Shetu Shah
Stephanie Shealey
Leo Singleton
Alan Skinner
Michael Smith
Alina Staskevicius
Ken Stephens
David Strickland
Mathew Taylor
Justin Tenisci
Joel Thompson
Chip Tinsley
Chris Topazi
Stacie Topazi
Ken Townsend
Tyler Townsend
Wilbert Tremble
Oscar Trevizo
Lynn Tully
Jessica Turner
Sam Tyson
Erika Via
Shuchun Wang
David Ward
Greg Watson
Stefanie Wayco
Robert Wentz
Kate Wharton
Jeff White
Scott Wilkinson
Glenn Williams
Kevin Williams
Phil Williams
Rand Wise
Andrew Wyse
Brandon Ylvisaker
Mandy Zielonka
Karen Ziton
FACULTY/STAFF
Richard Barke
Ed Botchwey
Sandi Bramblett
Chris Briggs
Mirjana Brockett
Ashley Brooks
Rob Butera
Jonathan Clarke
David Collard
Tom Conte
Lanie Damon
Archie Ervin
Hadi Esmaeilzadeh
Al Ferri
Benjamin Flowers
Russell Gentry
Paul Goldbart
Kevin Gonzalez
Jarrod Hayes
Karen Head
Tim Hsu
Joe Irwin
Jenna Jordan
David Knobbe
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Paul Kohn
David Laband
Steven McLaughlin
Matt McLendon
Kathryn Meehan
Ashley Meyer
Cynthia Moore
Colin Potts
Tara Prindle
Merideth Ray
Mary Lynn Realff
Chris Rozell
Lakshmi Sankar
Eric Schumacher
Kevin Shankwiler
Carrie Shepler
Marilyn Somers
Gerome Stephens
Phanish Suryanarayana
Becky Tankersley
Nirmal Trivedi
Douglas Ulmer
Kari White
Mary Tipton Woolley
Lisa Yaszek
ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPANTS IN
THE PRESIDENT’S
SCHOLARSHIP
SELECTION AND
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Beth Blumer (parent)
Fred Blumer (parent)
Clay Burton (parent)
Deborah Burton (parent)
Rajiv Saigal (alumnus and
keynote speaker)
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