CLASS NOTES Alumni, we want to hear what you’ve been doing. Mail career, wedding, birth, and death news to Class Notes, Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Holtzman Alumni Center, 901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061; email the information to classnotes@vt.edu; or submit the news online at vtmag.vt.edu/submit-classnote.php, where photos may also be uploaded for consideration. For assistance, call 540-231-6285.
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CAREER Howard M. Pardue, Henderson, Nev., was recently appointed to the Society of Human Resources Management HR Executive Council.
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CAREER Irving M. Blank, Richmond, Va., was recognized with a Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities on Oct. 25, 2021.
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CAREER Victor E. Sower, Huntsville, Texas, published a third edition of his co-authored book, “RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional.”
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CAREER William R. Kelly, Richmond, Va., retired from Dominion Energy after 33 years, and the City of Yonkers after nine more years, and then from the Town of Greenwich after another 10 years.
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CAREER Thomas L. Muller, Newark, Del., celebrated his 50-year service anniversary with Veolia North America on Sept. 27, 2021
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CAREER Randy H. Thurman, Malvern, Pa., was named to the board of directors of the Villanova University Scarpa Center for Entrepreneurialism
and Law. He was also named to the Distinguished Flying Cross Society. He is chairman of the board, Outlook Therapeutics Inc.
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CAREER Peggy Y. O’Neal, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, has been appointed as RMIT University’s new chancellor.
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CAREER Susan Jackson Getty, Manchester, Md., was appointed to the Maryland State School Board for a four-year term. Fredrick S. Najjar, San Francisco, Calif., is the 2020-22 International Chair of the board of directors of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.
Mark and Mary Parker Davis
RECRUITING THE NEXT GENERATION
Frances M. Park, Springfield, Va., announced plans for her forthcoming memoir, “That Lonely Spell: Stories of Family, Friends & Love.”
In 2020, Mary Parker Davis ’81 and husband Mark, a former chemical engineering professor at Virginia Tech, established the Mary P. and Mark E. Davis Scholarship, which provides financial support for up to three years for qualified students. In December 2021, three students became the inaugural recipients of that scholarship.
CAREER Saifur Rahman, Arlington, Va., who is the Virginia Tech Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the Advanced Research Institute, was elected 2022 president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
To qualify, students must apply to the College of Engineering’s scholarship program, demonstrate academic excellence, and participate in an organization that supports women in STEM.
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Stephanie R. Vaughan, Winchester, Va., has received a doctorate in business administration. Paul A. Willard II, Providence Forge, Va., was selected as the national recipient of the 2021 Brewer Aerospace Award for Lifetime Achievement by the National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol.
Davis received her chemical engineering degree during a time when women were underrepresented in the profession. Today, only approximately 30 percent of STEM jobs worldwide are held by women. “I think more women need to know they can go into engineering,” she said. “I think women in any field bring in a different perspective.”
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