Alumni to Speak on Quantum Computer (Posted
February 5, 2004)
Dr. Rudy Krutar (CS 1966 and 1976) will be speaking on "The Rabi
Quantum Computer, a Venture in Philosophy" on Friday, February 6, 2004
at 8:15 p.m. at Philosophical Society of Washington meeting. The
presentation will be taking place in the John Wesley Powell auditorium
adjoining the Cosmos Club on Massachusetts & Florida Avenues in NW
Washington DC.
Megan Hammond Update (Posted
August 2003)
We are happy to report that the needs of Megan Hammond,
the Carnegie Mellon architecture student who is hearing impaired and
was recently featured in
The Washington Post, are being met with assistance from the
University's Office of Equal Opportunity Services and the Office of
the Dean of Student Affairs.
While it is nice to know Megan’s needs are being
met, we are pleased to know a number of our local alumni were moved by
her story and willing to help. Let’s turn that willingness into a
commitment and show our support of Dean Michael Murphy (HEINZ 1986) and
his efforts to come to the aid of students like Megan. With our
support of funds managed directly by the dean, he can assist even more
students with a wide array of needs. The more funding available to
him, the more Dean Murphy can reach out to students in need.
We know that Dean Murphy would welcome contributions
to the Friendship Fund, originally established by alumna Niloo Sobhani
(S 1993), to assist students like Megan. If you would like to
personally help, please send your contribution to:
Carnegie Mellon University
Office of Annual Giving
Friendship Fund
Alumni House
5017 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Attn: Carole Panno
You can also give online at
www.cmu.edu/give/.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, feel
free to contact Carole at (412) 268-1617.
Employment Opportunities
(Posted 4/17/2003)
The Learning Community (http://www.learning-community.org), a 10-year
old educational company based in Reston, Va., is seeking candidates
with strong computer skills and interested in future management
opportunities for several different positions. Open positions as of
April 16, 2003 include:
- Assistant to Director
- Marketing & Advertising Manager
- Office Manager
- Summer Interns
- Computer Data Base Designer.
Please contact Sharon
Peruzzi (H&SS1970), Director at sharon@tlc-nv.com. She is very
interested in hiring Carnegie Mellon graduates
Multimedia Network
Art Donner (Heinz/SUPA 1973) is managing a federal multimedia
network known as the BOPSAT. This network is open to federal employees
who are interested in multimedia topics and who want to network.
Periodically, meetings are held in the Washington DC area or via the
Internet. The BOPSAT (Bunch of People Sitting Around and Talking) was
created by the Social Security Administration and is now hosted by the
U.S. EPA. A BOPSAT Listserv was created and 150 federal employees from
various non-military and military agencies are subscribed. Meeting
announcements and topics of interest are distributed via the Listserv.
Federal employees can subscribe to the
BOPSAT Listserv by sending a blank email message addressed to:
bopsat-subscribe@lists.epa.gov
If you have any questions, please
contact Art Donner at donner.art@epa.gov
or 703-305-5476.
Washington Wizards Tickets Raffle
The raffle winners of tickets to the Washington Wizards game on
April 14 against the New York Knicks were John Breslin (H&SS 1998)
and Ryan Parzick (CIT 2000). A total of 25 alumni participated in the
raffle for the game against the New York Knicks which is Michael
Jordan's last regular season home game. A total of $250 was raised for
the local alumni chapter.
Shaping 21st Century Public
Information Policy
The Heinz School's Institute for the Study of Information Technology
& Society ("InSITeS") is a sponsor of an upcoming
conference on public information policy with some impressive speakers
lined up. The conference will be held April 24- 25, 2003 at the
Georgetown University Law Center. Click here
for more information or to register for this conference.
Book Signing -- Dr. Sharon T.
Freeman
On Monday, March 24, the Library of Congress hosted a talk and book
signing by fellow alum Dr. Sharon T.
Freeman (H&SS 1974, HEINZ 1977) who is the author and publisher of
"Conversations With Powerful African Women Leaders: Inspiration,
Motivation, and Strategy."
Donald W. Fitzpatrick (CIT1967)
On Saturday, March 1 during a dense fog, a small plane crashed in
Leesburg, Virginia, killing three people including Donald W.
Fitzpatrick, 58, of Reston, Virginia and a 1967 graduate of Carnegie
Mellon. Donald, an Electrical & Computer Engineering
graduate, was the founder, CEO, and President of High Performance
Technologies based in Arlington, Virginia.
The viewing was held on Thursday,
March 6, 2003 at the
Money and King Vienna Funeral Home in
Vienna, VA and the funeral service was held Friday,
March 7, 2003 at
10:00 a.m. at
Emmanuel Bible Church in
Springfield, VA. Donald was intern in Fairfax
Memorial Park in
Fairfax, VA.
| Condolences
may be sent to |
Laura
S. Fitzpatrick
1965 Lakeport Way
Reston, VA 20191
|
| In
lieu of flowers please make donations to |
Donald
Fitzpatrick Scholarship Fund at Carnegie Mellon University
For more details, please contact Lynn Holgate at
DWFitzpatrickScholarshipFund@hpti.com.
or
Donald Fitzpatrick Memorial Donation
c/o Brady Campaign to Prevent Handgun Violence
1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
www.BradyCampaign.org |
Interested in Opera?
Sharon Peruzzi (H&SS1970)
would like to find other alumni who are interested in attending opera
events. Please contact her via e-mail for more information at sharon@tlc-nv.com.
The Beams are Creaking
Lisa
Hawkins (CFA1996) directed "The Beams are Creaking"
which was the first production of the newly formed Shadows of Light
Productions. The play was about German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's
struggle to live for Christ in Nazi Germany and is written by Douglas
Anderson. Show dates were in early November 2002 and held at the Black Box
Theatre in the First Baptist Church located in Arlington, Va.
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