Samuel Florman '46, Th'46, author of TheExistential Pleasures of Engineering and cochairman of Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Co. in Scarsdale, New York, received the 2002 Civil Engineering History & Heritage Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Richard Kayne '72 was named to the board of directors of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer program founded by Paul Newman in 1988 for children with cancer and serious blood diseases:. A volunteer counseler since 1997, Kayne became involved after his son, Daniel, was diagnosed with a bone tumor and attended the camp (Daniel if in remission). Kayne joins founding medical director HowardPearson '51 on the board.
President Bush appointed former Washington Senator Slade Gorton '49 (see the DAM feature story on him in the Jan/Feb issue) to the federal commission that will investigate U.S. intelligence failures in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Forbes magazine named Tier Technologies, led by chairman and CEO JamesBildner '75, one of the "200 Best Small Companies" in America for 2002. Based in Walnut Creek, California, Tier provides information technology services to clients in the state and local government, healthcare, insurance and utilities markets.
N. Bruce Outhu '80 a professor and former director of the Native American Program at Dartmouth, has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs at Vermont Law School.
Dr. Etta Pisano 79, chief of breast imaging at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named one of the "20 Most Influential People in Radiology" by Diagnostic Imaging magazine.
Bill Bray '89 is Sisseton Wahpeton Community College's new president. The South Dakota college was chartered by the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in 1979.