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Spring 2003 ALUMNI NEWS
compiled by Jane Link, Janice Sand and Laurie Anderson
1970's
Leerie Jenkins Jr., BLA '70, was appointed
to the board of trustees at Florida A&M University by Florida Governor
Jeb Bush. Jenkins is chairman and chief executive officer of Reynolds,
Smith and Hills, an architecture, engineering and planning firm. He earned
his MLA from the University of Michigan in 1972.
B.K. "Kerry" Godwin III, BLA '77,
recently joined The
Evans Group of Orlando, Florida, as Vice President/Director of Planning.
1980's
Nat B. Frazer, PhD (ecology) '83, was inducted
as chair of the Board on Natural Resources at the 115th Annual Meeting
of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
in Chicago in November 2003. Nat also serves as chair of NASULGC's Section
on Ecology, one of five sections reporting to the board. Frazer was also
featured in an article appearing in the Gainesville
Sun titled "Conservationist Credits Bare Feet".
Dean Simon, MS (wildlife biology) '86, is
now designated a certified wildlife biologist with The
Wildlife Society. He co-authored a research paper in the Proceedings
of the Eleventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference in
2001 in Knoxville, Tennessee titled "Periodic Burning in Table Mountain-Pitch
Pine Stands."
Jerry Qualls, PhD (ecology) '89, has been
promoted to associate professor at the University of Nevada.
A. Michelle Wood, Ph.D. (zoology) '80, is
president of the Phycological
Society of America (2002) and serves on the executive committee of
the Western Division of AAAS (through 2005). She was also selected for
an Aldo Leopold Environmental Leadership Fellowship in 2002, but had to
decline because of conflicts with other duties.1990's
Kevin Barnes, MS (CESD) '98, is a self-employed
stream ecologist and fish biologist. Stream Techs, Inc. provides watershed
assessments, fish surveys, stream habitat assessments, and stream restoration.
John Chick, PhD (ecology) '99, has been featured
on CBS
Evening News and the New
York Times for his research on the Asian carp. John, director of the
Illinois Natural History Survey's Great Rivers Field Station, is conducting
research on this invasive species of fish which were released into the
Mississippi River during the floods in 1993.
Winslow Hastie, MHP '99, is working in
the city of San Francisco's Planning Department as technical staff to
the Landmarks
Preservation Advisory Board.
Toshihide (Hamachan) Hamazaki PhD (ecology)
'95, is enjoying his work with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
in Anchorage, Alaska. He frequently visits the remote Alaskan bush via
small airplane.
Michelle Lakly, PhD (ecology) '99, hosted
Zoo Atlanta's innaugural BioBlitz this past fall. BioBlitz was a 24-hour
biological survey and educational public event designed to highlight urban
biodiversity. Becky Bixby, ecology postdoc,
and Elizabeth Skillen, PhD (ecology) '02,
also participated in the event. Georgia Public Broadcasting filmed portions
of the event for Georgia
Outdoors and conducted in depth interviews with Skillen and Lakly,
who is the director of education at the Zoo, concerning biodiversity.
Jorene Martin, MHP '95, is
the senior preservation planner at the Jaeger
Company in Athens, GA.
Erik Nelson, MLA '99, is currently principal
of Yellow Mountain
Consulting in Portland, OR. Current projects include the New Asian
Galleries at the San Antonio Art Museum and the Seattle Chinese Garden,
which began in November 2002.
Sarah Dillard Pope, MHP '93, has taken
maternity leave from her job with the Department of the Interior's National
Register of Historic Places. After the birth of her second child, Sarah
will work as an education director for the Commonwealth of Virginia's
Main Street Program in Richmond.
Autumn Rierson, MHP '99, is assistant
legal counsel in the Department of Law and Public Policy at the National
Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. She servies also
as liaison to the International Committee on Monuments and Sites.
Amy Groover Streelman, MHP '98, is currently
senior architectural historian with Janus
Research of St. Petersburg, Florida. She has been with the cultural
resource managment firm since 1997, and she works with University of Georgia
MHP student Brian Koepnick.
Allison Slocum, MHP '99, is working as a preservation
planner at the Lower Chattahoochee
Regional Development Center.
Ellen Sutherland, MS (CESD) '99, was one of
twelve authors of a reservoir study released in May by UGA's River Basin
Science and Policy Center. The study stated that extensive use of dams
across Georgia fragment river systems and sometimes extinguish native
species. Sutherland is currently executive director of Georgia River Network.
Chris Tatara, PhD (ecology) '99, has been
promoted to research fisheries biologist with the National Marine Fisheries
Service at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Manchester Research
Station located in Washington. Tatara's responsibilities include conducting
field and laboratory research on the interactions between hatchery and
wild salmonids, and evaluating alternative hatchery practices and captive
brookstock programs.
Burke Walker, MHP '94 is the preservation
planner at North
East Georgia Regional Development Center in Athens, GA. Walker is
a temporary instructor in SED teaching the MHP photography course.
Christine Van Voorhies, MHP '99, is working
for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation
Division as an archaeological outreach specialist.
Rodney Vargas, MS (CESD) '95, is currently
the undergraduate program coordinator for the Organization for Tropical
Studies in Durham, North Carolina.
Paige Weiss, MHP '99, is the certified local
government coordinator for the state of Virginia.
2000's
Sara Beresford, MS (CESD) '00, is employed
with the International
START Secretariat in Washington, DC. Her responsibilities as project
coordinator include managing and coordinating a 4-year project funded
by Global Environmental Facility. The project, Assessments of Impacts
and Adaptation to Climate Change, supports scientists in developing countries
by funding their research and providing training and technical support.
Kevin Chastine, MHP '02, is working as
the certified
local government coordinator with the Tennessee Historical Commission
in Nashville, Tennessee. He works with local historic preservation commissions
and communities across the state to strengthen preservation programs.
Donald Fortson, BS (ecology) '02, has accepted
an environmental scientist position with ManTech Environmental, Inc. in
Athens. His responsibilities include evaluating stream quality, stream
surveying, and maintaining benthic macroinvertebrates.
Liz Gales, MHP '01, is working for Hess
Roise, a cultural resource management firm, in Minneappolis, Minnesota.
Meg Gaffney, MLA '02, is a landscape architect
intern for the Haskell
Company in Jacksonville, Florida.
Paula Johnson Gagnon, MS (ecology) '01, has
accepted a position with the Freshwater Initiative of The Nature Conservancy
in Chicago, Illinois.
Thomas Harwell, MLA '00, is working as a real
estate broker in Nashville, Tennessee.
Fred Hay, MS (CESD) '00, has accepted a technical
outreach and education specialist position with the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources in Brunswick, Georgia. His responsibilities include
providing technical assistance to local governments regarding coastal
resource management issues, and environmental education and outreach.
John Hutchens, PhD (ecology) '00, has accepted
an assistant professor position of biology appointment with the Coastal
Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.
Jennifer Martin Lewis, MHP '02, became
Georgia's certified local government coordinator in January 2003. As an
employee of the SED Public Service & Outreach office and in conjunction
with the Historic Preservation Division, she assists Georgia communities
in establishing preservation commissions which can then protect what is
significant from their past and manage future growth.
Mike Madritch, PhD (ecology) '02, has accepted
a postdoctoral position with the Department
of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin.
James ("Jamie") March Ph.D. (ecology)
'00, is enjoying his first year of teaching in his new position as a tenure-track
assistant professor with Washington
and Jefferson College (just outside Pittsburgh, PA).
Julie March, PhD (ecology) '01, has accepted
an AAAS Fellowship with USAID in Washington, DC.
Michael ("Mike") Merrill, MS (CESD)
'01, was one of twelve authors of "Reservoirs in Georgia" a
report published in May 2002 by the River Basin Science & Policy Center
on the impact of dams and reservoirs on river systems.
Kristen R. Miller, MS (CESD) '00, has accepted
a communications coordinator position with SANREM CRSP in Watkinsville,
Georgia.
Pascal Rabeson, MS (CESD) '00, is currently
field coordinator of the Insects and Spiders Survey, National Museum of
Insects in Madagascar.
 Alissa
Salmore, MS (ecology) '00, was awarded a Lindbergh
grant for a research project on identifying the source of e-coli in
urban storm water. Salmore, an associate researcher at the University
of Wisconsin System Great Lakes Water Institute, received one of nine
grants awarded this year, and was chosen from more than 100 applicants
from around the world. She was also voted "Ms.
M.o.X.i.e." (Microsoft Office v. X Integrated Experience) in
a worldwide online contest run by Microsoft Corporation. The title comes
with $10,000 and a new iMac computer.
William Gordon Siler, MLA '00, is working
for the firm of ColeJenest
& Stone in Charlotte, North Carolina. ColeJenest & Cole is
a comprehensive land planning, landscape architectural, civil engineering
and urban design firm.
Stephanie Smith, MLA '01, has been hired
as a city planner in the Department of Community Development in Montpelier,
Vermont.
Ria Tsaliagos, MS (CESD) '02, has accepted
a technician position with the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. She
is conducting research, presenting outreach talks, working with 4th and
5th grade students in the 'teaching kids the science of ecology' program
Mike Tymoff, MLA '01, is working for the
San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation. He continues competing
in (and sometimes winning) triathlons.
Lee Webb, MHP '00, is working as a city
preservation officer in Savannah, GA.
BIRTHS
Glen Bennett, MHP '03, and Cherie
Blizzard Bennett, MHP '98, have a new daughter, Elizabeth, born
in Atlanta on October 9, 2002. Congratulations!
Daniel and Michelle Lakly, PhD (ecology)
'99, announced the birth of sons Conner James and John Michael, born Jan.
17, 2003.
Congratulations to Susan (Sue) Miller, PhD
(ecology) '98, and Chuck Rhoades, PhD (ecology)
'97, on the birth of their twin sons Henry Tobias and Oscar Sylvan on
June 14, 2002. Chuck stated "They joined us on Flag Day and have
been filling our abode with happiness, noise, and activity for all hours
of the day and night."
Erik Nelson, MLA '99, and wife May Chan welcomed
son Kai Chan Nelson into their lives in Feb. 27, 2003 (8 pounds, 1 ounce).
The Golden Mean loves photos! When you share your news with us, send
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for details!
This page last updated July 17, 2003.
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