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Vol. 1, No. 7 * December 2001 Table of Contents Alumni News Campus News =
Vanderbilt in the News Research at Vanderbilt Sports News Alumni Club Happ=
enings Alumni News What's in a Name? The Office of Alumni Programs has a=
new name and a new location. Now called Alumni Relations, our office has =
moved from Alumni Hall to the 10th floor of the Baker Building on 21st Ave=
nue South. Our new name better describes the broad range of programs and s=
ervices provided by the staff and volunteers. These services range from st=
udent recruitment and alumni club events to online services and Alumni Tra=
vel programs. Please visit us in person or click here for our Web page. =
Expand Your Horizons It's time to make your travel plans for 2002. Alumn=
i Association tours are filling up fast, so don't wait to sign up for one =
of these trips. Destinations include a journey through China and down the =
Yangtze River; a visit to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands; a trip t=
hrough Cuba; and a Mississippi River boat cruise. All trips feature a Vand=
erbilt professor who will share a unique perspective and knowledge of the =
region with members of the tour. Hot Off the Press Vanderbilt's first Alu=
mni Guide has hit the mail and should be in your living room now. Packaged=
together with the latest issue of Vanderbilt Magazine, the comprehensive =
guide is loaded with useful phone numbers, answers to frequently asked que=
stions, and other relevant information about campus happenings. You can al=
so find information about alumni events, services and programs, by visitin=
g http://sdm0.com/index.cfm?n=3D35&;s=3D304&c=3D152057&t=3D138&e=3D1874045&o=
=3D466 Attention Young Alumni If you are a graduate of the classes of 1998,=
1999, 2000 or 2001, please fill out and submit the annual Young Alumni Su=
rvey recently mailed to you. The information will be valuable in planning =
young alumni events, updating your contact information, and assessing the =
programs offered to young alums. Filling out the survey will also allow yo=
u to be included in this year's Black & Gold Pages-Your Class News. If yo=
u didn't receive a survey, click here to fill one out. The deadline to su=
bmit your survey is coming soon, so don't delay. VU Alum Named One of To=
p Artists Defining the Visual Arts Vanderbilt graduate Mel Chin was select=
ed by PBS as one of 21 artists who are defining the visual arts for a new =
millennium. Chin and the other 20 artists discussed their lives, their wor=
k and their visions in Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century, a four-part=
series that premiered in September on PBS. Board of Trust Chair Writes=
Biography About Late Husband, Bronson Ingram NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--=
Martha Rivers Ingram has written a biography about her late husband, Brons=
on Ingram, titled E. Bronson Ingram: Complete These Unfinished Tasks of Mi=
ne. The 320-page book presents a behind-the-scenes look at a man who was r=
enowned for his multiple business interests and philanthropic involvement.=
Martha Ingram became the chairman of Ingram Industries, her husband's com=
pany, five days after he died in 1995. The company is now an $11 billion d=
istribution conglomerate, and Martha Ingram is well-known as one of the to=
p female executives in the nation. She is also chair of the Vanderbilt Boa=
rd of Trust. Vanderbilt Alumna Writes Book About FBI Spy Vanderbilt gradua=
te Elaine Shannon, BA'68, covers the Justice Department and the FBI for Ti=
me magazine and specializes in writing about terrorism. Little Brown will =
publish her third book in January-The Spy Next Door: The Extraordinary Sec=
ret Life of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Damaging FBI Agent in U.S. His=
tory. Shannon is a correspondent with Time magazine's Washington bureau. =
Vanderbilt Crew Forms Local Alumni Club Aboard USS Porter Three Vanderbilt =
alumni-Lt. Cmdr. Roger Camp, BS'90, Lt. j.g. Lauren Brick, BS'99, and Ensi=
gn Katie Dudash, BS'00, recently completed a six-month Mediterranean cruis=
e as sailors onboard the USS Porter. The Porter is one of the Navy's newes=
t Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. These destroyers have a w=
ardroom complement of 22-24 officers; so three officers from Vanderbilt pr=
actically constituted a local alumni club. Alumna Works With Burn Victims=
of World Trade Center Attacks Vanderbilt alumna Hayes Vargo, BA'96, went o=
n to earn a BSN in nursing from Columbia University, and now works as a st=
aff nurse in the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center located at New York P=
resbyterian's Cornell Medical Center. She was there on Sept. 11 and has sp=
ent the days since working with the burn victims from the World Trade Cent=
er terrorist attacks. Campus News Vanderbilt Funds Bridge Across 21st Av=
enue South NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--The Metropolitan Planning Commissio=
n has approved a $2 million campus footbridge that will span 21st Avenue S=
outh and connect the Peabody campus to the Vanderbilt historic campus near=
the Central Library. Plans call for the pedestrian bridge to cross the he=
avily congested road near the Edgehill intersection, with endpoints near M=
agnolia Circle on the Peabody side and Godchaux Hall on the other. Vander=
bilt Community Office Helps Students Be Good Neighbors THE TENNESSEAN--Ma=
ry Pat Teague says things are not perfect between Vanderbilt University st=
udents who live off campus and their neighbors, but she's trying to change=
that. Teague is the assistant director of the Office of Community, Neighb=
orhood and Government Relations at Vanderbilt. The results of the office's=
work are apparent, Teague said. Last academic year, she received 22 compl=
aints from neighbors, most of them about noisy parties. This year, Teague =
said, she's had to intervene only six times. Owen School, Law School Esta=
blish New Program THE TENNESSEAN--To the students, it's a way to get a tast=
e of how lawyers and executives think and work-before the two groups are =
thrown together on the job. At Vanderbilt University's new law and business=
program, MBA and law students come together in special courses focusing =
on transactions. Law students earn a law degree with a certificate of spec=
ialization in law and business. Business students graduate with an MBA deg=
ree and a concentration in law and business. Vanderbilt Student-Conducte=
d Poll: Nashvillians Favor Scrutiny of People from Middle East THE TENNES=
SEAN--Most Nashvillians say it's OK to single out people of Middle Eastern=
descent for special law enforcement checks, according to a poll released =
recently by Vanderbilt University. The poll indicated that more African-Am=
ericans than others supported the extra security checks for people who are=
-or appear to be-Middle Eastern. Seventy-four percent of African-Americans=
said they support such special scrutiny vs. 64 percent of white and other=
residents. VUMC Board Votes to Build Outpatient Tower Next to Children'=
s Hospital THE TENNESSEAN--The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Board =
has approved an 11-story pediatric outpatient tower to be built next to th=
e Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital now under construction on the camp=
us. If the university's Board of Trust approves the plan, work will begin =
right away on the 169,000-square-foot tower. It would almost triple the am=
ount of outpatient clinic space and consolidate services that are now spre=
ad over five buildings. Vanderbilt in the News Vanderbilt Generates Lot=
s of Jobs in Middle Tennessee NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--According to fede=
ral statistics, research and development activities at Vanderbilt Universi=
ty generated more than 5,000 jobs in Middle Tennessee on and off campus. T=
hose jobs are among the nearly 1 million created by research and developme=
nt activities at colleges and universities throughout the United States. =
Owen Recognized as One of Most Tech-Savvy Business Schools NASHVILLE BUSI=
NESS JOURNAL--Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management h=
as been recognized as one of the most tech-savvy business schools in the n=
ation by Business 2.0 magazine. For its eLab and tech offerings in other a=
reas of study, the Owen School joined 19 others across the nation on the m=
agazine's list. Research at Vanderbilt VUMC Plans to Build Facility to =
Care for People With Diabetes THE TENNESSEAN--Vanderbilt University Medic=
al Center plans to build a multimillion-dollar, one-of-a-kind facility dev=
oted exclusively to the care of people with diabetes and research into the=
disease. The plans for the new comprehensive-care center, set to open in =
the next few years, were formally unveiled recently at a dinner that cappe=
d a daylong symposium. Mosquito May Be Nature's Most Effective Bioterro=
rist Laurence Zwiebel calls the mosquito "the ultimate bioterrorist." He =
should know. The assistant professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt =
University has contracted malaria many times while studying the bugs throug=
hout the Third World. Recently, however, Zwiebel and colleagues reported a=
genetic breakthrough that might tip the scale of the people-versus-mosqui=
to battle decidedly into the human camp. The Road to Greener Cities Com=
munication of Science, Engineering and Technology intern Nana Koram descri=
bes the process of developing more efficient fuel cells as replacements fo=
r the internal combustion engine based on her experience working in the la=
boratory of chemistry professor Charles Lukehart. Differences in Brain Us=
age Among Braille Readers Shed New Light on the Relationship Between Thoug=
ht and Language Individuals who have been blind from birth use different p=
arts of their brain when reading Braille than those who lost their sight e=
arly in life-a difference that sheds new light on the relationship between=
thought and language. VU Creates Innovative Engineering and Multidiscipl=
inary Program NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--The National Science Foundation h=
as granted $2.7 million to Vanderbilt to teach engineers to design safer a=
nd more reliable aircraft, automobiles and buildings-just about anything =
that requires a complex engineering system. Using the Science Foundation c=
ash, the university will create the Multidisciplinary Training in Reliabili=
ty and Risk Engineering and Management Program. Sports News Vanderbilt =
Athletics Official Home Page For the latest on Vanderbilt athletics, inclu=
ding news about the men's and women's teams, visit the official Vanderbilt=
Website at: http://sdm0.com/index.cfm?n=3D35&;s=3D304&c=3D152057&t=3D138&e=
=3D1874045&o=3D462 Vanderbilt Women's Basketball Coach is "Philly Guy" =
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER--Fourth-ranked Vanderbilt visited Temple recentl=
y to complete a homecoming weekend for Commodore women's basketball coach =
Jim Foster. He has never stopped being a "Philly guy" since leaving as co=
ach of St. Joseph's in 1991 for Nashville and the Southeastern Conference.=
He is a 1980 graduate of Temple and also served in the late 1970s as head=
coach of the Bishop McDevitt High girls' team, where he persuaded his fri=
end Geno Auriemma-now the women's coach at No. 1-ranked Connecticut-to joi=
n him on the bench with the Lancers. Alumni Club Happenings For upcomi=
ng alumni club events in your area, click on the headline above Nashville =
Young Alums Gather for Po' Boys and Hush Puppies On Thursday, Nov. 29, memb=
ers of the Nashville Vanderbilt Club "GOLD" (Graduates Of the Last Decade)=
gathered for a fun-filled night at the South Street restaurant. The crowd=
enjoyed food, drink and beach ambiance. Louisville, Tampa, and Dallas Hap=
py Hours Alumni in Louisville got together at Brasserie Deitrich on Oct. 2=
5; the Tampa Vanderbilt Club gathered with the University of Florida-Tampa =
Gator Club at Pop City on Nov. 1; and the Dallas Vanderbilt Club joined t=
he SMU Young Alumni Club at Sambucca Jazz Caf? on Nov.14. American Icon Ro=
ckwell Highlighted in the Big Apple The New York Vanderbilt Club paid tribu=
te to Norman Rockwell on Nov. 17, when more than 70 alumni and guests gath=
ered for a breakfast reception at the Stanhope Park Hyatt. The breakfast w=
as followed by a lecture and slide presentation on Norman Rockwell by Amy =
Kirschke, assistant professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt. After the lectur=
e, the group walked to the Guggenheim Museum to view the exhibit, Norman R=
ockwell: Pictures for the American People, the most comprehensive collecti=
on of Rockwell's art ever organized. Windy City Art Event The Chicago Van=
derbilt Club hosted one of their most successful events this fall on Nov. =
10 in conjunction with the Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South e=
xhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before touring the exhibit, the gr=
oup gathered for breakfast and a lecture at the Hilton Chicago and Towers.=
The featured professor was Vivien Fryd, associate professor of art histor=
y and American and Southern Studies. .commodore e-news is published month=
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