John Peter Grothe, CCAS PhD ’70, passed away June 16 in Los Altos, Calif. Born in San Francisco on May 28, 1931 to Walter and Dorothy Grothe, he was raised in Hillsborough, Calif. His proudest achievement was drafting the original Peace Corps legislation and giving it the name “The Peace Corps” in 1960 when he […]
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Stephen Haines, GWSB MS ’75
Stephen Haines, GWSB MS ’75, passed away July 2, 2012. As CEO and founder of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management, he was one of the world’s foremost authorities on the application of systems theory to the practical issues of strategy, planning, marketing and organizational change. Haines took academic research and his own and translated systems […]
Barbara A. Bither, CCAS MA ’78
Barbara A. Bither, CCAS MA ’78, who had worked as a museum curator and historical researcher at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Historical Resource Center, died June 29. Ms. Bither joined the Historical Resource Center in 1997 and specialized in the history of currency papermaking and engraving. Over the years, she helped the Secret […]
Robert Kaplan, GWSB MS ’77
Robert Kaplan, GWSB MS ’77, published his first book, Nakam (Vengeance), the story of Nazi-looted Jewish art restored to the victim’s descendants through covert action. Outraged over anti-Semitism he experienced in Eastern Europe in 2009, Kaplan wrote the historical novel after a chance meeting in Prague with the frustrated great-nephew of a Holocaust victim denied jurisdiction for nine years […]
San Antonio Alum: “Get involved in your local chapter”
Jim Eskin, ESIA BA ’75, was always fascinated by the political process, so attending college in Washington, D.C. was a natural decision. “I was a tag-along younger child when my older sister took a campus tour and went elsewhere but GW left an indelible impression,” he recalls. The urban affairs major and Delta Tau Delta fraternity […]
Robert Koch, CCAS BA ’69, GWSB MS ’74
Robert H. Koch, CCAS BA ’69, GWSB MS ’74, of Lexington, N.C., formerly of Oshkosh, Wis., passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012. He was born on July 30, 1947, to Robert and Connie Stoll Koch. After graduating from Oshkosh High School in 1965, he attended Wisconsin State University at Oshkosh and GW, where he earned both […]
Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, and Arlene Arrigan Pietranton, CCAS BA ’74, MA ’76, PHD ’93
Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, a doctoral student at Arizona State, will begin her second term as president of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association, the pre-professional organization of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), in the fall. She will be working with Arlene Arrigan Pietranton, CCAS BA ’74, MA ’76, PHD ’93, executive director of […]
Gary Horan, SPHHS MS ’73
Gary Horan, SPHHS MS ’73, was named Man of the Year by the Irish Business Association of New Jersey at its fourth annual Awards Dinner. The organization recognizes outstanding individuals from among the more than 1.3 million New Jerseyans of Irish descent for their contributions to the vitality of the state. Horan is a recently-named […]
Karl R. Gerlach, SEAS MS ’75, PHD ’81
Karl R. Gerlach, SEAS MS ’75, PHD ’81, was honored June 30 with the 2012 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications. IEEE, the world’s largest professional association advancing technology, recognizes the top technological minds from around the globe. The medal recognizes Gerlach for contributions to radar signal processing, clutter modeling and electronic […]
Samia Farouki, GSEHD MA ’79
Samie Farouki, GSEHD MA ’79, was appointed as a member of the board for the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. The board oversees the foundation’s mission to mobilize the community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive. Farouki is the founder and president of […]