Volume 26, No. 8, October 12, 2001
Nathaniel Mulcahy (front) and Panagiotis Massourous, graduate students in mechanical engineering, work with a machine that Mulcahy built that is being tested as a way to study head injuries. The machine will hold the head safely and gently in place while the head is shaken inside of a magnetic resonance imager. |
Engineering student won't let math get his numberBy Tony Fitzpatrick "Do the math." Nathaniel Mulcahy couldn't. So Mulcahy decided to jettison mechanical engineering as his major at the University of Massachusetts in the early '80s. He chose instead English literature, another passion, seemingly at the other end of the career spectrum. After earning a master of arts and liberal studies from New York University in 1990, Mulcahy embarked on an eclectic career in education that took him to inner-city schools in New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant, Harlem and Bronx neighborhoods to Westchester County, New York; and even to Michigan's upper peninsula, where he served as an assistant principal. He taught in elementary schools in grades ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade. |
| At a reception Oct. 4 in Umrath Lounge, (from left) balloonist and University Trustee Steve Fossett thanks seniors Emily Fredrix, Jared Starman and Barry Tobias, members of the mission team for Fossett's attempted Round the World Solo Balloon Flight this summer. Jan. 28-31, Feb. 25-28 and March 25-28. |
Fossett gift establishes fellowshipsBy Barbara Rea A gift recently received from University Trustee Steve Fossett will create fellowships for undergraduate students, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "Steve is a great friend of the University and has contributed significantly to our success," Wrighton said. "His generosity supports our mission at Washington University in so many important ways. Scholarship support for outstanding undergraduate students is one of the most important priorities of the Campaign for Washington University, and we are especially pleased that Steve has designated this generous gift for that purpose." The J. Stephen Fossett Fellows Program will be established immediately and will be linked with the University's existing honorary scholarship programs. Initially, it will support students in the Pathfinder Program for Environmental Studies in Arts & Sciences.
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Report to trustees highlights campus response to Sept. 11 national tragedyBy Judith Jasper Leicht The University's Board of Trustees met Oct. 5 in the new Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center, one of the most technologically advanced education facilities in the nation. Chairman John F. McDonnell congratulated Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the Olin School of Business, on the success of the center. In welcoming the trustees, Greenbaum expressed appreciation for their support and said the center is a transforming investment in management education. In his report to the trustees, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton described the University's response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Wrighton noted that we have no reports of students who lost a parent or close family member nor are we aware of the loss of any alumni. Only one international student has left the University to return to his home in the United Arab Emirates, and he plans to return in the spring. |
Mead's 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' at alma materBy Liam Otten Before there ever was any such thing as "Internet for Dummies" or "Olive Oil for Idiots," 1936 University alumnus Shepherd Mead gave America "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1952), a tongue-in-cheek primer for the would-be corporate baron. Mead's book later became the basis of the acclaimed Broadway show by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows, which premiered in 1961 and was recently revived. Later this month, Mead's alma mater will present this saucy mus-ical at Edison Theatre as the Per-forming Arts Department in Arts & Sciences' Fall MainStage production. Performances are at 8 p.m. Oct. 19-20; 2 p.m. Oct. 21; 8 p.m. Oct. 26-27; and 2 p.m. Oct. 28. |
(From left) Erin Whitten, Alison Koop, Nick Choksi and Laura Ernst lead the 29-member cast of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at Edison Theatre. |
Olin conference to focus on emerging opportunities in AsiaBy Robert Batterson The business and political environments facing companies operating in China, Japan, Korea and throughout the Asia-Pacific region will be the subject of the first International Business Outlook Conference Oct. 12-13 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. Chris Miller, who earned a master of business administration from the Olin School of Business earlier this year, planned and coordinated the conference, which is co-sponsored by the Olin School and Emerson. The conference, "Emerging Opportunities on the Asia-Pacific Horizon: Fostering Strategies, Partnerships & Growth," is designed for any business either anticipating or now doing business in Asia. |