Kathy J. Caldwell, P.E., was recently profiled by The Gainesville Sun for her involvement with the 20 Champions of Change, discussing the nation’s infrastructure needs with President Barack Obama.
Caldwell, TN A ’85, currently serves as President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, president of Caldwell Cook and Associates, and as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Florida. Read the article for biographical information and to learn of the ASCE national priority list recommended for the country’s infrastructure.
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The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial opened this past weekend in Washington, D.C. In a moving story from The Birmingham News, one of the contractors of the new monument is led by an engineer who represents “the justice and equality for African-Americans” that King had in mind.
The article tells the story of an engineer who attended school in 1963 in Alabama, went on to become an engineer, and who owns a contracting firm.
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The Express-Times (PA) is reporting that engineer Michael Parlamis, P.E. (MA B ’62), is working on plans to build a new college in Hanover Township.
Parlamis is currently a principal at Frank Parlamis, Inc., and worked as a manager on the construction of the General Motors Building (NY) as a young man. Current plans include naming the college the Euclidean University. Click here for more information
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