Congrats to the New Fellows of the Radio Club of America and Other Awardees and a Thank You

We recently returned from NYC where, this past Friday, my husband and I attended the 103rd Anniversary Awards Banquet of the Radio Club of America at the New York Athletic Club on Central Park South.

 

The evening was truly special, with the recognition of individuals who have contributed in a multiplicity of ways to radio communications and broadcasting, education, and even to engineering and the manufacturing of radio communications equipment.

Among the honorees was Ms. Carole J. Perry, who received The President's Award for her outstanding development and advancement of the Amateur Radio Youth Program. Ms. Perry is from Staten Island, and in her acceptance speech, she, as did several others, spoke of the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. She noted that even though some still do not have power they still have strength! Ms. Erin King, who is a freshman at MIT, received the Young Achiever Award. David Buchanan received an award for his contributions to public safety.

I was at the banquet since my husband, Lad Nagurney (the other Professor Nagurney), was one of the five recipients of the Fellow Award.  Glenn Bischoff, the Publisher of Urgent Communications, was one of the other Fellow awardees, and I very much enjoyed talking with him about disaster communications and humanitarian logistics.
                                    
The keynote speaker was David Sumner, the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). He had recently returned from Vietnam. He was the contact person who had suggested, when I was organizing, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center Programs,  the conference on Humanitarian Logistics: Networks for Africa, that I have Dr. Cosmas Zavazava of the International Telecommunications Union of the United Nations, speak.

David Sumner spoke brilliantly on the importance of communications, especially robust radio communications, in saving people's lives. Brian Williams had been the keynote speaker at last year's banquet, and Walter Cronkite, the year before he passed away..

We had a wonderful group of fascinating people at our banquet table, including Andrew Conte, and his wife, who had spent a year at UMass Amherst on an exchange program from Rutgers. Mr. Conte received the Jack Poppele Award, named after the founder of the radio station WOR and Director of the Voice of America under President Eisenhower.
                                        
Below, I have posted some additional photos taken at the New York Athletic Club and of those who attended

Congratulations to all the award recipients and thanks for all that the members have done over one century in communications and in education!

 

 

 

Some Photos from the Isenberg School Awards Banquet

 Last evening we had our awards banquet at which students are recognized with awards and also scholarships.

The evening was very special and I took the above photos at it.

It was very special to meet some of the students' family members and to hear about their numerous accomplishments.

Sitting at our table were students who had come to the US 9 years ago and, at a neighboring table, a student who had come from Uzbekistan (and spoke flawless English).

I saw several of my Operations Management students who also received awards.

Students were recognized for their outstanding academics, for overcoming hardships, for their exemplary service and community work, and internships.

An enjoyable time was had by all and the food at the banquet, which took place at the Campus Center, was delicious.

Congrats to all the students on their much-deserved recognitions and thanks to the donors!

The masters of ceremonies were our Dean, Dr. Mark Fuller, and our head of Development, Mr. Ed Brozman. Tons of work happened behind the scenes to make everything flow smoothly.

Council of University Transportation Centers Awards Banquet in Washington DC

The CUTC (Council of University Transportation Centers) awards banquet will take place tomorrow evening at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC. My former doctoral student, Dr. Patrick Qiang, will be receiving the Charles V. Wootan award at this banquet for his dissertation, Network Efficiency / Performance Measurement with Vulnerability and Robustness Analysis with Application to Critical Infrastructure. At this banquet, others will also be honored.

It is thrilling to have one's doctoral student receive a national dissertation award and to have hard work recognized in this significant way. The Charles V. Wootan Award is for the best doctoral dissertation, based on a national competition, in the transportation planning and policy category. More information about the CUTC, the banquet, and associated awards can be found here.

This awards banquet precedes the Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington DC, to which thousands will be traveling (using all sorts of transportation modes). I wish everyone safe travels and very rewarding festivities and conference!

Some of the preceding press coverage of Dr. Qiang's award can be found here.

More information on Dr. Patrick Qiang is available on his website.