2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon

A sellout crowd packed the ballroom at the Ritz Carlton Hotel for the 2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon where the Atlanta Chapter awarded $285,000 to 40 scholars.

Photos by James E. Fitts, Atlanta, GA.

A sellout crowd packed the ballroom at the Ritz Carlton Hotel for the 2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon where the Atlanta Chapter awarded $285,000 to 40 scholars. Photos by James E. Fitts, Atlanta, GA.

Emory Scholars

2012 Emory University ARCS Scholars (2 scholars not pictured).

Georgia Tech Scholars

2012 Georgia Institute of Technology ARCS Scholars and University Representatives.

Morehouse Scholars

2012 Morehouse College ARCS Scholars and College Representatives.

UGA Scholars

2012 University of Georgia ARCS Scholars and University Representatives.

Luncheon Attendees

ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter Members Liz Lauer, Laura Hardman, Joanne Gross, and Sylvia Dick are pictured with 2012 Emory Scholar Matthew Magee.

Past Presidents

Past Atlanta Chapter Presidents Sherry Lundeen, Janie Wilson, and Kay Weiss enjoy the day.

Luncheon Organizers

2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon Chair Frances Swensson (center) celebrates the day's success with Scholar Relations Chair Brooke Weinman (left) and VP Funds Development Linda Kay McGowan (right).

Luncheon Sponsors

THANK YOU to Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP, (HA&W), sponsor for the 2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon! From left are Justin Elanjian, HA&W; Cheryl Wynn, HA&W; Nancy Chambers, ARCS Foundation Atlanta; Anne Marie Scully, HA&W; Thomas Prevatt, HA&W; and Carol Meier, ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Zeist Award

Nancy Brumley Robitaille, President, The Zeist Foundation, Inc.; Scholar Roy Llewellyn, Morehouse College; and Marie Brumley Foster, Secretary, The Zeist Foundation, Inc., and ARCS Foundation Atlanta Member.

UPS Award

Laura Johns, The UPS Foundation, and Scholar Jamie Montague Fischer, Georgia Tech.

Turner Award

Taylor Glover, President and CEO of Turner Enterprises, Inc.; Scholar Tim Sampson, Emory; and Shearon Glover, ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Sartain Lanier Award

Patricia Lummus, Associate Director, The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, and Scholar Joshua Mann, Morehouse Colllege.

King & Spalding Award

Samuel M. Matchett, King & Spalding; Scholar Andrew Peterson, Morehouse College; and Connie Dotzenrod, King & Spalding and ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Hansen Award

Ed Hansen; Scholar Zachary Lochner, Georgia Tech, and Harald Hansen. The award, from the Hansen family, is in memory of Betsy Hansen, chapter president 1998-1999.

Easterly/Johnson Award

Cheryl Dabney Johnson, ARCS Foundation Atlanta; Scholar Anthony Scruse, Morehouse College; and Anne Easterly, ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Cooley Award

Scholar Carol Young, Georgia Tech (center); Keith and Peg Cooley, Cooley Family Foundation. Peg is also an ARCS Foundation Atlanta member.

Burtchaell Award

Chuck Wilson, Joseph G. and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation; Scholar Bonney Reed-Knight, University of Georgia; and Janie Wilson, ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Adams Award

Scholar Rachael Arnold, University of Georgia, with Howell Adams, Jr., and Madeline Adams, ARCS Foundation Atlanta.

Thanks from Alum Alejandro Toriella, PhD, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech

Thank you very much for your support. It meant a lot. I had the opportunity to return to Tech as a faculty member last year. I’m very happy to be back and hope I can advise a future ARCS scholar soon!

Thanks from Alum Collette Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow at US Environmental Protection Agency

"Thank you all for reaching out and the support over the years. It's been a rocky few years following the passing of my doctoral research mentor a few weeks prior to my dissertation defense. Trying to rebound from his loss, finishing my dissertation, and figuring out where to go from there was challenging to say the least ... Thank you again for your support. Honestly I did not know how much I would have ended up relying on the generous gift that the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation provided when it was first received. However, it was vital in helping me launch a new chapter in my career when I found my plans collapse when my mentor passed. Again, THANK YOU!"

Thanks from Alum Eliot Quon, Postdoctoral Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory

ARCS Foundation has been a highlight of my academic career thus far, thank you for the support!

2012 Scholar Awards Luncheon

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