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25th Anniverary Scholar Awards Luncheon

The Atlanta Chapter of ARCS® Foundation celebrated its 25th Anniversary Scholar Awards Luncheon on November 17, 2016.  We awarded $340,000 to 50 Scholars.  Deborah Kilpatrick, Ph.D., a member of our first class of scholars from Georgia Tech, and Michael Zwick, Ph.D., a 1998 Scholar from UC Davis, were our speakers.  Dr. Kilpatrick is CEO of Evidation Health, and has been named by Business Insider as one of the most powerfull women engineers in the world.  Dr. Zwick, is Assistant Dean of Research and Asscoiate Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics at Emory University Scool of Medicine.  Bill Liss moderated a conversation with these two distinguished scientist.

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 Tim Sampson, Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech

I am immensely grateful to the ARCS Foundation and Turner Enterprises for making my award possible. I am honored to have been part of the talented and promising group of young researchers from the Atlanta-area!

Thanks from Alum Courtney Pollard, III, MD, PhD, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore

Let me start by saying how thankful I am for being selected as an ARCS scholar.  I consider it one of my greatest achievements thus far and I am immensely proud to count myself as one of the amazing group of students that your organization selected to receive this award.  I want you ladies to know you are doing an outstanding job!  You all are embarked on a truly altruistic endeavor and it is my fervent prayer that this organization thrives for years to come.