William K. Coors '38 retired from the board of directors of the Adolph Coors Co., which was founded by his grandfather and today is Colorado's biggest brewery. He will stay on as chief technical adviser. Mr. Coors, who worked for the family business for 64 years, earned his B.S.E. in chemical engineering from Princeton.

G. David Forney Jr. '61 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. He is the Bernard M. Gordon Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton.

Morton Collins *63 is the new chairman of the board at BattellePharma, based in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Collins is the founder and chief executive officer of several venture capital enterprises. Since 1997 he has served as a special limited partner of Cardinal Partners. In addition, he currently serves as director of Kopin Corp., Advanced Cerametrics Inc., the research and development advisory board of the Battelle Memorial Institute, Pharos Corp., PD-LD Inc., Strategic Diagnostics Inc., and Viral Genomics Inc. Dr. Collins earned his B.S. in engineering from the University of Delaware and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from Princeton University.

Jean-Pierre Marec *63 was elected an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Honorary fellows are persons of eminence in aeronautics or astronautics, who are recognized for their long and highly contributive career in the arts, sciences, or technology. Mr. Marec earned his M.S.E. in aeronautical engineering from Princeton.

Peter Franaszek *66 received the Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in recognition of his contributions to data encoding. His work on the encoding of digital data for transmission and storage has led to revolutionary advances in the recording density of digital media as well as the transmission bandwidth of digital communications systems. Dr. Franaszek is a researcher at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering.

Alfred V. Aho *67, vice president of computing science research at Lucent Technologies Inc., was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Dr. Aho's Ph.D. is in electrical engineer ing.

Kevin C. Daly *67 *70 has joined the board of directors at iStor Networks Inc., a provider of ultrafast, high-availability network storage solutions. Dr. Daly is chief executive officer of Avamar Technologies, a provider of innovative secondary storage solutions. He also serves as a technology adviser to a number of companies, industry and government committees, and educational institutions, including Princeton University, where he earned master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering.

Bruce S. Morra '76 is the new president of the Drug Delivery Systems Division at West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Previously, he was chief business officer for Progenitor Cell Therapy; and prior to that he was president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer of Biopore Corp. and its sister company Polygenetics Inc. Dr. Morra earned his B.S.E. in chemical engineering from Princeton, and his M.B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Martin Sankey '77 has joined Neuberger Berman Inc. as a managing director and analyst, covering durable goods, electrical products, and diversified industry sectors in the research department of Neuberger Berman LLC. Mr. Sankey has more than 20 years experience researching equity securities. He received his M.B.A. from Columbia University, and he holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.

Tom Leighton '78, chief scientist and director at Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Mr. Leighton earned his B.S.E. in electrical engineering and computer science.

Cosmo P. Santullo '78 has been named executive chairman of InfiniSwitch(TM) Corp., a provider of switchedfabric networking solutions for enterprise data center high-availability computing and high-performance computing server clusters. Mr. Santullo is a seasoned technology executive and a recognized leader in shaping organizational strategy. His 25 years of experience include appointments as president, chief executive officer, and director of Sonicwall Inc. and Mirror Image Internet Inc.; president of EMC e-Business Solutions, and several executive positions at International Business Machines. He holds a 1978 B.S.E. in civil engineering from Princeton.

Rosemarie Halchuk '80, a gas-quality engineer with Xcel Energy in Denver, Colo., wrote an article titled "Gas quality specifications ensure interchangeability for end users" for the April 1, 2003, issue of Pipeline & Gas Journal. She has been with Xcel Energy for 13 years and is responsible for the measurement and maintenance of the corporate gas-quality database, including measurements for custody transfer and therm billing hydrogen sulfide and water content. She received a B.S.E. in applied math from Columbia University and her master's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton.

Jonathan Reiss '81 has been named marketing director at Curry Engineering, based in Columbia, S.C. He earned his B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton.

Jeffrey M. Allison '83 is the new manager of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Operations Office in Aiken, S.C. Mr. Allison will be responsible for the overall leadership, direction, contract management, and oversight of all contractor and federal activities associated with the environmental management risk-reduction and cleanup mission performed at the Savannah River Site (SRS). He previously directed and oversaw operations of the high-level waste system at the Savannah River Operations Office, including the Defense Waste Processing Facility, H and F Tank Farms, the Effluent Treatment Facility, Saltstone, and other components of the high-level waste system. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Princeton.

Robert K. Green '84 has joined the Kansas City law firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin as a partner. He will practice in the energy and public utility group. He briefly practiced law with Blackwell Sanders after receiving his law degree in 1987 from Vanderbilt University Law School. He earned his 1984 B.S.E. in civil engineering from Princeton.

Peter A. Gnoffo *83 was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Fellows are persons of distinction in aeronautics or astronautics who have made notable, valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of the industry. Dr. Gnoffo earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton.

Alex J. Chanin *92 is the new president of Stelex-TVG Inc., a subsidiary of Vital Signs, Inc. Mr. Chanin, a founding partner of Stelex Inc., has more than 15 years experience in technology, sales, and business management. He holds bachelor's of science degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from Drexel University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton.

Engineer heads bank

Donald Kafka '82 is the executive vice president and chief administrative officer of First Southern Bank in Boca Raton, Fla., where he is responsible for strategic planning, business performance management, and supervision of the bank's administrative functions, including legal, human resources, marketing, and corporate communications. Previously, Mr. Kafka held several senior management positions at Citibank, including heading the institution's retail banking business in Venezuela and Thailand, and serving as chief operating officer of Citibank International's Global Consumer Bank North Latin America Division, based in South Florida. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Mr. Kafka earned his B.S.E. in civil engineering and became a licensed U.S. professional engineer. He earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Two honors recognize achievements of civil engineering alumna and entrepreneur

Marsha Anderson Bomar *78, president and owner of Street Smarts, a transportation engineering firm based in Duluth, Ga., was named a finalist for the 2003 Metro Atlanta and Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person award.

In addition, Street Smarts was named a "2003 Pacesetter" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for the second year in a row. The award recognizes Atlanta's top 50 fastest growing privately held companies.

To qualify for this prestigious award, companies must be headquartered in Atlanta, have revenue between $1 million and $300 million, and have a two-year growth in sales of more than 50 percent.

Street Smarts ranked fortieth. The company was recognized for tackling one of the Metro Areas greatest problem areas--traffic congestion.

"Our success comes from a strong faith and the collaboration of outstanding people working together to be creative problem solvers," Ms. Anderson Bomar said.

"Our people work diligently to give our clients great value-added service. A community-minded attitude rounds out our focus."

Street Smarts has employees in two states, with plans to open two more offices.

The firm provides service to both the public and private sectors in traffic engineering; transportation planning; roadway design and surveying; transit analysis; traffic signal design; training; planning and zoning work; impact studies; intelligent transportation systems (ITS); analysis programs; freight planning; impact fees; parking studies; public involvement and facilitation; and computer modeling.

Ms. Anderson Bomar began her career in 1973 in traffic engineering and transportation planning. She is past international president of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, a recipient of the Gwinnett Chamber Athena Award, and a Small Business Person of the Year finalist.

Ms. Anderson Bomar has served on numerous committees of TRB, WTS, ITE, ACEC, and other professional organizations. She is also heavily involved in mentoring activities, including the Texas A&M Advanced Transportation Institute and the ACEC Engineer's Week Introduce a Girl to Engineering program.

She earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1973 and a master's degree in transportation planning in 1975 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Ms. Anderson Bomar earned two master's degrees from Princeton in civil engineering.