Vol.
14, Issue 1 Spring 2005
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Tech TODAY is published three times
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 In last issue’s “A Look Back
in History”, my dad, Robert F.
Manley, Jr., is in the front row, second
in from
the left.
My dad just retired
as Sergeant from the Groton Town Police
Department
in
Groton, CT after 33 years of service.
He was only at Florida Tech for two
years. He did earn his Bachelor's Degree
in
Criminal Justice from the University
of New Haven. A good story about his
stay at Florida Tech is his pledging
of Pi Kappa Alpha. He pledged while
he was there, but left the university
before
he was initiated. When I graduated
in December of 2003, the brothers of
Pi
Kappa Alpha had a special initiation
for him when he arrived for my graduation.
Although he is not a "true" Florida
Tech alumni, he is an almuni of the
Florida Tech chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha.
So now,
in our own individual ways, we're both
proud alumni. Currently he is just
enjoying his retirement at home in
Mystic, CT.
Kathryn
Manley ’03
Mystic, CT
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In 1958 to train professionals working
in the space program at what is now
Kennedy Space Center.
In Melbourne, Fla. on 130 subtropical
acres, including a picturesque
botanical garden. The campus
is 5 minutes from
the Indian River, 10 minutes from
the Atlantic Ocean and 50 minutes
from Kennedy Space Center.
• The only independent, scientific and
technological university in the Southeast
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Located in Florida’s High Tech
Corridor, home to more than 5,000 high-tech
companies and the nation’s
5th largest high-tech workforce
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Classified by the Carnegie Foundation
as a Doctoral Research Intensive University,
a classifiction separating it from
institutions that only offer degrees
at the bachelor’s or master’s
level
• One of just five Florida schools selected
in Barron's
Best Buys in College Education
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For the 15th consecutive year, U.S.
News & World Report has ranked
Florida Tech among the nation’s
best doctoral universities and among
the top 7% of America’s colleges
and universities
• Named one of the top
14 technical institutions in
engineering in the Fiske Guide
to Colleges
Chairman, Board of Trustees Allen
S. Henry, Ph.D.
President Anthony James Catanese,
Ph.D., FAICP
Provost and Chief Academic
Officer T. Dwayne McCay, Ph.D.
Sr. Vice President for Advancement
Thomas G. Fox, Ph.D.
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Having received copies of the first two
issues of Florida Tech Today, I felt
compelled to e-mail you and the rest
of the team to express my sincere
appreciation for taking the "bull
by the horns" and creating this
exceptional magazine. You all should
be proud of an outstanding job and
product that will keep fellow Florida
Tech alumni in touch with the events
in individual lives as well as at
Florida Tech.
Periodically, I receive
alumni magazines from The Citadel
(where I received my
undergraduate degree) and I must say
you folks have put out an impeccable
magazine and I look forward to receiving
subsequent issues in the future.
You
would never know that this was only
the first couple of issues. There
is
undoubtedly a creative, innovative
and experienced team behind this
magazine.
Congratulations and thank
you!
Best Regards,
Wes McDaniel
Graduate Program Alumni
P.M.B.A.—December 2004
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30
years ago at WFIT. (L to R) Ray A. Work,
Dean of Student Affairs, Florida Institute
of Technology; Jerome Keuper, founder
and first President of Florida Institute
of Technology; Gary J. Bowie, General
Manager, WFIT; Richard Kapuskinski, Chief
Engineer, WFIT; Robert Blinn, Program
Director, WFIT; and Jeff Fleming, Assistant
Program Director, WFIT.
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Tell us what you’d
like to see and give
us your responses to the articles that
you’ve read in the magazine. We’d
love to
hear from you. Send your comments to
jowilson@fit.edu.
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