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Induction into Distinguished Alumni Academies
ACADEMY OF CHEMICAL
ENGINEERS
JAMES H LAUGHLIN, JR., BSCHE
’64, earned a law degree from American
University. He is a partner in the
international law firm of Holland and
Knight in Washington, DC. His
professional career began in the Legal
Division of the American Cynamid
Company in Stamford, Connecticut.
After seven years, he joined Xerox. Twelve
years after receiving his bachelor’s degree,
he entered the private practice of law in
Washington, DC.
RICHARD N. SMITH, BSCHE ’59,
began his career with Goodrich-Gulf
Chemicals, Thiokol and Celanese. He
worked for Pfizer, a major producer of
pharmaceuticals, food chemicals, and
industrial products, for 31 years in
Connecticut, North Carolina and Ireland.
While in Connecticut, he served on the
Ledyard Board of Tax Review, Town
Council, and Economic Development
Commission.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Babe
Greg Babe was
inducted into the
Academy of
Mechanical and
Aerospace
Engineering at
the spring
banquet.
GREGORY S. BABE, BSME ’80, is
president and CEO of Bayer
MaterialScience – a member of the
worldwide Bayer Group, an international
health care, nutrition, and innovative
materials group. Babe has served as
president and CEO of Bayer Corporate
and Business Services, where he was
responsible for providing expertise and
support in engineering and other
business services to Bayer Corporation
and its affiliates. He is a member of the
American Plastics Council Operating
Board and chairs the board’s
Membership Committee. He also is the
executive sponsor of the Bayer Diversity
Advisory Council and is on the Board of
Directors for the United Way of Western
Pennsylvania.
ACADEMY OF THE
LANE DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Ghosal
ANJAN K.
GHOSAL,
MSCS ’88, is
president and
CEO of IntelliNet
Technologies,
which provides
SS7 technology
and consulting to
leading
application developers, vendors, and
carriers worldwide. Ghosal founded
IntelliNet Technologies in 1992. In 2002,
he was recognized by Ernst & Young as
the Entrepreneur of the Year in Florida
for his contributions to the
telecommunications industry. Ghosal
earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical
engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology in India, in 1985. He lives in
Melbourne, Florida.
Kirby
information security, privacy
management, and innovative
DAVID KIRBY,
BSCS ’75, is
president of
Kirby
Information
Management
Consulting in
Durham, North
Carolina,
providing
information technologies in health care.
Kirby led the development of Duke
Medical Center’s first in-house electronic
health records systems, helped develop
the first and second generations of the
Duke Medical Center backbone network,
directed the TeleHealth office, established
and directed the Center for Information
Technology Innovation, and established
and directed Duke’s Information Security
Office. Kirby earned a master’s degree in
computer science from the University of
North Carolina in 1982.
Waters
JOHN F.
(JACK)
WATERS,
BSEE ’87, is
executive vice
president and
chief technology
officer for Level 3
Communications,
a Denver-based
provider of integrated communications
services, including voice, private line,
wavelengths, co-location, Internet access,
managed modem, data, and dark fiber. In
2004, the company acquired the
wholesale dial access business of ICG
Communications, providing dial-up
Internet access to America Online,
Earthlink, MSN, United Online, and
other Internet service providers. Mr.
Waters was an executive staff member
responsible for the architecture, design,
and implementation of MCI and
Concert’s Internet Services. He also
helped design and build MCI’s original
Internet service.
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