2016 Fall Cocktail Party

ARCS Atlanta members gathered at the home of Leslie and Skip Petter for our annual fall party to celebrate our new members and our Silver Anniversary. It was a warm, fair evening and eveyone enjoyed catching up after the summer. A buffet dinner, catered by Soiree, was set up in the pool house and tables were clustered at the end of the pool to enjoy the food and conversation.

Membership VP Sally Hinkle presented the new members. She gave us highlights of their resumés and everyone was quite impressed. Silver Anniversary Chairs Ginny Plummer and Susan Higley, festively costumed, told us about some of the special activities being planned for this year. The party set the tone for the anniversary celebration that will be going on throughout the year.

President Sara Jean Burke with two of our Founding Members, Clare Whitfield and Paula Bevington

Special Events Chair June Tompkins and Chair Elect Carolynn Cooper

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 ARCS Atlanta Scholar Alum Deborah Kilpatrick, CEO Evidation Health

The work you (ARCS Foundation Atlanta members) have all done is tremendous, and I am so proud to be a part of that legacy. I hope that my work is making you all feel that there has been a good return on your investment.

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!

2016 Fall Cocktail Party

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