');document.writeln(' Hakala Named CEO of SpatiaLight, Inc.');document.writeln(' (July 2007)
');document.writeln(' David Hakala (B.S., Ph.D. Chemistry) was named CEO of SpatiaLight, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of ultra high-resolution Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) microdisplays for the high definition television market. Hakala was promoted from his position of Chief Operating Officer, which he\'s held since September 2002. He is also chairman of the Board of Directors. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Servoss, first Rensselaer woman to earn Ph.D., dies');document.writeln(' (May 2007)
');document.writeln(' Reva R. Servoss, 79, the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from Rensselaer, died on March 26, in Salt Lake City , as the result of an accident. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Separations Science: Nicole Hebert, Recent Chemistry Alumna, Featured in Top Trade Magazine');document.writeln(' (May 2007)
');document.writeln(' Nicole Hebert (BS, Chemistry, 1999) was proudly featured as a cover story in April issue of Chemical & Engineering News. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' RPI Grads everywhere at the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Seattle');document.writeln(' (January 2007)
');document.writeln(' Astronomers hold two national meetings per year, where colleagues meet and we find out what is going on in all areas of astronomy at once. This year, it seemed that everywhere we looked there was an RPI graduate. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Honors Renowned Geologist Ebenezer Emmons');document.writeln(' (June 2006)
');document.writeln(' A plaque honoring Ebenezer Emmons, Class of 1826, a renowned geologist and the Institute’s first professor of geology, was unveiled during a ceremony that took place on the Rensselaer campus in April. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Ebenezer Emmons Plaque to be Unveiled');document.writeln(' (March 2006)
');document.writeln(' A plaque honoring Ebenezer Emmons, class of 1826, will be unveiled in a ceremony on Thursday, April 27. Emmons named both the Adirondack and Taconic Mountains , and was the single individual principally responsible for the transformation of American geology. Through him New York State became the model and standard for the stratigraphic surveys of much of the rest of the United States. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Don Anderson ’55 Selected for Rensselaer’s Alumni Hall of Fame');document.writeln(' (August 2005)
');document.writeln(' Don L. Anderson received his B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from Rensselaer in 1955. Come September, this deep-Earth researcher will be inducted into Rensselaer\'s Alumni Hall of Fame. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' RAA Fellows Award: John Bogdan Jr. ’86');document.writeln(' (August 2005)
');document.writeln(' John Bogdan Jr. \'86 of Westminster, Md., received the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Fellows Award from the Department of Biology on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Professor Wait Honored With RAA Distinguished Service Award');document.writeln(' (June 2005)
');document.writeln(' Samuel Wait Jr. \'53 was honored with the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Distinguished Service Award at the Reunion 2005 RAA Awards dinner June 10. The award recognizes "service of the highest order to Rensselaer, to a profession, to the nation, and to humanity." ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Government Careers are Worth Investigating');document.writeln(' (May 2005)
');document.writeln(' Diana Heitzman, \'80 \'81, is profiled in "Woman Engineer" about her job as an environmental program specialist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' AIDS Drug Developer Dr. Dani Bolognesi ’63 Receives RAA Fellows Award');document.writeln(' (February 2005)
');document.writeln(' Dr. Dani Paul Bolognesi \'63 was recognized with the RAA Fellows Award from the Department of Biology on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at his offices in Durham, NC. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Ivar Giaever ’64 Retirement Reception');document.writeln(' (February 2005)
');document.writeln(' The School of Science hosted a retirement reception for Ivar Giaever \'64, Institute Professor of Science and professor of physics, on Jan. 26 in the Russell Sage Dining Hall. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Alumni Jim Inglese ’84 Appointed Head of Biomolecular Screening for the NIH Chemical Genomics Center');document.writeln(' (June 2004)
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Alumni Jim Inglese, Ph.D. (B.S. Chemistry 1984) has been appointed head of biomolecular screening in the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chemical Genomics Center. The Chemical Genomics Center is the first component of a nationwide network that will produce innovative chemical “tools” for use in biological research and drug development. ');document.writeln('