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Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Dan Frakes '89
Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Dan Frakes '89
Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award
Dan Frakes is a respected technology writer and editor, focusing on personal computing and digital media. He has written over 800 articles and has authored or contributed to over 20 books, including one of the early e-books nearly 15 years ago. He is currently a senior editor and columnist at Macworld magazine and Website and an editor for the Take Control series of electronic books, and has previously held positions as the senior reviews editor for Playlist magazine and Website and as editor for MacFixIt.com. In 2006, Frakes was named to the MacTech 25, a publicly chosen list of the …
Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Travis Schedler '98
Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Travis Schedler '98
Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award
Travis Schedler is an instructor in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds a five-year fellowship from the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM). Schedler was the sole recipient of the 2008 AIM Fellowship, an award that is “intended for an absolutely first-rate new Ph.D. -- someone with the potential to leave a lasting mark on mathematics.” The fellowship supports one outstanding new Ph.D. pursuing research in an area of pure mathematics, and covers 60 months of full-time research as well as funds for travel and equipment. Schedler has written or co-authored 19 research articles, including one that …
Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Lillian S. Kao '89
Recipient Of The 2010 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Lillian S. Kao '89
Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award
Lillian S. Kao, M.D., M.S., is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery and faculty for the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHSC). She also serves as the Vice-Chief of Surgery at the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital in Houston. Dr. Kao’s main research interest is the prevention and treatment of surgical infections. She has several grants for her clinical research, including an NIH career development award. In 2006, Dr. Kao was the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar to study interventions to improve …