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No, you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy the 2010 ARCS Galaeven though there were a couple of them in the room.
Former astronaut Ronald Sega put technical jargon aside and charmed his audience with color slides and a payload of personal anecdotes from his trips into outer space aboard the space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis in 1994 and 1996, respectively.
Now the Woodward professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University, Sega was at the gala to be honored for scientific achievement by the Colorado chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists.
The dinner event was chaired by past president Sherrye Berger, emceed by CBS 4 meterologist Dave Aguilera and held at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Proceeds go to the chapter’s scholarship fund.
Special guests included Bart Snyder, whose grandfather, Alan Shepard, was the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the moon; Mary Snitch, the director of programs, space systems and operations for NASA and the national president of ARCS; retired Lockheed Martin president Peter Teets; and Clayton Bargsten, an engineering physics major at CSU who spoke on behalf of the 32 college students whose science, medicine and engineering educations are being funded by ARCS scholarships.
Read more about the scholars and guests that chapter president Shirleen Tucker welcomed in my Seen First blog:
Names in the news.
The Children’s Museum has appointed Mike Yankovich president and chief executive officer. . . . Gizane Indart, executive director of the Denver Children’s Advocacy Center, was given a national award for outstanding service during the 26th National Symposium on Child Abuse held in Huntsville, Ala. . . . Community Shares will give its Community Leader of the Year award to Leslie Foster, president and CEO of The Gathering Place, at a celebration taking place Wednesday at Infinity Park Event Center. . . . Sheila Gutterman has been elected chair of the Colorado Judicial Institute board, succeeding Robert Miller. . . . Kate Taucher is chairing the National Repertory Orchestra Summer Gala; it’s at the Grand Hyatt on June 26 and Colorado first lady Jeannie Ritter is the honorary chairwoman. . . . Temple Emanuel’s salute to retiring senior rabbi Steven Foster was emceed by CBS 4 reporter Jodi Brooks, who wore a teal silk charmeuse gown that was designed for the occasion by Brooks Ltd.
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