Newsmakers

Issue Date: 
May 14, 2012
Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) presents Pitt Board of Trustees Chair Stephen R. Tritch (ENGR ’71, KGSB ’77) with a 2012 History Maker Award during the Senator John Heinz History Center’s 20th annual award dinner on April 13 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. Tritch, the retired chair and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, won the award in the Business and Industry category. The History Center presents the honor annually to distinguished Pittsburghers for their exceptional contributions to the history of Western Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world.Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) presents Pitt Board of Trustees Chair Stephen R. Tritch (ENGR ’71, KGSB ’77) with a 2012 History Maker Award during the Senator John Heinz History Center’s 20th annual award dinner on April 13 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. Tritch, the retired chair and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, won the award in the Business and Industry category. The History Center presents the honor annually to distinguished Pittsburghers for their exceptional contributions to the history of Western Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world.
Pitt Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Robert Hill (far left) received the Leadership Award from the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Carson Scholars Fund during that organization’s 8th Annual Awards Ceremony April 22 at the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Hill, who also delivered remarks during the ceremony, stands beside Carson Scholars Fund founder Benjamin S. Carson (middle), a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon who, among his numerous career highlights, performed the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus (conjoined) twins in 1997 in South Africa; and Adam Iddriss (ENGR ’07, A&S ’07), a 2006 Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner at Pitt who was inspired as a child when he read Carson’s autobiography, Gifted Hands (Zondervan, 1990). Founded in 1994 with chapters in 11 cities, the Carson Scholars Fund is dedicated to encouraging students to focus on reading and academics. Scholarships are awarded to students in grades 4 through 11 who exemplify academic excellence and humanitarian qualities. Pitt Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Robert Hill (far left) received the Leadership Award from the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Carson Scholars Fund during that organization’s 8th Annual Awards Ceremony April 22 at the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Hill, who also delivered remarks during the ceremony, stands beside Carson Scholars Fund founder Benjamin S. Carson (middle), a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon who, among his numerous career highlights, performed the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus (conjoined) twins in 1997 in South Africa; and Adam Iddriss (ENGR ’07, A&S ’07), a 2006 Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner at Pitt who was inspired as a child when he read Carson’s autobiography, Gifted Hands (Zondervan, 1990). Founded in 1994 with chapters in 11 cities, the Carson Scholars Fund is dedicated to encouraging students to focus on reading and academics. Scholarships are awarded to students in grades 4 through 11 who exemplify academic excellence and humanitarian qualities.
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford resident assistants Jahlil Davis-Green, a sports medicine major from Philadelphia, left, and Christopher Barr, a criminal justice major from Bradford, deliver donations to SACKS, a resale shop that benefits the Bradford Hospital Auxiliary. The items were donated by students who were moving out of campus housing at the end of the semester. Donations included laundry detergent and nonperishable food items delivered to the YWCA food pantry, six bags of clothes sent to SACKS, and shelving units, lamps, bedding, and kitchenware dropped off at the Goodwill Store.  University of Pittsburgh at Bradford resident assistants Jahlil Davis-Green, a sports medicine major from Philadelphia, left, and Christopher Barr, a criminal justice major from Bradford, deliver donations to SACKS, a resale shop that benefits the Bradford Hospital Auxiliary. The items were donated by students who were moving out of campus housing at the end of the semester. Donations included laundry detergent and nonperishable food items delivered to the YWCA food pantry, six bags of clothes sent to SACKS, and shelving units, lamps, bedding, and kitchenware dropped off at the Goodwill Store.