News Release
College of Engineering & Science hosts 76th Annual Slide Rule Dinner Dance
Over 200 hundred people will attend the College of Engineering and Science's 76th annual Slide Rule Dinner Dance, April 5, 2008 in the Riverview Room of the Cobo Conference Center in Detroit. During the event alumni Judge Joseph V. Colaianni and Dr. Robert Wood will be honored for their contributions to engineering and science.
Colaianni, the 2008 Engineering Alumnus, earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1956. By presidential appointment he served in the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1970-1984. He then became Partner-In-Charge of the Washington Office of the New York legal firm Pennie & Edwards until 1998 where he filed and defended patent infringement cases. Judge Colaianni has taught at The Catholic University of America and The American University, Currently he is partner at Patton Boggs LLP. Judge Colaianni is an advisor to the UDM's new Engineering - Law Program and is a member of the College of Engineering and Science Executive Advisory Board. He is also active in his parish as a Eucharistic Minister.
The Science Alumnus of the year, Dr. Wood graduated in 1953 with a bachelor's of science in physics. Dr. Robert Wood has had a distinguished career with the US Department of Energy as Director of the Physical & Technological Research Division where he won numerous awards including the Distinguished Career Service Award. Wood also served as a consultant with that department for an experimental program to stimulate competitive research. He has also served as a consultant to NASA in space radiation biology and research. 1n 1986, Wood established the J. Douglas & Dorothy K. Wood Endowed Scholarship at UDM. Dr. Wood has also been active in his church, Habitat for Humanity, The Washington Chorus and The Outreach Singers (a chamber group performing in hospitals).
The cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by the dinner and award ceremony at 7 p.m. Tickets are $80 each or $800 per table and it is black tie optional. Guests are asked to R.S.V.P. by March 26, 2008.
Release date: March 17, 2008
# # #
