Alumni
Roundup -- July 2005
Ag Alum Named Agriculturalist of the Year
SACRAMENTO -- Cal Poly alum George Gomes
has been named Agriculturalist of the Year by the California State
Fair. George
Gomes, administrator of the California Farm Bureau in Sacramento,
received the award for his outstanding leadership. Gomes earned
his bachelor's and master's degrees at Cal Poly, taught agriculture
management at the university for four years and has served on the
board of Cal Poly's agriculture advisory committee for almost 20
years.
Along with his duties at the Farm Bureau, Gomes serves as chair of the California FFA Foundation and on the boards of several other agricultural organizations.He is the second California Farm Bureau leader to receive the Agriculturalist of the Year award since its inception in 1980. The California State Fair will present the award on Aug. 5.
Nutrition
Almna Named Massachusetts State Nutritionist of the Year
BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Dietetic Association has named Shelby
Wilson of Cambridge, Mass., as the 2005 recipient of the prestigious
Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the American Dietetic
Association. The
award is given in recognition of outstanding contribution and demonstrated
leadership in legislation, research, education, clinical dietetics,
career guidance, public relations, community nutrition or management
to a Registered Dietitian under the age of 36. Wilson is currently
Clinical Nutrition Specialist/Neonatal Dietitian at Children's Hospital
in Boston. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutritional
Sciences at Cal Poly.
Poly
Sci Alum Brian Conklin Talks about Life at the White House
Earlier this
year, Brain Conklin was appointed by President George W. Bush as
a deputy assistant for legislative affairs. Now he goes to work
at the White House every day in an office overlooking the First
Lady's garden, and meets with the leader of the free world at least
once a week.Conklin took some time out from his busy schedule --
in between meeting with the President and waiting for his wife to
go into labor with their second child -- to answer a few quick questions
from Cal Poly Update.
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Alum
Named to Post as Top Attorney for U.S. Army
Brig. Gen. Scott C. Black, commandant of the Judge Advocate General’s
Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, N.C., has been nominated
to become the U.S. Army’s next judge advocate general, headquartered
in Washington. Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced in mid-June that President
George Bush had nominated Black to the rank of major general and
to be the Army’s top lawyer. Black, 52, has been the leader
of the JAG school since 2003. He graduated from Cal Poly with a
degree in political science, and went on to earn a law degree from
California Western School of Law and a master’s degree from
National Defense University.
The U.S. Senate must confirm Black before he can take office in October. Once confirmed, Black will be based at the Pentagon and will serve as the adviser for the chief of staff and secretary of the Army and provide leadership and supervision to the corps’ 5,000 judge advocates and staff, including more than 250 Army legal personnel based in Iraq.