Topic: "Alumni"

The inventor of Flash software and the chemist who published the first nucleotide sequence of the AIDS virus are among those to be honored by the Harvey Mudd College Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABoG) Saturday, May 3. Eight alumni and two staff members have earned some of the College’s most prestigious awards. Outstanding Alumni […]

Serial entrepreneur Nicholas Seet ’99 (pictured, left) received funding for a new venture, SIVI.com, that provides gamified e-learning for aspiring entrepreneurs. SIVI Corporation, where Seet and Ashok Kamal (right) are CTO and CEO, respectively, recently graduated from VentureSpur’s accelerator program and closed an investment round in excess of $340,000 from Oklahoma investors. Seet and Kamal […]

Entrepreneur and professional gamer Sean “Day[9]” Plott ’08 has been named to Forbes 30 under 30 list for those in the Games industry. The magazine describes Plott as “one of the biggest names in the world of e-sports.” Plott is broadcaster and co-founder (with Eric Burkhart ’08) of Jink.TV, a popular venue for watching StarCraft […]

The United States Army announced that Amanda Simpson ’83 has been named the executive director of the U.S. Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF). Simpson, a Presidential appointee (senior technical advisor in the Department of Commerce, advising on policy with regard to exports of U.S. technology), served most recently as the EITF Executive Deputy Director […]

He’s never leaped a tall building in a single bound, but Harvey Mudd College alumnus Eric Jones ’97 still holds the high jump record he set 18 years ago. For this and other athletic achievements, Jones has been inducted into the Claremont/Mudd/Scripps (CMS) Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. “He jumped seven feet at the national […]

James Bond producer and Harvey Mudd College alumnus and Trustee Michael G. Wilson ’63 has been awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America. The award recognizes a producer’s body of work in motion pictures. Wilson and his sister, James Bond co-producer Barbara Broccoli, will receive the […]

Young researchers and scientific greats rarely rub elbows, but a Harvey Mudd alumna and current student did just that at the recent Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Heidelberg, Germany. The forum brings together computer science and mathematics pioneers with a select group of 200 young researchers for a week of lectures and activities designed to inform […]

Harvey Mudd College alumnus Adrian Sampson ’09 has been awarded a 2013 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship for work that will make computers more efficient. The fellowship recognizes, rewards and mentors innovative Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical areas, based on innovation, execution and teamwork. Sampson, who is now pursuing graduate studies at the University […]

Harvey Mudd College alumnus Greg Harr ’94 has founded a nonprofit to bring solar energy to low-income families in Oregon. Solar for All partners with local housing organizations by purchasing solar electric systems for affordable housing projects at no cost to the partner organization. Solar panels are purchased from local manufacturers, and installation costs for […]

Harvey Mudd College alumnus Henry Kapteyn ’82 has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest […]