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GW READIES FOR INAUGURATION
As the country gears up for the inauguration of Barack Obama, GW has a front row seat to the historic event. Just four blocks from the White House, the university is involved in inauguration activities in many ways.
F. Peter Simmons, ATT '49-'51, was always an enterprising student. When The Hatchet wasn't bringing in enough advertising revenue, Simmons, the newspaper's business manager at the time, asked all of the sororities on campus to pick out their prettiest member. He then went to some of the downtown department stores and offered to organize a fashion show on campus with the store's merchandize, on the condition that they purchase advertising space.
"I think clothing sales went way up in downtown Washington," he said.
His most enterprising endeavor, however, was spearheading the creation of GW's own float in the 1949 Inaugural parade. It was the first and only time – before this year – that GW had a float in the parade. (Learn more about the float students are building for the 2009 Inaugural parade here).
Alison Marie Devenny, ESIA BA '07, has been accepted into the exchange programs at The Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas in Barcelona Spain. ESADE is one of the top MBA programs in the world. There she hopes to develop her management skills to compliment her experience in finance at Deutsche Bank.
Click here to check out some interesting alumni and university links we came across in the past month.
Do you have interesting alumni or GW-related links to share? Know a fellow Colonial who has his/her own blog, was recently published, or appeared on TV? Send your suggestions for links, photos, or larger story ideas to cable@gwu.edu.
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Next month: Leo Ribuffo, professor of history and noted presidential historian, compares the Inauguration of President-Elect Obama and the transition to the Obama Administration with that of previous U.S. presidents. E-mail questions for Prof. Ribuffo to mlindsay@gwu.edu.
Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2009! October 1-4
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to catch up with old friends and come back to campus for a weekend full of activities!
F. Peter Simmons, ATT '49-'51, was always an enterprising student. When The Hatchet wasn't bringing in enough advertising revenue, Simmons, the newspaper's business manager at the time, asked all of the sororities on campus to pick out their prettiest member. He then went to some of the downtown department stores and offered to organize a fashion show on campus with the store's merchandize, on the condition that they purchase advertising space.
Alison Marie Devenny, ESIA BA '07, has been accepted into the exchange programs at The Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas in Barcelona Spain. ESADE is one of the top MBA programs in the world. There she hopes to develop her management skills to compliment her experience in finance at Deutsche Bank.
