The Grand Concourse restaurant was the scene for a delightful dinner and conversation with NEEDHA members and spouses attending the Frontiers in Education Conference in Pittsburgh. We met on Thursday evening, November 6, following the FIE reception sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. The Grand Concourse is located on the south bank of the Monongahela River across from downtown Pittsburgh and is located in the dramatic old railroad station. The decor was as much fun to see as it was to see old NEEDHA friends. Many thanks to Marwan Simaan for suggesting the restaurant.
We not only welcomed NEEDHA members to the dinner, but any other department chair who was attending FIE'97. Louis Martin-Vega, chair of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Lehigh, took us up on the invitation and attended. NEEDHA members and spouses in attendance were: President Bill Brown (Univ. of Arkansas), Vice President Larry Burton and Barbara (Penn State), Secretary/Treasurer Jim Roberts and Carol (Univ. of Kansas), Dave Soldan (Kansas State), Bob White (Carnegie Mellon), Glen Gerhard (Univ. of Arizona), Maurice and Laurie Aburdene (Bucknell), Marwan Simaan (Univ. of Pittsburgh), and Frank Merat (Case Western Reserve). Former NEEDHA member Ted Batchman (now Dean at Nevada-Reno) and his wife Nancy tried to crash the NEEDHA gathering but were turned back at the door! However, their consolation prize was a table with a prime view of downtown and the river, and Rod and Tracy Soukup (Univ. of Nebraska) joined them so they wouldn't be lonely. (A dean lonely?)
To summarize, the food and restaurant were excellent, and both were only exceeded by the wonderful time we all had seeing one other. We encourage all NEEDHA members attending future FIE or ASEE conferences to join the party.
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