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JULY 31, 1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
National Science Center
appoints new president
The National Science Center’s
Fort Discovery announced last
Friday the appointment of Ms.
Phyllis Hennecy Hendry to presi
dent of the National Science Cen
ter Discovery Center, Inc.
(NSCDC). Ms. Hendry succeeds
Mr. Jeff Wells who led NSCDC
from inception through the open
ing.
“Getting this project funded and
opened was one of the greatest
accomplishments of my life,” said
Wells. “Now that the center has
opened, I have decided to pursue
a new challenge.”
“Ms. Hendry’s professional expe
rience in the commercial sectorand
sound financial backgrovnd, plus
more than six years as the execu
tive vice president of marketing
and development for NSCDC, is
what we were looking for to take
the center from a project to an
operating business,” said Lt. Gen
eral U.S. Army (retired) William J.
Hilsman, chairman and chief ex
ecutive officer of NSCDC. Ms.
Hendry has an extensive finance
background with experience in
retail, business and banking.
“I am tremendously excited to
have had the opportunity to work
onthis project for six year’s and to
see it get started. It’s a great op
portunity for me to continue on
with the project as we grow and
learn,” said Hendry.
“The business is a tremendous
educational and economic re
source for the community,” she
said, “and our objective from the
beginning has been to educate a
child—to educate the public—
Porubsky receives Brown Award
Dr. Edward S: Porubsky, pro
fessor and chief of the Section of
Otolaryngology, has received the
1997 Lester Brown Award for
Excellencein Academic Otolaryn
gology from the Georgia Society
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery at the society’s annual
meeting, July 11 - 13, in Amelia
Island, Fla.
Dr. Porubsky is a 1966 gradu
ate of the Ohio State University
College of Medicine. He completed
aresidency in general surgery at
St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.,
in 1968 and a residency in oto
laryngology at Washington Uni
versity Medical Center, also in
St. Louis, in 1972. He joined the
Howell receives GHIMA
Achievement Award
Renee Howell, Director of In
formation Management, hasbeen
selected as the recipient of the
1997 Georgia Health Information
Management Association
(GHIMA) Professional Achieve
ment Award.
Howell will be presented with
the award at the GHIMA Annual
Conference in Savannah, Ga.
The award recognizes an indi
vidual who has made contempo
rary and innovative achievement
in the health information man
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Phyllis Hendry
stand behind Ms. Hendry as she
leads Fort Discovery to being the
top science center in the nation.”
“Ms. Hendry has been with the
NSC team for six years now and
has a clear vision of how to take
Fort Discovery into the next mil
lennium,” said Dr. George Fry,
director, Fort Discovery. “We con
gratulate her on her new position
as president of the NSCDC.”
The National Science Center
Fort Discovery is a partnership
between the U.S. Army and the
private nonprofit corporation the
National Science Center Discov
ery Center, Inc. Fort Discovery,
located on the Riverwalk in Au
gusta,isanincredibleinteractive
environmentthatinvites children
and adults to grasp, learn and
experience the technologies in
volved with communications, elec
tronics, automation and comput
ers. Fort Discovery has more than
250 interactive, hands-on exhib
its in ten galleries including a
teacher resource center and a
high-tech theater.
MCG faculty in 1973, and has
served as chief of Otolaryngology
since 1974.
He received the MCG School of
Medicine’s Distinguished Faculty
Award for Patient Care in 1987
and 1994.
Dr. Porubsky is a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons and
the American Academy of Oto
laryngology—Head and Neck
Surgery. He also is a member of
the American Society for Head
and Neck Surgery, the American
Socibty of Clinical Oncology and
the American Rhinologic Society.
He has served on the Editorial
Board of Head and Neck Surgery
since 1980.
agement profession, as well ass
stimulate the growth of the pro
fession and the GHIMA. Howell
has met these criteria with her
extensive professional writings
that have appeared in numerous
journals and publications. In ad
dition, she is on the clinical fac
ulty at the Medical College of
Georgia where she teaches classes
and serves as a guest lecturer.
Howellisagraduate of the Medi
cal College of Georgia with a B.S.
in Medical Record Administration.
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People/Events
President of Morehouse
visits college’s birthplace
through
hands
on expe
rience,”
she said.
“W e
thank
M
Wells for
his out
standing
service to
t'h e
project,
and we
By Sarena James
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
Distinguished Morehouse
alumni, and prosepective stu
dents gathered for the Augusta
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ternoon at the Ramada Plaza
Hotel on Broad Street.
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Tuesday - Friday, teaches youth to get involved in their
community churches and to take what they learn of their
musical talents and spirituality back to their communities
with them. Youth from the CSRA and across the state gath
ered to learn communication skills, how to control anger and
participate in several gospel music classes. The youth will
present a free concert of all the songs and music they
learned during the retreat on Friday night. The public is
invited to attend. The retreat is co-sponsored by WKZK and
Augusta Focus.
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1958 graduate of the institution,
delivered an inspirational, infor
mative message about the
college’s mission. “Morehouse has
a commitment to community ser
vice,” said Dr. Massey, “We have
an obligation to give back to the
community.”
Dr. Massey an
nounced the re
ception ofagrant
from the Melon
Foundation in
New York which
enabled them to
putcomputersin
20 churches in
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dren and the eld
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learn on these
computers,” he
said. “They will
have accesstothe
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formation about
tutorial services
that Morehouse
offers.”
Dr. Massey received a hearty
round of applause after announc
ing that Morehouse College re
cently invested in a new person
nel payroll system.
“We spent approximately one
million dollars to make sure alfl
staff salaries were competitive o
those in the Atlanta area,” he‘
said. |
Perhaps the most heart-felt,
proud and memorable moment o
the banquet was a presentation
made by former Augusta mayor Ed
Mclntyre, a Morehouse graduate.
Mr. Mclntyre said, “The Augusta
Morehouse College Club would like
topresent an award toa Morehouse
man who made a difference...the
late Rev. C.S. Hamilton.
Everyone stood to their feet in
applause of the great legacy of
Rev. C.S. Hamilton and in appre
ciation for his diligence in the
community, the church, and as
an alumni of Morehouse College.
Rev. Hamilton was the pastor of
Tabernacle Baptist Church on
Laney-Walker Boulevard. He
passed away in May of this year.
Mrs. Lillie Hamilton accepted the
award for her husband.
Morehouse College was founded
in Augusta at Springfield Baptist
Church on 12th Street. Now, lo
cated in Atlanta, Georgia,
Morehouse is the nation’s only
historically black, private, liberal
arts college for men. The college
confers bachelor’s degrees on
more African American men than
any other private institution in
the United States.
Sykes-Brown named associate
director of academic programs
Wilma Sykes-Brown has been
named associate director of edu
cational enrichment programs for
the Office of Special Academic
Programs of the Medical College
of Georgia School of Medicine.
In her new position, she will
oversee day-to-day activities of the
Student Educational Enrichment
Program, the Robert Wood
Johnson Partnership Initiative,
the Minority Research Appren
ticeship Program and other pro
grams related to the academic
preparation of students for the
health professions.
Ms. Sykes-Brown comesto MCG
from the Medical University of
South Carolina (MUSC) College
of Dental Medicine where she
worked for 15 years, most recently
as student services program coor
dinator for the dental school. She
also served on the dental school’s
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Remodeler wins
Chrysalis Award
Local remodeler Ralph Bowles
Construction, Inc. recently won a
Chrysalis Award for Remodeling
Excellence during the Southern
Building Show and Conference.
Bowles won the award for “Best
Insurance Restoration $25,000,
$75,000.” Bowlesis a past Chrysa
lis Award winner, and was
Chrysalis Remodeler of the Year
in 1996. ol
“Inthe South a Chrysalis Award
is considered to be the ultimate
testament to professionalism,”
said Ken Kanline, director of this
year’s competition. “Ralph is a
true professional who richly de
serves to receive this honor,”
Kanline added.
Judged by Southern Living
magazine, winning entries were
selected from over 400 entries in
over 60 categories that covered
all aspects of remodeling. A total
of 51 remodeling companies were
honored at the fourth annual
Chrysalis Awards, which were
presented June 6 at the Cobb
Galleria Centre in Atlanta. The
awards are sponsored by the
Southern Building Show and the
Lowe’s companies.
Augusta Focus
is a
Walker
Group
Publication
admission’s committee for six
years.
She has an undergraduate de
gree in sociology from Hampton
. University, a master’s degree in
management from Souther
Wesleyan University and hasdone
additional graduate work in coun
seling and staff development at
the Citadel and MUSC.
Ms. Sykes-Brown has directed
summer enrichment programs
andbeen involved in minority stu
dent recruitment, admissions and
retentionsince 1981. Sheis on the
executive board of the National
Association of Minority Medical .
Educators Inc., has served as a
gubernatorial appointee to the
South Carolina Commission for
Minority Affairs from 1994
through this year, and was a mem
ber of the South Carolina Board of
Corrections from 1991 - 1993.