BIOGRAPHIES OF CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTORS OF THE PRINCETON AREA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2020
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NOMINEE FOR RE-ELECTION AS DIRECTOR SARA HASTINGS '09
Sara graduated in 2009 with a degree in history and certificates in French and Spanish. After graduation she stayed in Princeton, where she has lived since she was four. Sara became involved with PA3 almost immediately and served as secretary for seven years before becoming a director. Her day job is as managing editor for U.S. 1 Newspaper, the Trenton Downtowner, and the Princeton Echo, which was a natural extension of her work with the Daily Princetonian as a student. Sara also serves as an alumni interviewer and is always looking for ways to give back to Old Nassau.
NOMINEE FOR RE-ELECTION AS DIRECTOR ISABEL MCGINTY *82
Isabel was first elected to the position of Director in 2017. She studied Classics as a graduate student at Princeton and presently works as an attorney. Isabel became involved as an Alumni Schools Committee interviewer as her first foray into alumni activities a few decades ago. Over the years, she has chaired the Mercer East ASC region here in NJ, and for a few years she also chaired the Nebraska ASC from NJ. Isabel has served as a P-rade Marshal, an alumni representative on the Council of the Princeton University Community, a board member of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA), a member of the APGA Reunions Committee, and a volunteer with the local Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee. She has served on the Alumni Council’s Princetoniana, Graduate Alumni Relations, Nominations, Alumnae Initiatives, and Princeton Schools Committees. Isabel lives in Hightstown.
NOMINEE FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTOR LINDA BLACKBURN '71
Linda, an active member of PA3, is one of the first women graduates of the Great Class of ’71. She earned her Princeton degree in Sociology. After graduation, she was invited to teach middle school in rural Kenya. Later, acting as President of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni, Linda was successful at expanding association membership, while also serving on the Alumni Executive Committee . Celebrating student accomplishment, she is a member of the Princeton Area Schools Committee and Co-Chair of a Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee. Linda retired from AT&T Management, and she now exercises her love of teaching by acting as a substitute teacher at Littlebrook Elementary School, a public school in Princeton.
James (Jaime) Martiney '85 P14 earned his BA in Biology from Princeton and PhD in Experimental Pathology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Jaime has 30+ years of experience teaching STEM-related graduate-level, upper-level and intro-level courses for science, pre-health career, and non-science majors. Jaime served for fourteen years in the United States Navy Reserves, Medical Service Corps, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander, where he trained to strategically prepare and respond to biological warfare events, global pandemics and disaster preparedness. He was activated to Active Duty in 2003 and became a veteran during the Iraqi Freedom operations.
His military training and duties included:
Fleet Biological Warfare Agent Detection for Navy Environmental and Preventative Medicine Personnel – Biological Defense Research Directorate, USAMRIID
Medical Management of Chemical and Biologic Warfare Injuries – US Navy
CBRNE (Chemical Biological RadioNuclearExplosive event Wargame Exercises – Several, US Navy
He currently serves on the board of Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA) and regularly attends as many PA3 events as he can, including the book club.
7 pm, EASTERN TIME (USA) -- TUESDAY, October 13th, 2020
“Technical Innovations in Hydrofoiling:
Breakthroughs in Crafting ‘The Boat That Flies’”
2 Speakers: Bora Gulari & Ricardo Bencatel
Olympian & CEO; AND Technical Director --- Both of FloHy, Ltd.
While the math & science of hydrofoils have been well-understood for more than a century --- the early 2000s, brought game-changing breakthroughs in materials design and dynamical control systems that caught up with the math & science --- removing limits and altering America’s Cup racing forever! Our two sailor-engineer speakers’ deep involvement with the sport and the team, position them well to discuss these transformations, along with: the advent of foiling in sailing; similarities and distinctions between flight and foiling; surface-piercing vs. fully-submerged foils; various sailing classes, e.g., Moths & Nacra 17; and foiling stabilization & the evolution of computational control mechanisms. There will be ample time for Q & A, with priority given to viewer questions submitted in advance to: propellers@princetonaaa.org.
September 26, 2020 - The PA3 book club will meet on Thursday, October 22, from 7:00-8:00 pm via Zoom. (Note this is a week earlier than our usual last Thursday, to avoid a conflict with the PA3 Annual Meeting.)
The Zoom link will be shared with the book club mailing list. To be added to the list, or to request the link for this meeting only, please email bookclub.admin@princetonaaa.org.
The PA3 book club (usually) meets on the last Thursday evening of each month (except July, August & December) at 7:00 p.m., in East Pyne or Frist under normal circumstances and via Zoom until it's safe to meet in person again. Selections alternate, with occasional exceptions, between fiction and non-fiction, and the authors or books typically have a Princeton connection. Book club meetings are open to all PA3 members and their spouses/partners.
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