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Alumni News
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Bruce Cook (master of public administration, '78) received a Crime Victim Service Award, the federal government's highest award for groups and individuals who help victims of crime, from Attorney General Janet Reno during an April ceremony in Washington, D.C. Cook, an Atlanta pastor, founded the Crime Victims Advocacy Council, which provides free counseling to hundreds of victims. He has worked to assist crime victims in Georgia for 22 years.
Larry Earvin (master of science in urban administration, '73) became president of Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas, on July 1. Earvin, 51, formerly served as the dean of arts and sciences at Clark Atlanta University.
Robert C. Eisenstadt (Ph.D. in economics, '91) is an associate professor of economics at the University of Louisiana/Monroe. He was recently named chair of the Department of Economics and Finance.
Sam Goldman (Ph.D. in human resource development, '96) is executive director of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta.
Mary Kassis (Ph.D. in economics, '99) is associate director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University.
Gary L. May (Ph.D. in human resource development, '98) is assistant professor of management at Clayton College & State University in Morrow, Ga.
B. Andrew Plant (master of public administration, '92) is vice president of communications and client services for Benefits America NA Inc. in Atlanta. He recently led a team that established the Benefits America Charitable Foundation, which will fund grassroots health care efforts, mainly in the area of HIV care and service delivery. Plant serves as manager of the foundation.
Karyn Zuba Reasoner (master of science in urban studies, '97) is executive director of the Atlanta Community Toolbank, a nonprofit organization that supports revitalization efforts by the city's neighborhoods.
Rubennia W. Woods (bachelor of science in urban studies,'97) is a management analyst for the Atlanta Department of Corrections.
Im Yang-taek (Ph.D. in economics, '78) is a professor at Hanyang University's College of Business and Economics in Seoul, Korea. He is the author of Korea in the 21st Century (Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2000).
Our sympathies…
…to the family of Rheta Foster (bachelor of science in urban policy studies, '99), whose battle with bone cancer and work with inner-city kids led to a guest appearance on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" last fall. Foster, 53, died March 13 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
