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Letter From Gerald Doyle
Dear IIT Alumni:
The Undergraduate Alumni Schools Committee at Illinois Institute of Technology contributes to recruitment efforts to bring students to the university. Volunteers aid this effort by meeting and talking with applicants and admitted students. Through conversation, our alumni help the applicant gain a better understanding of IIT's outstanding academic and extra-curricular culture.
As a volunteer, you are in an excellent position to help applicants develop an understanding of what makes IIT a unique and wonderful institution. We are confident that the more informed our applicants are the more likely they are to choose Illinois Institute of Technology.
We value the contribution our volunteers make through the generous giving of their time, energy and intelligence to admissions work. We hope that each alumni volunteer enjoys being a participant in the ongoing conversation between IIT and the applicants.
Although the university may seem to have changed since you were an undergraduate here, the academic and intellectual culture remains very much the same. The quality of education we offer continues to distinguish IIT and is renewed each year by the incoming first-year and transfer students arriving on campus.
We welcome your support and energy. To volunteer, please contact Jill Sifuentes, Associate Director of Admission, at sifuentes@iit.edu.
Gerald P. Doyle
Associate Vice President
Undergraduate Admission
A Note From an Alumni Volunteer
I attended IIT as an undergraduate student in the period immediately following World War II. My chemical engineering curriculum consisted of "bread and butter" science and engineering courses and electives that served to broaden my perspective. Military veterans made up a large percentage of the student body. There was a sense of purpose in the class sessions.
I moved onto campus in my sophomore year and enjoyed the benefits of being able to participate in campus activities. I felt privileged to attend classes taught by such notables as S. I. Hayakawa, Yale Brozen and Ralph Peck.
After graduation, I secured employment with the United States Department of Agriculture, then worked the balance of my career in the private sector of the food industry. The education I received at IIT had a positive influence on my job performance. On numerous occasions, I found myself applying engineering principles to a variety of applications, sometimes using notes that I had taken in class.
With a positive feeling about my educational exposure at IIT, I joined the Alumni Admissions Council (AAC). At the annual College Fair in Honolulu, I was able to talk with high school students, parents and school counselors about an education in science and engineering, and the program at IIT, almost 5000 miles away.
When I retired from Dole Pineapple Company, I expanded my recruiting activities by making annual visits to the high schools to talk with school counselors and interested students about the educational opportunities at IIT. The many innovative programs instituted during Lew Collens' tenure have provided added stimuli to encourage school counselors to recommend IIT's undergraduate program to their students. On occasion, I have received a "mahalo" from students, counselors and parents for the positive experiences. That's what makes it all worthwhile.
Sincerely,
Mort Nemiroff
Alumni Volunteer
Recipient of the 2008 IIT Alumni Service Award
