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The Belltower: September 2022 Alumni News

In this issue: Five Things that Matter with Marcia MacDonald Neugebauer '50, Reunion weekend, Hall of Fame winners, and more.
September 2022
Reunion is here!
Congratulations to our 2022 Hall of Fame inductees! We are so proud of this incredible group of Burr and Burton alumni and friends. Please take a moment to read our Five Things That Matter with Marcia Neugebauer ’50 below, who is the 2022 Alumni Achievement Hall of Fame inductee.
Reunion is right around the corner on September 23-24, and we look forward to hosting you on the Burr and Burton campus! For all of the up-to-date event information, check out our Reunion webpage. Register today by clicking HERE or on the link below. We’ve added a dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 24 at 11 a.m. for the Benjamin Franklin Beers ’61 Center, our new maintenance facility named in honor of longtime staff member and alumnus Ben Beers ’61.
Don’t forget to follow our Burr and Burton Alumni Facebook page, as well as our LinkedIn for updates on Reunion and shout-outs to our Hall of Fame inductees. Please send any questions to Meredith Morin at mmorin@burrburt​on.org.
Five Things That Matter with Marcia MacDonald Neugebauer '50
Marcia MacDonald Neugebauer ’50 is being inducted into the Burr and Burton Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 24, when she will receive the Alumni Achievement Award during Reunion Weekend. We sat down with Marcia to discuss her work and how her early years at Burr and Burton helped set the stage for her career.
It’s hard to find a more celebrated moment in U.S. history than NASA during the early days of the space race. And Hollywood most certainly agrees, having churned out scores of biopics elevating and celebrating the brilliant minds who first placed Armstrong on the moon. Before that “one small step for man” in 1969, there were countless hours of scientific theory, space instrument creation, and many other spacecraft sent up to observe and report on the great beyond.
Those chosen few who took part in the race for space discovery in the 1950s and 1960s might not have known at the time the part they’d play in making history. One such pioneer (though she disputes the label) is Marcia MacDonald Neugebauer ’50. Marcia was a research scientist with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 1956 until her retirement in 1996. She and her team were the first to successfully measure the existence and properties of the solar wind with their tool, a curved plate analyzer (CPA), which was launched on the Mariner 2 spacecraft in 1962.
This year, the Mountain Campus, Burr and Burton's academic semester program, celebrates 10 years of experiential, place-based education. Over 19 semesters-losing only one semester to Covid-the Mountain Campus has graduated more than 400 students who were taught by a number of outstanding faculty. When you speak with former students, parents of students, and past and current faculty, there is one word that comes up nearly every time: transformative. It's not difficult to notice that Before Moutain Campus, and After Mountain Campus begin to take on distinctive periods in many students' lives.
Last year, the number of alumni donating to the Annual Fund increased by more than 40%. You proved that indeed, Together We Rise. Your donations to the Annual Fund make it possible for the next generation of Bulldogs to strive and achieve. Please consider donating today!
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