The alumnus who was nearly president of Zambia is remembered by his advisor as “personable, friendly and very persistent.”
In just 10 weeks, Anderson Mazoka '69 designed and built a wind tunnel for his senior thesis, recalls Dick Shanebrook, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering.
The wind tunnel was used by students and faculty for 32 years after Mazoka graduated, Shanebrook added. Mazoka's accomplishment drew considerable media attention at the time not just because he was from Africa, but because of the scope of the project, which filled a large basement room in Science and Engineering, Shanebrook recalls.
Mazoka, a former railway and mining executive in his native country, on Dec. 30 declared himself the winner of a contentious 11-way election in which demonstrators stormed the High Court. Within three days, however, eventual winner Levy Mwanawasa was sworn in and called for an end to the demonstrations.
“He'll be back,” Shanebrook says of his former student. “He's that kind of guy. He doesn't give up.”
Among other names in the news, Allison Cohen '02 was aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on Dec. 22 when Richard Reid allegedly tried to ignite plastic explosives in his shoes.
About two hours into the flight, Cohen recalls, she heard screaming and a scuffle as Reid struggled with flight attendants eight rows behind her. He was eventually subdued with the help of some of the larger passengers, Cohen says.
But she wasn't to learn the details until the plane landed several hours later in Boston, where it had been diverted. She and her fellow passengers spent a full day being interviewed and searched by FBI agents.
Cohen was returning from a mini-term in Paris.
And Judith Dein '76, a winner of the Bailey Prize her senior year, is the U.S. District Judge in Boston
who arraigned Reid, remanding him to jail without bail. Dein, who was a partner in the Boston firm of Warner & Stackpole, earned her law degree from Boston College.
Followers of biathlon may have noticed a familiar name in the results for the Olympic trials. Lowell Bailey of Lake Placid, who finished well in the field but did not make the U.S. Olympic roster, was enrolled as a full-time student during the last two spring terms. He was in or near the top 10 in four qualifying events, finishing as high as second in the 10 kilometer sprint event. Biathlon combines cross country skiing with rifle shooting.