[Editors] referring to alumni

[Nancy DuVergne Smith]

Hi all,

David has it right. We established this use of this nomenclature in 2007 in the MIT Alumni Association and we hope everyone will use it. (We still see exceptions!) Technology Review, the News Office, and others are one board. Here' the quick list:

List all alumni degrees with years in first editorial mention:
	Undergraduate degree holders: 	Bob Jones '88
	Graduate and undergrad:	Bob Jones '88, SM '89, PhD '92
	Graduate only: 			Bob Jones SM '89, PhD '92

Thanks for asking!
Nancy


Nancy DuVergne Smith
MIT Alumni Association | Editorial Director
W98-3rd Fl | 617-253-8217 | ndsmith at mit.edu
http://alum.mit.edu/  |  Slice of MIT blog:  http://alum.mit.edu/sliceofmit





-----Original Message-----
From: editors-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:editors-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of David Chandler
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:49 PM
To: Julie Pryor
Cc: editors at mit.edu
Subject: Re: [Editors] referring to alumni

This is the style we use in the News Office, and I believe it's also  
widely used by other publications on campus.
Example from a story today:
Terrafugia CEO and co-founder Carl Dietrich '99, SM '03, PhD '07 said...

We normally also list the department, in this case it was in a  
separate sentence:

...a project started four years ago by students in MIT's Department of  
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

David
-------------------------------
David L. Chandler
science writer
MIT News Office
room 11-400
(617) 253-2704

On Mar 19, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Julie Pryor wrote:

> Hi everyone -
>
> I'm a newbie here at MIT, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate  
> forum for such a question, but I'd like to find out how I should  
> refer to alumni in an upcoming issue of the McGovern Institute's  
> newsletter, Brain Scan. Is it the individual's name, followed by  
> year ('XX), followed by degrees? Should the school/department also  
> be listed?
>
> Any insight would be much appreciated.
>
> SIncerely,
>
> Julie
> ________
> Julie Pryor
> Communications Administrator
> McGovern Institute for Brain Research
> MIT 46-3160
> Cambridge, MA 02139
>
> Tel: (617) 715-5397
> Fax: (617) 452-4119
> Email: jpryor at mit.edu
> Web: http://web.mit.edu/mcgovern
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Editors mailing list
> Editors at mit.edu
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors

_______________________________________________
Editors mailing list
Editors at mit.edu
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors