[Editors] referring to alumni

[William T.G. Litant]

For what it's worth: as a fairly rigorous adherent to AP and Chicago  
style, I use periods in the degrees: Bob Jones '88, S.M. '89, Ph.D. '92
Bill


On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Nancy DuVergne Smith wrote:

> 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
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>
>
>
>
> -----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
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>> McGovern Institute for Brain Research
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