Written by Jowdy Kane Funeral Home
Dr. Jack G. Shiller, a longtime Westport resident, died in his home in Redding, CT on January 13, 2021. He was 92.
Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1928, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1947 and from the Columbia Medical School in 1952. After training at Bellevue Hospital and The Babies Hospital in New York City, he was board certified in pediatrics and served in his profession for several decades. He established his own private practice in Westport before forming Willows Pediatric Group in 1973 with Dr. Albert Beasley. He was active on the staff of Norwalk Hospital, where he started the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and later served as Interim Chief of Pediatrics. He continued academic ties to Babies Hospital as teaching staff and served as director of Public Health for the Westport Weston Health District.
From the Ground Up
More than four decades ago, Baylor became one of the nation’s first universities to establish an entrepreneurship center. It quickly became the focal point for entrepreneurial development at Baylor, building new curriculum, conducting research and acquiring additional resources.
Today, the Baylor Department of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation within the Hankamer School of Business is dedicated to the study, teaching and practice of new venture creation and growth.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Baylor’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program as the nation’s eighth-best last fall, ahead of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Southern California.
An intern works on a model car to see how engineering and aerodynamics affect speed,
A heat image shows how air flows over a car.
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part column series submitted by Mount Airy City Schools Superintendent Kim Morrison about the system’s School-to-Work program.
NASCAR and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) have a vision for growing their own engineers, marketing specialists, drivers, and pit crew members. RCR boasts excellence with over 16 championships and 200 victories across NASCAR’s top three series. They want to see students through high school and college enter into STEAM careers in NASCAR.