Dr. Waite Begins Three-Year Term At Association's Helm
Dr.Jerry Waite,associate professor in the College of Technology at the University of Houston, has been elected President-Elect of the International Graphic Arts Education Association (IGAEA) for 2001-2002. IGAEA is an association of educators in partnership with industry,dedicated to sharing theories, principles, techniques, and processes relating to graphic communications and imaging technology.
Waite has been actively involved in the printing industry since 1969 when he took his first printing class in high school at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, CA. He subsequently received his bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University and his doctorate from UCLA. He taught at Don Bosco Technical Institute and for UCLA Extension before moving to the University of Houston in 1993. In addition to his work for UH, he also teaches for Kingwood College.
Waite and the other newly elected officers of the Association were installed at the 76th Annual IGAEA Conference July 31, 2001 at the Hickory Ridge Conference Center, located in Lisle, IL. Jack Simich installed the officers. Simich is Executive-Secretary-Emeritus of the National Scholarship Trust Fund of the Graphic Arts.
Waiteâs tenure will involve three annual phases: President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President. He plans to help improve graphics instruction nationwide by championing the sharing of curriculum materials and teaching aids through the use of the Association's Web Site and the allied Graphic Comm Central site.