{"598938":{"#nid":"598938","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Weitnauer Receives Radio Club of America Award ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer has been named the recipient of the Vivian A. Carr Award, which will be presented by the Radio Club of America (RCA) at its 108\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Banquet and Awards Presentation on November 17 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Vivian A. Carr Award recognizes outstanding achievements by a woman in the wireless industry, and the award\u0026rsquo;s namesake was a senior executive at Bell Labs and the first female member of the RCA, which is the world\u0026rsquo;s oldest wireless organization. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA member of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty since 1989 and ECE\u0026rsquo;s Senior Associate Chair, Weitnauer leads the Smart Antenna Research Laboratory (SARL), which performs both experimental and theoretical studies. 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