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  This has been an interesting summer thus far. I was able to hire two temporary students, Ashley Howard and Brandon Horn. As they were processing CMU Athletics student athlete files there was a folder titled Authorizations. We thought that was weird. We do not have any other Authorization folders in the collection which is 85 cubic feet processed boxes and counting. In the same box was the Jim Podoley folder, which we have been looking for in the collection for years. It was empty. We were quite sad. As Ashley was going through files she realized Podoley's materials were in the Authorizations folder. Finding his material is a very important because the man was a big deal.  Jim Podoley was 1950s CMU football and track and field star. His football jersey number #62 is the only football jersey number CMU has ever retired. He was CMU's MVP for four consecutive seasons and held five different records at CMU. He was considered a one man track and field team. Podoley was also a five...

 Here's a picture from 2018 of my friend Tawny Ryan Nelb guest lecturing to my HST 583 class about architectural records. I'm pleased to share the announcement below that she has been named a SAA Fellow for 2024. This honor is very well deserved.  CHICAGO—Tawny Ryan Nelb, president of Nelb Archival Consulting, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) on August 15 during an awards ceremony at the Annual Meeting of SAA in Chicago, IL. The distinction of fellow  is the highest honor bestowed on individuals by SAA and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the archives profession. Nelb earned a BA in American Studies in 1975 from the University of Notre Dame in one of the first classes that included women. In 1983, she obtained an MA in American history. After serving as an archives and museum assistant at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library from 1975–1976, Nelb spent the next decade holding increasing positions of responsibility at ...