Alumna Anousheh Ansari, BS Electrical Engineering ’89. Ansari is co-founder and chief executive officer of Prodea Systems, a company she launched in September 2006. Around the same time, Ansari blasted off for an eight-day expedition aboard the International Space Station and captured headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer. Ansari also earned a place in history as the first astronaut of Iranian descent, the first Muslim woman and the fourth private explorer to visit space. HANDOUT
Students in the Patriot Center welcome the men's basketball team. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
George and Joanne Johnson at the “Hats Off” campaign closing celebration event. Location is the lobby of the Center for the Arts, Sept. 24, 2005. Photo by Creative Services/George Mason University