Society Awards
Marguerite Krupp Attains Rank of Fellow
By Christine Jacobs
The Nominating Committee of the Boston Chapter is proud to announce that Marguerite Krupp has been awarded the rank of Fellow by the Society for Technical Communication. In her 35-year career, Marguerite has contributed significantly to technical communication as a writer/editor, instructional designer/teacher, manager, mentor, Webmaster, and ardent supporter of the Society for Technical Communication. Marguerite believes that being an active member of STC has contributed immensely to her personal and professional growth, and she states enthusiastically that she's had a lot of fun
Educational and Professional Background
Marguerite holds degrees from Northeastern University (B.A.) and Boston University (M.Ed.). She has specialized in computer-related documentation. In the early 70s, she helped Honeywell Information Systems' documentation shift to a user-centered, task-based approach. At Data General, her department created award-winning online documents. Currently, Marguerite is a Principal Technical Writer at Cisco Systems, working on virtual private networks (part of network security systems) and acting as tools guru for the department. While at Cisco, she helped develop the corporate-wide single-sourcing documentation initiative.
Invaluable STC Contributions
Since joining STC in 1976, Marguerite's contributions have been innovative and wide-ranging. In 1984, she created the Online Documentation Competition for Boston/Northern New England, and managed it for six years. This became the foundation of the international competition, which she has also judged. Marguerite served as a coordinator/judge in local, regional, and Society-level online, technical publications, art, and video/audiovisual competitions. She was General Manager of the 29th ITCC. In 1995-96, she provided guidance on the Society-level Internet. More recently, Marguerite served on the STC Governance Board, led a subteam of the Strategic Planning and Vision Committee for 2002-2007, and was on the STC@50 planning committee. Marguerite also served as a book reviewer for Technical Communication and as a peer reviewer for that journal
Marguerite has received numerous appreciation awards from the Boston Chapter, including a Distinguished Chapter Service Award in 1989. Marguerite has contributed a plethora of articles to the Boston Broadside and its predecessors. A frequent presenter at conferences and chapter meetings, she has mentored hundreds of graduate students as adjunct faculty at Northeastern University. Marguerite has also been a guest lecturer for the Middlesex Community College Technical Writing Program. She is a board member, Webmaster, and technology consultant for the Crystal Spring Center for Earth Learning.
Enthusiasm and Initiative
Among Marguerite's many positive personality traits, her enthusiasm and initiative especially shine through. These traits have inspired many technical communicators to follow her example. When people see Marguerite speaking on a topic or developing a new project with gusto, they realize that they can do it, too. Marguerite believes that she has gotten involved in so many interesting and challenging STC projects because she had an idea, or she wanted to make something happen, or she simply thought it would be a fun experience. She feels that within the STC, anyone who has the interest, the drive, the vision, and the joy in the work can go far in the organization. Marguerite has found personal satisfaction, lasting friendships, and sound learning experiences in the STC:
- Marguerite refers to her 2.5-year effort as General Manager of the 1982 STC Conference as her "seat of the pants MBA."
- Marguerite believes that starting the Online Communication Competition was first a chance to realize a vision of the future.
- Marguerite finds that teaching upcoming technical communicators and speaking to audiences of technical communicators are energizing and force her to stay current on the latest tools and trends.
We in the Boston Chapter are especially proud of Marguerite and her efforts to ensure that our chapter and the entire STC continue to be sharing and supportive communities in which technical communicators can grow professionally and personally.
Christine Jacobs is a member of the Boston Chapter Nominating Committee. She is a senior member of STC and a principal technical writer at Oracle Corporation.
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