DEBORAH NASH WILLINGHAM, IE 1978, was the speaker for the Fall Semester 1999 Commencement. Willingham, vice president of Windows Marketing for Microsoft, told graduates they were entering the working world at an "extraordinary time". Recapping her experience at Georgia Tech and telling of her successful career, she urged the new graduates to make the best use of all the skills they acquire at Tech, to continue learning, and to find a balance between their professional and personal lives.