Today, we continue our special Tin Anniversary “10 Years in 10 Minutes” feature by catching up with Dr. Erik Brady. Erik is one of the lucky/unlucky ones (depends on your perspective) who escaped the clutches of CME and now serves as the Chief Operations Leader of Biomedical Graduate Programs at Wake Forest University.
Back in the early days of CMEpalooza, however, Erik was entrenched in the world of outcomes and data mining. His initial CMEpalooza contribution was entitled “’Excel’lent Tricks for the Non-Expert: Exploring the Beauty of the Cells.” What an incredibly witty title.
In today’s interview, Erik returns to his CME roots by reflecting on his initial meeting of the introverted minds with Derek, his curious love of all “black and gold” colleges, and how he still points colleagues to his initial CMEpalooza session as a learning tool. Some things just never go out of style (please ignore my fancy hoodie here – my stylist took the day off).
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Per wikipedia (accept that as a source at your own risk…):
“Origin of the Demon Deacons name[edit]
The first few decades of the 20th century were particularly rough for the Wake Forest athletic squads, but in 1923, Hank Garrity took the head football and basketball coaching jobs. His leadership gave the school a short relief from its early mediocrity when he led the football team to three consecutive winning seasons, and the basketball team compiled a 33-14 combined record in two seasons.
In 1923, the Wake Forest football team defeated rival Trinity (later renamed Duke University). In the following issue of the school newspaper, the editor of the paper, Mayon Parker (1924 Wake Forest graduate), first referred to the team as “Demon Deacons”, in recognition of what he called their “devilish” play and fighting spirit. Henry Belk, Wake Forest’s news director, and Garrity liked the title and used it often, so the popularity of the term grew.”