Electrical Engineering Attracts 'Renaissance Woman'
Gabrielle Tate, a National Merit Scholar, heads to Vanderbilt University with a full scholarship
After graduating from Oakton High School with honors, Gabrielle Tate sent a detailed list of questions to her former physics teacher. "It was a list of all these things about particles and Higgs boson and could I tell her all about it," said Dr. Deborah Roudebush, who taught AP physics to Tate in her junior and senior years. "'Could this be how things work?', she said. 'Could there be no magnetic monopole if you look here or here or here?' She thinks about this stuff in her spare time." A perpetual student, Tate — who spoke to her fellow classmates at the 2012 Oakton High graduation about the importance of education — does not let something like summer break get in the way of her thirst for knowledge. Tate, named a National Merit Scholar …
Nadine Monaco
4:05 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2012
My son was on the debate team with Gabbey during their four years at Oatkon. Besides being incredibly smart and talented, Gabbey is a truly lovely girl. I think she's passionate and driven about all the many things she's interested in. I'm a little surprised that she wants to pursue EE. I was sure she'd be a writer or maybe a lawyer (as a follow up to debate). At the same time, she is lucky to … more ›