Dr. Fred Berman, EE '57, MS EE '60, displays what appears to be a stylized new Georgia Tech logo? Not even close, comrade. The inscription is in Russian. Berman, an adjunct professor in the School of Management, translates: "Winner of the Socialist Competition at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party."

The award is a stylized hammer and sickle, said Berman, who doesn't speak Russian. But his wife, Tanya Ostrovsky, is a Russian musician and composer who defected to the U.S. several years ago.

"They have a warehouse full of these awards," Berman said. "Now that the Communist Party is out of power, no one wants them." Berman, intrigued by its resemblance to a GT, acquired the award as a novelty item on a trip to Moscow.

While in Moscow, Berman lectured at a state university on U.S. marketing and business strategies. The infrequent lectures began two years ago when Berman was visiting his wife's family in Moscow. Members of the faculty of the university invited him to speak to a group of English-speaking Russians on American business practices.

"Up until now Russians considered accounting to be the essence of American business - double-entry bookkeeping," Berman explained. "They've never had any real courses in these schools on marketing, human relations or strategic planning - other than communist-type strategic planning."

Berman, whose father was born in Russia and immigrated with his family to the U.S. in the early 1900's, travels to Russia several times a year.