Burt Reynolds his spleen and injured his other knee in a bad car accident. These injuries hampered his abilities on the field, and after being beaten in coverage for the game-winning touchdown in a 7-0 loss to North Carolina State on October 12, 1957, he decided to give up football. Ending his college football career, Reynolds thought of becoming a police officer; however, his father suggested he finish college and become a parole officer. To keep up with his studies, he began taking classes at Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) in neighboring Lake Park. In his first term at PBJC, he was
Karen Burt Since 1999 the Women's Engineering Society have celebrated Karen Burt with a memorial award for newly chartered women in engineering, applied science or information technology. The award recognises significant potential in engineering. Winners receive £1,000, at the bequest of her father, Cyril Hilsum. Karen Burt Karen Ann Hilsum Burt (née Hilsum) CPhys MInstP (died 1997) was a British engineer and campaigner for the recruitment and retention of women in engineering. Burt studied at Newnham College, Cambridge. She completed a PhD in electron microscopy at the University of Reading. Burt joined British Aerospace as a project engineer, and was eventually promoted