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MIT Class of 1967

40th Reunion Profile Book

Last Names A to J

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Acevedo, John..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Banks, Larry........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Bayer, Sheldon.................................................................................................................................................... 7 Belfer, Warren................................................................................................................................................... 10 Berger, Steven................................................................................................................................................... 11 Berrian, David................................................................................................................................................... 12 Bermudez, Vic .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Bodnar, Jack...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Bosler, Robert ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Boulay, Richard ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Carlton Foss, John............................................................................................................................................. 23 Chan, Yupo ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Chandler, Elaine Ackles.................................................................................................................................... 27 Collins, Terry .................................................................................................................................................... 30 Constantine, Larry L. ........................................................................................................................................ 32 Cunningham, Richard H.G. .............................................................................................................................. 34 Daney, Charles.................................................................................................................................................. 36 Davis, Don ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 Dawson (Klitzke), Cheryl ................................................................................................................................ 39 Denton, Peter..................................................................................................................................................... 41 DeWitte, Gordon J. ........................................................................................................................................... 43 Ditzler, Rodney W. ........................................................................................................................................... 45 Dix, M. William Jr. ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Dubin, Alan P.................................................................................................................................................... 48 Ebert, John ........................................................................................................................................................ 49 Falco, Al............................................................................................................................................................ 50 Ferrara, Raymond ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Ferrara, Robert .................................................................................................................................................. 53 Fineman, Mark.................................................................................................................................................. 55 Flaum, Steve ..................................................................................................................................................... 56 Franz, Joseph M. ............................................................................................................................................... 57 Gamse, Roy....................................................................................................................................................... 58 Garbin, David A................................................................................................................................................ 60 Geltman, Edward M.......................................................................................................................................... 62 Gerstle, Robert S. M.D. .................................................................................................................................... 64 Giglio, Raymond J. ........................................................................................................................................... 66 Gilchrest (Desmond), Barbara A. M.D............................................................................................................. 68 Golomb, Harvey................................................................................................................................................ 69 Gorenstein, David ............................................................................................................................................. 71 Gottleib, Allen................................................................................................................................................... 73 Grossman, Mark................................................................................................................................................ 75 Grove, Tom....................................................................................................................................................... 77 Hayward, Paul................................................................................................................................................... 79 Hespenheide, Erich J......................................................................................................................................... 81 Howard, Bob..................................................................................................................................................... 83 Iuzzolino, Carlyn Voss...................................................................................................................................... 85 Iuzzolino, Harold .............................................................................................................................................. 87 Jensen, Erik M. ................................................................................................................................................. 89 Johnson, Eric C. ................................................................................................................................................ 91

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Acevedo, John Course: 8

Home Address: PO Box 423

Home City: Simpsonville State: MD ZIP: 21150-0423

Home Phone 410-730-9255 Mobile:

Email: [email protected] Web Page:

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Your Activities/Interests: After working for 38 years at Westinghouse Electric Corporation Electronic Systems, which was purchased by Northrop Grumman Corporation, I have finally called it quits from a regular daily job. Since October 2006 I have now the option to enjoy each day individually. I have kept myself technically savvy and have changed with the opportunities available to me. In the last few years I have been dealing with computer systems, software and the Internet. Now at my own pace I still continue working in those fields. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: My adult son graduated from Boston University in 1990. He continually delves in poetry Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): I basically remember my days in East Campus as having to study continuously. In the mornings it was convenient to go by Walker Memorial in case I needed coffee and then get inside the institute by the music library. I really did not have to spend much time in the outside weather. Since I was close to the dormitory,

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every chance I got, I would go to my room, to exchange books and notebooks for the next classes. Every time I returned to East Campus I would check my mailbox – sometimes 4-6 times a day. Remember that even though those were the days before the Internet, I still checked my mailbox multiple times a day. I was always expecting something, even as we all knew, mail was distributed only once a day. I always enjoyed the letters from my relatives and friends which I answered immediately. I also looked forward to the 2-4 telephone calls per year I had from my family – remember that long-distance calls were relatively expensive and so we only spoke for a few minutes. Every weekday the East Campus Hispanic (Latino) group would have dinner around 6pm in a front round table in Walker Memorial dinning hall. The 89 cent and the 99 cent specials were our favorites, since that amount avoided paying for the “old age” tax which would make our meals more expensive. Our round table was adjacent to the Middle Eastern students’ round table (I do not think they had problems with money). I vaguely remember there were other students partaking of the delicious meals. In the last two years, immediately after the quick dinner, I had the luxury of a half-hour to watch Walter Cronkite for the evening news in our East Campus communal TV room. The war was not going well. Those were the days! Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope there are discoveries and cures for many of the devastating diseases. I have always though that progress will only come from places like MIT. Initiatives from MIT should help alleviate world poverty and educational inequalities. The OpenCourseWare and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiatives are specially satisfying. Let us all hope the energy problems are handled appropriately. Geothermal power is particularly attractive. Let us use corn for tacos and tortillas and reserve the use of hydrogen for rocket fuel and dirigibles. We already had our turn with nuclear energy – the bombs were not well appreciated and the penny electricity that was promised never came to fruition.

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Banks, Larry Course: VI

Home Address: 33 Blueberry Hill Road

Home City: Woburn State: MA ZIP: 01801-5258

Home Phone: 781-932-3328 Mobile:

Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://www.qsl.net/w1dyj/

Business Name (Consultant) Title: Learning Technologies Consultant

Business Address: (my home)



Your Activities/Interests:

Working part-time as a Learning Technologies consultant out of my house. (Learning Management Systems, eLearning, etc.) “Retired” after 37 years at Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies. Avocations: Amateur Radio (W1DYJ); designing & building sets for the Winchester Players, a community theater group; woodworking; tennis; African drumming Spouse’s Name & Interests: Maren Judd Reading, gardening, collecting art, traveling Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Emily – High School Science teacher Kate – New England Aquarium Senior Aquarist

mailto:[email protected]

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Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Will – one-year old; walking into trouble; testing the law of gravity with his toys Additional Narrative: In 1993, after 17 years in R&D Management, I became tired of management and decided to be an individual contributor again – one of my smartest decisions. As the program manager responsible for the technical education of all R&D engineers at HP Andover, I had to attend the classes I managed. It was like being back at MIT, as I learned all kinds of stuff that I never would have been exposed to in my previous job. This led to a position as the Program Manager for Agilent’s new Learning Management System which kept keep track of all training that happened worldwide in Agilent. One of the best roles I ever had, it included all of the best parts of R&D management, large-system implementation, interfacing with customers and vendors, and human-interface design issues. This led to my current professional life as a semi-retired Learning Technologies Consultant. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Friday Freshman quizzes Concert Band and Kresge Winter rides to the ‘tute from my Brookline Apt on my motorbike Working with Prof. Cam Searle on my SB Thesis Best example of MIT helping career. I’ve never had to apply for a job – positions have always found me. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That MIT will solve the energy crisis

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Bayer, Sheldon Course:VI

Home Address:218 Lilac Drive

Home City:Mount Vernon State: WA ZIP: 98273

Home Phone: (360)848-6848 Mobile:

Email:sb msg [email protected] Web Page:

Business Name:Retired but looking around still Title:

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We are living in probably one of the most beautiful areas of the country among the many in which I have been fortunate enough to live. We used to vacation often up here in the Northwest before deciding to live here. I am still interested in golf, tennis and skiing, but occasional part breakdowns often slow that down a bit. I also still would like to get into some serious woodworking that I have delayed for what seems forever. Hiking and fishing are also great activities in this area. I have yet to boat my first salmon from local waters but the chase is certainly fun. Spouse’s Name & Interests: My wife Jackie has taken up painting again. Since switching from watercolors to pastels she has really blossomed as the consummate artist and her interest level has increased accordingly. Some of her paintings were recently sold at auction to support the new cancer wing at the community hospital. Many friends have begged pictures from her and she tries to oblige. I’m not sure yet we have enough wall space to support all this passion and production. She is also quite the consummate cook and likes to experiment with new dishes and flavors. It is sometimes hard to revisit an old favorite since she wants to try something new but there are several favorite dishes we do manage to make fairly often. I, of course, am the consummate Grillmeister.

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Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Our oldest son, Matt, likes to hunt and fish but has not had much chance to do that lately. He once started into some taxidermy but had to set that aside for awhile. He is also a very good artist himself but has not had the time to pursue it as much as he might like. He has his hands full with a special needs daughter that gets most of her daddy’s attention right now. Our youngest son, Jess, has just enlarged his family with his first daughter. She is definitely daddy’s girl and he doesn’t disappoint her with any lack of attention. Jess and his wife have bought an older home in a historic downtown Dallas area. The house has great bones but needs some TLC. Jess has gone from all-thumbs to quite the home handyman. He has tackled, often with Dad’s help, several home improvement projects that once seemed beyond him. He put up with his dad for longer than I want to admit while I stayed with him and rebuilt his master bath shower that incorporated his own custom designed craftsman tiling patterns. He has gotten to be quite skilled at some of the woodwork projects he has undertaken. I maybe hard pressed to stay ahead of him. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I have a lot of great memories of times and friends at MIT and East Campus. One of the most vivid was the great fire in, I think 1964, that burned off the end of the upper floors at the west end of the north wing of East Campus. It had an interesting origin that we don’t need to get into. So while this great conflagration is progressing and Cambridge’s finest have shown up to diligently fight the fire, the other East Campus residents responded in a show of heartfelt but perverse support that only a true Techie could appreciate. Several East Campus residents placed their hi-fi speakers in opened windows, turned the volume way up and spurred on the firefighters with unforgettable musical selections like the one I most remember, Wagner’s “The Flight of the Valkyries”. The music reverberated loudly between the two East Campus wings as the firemen noisily clambered up ladders and hoses sprayed. It was a marvelous juxtaposition that smacked of Mash done East Campus style. The overwhelming sensitivity of it all in the midst of this potential disaster almost brought tears to one’s eyes. Another story dovetails into this. After the burned end of the East Campus dorm was rebuilt, the dorm was refitted with a lounge area that had a stove. One evening, I decided to finally take advantage of the area and to make myself dinner. One of the things I wanted to make was battered onion rings using a recipe one of by dorm buddies had shared with me. I had no idea until then what a ridiculous number of onion rings for one person that one large onion can produce. Anyway, I worked at figuring out the workings of the stove and started the onion rings. I got a few done and think I had it all under control when all of a sudden the stove goes off and so do the lights. I figured, “Oh boy”, I’ve done it now.” Then I looked out of the back window over Cambridge and noticed that all of Cambridge was dark too. No more Necco Wafer candies for awhile. I now figured my personal predicament had significantly enlarged and there was going to be hell to pay regardless of how well the onion rings might have turned out. It wasn’t too much longer before reality set in that I had just witnessed first hand and up close the beginnings of the great Northeast Blackout of 1965. So, as it turned out, my onion rings and me were not to blame. I also have fond memories of the great MIT Lecture Series Committee concerts and talks, one being with Henry Cabot Lodge. I also remember a get-together with Doc Edgerton just after the Russians had posted pictures of a space walk that many thought were faked where he was questioned about it. Then there was the time when a zillion rubber superballs were dumped en-masse from the balcony in the Great Dome. And how can you not remember the great enthusiasm and technical ingenuity admiration we Techmen had for Wily Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoons. What I wouldn’t give to enjoy a few episodes of Wily Coyote before current fliks instead of the endless trivia questions about people I don’t know and don’t care to know and the endless loop of candy and popcorn ads.

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Best example of MIT helping career. As an MIT grad, I often got a better look from people that wanted to add top technical talent into their organization. One well-regarded telecom company I joined and with whom I stayed for many years had several older MIT grads in very senior positions. Each was making important engineering contributions to key products and I worked closely with each of them. Rubbing shoulders with MIT grads from previous generations was always a joy and reinforced the quality and competency of the MIT student that has persisted generation after generation. I also often found people coming to me to talk about technical issues and to get some critical analysis just because they trusted the abilities and critical thinking of an MIT grad. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope that MIT remains a guiding light for the advancement of innovative technologies for the benefit of the Earth and the great humanity that depends on its survival. MIT also needs to remain an encouraging and nurturing environment for critical thinking and early student involvement in exciting new technology developments and entrepreneurial activities. MIT needs to always be the incubating birthplace for new ideas and ways to stimulate and teach them to the best and the brightest that choose to pursue these studies and careers. Being an MIT grad must always mean something very special.

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Belfer, Warren Course: VIII

Home Address: 2521 Middlefield Road

Home City: Palo Alto State: CA ZIP: 94301

Home Phone: 650 325-6344 Mobile: 650 814-4343

Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://home.pacbell.net/wbelfer/

Business Name: Sun Microsystems Title: Lead Operations Engineer

Business Address: 18 Network Circle

Business City: Menlo Park State: CA ZIP: 94025

Business Phone 650 786-9693 Business Email: [email protected]


Outside of work, my main interest is in dog training. I am a member of the board of directors of an AKC licensed training club. (Deep Peninsula Dog Training Club http://www.deeppeninsuladtc.org/ )

I am also s puppy raiser and puppy raising leader for Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, CA (http://guidedogs.com/ ) Our puppy raising group web site is http://www.midpeninsulapuppyguides.org/

In my spare time, I do a fair amount of audio and video playing around on my home computers.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Robin Levy. Teacher and Guide Dog puppy raiser. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Evan Tep Belfer; Doctor

http://www.deeppeninsuladtc.org/

http://guidedogs.com/

http://www.midpeninsulapuppyguides.org/

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Berger, Steven Course: 8

Home Address:

Home City: New York State: NY ZIP:

Home Phone: (718)-939-7072 Mobile:



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Business Phone Business Email: Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Playing tennis in “the bubble” on Briggs Field Best example of MIT helping career. Networking with fellow alumni Fondest hope for MIT’s future: An increased endowment

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Berrian, David Course: XVI

Home Address: 3105 – 30th Avenue S.

Home City: Seattle State: WA ZIP: 98144

Home Phone: 425-482-3026 Email: [email protected]

Business Name: City of Seattle Title: Grants & Contracts Manager

Business Address: Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 – 5th Avenue, Suite 5800

Business City: Seattle State: WA ZIP: 98124

Business Phone 206-733-9409 Business Email: [email protected]


Nonviolence Education and Peacekeeping; Development of the Nonviolent Peaceforce; Member of Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Fellowship of Reconciliation; Nonviolent Communication; Photography; Hiking.

Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Garland Minor – Primary Grade Teacher; New Mother Seth Snapp – Bar Manager Saul Snapp – Elder Care Sean Snapp – Manages Equestrian Center Stacia Snapp – Microsoft Technical Writer Sieglinde Snapp – Associate Professor, Vegetable Crops, Michigan State University

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Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Rolland Minor (4 months) Athena Snapp (6) Shanelle Snapp (18) Cory Snapp (2) Niall Snapp (6) Tynor Fujimoto (12) Kellen Fujimoto (17) Dante Snapp (9) Jordan Snapp (10) Tori Sorrone (9) Laly Sorrone (9) Additional Narrative: We attended MIT at a time in our country’s history that was challenging. The Civil Rights movement was active throughout our time there. The War on Poverty and the War in Vietnam were dominating our country’s agenda by the time we graduated. Every one of us was called on to make important personal and political choices, if not when we were undergraduates, then shortly thereafter. For me these choices were central to my life since, and I credit MIT, in part, for my being able to face these challenges to the extent that I have. I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. I taught junior and senior high school science and math on the Makah Indian reservation (and was assistant football coach). I did community organizing in welfare rights and community development. My political involvement tended to come and go with changes in jobs, in raising a family, and in getting more education (Community Planning at the University of Cincinnati and Economics at Cornell). Today the role of our country in the world is even more challenging than it was when we were undergraduates. My own political involvement has increased. I traveled to Iraq just prior to the US invasion in 2003. I’ve served as an international elections monitor in Sri Lanka. I’m not very interested in denouncing our current government, as much as I disagree with many of its policies. I do want to see a fundamental change, however. I want to help develop institutions that operate from principles of partnership and participation. I support the Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international organization that is developing a corps of professional, unarmed, civilian peacekeepers able to intervene at the request of local organizations in conflict areas throughout the world (see www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org). It is a practical alternative to military intervention. I am hopeful that men and women graduating from MIT are facing today’s challenges and making fundamental decisions about the directions for their own contributions to themselves and to our world. I hope we will all do our best to lend our presence and support to them. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Volunteering through the Technology Community Association and the Social Action Committee: Tutoring in the Cambridge Settlement Houses; Tuesday nights in the long-term care ward of the Mattapan State Hospital (a mental hospital); Friday nights in the Emergency Room of Boston City Hospital; and Saturdays at the New England Home for Little Wanderers (a residence for emotionally disturbed children).

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Best example of MIT helping career: By providing a learning environment that fostered attitudes of respect and excellence MIT helped reinforce self-confidence and an approach to problem solving the cut through boundaries of authority and intellectual discipline. Even now I am struck by how often co-workers start out from the position of “We can’t possibly do that. They [those in authority] wouldn’t like it.” I ask, “Why not? Let’s do the best we know how. How will we know what they’ll like or not like until we ask them?” Fondest hope for MIT’s future: May MIT maintain a learning environment that values mutual respect and excellence. May MIT embrace inclusion across social divisions of race, class, and gender. May MIT acknowledge that problem solving and creativity are social acts that are not fostered by how clever we are as individuals, but by how we strengthen the relationships among us so that each of us can contribute to our full ability.

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Bermudez, Vic Course: V

Home Address: 7584 Vogels Way

Home City: Springfield State: VA ZIP: 22153



Business Name: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Title: Research Physicist

Business Address: Code 6876; 4555 Overlook Ave., S.W.

Business City: Washington State: DC ZIP: 20375



Work: Physical Chemistry of Surfaces - experimental and theoretical studies of the interaction of molecules with surfaces; electronic structure and properties of oxide and semiconductor surfaces Non-Work: Fishing, Jazz, Outdoor Activities Spouse’s Name & Interests: Catherine H. Bulmer-Bermudez - World Affairs, Travel, Outdoor Activities, Literature (she reads books with no pictures !) Children’s Name(s) & Interests: No kids, alas. Additional Narrative:

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After MIT I went straight to Princeton for graduate school (a culture shock after 4 years at the Institute !). Grad school was interrupted by military service from June 1969 to Sept. 1972. I went through Navy OCS in Newport, RI, where my Company Commander for a time was Don Bellenger '67 and my roommate was Tom Mattson (OE '69). From there I had the good fortune to go to the Naval Research Lab, where two of my "shipmates" were LT Steve Metz '67 and LT Ray Petit '66. (Ray is since deceased, I'm very sorry to say.) At the end of my uniformed service I became a civilian employee of NRL, returned to grad. school and finished up with a PhD in Physics and Physical Chemistry in 1976. I've been full-time at NRL ever since. I met Catherine when she came to NRL in 1977 (with a PhD in Electronic Engineering from University College London) for what was supposed to be a one-year visit. One year became a lifetime, and the rest is history. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Walking across the Harvard Bridge for the very first time in Sept. 1963 (never having seen MIT before); Freshman Year (gradually realizing that I might actually not flunk out, all appearances to the contrary); The Other Three Years (feeling at home at the Institute; lots of obstacles, but they can be overcome, and there's fun to be had !) Best example of MIT helping career. After 4 years at MIT, I'm not afraid of anything in the realm of research work. Also, my 4 years left me with a sense of what it means to be surrounded by good people doing good work and having great fun in the process. It's good for the soul to be exposed, at least once in one's life, to true excellence. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Keep on doing it like you always have. Be happy in the knowledge that you're a very special place.

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Bodnar, Jack Course: XVIII

Home Address: 1935 NE 59th Avenue

Home City: Portland State: OR ZIP: 97213

Home Phone: 503-241-1529 Mobile: 971-275-2007



Business Address:




I am currently assisting my partner Ann Cason in her pioneering work with the elderly. See her book “Circles of Care: How to Set Up Quality Home Care for Our Elders” (Shambhala Publications). Related to that, I’m also helping out my parents, who are still active at the ages of 88 & 89!

I am also very active (have been since 1974) with Shambhala (www.shambhala.org), which is a global network of meditation centers, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, having been Director of the Shambhala Center in Portland, Oregon and currently being the Resident Director in Portland for Shambhala Training, which is the study and practice of Shambhala warriorship—the tradition of human bravery and leadership. Shambhala is a profound path of personal and societal enlightenment, rooted in the Buddhist tradition. Other than that, I have recently become an avid (though inexperienced!) gardener.

http://www.shambhala.org/

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Spouse’s Name & Interests: Ann Cason (www.anncason.com), besides the activities listed above, is also a teacher and meditation instructor in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. She has a 26 year-old son Eric who also lives in Portland, Oregon. Additional Narrative: Over the years, I’ve lived in a number of different places. After graduating from M.I.T., I moved to the S.F. Bay Area, where I attended U.C. Berkeley, dropped out in 1970 during the period of social turmoil connected with the Vietnam War, worked with Cesar Chavez during the California Grape Boycott, met Chogyam Trungpa in 1974, a seminal figure in transplanting Buddhism to the West who encouraged me to go back to school, graduated with an M.S. in Computer Science and worked at Varian Associates. In 1980, so that I could work more closely with Trungpa, I moved to Boulder, Colorado, where I worked in the Shambhala Training National Office and also worked with Rela Associates as a software engineer. In 1989, motivated by the profound societal vision of Trungpa as well as my personal love for the place, I immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada, where Shambhala is now headquartered. There I worked at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography for a number of years. In 1999, I moved back to my home town of Portland, Oregon although I am now a dual U.S. & Canadian citizen. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I suppose my most vivid and fond memories are connected with Senior House and the friendships (which I haven’t been very good at keeping up) that I made in our section (I just realized I don’t remember its name!) of the house. Especially, I remember weekends when we went as a group to Durgin Park and also played touch football on the adjacent green strip. Best example of MIT helping career. Needless to say, in general it has been an excellent credential to have. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: While I appreciate very much MIT’s concern with the societal impacts of technology and promoting research which is beneficial to society, I am also concerned that MIT, like many other schools, does not divulge how their endowment funds are invested. I think that investment decisions need to be made public, and that money should be invested in institutions that promote sustainable development and are really concerned with the human impacts of their activities. Then MIT will really be a force for good in the world.

http://www.anncason.com/

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Bosler, Robert Course: XVI

Home Address: 2126 Calaveras Ave

Home City: Davis State: CA ZIP: 95616




Business Address:




I now work at UC Davis on behalf of Caltrans. I garden, run the dogs, and help with aged parents. And

wonder what I should do next. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Paula is an LCSW with a private practice in therapy and senior care, with trips to Europe to provide help to soldiers. After a career in prisons and senior care management. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Silas teaches special ed students in San Diego. Caleb is a third year medical student at Yale. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None at present. But, soon. Additional Narrative: I have had many adventures starting and running small businesses of various kinds: cut-and-sew to bio-tech to software. Now I think about highways. Before moving to Davis, we had lived in 13 places in 14 years. To my surprise, we have now lived in one place for 18 years. I have been married to Paula for 32 years, a constant source of joy and happiness, especially since we are so different. Our two boys have turned out great and are having their own adventures in places and countries I had only imagined. Paula and I hope for one more adventure, although we don't yet know what it will be.

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) No one memory, except a general sense of the energy and joy of a life of both intellect and action. Nothing in my background had even hinted at such possibilities. What a shock! What joy! What feelings of liberation! Best example of MIT helping career. I was able to get jobs in a wide variety of places and found myself doing things I had no idea I could do. MIT provided skills that I did not know at the time would be so important or valuable. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Mind and hands: people with intellectual and physical energy combined with a passion for helping others.

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Boulay, Richard Course: XVI

Home Address: 7415 Sandia Glow CT NE

Home City: Albuquerque State: NM ZIP: 87122



Business Name: Washington Group International Title: Consulting Engineer

Business Address: 7800 E. Union Ave., Suite 100

Business City: Denver State: CO ZIP: 80237



Skiing, woodworking, and old cars. Old car interest is waning; in May 2007 sold a 1971 Datsun 240Z that I had owned since 1974 Spouse’s Name & Interests: Barbara. Barbara is an artist and a docent at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History Additional Narrative: Sorry for not attending the reunion, but health issues keep that from happening Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Remember pulling an all-night study session in preparation for a final in dynamics of rigid body motion. About midnight my buddy and I decided to take a break and go shoot some pool at the student center. One of the questions on the final was how high should you strike the cueball so that its spin matches its velocity, i.e., no topspin or backspin. I did the calculus, and came up with a height of 7/5*Radius above the table surface. I said “that looks about right”, and went on to the rest of the exam without checking that problem, and my answer was correct!

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Best example of MIT helping career. Strong background in fundamentals makes it easy to change the focus of one’s career. My career has progressed (regressed?) from aircraft jet engines to industrial gas turbines to gas turbine/steam turbine combined cycle power plants to coal-fired power generation. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Keep costs and financial aid under control to allow access to less privileged students.

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Carlton Foss, John Home Address: 338 Conant Road

Home City: Weston State: MA ZIP: 02493



Business Name: FallWare / Strategic Energy Systems Title: CEO / COO

Business Address: c/o Box 263

Business City: Wayland State: MA ZIP: 01778

Business Phone 781-642-9622 / 781-891-8050 Business Email: [email protected] / [email protected]


Technology, organizations, and people. Energy and global warming. Falls and the elderly. Electronics applied to human challenges. Problem solving. Entrepreneurship. Making a better world. Church and spiritual work including contemplative prayer. Family. “Athletics” such as tennis, platform tennis, swimming, bicycling, playing cello. As a former rock climber, my goal for this summer is to get back to the White Mountains to hike at least one 4000 footer. I have also initiated a project to get a large wind turbine installed adjacent to the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston near the Route 128 tolls. Consider joining me at two mailing lists and one discussion group: Name elderly

Title Elderly, Independence, Monitoring, and e-Linkage

Description

Enabling independent elderly by maintaining communications through such media as the Internet, use of such aids as in-home or wearable medical monitoring to extend useful and/or independent lifespan, reduce risk associated with such events as falls, and leverage caretaker effort.

Address [email protected]

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Name cleantech

Title Clean Technology and Renewable Energy

Description A list for alumni interested in furthering and working in the Clean Technology Industry

Address [email protected]

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Spouse’s Name & Interests: Rhona. Using math to teach students. Making a better world. Church and spiritual work including contemplative prayer. Family. Tennis, swimming. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Margaret. Majoring at MIT in Political Science, with a minor in Nuclear Engineering. Currently interning at the Federation of American Scientists in nuclear non-proliferation and worldwide small arms sales. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None Additional Narrative: I recently left my previous hi-tech company, AWare Technologies, and am currently founding FallWare. FallWare started with a need followed by development of a solution. The technology is a monitor that automatically detects falls and calls for help. I am currently looking for investors to make the transition from prototype to finished product, and then do the rollout. In some contrast, AWare started out as a product, wearable computers, searching for a market. I led it into the sports market and a relationship with the Canadian Olympic ski team, and also into the elderly market with an Activity Monitor which fits in the area of Telemedicine. We also did a number of contracts for the Army, Air Force and DARPA. Work included a very localized personal area network (localized in that the enemy cannot detect the RF signature from a distance) and development of a classifier that was almost perfect in recognizing whether a soldier was standing, walking, running, or sitting in a moving vehicle. I have also been involved with MIT students as a mentor and advisor. This is particularly rewarding because of the upside potential of the investment, and often because of the realized potential. I have been mentoring an individual student from the Third World, which is challenging and rewarding because such people are at the same time so talented and also have to go through such an immense cultural adaptation. Bagazo, one of the teams I was mentoring for the MIT $100K competition, won 1st prize for the Development Track. The other team I was advising captured one of the two runner-up positions. In both cases my role was to work with them on business issues. In particular I pushed in the direction of their creating self-sustaining, profitable, scaleable businesses. Now that the two teams have won $30K and $10K respectively, the next issue is how they can get a little more money to get properly jump started. The good news below suggests that Bagazo may be OK, but Saafwater (which provides affordable means for people to purify their water, largely eliminating dysentery that causes a lot of deaths) has the problem that it needs another $30K to fund its pilot in Pakistan. Any money they use will be leveraged to an awesome extent, as the plan is to scale up to all of the Asian cities with populations greater than 10 million. I talked the day before yesterday with an MIT administrator about the idea of creating a fund for Development Track finalists. It might even be formulated as a revolving fund, because the amounts of money would be small, and could be paid back over time.

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies). Being at last in heaven. Being enabled and challenged rather than frustrated. Friendships with many people. Walker staff. Physics lecture with such luminaries as Francis Low, Ken Johnson, and Kerson Huang. Junior physics lab. Senior thesis and first publication on search for quarks. (We actually found quarks, by the experimental criteria set up in the beginning of that work.) The grinding ambiguities and pressure of graduate school in physics after my world had opened up even more during time spent at Harvard. The exquisite beauty of physics and math. Doing laundry. Falling in love. Playing in the line in touch football, and getting repeatedly run over by an opponent who was about 80-100 lbs bigger. Creating the MIT Folk Dance Club, starting with a handful of roommates and friends in room 409 of the Student Center. Sunset from the west-facing upper windows of the Student Center. Best example of MIT helping career There have been a number of things. A sample: One was being part of the leadership of the MIT Club of Route 128, making it fun for quite a group, and making it cash net positive. Another was participating in the committee that set up the Infinite Connection. Another more recent involvement has been mentoring for the $100K Competition. This has confirmed once again my sense that alum involvement is very valuable for all concerned. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: MIT has already become a great university, and a number of us think it has passed Harvard in offering an electric environment to switch on students and faculty. I think that part of this has been its openness to including alumni in interaction with students in areas where it is useful. Our world’s future brings many important opportunities for international outreach. President Hockfield has said that she wants people in all nations of the world to think of MIT when they think of technology in relation to efforts to solve their challenges. Part of that is outreach in the domains of energy and of alternative technology. In the domain of energy and global warming, Sherman Teichman (Director of the Institute for Global Leadership at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts) told me that he thinks that the US will have to end up giving technology to other nations to minimize global warming. Rather than doing this merely as a backbreaking dole, there is no better way to do this than to stimulate learning and enterprise in all nations, something at which MIT can play a key role. At the same time, the Iraq War has projected an image of the US as a global power embracing hard diplomacy. It is incumbent upon all of us now, if for no other reason than our own sakes, to project a balancing image of the US as embracing soft diplomacy. In serving its own purposes, MIT also has become part of the tip of leadership in that effort. Students and faculty right now are in Third World nations commercializing appropriate technology to ameliorate or solve the most profound problems of developing nations. This is an important strand in MIT’s mission as it also contributes its part in building our own society to greater heights. Because I think this is important for the future of MIT, America and the world, I am thinking about collecting ideas, thoughts, and perhaps contributions together in an alum-controlled fund to support prototypes and pilot projects for such development efforts. I am interested in your thoughts.

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Chan, Yupo Course:I

Home Address: 5313 Scenic Drive Home City: Little Rock State: AR ZIP: 72207


Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.ualr.edu/yxchan

Business Name: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Title: Professor & Founding Chair

Business Address: Department of Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,

Business City: Little Rock State: AR ZIP: 72204-1099


Your Activities/Interests: Swimming, eating

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Susan - reading, gardening Children’s Name(s) & Interests: (none) – Both Susan and I married for the first time in our mid-forties, which does not lend itself to raising a traditional family. Additional Narrative: Been teaching pretty much all my career, except for a couple years in industry and one year on sabbatical as a “Congressional Fellow.” Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Graduation after completing a PhD Best example of MIT helping career: The three degrees from MIT—SB, SM, and PhD—do carry weight Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Continue the diversification that appears to be taking place in recent years, including a wider range of majors and extracurricular activities for undergrads.

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Chandler, Elaine Ackles Course: VII

Home Address: 710 Hilldale Ave

Home City: Berkeley State CA ZIP 94708

Home:510 527-8831

Email: [email protected]

Business Name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Title: (Dr Elaine Chandler), Deputy, Helios Project

Business Address: 1 Cyclotron Rd

Business City: Berkeley State: CA ZIP: 94720

Business Phone 510 486-6854 Business Email: [email protected]


Recently my professional focus has changed from theoretical physics to building large, interdisciplinary science projects, and I have played a large role in assembling the scientists and organizing LBNL’s new Helios Project. More generally, my interests are in projects in the area of new materials and new physics applications. For many years I worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was engaged in developing their Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship Program in the 1990’s. I am the chair of the Physics Advisory Board at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I received my Ph. D. and I serve on review committees for the NNSA.

In my leisure moments, I like to entertain and travel, and spend time with my family—husband, daughters, grandchildren, sisters, and old friends from high school, college, and across the country. I like to read novels, and that is a part of my MIT education that I cherish—the focus on literature. I have studied French and Russian since I left MIT (I took a couple of French literature courses at MIT), but I am not fluent in either. Recently, after visiting the Isle of Skye, I worked at learning a bit of Gaelic; the pronunciation was a challenge. I share a love of music with my husband, David, and we go to many concerts. We hike, and I swim and do Pilates in fits

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and starts. We have had a vacation house in New Hampshire, since 2000, because we miss the East Coast woods and lakes.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: My husband is David Chandler, ’66 Course V, and Harvard Ph. D. His is a Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley. David was a tennis player in high school, at MIT, and then for 13 years in Illinois where we—children and parents--passed summers playing in tennis tournaments and vacationing in New Hampshire on the hill where we finally bought a place. We like to get in touch with David’s beloved MIT Tennis Coach, Ed Crocker, when we are in New Hampshire. David still plays tennis, at the Berkeley Tennis Club, and he is the faculty advisor for the UC Berkeley Tennis Team. His other interest is music. You coeds may remember him playing the piano in McCormick Hall; he used to play the piano every morning while our kids would get ready for school. He still plays, but he is listening more. And he has taken up cooking as a hobby. Which is nice—I cooked for the first 30 years of our marriage almost solo. He is quite the gourmet and enjoys the abundance and variety of the Berkeley-San Francisco area for this hobby! Children’s Name(s) & Interests: We have two daughters: Phoebe, our oldest, graduated from Rutgers in cultural geography and has a teaching certificate in science and math. However, she left teaching for other pursuits, and she now works at an all-woman garage, Grandma’s, a Berkeley institution. She is a great athlete, and played tennis on the Rutgers tennis team. She is very active in the Berkeley Tennis Club, softball, basketball, etc. Cynthia, our younger daughter, who attended Berkeley, Cambridge, and Harvard Law School is an attorney and founder of Justice Now! in Oakland, Ca. Her efforts are focused on improving the health care and general incarceration conditions of women in prisons in California. She is an expert on prison “theory” and practice, and on comparative criminology. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: We have two granddaughters, ages 21 months and 5 1/2 years. Their interests are in playing, singing, eating and listening to stories. The 5 1/2 year old has decided she will kill no living thing, and has become the first vegetarian in the family. She also loves math games. The girls love to have sleep-overs with their Grandma and Grandpa. It is an amazing fact that two aging adults, a child, and a dog can actually sleep well together in a queen-size bed. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I remember every detail of McCormick Hall—it was beautiful. I remember many things, good and bad, about the experiences there. One sad memory is of the day I left my room to go to class, and at the elevator, Norma (who eventually replaced Ms. Luttman-Johnson as house director) told me that President Kennedy had been shot. MIT was a total culture shock for me because I came from a very small Connecticut town, and my friends there were mostly interested in arts. My high school science teacher came to visit one day in the autumn of freshman year. As I walked him to his car on Memorial Drive he seemed upset and worried, and he asked me,“What is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” I never forgot those words. They made me determined to succeed. A nice girl like me can try to do whatever she choses. I made good friends in McCormick, and remember fondly the tutorials that Scotty McVicar gave and the study breaks at our Housmaster’s apartment. I remember my frustration in getting C’s in first semester Freshman physics (mechanics) and in Freshman Humanities. That never happened again—I got an A in graduate Theoretical Mechanics my Senior year, and loved my humanities courses. I was married in my Junior Year, and my Senior Year is when I learned to focus on science and when I discovered that I had a gift for mathematical science. I liked my thesis on configuration interactions in carbon (electronic structure) which I worked on in the Spring with Prof. George Koster in the Physics Department. Prof. Koster was very supportive of me and didn’t write me off because of my motherhood, for which I have always been grateful. I also remember how nice it was that Barbara Desmond Gilchrist babysat for Phoebe, so I could go with my parents and David to graduation. These acts of support and generosity are instances that I carry with me always and have used as a basis to form my own actions.

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Best example of MIT helping career. I couldn’t have gone to MIT without scholarship support, so most of my giving is to scholarships.

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Collins, Terry Course: VI

Home Address: 6713 Bellamy Ave.

Home City: Springfield State: VA ZIP: 22152


Email: [email protected] Web Page: N/A

Business Name: Argon ST Title: CEO

Business Address: 12701 Fair Lakes Cir

Business City: Fairfax State: VA ZIP: 22033


Spouse’s Name & Interests: Alisann (Alexander) Collins has interest in fiber arts, gardens, reading Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Katherine (Collins) Lucas—ex-lawyer and current stay at home mother of our 18 month old grandson, Evan. She likes cooking, bicycling, and reading and traveling. We are hoping that more children are of interest to her too Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Evan Lucas is 18 months old and likes to vacuum and play with trucks. He seems interested in almost anything new and very much likes to just run around and explore. Additional Narrative: My wife, Alisann, and I have traveled a lot and enjoy travel very much. We have done a number or trips to England and stayed in the B&B’s in small towns as well as cruises in the eastern Mediterranean and a trip up the Danube River in recent years. We did lots of skiing when we were younger (mostly in the west). We have been married for 35 years and have spent the entire time living in Northern Virginia including 30 years in our current house. We vacation now to Kiawah Island where we love the nature, the beach, and I like the golf.

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): My most vivid memories are of the first few weeks at MIT. I had not been east of the Mississippi River or flown on an airplane before I left home to enroll at MIT. So much was new and I met so many new people that I felt like I was in a different country. Joining a fraternity, having dinner with my freshman advisor in Marblehead overlooking the harbor on a beautiful September evening, and going to my first week of classes was a total shock. I remember that I had had a year of calculus and thought that I would be ahead of everyone else but everyone else had a year (or more) also. We had a class in calculus at nine the first day and my ten o’clock class in physics assumed we learned to differentiate in the calculus class. Later that day in humanities we were assigned to read the Odyssey and write a paper in one week. Not at all like high school!! I also remember circuit theory (6.01) with Bose and how new material was introduced during the exams. I have way too many good memories about the friends I made at Kappa Sigma and what I learned about growing up to list all of those but it taught me many things that I have leaned on the rest of my life. Best example of MIT helping career. What I learned at MIT has helped me succeed in my career for many years but my first and probably most critical help happened the year I graduated (that was ’67). I enrolled at the University of Wisconsin to work on a graduate degree but had no financial aid. When I arrived, I started wandering around talking to people in the EE department to see if there were any potential jobs that I might get to help pay for the year as I only had enough money for part of the first semester. I was referred to Prof. Fontaine. Prof. Fontaine said that a Stanford student had just elected to not come to Wisconsin and that he had an open research assistant fellowship that paid tuition, room, board, books, and $200 per month spending money for working on research that was of interest to the sponsoring company but that the scholarship required a 3.9 GPA (out of 4.0). I was no where near that! However, Prof Fontaine was a MIT alum and he told me that we wanted to help MIT students if he could. His challenge was that he would need to seek approval from the company, Oak Electronetics, since I was outside of their requirements. By some chance, the CEO of Oak Electronetics also happened to be an MIT and approved the assistantship. So, my time at Wisconsin got much easier! Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That MIT can continue to be the leading institution in the world to stimulate and educate a community of engineers, scientists, and leaders that are focused on the development of innovative solutions to the problems of poverty, health care, and resource conservation that can lead to a more peaceful world.

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Constantine, Larry L. Course: XV

Home Address: 58 Kathleen Circle

Home City: Rowley State: MA ZIP: 01969

Home Phone: 978 948 5144 Mobile:

Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.foruse.com

Business Name: Constantine & Lockwood Ltd Title:

Business Address: 58 Kathleen Circle

Business City: Rowley State: MA ZIP: 01969

Business Phone 978 948 5012 Business Email: [email protected]


Being a father of young children again (both a great joy and a great challenge); writing for pleasure (just finished a novel in which MIT figures prominently); singing with the Zamir Chorale of Boston and Zachor Choral Ensemble whenever I can (and promising myself to someday return to composing). Professionally, I teach and head a research and development lab at the University of Madeira (yes, Portugal!) and supervise a joint master’s program in HCI with Carnegie-Mellon, teaching a new generation of designers and developers how to create technology that truly enables and empowers people. As a consulting designer and design methodologist I specialize understanding complex human activity and in interaction design for interaction-critical systems, like medical informatics and industrial automation. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Lucy Lockwood: science and education (K-12), gardening, camping, raising two beautiful children Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Devan Lockwood (9): competitive swimming, soccer, science, history, music, debate Tovah Lockwood (6): reading, math, storytelling, singing, learning Joy Constantine (38): animals, poetry, environmental issues Heather Constantine Reardon (36): speech pathology, music, raising two beautiful children

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Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Samantha Reardon (4): singing, storytelling, gymnastics Audrey Reardon (3 mo.): eating, sleeping, learning what’s what Additional Narrative: I was and am in many respects a disconnected outlier. I entered as part of the class of ’65, dropped out before being kicked out, and returned--married and somewhat more mature--after two years, having lost touch with most of my original classmates and feeling significantly out of synch with my new ones. Before I graduated, I was already teaching in post-graduate programs at the Wharton School, had started a business, and had a list of professional publications. Were I to do it all over again I might strive to be more serious on the first go and less so the second time. But, then, we do what we can at the time and, in retrospect, a certain logic emerges, a pattern that we recognize as ourselves and our lives. At the outset, I would never have guessed that I would leave the computer field to become a psychotherapist any more than I could have predicted that late in life I would come back to software from another angle. Theme and variation. What I learned at MIT became the figured bass, the ground, over which the contrapuntal lines of contrasting careers were laid. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Of course, too many to recount: spelunking with MITOC in Scoharie County, New York, and Mouth of Seneca West Virginia; late night debugging on the PDP-1 in the basement of Building 26, discovering that accounting was not boring but advanced calculus for engineers could be brutal; singing “Han Skal Leve” with the Burtones in the All-Tech Sing; becoming mesmerized by Hans Lucas Teuber’s vivid 9.00 lectures. Teuber was unfailingly erudite and engaging but most amazing was the packed lecture hall for an added post-semester lecture he scheduled during finals period. He seduced me into a lifelong fascination with the human side of technology. Best example of MIT helping career. No one professor or course stands out so much as the way that systems thinking and systems theory were pervasive subtexts of almost everything at MIT in those years. The systems perspective I absorbed from MIT and the Sloan School in particular has been my steadfast companion through three distinct but connected careers in software development, in family psychotherapy, and finally in interaction design. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I would hope there will always be room for outliers, for unconventional students and faculty who, whether they have the formal credentials or all the official qualifications, have something valuable to contribute to MIT and something worthwhile to gain from it.

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Cunningham, Richard H.G. Name: Richard H.G. Cunningham Course: 17

Home Address: 12 Kenilworth Drive East

Home City: Stamford State: CT ZIP: 06902

Home Phone: (203) 348-9958 Mobile: (203) 219-2024


Business Name: Atty. Richard H.G. Cunningham Title:

Business Address: 12 Kenilworth Drive East

Business City: Stamford State: CT ZIP: 06902

Business Phone (203) 348-9958 Business Email:


Writing Spouse’s Name & Interests: Linda C. Cunningham: Family Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Richard E.B. Cunningham - Linda C. Daniel - Patricia C. Kenny - Catherine C. Avigdor - Carolyn G. Cunningham - Robert T.B. Cunningham - John A. Cunningham - James A. Cunningham - Rebecca S. Cunningham - Rachel L. Cunningham - Sarah P. Cunningham - Mary J. Cunningham Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Jonathon, Anna, Sylvia, Emily, Marylynn, Lucy, Everett, Laura, Luke, Grace, Eva. Michael, Clara, Abigail, Stephanie, and Timothy..

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Additional Narrative: As one can see we are busy with birthdays, graduations, etc. Rachel is getting married on July 19th. She is the eighth of our children to marry. I am writing a book about a serial killer which should be on the best seller list later this year. Best example of MIT helping career. I applied my learning in dynamics in legislative bills to reduce crime. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: The opportunity of lectures at MIT.

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Daney, Charles Course: 18

Home Address: 2831 Sloat Rd.

Home City: Pebble Beach State: CA ZIP: 93953

Home Phone: (831) 643-2115 Mobile:

Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://scienceandreason.blogspot.com


Business Address:




Science writing, photography

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jeanne M. Daney Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Meghan K. Daney Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Professors, such as Michael Artin, I. M. Singer, Marvin Minsky, Jerry Lettvin

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Davis, Don Course: 18

Home Address: 1926 Paul Ave.

Home City: Bethlehem State: PA ZIP: 18018

Home Phone: 610-865-9058

Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.lehigh.edu/~dmd1

Business Name: Lehigh University Title: Professor of Mathematics

Business Address: 14 E Packer Ave, Department of Mathematics

Business City: Bethlehem State: PA ZIP: 18015


Your Activities/Interests: Long distance running. Have won ultramarathon races in 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s. Represented US in major international 100 km race in Italy in 1994. Coaching high school math team. My team won national championship in 2005 in American Regions Math League. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jean Grosz Davis. She works as a nurse in a doctor’s office. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Joelle Davis Michaels. She is a survey statistician for the U.S. Department of Energy. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Grandson Kenneth Michaels was born in 2005.

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Met my wife there through Conner Third social activities. Wrote rock’n roll column, Talking Rock, for The Tech. Met some rock singers through that. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: MIT is the most popular choice of school for the top people on the high school math team that I coach.

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Dawson (Klitzke), Cheryl Course: XVIII

Home Address: 393 Waters Road

Home City: York State: PA ZIP: 17403


Email: Cheryl [email protected] or [email protected] (Underline between “Cheryl” and “Dawson” in alum address.) Web Page:


Business Address:




Since finishing as managing editor of Kurt Gödel’s Collected Works, Vol’s I—V, in 2003, I have gone to the dogs completely. I am on the boards of two Siberian Husky rescue organizations, have three Siberian Huskies and am involved in training for obedience and dabbling in agility, as well as therapy dog work. I am also having a lot of fun with fiber arts, mostly quilting and knitting, with the spinning of Siberian Husky hair as well in relation to one of the rescue groups. I also share an interest in my husband’s amateur mycology and we both enjoy amateur photography and travel. I still do a little flute teaching in addition.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: John W. Dawson, Jr. MIT ’66. John just retired in July of 2006 from teaching mathematics at Penn State/York. His research interest is primarily the history of symbolic logic and we continue to attend related conferences, getting to travel thereby to places we’ve wanted to visit. He enjoys travel, photography, practicing flute and especially mycology. He is president of the local mycological association and spends a great deal of time doing photomicrography with his digital camera. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: The closest we have are our Siberian Huskies: Tula, Polya and Ivana. Their primary interests are chasing squirrels and other small game, and digging up our yard. I try to interest them in obedience work, agility and therapy dog work.


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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) But there are so many: The Great Dome and 77 Mass Ave looming over you as you walked to and from classes, late nights studying in the lounge on top of McCormick Hall, warm late spring nights under the blooming trees (sneezing, choking and sniffling from allergies all the while), slipping and sliding on the icy winter sidewalks. And throughout it all, a pride that you were at one of the country’s great universities. Best example of MIT helping career. Drinking from the fire hose taught me to prioritize at times when my whole life seemed like an exercise in triage. It taught me to manage many demands at once and to approach any problem in a logical and organized way. There was no one specific example, just a general approach to handling one’s efforts. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That is will continue to set standards for education in science and engineering and provide opportunities to the brightest young people that deserve the stimulation and encouragement of a vibrant and dynamic place to learn.

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Denton, Peter

Course: VI-EE Home Address: 103 South, Beach Point, 2660 South Ocean Blvd. Home City: Palm Beach State: Florida Zip: 33480 Home Phone: Mobile: 609-304-9624 Email: [email protected] Business Name: Denton Vacuum Title: Chairman Business Address: 1259 North Church Street Business City: Moorestown State: New Jersey Zip: 08057 Business Phone: 856-380-5202 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: In 1998 I retired as CEO of Denton Vacuum, Inc., where I have worked since 1977. My wife and I founded Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc. (E3), a non-profit focused on reforming urban public education in New Jersey through the vehicle of parental school choice. Kudos to Joe Levange for coming up with the name. E3 is one of the country’s largest urban school choice advocacy groups with a budget of over $2 million/yr and a dozen staff members. While I am the non-Executive Chairman of E3, it is almost a full time job dealing with urban and minority Democrats in New Jersey. When I’m not dealing with E3 or business issues, I spend as much time sailing and playing squash as possible. I race a Lightening (19’) in New Jersey, and a 30’ one design “Shields” in Newport, Rhode Island, where we have a summer home. All of this and serving on the Boards of other non-profits keeps me very busy. Spouse’s Name & Interest: My bride’s name is Audrey. This January we celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. Audrey is a retired interior designer, who now seems to be acquiring antiques most of the time. Audrey philanthropic efforts are focused on our church and more specifically on Habitat for Humanity in Camden, New Jersey. She has been heavily involved in Habitat’s Family Partnership Committee, which recruits and mentors potential owners of Habitat homes. She also serves on the Camden area Habitat Board. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Our daughter, Tracey is 32 and a lawyer in New York City. She is very active in Democracy for New York, a spin off of Howard Dean’s presidential campaign efforts. Tracey is engaged to be married to a wonderful Dutchman, Eelco Keij, at the end of May, 2008. Our son Keith is a fishing nut. He spent five years after college guiding in a salmon fishing camp in Alaska and traveling in central and South America hiking, camping and mostly fishing. Keith is engaged to a wonderful young lady, Lauren Candia and will be married in September of this year in Seattle. He is about two thirds of his way through his Masters Degree program in Fisheries Science at the University of Washington. Both children plan to travel extensively after they are married before they settle down for real careers. Audrey and I cannot complain since we quit our jobs and traveled for six months after we were married 35 years ago! Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: There are no grandchildren; there are only gleams in our children’s eyes (we hope). Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Learning of the existence of squash, which has become a life long passion. Being woefully unprepared for MIT by my supposedly top notch high school, but finding out that survival was possible; numerous fraternity


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activities that balanced the academic pressure; watching the campus revolution of the 60’s building just a year or two behind us; access, even as an undergraduate, to world class professors and staff; the flooding rain and “non-show” of the Beach Boys at our Spring Weekend; and many, many more. Best example of MIT helping career. The academic and mental discipline required to succeed at MIT has stood me well through my entire career; MIT, and the activities in which I was able to participate clearly got me into the Harvard Business School. Developing a solid technical education which became very important when I became involved in the technical family business ten years after graduation. The MIT name follows us for the rest of our lives. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Don’t fall into the Ivy League trap of being “politically correct”. Continue to be unique in the world, and to build unique, creative, and expressive campus facilities of all types.

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DeWitte, Gordon J. Course: VI

Home Address: 160 Abbott Dr

Home City: Austin State: TX ZIP: 78737-4534


Email: gordon [email protected] Web Page:

Business Name: Verigy US Inc. Title: Specialist

Business Address: 12401 Research Blvd., Bldg. 1, Suite 100

Business City: Austin State: TX ZIP: 78759

Business Phone: 512-257-5809 Business Email: [email protected]

Your Activities/Interests: Contemplating/preparing for retirement; exercise (mainly rowing machine and biking—it’s a requirement in Austin); computers; woodworking, reading, and photography. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Dorothy (Dot); currently volunteering in a local emergency room three days a week while pondering retirement vs. getting a Texas nursing license (she’s a Mass. General RN). Other interests include swimming and other exercise, loading her new iPod with favorites, knitting, crocheting, reading, and church. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Sharon; received her Ph.D. from Penn. St. in Dec. 2006; now an Assistant Prof. of Anthropology (physical and biological) at SUNY Albany. Jennifer; working at various high-end restaurants in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area. Additional Narrative: Been in Austin since March 2006. Moved here as a result of Agilent Technologies spinning off their

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semiconductor test group to a new company, Verigy. This is the second “spin off” for me in the last few years: I started with HP (sometime last century!), which then spun off Agilent, which has now spun off Verigy. Not sure if I should be worried about this trend. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Track team, walking across that damn Harvard Bridge in the wintertime, Doc Edgerton, Student House, Kenmore Square, roast beef sandwiches at Elsie’s (?) in Harvard Square, Dr. Bose in 6.01

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Ditzler, Rodney W. Course: 8

Home Address: 1130 N. Mono Court

Home City: Ridgecrest State: CA ZIP: 93555



Business Name: Naval Air Warfare Center (Weapons Div.) Title: Physicist

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Business City: China Lake State: CA ZIP: 93555



Still some interesting technical work at China Lake; 4 years ‘til retirement.

Supporting spouse in local community theater—set design and construction. Garden railway and British sports car hobbies on back burner. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Judith F. Ditzler, married May 1983. Office manager of C & L Construction, Ridgecrest. Very active in local community theater group and Grace Lutheran Church. Volunteer worker at local animal shelter.

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Children’s Name(s) & Interests: N/A [Judy says these are really our kids, so here are Nelson and Kiko…]

Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: N/A Additional Narrative: Ph.D. from MIT in 1972—the Kendall-Friedman inelastic scattering experiment at SLAC (1990 Nobel Prize). Finance crunch in research—worked part-time at ERC and taught at Commonwealth School 1972-75. Postdoc at Purdue—last unsuccessful charm search 1975-78. Research staff at Argonne Nat. Lab. 1978-84. Passed over for tenure and switched to applied physics; went to China Lake thanks to Packard Commission report and NYTimes want-ad in 1984. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Vicky Weisskopf extracting the height of Mt. Everest from quantum mechanics. East Campus Day when the Goldwater biplane got flak. Friday night bull (and sherry) sessions in East Campus about “what we’d do if we ruled the world.” The night our bubble chamber blew up the Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Marty Breidenbach screaming, “It’s flat—it’s flat!!” when we found the quarks. Best example of MIT helping career. Almost nobody at China Lake seems to have learned analytical problem solving (or is suppressing it by reason of working for DoD), so I stand out by comparison. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Get the kids working on an active engineering solution to global warming (such as covering Antarctica and Greenland with aluminum foil - ?) and sell it to the U.N.

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Dix, M. William Jr.

Home Address: 5791 South Beech Court

Home City: Greenwood Village State: CO ZIP:




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I retired effective May 31 after 33 years with Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company. P&M is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corp.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Karen Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) My most vivid MIT memories are living in the SAE house, playing on the MIT baseball team, snd seeing the reaction to the John Kennedy assassination..

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Dubin, Alan P. Course: II

Melanie (then 2 & 1/2) with Grandpa Alan

Home Address: 14771 Attboro Place

Home City: Tustin State: CA ZIP: 92780

Home: Phone (714) 838-5062 Mobile:


Business Name: The Aerospace Corp Title: Senior Project Engineer

Business Address: 2350 El Segundo Blvd

Business City: El Segundo State: CA ZIP: 90245

Business Phone (310) 336-3398 Business Email: [email protected]


Career: Systems Engineering – Military Communications Satellites

Personal: Grandfathering & retirement planning

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Meredith Dubin – Boston University School of Nursing, 1968. Retired RN Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Elizabeth Dubin – University of California, Irvine, BA – Political Science, 1992. Was a technical recruiter for Deloitte Consulting. Now a full time mom with three toddlers! Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Melanie (age 4 yrs) – all things Cinderella! Madeline & Joshua (twins, age 18 mos)

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Ebert, John Course: VI-2A

Home Address: 1715 Coachway

Home City: Hazelwood State: MO ZIP: 63042

Home Phone: Mobile:

Email: Web Page:

Business Name: Boeing Title: Sr. Prin. Engr.

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Scouting, fitness, travel.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Gloria Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Austin – Scouting, soccer, swimming, pets. Seth – Scouting, soccer, baseball, football Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Field Day victories, freshman water fights, intramural sports, being there when the Cities Service sign changed to the now-famous Citgo sign, spotting Charles River whitefish when rowing, Professors David Frisch and Amar Bose, a trip to the Kresge roof, new friends who are now old friends, and GRADUATION!! Best example of MIT helping career. My MIT education opened a lot of doors. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope that MIT and its students and faculty continue to make major contributions toward solving the world’s toughest technological challenges.

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Falco, Al Course: XVI

Home Address: 12111 Marine View Drive SW

Home City: Burien State: WA ZIP: 98146




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Your Activities/Interests: Woodworking, RVing, Canoeing Spouse’s Name & Interests: Colleen Webster: Traveling, Gardening Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Alfonso Falco: Model building Julie Brecht: Sewing, Gardening, Baking Chris Falco: Traveling, Fishing, Hunting, Camping Clayton Webster: Computers, Sports, On-line Games, Music Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests:

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Andrew Brecht (16): Reading, Computer Games, Katherine “The Creator” Brecht (13): Outdoor Activities, Music, Art, Math, Just about everything. Monica Webster (12): Reading, Music Anastasia Webster (4): Playing with her toys, Computers Leon Falco (8 Months): Eating, Clean diapers Additional Narrative: I retired in May of 2000, and was Colleen’s caregiver while she went through chemotherapy, a stem cell transplant, and radiation. That battle is not yet over, but, after 17 years, Colleen definitely has the upper hand. I spent the best two years of my life attending community college earning a degree in Cabinetmaking and Furniture Building. Each summer we take our grandchildren RVing throughout the Northwest. The downside to this is that the girls, who outnumber the boys, have kicked Andrew and I out of the RV. We have to sleep on the cold, hard ground, which is pretty tough on my old bones. Originally we planned to move out of Seattle and retire to the country. During the last few years, we have become so involved with our children and grandchildren that we have put the move on hold, putting our etirement plans on hold for at least five more years. I have returned to my old job at Boeing where I was an aircraft structures engineer. The opportunity to participate in one more project was two good to pass up. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) My life at MIT was mostly a blur. Two things stand out. The first was sitting in a Statics class, 16.01 I think, next to Janeane Knopf. She took the most detailed notes anyone could imagine. Her printing was precise, and she was able to produce the professor’s graphs and illustrations better than a photocopier. Oh yes, she used multiple colors. I developed such an inferiority complex. The second was a Physics lecture covering the energy stored in an electric capacitor. The idea was to charge the capacitor and then discharge it across a metallic wire or bar. While the Professor was deriving the amount of energy stored in the capacitor and the result to be expected while it was being discharged, he was distracted by a student’s question and lost track of the time. The capacitor was “over charged” and when the circuit was closed, the metallic bar exploded like a fireworks display. I can still see the professor, hands over his head, ducking for cover. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That they continue to remain independent of governmental control.

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Ferrara, Raymond Course: 15

Home Address: 307 Main St. Home City: Concord State: MA ZIP: 01742-2320 Home Phone: (978) 371-7311 Mobile: 978-828-5591 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: RBM Technologies, Inc. Title: COO Business Address: 25 Mount Auburn St.. Business City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02138 Business Phone (617)-576-1234 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: My family, some sports (but not like we used to……), computers and especially data base technology Spouse’s Name & Interests: Mary – our family, our house, our friends Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Christopher – a 3-sport varsity athlete who just graduated from Williams and will be working in New York City for Alliance Bernstein Gabriel – going into third year at Trinity – likes rowing and weightlifting and art and Asian studies Katrina – going into junior year in high school – likes soccer and music and more soccer Additional Narrative: It was a lot more work than I thought putting this reunion book together. I hope you like it! And if you ever want to discuss the next generation of database technology that will take off where relational and object technology left off, please give me a call. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) All the fun we had at Theta Chi fraternity, including the parties and “flaming rat splats” Going to Europe with the basketball team in the summer of 1966 Going back to MIT for all our reunions – especially the 25th and the 40th Best example of MIT helping career. Because I went to MIT, I have to come to believe that there is no problem that is too tough to solve if you just put your mind to it and your effort into it. Fondest hope for MIT’s future. Continued excellence and leadership in science and technology

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Ferrara, Robert Course: 2

Home Address: 10 Wachusett Drive

Home City: Acton State: MA ZIP: 01720


Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://web.mit.edu/rferrara/www/

Business Name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Director, FSILG Alumni Relations

Business Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building W59-200

Business City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02139


Your Activities/Interests: It’s great being at MIT in an interesting job at an interesting time. College campuses, especially one like MIT’s, are vital places, full of activity not just for the students, but for people of all ages. At MIT my major role involves working with alumni and active members of MIT's fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups, or the FSILG community as it is known here. I still have a partial appointment with my previous department, Information Systems, since I’m Treasurer and board member of the Northeast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP), a dynamic consortium of over 230 higher ed institutions in the Northeast. Being in Cambridge permits a whole host of other MIT-related activities, like the MIT Club of Boston. In our home town of Acton, west of Boston, my wife and I are active in the Town Library, in our local synagogue Congregation Beth Elohim, and the Town Democratic Committee. I also try to stay active physically. The major sport these days is racquetball. With various partners, I have won my age group 3 times in New England doubles, and last April finished second in New England in the 60-65 age group. There are not as many people playing racquetball like in its heyday of the 1970s, but it is still a great sport, one of the few that one can play even into advancing years. Spouse’s Name & Interests: My wife Deena (Baram) is from Natick. Because of its schools, she wanted us to move to Acton when our two children were very young, so thirty years ago we did and have really liked the town. She currently works at the specialty market at the end of our street, and before that was a local nursery school, which she really loved. She also still tutors Latin. Her life revolves family – especially now that we are expecting our first grandchild, the

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town, and the local synagogue, where she has been a member of the (very good) choir for 23 years. She loves New England, as I do also. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Our daughter Elizabeth is an Associate Admissions Officer at Smith, my wife’s alma mater. She is in charge of multicultural admissions. A year ago, her husband Andrew obtained a graduate degree from Smith in education and now teaches at the Dexter School in Brookline. Consequently, when we all get together – which is quite frequently since they live just one town over in Concord, where my brother Ray ’67 also lives – I am completely outvoted (3-1) by Smithies. They even point out that Smith envelops MIT, thusly sMITh. We are very happy that Liz is pregnant with our first grandchild, due in October. Our son Michael has had a much tougher life, and has since his late teens experienced a continuing battle with schizophrenia. Currently he lives in Minnesota, which has perhaps the best mental health system in the country. We visit him regularly and talk almost daily. Of course dealing with our son’s mental illness has changed our family’s life immensely. There is some silver lining. It helps you appreciate simple things much more and it’s very hard to be judgmental after these experiences. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None yet, one on the way Additional Narrative: Since I’m based at MIT and workl closely with the Alumni Association, I get too see quite few classmates! Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): It was a crowning achievement when our fraternity, Theta Chi, hacked the soon-to-be-opened Green Building. After several scouting expeditions to determine floor plans of the 18 story tower, one Friday night a group lit up the south face with our fraternity’s letters, masking selected windows to achieve the desired effect. Most of the rest of us were back on the roof of 528 Beacon St, howling with glee as the letters took shape, a sight visible that entire weekend on the Charles River basin. The very good basketball team we had also provided a host of great memories, including the victory over Harvard our junior year – and the European trip in the summer of 1966. Physics Professor Lee Grodzins sauntered in to physics class one day, sat on his desk, scanned the class, and opened his lecture on entropy with the words “You know this concept is really philosophical ..”. This stopped me cold. Just the night before, the same thought struck me as I first learned about this phenomenon. Best example of MIT helping career: MIT connections led directly to landing two jobs. After graduate school, I had what I felt was an unsatisfying and routine interview with a human relations officer. Upon leaving Boston’s Prudential Tower, I ran into an older fraternity brother who had graduated several years before and, it turned out, worked for the same firm. “Oh, you don’t want to talk to them”, Bill Jessiman said, “come and I’ll introduce you around”. And I wound up getting a job there after all. Mostly though, I’m grateful to MIT for the rigor, values, and plain love of learning that infused the place then - and now. It was my first immersion in a truly academic environment. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I really do continue to expect great things – increasing knowledge, making new discoveries, contributing to life in this country and the world – from the MIT community. The kids I meet today through my job can do it, too. They give me hope ☺

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Fineman, Mark Course: 18

Home Address:

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Reading science fiction, playing with computers

Additional Narrative: -After graduation I went to Syracuse University and got an MS in Systems and Information Science in 1969. I continued on at Syracuse, working on various projects, mainly discovering what other people later called B-trees. The software for this was part of SULIRS, one of the earliest library circulation and acquisition systems. -From about 1976 to 1979 I worked on a CODASYL DBMS at Digital Equipment Corporation. -From 1980 to 1995 I played with toys (i.e., computers) to be used for chip CAD at Intel. -I retired in 1995. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Construction noises from the Green Building. Northeast power failure of 1965. Visiting the campus early on a Saturday morning in the 1980s, walking up the building 10 to the engineering library, wondering if Doc Edgerton was still around and then seeing him walking up the stairs just ahead of me as I went around the next turn in the stairway.

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Flaum, Steve Course: 2

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Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.flauminc.com

Business Name: Flaum Technologies Inc. Title: Principal

Business Address: 348 Wilton Rd.

Business City: Westport State CT ZIP 06880



Stone masonry, history, poker Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jo Ann, music Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Russell Rivka Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Yosef Aryeh Avraham Miriam Sarah Additional Narrative: My wife and I have a small business based on some software I wrote, and we’re in the process of trying to expand that business. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) none Best example of MIT helping career. It wasn’t much help Fondest hope for MIT’s future: none

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Franz, Joseph M. Course: 8

Home Address: 172 Woods Hollow Rd. City: Westford State: Vermont ZIP:05494



Business Name: Racquet Sports Unlimited Title: President

Business Address:


Business Phone 802-879-0301 Business Email: [email protected].

Your Activities/Interests

Golf, Tennis, Bow Hunting, Hiking, Fishing, Camping, Coaching

Spouse’s Name & Interests:

Sheila Franz Aerobics, Hiking, Working, Raising Children, Reading,

Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Susan, Jenifer, Eric Ingrid, Alexander Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Ben, Jacob, Ella, Sydney Additional Narrative: Hope is a good companion but a poor strategy. So get out and get it done! Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) All night work on my PhD thesis Best example of MIT helping career. Gets you in the door anywhere Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Continue to live up to your reputation

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Gamse, Roy Course: XIV (14)

Home Address: 3615 N. Kenilworth Street

Home City: Arlington State: VA ZIP:22207-1321



Business Name: Imagine Schools Title: EVP

Business Address: 1005 N. Glebe Road

Business City: Arlington State: VA ZIP:22201

Business Phone 703-740-2885

Business Email: [email protected]

Your Activities/Interests: sports, music, youth programs, political issues, our children Spouse’s Name & Interests: Joyce Garber Gamse education (reading, literature), music, our children and extended family Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Nick, 24, works at Cap Gemini as a media consultant, interested in sports, music Laura, 22, graduating from Pomona College, interested in media for social change, punk and indie music Additional Narrative: Since MIT, I’ve gone to Harvard Business School and pursued a varied career in government (EPA), business (MCI, LCI, Qwest), and nonprofits (Earth Force [founder], Stargazer [with Art Bushkin ‘64], Youth Venture, and now Imagine Schools, a national nonprofit public charter school company. I married Joyce Garber in 1977 – we met while swimming in Washington, DC. We’ve had two wonderful kids, Nick and Laura, who have graduated from the University of Virginia and (by the time you see this) Pomona College respectively. Much of

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our life has been focused on raising Nick and Laura with all the associated activities, so now we’re grappling with the empty nest syndrome. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Late nights schmoozing at AEPi, late nights meeting Technique deadlines, late nights cramming in the Student Center Library. Getting caught by the Campus Police when trying to break into the garage with the Class of ‘66’s Field Day chariot. The day Technique came out. Helping Mel Snyder get over his homesickness freshman year. Best example of MIT helping career. I got a job in the EPA Economic Analysis Division because they thought I was an economist, just because I had an S.B. in Course 14. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Continue to be a place with the flexibility to allow and help students to pursue their interests without getting caught up in bureaucratic requirements.

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Garbin, David A. Course: VI

Home Address: 11990 Market St Unit 403

Home City: Reston State: VA ZIP: 20190

Home Phone: 703.437.2824 Mobile: 703.795.6010

Email: [email protected] Web Page: homepage.mac.com/dgarbin

Business Name: Noblis, Inc Title: Senior Fellow

Business Address: 3150 Fairview Park Dr

Business City: Falls Church State: VA ZIP: 22042

Business Phone 703.610.2050 Business Email: [email protected]

Your Activities/Interests: Photography, film, opera, ballet. Traveling and eating in fine restaurants. Doting on grandchildren. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Linda Garbin, concert violinist and teacher. Same interests as mine after 40 years of marriage. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Leslie Garbin Guilfoyle, ballet teacher to young children in Reston, VA. Lisa Garbin Patnoe, Makeup artist to opera, ballet, and theater companies in San Francisco, CA. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Alexander David Patnoe (4) and Sophie Rose Guilfoyle (2). The apples of my eye.

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Additional Narrative: Was forced to leave MIT while in graduate school in 1968 after losing deferment. Joined the Air Force and was sent back to MIT for a Masters and EE degree. My last assignment was in the Washington DC area where I left the Air Force and worked for the next 30 years in various aspects of the telecommunications industry, specializing in mathematical network models and optimization algorithms. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Wter fights in the dorm every spring, the blaring music on Beethoven’s birthday, leaving card decks at the computer center late at night. Spring Weekends, A-Ball. Best example of MIT helping career. Was always a recognized calling card in the highly technical industry where I worked. Fellow graduates always recognized each other via the “brass rat” and formed instant bonds. Fondest hope for MIT’s future Continue to attract and motivate the best scientific and engineering minds. I worry about the dwindling supply of qualified young people going into engineering at a time when our whole society is depending on technology to survive in so many areas. Will we get to the time when “the machines stop”? Only places like MIT can show the way to a brighter future.

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Geltman, Edward M. Course: VII

Home Address: 15 Crosswinds Drive

Home City: Olivette State: Mo. ZIP: 63132



Business Name: Washington University School of Medicine Title: Professor of Medicine

Business Address: Cardiology Division, Campus Box 8086, 660 S. Euclid Ave.

Business City: St. Louis State: Mo. ZIP: 63110



I am involved in patient care, teaching and clinical investigation. I am the medical director of the Heart Failure-Transplant section of the Cardiology Division at Washington University in St. Louis. I am involved in clinical trials of new medications for the management of patients with congestive heart failure, and who have received heart transplants. We are working with new mechanical devices to assist the failing hearts, new pacemakers and defibrillators and a version of the total artificial heart.

On the non-academic front, I am playing as much golf as my schedule allows, and am an active photographer. I have exhibited at local juried shows. I rowed with the St. Louis Rowing Club for about a decade, but have had to give that up because of my schedule. My wife, my son and I have traveled as much as our schedules allow.

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Nancy M. Geltman. Nancy and I met back at the Institute in sophomore year and married the year after graduation. Nancy earned Masters degrees in Counselor Education at NYU and an MSW at Washington University in St. Louis. She worked as a social worker for many years, and retired when our son was one year old. She has been an active community volunteer for a variety of organizations since then. She is most active in the alumni association of the George Warren Brown School of Social work.

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Children’s Name(s) & Interests: We have one son, Joshua, who is now an undergraduate at the Institute, class of 2008. He is majoring in Political Science with minors in Biology and Urban Studies. His is currently the President of Chi Phi. He rowed for four years in St. Louis and his freshman year at the Institute. He is very committed to social action and was in charge of the pre-orientation program the “Freshman Urban Program” this past summer. He is also an accomplished photographer and golfer. He will be interning at the World Bank this summer working on programs to deliver improved nutrition and health care to children in developing countries through their schools. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I will never forget September 28th 1964, the day that I met Nancy at MIT Hillel. Rowing my freshman and sophomore years were an incredible experience, and put me into the best physical condition of my life. Baker House parties were “AWESOME”. Preparing for Field Day sophomore year, and all of the intrigue involved in hiding the stage coach at my parents garage in Newton will never be forgotten. The reading period beer blasts in the Baker dining room are emblazoned in my memory (at least the parts that I can remember). Seeing Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs our sophomore year and the Beach Boys our senior year will always be special memories. I do remember some of education as well, particularly Professors Letvin and Luria in the Biology Department and Professor Anderson in the Visual Arts. Best example of MIT helping career The education I received at MIT obviously prepared me wonderfully for Medical School. My selection for cardiology fellowship was greatly influenced by the undergraduate research I did at MIT on enzymology, since the focus of much of the research at Washington University at that time was based on enzymology. Subsequently the direction of some of my research was enhanced by my strong basic science training. In fact my first faculty position was offered to me at a medical meeting in January 1977 after hearing a lecture about a new cardiac imaging technique. My Boss, the director of the Cardiology Division at Washington University, asked me to get that technique up and running at our University specifically because of my training at MIT, and presumed knowledge of physics. That request came along with an invitation to join the faculty. The focus of my research at Washington University was related to radionuclide imaging for more than a decade. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: It is exciting to see the growth of the biomedical sciences at MIT, along with the growth of the humanities and social science. I have every expectation that MIT will remain plastic and be able to evolve to serve the scientific needs of the nation and the world as conditions change.

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Gerstle, Robert S. M.D. Course: VII

Home Address: 35 New South Street

Home City: Northampton State: MA ZIP: 01060-4087

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Business Name: Baystate General Pediatrics Title:

Business Address: 3300 Main Street

Business City: Springfield State: MA ZIP: 01199

Business Phone 413-794-7341 Business Email:

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Susan Gerstle – mostly interested in me (and reading) Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Michael Gerstle (Living in Seattle, WA; engaged to be remarried; working in the pharmaceutical research field; one child - Jakob) & Amy Gerstle (Living in Holden MA, Married, working in special education resource development field, no children) Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Jakob Gerstle 5 years… interested in everything Additional Narrative: Divorced and Remarried in 2006 to Susan (nee Fivars), to whom I was briefly pinned while I was at MIT (PLP), and for which I was thrown into the Charles River (PLP tradition). Certainly a big disincentive to getting pinned!

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Some great friendships; some Great Parties; some of the best and some of the worst courses imaginable. Walking across the bridge from Boston counting Smoots. Vietnam War. assassination of JFK. Lottery numbers for the draft. Cleaning the frat house Saturday mornings… camaraderie. Best example of MIT helping career I got into Medical School (during the height of the Vietnam War)! Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That students still get as much from their years at MIT (and Boston/Cambridge) as I did and will continue to look fondly and support MIT in the future.

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Giglio, Raymond J. Course: II

Home Address: 96 Innes Ridge Rd

Home City: Wayne State: Maine ZIP: 04284

Home Phone 207-685-4231 Mobile:


Business Name: RETIRED! Title: Formerly Principal Mechanical Engineer at Central Maine Power Co. (28 yrs) and E/PRO Engineering & Environmental Consulting (6 yrs).

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Bicycling & travel, especially combined. Volunteer work related to trails, land preservation, and our local church Gardening and other summer activities in Maine, and when the snow flies, winter activities. Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jane (Wing) Giglio – her interests are much the same, plus she is a docent at an art museum and she does volunteer teaching of various types (she’s a retired primary school teacher). (Step) Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Julie –39, an artist, currently living in Barcelona, Spain Ben – 34, a manager of a small business, currently living in N. Conway, NH Additional Narrative: Jane and I live in a small town (winter pop. 1,100) in the ‘lakes district’ to the west of Augusta, Maine. We were married in 1988. We enjoy all the Maine summer activities, plus many of the winter ones, too. We do leave the state for foreign and U.S. travel, especially centered around cycling trips or other active vacations. Visiting far-flung children is another great incentive to travel. (In the 1990s, while we were both working, we managed to take two, two-month trips one to Asia and the other to New Zealand.)

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Problem sets, especially 6.01, which I took as a Mechanical Engineering major. Friends at Sig Ep Crew (Lightweight) Trying to draft tractor-trailers when cycling across the bridge – if you could stay with them until the high point in the middle, the second half of the ride was a blast. Best example of MIT helping career. The MIT reputation opened a door to a job in Maine in a field in which I had no experience. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: To continue evolving and teaching the core of subjects that future citizens and entrepreneurs will need.

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Gilchrest (Desmond), Barbara A. M.D. Course: XVIII

Home Address: Union Wharf #27

Home City: Boston State: MA ZIP: 02109

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Business Name: Boston University School of Medicine Title: Chair, Dermatology

Business Address: 609 Albany Street

Business City: Boston State: MA ZIP: 02118


Your Activities/Interests: Work, work, work and loving it. Tennis, travel, reading, drawing and pastels. Spouse’s Name & Interests: John Parrish, M.D., Director of the Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), Partners Hospitals and Harvard Medical School Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Emerson- finance, investing Zachary- old building restoration Tyler- pre-law, politics Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Sailing on the Charles, studying in Killian Court before finals, many things I cannot enter in the Reunion Book. Best example of MIT helping career. Seeing how it’s done, learning I could do it. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Susan Hockfield

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Golomb, Harvey

Home Address: 4677 Palmer Court

Home City: Boulder State: CO ZIP: 80503

Home Phone: Mobile: 301-461-7879



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Triathlon Skiing Investing Spouse’s Name & Interests: Joani Golomb Tennis Skiing Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jason (37) – Adult Hockey, Boating Bob (40) – Adult Hockey, Golf, Boating Chuck (36) – Adult Hockey Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Jordan (10) – Softball, acting, swimming Reed (7) – Ice Hockey, swimming Brady (4)

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Charley (4) – Puzzles Josephine (2) – Dolls Additional Narrative: I recently wound up an entrepreneurial career with the sale of my last (I think) company. I now focus on staying fit, helping out with my grandchildren, and contemplating next steps. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Walking across the Harvard Bridge in mid-winter Seeing MIT go dark (from the Boston side) during the blackout of 1965

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Gorenstein, David Course: V

Home Address: 3922 Crown Ridge Court

Home City: Houston State: TX ZIP: 77059

Home Phone: 281 286 3991 Mobile: 281 851 7785

Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://nmr.utmb.edu/pubs/dggpubs.html

Business Name: U Texas Medical Branch Title: Associate Dean for Research

Business Address: 301 University Blvd.

Business City: Galveston State: TX ZIP: 77555

Business Phone 409 747 6801 Business Email: [email protected]


Have several startup companies AptaMed and AM Biotechnologies and with my research group and administrative duties in the School of Medicine, not much spare time - Golf when I have time…

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Deborah, for the past 13 years, very active in Houston Symphony League and arts and local charities Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jennifer, currently in graduate school at UT Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs and part-time job as administrator at UT Austin Additional Narrative: I am Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine, UTMB and the Charles Marc Pomerat Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Neurosciences & Cell Biology. I am also Associate Director of a new Center for Clinical and Translational Research. I previously served as the founding Director of the Sealy Center for Structural Biology, UTMB. My research area is in drug design, protein chemistry (and more recently proteomics and nanomedicine) as well as the development of biophysical applications of NMR spectroscopy with over 240 publications.

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After my bachelors in chemistry from MIT, I obtained a masters degree and doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University in 1969. Before coming to UTMB, I held faculty positions in the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Purdue University. I also spent time at UCSF (on a Guggenheim fellowship) and Oxford U., England (on a senior Fulbright fellowship). I am an elected fellow of the AAAS. I hold over 3 dozen patents (awarded and pending), many of which have been licensed to AptaMed and AM Biotechnologies, Houston area companies I founded. I have been more recently supported on NIH and DARPA-funded projects which provided for the development of thioaptamer technologies as countermeasures and diagnostics in biodefense and emerging infectious diseases. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Great memories of AEPi living group and old friends over the years. Best example of MIT helping career Gave me a great start in my academic career. Fondest hope for MIT’s future Continue the great job of training future leaders.

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Gottleib, Allen

Home Address: 51 Twin Lakes Road

Home City: South Salem State: NY ZIP: 10590


Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://cs.nyu.edu/~gottlieb Business Name: New York University Title: Prof. Computer Science

Business Address: 715 Broadway, Room 712

Business City: New York State: NY ZIP: 10003



Puzzle Corner Editor for Technology Review (40+ years!) Journal Editor Playing with our dog, Molly Traveling with my wife, Alice Exercising Sports Spouse’s Name & Interests: Alice B. Gottlieb Head/Chief Dermatology at Tufts Medical School / Tufts-New England Med Ctr Traveling Photography Children’s Name(s) & Interests: David Gottlieb, Information Technology Consultant, Married to Sarah Simmons Michael Gottlieb, Graduating from Syracuse University Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Nearly winning intramural ping pong. Throwing to first baseman John Rudy from shortstop. Once beating Bert Marvin in ping pong with no spot. Miserable performance in Baker House pinball tournament. Living in a Baker quad for one semester Best example of MIT helping career. Good education. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Continued excellence

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Grossman, Mark Course: 18

Home Address: 29412 Deerview Court

Home City: Agoura Hills State: California ZIP: 91301



Business Name: M. Grossman & Company, Inc. Title: President

Business Address: 29412 Deerview Court

Business City: Agoura Hills State: CA ZIP: 91301


Your Activities/Interests: Fitness/exercise: I completed 3 NY Marathons in my younger days. Reading: all genres, novels, science, business and public affairs, etc. Music: My iPod is my constant companion and my two grandchildren, of course Spouse’s Name & Interests: My wife Susan’s interests include, of course, the grandchildren as well as cooking, gardening, reading and Exercise. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jennifer, 34, is a very busy teacher, wife and mother of 2. Jonathan, 32, is a physician currently in a fellowship program. He’s very much into fitness and also climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro this past winter. Jaclyn , 29, is a very hard-working, competitive, litigation attorney. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests:

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Bobby, almost 3, like to have fun. Allison, almost 1, eats, sleeps and smiles. Additional Narrative: My consulting practice brought me to California in 1982, and my family has become totally Californian. Although we often get back to the east coast for business and family reasons, we always look forward to getting back to Southern California. We were actually going to come to the reunion this year until I realized that my son is graduating from his residency program at the same time. Well, maybe next time…….. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I will never forget the tent caving in from the rain at the beach at Spring Weekend ’65 and the Beach Boys returning to perform for us on campus, because they never made it to the beach before we had to leave. Best example of MIT helping career. One of my most supportive mentors (and a great friend) throughout my career is a man that graduated from MIT in ’55. I will always believe that one of the reasons he first hired me was because we were both MIT alums. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That it continues to grow and thrive as it changes to meet the changing world we live in. Its success is based Largely on its ability to meet and deal with change in all aspects of the world we live in.

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Grove, Tom Course: VI-A

Home Address: 227 South Stanley Drive

Home City: Beverly Hills State: CA ZIP: 90211



Business Name: Dept of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Title: Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology Business Address: 10833 Le Conte Avenue

Business City: Los Angeles State: CA ZIP: 90095-1778


Your Activities/Interests: Coordinator of Clinical Anesthesia Services at UCLA Hospitals, Teaching of Anesthesia Residents Spouse’s Name & Interests: Beverley - Raising Chihuahuas and flowers Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Lloyd, age 31 – Police officer, City of Berkeley, CA, getting married in fall Allen, age 24 – will be starting law school in August Additional Narrative: After completion of SB & SM in Dec 1968, entered Air Force. Spent 4 years at AF Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA, where I met my wife, Beverley. Completed Ph.D. in Biomedical engineering at USC in 1977, the

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entered 2 yr Ph.D. to M.D. program at University of Miami where I received M.D. in 1980. Completed Anesthesiology Residency at UC San Francisco in 1983 and have been on faculty at UCLA ever since. Best example of MIT helping career I am sure that my MIT experience played a major part in my being accepted into the Miami PhD. to M.D. Program. Fondest hope for MIT’s future That it continues its role as the world leader in science and technology education and research.

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Hayward, Paul Course: 8

Home Address: 2830 Timber Lane

Home City: Blairsville State: GA ZIP: 30512


Email: [email protected]

Business Name: Paideia School Title: High School Principal

Business Address: 1509 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Business City: Atlanta State: GA ZIP 30512

Business Phone 404-377-3491 x385 Business Email: [email protected]

Your Activities/Interests: Running, woodworking, cooking, canoeing Spouse’s Name & Interests: Bonnie Hayward – runs a bed and breakfast in North Georgia; crocheting, plays piano and organ Children’s Names & Interests: Heidi – an accountant Laura – a real estate agent Cynthia – a former teacher, now a homemaker with foster children Grandchildren’s Names: Nathan (20) Layla (14) Nichole (9)


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Ethan (8) Giovanni (5) Graham (3) Isabella (2) Zachary (almost 1) Additional Narrative: I have just completed my 35th year as High School Principal at the Paideia School, a progressive, private, college preparatory school in Atlanta, Georgia. I still teach occasionally, including courses in physics, water quality, and ethics. I also lead wilderness backpacking and canoeing trips with student and adult groups. Being with high school students keeps me young. My wife and I own and operate Your Home in the Woods Bed & Breakfast in Blairsville, Georgia. We enjoy meeting and talking with guests from all over the world.

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Hespenheide, Erich J. Course: VI

Home Address: 11 Mc Intosh Drive

Home City: Poughkeepsie State: NY ZIP: 12603

Home Phone: (845) 452-3241 Mobile:


Business Name: (Retired) Title:

Business Address:




Digital Photography, Travel, Science Fiction, Personal computers, Singing, Home maintenance, Church activities (St. John’s Lutheran; Tres Dias).

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Barbara (41st anniversary this year). Travel, Quilting, Travel planning, Church. Journaling Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Amy Lynn Hespenheide: Travel, Singing, Guitar Hero, Reading, Gourmet dining. Amy is a 1990 graduate of Wellesley College and 1998 of U. C. Berkeley Boalt Law School. Mark Andrew Hespenheide: Hiking, Photography (see WWW.MarkHespenheide.com), Camping, Running (including marathons), Geology, Writing and cycling. Mark is a 1995 graduate of Pomona College, and earned a Masters in Geology from the University of Wyoming in 2003.

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Additional Narrative: Retired from IBM at 30 years (10 years ago). Loving it! And, no, I don’t color my hair (what there is left of it)! Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Programming on IBM 1620 and 7094s, and the PDP-1. MIT Student House. The 1965 Northeast Blackout. 1108 Westgate. The East Campus Songbook (I have a copy). The Great Pumpkin (I started with class of ’66). 14” of snow in April ’67. Fondest hope for MIT’s future An expanded Co-op Program. Mandatory course on Project Management (schedule, budget, and manpower). Sane architecture for any future construction.

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Howard, Bob Course: Management

Home Address: 12981 SW 117 street

Home City: Miami State: Fl ZIP: 33186

Home Phone: Mobile:


Business Name: Besman Hospitality Title:

Business Address: 5108 SW 72 Ave

Business City: Miami State: Fl ZIP: 33155


Your Activities/Interests: MIT Club of South Florida, digital photography, swimming, art collecting, venture investing Spouse’s Name & Interests: Rachel Camber -Attorney representing art galleries & artists, sailing, biking Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Max – learning to walk, talk, use potty, music Jacob – learning to walk, talk, use potty, dancing Additional Narrative: It was a great surprise to have twin boys as my 60th birthday present! It is a really fun experience raising these guys. They are endlessly entertaining.

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Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) I remember being the dissenting opinion in a very heated MIT Athletic Association Board meeting in 1966 when the then long time director of MIT athletics rejected all notions of allowing MIT coeds to participate in inter collegiate sports. In an ironic twist of fate now the president of MIT, the director of athletics, and half the student body are women. He is probably rolling in his grave. Best example of MIT helping career. Got my first job from an MIT alumni thru the MIT placement office Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Hope MIT’s tuition costs are not a million dollars in 2023 when my guys will be ready for college.

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Iuzzolino, Carlyn Voss Course: 18 (Math)

Home Address: 2920 Tahiti St. NE


Home Phone: (505) 296-7005 Mobile: Ask me

Email: [email protected], [email protected] Web Page:

Business Name: NumerEx Title: Computer Scientist

Business Address: 2309 Renard Place SE Suite 220

Business City: Albuquerque State: NM ZIP: 87106

Business Phone Business Email: [email protected]


Attend daily Mass. Afterwards I talk to my friend, Virginia Frohlick, who is a Joan of Arc historian. Together we have put together the web site, www.stjoan-center.com. She wrote a book about St. Joan which I edited.

I work part time for a small consulting firm, NumerEx, as a Jack-of-all-trades computer scientist, taking care of a computer Linux and Windows network, working on physics programs and porting programs to 64 bit Fedora operating system.

We went to Hawaii in August 2005 and came away from there with a real love for the gentle Hawaiian music by Keali`I Reichel, Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, Hapa, Cazimero Brothers, and many others.

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http://www.stjoan-center.com/

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Harold is also an MIT graduate, Course 8. In addition to his regular job, he works part time with me for NumerEx.. He does the hardware side and I do the software side of building/configuring new Linux machines for a cluster. We do the music for a Catholic Charismatic Prayer meeting. He plays the keyboard and I play the guitar. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Our daughter, Terri, also an MIT graduate, Bachelors degrees in Course 6 (Computer Science) and 2 (Mechanical) and a Masters of Engineering in 1996 and 1998. When Harold and I took her to MIT in 1989 as a Freshman, we thought she might be the first daughter of two MIT graduates to go to MIT. After doing some research at the Alumni office, we figured out that she was the 5th. Following in her parents’ footsteps, she also married an MIT graduate, Nicholas Matsakis, Course 6-3 (1998) on July 22, 2000. Our son, Mark, is also doing computer programming. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Nick and Terri have a son, Peter , born two days before my birthday, in 2004. We also have another grandson due in mid June 2007 who will arrive while we are in Boston for our 41st wedding anniversary and our 40th MIT reunion. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) During Freshman orientation, some other coeds and I climbed over Kresge auditorium along the edge. Harold took the pictures when I entered the Catholic Church, Easter Vigil of my Sophomore year. It took him a long time to develop and print the pictures… and we got to know each other very well. We got married at the end of my Junior year. All Tech Sing. The Coeds used to win regularly. One of the songs had the line “49 fellows and me.” I enjoyed being an MIT coed and the fact that there were so few women. Best example of MIT helping career. Harold was in ROTC Air Force and Albuquerque was where they shipped him. I applied to Sandia Laboratories shortly after we arrived. Even in 1969, Sandia had the policy that in order to be hired as a Staff Member, you had to have a Master’s Degree. Dr. Don Morrison, the Division Manager who hired me, fought with his boss, Burford, the Department Manager, saying, “A Bachelor’s from MIT is worth a Master’s from UNM (University of New Mexico).” He won and I was hired as a Staff Member. While I was at Sandia, I also went down to UNM and in 1973 I received a Master’s Degree in Math. My current boss, Dr. Mike Frese, the owner of NumerEx, received his PhD from MIT in Math. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Perhaps one or both of our grandsons will make us a 3 generation MIT family.

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Iuzzolino, Harold Course: 8 (Physics)

Home Address: 2920 Tahiti St NE


Home Phone: (505) 296-7005 Mobile: Ask me

Email: [email protected], [email protected] Web Page:

Business Name: Gram, Inc. Title: Physicist

Business Address: 8500 Menaul Blvd. NE

Business City: Albuquerque State: NM ZIP: 87112



Listening to some very beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music by Kealiì Reichel, the Brothers Cazimero, Israel Kamakawiwoòle (a.k.a. Iz), Hapa, Makaha Sons, and others. The melodies and harmonies are often awe-inspiring. Learning the Hawaiian language. Playing the piano: classical (Brahms, Schumann, Rachmaninoff) at home, and traditional Christian at Catholic Charismatic prayer meetings (with Carlyn playing the guitar). Travel to scenic USA locations – Our 40th Anniversary Grand Tetons/Yosemite trip was wonderful! Hawaiì and Oahu were nice, but I wish we had visited Maui and Kauiì also (Hawaiì pictures can be seen at peter.matsakis.net). Sci Fi: Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Doctor Who (new episodes for 3 years now!, 9th and 10th doctors!) Spouse’s Name & Interests: Carlyn Voss Iuzzolino (MIT class of 1967) -- music: playing guitar and piano, listening to contemporary Hawaiian music, learning the Hawaiian language Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Theresa (Terri) Iuzzolino Matsakis (MIT class of 1993) – music, computer programming



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Mark Iuzzolino -- computer game and system programming Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Peter Elias Matsakis (age 3) -- just having fun -- web site: peter.matsakis.net As-yet-unnamed Matsakis grandson due mid June 2007 Additional Narrative: The years have been very good – much better that I deserve: 41 years of marriage: the first 10 were difficult (my fault – I didn’t realize that women have emotional needs), then 31 good years, getting better each year. 38 years in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (Catholic Pentecostal movement): interacting with God up close and personal, life changing, glorious! 36 & 32 years with two great kids – Terri and Mark 15 years working on performance assessment/safety studies for nuclear waste repositories – WIPP in New Mexico and Yucca Mountain in Nevada -- I believe that my work counts for something. 6 Christmases being a part of my son-in-law’s wonderful Greek-American family reunions (includes 4 other MIT graduates – Nick, Terri, Niko, and Demetrios Matsakis). 2 years of listening to very beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music (not all of it is beautiful, you have to do some hunting). And now, as old age starts to set in, the inevitable health problems: backaches and joint pains, a chronic heart problem (not immediately life threatening). Still, my life is full of joy. Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Getting boo’ed in my Ordinary Differential Equations course (18.04?) when I mentioned that I learned a partial fraction shortcut in high school. Spending Christmas vacation in the National Magnet Lab working on my junior physics lab project (a Bainbridge-type mass spectrograph). Meeting an astonishingly beautiful MIT coed at a mixer. Cooking lasagna in the McCormick Hall basement with my girlfriend. Carlyn was the first visitor attracted by the smell wafting up the elevator shaft who came to see what was cooking. The day when I starting using black ink on my finals instead of pencil with eraser. Getting an A+++ on a computer science course (6.251) project. At our 15th reunion, when my thesis advisor (Harald Enge) told me that the spectrometer that I helped to design as my senior thesis had been built and was in operation at Brookhaven. Best example of MIT helping career. I can’t tell exactly where MIT helped my career, but I am certain that it did. I have noticed that the most competent people I ever worked with were almost always MIT graduates, giving MIT a good reputation. Fondest hope for MIT’s future: "Live long and prosper.”

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Jensen, Erik M. Course: 17

Home Address: 3215 Warrington Road

Home City: Shaker Heights State: OH ZIP: 44120

Home: Phone (216) 283-9394 Mobile:

Email: Web Page:

Business Name: Case Western Reserve University School of Law Title: David L. Brennan Professor of Law

Business Address: 11075 East Blvd.

Business City: Cleveland State: OH ZIP: 44120



Reading history; attending Cleveland Orchestra concerts; carrying the Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Cavaliers to championships

Spouse’s Name & Interests: Helen B. Jensen: Helen is an employee benefits specialist at Squire Sanders & Dempsey, an international law firm. When not working on legal matters, she’s working on illegal—no, that’s not right—she’s in the yard and garden, moving plants from one place to another. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Addie Grace Jensen, age 14 (on June 2), loves music, reading, sports, and Johnny Depp. Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None for quite a while yet (I hope)

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Additional Narrative: After MIT, I spent several years in graduate school in political science at the University of Chicago (1967-68, 1971-75; M.A. 1972, and, of course, ABD), with time in the army (in Germany) dividing the Chicago tenure. Deciding that employment was better than the lack thereof, I went off to Cornell for law school, receiving a J.D. in 1979 (and meeting Helen along the way). I then clerked for a federal judge in Utah in 1979-80; practiced tax law in New York at Sullivan & Cromwell from 1980 until 1983; and joined the law faculty at Case Western Reserve in 1983. (I also taught at Cornell as a visiting professor in 1999.) I have written the normal complement of articles and books; won a few honors; and otherwise led a generally boring life, which is the kind I prefer. Most Vivid MIT memory: The most vivid memory has to be of November 22, 1963, and the days thereafter. I doubt that anyone else was really an innocent in 1963, but I was. Nothing was the same after the Kennedy assassination. (November 22 didn’t begin well either. I flunked the quiz in 8.01 and, when Christmas break came, I was sure that I was a goner at the Institute.) Beyond flunking freshman quizzes, I vividly remember MIT baseball (five- and six-win seasons, but we regularly crushed Brandeis) and coach Jack Barry, with his stories about Jackie Robinson in the International League in 1946; the Baker House dining staff (a great group of guys serving Stouffer’s spinach soufflé, washing dishes, and handling garbage cans full of spinach soufflé); music, with wonderful concerts at MIT and at Symphony Hall; and the Boston sports scene—especially watching the terrific MIT basketball teams of the 1960s (“e to the u, du/dx . . .”), listening to Johnny Most broadcasting Celtics games (“Havlicek stole the ball!”—I heard that live), and feeling in the spring of 1967 that something special was happening at Fenway Park. (That last sentence is out of control. Sorry. I should have paid more attention in 21.01.) Before 1967, I would listen to Sox games and, at the right time, head across the river to occupy one of the otherwise empty 30,000 seats (free!) for the last four innings. (I’ve been told you can’t do that anymore.) How MIT Helped Career: Saying I’m an MIT grad makes people think I’m smart. It usually helps to have people think that. Hopes for MIT: NCAA baseball championship

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Johnson, Eric C. Course: III

Home Address: 2617C W Holcombe Blvd #501

Home City: Houston State: TX ZIP: 77025-1601



Business Name: Retired (as of 6/30/07) Title:

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Spouse’s Name & Interests: Kathleen Minadeo Johnson—we will be married 39 years in July. Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Two children—Marcus (married) Mari (about to be married) Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Max Additional Narrative: After 35 years in university fundraising, I am retiring at the end of June as vice president for resource development at Rice. I was eight years at Rice; seven years as vice president of Carnegie Mellon; preceded by 20 years on the staff of MIT. We plan to remain in Houston for the coming year, and then re-locate to either Boston or Washington to be closer to our children. I will use this year off to decide what I want to do next, taking to heart the new aphorism that 60 is the new 40. We leave July 1 to drive from Houston to Alaska and back, re-living our youth and camping much of the time. Home around Labor Day.


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