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As a reminder, mark your calendars for the following date -- July 10, 2004 (my retirement year). It is undecided at this point if this will be the LAST picnic or not. If we are still in DG in 2005 there will be a party, but we don't know....so just in case, you might want to plan to attend this one.
The 2003 party had 45 alumni attendees (plus 15 spouses/friends/kids) with the "old timers awards" going to Steve Carnes and Emil Martinec from the class of 1976. The softball game was well played with the "old folks" winning in five innings by a score of 12-9. By "old folks" I mean everyone in the classes of 1973-2002!!!! It was a large turnout for the class of 2003 and a small turnout for everyone else so to balance the team numbers the split was between 2002 and 2003. So for the 2004 picnic let's get some more "old folks" there. It was a great time and so nice to see all the alumni who took the time to attend. A special recognition to some of the really old alum from the 70's - Emil Martinec '76, Steve Carnes '76, Keith Rose '78, Dan Malauskas '78 and John Bowman '78 (Dan had not been to a picnic since 1982 and John's last picnic was 1988). Scott Bush '82 also showed up after a 20 year break from attendance. Then these guys come up to me and say "Hi Mike, do you know who I am?????". So I was zero for three at guessing. Next year I will review all the old yearbooks before the picnic...so please, look like your graduation picture!!!....Thanks.
Some Family News:
Rita retired JUNE 6, 2003!!! She has endless summer vacations now. She has been reading, working in the yard, taking short trips and has signed up for a class at COD. Retirement continues to be very satisfying and several projects have been started at home. She has a new computer and digital camera and is beginning to enjoy having the time to explore some new technology. Her latest adventure is "scrapbooking"...what a black hole for time and money. She enjoys it and the finished products are well worth the efforts. Now that I am also retired, she is planning our trips for the fall. NE coast is first in September, followed by Arizona in October and then ???
Michelle and Wayne are living in Ames, IA and busy with work. They just bought a different house in Marshalltown (closer to work for Michelle). It is an older house with lots of room and 4 acres of wooded property with a ravine, a stream and their very own deer. It will require some new carpet and paint but they will enjoy the extra storage space and bigger living space. They visited us in DG in November and we went to IKEA shopping and they bought new dining room furniture. What a store!!!!
Mary (2003 student teacher picture) is a GRADUATE from Ball State University in Muncie, IN. After all the years in school she made the Dean's Honor roll for her last two years and has a certificate to prove it. She is looking for an elem ed position in central Indiana. She wants to stay near Muncie for a couple of more years to be near her friends. If you have any leads for her, let me know. She is working as an art director in a summer camp for Muncie schools.
I (my 2003 yearbook picture) [Sept] am teaching one section of AP Chem and two sections of AP Physics this year. I also continue my work with the new teachers (Mentor Program) and serve as a technology consultant for the teachers. [Sept] - This month went so fast....I can't believe it. My students are really great this year which I appreciate so much...especially my last time. That whole "last time" is proving a difficult challenge for me. Some things I am happy about (the last time to set up all the labs for the rotation) but other last times make me sad. So I have been on a small emotional roller coaster day by day. Overall I am excited about retirement especially as I see how much freedom and time my wife has, but I truly enjoy teaching and will miss the interaction with the kids and other staff. More on that later...[Oct] - Chess season started and the team looks pretty good. Several new freshman and my returning players have all improved. The school is trying a new grading program and I am helping teachers learn how to use it - that is proving to be a significant amount of my day. Mole day was a huge success!!! I am glad to say that I made it for 32 years without blowing up any kids on mole day!!! My students made some moles for extra credit - see the pictures. A very sad note: On October 25th, 2003 James Bonfield died after a two year battle with cancer. He started teaching with me in 1972 and served as a health teacher, dean and coach for several sports. He truly was role-model for me and spent his entire career always looking for ways to help kids. He had a positive attitude toward everything and loved life to the max. He will be missed by his family, the DGS community and all the students who had their lives enriched by knowing him. [Nov] First quarter is done for the last time. I bought a "Senior T-shirt" to wear that last week of school. Also bought a Class 2004 ring...actually a retirement ring. It has 1972-2004, a chess logo, an atom, "Mustangs" and a blue stone. It is small and tasteful and something I can wear in public and not be too noticeable. The chess team took 15th at a National tourney this month...they are getting better each week. Planning a simple Thanksgiving dinner at home with my wife, Mary and my mother. We have much to be thankful for and appreciate all our friends and family. [Dec] I can't believe it is Christmas. December was a blur of activity filled with happy people and too much food. My weight watchers diet turned into a "waist watchers growth curve". I will have to move into the gym for the rest of the month. We are enjoying Christmas at home with the girls and then a short trip to IN to visit with extended family. Hoping to just relax over break and get caught up on house projects. Happy Holidays to all of you. [Jan] Happy New Year!!!! It is final exam time, end of semester and the beginning of my final semester...senioritis!!!! They published the list of retirees for the district and I am on it. I am excited about the party and being able to celebrate a wonderful career at DGS. [Feb] This was an exciting month. The chess team finished it's season and my 32nd chess season by attending the State Team Tourney (finished 33rd out of 118 teams) and two players won individual awards. I attended a computer conference in Lansing, MI; got new glasses; hurt my knee; and turned 55 years old. That day was a mixed emotional day...happy because it is the "magic" number to let me retire early and sad because now I am definitely "old". [Mar] As my hurt knee (cause unknown) got worse I had some x-rays and my first MRI - finally after teaching units on radiation and electricity and magnetism, I get to actually see the technology in action. The results said I had some torn cartilage and needed arthroscopic surgery. So on March 10 I had some surgery...however, they found out I also had chondromalasia (bad cartilage in the kneecap area). So they did a procedure called "microfracture" in hopes of regeneration of the damaged/missing cartilage...bottom line...crutches for six weeks with NO weight (F=ma=mg=0) on my left knee. This is not the way I had hoped to spend spring break and my final quarter teaching. I feel much better and it is an inconvenience, but I am grateful it was not worse. Spent several days during spring break exploring some retirement sites in Arkansas and Kentucky. Still nothing definite but a lake in Arkansas holds some promise. [April] Wow, my teaching career...the years have gone by so quickly and now my final year is becoming my final days....in some ways I am not ready for it to be over but I am also excited about some new beginnings. Gave up my wheelchair and crutches for a cane at the end of April. A few weeks of physical therapy and I will be great by "graduation". I had a wonderful time at the District Retirement party. Over 30 retirees, 420 staff members, my family and friends spent the evening looking back over many years...it was so much fun. [May] The AP tests are over, my kid Mary graduated from Ball State on May 8th, spring is everywhere, AP Chem is finished with the qual scheme and AP Physics had "Fun with Rockets". What a month. [June] The day, June 4th, came and went like all the other hectic end of years. However, as I stood in "my room" one last time it felt strange. So many memories: 32 great years, all the "kids" who sat in the desks, the "mole" of times I balanced equations on the board, the lab tables and the countless experiments performed on them, the periodic table/graphics on the walls - painted by students, the faint smell of HCl and smoke that lingers always and the stuffed moles all around the room. It was a great career at DGS and I will always remember it with no regrets. And now retirement has started...I took my first retirement nap on Friday evening (2 hrs), went sailing on Saturday morning, another nap on Sat afternoon, went to a Cougars baseball game on Sunday and Monday...did NOTHING. I love retirement. Continue to sail often and we took a trip to Arkansas to explore lakes near Greer's Ferry and Branson. It was fun, even in the rain.
See you all July 10th!!!!
Some Alumni News:
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Arnie Walker (73) -- works for Northrop-Grumman as a software developer; still playing chess competitively as well as tennis, racquetball, and badminton with his kids; wrote a computer program for playing chess in '80; has 2 daughters Katie '90 and Tricia '93; married to Jeri; grad UIUC '77. [07/04/03]
Scott Burns (74) -- his son did a mole comic for his chem class; assoc. prof. of general engineering at UIUC; does fractal pictures for sale.
Barb (Armaroli) Butler (74) -- full-time mom and part-time free lance writer '03; married with two sons; worked for Argonne, U of C Med center and Arthur Andersen; grad from Drake in journalism and biochem. [06/29/03]
Diane Cohen-Schneider (74) -- worked on Wall Street for 10 years; a stay-at-home mom and married with three kids; living in Stamford, CT '03; Brandeis grad in Econ '78. [06/29/03]
Pam (Wetterauer) Dunne (74) -- married with two sons; grad Knox College. [06/29/03]
Martha Gerrity (74) -- works at the Sch of Med for Ore Health Sci Univ; married to Joe and sons Elliot '93 and Winston '99; MPH in Epidemiology and PhD in Education; 8 yrs research at Chapel Hill, NC; residency in Vermont; grad NWU - 6 yr med, M.D. '80.[06/22/03]
Mark Reid (74) -- sales rep for several chemical companies over the years; fascinated by the products and processes used by his customers, as well as the companies by whom he has been employed-sold basic chemicals (caustic and chlorine), commodity chemicals (titanium dioxide as a pigment in paint) and specialty chemistry (chemicals for DeNOx catalysts, nanoclay for use in plastic compounding, specialty silanes and silicones for a variety of end-uses); grad UIUC chemical eng '78. [07/07/04]
Mike Vogler (74) -- has a pediatric private practice in Woburn, MA; married '84 to a nurse and has two daughters '89 and '92; Harvard grad. [06/27/04]
Ron Corn (75) -- works for Chevron-Phillips Chemical in Texas; met Rich Narta and David Dolle Molle at a chemical industry golf tournament in '03. Ron says "Everyone commented that we must have had outstanding science teachers. Some also speculated on the local water supply, but we did give the credit to the teaching staff. Rich (ExxonMobil) and I (ChevronPhillips) were both in the Olefins area, David was in styrene for BP. While Rich has moved onto another role, at one time your alumni were responsible for about 1/3 of the ethylene and propylene markets in the U.S."; married '82 to Deanne; three children; grad UIUC '79 in chem eng. [05/01/04]
Paul Pomes (75) -- accepted to U of I Veterinary school '03; retired from Qualcomm in CA; married to Martha Beatriz Pomes of San Diego; kids=Dylan '88, Alanna '91, Andrew, Ben, and Joshua; grad UIUC in CS '80. [12/19/03]
Mike Sass (75) -- Medical Director of Pathology Associates of Central Illinois, a 23-member group of subspecialty pathologists based largely in Springfield and Decatur, IL; has tried to teach, acting as an external faculty member of the Midwest Institute for Medical Education from 1995-2000 and authoring occasional papers-currently developing diagnostic laboratory software with an associate and still working on that great American novel for children. Although the book may never be published and the software may never pass FDA muster, at nearly age 47 at least he has not lost the yearning to learn, the ability to try new things, or the courage to dream; married to Judy '90 (retired medical technologist who works as "mom"); kids: Katelyn '95 and Aaron '98; grad U of I med school. [07/06/04]
Karen Ulloth (75) -- stopped in DG 12/02 and toured the old DGS with me; visited Hong Kong '97; private surgical practice in Oregon; kids Allison '93; William '91; married to Dr. Keith Cheng; Loma Linda Med Sch; Andrews U. in Mich.( see pics ) [01/10/03]
Michael Berzanski (76) -- living in Chicago and works as a negotiator for AT&T. [07/01/04]
Alma Bicknese (76) -- first daughter Jessalyn '03(see picture); doctor of pediatrics in St. Louis; grad SIU '80. [06/17/03]
Steve Carnes (76) -- MSEE from UC San Diego '96; worked in Japan (90-93); MME from NU '90; MBA from Kellogg '89; BSChE from NU '84.[07/05/03]
Elizabeth Eklund (76) -- currently doing cancer research at Northwestern Hosp in Chicago; worked at Univ of Alabama, Indiana Univ and Mayo Clinic; grad med school from Rush '83; grad UIUC in Bio '80.[06/17/02]
Emil Martinec (76) -- teaching at U of Chicago (Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics or Quantum Field Theory) and does research in string theory (website); went to Paris, Amsterdam, Beijing, and Aspen summer ’01 (on business?!); traveled to Galapagos and the Amazon ’99; married to Joann ’89; full professor at U of C ’89; postdoc at Princeton; PhD from Cornell ’84. [07/05/03]
Gary Murakami (76) -- working for CSG Systems as a software engineer; very active in their local church and youth ministry "Young Life"; married '97 to Linnea; living in NJ; worked for AT&T Labs as a programmer for 22 years ( www.nobell.org ); grad Northwestern '80.[04/12/03]
Marcia (Lacy) Dettloff (77) -- Doctor of Optometry since '85 and has had her own office since '87; Kids-Scott '83 (college at NCSU in zoology), Holly (college at Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, VA) '86, Michelle (HS frosh) '90-all swimmers; married Wayne '80 who is working for Rambus; very busy with family vacations to Costa Rica '00 , Yucatan '01 and Alaska '03. [06/28/04]
Bill White (77) -- he traded chess playing for sailboat racing-then traded his boat for a new baby boy-now back to playing some chess on-line and playing Diplomacy on-line-would like to challenge any DGS chess team grads to play on-line; also about to send out for professional editing his first full length novel-a blend of "hard" science fiction and future history; wish him luck!; law practice in DG; married to Karen '90; two kids: Kelsey '93 and Kyle '00; Law degree from Loyola; grad U of C '81.[06/17/04]
John Bowman (78) -- works for Thermo Electron in Wisc as a software engineer for chemical FT-IR applications; married to Mary (an RN) and has two sons Steven '87 and Tim '90; grad of Bethel College. [07/05/03]
Joe Bularzik (78) -- technology specialist with Hammond City Schools '03; taught at Purdue extension, Notre Dame, Arizona and in Pennsylvania; worked for Inland Steel several years; PhD from Berkley in chem; married to Lenny; kids-Kristin '88 and Nicholas '84; visited China and Japan in '94. [12/19/03]
Raju Chandra (78) -- marketing product manager for EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems; married with children(Nishant '89 + others); lives in San Jose,CA; grad '82 from UIC in MSEE..[08/18/03]
Sam Meyer (78) -- living in San Francisco and states that "endless sunshine, starting in March or April, and lasting to mid November, during which the only difference is what time of day the fog rolls in is a little boring. I miss thunderstorms and the occassional tornado warning."; started his own company, Sourdough Painting, in San Fran, CA (contractor/painting houses); went to Prague and Berlin in '03, Budapest '99 and '03, Ireland, England, and France in '01; grad with MS from UC Davis in community development '96; volunteered with Native Americans in CA in the early '90s.[07/03/03]
Dan Malauskas (78) -- works for Exelon Nuclear(Comm Ed) - in charge of BWR chemistry at Exelon Nuclear Plants in Illinois; living in Woodridge; married with a son and a daughter; grad UIUC in Chem Eng '82. [07/05/03]
Keith Rose (78) -- took a two week trip to Alaska '03 - saw whales, fished/caught salmon, loved Denali; builds high performance computer systems for fun (email him if you want one); working for CITGO Petroleum Corp. in Cicero, IL since ’87; presently QC Laboratory Manager and LAN Administrator; still plays some chess; coaches youth football and assists at wrestling in spare time. kids Jennifer '89, Eric '91, Matthew '95; married to Mary '87 (she is a DGS grad and now works at OSCO in Lisle); worked for Amoco; grad Cornell college.[07/05/03]
Bob Weatherly (78) -- living in Kansas City and working at KU Med School '03;med school in TX at Baylor; grad IBC '86. [06/29/03]
Timothy Bryant (79) -- partner in a law firm in Mombasa, Kenya; married with 4 children; farmed and attended law school in Kenya; did community work in CA and NY '79-'84; attended Reed College in OR '80; foreign exchange student from Kenya at DGS '79.[08/18/03]
Michael Diebold (79) -- Graduated from UIUC '83 with a bachelors in chemistry and from Texas A&M '87 with a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry. He spent a year postdocing in the UK (Cambridge), then took a job with DuPont in Wilmington, DE, in their white pigments / TiO2 business. Wilmington, nestled between Philadelphia and Baltimore, is affectionately known as "the Downers Grove of the East", and consists of nothing but suburban housing developments and strip malls; married (to Julia Shain, of Muleshoe, TX) and has two kids -Shain '93 and Gwen '96.[06/04/02]
Darrilyn (Albright) Fraser (79) -- living in Athens, Georgia '03; part-owner of an organic farm and teaching at a community college; spent '01-02 as a postdoc at WSU in Pullman, WA; working on equine virus similar to human AIDS; PhD '98 and MS '89 from U of Kentucky; spent yr in Eng '94; worked at Smithsonian Instit. [03/24/03]
Bob Hayden (79) -- spent 12 days on an Alaska cruise due to his wife being "Teacher of the Year" for her district-Congrats to her- '03; had dinner with Bob on our spring break trip to CA...great time '02; being "Mr. Mom" while making some career changes; married '96 to Kathe and with a son Steven '99 and a daughter Brenna '03; grad of UIUC in EE '83. (see pics) [06/17/03]
Tim Johnson (79) -- working on a new film called "Tusker" due out in 2002; producer of the movie "Antz"; works for Pacific Data Images in Palo Alto, CA; first child in '99; married in '94 to Jeanie; moved to CA '88;started in computer animation '85;grad NWU '83 in English Lit. [05/20/02]
Rob Plotke (79) -- attempted Mt. McKinley in May '04, but the weather was too bad; climbed the tallest mount in Europe (Mt. Elbrus in Russia) in July '03; climbed Mt. Everest in May '02; extensive travel-ALL seven continents; 7 years in SE Asia '91-98; grad UIUC '83 and '85. [06/24/04]
Katherine (Kampwirth) Presswood (79) -- living in Atlanta and a stay-at-home mom; married '88; has 2 kids '89 and '92; grad UIUC with B.S. in Foods and Nutrition. [07/08/04]
Vince Versaci (79) -- dentist in Western Springs since '89; married '85 to a nurse (Jean) at Good Sam; kids-Vince Jr '87, Mary Beth '90, Joseph '93, Theresa '95 and ???;D.D.S from UIC '87; BS in bio from UIUC '83. [06/24/04]
Sara (Bush) White (79) -- lives in Charleston, SC and is working at Eckerd pharmacy part-time; married to Roy '86 who works for MBT international and plays in a tube band ( www.tubajim.com ); sons= Daniel '90 and Andrew '94; grad from Purdue in pharmacy '84. ( see photos ) [06/17/02]
Corey Correnti (80) -- living in Western Springs; working for BP in Warrenville IL managing Product Supply and Trading for the US; worked in London for several years after Amoco merged with BP-- enjoyed the experience; worked for Amoco and BP in technical/commercial roles in Downstream Refining and Chemicals businesses; have one son, Timothy '93; married Debbie '85; MBA from U of C '90; grad UIUC with BS in Chem Eng '84.living in Western Springs; working for BP in Warrenville IL managing Product Supply and Trading for the US; worked in London for several years after Amoco merged with BP-- enjoyed the experience; worked for Amoco and BP in technical/commercial roles in Downstream Refining and Chemicals businesses; have one son, Timothy '93; married Debbie '85; MBA from U of C '90; grad UIUC with BS in Chem Eng '84. [07/04/03]
Dolly (Chandra) Goel (80) -- Medical Director of the County hospital and clinics in Santa Clara County (San Jose); active in Tae Kwon Do (martial arts); married with one son, two dogs, two cats; med school at USC grad.'88; graduated California State University, Hayward '84.[01/02/04]
Roy Goodman (80) -- working for Instinet as lead developer for Crossing (http://www.instinet.com/crossing/index.shtml); recently bought a place in Greenwich Village; worked for Digital for 13+ years; two daughters - Rose '00 and Isabelle '98 (see her on Kodak commercials); his wife Catherine Alise Boursier is an actress (has roles in computer games, commercials, Shakespeare plays); grad from Grinnell '84. ( family photo page, recent pics ) [05/01/04]
Benita Walker (80) -- coordinates mental health workshops for the Wisconsin National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.; walked a marathon (26.2 miles) in Durango, Colorado '03 and planning a repeat in Columbus, OH in '04; married Joe Senulis '89, no kids but one very fat cat; Masters in Social Work '99 and BS in Political Science and Environmental Studies '89 from University of Wisconsin-Madison. [12/25/03]
Jon Grussing (81) -- working in London for Credit Suisse First Boston Bank; Easter '04 flew around the world with all four kids and his wife - made stops in LA, Auckland, Christchurch NZ and Sydney-(Tim Danielson, a DGS 81, lives in Melbourne and he flew over to join us for a day)-great trip-saw every movie more than once; has four kids; married to Kathleen '91; grad Dartmouth '85 in Econ. [06/18/04]
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Kaper (81) --
currently working with his dad (now 65) on math models for chemical reactions in a joint effort with Argonne chemists; prof at Boston U.; married to Antonella Cucchetti `93, kids: Julia '02 & Marco '99; grad Caltech with PhD '91; grad U of C '86 in math.
[06/29/03]
Kathy
(White) Rheintgen (81) -- Attention all inventors: Kathy does patent law and would be happy to help you with your invention--email her; equity partner with Welsh&Katz law firm in Chicago doing patent and trademark law; two kids: Matthew '94 and Christine '96; grad Loyola Law School; Biochem grad from UIUC '85.[06/17/03]
Chris White (81) -- voted "Teacher of the Year" at IIT '03; prof at IIT in Chicago; works at Fermi in particle physics; spoke to my classes in fall '00; married '89 to Kathleen; kids = Kimberly '95, David '99 and Brendan '02; spent summer '93 in Japan; post-doc in Columbus; PhD in particle phys '90 from U of Minn; grad UIUC in physic eng '85.[06/17/03]
Scott Bush (82) -- working for Motorola in Champaign, IL as a software developer for cell phones; traveled to China in ’03 and turned on the TV in Beijing and saw an interview with Mary McDowell (also ’82 alum) who had been in Hong Kong the week earlier and had taped the interview for CNBC-Asia. You just never know where you will see Chem alumni; two kids Jessica ‘92 and Trevor ’95; married to Karen (a UCC campus minister) in ’89; grad UIUC. [07/05/03]
Steve Diebold (82) -- lives in Evansville, WI and works in Beloit, WI in Emergency Medicine; married fellow U of C grad Cecile David in '90; one son (Alexander '98) and one daughter (Gabrielle '02); 3 years in residency at the UIC; grad U of Chicago with a B.A. in Biology in '86 and M.D. in '90 (along with Lynn Smith and Edith Tzeng, both DGS '82 grads). Pic of Steve. [07/01/04]
Ken Kus (82) -- working in USFilter, HPD Products, a division of Vivendi Water (of France); Manager of Engineering, and oversees the operations group at the HPD Systems division of USFilter; just designed and projected managed a new office building for his company '03; made recent trips to Australia, Auckland New Zealand, Bilbao Spain, London and Manchester England as well as a family cruise to the Caribbean; kids: Aaron ’00, Bradley ’97; Married to Ellen ’90; grad UIUC in Chem Eng ’86. [06/29/03]
Roger Lo (82) -- working on a MBA; living in CA near LA; working on a startup company to bring GPS systems to market; PhD from UCLA in MEMS apps for EE '00; grad UIUC in EE '86.[07/01/04]
Mary McDowell (82) -- working for Nokia heading up their new Enterprise group; spending 50% of her time in Finland and the rest in her NY office; worked for Compaq/HP in Houston, TX for 17 years; married to a southerner, Kevin, and trying to fight off the Texas accent; grad from UIUC in CS. [05/01/04]
Dennis Marr (82) -- working for Baxter in Chicago; married to Lily Chow; PhD work at U of Wisc-Madison; visted China in '86; grad U of I- chem engineering '86. [06/14/01]
Sreela Nandi (82) -- a regional finalist for the 2004-2005 Class of White House Fellows; works for NOAA in Boulder, CO; grad U of C in chem '87.NOAA in Boulder, CO; grad U of C in chem '87. [04/03/04]
Sumita Nandi (82) -- works at JPL in radio tracking and navigation support (processed some of the data used to deliver MER to Mars and to locate it on the surface); married to Charley (also a physicist); two daughters (Corina '03, Maya '96); PhD from Cornell in physics '91; U of C physics grad '86. [04/03/04]
Maria Person (82) -- mass spectrometrist/core facility director at the College of Pharmacy, U of
Tex. in Austin '04; 2 daughters Anita '99 & Maya '97; married Vishy
'95; PhD from U of C in PChem '91; grad from Carleton in Chem '86. [06/16/04]
Rich Stoltenberg (82) -- general surgeon with the All Saints Medical Group in Racine, WI; married Anne (a ICU nurse) '97; kids Hailey '01 and Devin '04; Internship at U of Wisc; grad UIC Med School; grad UIUC '86. [07/05/04]
John Svoboda (82) -- Director of Information Services for Compass Consolidators in Lemont since '01 - manages all the computers and phones; married to Donna '91; kids: Joe '85, Brittany '96, and JJ '98. [07/05/04]
Joe Wang (82) -- gastroenterologist in Jefferson City, MO; married to Tricia; one daugther (Ella '03) and two sons (David '99 and Michael '00); med school at Washington U-gastroenterology; grad Northwestern. [02/25/04]
Dave Applegate (83) -- had recent trips to Poland and Japan; started Tai Chi '01 and attended a U2 concert (somehow those seem in conflict); has a new bike and cycles A LOT (biked British Isle '00 and Cabo San Lucas '01); works at an aerospace company managing a group of engineers and technicians who test components for helicopters, airplanes, and rockets; grad Penn State '92 and UIUC '89 in ceramic eng. [06/14/04]
Linda (Hu) Chan (83) -- very involved in her church - runs a Bible Club, composes songs, sings in Chinese, sings in a Chinese worship band at her church, and so far in '04, gave 4 concerts while on the road - this, on top of being wife and mother, but she enjoys it, and it's socially and spiritually fulfilling - and teaches church school kids in English; married to Tim a senior minister at a Chinese church in MD; has three kids (Wesley, Stephanie, Esther); worked for Pepsi for 11 yrs as analytical chemist; grad UIUC '87 chem major. [06/14/04]
Brad Smith (83) -- working for UOP in Des Plaines as a process control chemical engineer starting up refineries and chemical plants - traveled to China, Korea, Japan, Texas, Kansas, England, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey and even Joliet, IL!!!; married to Kathy Griesheim (DGS grad) with two girls '96 and '99; grad UMASS in chem eng '87. [12/19/03]
Helena (Kim) Wang (83) -- spent Christmas '03 in CA with parents and brother Tony; part-time pathologist in Jefferson City, MO; two boys (David '99 and Michael '00); med school at Washington U-Pathology; grad Northwestern. [12/28/03]
Sue (Farrands) Weiger (83) -- a part-time adjunct faculty for Aurora University (Lake Geneva Campus) teaching technology and is working on her masters in Linguistics - intrigued by the language of technology; works with Elderhostels and says I am just the right age (55) to join in the fun (just a polite way of calling me OLD); has lived in Baltimore, Washington, New York, Chicago; is married to a Coast Guard husband Andreas and has 2 kids - son Chris '90 and daughter Hannah '92; grad Syracuse University in Public Relations/Logic '86.
Bob Zitko (83) -- made partner in ’00 at Kirkland & Ellis, one of Chicago's top law firms, and practice in the employee benefits law area; moving to Lake Forest in fall ’01; kids: Chris ’01 and Bradley ’98; married to Christine; grad UIUC law school; grad UIUC in accounting ’88.( see kid's photo ) [06/18/03]
Julie (Snivley) Little (84) -- went to China in July '01 to adopt a daughter - Jacie Lin(photo1, photo2);also saw the Great Wall, Tiannnmen Square, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing; worked for Resort Condos International in Indianapolis; MBA from Indiana U '95; Married to John Little '91 and has one son Jeremy '94; grad UIUC '89. [01/05/02]
Nancy Person (84) -- living in Silicon Valley '98 & working for the Palo Alto City Library as a circulation clerk. Fun, but very busy & noisy (jr. high school kids hang out after school & play games on the pcs); grad UIUC '88. [07/05/02]
Linda Winke (84) -- [ phinsoup@rcnchicago.com ] -- taking a summer '03 pharmacology class in my nurse practitioner program, and hears "moles" from her instructor just as often as she heard it from me!; a Clinical Practitioner for the Cardiology Unit at Evanston Hospital doing some patient education projects but mostly staff education, structuring the nurses orientation period and following up with continuing education and new technology; started grad school at Rush U., working toward a Master's in Nursing and certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner; volunteer docent for the Chicago Architecture Foundation; certified to give several walking tours: Historic Skyscrapers, Modern Skyscrapers (both downtown), and neighborhood tours of Uptown, Edgewater, and Lakewood-Balmoral; trips to London, Paris, Newport, RI, bike trip in SW Utah near Bryce and Zion Canyons, San Francisco/Silicon Valley and SW Arizona and Joshua Tree National Park; trying to transfer all her tapes and records to CD’s; married to Ken, a Certified Orthotist, at Rush/St. Lukes Hospital. [07/0503]
Heidi Applegate (85) -- stationed at the US Embassy in Warsaw, Poland '02-04-busy with gov't functions, parties and travel-visited Germany and several cities in Poland; took a bike trip with her brother to Ireland; raised $3300 for Leukemia Society in 2001; did a cross-state bike ride in Wisconsin 2001; PhD from Penn State '96; spent 87-90 in Europe; Fulbright winner; grad Michigan State U '89. [12/19/03]
Liggy Chien (85) -- teaching math at New Trier HS '03; living in Evanston; married '98; has a son James; taught English in Taiwan '91;grad from Rice '89.[06/29/03]
Mike Dilger (85) -- living in Alaska working for the gov't at the Pacific NW Research Station near Juneau - does hydrology work to monitor stream conditions; spends a lot of time in the wilderness and enjoys his woodworking hobby; grad UIUC. [09/6/00]
Frank Karbarz (85) -- started own company (TruGrid) in ’02 (a utility computing company to deliver on-demand supercomputing; uses the principles of grid computing to sell supercomputing capacity like it is electricity); worked for Enron till the meltdown; went to France 7/00; married 11/99; MBA from U of C '98; rode his bike in the Race Across America over 2850 miles from San Diego to Savannah in 15 days during the summer of '98; grad UIUC '89 in Ceramic Eng./Materials Science.[07/18/02]
Jerry Karlin (85) -- completed a year-long course in improvisational comedy at The Second City in Chicago '03 (I am going to hire him as entertainment for the 2004 picnic!!); Director of Finance for the e-commerce division for United Airlines since '99; worked for American Airlines in Dallas for 5 yrs; MBA from Cornell '93; grad UIUC '89. [07/01/03]
Tony Kim (85) -- working for Credit Suisse, in Asset Management, VP of US Equities; moved to San Francisco '03; married Rita '00; worked 7 yr in NYC and San Fran in investment banking; MBA from Columbia '94; worked 2 yr at Rockwell; grad UIUC '89 in eng. [08/15/03]
Anita Khanna (85) -- trip to India in '02; has a Child/Adolescent and Adult psychiatry practice in Denver; Northwestern-med school grad '89.[06/17/02]
Paul Nordness (85) -- sent me an unexpected email remembering how much he enjoyed chem class; grad of Carlton.[06/17/02]
Mahesh Ramachandra (85) -- doctor of sports medicine in Chicago; two kids; married in India in '95; grad UIUC.[06/24/02]
Barb (Opalka) O'Connor (85) -- first child Andrew Stephen '02; visited Ireland and Disney world in '01; married Tom in '00 who works for Tellabs; grad '95 in Family Practice; grad med school '93; grad IBC in chem '89.[03/22/03]
Karen (Hospodar) Scott (85) -- a staff neonatologist working St. Paul Children's Hospital in St. Paul, MN; first child Erin '02; married in October '00 to Colin Scott; passed pediatric boards in '99; Grad MD/PhD '96; Northwestern BA Micro-Bio '88. [06/27/04]
Paul Sternenberg (85) -- took a trip to Sweden in '03; orthopedic surgeon specializes in hand and upper extremity problems; helping coach chess at an elementary school; married to Darcie ('92); she is a nephrologist he met in med school; has a daughter Leah '01 and a son Nathan '03; built a new house '02; MD '93 from Washington U in St. Louis; BS from Wheaton Coll. '89 in Biochem.[12/19/03]
Jeff Bulmahn (86) -- working for the Bank of America as a webmaster/developer; grad Penn State '97; grad UIUC '91 physics major. [06/14/04]
Moses Cheng (86) -- about to get his PhD in education...he's gone from being a Science Teacher to Dean, to Principal; his real love is working with people, and he's very happy in an administrative role. It also allows him to more effectively guide, mentor, and teach people independently of science; married '94 to Annie and has 4 daughters; grad UIUC '90.[01/02/04]
Kevin Kremeyer (86) -- graduated from Urbana with a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, and then received his PhD in Physics in Arizona, writing his dissertation and "post-doc"ing in Applied Mathematics. This works out perfectly for his work at PM&AM Research, which happens to stand for (yes, you guessed it) Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research (www.physics-math.com). He still keeps in touch with Moses Cheng, through whom he vicariously enjoys the wonders of family life ;-). [12/28/03]
Carol Rohl (86) -- living in CA and an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz; worked at the University of Washington doing computational biology stuff, mostly protein structure determination and other things related to structural genomics and proteomics; PhD from Stanford in biochem; grad Rice in biochem ’90. [10/05/03]
Jim Tung (86) -- teaching
high school chemistry in a private military school in VA; chair of the science
department (since '99) and director of summer school (since ’03); married in
’96 to Cynthia with two daughters (’97 and ’99); Ph.D - Dartmouth College
(physical chemistry); BS - Truman State,MO. [04/23/03]
Bruce
Berger (87)
-- doing research at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in CA - research focuses on neutrinos in an experiment called KamLAND, see http://kamland.lbl.gov/ - a neutrino oscillation experiment located underground in a mine
in central Japan; married '99 to Francesca Pardo - met in graduate school at Cornell (
http://sphere.lbl.gov/beberger/recept15.jpg
Pictured are Farhan Younus '87, Eric Rynes '87, Mimi Bhattacharyya '87, Vijay Jaswal '87, Roy Flint '87, Francesca, and
Bruce); PhD from Cornell in physics; grad from Princeton in physics '91. [07/01/03]
Bill Fick (87) -- Attorney in Boston; married to Olga Galkina with a stepdaugher Marina, daughter Lydia '00, and another expected in August '03; spent 6 years in Russia connecting things to the Internet, first for a U.S. non-profit and then with a consulting company founded with his wife (http://www.samovar.com); Law degree from Yale in '01; BA from Yale '92.[06/20/03]
Mary (Kriz) O'Daniel (87) -- an Architecture Strategy Engineer for GM in Detroit area; kids: Timothy '02; Patrick Joesph '00 has hydronephrosis (a kidney condition)-keep P.J. in your thoughts and prayers as he undergoes several more medical procedures during the next year; married to Greg '96, he also works for GM; MS in Stats from Iowa State '98; MS from MIT '92(MS); IIT grad in engineering '90. ( family pics ) [07/18/03]
Barb Pickett (87) -- working as a CADD Drafter at Jones and Brown '03; completed Computer-Aided Design Certificate '02; grad '94 from Purdue in materials eng.[07/05/03]
Nick Tilbrook (87) -- Lt. Commander in theUS Navy -- 3rd in command of the USS Houston; married to Erin with a daughter Reilly and a son Aleck. [0913/03]
Eric Weeks (87) -- engaged to Christina Sheets and will be married in 9/04; Assistant Professor of Physics at Emory Univ in Atlanta;
he won some pretty cool awards recently (check these websites http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/lab/pecase.html
;
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/may/HQ_04148_pecase_awards.html
; teaching physics to pre-med students and continuing his research in Confocal Microscopy of Colloidal Glass Transition; did a post doc at U of Penn in Philly; grad U of Texas (Austin) with PhD in physics '97; grad UIUC Eng Physics '92.
[06/29/03]
Scott Bulmahn (88) -- looking for a job in technology management for a small/medium sized financial services company or maybe going for an MBA; just resigned as Chief Technology Officer for a payment processing company (E-Chex) in Dallas; lived in Dallas for 10 years; worked in NYC for JP Morgan; grad UIUC '93. [06/16/04]
Mike Dvorak (88) -- living in Naperville and is the Product Manager for a couple of product lines for Exide Technologies, the largest battery company in the world - he says "The good news is I get to play golf with the sales people and call it work"; son Alex '02; vacationed in Thailand '01(see pics); married Cel '98; MBA from DePaul '02; Masters from IIT; BS from UIC '93 in Chem Eng.[07/04/03]
Jason Hulst (88) --lives in DeKalb working working as a Financial Advisor for H&R Block Financial Advisors; also works for H&R Block Tax as a Tax Specialist with the designation, EA (Enrolled Agent) which permits him to practice before the IRS; still keeping the rental properties going as a landlord; recently enrolled in school again to earn a MAFM (Masters in Accounting and Financial Management); grad NIU '94 in Pol Sci/Philos; married Diana Wuchich '94; served in Army '91. [06/24/04]
Johnny Lee (88) -- last year resident in Anesthesiology at Northwestern Universtiy Medical Center '04; married Jane(also a doctor of internal medicine) '97; two kids-Olivia '01 and Matthew '03; spent 4 yrs at Cook County Hospital-helped establish a Molecular Pathology Laboratory-developing assays utilizing PCR to test for tuberculosis and HIV viral burden.; Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine; grad Northwestern '93 in bio with an emphasis in Molecular and Cellular Biology. [07/05/04]
Sabira Rahman (88) -- has a medical practice (Radiology) in the western suburbs; married with two kids; grad medical school at Northwestern. [07/05/04]
Tracy Sides (88) -- working as an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health mainly focusing on HIV/AIDS; had abstract accepted at and attended the International AIDS
Conference in Bangkok, Thailand '04; still quite active - XC skiing in the winter and triathlons in the summer with hiking and canoeing too; working on PhD at the U of MN; MPH (epidemiology) from U of MN '95; BS (biology) from U of Miami '93.
Some fun stuff about Tracy: the same summer Frank Karbarz
(85) was racing his bicycle across America ('98) I rode mine at a more leisurely pace from Seattle to Washington, DC for the American Lung Association. I celebrated the millennium as a 'stowaway' aboard a ship at the international dateline - then we crossed the dateline and had another party the next night! It was quite the adventure.[06/15/04]
Jill (Fitzgerald) Stowers (88) -- going to Japan for 3 weeks with her husband Phil on a self-organized mission trip - part of Grace Mission International Partnership - summer '03; teaching AP chem at Fenton HS since '96; married to Phil (also a teacher); worked with disabled people summer '92, spent summer '93 in Japan teaching English; grad from Bradley with chem/sec ed major '93. [07/05/03]
Mike Swartout (88) -- assistant professor in aerospace engineering at Wash U working on building and flying satellites and space experiments; one child Noah '01 ( noah.swartwout.org ); married to Leah '99; PhD Stanford '99; MSAE UIUC '92; BSAE UIUC '91. [06/18/04]
Szu Wang (88) -- Assistant Professor at UC Irvine in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department and in the process of starting up her lab; son, Daniel '03; living in CA '04; married Jon Feng 6/98 (he is tenured Physics facultly at UC Irvine '04); PhD from Stanford '98 in 2D protein crystallization; MS grad Stanford '93; BS grad UIUC in chem '92.[06/09/04]
Melanie (Coppage) Young (88) -- lliving in Livermore, CA; active in Girl Scouts as a leader and coordinator; works with ICAN-a reading program for disadvantaged kids; plays tennis; fighting for quality schools in her area; married to Alastair '93; kids: Duncan '99, Kristen '95, Emmy '94; grad U of C '98 in anthropology. ( www.redhunter.com ) [06/19/03]
Sara Bergman (89) -- graduated from law school at the University of Minnesota '03; looking for a job in the Midwest and studying for the IL bar exam; worked for the Office of Counsel for the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers -- at the Rock Island Arsenal '03; worked for Pharmacia in Skokie as a Radiation Safety person; MS from UIUC '96 in chem; grad St. Olaf '94.[05/19/04]
Erik Brandenburg (89) -- living in Phoenix, AZ and a student at the Art Institute of Phoenix - getting a second BA, this time in Game Art and Design (ie. computer game design); grad of Grinnell College, IA. [07/05/02]
Linas Buntinas (89) -- living in Denver and loves it; doing a post-doc in Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, looking at signaling mechanisms in olfactory receptor neurons '03; lived in Magdeburg, Germany for 6 months doing a post-doc to learn some electrophysiology; PhD in Biophysics from University of Rochester Medical Center (PhD thesis was on how the body regulates energy production-found a novel sigaling mechanism and compared how it functions in heart vs. liver tissue) ; grad UICU in Engineering Physics '93. [07/01/03]
Greg Klabish (89) -- living near Boston and working in tech related fields; grad UIUC '93. [06/16/04]
Jin Lee (89) -- medical director of a group in the Los Angelos area '04; grad UIC medical school and finished an Internal Medicine Residency at Rush Medical center in '99; grad UIUC '93. [07/05/04]
Julie (Munday) Killacky (89) -- living in Naperville '02; married '94 to John Killacky( Navy); kids= Joshua '03, Jake '01, Justin '96; grad UIUC '93.[06/20/03]
Jenny (Gaspar) Lew (89) --living in Geneva, IL; kids: Zachary '02, William '01; an Ob/Gyn in private practice with DuKane and working at Delnor Hospital; married George Lew - Assist. Prof. at Loyala Univ in Chicago and works in ER; med school grad '97; grad UIUC biochem '93.[06/18/04]
Evan Rynes (89) -- playing with the "Komische Oper Berlin" , one of the finest opera orchestras in Berlin and living with his wife and family; had a one year appointment in the Orchester der Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany; violin student in Lubeck, Germany '97; Fulbright in Germany for 1994-95; grad Indiana U-music. http://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/ [04/10/03]
Jennifer Sebestl (89) -- working for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo, Michigan; active in leadership of youth groups in her church; PhD from Wayne State in organometallics; Hope College grad '93. [01/05/04]
Sameer Talsania (89) -- taking a little time off from working and is enjoying traveling; his sister Seema was married in Nov '02; recent travels: Spain, Puerto Rico; bought a new home; visited INDIA '98; PhD from U of Houston '97; grad UIUC '93 in chem eng. [06/24/04]
Melinda Koelling (90) -- moving to Kalamazoo, MI and will be a tenure track prof at Michigan 8/04; married 8/03 to David Richter; postdoc at NYU till 8/04 in Computational Neuroscience; postdoc ('02) at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute in math in Troy, NY; PhD from U of Mich (Ann Arbor) in '01; plays in a swing band; grad U of C in math '95. [06/14/04]
Esther Lim (90) -- working for Citigroup in NYC as a Compliance Officer for the technology department; married to Adrian McLean, an attorney, in ’02; biochem grad U of Chicago ’95. [06/18/04]
Iris (Huang) McCormick (90) -- living in Ft. Collins, CO; two kids Elliot '01 and Grace '03 (see pics); married to Jim '94 - he works for HP designing processors; currently a stay at home mom '03; worked for Warren Analytical Laboratory (ConAgra) for 3 years, doing Sales and Marketing; worked at Keebler in R&D; grad UIUC with BS '94 and MS '97 in Food Science. [01/04/04]
Priya Mehta (90) -- lives in Addison in a newly purchased house; doing her fellowship at Rush in allergy/immunology in peds; married to Amar Bansil (also a med student from UIC); one daughter, Chandri '01; grad from med school(6 yr program) from Penn State and UIC combined.[06/21/03]
David Wu (90) -- finished year 1 of residency training in Pathology '04; finally finished PhD ("Effects of Cellular and Tissue Pharmacokinetics on Control-Released Growth Factors') at MIT '00; now working towards MD at Harvard; happily married '00; Getting hands dirty in new gardening hobby. [06/14/04]
Anuja Dharkar (91) -- living in San Francisco; working for Marcomedia (see her work at http://www.macromedia.com/resources/education/hed/campaign/digital_skills/ -click on the "Breeze presentation"); writing manuals/books and training teachers around the country; published her first book "Digital Design: Foundations of Web Design" '03; took a summer ’01 trip to Spain; grad ’01 from Stanford with Masters in Learning, Design, and Technology; BS from NWU ’96. [06/17/03]
Jenny Fick (91) -- going into the third year of a three year small animal surgery residency at the U of MN '04; spent '01 doing an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Michigan State University; grad from Veterinary School at the University of Minnesota ’01; Carleton grad in biology ’95. [06/06/04]
Jon Furino (91) -- died on 01/22/02...condolences to his friends and family ( I don't know any details).[08/13/03]
Arthur Huen (91) -- completed his PhD from Northwestern '04 in cancer biology - studying a structure called the desmosome which is responsible for intercellular adhesion in epithelial cells, primarily skin cells; married Luisa Hiller in Ohio in '04. [06/14/04]
Kristin Huizinga (91) -- maid of honor in a friend's wedding in a beautiful Polish Chicago Church 7/04; working on her PhD at Michigan State; grad of Purdue-Biology '94.
Mike Jorda (91) -- working for Broadcom in CA; worked for a couple of Internet startup companies after college; married to Rumi Bhattacharyya (DGS '92 and has her PhD from Northwestern) '03 in Maui (Roman Litwinski '92 was his groomsman); was a groomsman for Roman Litwinski's wedding in '01; grad UIUC in EE '96. [06/04/04]
David Lim (91) -- working for small hedgefund firm in Chicago '03; grad Harvard Business School '03; married to Jinny with a daughter Emma '02; grad U of C '96.[06/06/03]
Mike Mendoza (91) -- married Lisa Vargish (also resident in family practice) in Chicago in October '03 - chem alum, David Lim and Joyce (Berroya) Dieter were members of the bridal party (see lots of pics at http://photos.yahoo.com/mdmendoz ); last year of residency (serving as Chief Resident) in family practice at the University of California at San Francisco; grad U of C med school ’01 and from UIC Public Health School ’01 with MPH; living in San Francisco; grad U of C '96. [04/26/04]
Janice (Moy) Chen (92) -- living in Vancouver, WA; married Wayne Chen '01; worked for KPMG in Chicago; MA from UIUC in taxation '99; BA from UIUC '96 in accounting (see photos).[12/25/03]
Joyce (Berroya) Dieter (92) -- working for Dean Health Plan as an EDI Specialist/Team Lead in Madison, WI; married to Steve with sons Joshua '04 and Brenden '02; worked for Berbee; worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tampa, Detroit and Houston for 5 years; grad UIUC '96.(family pics) (www.dieterfamily.com) [06/15/04]
Sina (Soneji) Fong (92) -- moved to a house in Naperville; expecting 2nd son 8/04; last semester of law school; had a surprise
shower/b-day party where Mr. Mayfield was the first guest to arrive and let the "mole" out of the bag; had first son,
Vasant '02 ; worked for the Office of Legal Counsel at Univ of Illinois '03; married Vlad Fong; on wheel of fortune and won $$ in '97; grad U of C '96 in bio/s.asian studies.[07/05/03]
Roman Litwinski (92) -- Starting a two year vascular surgery fellowship at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Southern California June ’04 – the fellows there get a tremendous experience in endovascular surgery (fixing diseased vessels from the inside); finishing his chief resident year in general surgery at SUNY-Buffalo ’03; met Judith Lin ’88 during an interview and discovered that they both had AP chem at DGS; married to Sheryl Chow ’01 (a PharmD who works as a clinical pharmacist with internal medicine)(Mike Jorda '91 was a groomsman); grad Johns Hopkins and Northwestern. [04/03/04]
Ellen Omi (92) -- living in Chicago; 3rd year general surgical resident at UIC '03 with two more years to go; working at the trauma service at Christ Hospital (so if you have an accident on the South Side, Ellen might work on you); she works with Vlad Fong (Sina Soneji's '92 husband) at UIC; grad med school UIC '00. [06/21/03]
Wei Xiong (92) -- working on a PhD; visited New Zealand '04; spent 5 weeks in China and 10 days in Peru '03; I had dinner with Wei on a spring break trip to CA '01; traveled to London and Prague in '01; works designing IC architecture for Qualcomm's RF chips in the IC division of Qualcomm in CA; working on PhD from UCSD; grad UIUC '96 in EE.(trip pics: http://www.imagestation.com/members/wei_bear ) [04/19/04]
Dar-Lon Chang (93) -- moving to Houston to work for Exxon-Mobile '03; grad UIUC with his PhD '03; big fan of swing dancing; grad UIUC '98 in Mech Eng. [07/05/03]
Jonathan Day (93) -- in the Navy designing Nuclear Reactor Plants for aircraft carriers and submarines-gets out 7/30/04; working on PhD in Aerospace Engineering at UMD-College Park; coaching 2 girls travel soccer teams; married Cheri in '01; has made 2 films; grad Ohio U major in Eng. Physics and Mechanical Engineering '99. [07/01/04]
Andrew Hwang (93) -- thinking about opening a medical clinic for homeless people in the San Jose area(if you have $$$ or would like to work there-email Andrew); in his final year as a resident of Internal Medicine in San Jose, CA '03; grad NWU med school '01; went to Asia in summer of '97; grad Northwestern '97.[06/21/03]
Shannon Kirkpatrick (93) -- working for the U of Washington in Seattle and received the department's "Distinguished Staff Award" '04; exploring options in the field of nutrition; attended a conference in Chicago 5/04 and had time for breakfast with Mr. M; loves living on the west coast; grad Seattle U '00 with BA in liberal studies. [07/04/04]
Glenn Merkel (93) -- took a 10 day mission trip to Brazil '02; working for Frito Lay near Atlanta '02; worked in Ireland for 2.5 years; took a Mediterranean cruise summer '00; grad of U of Minn '98 in chem eng. [10/25/02]
Katharine Miao (93) -- spent some time in Provence, France tasting wine and cheese '03; starting 3rd year in Emergency Medicine residency at Jacobi/Albert Einstein in NYC - "Lots of trauma....fun!" '03; married ('01) to Hyunseok Hwang(investment banker for Morgan Stanley after graduating with his MBA from Yale in '98 and his JD from Harvard in '01); grad med school UIC '01; grad Yale in Biology '97. [07/05/03]
Frank Owen (93) -- he moved back to Chicago in July 2000 and is working as a Database and Systems consultant for a large real-estate firm. He spends his free time scuba diving, recently returning from trips to Mexico and Belize and will be diving Bonaire fall '03. [08/19/03]
Samir Soneji (93) -- separating from active duty in the Air Force '04; going to Princeton fall '04 for graduate school (PhD in Demography); taking his aunt and uncle on a road trip north from San Diego to San Francisco and over to yosemite (summer '04); grad U of C '98 in math. [05/07/04]
Feng Xiong (93) -- working in Houston as an independent Database Consultant; hobby is working with anime; grad UIUC '98 in CS; trip to China summer '95.[07/18/02]
Dan Bailey (94) -- seeking chem work in Chicagoland by fall '04 so let him know if you hear of any great offers...; doing very cool artificial nose "colorimetric sensor array" research with inorganic prof at UIUC summer '04 and doing proofreading for a national nuclear eng publication; have had some articles published in webzines, but would love to blend science and writing and imagination (and perhaps some form of teaching) into a career; grad UIUC chem '04 after returning to college (following several years hiatus) at Wheaton College ('02-'03) and then one year at UIUC ('03-'04). [06/14/04]
Anthony Chan (94) -- thinking about being a HS math teacher; working on a Masters from Depaul while working for DePaul full time as a "network engineer"; grad from DePaul in Accounting '98 and Mathematics '96.
[07/05/03]
Sarah Gualano (94) -- living in Chicago; internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago '03 with plans on being a cardiologist; grad Washington U, St. Louis, '98 in
biochem.[06/17/03]
Amy Hwang (94) -- [ ] -- starting law school in the Bay Area in CA fall '02; grad NWU '98.[06/17/02]
Derreck Long (94) -- living in L.A.; works for Ticketmaster programming their website; using his math skills by playing (and winning) "Hold-em" poker; taken a break from trying to be a rock star by pounding on his drums; living in Hollywood with all the wannabe actors/actresses (and Derrek says "all the ladies are very pretty and I don't have to comb my hair very well to look cool. I try to sell the girls by telling them I'm a rock star/computer geek/chess stud -- and it works!!); a web programmer for Revoe Group '00; grad UIUC '98 in chemistry. [04/20/03]
William Woo (94) -- living and working in Shanghai '03-04 and playing some golf and trying to avoid SARS; working for a company that manufactures semiconductor processing equipment and is based in Boston area; worked in Silicon Valley '99-01; spent summer '99 in Hong Kong; grad Stanford '99 with MS in Engineering-Econ. Systems and Operations Research; BS UIUC in EE '97.[02/03/04]
Kirsten Chan (95) -- performing in a comedy troupe called "stir friday night" starting a not-for-profit company called Project: VISION, Inc.; working for an engineering firm in Chicago; worked for a diamond dealer; worked at a child care facility for Motorola in Deerfield '03; certified teacher for infants to age 2; living in Chicago '03; finished a year of training at Second City; an extra in Spiderman 2 and Mean Girls; had a huge part in a play in Chicago '03; got to go backstage at three Incubus concerts as well as Oasis and Jane's Addition; grad UIUC '00. [06/14/04]
Alicia Giet (95) -- returning to Chicago 8/04 to work at Kraft foods as an Associate Brand Manager on the Velveeta brand (a food product that has seen a lot of chemical engineering in its day!); received an MBA from Duke '04; grad U of Chicago '99. [06/28/04]
Vivien Ho (95) -- married to Adam in May '04; starting residency training in Family Practice at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn in July '04; still playing a bit of chess; grad U of Chicago med school '04; grad UIUC with double-majors in Chemistry and Biochem '99. [05/01/04]
Robert Szczesniak (95) -- working for an environmental consulting firm in La Grange called Huff & Huff; getting married in Sept. ‘03 in MN (reception in Woodridge in Oct. 03); living in the West Loop area of Chicago; taking EIT tests to become a Professional Engineer; grad IIT '00 with double major - Chemical and Environmental Eng. [04/24/03]
Iwona Wyka (95) -- doing grad work at U of Iowa in biochem; grad UIUC in Biochem '99.[12/25/03]
Andrea (Wolfe) Bretl (96) -- married 9/28/02 to Tim Bretl; living in CA; Swarthmore grad '00 in eng.[10/14/02]
Jessica (Franciose) Burrows (96) -- working in Zion, IL for Cancer Treatment Centers of America as a nutritionist with cancer patients; MS in dietetics at Univ of Utah '02; married to Brandon '00; grad BYU '00 with BS in biochemistry. [07/05/03]
Patrick Chen (96) -- has a hip-hop dance troupe that has international recognition - see his work at these websites.[07/05/04]
http://community.webshots.com/user/patyeechen
http://www.dance2xs.com/index2.htm
Sarah Huen (96) -- spent a week in the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, visiting the Mayan ruins and snorkeling '02; starting third year of medical school '02; grad NWU with a biology major '00.[06/24/02]
Prab Koppera (96) -- in third year of med school at Rush U in Chicago and living in Wrigleyville '03; spent summer '02 in Tokyo studying Neuroradiology at Kyorin Uni. Hosp. [07/03/02]
Rene Mulligan (96) -- spent an astounding year and a half living as a volunteer in the coastal desert of Chimbote, Peru; now living in Pilsen of Chicago and teaching at Maria High School; she welcomes any visitors to her apartment- especially those who would like to eat Mexcian or Chinese food nearby!; spent five months at the University College in Dublin, Ireland; grad. from Notre Dame '01. [07/01/03]
Puja Sahni (96) -- spent a great 5 years at Indira Gandhi Medical College in a city called Shimla, in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Himalaya mountains in India; now in the states finishing her last year and getting ready for the boards; may return to India to practice. [06/18/03]
Nirali Shah (96) -- grad from UIC medical school '04; matched into the Harvard Combined med/peds program and will be moving to Boston in June '04; grad UIC with BS in Chem and HS education '00. [04/02/04]
Alan Bailey (97) -- in grad school in computer science at UW-Madison '03; worked in the Computer Science Division at Argonne '02; grad UIUC '01 in Computer Science. [07/05/03]
Steve Berger (97) -- working in Hong Kong as an investment banker '03; grad Princeton in Politics and East Asian Studies '01. [07/01/03]
Alan Hsieh (97) -- going to NIU in Mech Engineering.[09/04/03]
Jigna Joshi (97) -- in med school; grad UIUC '00 in bio/chem.[08/25/00]
Ned Kost (97) -- a Quality Assurance Analyst working for Telution – a small
startup telecommunication software company that provides smaller competing phone
companies with Order, Inventory, Billing, and Invoicing software -- have small
clients (Z-Tel, EZ-Talk), but are
dealing with MCI and Direct TV; worked for Business Logic Corporation (BLC);
grad UIUC with a BS in Computer Sciences ‘01.[07/01/02]
Dave Laitar (97) -- third year PhD student in organic chemistry at MIT '04; worked for Exxon/Mobil in New Jersey for summer '01; grad as a Chem major at Notre Dame '01. [06/14/04]
Dave Norem (97) -- going to UC Berkeley for masters in Environmental Engineering '03; worked summers ('01 & '02) as an independent pollution control contractor for industrial facilities; grad UIUC with a dual degree in Chem and Civil and Environmental Engineering '03. [07/03/03]
Akila Ramaswamy (97) -- in New Mexico summer ‘01 working on the energy crisis campaign with the New Mexico PIRG (Public Interest Research Group); going to grad school at U of Michigan for social work fall ’01; grad from Pitzer College with a Psychobiology degree ’01. [06/15/01]
Michele Ruta (97) -- married Greg Ktistou (DGS grad) 7/1/04 in GREECE; teaches 6th grade science in Darien; studied in Granada, Spain summer '00; grad as an elementary education major with chemistry concentration from UIUC '02. Click here to see her wedding pictures. [07/09/04]
Sameet Sheth (97) -- Going to NYU dental school (3rd yr '03); living in NYC.[12/19/03]
Mike Strelecky (97) -- working as a financial analyst at Newport News Shipbuiling, Inc.- a maker of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers; going for his MBA '03; married Jessica '98; daughters Madelyn '95, Ainsley '02 and Ellanor '04; grad College of William and Mary ’01 in finance. [06/14/04]
Brendan Banaszak (98) --living in DC; working for National Public Radio (NPR) with the talk show "Talk of the Nation"; grad as a mass communication major from IL State '02.[09/26/03]
Kevin Gualano (98) -- will be starting law school in fall '04 and wants to be a patent attorney by '07; worked for UOP Des Plaines, IL on improving catalysts for the production of xylene and ethylbenzene along with replacing the additive MTBE in gasoline '02; BS in Chem Eng from U-Wisc '03.[04/03/04]
Tess ( Kochan) Hindnam (98) -- married 5/03; working for General Mills in IA; traveled in Europe summer '02; chem eng. grad of Iowa State '02. grad of Iowa State '02. [06/06/03]
Balaji (Viswanathan) Iyer (98) -- working on his PhD in computer engineering at NC State University; visited India '04; became a US citizen in '02; changed his name to maintain his native culture; only Balaji could be so precise in his view of life and I quote "2 Degrees + "Going to PhD" + limit as Geek goes to Nerd -> No Hunny :( *hehe* + Definitely No Kiddies :))" ; MS in EE in NC A&T State University (branch of UNC) '03; grad Purdue '02 in computer engineering. [06/15/04]
Purvi Jagani (98) -- Working as a pharmacist and finishing her Pharm D degree; grad Midwestern University ’03 with BS in pharmacy. [06/18/03]
Kathy Jorda (98) -- finished her first year of med school at Mt. Sinai, in New York'04; spent her spring break '04 in Peru, at Macchu Picchu; spending the summer '04 in Minnesota, doing research at the Mayo Clinic; grad from Columbia '03.[06/12/04]
Jennifer Lau (98) -- working for Deloitte & Touche as a tax consultant; grad UIUC '02. [04/06/03]
Aimee Mayuga (98) -- working at her parent's clinic summer '04; did a presentation on Infant Cognition research at the ICIS (International Conference on Infancy Studies) in 5/04; heading up Northwestern Med School's choir group, the "Hamstrings"; going to med school at Northwestern '04; attended a National Youth Leadership Conference on Medicine in Houston during July 98; grad Summa Cum Laude Northwestern '03. [07/01/04]
Mark Muellner (98) -- getting married 6/04; attended conference in Miami for Environmental Mutagen Society in '03; in grad school at UIUC in crop science, focusing in environmental toxicology, working on isolating anti-oxidants and or anti-carcinogens from corn and soybean by-products; received the Bentley Undergraduate Research award for top undergraduate research; BS in animal science from UIUC ’02. [06/17/03]
Leslie (Oca) Esquerra (98) -- working at Target in Woodridge as the lead Pharmacy Technician; married to Arnold Esquerra ’01; daughter Cammie ’01; moving to Romeoville ’03. [04/20/03]
Sherene Panicker (98) -- starting Rush University's PhD program in Biochemistry fall ’02; traveled in Europe summer ‘02;grad UIUC ‘02 in Biochem and Cell & Structural Biology. [07/1/02]
Neha Sahni (98) -- in her 4th year at Indira Gandhi Medical College in a city called Shimla, in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Himalaya mountains in India. [07/1/03]
Jonathan Schaefer (98) -- a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus for 2003-04-performing in Ravinia '03 and then performing a total of 14 concerts in December downtown in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center; working part time with the EPA in Chicago, researching asthma cases in Chicago public schools summer '03; going to NIU to get his teaching certificate in math '03; summer internship with USGS EROS data center in South Dakota '01; grad '02 from Valparaiso University with a double degree (B.S. and B.A.) with a triple major in geography, mathematics, and music. [06/29/03]
Sanjay Sood (98) -- starting work on PhD this fall at NWU focusing on frictionless information systems (mix between AI and data aggregation); currently a researcher for the intelligent information laboratory; grad NWU in computer science '02. [06/25/02]
Jon Stancel (98) -- Joined the Marines (5 yrs) and is a Signals Intelligence/Ground Electronic Warfare Special Intelligence Commicator. He also has three weapons--so be nice to him at the party. [07/24/02]
Kurt Vonnahme (98) -- will be working as a Relationship Manager Development Associate for Wells Fargo Bank in their Chicago U.S. Corporate Banking office for the next two years--then will work in San Fran for 6 months; my girlfriend and I have been together for 5 years now...but no definite wedding plans yet; grad NWU '02 with a double major in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics.[06/25/02]
Mark Wu (98) -- working for GE Security (Lassie dog commercial) in Portland, Oregon and leading a couple of eBusiness projects; will be headed to India in 8/04 for a few months; grad UIUC in Electrical Eng. '02. [06/25/04]
Faisel Ahmed (99) -- plans to work as an economist for the gov't then get his PhD in International Relations and/or a law degree; spent '02 abroad at Oxford University and did the whole 'backpacking across Europe' thing; grad NW '03 with a BA/MA in Economics and a BA in Mathematics. [06/20/03]
Leia Blumenthal (99) -- helping with aerospace camp at UIUC summer '03; doing grad work at UIUC '03 in Aero engineering and doing research on aerodynamic effects of ice accretion on aircraft; co-oped in Hartford, CT working in the systems heat transfer division on jet engines '00; grad UIUC '03 in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Math. [06/17/03]
Amol Desai (99) -- still playing tennis at college; starting med school '03; grad UIC in three years '03. [07/05/03]
Jason Farrer (99) -- attending Loyola med school in fall '03; grad from Kalamazoo College in chem '03.[07/05/03]
Meghan Goldenstein (99) -- working full time at the DG library summer '04; will spend fall '04 teaching English in France; spent '03 in Chambana subbing, waitressing, and teaching world studies to a seventh grader; grad UIUC in '03 with a history/secondary ed major. [06/15/04]
John Krauklis (99) -- working for Aegon Institutional Markets in Louisville, KY in risk management; grad UIUC in actuarial science '04. [07/05/04]
Amit Mackar (99) -- waiting tables at the Macaronni Grill in Wheaton summer '03; spent 3 co-op terms at Procter and Gamble at their headquarters in Cincy, OH-worked in Information Technology and a manager in Brand Management.going to Purdue (Major: Industrial Eng. Minor: Management). [06/29/03]
Lionel Tan (99) -- at UIC med school '03; worked at Hinsdale Hospital summer '00; grad UIC '03 in psychology and minor in economics. [06/29/03]
Jessica Taibl (99) -- working full time at vet med back in necropsy; having a lot of fun- helps out the pathologists and students with the gross exam, trims biosies, does some stuff in the histo lab, and with sample submission; taking a couple years off before vet school; grad UIUC in biology '04. [06/14/04]
Jon Ulrich (99) -- going to grad school at Purdue in math 8/04; grad UIUC in Computer Engineering '03. [07/07/04]
William Young (99) -- working for a former professor doing economic research on stock disclosures and pollution regulations; grad from U of C ’02 in economics. [06/25/02]
Genica Zdenek (99) -- working at Packer Engineering '03; received summer research grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute '02 and '03; Chemistry major/Sociology minor at Benedictine University. [06/29/03]
Marissa Alcantara (00) -- taking orgo in summer school '02; possible chem major; misses the Krispy Kremes and Battle Bots from AP Physics at DGS.[06/27/02]
Jon Ang (00) -- very involved with ROTC; National Merit '00; computer engineering at UIUC. [06/17/02]
Carolyn Apanavicius (00) -- Uof I;biology and physical therapy. [10/25/02]
Melissa Auriene (00) -- plans on going to grad school to continue studying chemistry and receive her teaching certificate; grad UIUC '04 with BS in chemistry.[12/25/03]
Craig Brininger (00) -- animal science major at UIUC.. [07/15/02]
Carly Carmody (00) -- working as an intern in the Health & Welfare group at Aon Consulting in Chicago summer '03; in the actuarial science program at UIUC and will complete a dual-degree in actuarial science & economics in '04 ; worked as an intern at Argonne National Laboratory '01. [06/17/03]
Michelle Ehlert (00) -- grad from NWU in May '04 in engineering; will be working for Quaker Oats, technically QFB or Quaker Foods & Beverages (part of the PepsiCo family of companies). Her job title is Senior Associate with the Integrated Purchasing and Logistics team. [12/20/03]
Julie Frigo (00) -- living in Milwaukee with her cute kitten, Shadow; going to Marguette U with a major in Exercise Science and a minor in biomedical science; starting her PhD in physical therapy in fall '03.[06/15/03]
Ben Geelhoed (00) -- living in a Greek house at Iowa State, Beta Sigma Psi and playing on the Iowa State Club volleyball team; going to Iowa State as a mech eng. [12/25/02]
Blair Iton (00) -- Mech Eng at UIUC. [10/25/02]
Alex Picel (00) -- 4th year at UIUC in computer engineering '04; hopefully going to graduate school in computer science (maybe
Columbia); summer job programming at Argonne '04; National Merit '00. [06/28/04]
Dan Perlin (00) -- going to UIUC in mech eng. [01/02/04]
Nirav Shah (00) -- starting med school at UIC in the fall '04; went to "Medicine Camp" at Indiana State U in summer '00; grad from UIC '04. [04/15/04]
Chris Simokat (00) -- has own web development company at www.xenopodinc.com ; also has a band; Biochemistry and Microbiology double major at the University of Iowa. [07/05/03]
Peter Abasolo (01) -- enjoying organic chem and going to UIUC. [12/31/02]
William Green (01) -- working at Argonne in comp science for the summer '04; going to Albion College in Michigan (math/physics major and on the swim team). [06/28/04]
Nileena Job (01) -- chem major at Grinnell College '03. [06/06/03]
Faiyaaz Kalimullah (01) -- National Merit finalist '02; Going to U of C in pre-med with a history major;spent 4 weeks in India '02.[06/17/03]
Andrew Kim (01) -- enjoying the "college life" and the challenge of being on his on; going to UIUC in computer science; National Merit '02.[06/14/04]
Tom Klumpner (01) -- going to Washington U in St. Louis; major, Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Biomolecular Systems; working at Tweeter Center in Tinley Park summer '04; doing computer analysis of data from Psychoanalytic transcripts for his grandfather; presented at a poster session for the American Psychoanalytic Association held in New York City in January -poster = "Qualitative Textual Analysis of Psychoanalytic Transcripts that Can Be Shared Without Compromising Confidentiality". National Merit '02 [04/25/04]
Laura Mendelsohn (01) -- attending COD in Business Administration '03. [07/05/03]
Pierre Miller (01) -- doing some research at NW during the summer '03; Chem/Music Major at Kalamazoo College. (National Achievement Finalist); researching photodissection of organometallic nitrosyls. website: http://cc.kzoo.edu/~k01pm02/pfolio/ [07/05/03]
Narissa Nonzee (01) -- trip to Spain summer '03 & '01; going to UIUC. [06/17/03]
Natalie Phillips (01) -- having a very good year playing softball at Wisconsin '03 (see DG Reporter article); going to U of Wisc - Madison.[06/19/03]
Bryan Prendergast (01) -- will be a TA in Organic at UIUC '03; his profs say this "thank you for applying to be a Supplemental Instruction Leader in the fall. Dr. Moore and I have selected you to be the SI leader for Chemistry 331! We feel that your enthusiasm, knowledge of organic chemistry, work ethic, and personality are just what we're looking for in an ideal SI leader." - yes that is the Bryan you know - amazing what college will do for people; going to UIUC chem major. [04/17/03]
Allison Quatrini (01) -- going to Seton Hall University studing International Relations and Spanish; also taking Spanish and Chinese and working on a certificate from the University Honors Program; elected President of the Student Government Association '03. [08/22/03]
Chris Rosen (01) -- doing some rock climbing in the Alps '03. [07/0503]
Pushpa Samuel (01) -- biomedical engineering at Wash U and doing research in the Neurology Dept. with people who have mood disorders or Alzheimer's disease; summer trip to India '01. [04/01/04]
Mike Scalfani (01) -- double majoring in biology and history with a minor in chemistry (pre-med) at Andrews University in Michigan.[06/06/03]
Kristen Scoville (01) -- trip to Spain summer '03 & '01; going to UIUC. [06/17/03]
Gergana Slavova (01) -- studying in France for the summer '04; going to UIUC with a comp science major. [06/15/04]
Janna Afanasjeva (02) -- still at DGS.[06/17/02]
Lauren Andersen (02) -- engineering at Purdue.[06/17/02]
Jeff Asavalertpanich (02) -- engineering at Brown.[12/25/03]
Jed Ang (02) -- going somewhere and majoring in something. [07/05/2003]
Neha Datt (02) -- a film major at NU and having the best time of her life; produced the largest film at NU this year '04 (20,000 dollar budget) and is moving out to LA '04 to work at a production company; knows how to speak Italian and everything about film history before the 1930's.[05/04/04]
Greg Hebda (02) -- going to Bennington in Vermont as an English major; intends to write a book of short stories by the end of his freshmen year and his first novel by graduation - good luck! [07/05/03]
Kate Jakubas (02) -- doing physics demos for elem schools; http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/; engineering (material science/biomedical) at UIUC.[07/05/2003]
Jay Joshi (02) -- bio at UIC.[06/17/02]
Dana Junk (02)-- undecided at Ill. Wesleyan.[06/17/02]
Mark Lichaj (02) -- [ ] -- still at DGS.[06/17/02]
Clayton Luedtke (02) -- chemistry at Carroll College; brought in his own rockets to shoot with the physcis kids and gave us all a little scare when the nosecone failed to deploy!!! A real study in projectile motion.[06/17/02]
Katie Malter (02) -- still at DGS.[06/17/02]
Melissa Malter (02) -- at Univ of Texas at Dallas in Biology.[07/02/03]
Madhur Merchant (02) -- molecular bio/biochem at IIT.[12/25/03]
Monish Merchant (02) -- bio/econ at UIUC.[06/17/02]
Jennifer Mitchell (02) -- thinking about a degree in Bio Ethics; English major at Washington U in St. Louis.[07/05/03]
Harsha Mudrakola (02) -- attending UIC and majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology '03; got the top score on the qual scheme '02.[06/29/03]
Dan Murphy (02) -- engineering physics at UIUC.[06/17/02]
Keith Nguyen (02) -- pre-pharmacy at Brown.[06/17/02]
Stephanie Ott (02)-- electrical eng at UIUC.[06/17/02]
Katie Picel (02) -- pre-med at U of Chicago.[06/28/04]
Gigi Rechner (02) -- still at DGS.[06/17/02]
Josh Reynolds (02) -- working on Electro-Mechanical Technologies (AAS Degree) at CoD and intends to go into Industrial Engineering or Maintainance.[07/05/04]
Brian Roberts (02) -- going to UIUC in civil engineering.[07/05/03]
Katarina Ruscic (02) -- biochem/chem/neuroscience major at UofC - plans on doing a MD/PhD program; loves her chem class and has not broken anything!!!; working at Argonne making batteries '03. [007/05/03]
Jon Schmid (02) -- art major at UIUC. [06/17/02]
Amy Schneider (02) -- still at DGS.[06/17/02]
Greg Smith (02) -- broadcast journalism at UIUC.[06/17/02]
Abhi Solanki (02) -- physics at UIC in the GPPA program.[06/17/02]
Steve Weiss (02) -- going to UIUC in Nuclear Engineering '03.[12/25/03]
Brian Zanotti (02) -- biochem at UIUC.[06/17/02]
Asad Ahmed (03) -- accepted to the University of Missouri-Rolla Nuclear Engineering Camp summer '03; still at DGS '03. [07/05/03]
Golnaz Arastoopour (03) -- going UIUC in mechanical engineering '03. [07/05/03]
Karisa Chin (03) -- going to UIUC '03. [08/18/03]
Hemali Desai (03) -- going to UIUC in business/marketing '03. [06/19/03]
Eric Dixon (03) -- going UIUC in mechanical engineering '03. [06/19/03]
Zak Gates (03) -- going to U of Chicago '03. [06/19/03]
Jon Haughton (03) -- going to UIUC in chem engineering. [05/29/04]
Jacob Hohl (03) -- going to UIUC in materials science/engineering '03. [06/19/03]
Jeremy Humbert (03) -- going to UIUC to play counterstrike '03. [06/19/03]
Susil Issac (03) -- going to UIC in pharmacy '03. [06/19/03]
Mike Janicek (03) -- going to UIUC in mech engineering '03. [07/0503]
Kira Johns (03) -- thinking about a transfer to UIC; going to Mich State in chemistry/forensic science '03. [07/01/04]
Vineet Kumar (03) -- going to UIC in biochem '03.[07/05/03]
Ryan Lahey (03) -- going to Wash U in St. Louis in biomedical engineering '03. [07/05/03]
Michelle Li (03) -- going to Harvard and majoring in econ and chem/bio. [06/25/04]
Brian Mack (03) -- going to UIUC or Wash U in premed/engineering '03. [06/19/03]
Laura Martin (03) -- going to Vanderbilt in TN in engineering science '03. [06/19/03]
Mike Montani (03) -- going to UIUC in chem engineering '03.[06/19/03]
Brian Oca (03) -- still at DGS '03. [06/19/03]
Joshua Pasquesi (03) -- going to Notre Dame in political science '03. [06/19/03]
Derek Rockwell (03) -- going to UIUC in education '03. [07/05/03]
Dan Rogala (03) -- still at DGS '03. [06/19/03]
Mike Rylander (03) -- still at DGS '03. [06/19/03]
Lenore Salazar (03) -- going to UIUC in accounting '03. [06/19/03]
Alex Schorsch (03) -- going to Stanford in CA in ?? '03. (who needs a major when you are in CA!?!?!) [06/19/03]
Alex Schultz (03)-- going to UIUC in engineering '03. [06/19/03]
Chris Sorich (03) -- going to UIUC in chem engineering '03.[06/19/03]
Kristin Taibl (03) -- going to UIUC in ?? '03.[06/19/03]
Cindy Wang (03) -- going to U of Chicago in biology '03. [06/19/03]
Karmen Wong (03) -- going to Northwestern in ?undecided? '03. [07/05/03]
Cyril Zachariah (03) -- going to UIUC in finance '03.[07/05/03]
Dennis Cha (04) -- going to work as a pharm tech for '04-'05 then apply to NYU or some other Eastern school. [05/30/04]
Bryce Harrop (04) -- attending UIUC and majoring in Nuclear Engineering (if that doesn't work out he will continue to make "Jewel" movies!!!!). [05/31/04]
Carolina Kalita (04) -- summer '04 trip to Poland; going to U of Chicago and majoring in chemistry/biology. [05/30/04]
Nikhil Kamat (04) -- still at DGS 2004-2005. [05/31/04]
Eileen Lapeta (04) -- still at DGS for 2004-2005 then thinking about aeronautical engineering as a major. [05/31/04]
Jessica Lin (04) -- still at DGS 2004-2005. [06/16/04]
Kevin Rafacz (04) -- going to UIC and majoring in Chemical Engineering. [05/30/04]
Fadi Shihadeh (04) -- still at DGS for 2004-2005. [05/30/04]
David Xu (04) -- going to Loyola in pre-med.[05/30/04]
Some Party News:
Email me with your RSVP.
ALUMNI PICNIC
JULY 10, 2004
Party Details
A few changes this year:
2:30-4:30 = Softball, volleyball and conversation at Hillcrest School.
4:30-5:30 = Conversation and appetizers at the house.
5:30 = Let's eat!!!! The meal will be catered this year and we will provide all drinks.
6:30 - ???? = desserts and conversation.
I am asking those with last names beginning A-L to bring an appetizer and those with last names beginning M-Z to bring a dessert. This way there will be food available before and after the catering portion. If you have a special ethnic dish that you want to bring and share in addition, that is OK too.
Also some of you might be tempted to buy me a retirement gift but I have all the moles I need and we are trying to "downsize" our stuff so I would ask that if you want to do anything along those lines to please make a donation to PADS. It is charity organization that provides homeless people a place to sleep in local churches during the winter. I have worked with this organization for many years and consider it a very worthwhile donation. The link for their website is http://www.dupagepads.org and all the information about the program and how to make a donation is available. (Note: This is strictly optional and not a plea for gifts or money.)
Also many of you have sent short "memories" about your time at DGS or in my class. If you have something to share please email that to me and I am posting them (without your names) at Alumni Memories. I reserve the right to edit your comments.
I hope MANY of you can attend this year.
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Address: 5927 Ridgewood Circle, Downers Grove, IL 60516
From DGS, go NORTH on Dunham to 61st street then turn WEST (left) and go about one block to Ridgewood Circle and turn NORTH (right). I am the fourth house on the RIGHT side.
As Always,
If you have email please email here MolesRUs@aol.com so that I can add your address to my DB.
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