NEUTRON NEWS 2005

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The 2004 party was the LAST one.....all good things must come to an end....and the end was last year!!!!!

The 2004 party (pictures) had 93 alumni attendees (plus 39 spouses/friends/kids) so a grand total of 132 attendees.  The "old timers award" went to Ted Stelling from the class of 1974!!!!.  The softball game didn't happen due to some little T-ball kids playing on the field.  Many chem alum wanted to just go over there and throw them off the field, but cooler heads (the lawyers in the group) prevailed.  Also so many arrived and we were having such a great time talking that we just didn't need to play.  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 - Ted Stelling '74, Cyndi (Brown) Cuppernell '75; Emil Martinec '76, Steve Carnes '76, Joe Bularzik '78, Pam (Marrs) Simon '78, Bob Hayden '79 and Rob Plotke '79.

The food was excellent and thanks for everyone for bringing appetizers or desserts.  I think after about two weeks we finally finished all the left over beef and chicken.  As those attending know, there was a "little" problem with my deck.  The collapse, only about 15 cm, was more of a shock than a real hazard.  Apparently the bolts holding it to the house had rusted/pulled out of the wall and side brace gave way.  Fortunately no one was hurt and the iced tea was quickly replaced.  The deck is being repaired (not replaced) and will be as good as new very soon.  

Some Family News:

Rita  continues to enjoy retirement and seems to find enough projects to keep herself busy.  She spends much of her time learning how to work with digital pictures and surfing the internet to find the perfect lakefront home for our retirement.  She is also very active in our church and volunteers her time on many fronts.  She spent every Tues morning this year helping with the PADS homeless program.  In the fall she was trained as a Literacy volunteer and is currently meeting weekly with two woman who are new the US and need to learn English.  She also has an active social calendar with bridge groups, church groups, retired teacher activities and more.

Michelle and Wayne are living in Marshalltown, IA and busy with work.   They have added a new hot tub to their house so they can relax after all the remodeling projects they are working on in their "new" house.  Michelle has just be appointed the head of her department at work.  Her previous boss resigned and Michelle was selected from a pool of candidates.  It will mean more responsibility, a pay raise and opportunities to travel and expand her leadership skills.  She is very excited about the new position.  Wayne recently quit his job and is going back to school to study law enforcement with the goal of becoming a police officer.  They spent 10 days in May in Washington, DC on a work related trip.

Mary (2003 student teacher picture)  is living in Carmel, IN and she has a teaching job in Indianapolis.  It is a third grade position and she is in a Title 1 classroom and has additional responsibilities for testing students from that program.  She is excited about working and having students to work with.  She is in a co-taught classroom and has been assigned a mentor so that she has ample support to make her first year a success.  She has a new dog, a carin terrier, named Murphy.  He is very cute but does not get along with our Husky....actually our Husky is afraid of the little guy.  In May she is starting a part-time job at Best Buy in the cell-phone department.  This is a perfect job for her since she has spent the last 7 years doing nothing but talking on one.  Also she has had every service provider and most of the models of cell phones at one point or another.  The job will provide pizza and gas money and keep her off the street during the summer.  She will be returning to the same school in the fall.

I (my 2003 yearbook picture)  am really enjoying the summer so far and retirement will not truly hit me till September.  [July] When all my friends go back to "school" and I go to Vermont and New Hampshire to see the trees change colors, then I will know what retirement is really like.  If any of you have tips about traveling to the Northeastern states in the fall, please send them to me.  The family spent a week in St. Maartens.  The week was WONDERFUL. [Aug] What happened to August?  There is just not enough time when you are retired.  We went sailing 5 times, we spent 7 days in North and South Carolina exploring retirement sites (found some nice places and are still considering them), I had a wisdom tooth extracted, I did some consulting work for mentoring and technology (made some $$$) and I reflected on NOT starting back to school.  It was hard for a couple of days but I got over the fact that WORK was no longer part of my life.  [Sept] I started a part-time job working for Golden Apple Foundation/Northwestern mentoring 9 new teachers in the Chicago Public Schools.  To say the least it has been a challenge for me adjusting to the commute to the city after living in the shadow of DGS all these years.  Also the CPS system is very different from suburban schools and that has been interesting.  My nine interns have all had other careers and have decided to give teaching a try.  They are working hard and have so much to learn.  We finished our sailing season and didn't drown or wreck the boat...it was a good year.  At the end of the month we took 12 days and toured New England to see all the fall colors.  We joined the happy throngs of "Leaf Lookers" driving through the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Canada.  It was a great trip.  Stopped at the Bay of Fundy (40 foot tide changes), took a whale watching cruise and saw several whales very close up, ate fresh lobster on the coast of Maine and took lots and lots of pictures.  [Oct] Continued my mentoring work and began to wonder what I had gotten into.  I realized just how lucky I had been in my career to have great facilities and wonderful students (yes, that would be you!!!!).  The challenges in the CPS system are at times overwhelming.  Rita and I volunteered to work at the PADS homeless shelter in our church this month....another experience that makes you realize how lucky you are to have a home, a job, family that cares and a warm bed at night.  At the end of the month we moved Mary to her new apartment in IN.  She is not totally out of our house but it is getting closer.  Soon she will be paying her own way and I will have some extra $$$$.  A sad note:  Rita's father died in his nursing home in Indiana.  He had struggled for years with a number of illnesses and is now released from his pain.  [Nov]  Still mentoring.  Took a short trip to Branson, MO with Rita's brother and his wife.  Saw several shows, ate too much and enjoyed the time with family.  On Thanksgiving day Rita and I participated in the 5K walk/run to raise money for the Bonfield foundation.  There were almost 1500 people who participated on a cold and snowy Thanksgiving morning.  It was a wonderful tribute to a great teacher.  During the afternoon we helped serve meals to the needy and homeless at our church.  Over 200 meals were served.  Both our girls were home for Thanksgiving.  [Dec]  I helped out at a couple of chess tournaments, started tutoring a neighborhood boy in chemistry (just can't get away from those moles) and bought a new (used) car - 2004 Dodge Intrepid.  My 1994 LeBaron fell apart finally.  I attended the science department Christmas party as a retired guest....there were so many "young" faces there and they all had babies...made me feel pretty old.  Spent several days with family in Indiana and spent Christmas weekend in Iowa with Michelle and Wayne.  Santa was good to me - MP3 player, gameboy advanced, Star Trek DVD (season one) and some new clothes.  Overall 2004 was a very good year for the Mayfields. [Jan] We spent the month at home fighting the flu and the snow.  Rita starting tutoring two women in a literacy program.  I continued mentoring the teachers in Chicago.  Spent one weekend in Galena eagle watching. [Feb]  Attended the boat show in Chicago looking for our "dream yacht"...of course we can only afford the dream and not the yacht!!!  Took another eagle watching trip to the Mississippi (see pics) and saw several eagles and a couple of eagle nests.  I went to the State Chess tourney as a worker and not as "Coach" for the first time in 32 years.  It was still exciting but much less stress.  DGS did a nice job without me and placed 36th.   [Mar]  Still mentoring.  We went to a conference in Savannah, GA (pics) on working with African-American youth (related to my mentoring position) and had time to visit the city and then extended the trip to include a few days at Hilton Head, SC (pics).  The area was very pretty and historic.  At the end of the month we took a week and went to Las Vegas (pics) with our daughter Mary.  She wanted to go somewhere for spring break as long as Dad paid.  It was a nice trip and we didn't lose too much $$$ to the slots. [Apr] Still mentoring. We will be hosting a Japanese student, Saori, in the fall and she visited us for 3 days.  She is very nice and wanted to eat pizza, watch basketball and see Lake Michigan.  It will be fun having her here and learning more about Japan.  Took a 5 day trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama (pics) to look at timeshare property and see the beach.  There is still much destruction evident from the hurricanes last November.  Probably not someplace I would want to live full time.  [May]  My mentoring job is finishing with the end of school so I will be looking for projects around the house to keep me busy.  Sailing starts this month and we are looking forward to those times.  Several DGS teachers/administrators retired this year-some of you might remember some of them:  Dan Cozzo, Jim Geocaris, Diane Hires, Elaine Jordan, Robert Ulicny and Barb Zielinski.  We took a week to visit Oregon with Rita's sister and her husband.  We stayed at Depoe Bay and spent every day touring and seeing the sights.  It is so beautiful out there.  It was a great trip. (pics) [June] This marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of being retired.  Not much of a "molestone" yet but it is a start.  It was a challenging (mentoring) and exciting (vacations) year.  This month includes sailing, seeing Lion King on stage, going to a cubs game, having my kids home for Father's day, and going to Hertitage Fest in DG.  Also had to get a new air conditioner....there went one vacation!!!

Some Alumni News:

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The '70s

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. [07/04/03]

Barb (Armaroli) Butler (74) -- she found me being retired at the Cold Stone Creamery eating TOO much ice cream '05; full-time mom and part-time free lance writer '05; married with two sons; worked for Argonne, U of C Med center and Arthur Andersen; grad from Drake in journalism and biochem. [06/11/05]

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) -- talked with her during my trip to Oregon '05; works at the School of Medicine for Oregon Health Science Univ; co-editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine; married to Joe (who is rehabbing a house to become rental property) 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. [06/11/05]

Ted Stelling (74) -- got the "old-timers" award at the 2004 picnic; married with two kids; computer science career in DG.  [07/15/04]

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]

Cyndi (Brown) Cuppernell (75) -- works at Carle Hospital in cardiovascular ICU and does recoveries for heart surgeries and teaches Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); married to Tom '83; two daughters-Rebecca '86 and Victoria '90; grad Parkland College '93 in nursing; grad UIUC '84 in home ec. [07/15/04]

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) -- talked with her during my trip to Oregon '05; 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 ) [06/11/05]

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) -- married to Cindi 9/04 (see pics); MSEE from UC San Diego '96; worked in Japan (90-93); MME from NU '90; MBA from Kellogg '89; BSChE from NU '84.  [07/15/04]

Elizabeth Eklund (76) -- currently doing cancer research at Northwestern Hosp and Lakeside VA in Chicago; also serves on committees for the VA and NIH regarding grants for research; worked at Univ of Alabama, Indiana Univ and Mayo Clinic; grad med school from Rush '83; grad UIUC in Bio '80.  [06/14/05]

Emil Martinec (76) -- teaching at U of Chicago (Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics or Quantum Field Theory) and does research in string theory; 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.    website      [07/15/04]

Gary Murakami (76) -- working for Skarven Enterprises, LLC as a computer R&D 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; grad Northwestern '80.    www.nobell.org     Christmas letter 2004  [12/25/04]

Marcia (Lacy) Dettloff (77) -- took a great family vacation to Hawaii '05; 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.  Hawaii Travel Log 1    Hawaii Travel Log 2   Christmas letter 2004      Old pic of Scott   [06/11/05]

John Kall (77) -- working in private practice at Alexian Brotheres Medical Center in Elk Grove Village '04; specialty is cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia management-characterized several specific arrhythmias and developed several tools to facilitate the ablation (elimination with intravascular radiofrequency cautery or surgical excision) of several types of cardiac arrhythmias; worked as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago; married to a nurse '01 and has a son Joey '03; races a Porsche 996 for fun and restores old cars; grad Loyola University Chicago Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology '92; grad Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine '88; medical school '84; Loyola University Chicago undergrad in chemistry '81. [08/28/04]

Steve Vogler (77) -- a general pediatrician at a commuity health center in Denver, CO since '89; works with a great bunch of people and finds satisfaction helping the less fortunate; wishes he had studied Spanish in high school instead of French however; grad U of Colorado med school '89; grad NWU med school 86; grad Brown Univ '81. [06/28/04]

Bill White (77) -- he has finished writing his first Sci-fi book "On a Higher Hill" about the Mormons colonizing Mars and is working on his next book; doing some sailing and playing chess online; law practice in DG; married to Karen '90; two kids: Kelsey '93 and Kyle '00; Law degree from Loyola; grad U of C '81.  [06/17/05]

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) -- 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.       Christmas letter 2004    [12/25/04]

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.[07/10/04]

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]

Pam (Marrs) Simon (78) -- teaching part-time at Uof I school of Phar.and being a full-time mom, kids= Stacia Marie '90 & Chris '93; married to Matt Simon '86; PhD in pharmacy '86 UIC.     Christmast letter 2004   [12/25/04]

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.[07/01/04]

Darrilyn (Albright) Fraser (79) -- living in Athens, Georgia '03; working for Merial which is co-owned by the human pharmaceutical companies Merck and Aventis, with their primary location being in Lyon, France. Merial is one of the two leading companies (the other being Pfizer) producing anti-parasite, anti-helminth and vaccines for both production and companion animals. Their best known products to the general public are probably FRONTLINE (flea and tick), and also HEARTGUARD (heartworm) for dogs and cats, She is happy to be working in the science research field again; 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. (pics) [06/11/05]

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) [07/15/04]

Rob Plotke (79) -- thinking about becoming a teacher; 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. [07/15/04]

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]

Mary (Plotkowski) Skibinski (79) -- attending nursing school; worked for Lucent; enjoys yoga, dancing, piano and gardening; two girls Kimberly and Caroline; married to Mike '86; grad North Central in CS '83. [02/15/04]

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; sons  Daniel '90 and Andrew '94; grad from Purdue in pharmacy '84.   Family pics     Christmas letter 2004    [12/24/04]

The '80s

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]

Amy Person (80) -- pediatrician in Milwaukee. [07/11/04]

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. [07/15/04]

Tom Dusek (81) -- nuclear reactor operator at LaSalle for Exelon; served in the Navy on a missile; cruiser. [07/15/04]

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]

Tasso Kaper (81) -- currently working with his dad (now 67) on math models for chemical reactions in a joint effort with Argonne chemists; also playing in the yard until dinner, and a video and books after dinner until bedtime with the weekends filled with soccer practice, t-ball, tiny tumbler gymnastics (can you tell he is a DAD); prof at Boston U.; married to Antonella Cucchetti `93, kids: Julia '02 & Marco '99; grad Caltech with PhD '92; grad U of C '86 in math. [06/20/05]

Kathy (White) Rheintgen (81) -- has a new husky (she doesn't know what she is in for-at 9 years old my husky still thinks he is a pup!!!); 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.   [06/14/05]

Chris White (81) -- made tenure at IITand is working on the MENOS project shooting neutrinos at Minnesota; 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.  [06/19/2005]

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).     pics   [07/15/04]

Ken Kus (82) -- working in USFilter, HPD Products, a division of Vivendi Water (of France); in charge of the engineering group at HPD in Plainfield, IL -been working there since '86; been doing lots of international work and been traveling the globe overseeing the project managers working on the various projects we have sold; recent travels have included trips to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Sao Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Santiago, London, Manchester, Paris and Tokyo (lots of frequent flyer miles!!!); kids: Aaron ’00, Bradley ’97; Married to Ellen ’90; grad UIUC in Chem Eng ’86. [06/23/05]

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) -- living in CT and working for Nokia running their enterprise unit and based in NY-her unit makes both high-end mobile devices (voice plus data) as well as infrastructure products (firewall, vpn, etc.); makes monthly trips to Finland and the rest of her time in her NY office; worked for Compaq/HP in Houston, TX for 17 years; married to a southerner (Kevin-a fine arts photographer); grad from UIUC in CS. [12/11/04]

Dennis Marr (82) -- married to Pamela '05; working for ThermoGenesis Corporation as Vice President of Research & Development in Sacramento, CA '05; also CEO of his own startup company, First Line Ventures, Inc, since '02 (check his website and buy some stuff!!!!); grad PhD U of Wisc-Madison '93; visited China in 86; grad UIUC in chem engineering '86. www.firstlinev.com    [06/15/05]

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. [04/03/04]

Sumita Nandi (82) -- works at JPL in radio tracking and spacecraft navigation
(processed some of the data used to deliver MER to Mars and to locate it on the surface); married to Charles Dunn (also a physicist); two daughters (Corina '03, Maya '95); PhD from Cornell in physics '91; U of C physics grad '86. [ her current project   (click on  Stardust: The Risk Factor )]   [06/14/05]

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. [07/15/04]

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.  ( see pic ) [12/25/04]

Janet Stoneking (82) -- worked at Vysis/Amoco/BP as a software project leader involved with genetic disease detection; grad North Central in CS and chem '87. [07/15/04]

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. [07/15/04]

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. [07/11/04]

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. (Christmas news letter 2003) (Christmas news letter 2004)  [06/11/05]

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 Wang (83) -- spent Christmas '03 in CA with parents and brother Tony; part-time pathologist in Jefferson City, MO; two boys; med school at Washington U-Pathology; grad Northwestern. ( family pics ) [06/11/05]

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. [07/11/04]

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. [07/15/04]

Linda Winke (84) -- 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. [07/15/04]

Heidi Applegate (85) -- met with her and her brother for pierogis at a little polish restaurant in Chicago '04; living and working for the gov't in Virginia '05; stationed at the US Embassy in Warsaw, Poland '02-04-busy with gov't functions and travel-visited Germany and several cities in Poland; took a bike trip with her brother to Ireland; has raised thousands of $$$ for Leukemia Society since '01; did a cross-state bike ride in Wisconsin '01; PhD from Penn State '96; spent 87-90 in Europe; Fulbright winner; grad Michigan State U '89. party pics   [06/11/05]

Kelly (Cross) Brask (85) -- visited Chicago 5/05 and went sailing with us on a cold and windy evening (see pic); married to Michael, an engineer, 9/25/04 after getting engaged in Paris (see pic); working for a Christian Mission organization and living in Sweden; traveled across the Arctic Circle '01-got to see some Northern lights; did mission work in south pacific; grad UIUC '90.  [06/11/05]

Liggy Chien (85) -- taught math at New Trier HS '03; living in California; married '98; has a son James and a daughter Anna '02; taught English in Taiwan '91; grad from Rice '89.[05/24/05]

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]

Jerry Karlin (85) -- completed a year-long course in improvisational comedy at The Second City in Chicago '03; 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. [07/15/04]

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]

Kirk Nelson (85) -- working in Kenosha, WI; married to Shelly (also a doctor); two kids; worked at Rockford Hospital '95; grad med school UIUC '96; grad IBC '90. [07/15/04]

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.[07/15/04]

Jeff Bulmahn (86) -- working for the Bank of America as a webmaster/developer; grad Penn State '97; grad UIUC '91 physics major. [07/14/04]

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 ;-). [12/07/04]

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]

Mimi Bhattacharyya (87) -- works as a writer, editor, and communications professional; currently lives in Chicago; grad University of Virginia in ' 95 with an M.A. in English Literature; grad in Eng. Lit/Narrative Rhetoric UIUC '91.  [06/11/05]

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; bought a hard-side camper for camping trips - Utah '05; kids: Timothy '02; Patrick Joesph '00 has hydronephrosis (a kidney condition); married to Greg '96, he also works for GM doing engine calibration work for our future truck products; MS in Stats from Iowa State '98; MS from MIT '92; IIT grad in engineering '90. ( family pics ) [06/16/2005]

Barb Pickett (87) -- working as a CADD Drafter at Jones and Brown; completed Computer-Aided Design Certificate '02; grad '94 from Purdue in materials eng.[07/15/04]

Nick Tilbrook (87) -- Lt. Commander in the US Navy -- 3rd in command of the USS Houston; married to Erin with a daughter Reilly and a son Aleck. [0913/03]

Eric Weeks (87) -- spending summer '05 at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland doing physics research; married Christina '04-chem alum Linas Buntinas '89 (my best man) and Jenny (Gaspar) Lew '89 attended the wedding; tenured Associate Professor of Physics at Emory Univ in Atlanta and won a couple of awards; teaching physics to pre-med students and continuing his research in Confocal Microscopy of Colloidal Glass Transition along with squishy stuff like shaving cream and mayonnaise; 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.   wedding pics     award1     award2  [06/20/05]

Scott Bulmahn (88) -- started a company to develop embedded software running on point of sale terminals '04; he reports that business has been phenomenal and considers himself extremely blessed; resigned as Chief Technology Officer for a payment processing company (E-Chex) in Dallas '04; lived in Dallas since '94; worked in NYC for JP Morgan; grad UIUC '93. [06/11/05]

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) -- new daughter Rachel '05; taking a year off from teaching to be a mom; went 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.  (baby pics)   Christmas letter 2004 pg 1  pg2  [06/11/05]

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) -- living 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        family pics     Christmas letter 2004   [06/11/05]

Sara Bergman (89) -- has a job with a private law firm: Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington practicing litigation-defense--based out of both Chicago and Wheaton--working at a satellite office, in downtown Joliet and will be practicing in Kane, Will, and Grundy Counties; passed the IL bar exam 11/04; 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; grad law school at the University of Minnesota '03; MS from UIUC '96 in chem; grad St. Olaf '94. www.bestfirm.com  [06/11/05]

Erik Brandenburg (89) -- back in DG '04 and hoping to do some tutoring; grad of Grinnell College, IA in math '93. [07/11/04]

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 for Groove Networks as a software engineer since '00; grad UIUC '93. [06/11/05]

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) -- playing chess and doing chem experiments with her kids who say "hey, what will happen if I just throw this in too?" or "why do we have to measure, let's just throw it all in!!!" (GO JULIE!!); getting ready to join the professional world again after being a stay-home-mom; living in Naperville '05; married '94 to John Killacky( Navy); kids= Joshua '03, Jake '01, Justin '96; grad UIUC '93.  [06/16/05]

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; inducted into Fellows of he American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in '04; married George Lew - Assist. Prof. at Loyala Univ in Chicago and works in ER; med school grad '97; grad UIUC biochem '93.[12/02/04]

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/  [06/11/05]

Jennifer Sebestl (89) -- assoc. director of pharmaceutical science/analytical chem for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Kalamazoo, MI; active in leadership of youth groups in her church; PhD from Wayne State in organometallics; Hope College grad '93. [07/15/04]

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]

The '90s

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") and manages/develops curriculum/training for teachers in web design; 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. [07/15/04]

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) -- expecting a baby girl in September '05; bought a house in the South Loop and moving back to Chicago from San Francisco; accepted a faculty position at U of Chicago in the Department of Family Medicine and a clinic job on the south side; going to be sailing the Chicago-Mackinac race (4th time) aboard Elusive (a J-120); married Lisa Vargish (she is doing a fellowship in geriatrics at U of C '05) in Chicago in October '03 - chem alum, David Lim and Joyce (Berroya) Dieter were members of the bridal party; grad U of C med school ’01 and from UIC Public Health School ’01 with MPH; grad U of C '96.   wedding pics     sailing website       [06/14/05]

Janice (Moy) Chen (92) -- living in Vancouver, WA; first child, Evelynn Moy Chen '04; married Wayne Chen '01; worked for KPMG in Chicago; MA from UIUC in taxation '99; BA from UIUC '96 in accounting. (baby photos) (family pics).[01/04/05]

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; MBA and MPH from UIUC '98; grad U of C '96 in bio/south asian studies.[07/15/04]

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 at Stanford full time in the fall '05; toured Europe by convertible '05; doing so Hobie Cat sailing in San Diago; 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; working on putting digital TV on cell phones for Qualcomm in CA; grad UIUC '96 in EE.    website: http://weibear.topcities.com    trip pics: http://www.imagestation.com/members/wei_bear      New Zealand '04 pics; [06/14/05]

Dar-Lon Chang (93) -- living in Houston and working for Exxon-Mobile in liquified natural gas research; grad UIUC with his PhD '03; big fan of swing dancing; grad UIUC '98 in Mech Eng. [01/04/05]

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. [07/15/04]

Andrew Hwang (93) -- living in San Jose and working for Kaiser; started a faith-based medical clinic for uninsured and homeless individuals '04; finished residency in Internal Medicine in San Jose, CA '04; grad NWU med school '01; went to Asia in summer of '97; grad Northwestern '97.  [06/21/05]

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]

Shauna Mazzulla (93) -- enjoys living in Seattle, WA (away from the ice and snow) and is working with two other doctors of optometry in a private practice; grad from optometry school '01; grad from Augustana '97 biology/math. [12/06/04]

Glenn Merkel (93) -- working at Frito Lay near Atlanta, GA as a maintenance supervisor '05; headed to Kenya July '05 on a 10 day mission trip with a safari excursion as well; took a 10 day mission trip to Brazil '02; worked in Ireland for 2.5 years; took a Mediterranean cruise summer '00; grad of U of Minn '98 in chem eng. [06/14/05]

Katharine Miao (93) -- spent summer '04 in Lake Como and Tuscany(wonderful!!); first child- Alexander Hwang '05; living in Manhattan on the upper west side; an attending physician in New York at a branch of Albert Einstein in the Emergency Medicine department; spent some time in Provence, France tasting wine and cheese '03; married Hyunseok Hwang '01 (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. [09/19/05]

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. [07/15/04]

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.  [07/15/04]

Dan Bailey (94) -- starting a PhD in materials/inorganic chemistry (he says “I cannot escape chemistry. (Must be the strong nuclear force!)” at Northwestern fall ’05 in nanotech; worked as a contract proofreader for the American Nuclear Society in La Grange, and at Molex, Inc. in Lisle; actively involved in Oak Park Vineyard Christian Fellowship and continue to do writing of various sorts on the side; grad UIUC chem '04. [06/28/05]

Anthony Chan (94) -- looking for a job as a HS math teacher; MS in education and MS in computer science from DePaul; grad from DePaul in Accounting '98 and Mathematics '96. [07/15/04]

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]

Mark Karbarz (94) -- postdoctoral fellow at UCSD (San Diego) studying deuterium exchange with cytosolic and calcium independent phospholipase A2 by qTOF Mass Spec-project goal is to identify novel antiinflammatory drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex; PhD from Duke '04 in biochem cloning Lipid A phosphatase (IpxE); teaching chemistry/biology at Mirarmar Community College and remembers my helpful hints in Lewis Structure and VESPR theory (that is scary!!!); traveled to Europe/Cent. America/CA/Mexico/East Coast; started playing guitar in his spare time; grad UIUC in BioChem '97. [12/07/04]

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 '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.[07/15/04]

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; finishing internship in Family Practice at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn in '05; still playing a bit of chess; grad U of Chicago med school '04; grad UIUC with double-majors in Chemistry and Biochem '99.   [06/14/05]

Robert Szczesniak (95) -- working for an environmental consulting firm in La Grange called Huff & Huff doing remediation projects using reduction reactions on chlorinated solvents; he says "amazing how far AP chemistry can take you"; married ‘03 in MN; grad IIT '00 with double major - Chemical and Environmental Eng. [09/24/04]

Iwona Wyka (95) -- doing grad work at U of Iowa in biochem; grad UIUC in Biochem '99.[12/25/03]

Patrick Chen (96) -- a professional choreographer/dancer; teaching in over 15 countries each year and the founder and CEO of a International Dance Company called Dance2xs.http://www.dance2xs.com         see flyer http://community.webshots.com/user/patyeechen  [12/10/04]

Jessica Franciose (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;  grad BYU '00 with BS in biochemistry. [07/15/04]

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) -- married to Aman Sethi; 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; finished her medical degree; may return to India to practice. [01/04/05]

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) -- worked in the Computer Science Division at Argonne '02; MS in computer science from UW-Madison '04; grad UIUC '01 in Computer Science. [07/11/04]

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]

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]

Linda (Prendergast) McCleish (97) -- living in Chicago (condo in Wrigleyville) and has a residency at Northwestern to be an anesthesiologist '05; married to Ian '03 (also a grad from UIUC in finance and economics-is an investment analyst) ; grad from Georgetown med school '05; grad UIUC '01 bio major, chem minor, pre-med. [06/14/05]

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]

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.   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. [07/11/04]

Lawton Moy (98) -- third year student at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria; studied abroad in Guangzhou, China in Traditional Chinese Medicine '02; grad UIC in Biochemistry '02. (see pic)  [07/15/04]

Mark Muellner (98) -- working on PhD in Env. Tox. investigating Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts for their genetic toxicity till '07; married '04; kids-Nolan '04 (loves being a father); living in Urbana; working as a TA and enjoys the teaching aspect; attended conference in Miami for Environmental Mutagen Society in '03; received the Bentley Undergraduate Research award for top undergraduate research; MS in Environmental Toxicology from UIUC '04; BS in animal science from UIUC ’02. [12/07/04]

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]

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) -- working on PhD 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.  [07/15/04]

Mark Wu (98) -- Mark is still working as an IT Project Manager for General Electric. He just moved back to the US (Louisville, KY) after living and working in Hyderabad, India for over half a year, at one of GE's "global innovation centers". Mark is now working on deploying RFID tracking tags on GE products for the consumer products business (think appliances and light bulbs). He plans on being with GE for the next three years, and sees returning to school for an MBA in the years after; grad UIUC in Electrical Eng. '02. [06/11/05]

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]

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; grad from Kalamazoo College in chem '03.[07/15/04]

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]

Leia ( Blumenthal) Stirling (99) -- married '05; will start PhD research at MIT in the fall '05 working in the Manned Vehicle Lab modeling human movement, specifically in microgravity; helped with aerospace camp at UIUC summer '03; MS from UIUC in Aerospace Engineering '05; grad UIUC '03 in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Math. [06/14/05]

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.  [07/15/04]

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]

The '00s

Marissa Alcantara (00) -- doing DNA research projects at UIUC; resident hall advisor; active in student government; pre-pharm with a chem major at UICU. [11/09/04]

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.[07/11/04]

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]

Alex Picel (00) -- 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. [07/15/04]

Dan Perlin (00) -- going to UIUC in Mech. Eng; his professor said "...they will be able to use a periodic table during class/exams and that only a sick, sadistic teacher would expect his students to memorize the periodic table." Dan ALMOST defended me as a sick and sadistic teacher. [01/23/05]

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. [07/15/04]

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]

Elaine Abasolo (01) -- going to UIUC as a chem major with med school in the future. [07/11/04]

Peter Abasolo (01) -- attending Loma Linda University Medical School (in California) fall '05; grad UIUC '05.  [06/14/05]

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) -- doing grad research in analytical chemistry at Michigan State Univ summer '05; enrolling in the doctoral program in analytical chem and doing a masters in forensics--dual degree in 5 years; grad as a chem major from Grinnell College '05. [06/20/05]

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.[07/15/04]

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 [07/15/04]

Laura Mendelsohn (01) -- attending COD in Business Administration '03. [07/05/03]

Pierre Miller (01) -- getting ready to start his concert piano career; studying piano with Steven Hesla at Univ of Montana, Missoula--finding Missoula a little "laid back" compared to being at the "zoo"; grad from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. in Chemistry and Music '05. website: http://cc.kzoo.edu/~k01pm02/pfolio/   [06/20/05]

Kristin Mitchell (01) -- editorial intern at Sourcebooks, Inc. in Naperville summer '05; climbs rocks, practices Shotokan style of karate and scuba dives for fun; English-writing major and chemistry minor at Illinois Wesleyan University.  [06/20/05]

Narissa Nonzee (01) -- works for Latino migrant farm worker rights (volunteering at a major center near school for a couple years and at the United Farm Workers Union on the South Texas-Mexico border; trip to Spain summer '04, '03 & '01 with Kristen Scoville '01; at UIUC - majors in Molecular/Cellular Bio and Spanish. [07/15/04]

Odell Ordonez (01) -- becoming JAVA certified for his new job doing technical consulting with Crowe Chizek in Oakbrook; grad UIUC math and CS majors '04. [06/19/05]

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) -- applying to med school and hoping for U of C; grad UIUC chem major '05.  [06/14/05]

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) -- working in St. Louis at a biotech company called Stereotaxis-small start-up company that focuses on R&D with magnets that are placed into heart catheters--next step is to work on using the magnets in catheters going to the heart and kidneys '05; summer trip to India '01; biomedical engineering at Wash U. [06/19/05]

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 '04, '03 & '01 with Narissa Nonzee '01; going to UIUC. [07/15/04]

Jameel Shihadeh (01) -- going to UIUC. [07/15/04]

Gergana Slavova (01) -- studying in France for the summer '04; going to UIUC with a comp science major. [06/15/04]

Georgia Tetteh-Gikunoo (01) -- going to Ill. Wesleyan. [07/15/04]

Jeff Asavalertpanich (02) -- engineering at Brown.[12/25/03]

Jed Ang (02) -- going somewhere and majoring in something.  [07/05/03]

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.[07/05/03]

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.[07/11/04]

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]

Jennifer Mitchell (02) -- thinking about a degree in Bio Ethics; English major at Washington U in St. Louis.[07/05/03]

Harsha Mudrakola (02) -- took the MCAT and did very well on it; good enough that Kaplan Test Prep hired him as an instructor for their MCAT prep class; doing research on Neuropeptidal patterns of feeding rats - summer '05 and close to publishing--even threatened to send me a copy when it is done; attending UIC and majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; got the top score on the qual scheme '02 at DGS. [12/0704]

Katie Picel (02) -- working for American Fidelity Mortgage summer '04; human development major at U of Chicago. [07/15/04]

Josh Reynolds (02) -- working on Electro-Mechanical Technologies (AAS Degree) at COD and intends to go into Industrial Engineering or Maintenance. [07/05/04]

Brian Roberts (02) -- going to UIUC in civil engineering.[07/05/03]

Katarina Ruscic (02) -- beginning a one-year paid research fellowship (PCBio) with Kent Labs at U of C (2 DGS alum out of 10 fellowships-Zak Gates '03 received the other one); biochem/chem/neuroscience major at Uof C - plans on doing a MD/PhD program; loves her chem class and has not broken anything!!!; working at Argonne making batteries '03.  PCBio program   [06/20/05]

Steve Weiss (02) -- emailed me from a computer lab at the Hiroshima Institute of Technology in Japan where he is doing a summer '05 study abroad-he says "it is absolutely amazing"; going to UIUC in Nuclear Engineering. [06/14/05]

Asad Ahmed (03) -- going to the University of Missouri at Kansas City '04 in the 6-year BA/MD program with a BA in Chem. [07/09/04]

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) -- moved into an apartment on Lakeshore Drive '05; beginning a one-year paid research fellowship (PCBio) with Kent Labs at U of C--research focus: protein bonding; Katarina Rucsic ('02) also received same fellowship (2 DGS alum out of 10 fellowships); attending U of Chicago.   PCBio program    [06/20/05]

Jon Haughton (03) -- working at Home Depot for summer '05; found chem and math at UIUC a bit more challenging than DGS; joined a service fraternity and an engineering research team; still plays chess but has given up being a rapper (thank you Jon!!!); going to UIUC in chemical engineering. [06/17/05]

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. [07/15/04]

Kira Johns (03) -- working at Country Curtains summer '05; going to Mich State in computer science and working toward becoming a Systems Analyst or somehow dealing with Information Systems '05.  [06/22/05]

Vineet Kumar (03) -- going to UIUC in biochem. [07/15/04]

Ryan Lahey (03) -- going to Wash U in St. Louis and double majoring in biomedical engineering and applied mathematics; conducting medical research as a part time job at the Wash U Med School. [12/18/04]

Michelle Li (03) -- going to Harvard and majoring in econ and chem/bio. [07/25/04]

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. [07/15/04]

Brian Oca (03) -- going to UIC in pharmacy. [07/15/04]

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) -- working at American Fidelity Mortgage summer '04; going to UIUC in gen curriculum. [07/15/04]

Cindy Wang (03) -- going to U of Chicago in biology '03. [06/19/03]

Karmen Wong (03) -- spending the summer '05 in Beijing, China studying Mandarin, China's public health policy and traditional Chinese medicine; going to Northwestern as an English major. [06/14/05]

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. [07/15/04]

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]

Kristina Henry (04) -- going to Ohio Northern U with a major in bio/forensics/french. [07/15/04]

Carolina Kalita (04) -- summer '04 trip to Poland; going to U of Chicago and majoring in chemistry/biology. (pic of Krakow) [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 at Florida Institute of Tech. [07/15/04]

Jessica Lin (04) -- still at DGS 2004-2005. [06/16/04]

Jeff Picel (04) -- still at DGS 2004-2005. [07/15/04]

Kevin Rafacz (04) -- going to UIC and majoring in Chemical Engineering. [05/30/04]

Laura Ryan (04) -- going to IL Wesleyan in biology/spanish and maybe chem. [07/30/04]

Fadi Shihadeh (04) -- still at DGS for 2004-2005. [05/30/04]

David Xu (04) -- going to Loyola in pre-med.[05/30/04]

Sybil Zachariah (04) -- going to UIUC in biochem. [07/15/04]

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