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chemistry icon Some Family News:

Rita  continues to enjoy retirement and seems to find enough projects to keep herself busy.  She is also very active in our church and volunteers her time on many fronts.  She continues helping with the PADS homeless program and as a Literacy volunteer.  Her current "learner" is 70+ year old Lebanese woman who has only been in the US for three years and wants 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 are working on several remodeling projects and enjoying their hot tub.  Michelle enjoys her appointment as the head of her department at work.  It is more responsibility, a pay raise and opportunities to travel (annual trip to Washington, DC) and a chance to expand her leadership skills. Michelle made a presentation at a National Conference held in Chicago in Oct (2005) so she stayed with us for a few days.  Michelle is very active with the Jaycees and Wayne works with the police department as a reserve.  Wayne is spending time on home projects and clearing the bush off their 4 acre home.  He has returned to Ames to work at a former job doing electric motor repairs and commutes about 90 minutes per day.

Mary (2003 student teacher picture)  is living in Carmel, IN and she is teaching in Indianapolis.  She has taught third and fifth grades and was in a Title 1 classroom and had additional responsibilities for testing students from that program.  During the summer of 2005 she taught kindergarten.  For the fall of 2007-08 she is at  Arlington Woods Elem #99, still in INDY, and will be teaching third grade full time.  She has a dog, a carin terrier, named Murphy and he is very cute.  She worked full time at Best Buy during the summer 2007 as customer service manager but is back to part-time for the fall.

Mike (my 2003 yearbook picture)  continues to enjoy retirement and finds time to work out at the gym, play chess, stargaze with the Naperville Astronomical Association and ride bikes.  See the month-by-month account of our adventures.

[Jan]  Some sad news - we had to put our Siberian Husky, Sterling, to sleep.  He was a great dog for over ten years but his back and hips gave out.  We will miss him.  We took a short 2 day trip to Northern Indiana (Shipshewana) to visit the Mennonite and Amish communities - educational as well as good food and shopping.  Took a quick trip (five days) to Daytona, Florida to share a condo with relatives.  Of course there was a "cold wave" while we were there and a Man-of-War jellyfish alert, but it was still fun to get out of Chicago in January.

[Feb] I turned 58 this month...where did all those years go??  Up in a cloud of HCl + NH3.   Worked at several chess tournaments and was recognized at the State Team Chess tourney for my 30+ years as a coach and officer in the state coaches organization.  I am also tutoring several students in chemistry in the evenings.  I subbed at South for a week in Physics-that was fun but I like being retired better than working.

[Mar] A very busy month for us.  We took a Hawaiian cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line.  The cruise stopped at several islands for day excursions and then cruised at night.  SO MUCH FUN.  Aloha!!!  We also took another trip to South Carolina to talk to contractors about starting our home.  My mother went along this trip.  We stopped at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.  What a fantastic place to visit....a definite "must see".

[April] Attended the District 99 retirement dinner and saw another 30+ of my "old" friends join me in retirement bliss.  Mary turned 25.  Saw "The Color Purple" in Chicago - VERY GOOD.  I started swim lessons - if I am going to live on a lake maybe I should learn to swim before I turn 60!!! 

[May] Michelle turned 30 and we went to Iowa for her birthday party (after midnight and a couple of rounds of shots I realized I AM NOT 30 ANYMORE...these "kids" of mine are starting to make me feel "elderly".  Attended an ice skating show at United Center (7th row seats, center ice-SWEET) and a special showing of "Sound of Music" at the Tivoli in DG with JULIE ANDREWS herself (now 70 years old) as the guest speaker.  I had some varicose vein surgery on my left leg - turned out fine - feel and look great.  Sailing season started again with two very cold May days but it was nice to be on the lake again. 

[June]  Spent a week at Daytona Beach, FL at a very nice condo with the kids and had a great time.  I got to see the shuttle Atlantis launch...SO WONDERFUL...I have always wanted to go into space.  My wife said she will send my ashes up....I don't think that is the same!!!!!!!  Spent most of the month trying to get the DG home ready to sell and looking at house plans for the new home in SC and deciding on a contractor.  We went sailing 3 times, attended a family reunion in Indiana and I had my other leg worked on for my veins....glad that is all done now.

[July]  No picnic....I miss them and seeing all you guys.  If you are in DG you can let me know and I will be happy for you to buy me lunch, ice cream and now that you are all over 21 (some of you are over 31/41/even 51!!! OMG are you old)...or a beer!!!!   We took a short 5 day trip to South Carolina to meet with our builder and move our house plans along.  We spent time at our clubhouse (in the pool) and in the lake. 

[Aug]  Doing lots of work on our house to get ready to put it on the market for sale.  We are not in any hurry to sell since our SC home won't be ready to late spring but I would like to have only one mortgage.  I can make a good deal to alum!!!!  It is officially listed now - August 27.  Go to www.bairdwarner.com and then type in my address 5927 Ridgewood Cir and you will find it.  Celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary this month and attended a wedding in Indiana (kids of friends).  Spent sometime visiting with relatives and had Mary and Michelle join us for a mini-family reunion.  I bought a new bike, GIANT Cypress DX.  It is a hybrid bike for street and trails.  I also joined the Downers Grove Bike Club and have gone on a couple of rides.  It was a hectic and difficult month getting our house ready to sell.

[Sept]  School started and I didn't....YIPEEEEE.  I love retirement.  What a busy month!  We had two open houses with 8 potential buyers walking through our house...no bids.  Rita took a trip to Tunica, Mississippi with her sister to gamble.  The plan was to win enough $$$ to pay for our new house.  Now she is working at Wal-mart as a greeter to pay off the gambling debt.  JUST KIDDING!!!!  We spent a week in Virginia (Williamsburg/Jamestown) and Virginia Beach.  Very interesting and FUN.  I realized how little I know about American History...guess I spent too much time in the lab in my youth.  We followed up the week in Virginia with 5 days in South Carolina talking with our builder and banker to get the new home started....MONEY MONEY MONEY....and the process of moving begins.

[Oct]  A normal month with both of us helping at the PADS shelter, tutoring, going to the gym, bike trips, playing bridge and a few meetings.  We took another 5 day trip to SC to close on our construction/house mortgage and decide on EVERYTHING in the inside of the house (paint, carpet, floor stain, cabinets, doors, windows, hardware, light fixtures, counter tops, appliances....EVERYTHING)  We made all the decisions from 8am on Wed till 5 pm on Thurs and we didn't kill each other.  I hope that in 6 months when it is all done we still like the choices!!!!!  Oct 31 - Halloween - we had 160 kids come to our door begging for candy....less than the 350 kids a couple of years earlier!!!  10/31 also marked the 65th day our house has been on the market with no bids....bummer.

[Nov]  I hate having to keep my house SO CLEAN all the time in case someone calls to see it!!!!  Construction in SC has started and I am on my way to being a land baron with two mortgages!!!!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with both kids home, my mother visiting and a group of relatives from Indiana spending time with us too.  Ate TOO MUCH, ate TOO MUCH again and again....leftovers are better than the first time!!!!!  Hope y'all had a chance to eat TOO MUCH and to spend time being thankful.

[Dec]  Some people ask why we are moving to South Carolina....NO SNOW, NO ICE, it was 82 F on Dec 10th when we visited and 17 F in DG when we returned and I had to cut my car out of an ice block at the O'hare airport parking lot....do I need to continue???  This month I helped with a couple of chess tournaments, subbed at DGS, tutored several students, took a trip to SC to see the house under construction, spent time with family and friends for the holidays.  I was a good boy and hoping Santa will bring me lots of fun toys.  Wishing good health and happiness for all of you and your families.  The NN2008 edition will be available soon.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!  READ OUR CHRISTMAS LETTER.  18 weeks of having my house on the market....no bids!!!! Sorry, Jason Hulst ('88) did bid $1....do I hear $2?

To see our new retirement home location click the map.  Selling in DG in 2007 and moving to South Carolina.   To see the log of our travels click the car  

chemistry icon Some Alumni News:

[Editor note:  If you don't like what I said about you...email me something better.  If I missed an update you sent to me, sorry.  Send it again.  The NN will be ever changing now that I have it on the web....so check often for updates.  My goal will be once a month -- near the first of the month.  Also to shorten the NN I will delete your info from the current NN if it is more than two years old...so to be included keep me updated.

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For fast access to the decade of your choice:  '70s   '80s   '90s   '00s

The '70s

Arnold 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 Katy '90 and Tricia '93; married to Jeri; grad UIUC '77. [10/23/05]

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]

Martha Gerrity (74) -- works at the School of Med 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 (who loves science and likes to hear "war stories" from his mom's days at DGS in the chem lab-fire smoke and fun) 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. [10/23/07]

Norm Newberger (74) -- married to Debbie (an RN/Nurse Practitioner); two kids Ashley '84 and Shane '86; currently at Schenck running the global business of building test equipment for ground vehicles (cars, trucks, tractors, ATV's...); worked for GM, EDS, Tandem, BINN (Billion Invested iN Nothing- actually my one shot at a computer start up as a joint venture between Intel and Siemens), Vickers, and SDRC; grad U of Detroit- Mercy with MEE '83; grad GMI (now known as Kettering Institute) with BSEE and minor in Business Administration '79. [09/25/05]

Cyndi (Brown) Cuppernell (75) -- working with a team of hospital staff to computerize patient medical records-massive project requiring many people and several years-taking a break from ICU to apply her experience to the project-very excited about the work and potential of the system; 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. [07/29/06]

Paul Pomes (75) -- finishing his vet degree and took his boards in '06 - spent some time in OR to learn about Llama care - wants to have a couple for pets!!!; retired from Qualcomm in CA; married to Martha Lachmayr Pomes (an engineer) of San Diego; kids=Dylan '88, Alanna '91, Andrew, Ben, and Joshua; Dr of Veterinary Medicine '07; grad UIUC in CS '80. [10/23/06]

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]

Alma Bicknese (76) -- rehabbing a 100 yr old home; recently gave up research on brain development and stem cells to spend more time with her first daughter Jessalyn '03; Associate Professor in Neurology and Pediatrics at SLU; faculty at SUNY at Stony Brook '92-98; Washington U- post doc in developmental neuroscience '92, fellowship in child neurology '90 & peds residency '87; MS and MD from UIUC '85; grad SIU '80. [07/06/06]

Jim Cimera (76) -- a physician in FL; married with kids - Dylan '94 and Carson '03; MD from UIUC '84; grad UIUC '80. [07/10/06]

Elizabeth Eklund (76) -- currently doing cancer research at Northwestern Hosp and Lakeside VA in Chicago; granted tenure at NWU '05; 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.  [10/23/07]

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 (www.nobell.org); PhD UIUC '91; MS from USC in comp science '81; grad in comp science/bio Northwestern '80.    www.nobell.org     Christmas letter 2004  [07/10/06]

Lyle Pai (76) -- owns AIDA Electronics in Shanghai, China that imports automotive components and assembles automotive wires for export to Japan and USA; might finally use the chem he learned in my class working with cellulose bioconversion to ethanol; worked in the financial markets in China; worked in banking in NYC till '86 when he moved to Hong Kong; has a daughter in the states; BA in business from U of C '80.   recent pic   [07/10/06]

Paul Pomes (76) -- 4th yr vet med student at U of I Veterinary school '06; retired from Qualcomm in CA; married to Martha Lachmayr Pomes of San Diego; kids=Dylan '88, Alanna '91, Andrew, Ben, and Joshua; Dr of Veterinary Medicine '07; grad UIUC in CS '80. [07/10/06]

Bruce Wehrle (76) -- working for Chevron in Houston in IT; married to Meridith; worked for Texaco then Chevron as Chem Eng and switched to IT '90; worked in Indonesia, Kuwait and Kazakhstan; MS in MIS from Houston Baptist U '90; BS from UIUC Chem Eng '80. [07/10/06]

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]

Robert Pomes (77) -- says he is a LONG way from retirement with two young kids that need food, clothes and college!!!!; works for BPAmoco in Chicago but changing to SAIC soon; married; kids = Luke '03 and Elana '01; grad Bradley in CS.  [10/23/06]

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]

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]

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 occasional 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.[12/25/05]

Keith Rose (78) -- planning a trip to Hawaii '07; 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 Sandy '87 (she is a '77 DGS grad and is assist. manager at OSCO in Lisle); worked for Amoco; grad Cornell college. [12/28/05]

Dave Dallemolle (79) -- vacationed in Badlands, Black Hills, Yellowstone, and Grand Tetons '06; still with BP, but has moved into a role in Business Development in the Pipelines Business. Quite interesting change after 18 years in chemicals technology, operations, and commercial roles; was the Product Manager for the North American Styrene Business (Moving moles of styrene around the country as cheaply as possible) - he encourages everyone to buy more cars, computers, and plastic toys; works with Corey Correnti '80; married with 2 kids Bryan '93 and Marie Elise '95; grad U of Texas for Masters and PhD; grad UIUC in Chem Eng. [10/17/07]

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) -- trip to Las Vegas '07; climbed some volcanoes in Ecuador; living in Chicago in a semi-retired state (sailing, ran in Chicago marathon, volunteer work-helped with Katrina clean-up); thinking about becoming a teacher; climbed Mt. McKinley '07; 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. [10/29/07]

Mary (Plotkowski) Skibinski (79) -- graduated from nursing school '06 with her RN and working at Mercy Hospital in Aurora; worked for Lucent; enjoys yoga, dancing, piano and gardening; two girls Kimberly and Caroline; grad North Central in CS '83. [09/01/06]

Sara (Bush) White (79) --  I surprised Sara by dropping into her work when we visited SC in Nov '06; lives in Charleston, SC and is working at Eckerd (soon to be Rite-Aid) pharmacy part-time; married to Roy '86 who works for MBT international; Roy travels in the US extensively and the family took vacations to CO, KY and NC; sons= Daniel '90 and Andrew '94; grad from Purdue in pharmacy '84.   Family pics   [12/24/06]

The '80s

Roy Goodman (80) -- working for Axioma in NYC; living in Greenwich Village; worked for Instinet and Digital; two daughters - Rose '00 and Isabelle '98 - have worked on Kodak commericals, the Maury show and in local plays; his wife Catherine Alise Boursier is an actress (has roles in computer games, commercials, Shakespeare plays); grad from Grinnell '84. ( Axioma );( see Isabelle on Kodak commercials );( family photo page ) [11/06/06]

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]

Asif Yusuf (80) -- living and working in Oak Brook; running for Village President '07.  [04/15/07]

Jon Grussing (81) -- visited a possible new school with one of his daughters and was in heaven in the science lab complete with Erlenmeyer flasks, burettes and Bunsen burners. "Those were the days!!"; did a fun 120 mile bike ride called the Dunwich Dynamo '07 -- from London to a coastal village on the Saturday with the fullest moon in July in pouring down rain; 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.  [10/23/07]

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) -- on sabbatical at Berkeley '07-'08; a project manager on the Daya Bay Anti Neutrino Experiment be built at the Daya Bay Nuclear Facility in Shen Zhen, China (near Hong Kong); Associate Professor of Physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology and will become the chair of IIT's University Faculty Council 01/08; has a State of Illinois grant to set up a program to re-train science teachers; worked 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 to Kathleen '89; 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. http://dayawane.ihep.ac.cn/   [10/23/07]

Roger Lo (82) -- left California and moved to Taiwan and started a GPS company which he sold; MBA from ??? In '0?; PhD from UCLA in MEMS apps for EE '00; grad UIUC in EE '86. [02/01/07]

Ken Kus (82) -- working in USFilter, HPD Products, a division of Veolia Environment - VE; 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; recently went to Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, Sydney and Bangkok. Had the chance to see the Bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand, rode a train on the death railway near the Burma/Thai border (WW II), and hiked the Great Wall of China in July. saw a concert in the Sydney Opera House and went to Tiananmen Square. (Claims he did a lot of work during these trips too!!); other travels have included trips to 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. [10/23/06]

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    [08/18/07]

Mary McDowell (82) -- emailed me from Singapore for Mole Day - moles are EVERYWHERE; traveled to Helsinki, Lisbon, Stockholm and Singapore '07; 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) and trying to fight off the Texas accent; grad from UIUC in CS. [12/06/07]

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 )]   [10/23/07]

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. [08/20/07]

John Svoboda (82) -- starting a new company, a 3PL, logistics called INCHECKINC; served as Director of Information Services for Compass Consolidators in Lemont '01-'07 - managed all the computers and phones; married to Donna '91; kids: Joe '85, Brittany '96, and JJ '98. www.incheckinc.com   [10/23/07]

Joe Wang (82) -- gastroenterologist in Jefferson City, MO; part of a thriving practice looking to add more Chicago doctors (www.jcmg.org); tried to teach his 3 yr old about moles and 6.02 x 10^23 - didn't work-yet!!; married to Tricia; one daughter (Ella '03) and two sons (David '99 and Michael '00) plus 3 more step-kids from Tricia; med school at Washington U-gastroenterology; grad Northwestern. [07/25/06]

Dave Applegate (83) -- trip to Nashville '06; had recent trips to Peru, 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. (Pics) [10/23/06]

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) (Christmas news letter 2005) (Christmas news letter 2006) [12/25/06]

Sreekanth Ravi (83) -- working on his third startup company, called Code Green Networks, with his brother; his second startup was SonicWALL and with his brother built the company to $150M per year in sales, 600 employees, took it public on Nasdaq and then left after 12 years of running it as the Chairman and CEO; started his first company (graphics chips and cards) shortly after graduation and sold it in ‘90; married in ’97 and has two kids and lives in Atherton, CA; grad from UIUC with BS in EE '86 and CE '87 degrees.  www.codegreennetworks.com     [11/09/06]

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 faculty for George Williams 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. [07/02/07]

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: new baby girl '06, Chris ’01 and Bradley ’98; married to Christine; grad UIUC law school; grad UIUC in accounting ’88. [07/08/06]

Linda Winke (84) -- Nurse Practitioner for the Cardiology Department at Evanston Hosp; part of a group of 5 NPs who rotate weekly through several different roles - doing inpatient Cardiology Consults at Evanston and Glenbrook Hospitals with Clinical Cardiologists, collaborating with Interventional Cardiologists by doing outpatient history and physicals and caring for inpatients after Cardiac Cath Lab procedures, and also working with outpatients in the Heart Failure Clinics in Skokie and Glenview; 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 Seattle. Great Superior Hiking Trail in northern MN, Japan, Chile, 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; married '90 to Ken, a Certified Orthotist, at The Rehab Institute of Chicago; Masters in Nursing at Rush '05; passed the Adult Nurse Practitioner Exam '06; IL certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse '06. [07/23/06]

Heidi Applegate (85) -- trip to Nashville '06; trip to Alaska '06 and met with Mike Dilger('85) to hike and see some grizzley bears; trip to Peru '05 with her brother; 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; 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.  Pics   [10/23/06]

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) -- took time in '07 to send me pics of his house and the 4 feet of snow around it - had over 14 feet during the winter; 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. (pics)  [03/05/07]

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. (See pic of Kelly, Paul and Jerry) [07/17/06]

Karen (Hospodar) Scott (85) -- a staff neonatologist working St. Paul Children's Hospital in St. Paul, MN; kids: William '05 and Erin '02; married in October '00 to Colin Scott; passed pediatric boards in '99; Grad MD/PhD '96; Northwestern BA Micro-Bio '88. [12/25/05]

Paul Sternenberg (85) -- living in Oregon and is an orthopedic surgeon-specializes in hand and upper extremity problems and passed his CAQ tests '05; helping coach chess at an elementary school; married to Darcie ('92); she is a nephrologist he met in med school who now stays home with the kids and studies digital photography; has a daughter Leah '01 and a son Nathan '03; took a trip to Sweden in '03; MD '93 from Washington U in St. Louis; BS from Wheaton Coll. '89 in Biochem. (See pic of Kelly, Paul and Jerry).[07/17/06]

Moses Cheng (86) -- assistant principal at Hinsdale South; worked in West Aurora schools for 13 years as a science teacher, volleyball coach, dean and elementary principal-loved the little kids; has 4 daughters Allison '00, Natalie '98, Stephanie '97, Katie '96, but wants a male puppy to help balance the gender bias at home; loves to fish for fun; married to Anne '94; PhD in Ed. Leadership from Aurora Univ and MS in Ed. Admin from Aurora Univ; grad UIUC '90.  [07/26/06]

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 ;-). [10/23/07]

Carol Rohl (86) -- working at Rosetta Inpharmatics, which is a subsidiary of Merck, in a group of 16 scientists that are all computational biologists, working on bioinformatics, pathway modeling, microarray profiling, and high throughput sequencing, among other things; living in CA and an adjunct 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.  [10/22/07]

Jim Tung (86) -- teaching high school chemistry in a private military school in VA; married in ’96 to Cynthia with two daughters (’97 and ’99); Ph.D - Dartmouth College (physical chemistry); BS - Truman State, MO.  [08/27/06]

Bruce Berger (87) -- joined the Department of Physics at Colorado State University as an Assistant Professor '07 and moved to Fort Collins, CO; published in Nature magazine on July 28, 2005; did research at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in CA - research focused on neutrinos in an experiment called KamLAND, a neutrino oscillation experiment located underground in a mine in central Japan; kids = Katie '07; married '99 to Francesca Pardo - met in graduate school at Cornell ; PhD from Cornell in physics; grad from Princeton in physics '91. (PDF version of Nature article) (Kamland website) ( Wedding picture: Pictured are Farhan Younus '87, Eric Rynes '87, Mimi Bhattacharyya '87, Vijay Jaswal '87, Roy Flint '87, Francesca, and Bruce) [10/23/07]

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) -- assistant federal public defender 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. [07/06/06]

Kannan Manickam (87) -- had a one year fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Female Urology; married to Amita and has twin boys Neil and Nikhil '05; living in Valparaiso, IN; grad UIC med school in Urology; grad UIUC in Electrical Engineering '91. family pic.  [01/20/06]

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 ) [06/16/05]

Barb Pickett (87) -- working as a CAD Technician at CBI (Chicago Bridge & Iron though they prefer to go by the initials since they don't build bridges any more) in Plainfield; participates in Bridge Builders Toastmasters; active in the Chicago Regional Chapter of ASM, the Materials Information Society; also active in the Stephen Ministry program at her church; walks and does Pilates for fitness. Computer-Aided Design Certificate '02; B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering '94 from Purdue University.  [01/28/07]

Alex Taylor (87) -- a Sr. Scientist in the Bioinformatics Dept. of Amgen (and formerly Immunex) in
Seattle, WA; married to Melissa (and graduated from Purdue the same day) '90; Children: Thomas '99, Claire '02, Anna '05; PhD (Biochemistry) '97 from Univ. of Washington; BS (Chemistry) '90 from Purdue (chemistry course at DGS helped him to become the Outstanding Senior in the Department of Chemistry)  (PICS)  [07/02/07]

Eric Weeks (87) -- expecting a baby in July '07; won a teaching award May '06; spent 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; 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   (PICS)  [02/01/07]

Scott Bulmahn (88) -- reports that business ( www.objectivetech.net ) is great and that he was in Chicago and met with Andy Szymulanski '89 who is also doing well; 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; working on a Master’s program at SMU for Applied Economics; 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. [10/23/05]

Szu (Wang) Feng (88) -- assistant Professor at UC Irvine in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department and forever doing research; kids = ?? due in April '08, 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. [11/12/07]

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. dog pic  [09/15/05]

Johnny Lee (88) -- living in Barrington and in private practice at Good Shepherd Hospital as a Cardiac Anesthesiologist; 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. [11/09/06]

Tracy Sides (88) -- starting a new job at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota '06; worked as an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health mainly focusing on HIV/AIDS ('01-06); 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.[10/12/07]

Jill (Fitzgerald) Stowers (88) -- 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); kids Isaac '07, Rachel '05; worked with disabled people summer '92, spent summer '93 in Japan teaching English; grad from Bradley with chem/sec ed major '93.  (baby pics)   [08/30/07]

Melanie (Coppage) Young (88) -- living in Livermore, CA and very instrumental in starting one of the largest charter schools, Livermore Valley Charter School; an activist for better education and actually doing something about it; works with the Girl Scouts as a leader and coordinator; helps with ICAN-a reading program for disadvantaged kids; plays tennis; married to Alastair '93; kids: Max '04, Duncan '99, Kristen '95, Emmy '94; grad U of C '98 in anthropology.        family pics   Charter School website   [12/14/07]

Erik Brandenburg (89) -- back in DG '04 and hoping to do some tutoring; grad of Grinnell College, IA in math '93. [10/20/05]

Sara (Bergman) Forster (89) -- married to Eric Forster in October 2006 at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle and currently living in Oak Park; has been working on a contract basis in environmental litigation and antitrust cases since '05; passed the IL bar exam 11/04; worked for Pharmacia in Skokie as a Radiation Safety person and Research Biochemist; JD from University of Minnesota '04; MS from UIUC '96 in chem; grad St. Olaf '94.  website for wedding pics [11/10/06]

Greg Klabish (89) -- living near Boston and working for Groove Networks as a software engineer since '00; grad UIUC '93. [06/11/05]

Julie (Munday) Killacky (89) -- getting ready to start a nursing program at COD; spends her time with her kids, helping at school and church, 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!!); living in Naperville '05; married '94 to John Killacky( Navy); kids= Joshua '03, Jake '01, Justin '96; grad UIUC '93.  [10/23/07]

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 the 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. (pics: Zachary, Christmas 2005)  [12/01/05]

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) Laaksonen (89) -- married (03/31/07) to Wally Laaksonen (attorney and professional fisherman); working for Pfizer Animal Health (drugs for animals instead of humans) in Kalamazoo, MI - involves travel to England '06, India, and...Nebraska; served as assoc. director of pharmaceutical science/analytical chem for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals till '06; active in leadership of youth groups in her church; PhD from Wayne State in organometallics; Hope College grad '93.  Jen & Wally pic   [05/11/07]

Sameer Talsania (89) -- accepted a position (3/07) with the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company as a Sr. Materials Scientist in their Packaging Technology group; will be working in Chicago at the Wrigley Global Innovation Center on Goose Island (near North Ave and Halsted); his sister Seema was married in Nov '02; recent travels: Spain, Puerto Rico; visited INDIA '98; PhD from U of Houston '97; grad UIUC '93 in chem eng. [02/15/07]

The '90s

Jeanny (Hwang) Chai (90) -- living in Woodlands, TX '07 but moving back to CA in the fall '07; visited prisons in Mexico City as part of a church mission trip '04; visited Paris in '00; is a stay-at-home mom with three children Caden '05, Caleb '00 and Michaela '97; married to Andrew Chai in '96; grad from Stanford '95. [12/28/07]

Melinda Koelling (90) -- living in Kalamazoo, MI and a tenure track Math prof at Michigan; 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 several bands and like to knit; grad U of C in math '95. [03/25/06]

Iris (Huang) McCormick (90) -- has been involved in leading the Children's Church program for preschoolers at her church. She's also been working on some writing projects; living in Ft. Collins, CO; two kids Elliot '01 and Grace '03; married to Jim '94 - he works for INTEL 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. (family pics)    [12/25/05]

David Wu (90) -- still in Boston and nearly finished with medical training at Harvard (specialty in hematopathology); he says "after some 29 years of education/training, I will finally start searching for a real job next year!!"; PhD ("Effects of Cellular and Tissue Pharmacokinetics on Control-Released Growth Factors') at MIT '00; happily married '00; grad UIUC '94. [10/23/07]

Anuja Dharkar (91) -- married to Landon 9/10/06 in Portland, ME; working for Marcomedia 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.  Wedding Pics     [10/23/06]

Kristin Huizinga (91) -- finished her PhD in biology and is working for Monsanto in St. Louis; married to Matt '07; maid of honor in a friend's wedding in a beautiful Polish Chicago Church 7/04; PhD from Michigan State '06; grad of Purdue-Biology '94.  Wedding pics  [10/25/07]

Mike Jorda (91) -- working for Broadcom in CA; bought a house in the bay area '06; worked for a couple of Internet startup companies after college; married to Rumi Bhattacharyya (DGS '92 and has her PhD from Northwestern and working on a postdoc at Stanford '06) '03 in Maui (Roman Litwinski '92 was his groomsman); was a groomsman for Roman Litwinski's wedding in '01; grad UIUC in EE '96. [11/10/06]

Mike Mendoza (91) -- daughter, Elena '05; bought a house in the South Loop; accepted a faculty position at U of Chicago in the Department of Family Medicine and working at Brandon Family Health Center-a clinic on the south side; sailed the Chicago-Mackinac race (4th time) aboard Elusive (a J-120) '05; married Lisa Vargish (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. .   family 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 a Data Integration Manager in Madison, WI; married to Steve with sons Aaron '06, Joshua '04 and Brenden '02; worked for Berbee; worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tampa, Detroit and Houston for 5 years; grad UIUC '96.  (family pics)   [10/27/06]

Sina (Soneji) Fong (92) -- being a stay at home mom and LOVING IT; graduated from Law school '05 and doing some contract work from home; moved to a house in Naperville; had a surprise shower/b-day party where Mr. Mayfield was the first guest to arrive and let the "mole" out of the bag; kids=Sohail '06, Sachin '04, Vasant '02 ; worked for the Office of Legal Counsel at Univ of Illinois '03; married Vlad Fong (he works at Edward Hospital in the Heart Unit); on wheel of fortune and won $$ in '97; MBA and MPH from UIUC '98; grad U of C '96 in bio/s.asian studies. (see family pics)  [04/21/07]

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; worked on putting digital TV on cell phones for Qualcomm in CA; grad UIUC '96 in EE.  trip pics: http://www.imagestation.com/members/wei_bear      New Zealand '04 pics; [11/07/05]

Dar-Lon Chang (93) -- married to Michelle '06; living in Houston and working for Exxon-Mobile in liquefied natural gas research; grad UIUC with PhD '03; big fan of swing dancing; grad UIUC '98 in Mech Eng. Wedding pics. Wedding invitation flashy and simple.  [07/17/06]

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) -- in a Master of Public Health Program in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Washington '07 (has one course and her thesis to complete and internship in '07-08); considering her options - public health degree, the RD certification or a PhD program; worked for the U of Washington in Seattle and received the department's "Distinguished Staff Award" '04; 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. [03/15/07]

Shauna Mazzulla (93) -- enjoys living in Seattle, WA (away from the ice and snow); a partner with two other doctors of optometry in a private practice; grad from optometry school '01; grad from Augustana '97 biology/math. [10/24/07]

Glenn Merkel (93) -- working at Silgan White Cap in Athens, GA as a maintenance manager '06; married to Hope '06; 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 in chem eng '98. Engagement picture. [10/26/06]

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]

Samir Soneji (93) -- spending two months (Dec07-Jan 08) in Delhi, India with Valerie (his fiancee) who is doing field work - enjoying the time and wandering around the bazaars, bargaining, and seeing the sights; almost done with his PhD in demography at Princeton and doing research at Harvard '07; staying busy running marathons and being a great uncle; separated from active duty in the Air Force '04; took 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. Travel Blog of India  [12/28/07]

Feng Xiong (93) -- working in Boston '05; hobby is working with anime; grad UIUC '98 in CS; trip to China summer '95. [09/25/2005]

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) -- teaching math at an interior design school in Chicago '07; attended Dar-Lon Chang's wedding '06; MS in education and MS in computer science from DePaul; grad from DePaul in Accounting '98 and Mathematics '96. [07/09/07]

Glenn Kuhaneck (94) -- currently teaching advanced mathematics at Fisher Jr/Sr H.S. - a small school (the size of the graduating class is 38), 20 miles north of Champaign/Urbana; enjoys rock climbing, skiing/snowboarding, scuba, sailing, camping, mountain biking, kayaking; grad Illinois State University '03 B.S. mathematics w/ education endorsement; University Colorado Boulder '99-01; College of Dupage '95-98 A.S.  [05/15/07]

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]

Iwona (Wyka) Driskell (95) -- working at University of Cambridge (UK) in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research; grad work at U of Iowa in biochem; grad UIUC in Biochem '99. [04/23/07]

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]

Alexia Koelling (95) -- living in her condo in Chicago and learning TOO MUCH about home ownership and repair; ran her first 50K race '05; working for a media company and is assist. Media Director; had internship with Newberry Library '98; spent spring of '98 in France; grad U of C '99. [03/25/06]

Alicia (Giet) Singer (95) -- in Chicago working at Kraft foods with Jell-O, probably the 2nd most mysterious Kraft product after Velveeta.; married Matt Singer '07; received an MBA from Duke '04; grad U of Chicago '99.  wedding pic  [10/25/07]

Robert Szczesniak (95) -- working for UOP as a Process Design Engineer and actually using his degree to help make gasoline '06; worked for Huff & Huff doing remediation projects using reduction reactions on chlorinated solvents; enjoys whitewater rafting for fun; married to Beth ‘03 in MN; grad IIT '00 with double major - Chemical and Environmental Eng. [07/18/06]

Jessica (Franciose) King (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]

Prab Koppera (96) -- living in Ann Arbor and in his second year of residency in Anesthesiology at the U of Michigan Hospital '06; his first year was spent in Chicago as an intern at St. Joe's Hospital; engaged in Feb.'06 to a teacher/dancer/actress he met as an undergrad at Northwestern and will be getting married in August 07; loves Anesthesiology, it uses loads of chemistry and physics and keeping people alive tends to keep him on my toes!; spent summer '02 in Tokyo studying Neuroradiology at Kyorin Uni. Hosp; grad Northwestern '00.  [11/07/06]

Puja (Sahni) Sethi (96) -- had a baby girl Saanvi which means Goddess Lakshmi '05; 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. see family pics [01/01/07]

Nirali Shah (96) -- applying for a pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship with the intention of possibly doing bone marrow transplant and taking care of long term survivors for 2008; doing an elective rotation in Honduras '07; in the Harvard combined medicine-pediatrics residency program at MGH-Children΄s Hospital Boston - graduation '08; living in Boston '07; married to Pratik '06; grad from UIC medical school '04; grad UIC with BS in Chem and HS education '00.  [10/24/07]

Michele ( Ruta) Ktistou (97) -- teaching in Darien; married Greg Ktistou (DGS grad) 7/1/04 in GREECE; taught 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. [12/16/07]

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]

Akila Ramaswamy (97) -- a school social worker for Chicago Public Schools and lives in Wicker Park - trying to make a difference one child at a time!; spent the summer ‘01 working on the energy crisis campaign with the New Mexico PIRG (Public Interest Research Group); grad U of Michigan in social work ’03; grad from Pitzer College with a Psychobiology degree ’01.  [10/25/2007]

Kristina Wilson (97) -- "starring" in an infomercial for the George Forman grill (even though she is a vegetarian!!!!); had dinner with us when we visited NYC in 8/05; living and working in NYC; working for Morgan Stanley and continuing her acting career on/off Broadway; worked in Naples, FL at a dinner theater '02; played Cinderella in a tour group '01; grad New York U '01 in music.  [09/02/05]

Leslie (Oca) Esguerra (98) -- at North Central College('07) and 5 terms away from graduation!!!; finishing a B.S in Chemistry with a Pharmacy degree in the future; very very excited!; For mole day in her Analytical Chem lab, she made mole day shirts; living in Crest Hill, IL; working at Target in Woodridge as the lead Pharmacy Technician; married to Arnold Esquerra ’01; daughter Cammie ’01. Family Pic   [10/23/07]

Tess (Kochan) Hindman (98) -- working for General Mills in IA as a System Engineer for the Fruit Shapes platform-product with the fruit pieces in pouch - Scooby Doo, Spiderman, Sharks, Care Bears, My Little Pony, etc. and also produces Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-ups, and Fruit by the Foot; active in service organizations (Big Brothers Big Sisters, Junior Achievement, Tanager Place); married 5/03 to Mark(also a GM engineer); travels include Las Vegas, Ozarks, Cozumel & Europe; chem eng. grad of Iowa State '02. (see pics)  [12/16/07]

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.  [12/16/07]

Jon Schaefer (98) -- teaching math (geometry) at Lyons Township HS; taught math at Plainfield HS '04; a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus (third season '05)-performed in Ravinia '03 and 14 concerts in December downtown in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center; got his teaching certificate in math '03 from NIU; 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.  [08/22/07]

Jon Stancel (98) -- staff sargent in the Marines stationed in the DC area and works with base security; tours of duty in Japan and Europe; married to Ann Marie '02; 3 kids Morgan '90, Sean '93, Kali "03.  [07/21/05]

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]

Meghan Goldenstein (99) -- grad student (Masters) at U of Wisc in Madison studying educational policy and also a French 101 TA; worked full time at the DG library summer '04; will spend fall '04 teaching English in France; spent '03 in Chambana subbing, being a waitress, and teaching world studies to a seventh grader; grad UIUC in history/secondary ed '03. [10/27/06]

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]

Jessica Taibl (99) -- living in Champaign, working on Masters in Animal Science (Swine Reproductive Physiology)-should finish '08; plans to attend med school (OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist) and work with couples having problems with infertility; wants to have a small farm and has started by buying an Appaloosa horse named Chief; grad UIUC in biology '04. [01/09/07]

Lionel Tan (99) -- doing medical rotations at Christ Hospital in Chicago '05 and thinking about internal medicine; passed his boards in '05; attending med school at UIC; worked at Hinsdale Hospital summer '00; grad UIC '03 in psychology and minor in economics. [11/07/05]

Genica Zdenek (99) -- working at Good Samaritan Hospital as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist '05;
worked at Packer Engineering '03; received summer research grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute '02 and '03; grad from Nuclear Medicine Technology Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital '05; grad with a BS in chemistry from Benedictine University '04. [12/25/05]

The '00s

Lauren Anderson (00) -- doing research at Wash U in the ophthalmology dept summer '05; going to med school at Wash U in St. Louis; grad NWU summa cum laude in biomedical engineering '04.  [07/21/05]

Melissa Auriene (00) -- teaching Chem & physical science at York HS '06 and VERY excited about having 30% hydrogen peroxide and her own personal vacuum system; student taught in Rantoul and Champaign in Chem, Physics and Earth Science; ;MS UIUC Chem and Education '06; grad UIUC '04 with BS in chemistry.  [06/06/06]

Dan Perlin (00) -- works for Sargent & Lundy in downtown Chicago in the Fossil Power Technologies division, mainly working on scrubber retrofits and new power plant designs. he finds the work very interesting, mainly because he still gets to be a true engineer; lives in Wicker Park with two friends from DGS and am loving the city; studied in Singapore spring '06 - traveled to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Australia - absolutely spectacular, unforgettable experience; grad from UIUC in Mech. Eng '06. [11/09/06]

Elaine Abasolo (01) -- currently a PS-1 at the Chicago College of Pharmacy at MidWestern Univ in a 4 yr program; grad UIUC '06 with BS in chem and a minor in Food Science. [11/09/06]

Peter Abasolo (01) -- 2nd year med school at Loma Linda University Medical School (in California) '06; used to think that AP CHEM was so hard.... and now thinks AP CHEM wasn't that bad... compared to pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc, etc; grad UIUC '05.  [11/09/06]

William Green (01) -- at UIUC working on a PhD in math; won awards in both physics and math at Albion; presented a paper "Men, a Monkey, and Some Coconuts" - you will have to ask him!!!!; grad Albion College in Michigan (math/physics major and chem minor) '05. [04/11/06]

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]

Andrew Kim (01) -- thinking about becoming a HS teacher; grad UIUC in comp science '06;  National Merit '02.[08/22/06]

Tom Klumpner (01) -- currently a second year medical student at Northwestern University '07; has worked several summers at Argonne National Lab doing computer programming for Argonne's Infrastructure Assurance Center; did 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"; grad in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Biomolecular Systems from Washington U '05. [07/03/07]

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.  [07/21/05]

Narissa Nonzee (01) -- interned at Hospital Clinic (Barcelona's central hospital) in cardiovascular surgery and echocardiography ’04-liability was slim to none, so they let her do whatever she wanted - was elbow-to-elbow with the surgeons and learned so much; worked for Latino migrant farm worker rights and at the United Farm Workers Union for two years; trip to Spain summer '04, '03 & '01 with Kristen Scoville '01; grad UIUC with honors – dual majors in Molecular/Cellular Bio and Spanish ‘05. [10/24/05]

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]

Bryan Prendergast (01) -- applying to med school and hoping for U of C; grad UIUC chem major '05.  [06/14/05]

Allison Quatrini (01) -- in China on a Fulbright Scholarship '07; been studying Chinese for six years, and finally got a chance to go to China! an extraordinary experience so far; remembers Mole Day - plans to tell her Chinese friends all about it; going to Seton Hall University studying 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. [10/23/07]

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. [07/21/05]

Mike Scalfani (01) -- in the honors program at Andrews University and will graduate '06 with majors in behavioral neuroscience and history and with a minor in chemistry; did well on the MCAT and hopes to attend med school in Loma Linda, CA for an MD/PhD; Currently doing research at Loyola University: Stritch School of Medicine - working on a model for patients who have aortic arch surgery to prevent paralysis in the lower back and working on a model for a disease called Guillain-Barrι syndrome. This disease is very similar to MS, but MS attacks the CNS while GBS attacks the PNS. And in his spare time he is working on HIV drugs - looking at chemokines and their relationship to HIV. (if you want to know more email me and I will send you his email address)  [09/09/05]

Kate Jakubas (02) -- working for Elkay, a company that makes stainless steel kitchen sinks, faucets, and water fountains in Broadview, IL (close to Brookfield Zoo)-mostly works with corrosion/quality issues and investigating different alloys and materials; business trip to China '07; grad UIUC with a degree in Materials Science Engineering '06. [05/29/07]

Clayton Luedtke (02) -- living in Portage, IN and working for MonoSol Rx as an analytical chemist doing QC work as well as R&D; grad in chemistry from Carroll College '06.  [11/08/06]

Harsha Mudrakola (02) -- presented at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry on Feb 27, 2007 in Chicago (presentation title was " Determination of the identity of the neurotransmitter related to the wind driven escape response in the cockroach Periplaneta americana."); graduating with a major in chemistry and minor in Biological Sciences in May '07 from UIC; going to graduate school in Physical Chemistry at either Stanford or University of California-Berkeley; 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.  [02/01/07]

Katie Picel (02) -- first year of medical school at Rush '07; grad '04 in human development from U of Chicago.  [11/13/07]

Katarina Ruscic (02) -- started UofC's MD/PhD program (MSTP training grant)-the PhD is in computational neuroscience '06; won several undergrad awards - Goldwater Scholarship (the premier award in the nation for undergrad science majors) and the prestigious PCBio fellowship; works for Steve Goldstein, the chairman of pediatrics at UofC who researches the biophysics of ion channels in the heart and brain and is going to Baltimore '07 to present her work on ion channels at the Biophysical Society meeting; worked at Argonne making batteries '03; grad UofC in chemistry (BS), biochemistry (BS), and biology (BA) '06.   [11/06/06]

Steve Weiss (02) -- has taken up world travel as his new major; he has visited Rome '06, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ,Thailand (Bangkok, Phitsinuluk, and Chaing Mai), Singapore (New Years eve '05), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi) '05; spent summer '05 at the Hiroshima Institute of Technology in Japan; going to UIUC in Nuclear Engineering. [12/30/05]

Asad Ahmed (03) -- attending Benedictine U in Lisle and had to interview an "elderly person" for one of his classes and he chose ME!!!! At least he got an "A" on the paper. [10/25/05]

Golnaz Arastoopour (03) -- her math department celebrated Mole Day with pizza and mole related activities; currently attending Teachers College at Columbia University in NYC for a Masters in Math Education - going to be a high school teacher; grad UIUC in Mechanical Engineering '07. [10/23/07]

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) -- continues to play chess, getting in shape for the Chicago Marathon in '07 (ran a half marathon in 1:58:20) and enjoying his chem classes; summer internship at Nalco Chemical (automation and boiler research group) in Naperville '06; finished his math minor; joined a service fraternity and volunteers lots; going to UIUC in chemical engineering. [11/09/06]

Jeremy Humbert (03) -- biochem major at UIUC (but considering a new major and a new school???) and still playing Counterstrike to pass the time.  [09/15/06]

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]

Michelle Li (03) -- finishing her last year at Harvard; interned with an investment bank (UBS) summer '05; going to Harvard and majoring in econ.. [09/25/07]

Cindy Wang (03) -- working in the UC hospitals doing clinical research with a Thoracic Oncologist '05; going to U of Chicago in biology.

[10/25/05]

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. China trip pic [12/29/05]

Dennis Cha (04) -- working at Target as a pharmacy technician and attending UIC studying to be a pharmacist. [10/25/05]

Eileen Lapeta (04) -- majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. [10/25/05]

Laura (Ryan) Sandford -- going to North Central College (Naperville) majoring in chem with secondary education as a minor; active in campus ministry; married '07; transferred from IL Wesleyan.       [10/23/07]

Mink Wungwattana (04) -- a teaching assistant in Organic Chemistry '07; still keeps her card pocket periodic table with her always!!!!  [10/25/07]

Mongkon Wungwattana (04) -- pharmacy major at Purdue. [10/25/07]

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