MIT Class of 1967
40th Reunion Profile Book Last Names S to Z Page 2 of 47
Sacerdote, George...... 3 Sanders, Dave ...... 4 Schiff, Michael...... 5 Schroeder, Steve ...... 6 Schulze, Herbert (Dick) R...... 7 Seldon, Lee ...... 9 Shalom, Eddy...... 10 Shapiro, Jeffrey H...... 12 Sharlack, Ron...... 14 Sherman, Andrew ...... 15 Sherman, Spencer ...... 16 Shwimer, Joel...... 17 Silva, Victor MD...... 18 Sitrin, Robert...... 19 Small, James G...... 20 Starkschall, George...... 22 Steele, Bob ...... 23 Sullivan, Bob...... 25 Sussman, Jonathan ...... 26 Swanson, Jim ...... 27 Talus, Roy...... 29 Tenny, Ted ...... 30 Tennison, Tom ...... 31 Thilly, William G...... 32 Tomanek, Jerry ...... 34 Vail, W. Banning Ph.D ...... 35 Wilcox, David C...... 37 Williams, Ted...... 39 Wilson, Alexander D...... 41 Wight, Greg...... 42 Young, Peter ...... 43 Zahn, Markus ...... 44 Zuteck, Michael D...... 46
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Sacerdote, George Course: XVIII
Home Address: 15 Loring Road Home City: Lexington State: MA ZIP: 02421 Home Phone: 781 861 7298 Mobile: 617 901 0776 Email: Web Page: Business Name: Sacerdote & Co., Inc. Title: President Business Address: Business City: Lexington State: MA ZIP: 02421 Business Phone 781 861 7068 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Primary activity is still my management consulting company—I continue to work full time. Principal extracurricular interest: History—I am just completing a 500 year history of my family and the Duchy of Savoy, the Italian principality where my family lived from its expulsion from Spain in the 1490s until 1939.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Carol Sacerdote. Singing, travel, literature
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: David Sacerdote—Software engineer and avid hiker, biker and nature photographer. Michael Sacerdote—Medical student with a strong interest in mountaineering
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Life in my fraternity house, Chi Phi--wonderful guys in beautiful environment.
Best example of MIT helping career: I met my wife when I was an MIT student. Without her help, not much of what I have done would have been possible.
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Sanders, Dave Course: II
Home Address: 7620 Haley Drive Home City: Granite Bay State: CA ZIP: 95746 Home Phone: 916-791-1095 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page:
Your Activities/Interests: Having retired, I spend a lot of time with my wife Jan traveling, visiting our kids, managing our finances, skiing, mountain biking, and other outdoor activities.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jan has a part-time business giving assemblies at elementary schools teaching creative writing using puppets, as well as giving puppet shows at children’s birthday parties and at pre-schools.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Our son John is pursuing a career in live theater in Chicago, working as an actor (currently in a show at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and as co-artistic director at Stage Left, one of Chicago’s off-loop theater companies. We visit Chicago frequently to see his performances. Our daughter Ann is entering her fourth year of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Her husband works in Houston as an astronaut at NASA. They have a delightful 4-year-old daughter who requires our frequent visits to Houston.
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Granddaughter in Houston loves being a princess (most of the time). Recent visit to DisneyWorld confirmed her interest.
Additional Narrative: After finishing up at MIT, I went to Harvard for an MBA, then joined Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto. I stayed at HP for almost 23 years, doing lots of different things, mostly helping build the computer business from its infancy in 1969 to a multi-billion dollar business when I left. The growth in the business provided lots of opportunities for career growth, challenges, and fun over the years, but by 1991 it was time to move on. I joined Grass Valley Group, a professional video equipment company for about a year and a half, then joined a medium-sized software and services company called USCS International in the Sacramento, CA area. Our management team took the company public in the mid-1990’s, and I parted ways with the company in 1998. Since then, I have done a little consulting, but mostly have enjoyed being able to spend my time according to my own personal priorities, not those of the business.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope MIT can play a leading role in addressing the global warming and energy issues we face. I think this is probably the most difficult technical challenge that man has ever dealt with, and MIT’s expertise and committed effort here can have a major positive impact.
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Schiff, Michael Course: XV
Home Address: 2022 Beacon Place Home City: Reston State: VA ZIP: 20191 Home Phone: (703) 648-0870 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: MAS Strategies Title: Founder and Principal Analyst Business Address: 2022 Beacon Place Business City: Reston State: VA ZIP: 20191 Business Phone (703) 648-0035 Business Email [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: Exercising to stay in shape. Financial planning and investment analysis. Swimming, canoeing, and lake boating on a pontoon boat. Keeping up with data warehousing technology
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Kathleen McCall Schiff - Gardening, reading
Additional Narrative: Although I am now semi-retired I still work part-time as an industry analyst specializing in data warehousing and business intelligence. A few years ago I started taking courses in financial planning and passed the CFP exam. Since I do not have the requisite three years of experience required for CFP certification, I consider myself an “uncertified financial planner.” For the past few seasons, I have worked part- time for H&R Block doing tax returns; this is more of a hobby than a job and I have met some very interesting people!
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): The sadness of the entire MIT community the day JFK was assassinated. Various SAM fraternity events. The winning MIT basketball team (go Bob and Ray!). Physics lectures in 26- 100. Modeling my fraternity in Dynamo for an Industrial Dynamics term project. Friday morning Freshman quizzes
Best example of MIT helping career: Opening doors for job interviews and establishing instant credibility with both technical and management personnel.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: To remain the premier technical institution that it is and to use its influence for the betterment of mankind
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Schroeder, Steve Course: XVI
Home Address: 777 Bay Road Home City: Duxbury State: MA ZIP: 02332 Home Phone: 781-934-7032 Mobile: 401-965-5908 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Cookson Group plc Title: Head of HS&E Business Address: One Cookson Place Business City: Providence State: RI ZIP: 02903 Business Phone: 401-752-2223 Business Email: Your Activities/Interests: Tennis, photography, golf, reading
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Mary Shaughnessy - Budget Director for Partners Healthcare
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Laura – Starting medical school; Art History major at Princeton; spent last year in Senegal with World Food Program Eric – Graduating from Dickinson; Law and Policy major; tennis captain Anna – Finishing sophomore year at Georgetown; English major; club soccer & lacrosse
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None yet!
Additional Narrative: Worked for three years on Apollo lunar landing project, then went to law school up the river and began career as environmental lawyer. Worked on all sides, from government (EPA) to public interest (NRDC) to consulting firm (ENSR) to law firm (Goodwin Procter). Eventually ended up 11 years ago at Cookson as Head of Health, Safety and Environment. Played lacrosse with Boston Lacrosse Club while still able, peaking with selection to US team that won 1974 world championship in Australia. Enjoyed many outdoor activities in New England, including skiing, whitewater canoeing and camping. Also enjoyed wonderful family vacations each summer on Martha’s Vineyard (Chilmark).
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): IM football; Freshmen quizzes; Lax victories over Hofstra, Middlebury, UNH (but never Harvard – damn!); Chuck Berry in the armory; the glove fight; and most of all, life in the Beta House
Best example of MIT helping career: Always impressive on resume.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That MIT would lead the way to a clean energy future.
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Schulze, Herbert (Dick) R. Course: 6
Home Address: 14081 Tyrol Road, Truckee CA 96161-6751 Home Phone: 530-550-7848 Mobile: 650-650-6511 Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.snappysports.com
Your Activities/Interests:
I am a certified snowboard instructor at Northstar-at-Tahoe ski resort, and a sponsored snowboarder in competitions. In April 2007 I won the U.S. national championship in boardercross (race over an obstacle course) in my age group, and placed second overall in all events (half-pipe, slopestyle and alpine racing). I live in New Zealand from July to September so I can snowboard year-round. In March 2007 I retired from my position as Managing Counsel in Intellectual Property with Agilent Technologies, and now I am developing a specialty law practice oriented around mentoring and tutoring new intellectual property attorneys. My weekend home near Lake Tahoe has now become my full-time residence. I also love flying (I am a licensed flight instructor), motorcycling, running, gymnastics, and skateboarding (with crash helmet and padding all over!).
Spouse’s Name & Interests:
None because I am a carefree happy bachelor.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests:
Elayne is a Montessori teacher and likes running. Carl is in his last year of residency, has discovered the joys of nephrology, and likes surfing and skiing and backpacking
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests:
7 Page 8 of 47 Brynna age 12 is full of energy and thinks I am the world’s coolest grampa because of my “cool” activities, Dominic age 7 loves baseball and Spiderman, and Duncan age 6 is in to skiing (skied his first black diamond run a couple of months back) and Tai Kwon Do.
Additional Narrative:
I have said enough already!
Most Vivid MIT Memories:
Oh there are so many. Weekend dinners at The English Room in Boston. Learning to ice skate in freshman P.E. class. My first-ever ride on a motorcycle. Prof Bose walking out in mid-lecture because someone made a hissing noise. Struggling with 8.051. Crisp winter mornings after snowfall. Warm spring days along the Charles. Taking German literature instead of transistor circuit design to the great irritation of my advisor. I could go on and on and on ….
Best example of MIT helping career:
Having an MIT degree helped get me hired several times. More fundamentally, on countless occasions the MIT approach to solving problems (not necessarily engineering ones) has given me the confidence to tackle hard problems, knowing that I possess (or can find) the skills to solve them.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future:
To quote my favorite Vulcan scientist: “Live long and prosper.”
8 Page 9 of 47 Seldon, Lee Course: physics
Home Address: 20 Lomond Drive Home City: Glen Waverley State: Vic ZIP: 3150 Home Phone: 9886-3203 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: structure-function relationships of human neocortex, including variations such as schizophrenia. health information systems, electronic health records. cycling, travel
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Maggie Seldon, aged care, physiology
Children’s Name(s) & Interests Sylvia – anthropology, conflict resolution, Darwin. Julian – junk cars
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Hitchhiking to Florida and back in freshman year. Modern algebra, although memories do not include any answers. the biology labs, working 24/7 with grad and postgrad students – and profs. Greatest research environment I have ever experienced. Jerry Lettvin, and the great debate with Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert, instigated by the paper by Hubert Dreyfus (?) on the impossibility of artificial intelligence. Jerry Lettvin and the great debate with Timothy Leary. Dan Seeley and the physics lab project on gamma rays
Best example of MIT helping career: After backpacking halfway around the world, being almost broke, walking cold into a neurophysiology lab at the Free University in Berlin, being invited to meet the Professor, who asked me to apply for admission as one of his grad students
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: We had to work our bums off, but we had world-class opportunities and felt justifiably proud at coming out the other end. It should stay that way – incredible effort, incredible rewards.
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Shalom, Eddy Course: Physics
Home Address:
Home City: Valencia State: CA ZIP: 91355
Business Name: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title: Technical Manager
Business Address: 4800 Oak Grove Drive
Business City: Pasadena State: CA ZIP: 91109 Business Phone Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Art Nouveau lithographs, outdoor exercise, literature and poetry, anti-war activism.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Gretchen and I have been married for close to 30 years; her primary focus has been in raising our three children, but we are beginning to enjoy travel (a trip to China is being planned), and she is beginning to spend more time in indulging in her interest in gourmet cooking.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: We have achieved the trifecta: all of our three children (two daughters, one son) have graduated from good schools, all are gainfully employed, and all are well rounded, personable people, who watch what they eat and exercise regularly (unlike their parents). Our elder daughter will be married on 07/07/07, and we hope and expect that she and her fiancee will not only be happy, but also lucky.
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Stay tuned.
Additional Narrative: In Southern California, I miss the nitty gritty intensity the years in Cambridge and Boston, and wish we could be with you to celebrate the last 44 years. At this stage in my life, I find myself reflecting (I assume others are as well, especially upon seeing the sad list of deceased from our class) on the choices I have made, feeling I have made the best choices I could have in my schooling, my wife Gretchen (an EXTRAORDINARY woman - forgive me for shouting this!), and my career. And please forgive me as well for quoting Wordsworth: “Though nothing can bring back the hour 10 Page 11 of 47 Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind”
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): The evening when two good friends and I drank too many beers, and ended up scaling Kresge Auditorium, and then drove our motorcycles/scooters in the Great Court in front of Building 10, and were accosted by the Campus Police, who let us off with a warning to “never do it again”. And we never did.
Best example of MIT helping career: Not to be too flip, but I find that my MIT brass rat is worth its weight in gold, and whenever I wear it, people assume that I must be smart, and I must know what I am talking about, neither of which is necessarily true. But at my age, why quarrel and make people unhappy?
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: MIT must simultaneously strive to find the truth, and speak the truth, in all that we do: this is our raison dêtre. The class of 1967 is unique in a way: when we were innocent young adults, several months into our freshman year, John Kennedy was murdered in Dealey Plaza. Since then, it’s become clear to many that the “pseudo science” of the Warren Commission ignored the forces that led us into a war of choice that was justified by patent lies. About 38 years after the murder of JFK, when we were not so innocent, another catastrophic event occurred that resulted in another “shock and awe” attack upon our body politic, which let to a war of choice that was justified by patent lies. The events of 9/11 were grudgingly explained by the 9/11 commission, which used “pseudo-science” to explain how burning jet fuel could result in pools of liquid metal at the base of both WTCs, as well as World Trade building 7, and how weakened steel beams caused these buildings to collapse in a manner exactly akin to controlled demolition. Rather than challenge this patent nonsense, several MIT professors have abused the name of MIT by lending their support to a gigantic cover up. If science can help uncover the forces of fascism that have erupted twice in our lives, it can perform no higher service. As the story goes, even when Galileo was forced to recant his scientific knowledge, he muttered under his breath “and yet, it moves”. MIT must have the courage to speak science to power.
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Shapiro, Jeffrey H. Course: VI
Home Address: 18 Azalea Road Home City: Sharon State: MA ZIP: 02067 Home Phone: 781-784-5392 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://www.rle.mit.edu/Shapiro Business Name: MIT Title: Julius A. Stratton Professor of Electrical Engineering Business Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 36-419 Business City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02139 Business Phone 617-253-4179 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Travel, ballroom dance, gourmet dining, mystery novels, stamp collecting
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Ellen Shapiro - Travel, photography, ballroom dance, gourmet cooking and cookbook collecting, MIT Women’s League, Temple Sinai Social Action Committee
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Lisa Rindler, attorney; David Shapiro, software engineer (MIT S.B. ’97, MIT M.Eng. ’98)
Additional Narrative: I have now spent 40+ years at MIT, 6 1/2 as a student (undergraduate and graduate) and 34 as a faculty member. From 1989 until 1999 I was Associate Head of the EECS Department. Since 2001 I have been the Director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). RLE celebrated its 60th anniversary throughout the 2006-2007 academic year, having been founded immediately after the Second World War to carry on the wartime radar, microwave and communications research that was done in MIT’s Radiation Laboratory. The founding Director of RLE was Julius Stratton, MIT’s president during most of our undergraduate years. I am proud to hold the endowed chair that was named in his honor.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): 1) Learning that President Kennedy had been shot. I was taking an 18.03 quiz in Building 2 and a student was running down the hallway, opening every door, and shouting “The President’s been shot.” 2) Spring weekend ’65 with Ellen. 3) Being in the 6.341 lab in Building 10 when the great northeast power blackout occurred. My oscilloscope trace was impossible to stabilize. I brought the TA over and he said “They must be having a big run at the Magnet Lab.” Immediately after that, all the lights went out. Because the lab looked out over the river, we could see that all of Boston was out too. 4) Late night motor scooter runs to Elsie’s for a roast beef special, a chocolate cake, and a strawberry frappe.
12 Page 13 of 47 Best example of MIT helping career: The Institute taught me to focus on fundamentals and yet pay attention to details. Over the years, most of my research has been done in areas in which I took no classes. My undergraduate (and graduate) studies prepared me, however, to enter and succeed in new areas. Likewise, I have no formal training as a classroom instructor. But, the outstanding quality of the Course VI faculty who taught me led me to emulate their teaching styles. That has been quite effective, as recognized by my Graduate Student Council teaching award.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: MIT should remain the world’s preeminent science and technology school. It should continue to train generations of leaders — for academia, business, and government — and it should focus its efforts on the technological problems that affect the world. Its education should continue to be accessible to all, through need-blind admissions and need-based financial aid.
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Sharlack, Ron
Your Activities/Interests: After escaping the Tute, I spent the summer trying to market the anti-lock braking system I worked on as an undergraduate. There were a few nibbles from assorted companies, then after 9 months in the land of the lotus eaters and a masters at Stanford, I was able to sell the patent to Kelsey-Hayes. Developing that and other systems for cars and trucks was a great experience and lead to a major turning point in my life.
First a long digression: Spence Sherman ‘67, David Avram ‘67 and I shared a house in Palo Alto during my Stanford days. David had been engaged to Cynthia White (Wellesley College ex-girl friend of Art Warsaw ’67. Gail Migdal, Art's ex-girl friend from LA, went to Wellesley and introduced Art to Cynthia. Gail was in Law School in Berkeley, and visited us in Palo Alto. When Gail learned that I was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she told me to look up Betsey Thresher, a friend of Cynthia and Gail who was in graduate school at the U of M. Betsey was supposed to fix me up - and fix me up she did.
Thirty seven years later, Betsey and I are still married. Two sons, Jeremy (born '75) is an Art Director for an advertising company in New York, and Dan (born '78) is about to go to graduate school in psychology in California after counseling street kids on New York's lower eastside. No grandchildren yet, much to Betsey's regret. The house has not been quiet - Betsey's brother died in 1998, then 18 months later his wife died, so in 2000 we were raising children again, this time with twin fifteen years-old boys. One just graduated college; the other is working, attending school part-time and living independently.
Career-wise, I returned to MIT in 1971 and actually learned something before leaving to work for a wide variety of companies in the Boston area. I developed instruments, photovoltaics and co-generation systems, then for the last 17 years I have worked on medical devices, from diagnostics to restoring dental implants. We expect to sell start-up turned to growth stage company I helped grow over the past seven years. It is hard to believe that we are the market and technology leader.
Betsey and I (and expect many of you) recently went through the aging parent(s) syndrome. My empathy to all. Emotion trumps intellect. I was treated for prostate cancer last year, but everything (yes, everything) appears to be OK. All of us have prostate cancer in some form, but fortunately, only a few of us have to do anything about it. I am a windsurfing enthusiast, but also enjoy gardening with Betsey. We also still find time to enjoy Boston's culture of music, theater and art.
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Sherman, Andrew Course: III
Home Address:4853 School Bell Lane Home City: Bloomfield State: Michigan ZIP: 48301 Home Phone: 248-737-2645 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Ford Motor Company Title: Senior Technical Leader Business Address: Ford Research and Innovation Center, 2101 Village Rd, M/D 3135 Business City: Dearborn State: Michigan ZIP: 48301 Business Phone 313-594-6897 Business Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: Golf, violin making, chamber music
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Tamara Sherman - violin performance, golf.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: David (16) – Math, violin, baseball, chess, golf. Eli (12) – Cello, baseball, chess, golf
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Sherman, Spencer Course: 21
Home Address: 2003 Alameda Padre Serra Home City: Santa Barbara State: CA ZIP: 93103 Home Phone: 805-569-9945 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.drspencersherman.com Business Name: Spencer Sherman, Ph.D. Title: Clinical Psychologist Business Address: same as home
Your Activities/Interests: For info about me, please see my website.
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Shwimer, Joel Course: XVIII
Home Address: 21 Old Stagecoach Road Home City: Bedford State: Massachusetts ZIP: 01730-1246 Home Phone: (781) 275-1886 Mobile: (781) 820-3137 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Joel Shwimer, Ph.D. Title: Independent Financial Systems Consultant Business Address: 21 Old Stagecoach Road Business City: Bedford State: Massachusetts ZIP: 01730-1246 Business Phone (781) 275-5635 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Spending time with my family and now especially with my grandsons; enjoying my work; travel, snorkeling, volunteer work (Citizens Scholarship Foundation and Temple Emunah) and problem solving
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Elaine – spending time with our grandsons; doing crossword puzzles; playing scrabble; cooking, reading; travel, snorkeling, knitting, French literature and shopping
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jacqueline (and husband Jeff) – her family (see grandchildren section below) Michelle – making the Congressman’s office (i.e., that of her boss) run smoothly and doing counted cross-stitch
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Isaac (5 years old) – being a normal 5 year old; playing computer games, doing puzzles and reading books. Henry and Mitchell (20 month old identical twins) – being with their mother; climbing; going in different directions
Additional Narrative: What MIT really did for me – provided me with friends; provided the venue to meet my wife; and taught me how to think
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Friday morning freshman exams in Walker; getting to my general exams (orals for Ph.D.) on the only day in that era when MIT was actually closed due to snow; and Baker House parties.
Best example of MIT helping career: Professor providing me with contacts (summer job then a job in France) and then his starting a company and providing me a full-time job when I returned from France (and which continued for many years).
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That the education provided to the students is relevant and helps to make them well-rounded individuals.
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Silva, Victor MD Course: VII
Home Address: 5755 Haterleigh Dr Home City: Alpharetta State: MO ZIP: 30005 Home: Phone 678 475 9066 Mobile: 727 4809813 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Spartan Securities Group Title: Managing Partner Business Address: 100 Second Ave. South, Suite 300N Business City: St Petersburg State: FL ZIP: 33701 Business Phone 727 502 0508 Business Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: After working ten years in Venezuela, and fifteen years in academia in USA, as pathologist/blood banker, I retired four years ago. Now, I dedicate my time mostly to sailing. In my spare time I do investment banking with a group of friends at Spartan Securities Group in St Petersburg, FL. Most of my work involves investigating small biotech/medical device companies with products in development. I regret not being able to attend our 40th year anniversary, but during May-June of this year, I will be island hopping with my trimaran back from Cumana, Venezuela to Florida
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Carolyn Silva, Bond Market, likes horseback riding
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Elisa Silva, Architect, likes painting. Miriam Silva, Business Major, marketing executive for a large law firm in Boston
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: NONE
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Being late for a biotech final. Great Latin parties, beer fests
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Continue the same changing course
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Sitrin, Robert Course: V
Home Address: 237 Emerson Dr Home City: Lafayette Hill State: PA ZIP: 19444 Home Phone: 610-828-7220 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Merck Research Labs Title: Executive Director Business Address: WP42A-30 PO Box 4 Business City: West Point State: PA ZIP: 19486 Business Phone 215 652 7809 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Being with my children. Skiing in Colorado and Utah. Sailing in the summer. Reading on technology
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Beverly Sloan Sitrin; Interested in cooking
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Esther: Elementary Education and Yoga; Deborah: Social work; Kerri: Restaurant business; Jonathan: Science major at Carnegie Mellon
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None yet
Additional Narrative: Have worked at Merck Research Labs for 20 years on vaccine development. Have worked on development and licensure of vaccines for meningitis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Rotavirus, Shingles and Chickenpox. Most recent accomplishment was bringing to world wide approval GARDASIL the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Work and no sleep. Riot over $1700 tuition. Chemistry labs
Best example of MIT helping career: Strong chemistry background which ultimately helped in Biotech career.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: To provide excellent education to science and engineers.
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Small, James G. Course: VIII
Home Address: 4361 N Wilmot Rd Home City: Tucson State: AZ ZIP: 85750 Home Phone 520-577-7345 Mobile: 520-419-4909 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Jim Small Consulting and Retirement Associations Title: Your Activities/Interests: Lieutenant, US Army in 1969-70. Ph.D. from MIT in Physics in 1974. Recently retired from Raytheon after 21 years in the Defense Industry and 14 years as a University Professor. Authored 25 US Patents. A private pilot, I am now building a seaplane in the desert of southern Arizona. Hope to finish in about a year and fly to Canada in the summers and points south in the winters. My goal is to be the nation’s oldest active pilot. We can each reach that goal if we are patient and take turns. The previous record holder was still flying at the age of 103. I am active in my local church. I sing with the Barbershop Harmony Society. I do some part-time consulting for the Defense Industry on matters of Physics, alternative energy, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Gloria Hawkins Small. We met at Park Street Church in Boston and have been married 32 years. Gloria sings with a Sweet Adeline’s International women’s barbershop chorus. She also sings in a new quartet called Spin Zone.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: David and Jonathan, twins. Now 24 years old. Maintenance workers at Raytheon.
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None in sight.
Additional Narrative: We adopted the twins as babies. They are now fine young men with good values. Genes matter. They came with an assortment of learning disabilities which were first diagnosed around age 5. School was very hard for them. We home schooled and tutored them through various private and public schools. They are not college material. They taught me an enduring lesson. When I was young, my parents told me that if I applied myself and worked hard, I could do almost anything and be proud of what I had done. What I have learned from these young men is that the ability to focus and work hard is a gift to be thankful for rather than an accomplishment to be proud. I met Jesus Christ at MIT. I needed to be redeemed and He has blessed me. I agree heartily with C.S. Lewis, “What we must do, which road we must take to the fountain of life, we know and none who has seriously followed the directions complains that he has been deceived.”
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Freshman year. Grungy Cambridge. Dilapidated dormitory. Fascinating dormmates. Brilliant intellectual environment along with the stress of Friday morning exams.
20 Page 21 of 47 Best example of MIT helping career: I filed my first US Patent while a graduate student at MIT. It was a simple nitrogen laser. The Physics Faculty and the Administration encouraged this small burst of creativity and gave credibility to a new career.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: May MIT continue to be a national and world leader in the search for truth and its practical applications to the benefit of mankind.
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Starkschall, George Course: V
Home Address: 3538 Mesquite Home City: Sugar Land State: TX ZIP: 77479 Home Phone (281) 980-5278 Mobile: (713) 906-7259 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Title: Professor Business Address: 1515 Holcombe Blvd Business City: Houston State: TX ZIP: 77030 Business Phone (713) 563-2537 Business Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: travel; theater & movies; jogging; archaeology of Four Corners area
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Carol Starkschall – shares interests in travel and theater
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jessica Starkschall and Andrea Starkschall
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: none that we know of
Additional Narrative: I have been living in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston, since 1985, when I joined the faculty of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. I have enjoyed (and am still enjoying) a career as a radiation oncology physicist, combining clinical work, clinical research, and teaching. Even though our children are both out of the house (for the most part), we still enjoy family vacations, spending time at our summer place in Ouray, Colorado, and going on cruises with friends.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Annual concert tours with the MIT Concert Band; Saturday night LSC movies; unpacking contraband cooking equipment for Sunday evening dinners
Best example of MIT helping career: No single example. I benefited from a great education at MIT, I made lots of friends, and in retrospect, I believe it was a very positive experience.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Keep up the good work.
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Steele, Bob Course: V
Home Address: 1840 Idyllwild Ave. Home City: Redwood City State: CA ZIP: 94061 Home Phone: 650-364-6239 Mobile: 650-465-2710 Email: [email protected] Business Name: Strategies Unlimited Title: Director of Optoelectronics Business Address: 201 San Antonio Circle, Suit 205 Business City: Mountain View State: CA ZIP: 94040 Business Phone 650-941-3438, ext. 25 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Professional: Market research on high-brightness LEDS and solid-state lighting. Personal: hiking, kayaking, skiing (downhill and x-country), backpacking, travel, good books, theatre, symphony concerts Spouse’s Name & Interests: Angela Steele Professional: ESL teacher. Personal: aerobics, hiking, theatre, reading, travel Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Matt Steele paramedic in training. Katie Steele, fund raising event organizer for the Rainforest Action Network Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None so far
Additional Narrative: Received Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1972. Worked at United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, CT for two years. Returned to the SF Bay Area in 1974 to work for SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) in 1974 on energy and environmental analysis. Began working for Strategies Unlimited in 1982, a small technology-oriented market research and consulting firm, doing market research on photovoltaics (solar cells). In 1989 started an optoelectronics program and have managed that program ever since. In last 7 years have focused on high-brightness LEDs, including a successful annual conference called Strategies in Light.
Married Angela Fox in 1970. Son Matt was born in 1977 and daughter Katie in 1979. Settled in Redwood City, CA (south of San Francisco) in 1979, after living in Mountain View, CA and Marin County, CA, and have lived there ever since.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): First freshman quiz 23 Page 24 of 47 Baker House water fight the night before the first freshman quiz First MIT panty raid on McCormick Hall The tremendous sense of intellectual stimulation at MIT
Best example of MIT helping career: Excellent grounding in logical thought processes and analysis
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: To produce scientists and engineers well-grounded in the humanities and social sciences, who are capable of seeing the “big picture” beyond the narrow confines of their professional work.
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Sullivan, Bob Course: VIII
Home Address: 1090 39th Street Home City: Downers Grove State: IL ZIP: 60515 Home Phone: 630-968-4023 Mobile: yes Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/bob2page.html More pix at http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan Business Name: McDonald’s Corp. Title: Director in Worldwide Real Estate Business Address: 2915 Jorie Blvd., Dept 042 Business City: Oak Brook State: IL ZIP: 60523 Business Phone: 630-623-5561 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Internet Surfing, Photography & collecting Pentax camera gear (ebay), Gardening, Investments, Chicago Bears Football, Family
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Lynn Goldman Sullivan - Gardening, Reading, Volunteer Work, Family
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: William, 28, married, no kids but nesting ☺ David, 26, single, tin man, aspiring DJ. Rachel, 22, new grad (w/honors) + has a job!, sewing & quilting
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: only a granddog Leo (130 lb Golden Retriever)
Additional Narrative: Married for the last 36 years to the pretty Jewish girl I met at Northwestern. Retiring from McDonald’s in August after 24 years selling hamburgers (ketchup in my veins). Raising our children is the best, most enjoyable thing we have done. Looking forward to the next phase of our lives… Only one replacement part needed so far – a right shoulder joint. Both of my sons have had Testicular Cancer, have your sons check themselves. Best thing about MIT folks? You don’t have to spend time ‘connecting the dots’ for them. I still have a passion for science and math.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Traversing the entryway at 77 Mass Ave still stirs strong emotions. Room 26-100, quizzes in building 2, 10-250 and the Great Dome The folks I lived with on Conner 2nd and their friendship. Smart, confident people capable of doing anything. Growing up (well some at least…) Intramural athletics Late nights/ all nighters
Best example of MIT helping career: I’ve made a living from math, modeling, and analytic insights coupled with good business sense. Imagine that your frequency of visits to McDonald’s decays exponentially with your distance to the store. Imagine that 76% of your business comes from 26% of the US population that visits once per week or more. (Like grandma said…In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Leadership for our country in the Sciences and Technology. A place for smart people to go and be challenged to do good things.
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Sussman, Jonathan Course: VI
Home Address: 21140 NE 22nd Court Home City: North Miami Beach State: FL ZIP: 33180 Home Phone: 305 932 2249 Mobile: 305 785-1677 Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.qualogy.net Business Name: Florida International University Title: Associate Director of Research Programs Business Address: 10555 West Flagler Street Business City: Miami State: FL ZIP: 33174 Business Phone 305 348-6626 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: President of MIT Club of South Florida (over 8 years!!!- If you are going to be “president for life it’s better to be President of small Latin American country rather than the MIT Club”)
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Marjorie Bohrer Sussman- Interest is taking care of 4 grandchildren (5th on the way)
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Jami Sussman Axelrod – Marketing consultant- bring up two beautiful granddaughters- married to Assistant US Attorney for South Florida –living in Hollywood, FL (only 12 minutes away!!!) Karen Sussman Horgan- Marketing consultant- (HBS graduate who just married a Sloan MBA graduate) living in NYC (near World Trade Center) training for Triathlon this summer Daniel Sussman- Technology consultant for Accenture living in Montgomery Village, MD with a son and daughter and second son on the way in July
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Emily Axelrod- 5 years old – Disney Princesses Zachary Sussman – 5 years old – Thomas train fanatic Sophie Axelrod – 3 years old – Wiggles supporter Alexa Sussman – 2 years old – dressing up like a big girl
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Spring Weekends Bob Newhart, Kingston Trio, Beachboys, Parents Weekends, MIT Open Houses Amar Bose walking out of lecture hall with 250 student in room because ONE student “hissed”
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Swanson, Jim Na Course: I
Home Address: 878 Hoffman Terrace Home City: Los Altos State: CA ZIP: 94024 Home: Phone 650-948-4914 Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.eysu.org Business Name: Los Altos Incubator Title: Principal Business City: Los Altos State: CA ZIP: 94024 Business Phone 650-941-4500 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Over the years I’m been active in many community services, including especially the Boy Scouts and our church, Los Altos United Methodist Church. My business partner (Mike Baird) and I are co-authors of the popular book, “Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur,” (Second Edition.), and I am now completing another book. Sharlotte and I enjoy jogging, hiking, vacationing, and anything having to do with family and friends. Our 40th Reunion became an opportunity for us to vacation in New England for 18 days, and Sharlotte, a California native, is especially eager to lead our explorations.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Sharlotte, a graduate of Mills College in Oakland, CA, teaches a fourth grade learning differences class at Los Altos Christian School in Los Altos, California. She loves to cook and take care of her pampered but grateful husband, as well as their overly pampered dog, Rags. Most of her activities revolve around family and friends. She manages to get everyone going for daily jogs or walks. Thank goodness!
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: We have two wonderful sons and one wonderful daughter-in-law. Matt, 29, and his bride, Trinh Phan, are both mechanical engineers at Boeing in Everett, WA, and they recently purchased a home in Mill Creek. Matt graduated from U.C. Berkeley (B.S.) and Stanford (M.S.), and Trinh from MIT (B.S.) and Stanford (M.S.)
Our younger son, Tommy, 26, is finishing his first year of medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, and will be joining us for part of our New England vacation. He graduated from U.C. San Diego and served for two years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a science and math teacher in Malawi.
We love to visit our kids!
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Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Stay tuned. In the meantime, Sharlotte are willing to take on board any spare grandchildren you may have.
Additional Narrative: May our next 40 years be as good as the last 40. See you at our 80th!
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies):: Incredible friendships that became lifelong friendships. Host of MIT-style recreational activities, including Phi Sig “Hare and Hound Chase,” and Frosh/Soph Field Days. Wonderful opportunities to learn and explore. Doc Edgerton. Dean Fassett. The Kennedy assassination … well, that’s enough.
Best example of MIT helping career: I suspect most of us underestimate the value of the MIT “brand,” which I’m certain opened many doors and on countless occasions eliminated the need for “check list” questions regarding competency and intelligence. MIT’s best gift to me is my daughter-in-law, Trinh Phan, Class of 2000.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope MIT will greatly strengthen and expand its leadership role in promoting world peace and understanding, in countering the effects of global warming, and in improving the health, security and well being of all of God’s children, especially the two billion most in need, wherever they may reside.
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Talus, Roy Course: X
Home Address: 1014 Stonebridge Ln Home City: Leland State: NC ZIP: 28451 Home Phone: 910-383-1767 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page:
Your Activities/Interests: Acclimating to retirement, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, the beaches & the mountains, Active in transitioning a home owner’s association from developer at NC home, Maintaining 5 acres while at Tn home, AARP tax aide, SEC football and ACC basketball.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Libby
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: son Brian (26)…. Tennis, boating, fishing. girlfriend daughter Janet (24)… the Arts, soccer, boyfriend. Both UNC graduates.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Celebrating 21st birthday at nearby bar with fraternity brothers….. Our group sat at a booth next to a group of characters that had their knuckles taped…whatever that meant. One of the brothers had the good sense to insult the taped-knuckle group. As we left the bar, we were blind-sided and down we went, learning why the knuckles were taped. A larger group of brothers then went to exact revenge and were met with flying chairs. That night, we ended up in second place, with some lessons well learned.
Best example of MIT helping career: The reputation associated with being an MIT graduate allowed us to pretty much select from a wide variety of top starting positions throughout the country. There never was a question of whether one would receive an offer after (usually during) an interview; it simply boiled down to making a choice of many excellent offers. Then throughout one’s career, the MIT tag alone resulted in an expectation of performance.
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Tenny, Ted Course: XVIb
Home Address: 6414 E. Elmwood St. Home City: Mesa State: AZ ZIP: 85205 Home Phone: (480) 396-3389 Mobile: (480) 216-7224 Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://www.mile204.us/
Your Activities/Interests: writing, hiking, church activities
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Jacquelyn – married on September 21, 1974 - travel, theater and music
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Beatrix – church activities, child care, music. Clara – French language and culture, writing
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Poetry writing class, taught by Prof. Barry Spacks. How did I ever escape with a “B”? Working on campus in the Walker Student Staff – lessons in food service, relationships, and life. Long walks, all around Boston, with a ride back on the MTA.
Best example of MIT helping career: Mathematical derivations that my colleagues in industry hadn’t been exposed to. Confidence in getting the job done – if you can survive the ‘Tute you can do anything. Writing assignments, mostly technical, with encouragement from several professors.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Stick to science and engineering which MIT does best, not politics.
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Tennison, Tom Course: II
Home Address: 1616 N. President Street Home City: Wheaton State: IL ZIP: 60187-3323 Home Phone 630-752-1634 Mobile: 630-890-6208 Email: [email protected] Web Page: involvetech.com
Spouse’s Name & Interests:
Dana
Children’s Name(s) & Interests:
Ashley
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Thilly, William G. Course: VII, XX
Home Address: 438 South Border Road Home City: Winchester State: MA ZIP: 01890 Home Phone: 781-729-7045 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://epidemiology.mit.edu Business Name: MIT Title: Prof. Business Address: 17-743 MIT 21 Ames St. Business City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02139 Business Phone 617-253-6221 Business Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests: With my wife, Elena Gostjeva, I continue the lifelong exploration of the cells that drive organogenesis, carcinogenesis and atherogenesis with emphasis on the cascade of genetic mutations that appear to be required for the latter two. Elena discovered some curious cells in those lineages that divide symmetrically and asymmetrically without mitosis, the first such finding of cells with stem-like properties. We named them “metakaryotes”. They evolved as the cells of the developmental lineage before plants and animals separated in evolution. My students and I have found that the mutations of these cells in tissues like the lung don’t continue in adults. Our data indicate that the mutations that drive atherosclerotic plaque and preneoplastic lesions occur from early fetal life through our juvenile years. The pattern of these mutations are those we see in vitro just copying our DNA with normal human DNA polymerases. One never knows.
I am looking to get a vaccine technology effort going again at MIT. Invitations from Thailand and the Philippines make it seem that the technology for viral vaccine production we developed in the 70s and 80s may make a major contribution in providing vaccines for dengue fever and influenza. Our other interests center around raising our three younger children, Feodor, 22, Walter, 8, and Audrey, 5.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Elena Gostjeva and I celebrate our tenth anniversary this year after meeting in Sweden in 1996. We share a variety of kids, scientific interests and remarkably similar preferences in red wine. Lena was born a Soviet citizen near Yalta in the Crimea on the Black Sea; she swims better than some seals. She started into genetics when she was thirteen. Her grandmother, Anotonina, received a bullet in the head for being a Soviet geneticist in 1941 when Lysenko’s crackpot theories had Stalin executing all the geneticists the NKVD could find. Her Americanization will never be complete and her way of looking at things is a source of wonder and inspiration to me every day.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Alexei, 45, is head of internal security for the autonomous republic of the Crimea in Ukraine. Willy, 33, is working as a comedian in California. Grethe, 31, continues in the web site business in Boston. Feodor is a junior at the University of New Hampshire. Walter, 8, is in the third grade loves school and soccer. Audrey, 5, starts kindergarten in the fall and is also pretty smart and fast. We bike and canoe with the little ones and make many trips to Wingarsheek Beach. Walter did 100 miles with me on the AT when he was six and I’m taking him and Audrey out for a week or so this summer, too.
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Anna, Alexei’s daughter, 22, just graduated from the University of Cimpheropol, (capitol of Crimea) from which Elena and both of her parents graduated. It was loaded with talented faculty who were sent to the boonies because they were not devout enough Communists.
32 Page 33 of 47 Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Figuring out how to maintain synchronous division of human cells in culture. (1970) Leading the MIT Rugby Football Club into a series of undefeated seasons. (Former motto: Win one, lose some.) (1967-71) Getting that acceptance letter December 1962. No more cleaning chicken coops for a living!
Best example of MIT helping career: They gave me a job which I kept.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Regain a reputation not just for “competitive” and “promising” research but for “contributing” research in human health and well being.
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Tomanek, Jerry Course: VI-2
Home Address: 26616 Westwind Way Home City: Los Altos Hills State: CA ZIP: 94022 Home Phone: 650-941-2444 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.photosofwonder.com
Your Activities/Interests: Community emergency preparedness, emergency communications; photography; golf; travel
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Happily married 38 years
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Two great children, a boy and a girl, recently graduated with an MBA and JD respectively.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): A room full of electrical engineering students taking the final exam in electromagnetic fields, all of them with slide rules in one hand, the other held out with a thumb and two fingers showing three dimensions trying to determine the wave front propagation. Walking across the bridge in winter ice storms, desparately counting Smoots. Learning the art and craft of photography from Minor White, which included transcendental meditation, mandalas and lessons in modern dance from a member of the Martha Graham troupe.
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Vail, W. Banning Ph.D Course: VIII
Home Address: 3123 - 198th Place SE Home City: Bothell State: WA ZIP: 98012 Home Phone: (425) 486-8789 Email: [email protected] Web Page: www.InhalationProducts.com Business Name: Inhalation, Inc. Title: VP Business Address: 18730-142nd Ave NE Business City: Woodinville State: WA ZIP: 98072 Business Phone: (425) 398-2557 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Independent inventor and entrepreneur. Ph.D. in Physics from University of Washington. Have over 65 patents worldwide, many of which have been licensed to three Fortune 500 firms. Founded several companies, one of which was sold to Fortune 500 firm in the oil industry. Often am the lead inventor, always write the patents, file them myself and prosecute them pro-se in the U.S. Many thanks to Benjamin Franklin for allowing pro-se prosecution in the U.S. Hold many patents in the oil industry, and more recently, in the medical area. Besides interest in Inhalation, Inc. (see above), am President of Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. that is developing technology to drill extended reach oil wells radially to distances of 20 miles.
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Marilyn, who is President of Inhalation, Inc. This year we will celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary.
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: One girl, Shaundelle.
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: None
Additional Narrative: Have a great time at the Reunion, and my best regards to all concerned.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Completing BS Thesis and immediately driving out of Boston. Physics labs at MIT were great!
Best example of MIT helping career: Could not understand physics courses taught from Feynman Lecture Series. Had to learn how to teach myself various topics in the engineering library. This self-teaching helped prepare me to become an independent inventor. During last several years at MIT, minimized spending time in class and maximized self-learning in the libraries.
35 Page 36 of 47 Fondest hope for MIT’s future: More relevant and humane undergraduate experiences. Hope MIT’s well publicized efforts to reduce its high suicide rate are successful. For those fellow classmates who have been touched by this might wish to refer to the article entitled “Covering Suicides in The Tech”, by Beckett W. Sterner, The Tech, Volume 126, Issue 9, March 7, 2006, a copy of which appears online at http://www- tech.mit.edu/V126/N9/sterner.html.
Note: Some erroneous records at MIT have my name currently listed as William Vail.
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Wilcox, David C. Course: XVI
Home Address: 5354 Palm Drive Home City: La Cañada Flintridge State: CA ZIP: 91011 Home Phone: 818-790-3796 Mobile: 818-606-1055 Email: [email protected] Web Page: dcwindustries.com Business Name: DCW Industries, Inc. Title: President Business Address: 5354 Palm Drive Business City: La Cañada Flintridge State: CA ZIP: 91011 Business Phone 818-790-3844 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Aerospace Research and Development, writing and publishing books, stamp collecting, travel
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Barbara, her children and grandchildren, travel
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Kinley, her children, designing and creating jewelry, travel Robert, his daughter, electrical engineering research and development, stamp collecting, travel
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests:
Nikalette, fashion Shane, motocross and BMX Charlotte, cartoons
Additional Narrative: I have published several textbooks that are in use in colleges throughout the world. However, my most recent book entitled “An Improbable Life” is of a different nature and it has some interesting nostalgia for MIT graduates. It is the true story of an MIT graduate who, at age 17, had quit high school twice and landed in prison with a two-year sentence. The young man served one year during which he completed 10th and 11th grades and decided he wanted to attend MIT. After completing high school, he indeed made it to MIT and eventually went on to earn a PhD from Caltech. Just before graduating from MIT, he received a full pardon from the governor of his state who, ironically, had been the judge who sentenced the young man to prison. He founded an aerospace company when he was just 29. This story has served as a 37 Page 38 of 47 source of inspiration for wayward youths with whom this MIT/Caltech graduate has worked on a volunteer basis. The book will appear in June 2007. A signed and numbered copy can be ordered at http://www.dcwindustries.com.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Being voted “power tool of the year” by my East Campus friends in my freshman year. Completing my course work in three years and graduating a year early in 1966
Best example of MIT helping career: When I walk into any DoD office sseking R&D contracts, my brass rat has always added instant credibility to my presentation (an Air Force Colonel told me that many years ago)
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: I hope MIT always maintains the standard of engineering education excellence that I was so fortunate to receive in my formative years.
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Williams, Ted Course: XIII
Ted, Karen and Sammy, Christmas 2006
Home Address: 8322 Estate Dr. Home City: Gloucester State: VA ZIP: 23061 Home Phone: 804-695-0831 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page:
Business Name: AOC Title: Sr. Project Mgr. Business Address: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Div. ; 9500 MacArthur Blvd Business City: West Bethesda State: MD ZIP: 20817 Business Phone 301-227-3670 Business Email: Your Activities/Interests: Boat Building, Sailing, Travel, House Construction, Antique Cars, Singing
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Travel, Rock ‘n Roll, Cruisin’ down the river in her electric launch, Singing, Life in the country
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Douglas – Recent Va. Tech grad.-- sports, outdoor activities, video games Juliana – Still in college -- cooking, water sports, Lacrosse,
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Not yet
Additional Narrative: We got fed up with the rat race of Northern VA after 28 years; 2 1/2 years ago we built a house in rural, Gloucester, VA, on the water. We love it here! Like America was 50 years ago – peaceful, neighborly, un-crowded, don’t even have to lock our doors, but less than an hour from real civilization and airports such as may be had in Richmond and Newport News. The place fairly drips with history – Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, the various Civil War battlefields; Pocahontas was born in Gloucester.
I am still working up in Maryland, which makes for an onerous commute, but have reasonable prospects for “rewirement” closer to home sometime in the next year or two. Am finishing up building Karen a 17’ electric launch, circa 1910 look, for her and her girlfriends to cruise down the river – surrey top, 12 V blender, stereo – 39 Page 40 of 47 a party boat! Also building spec houses as a job to ease into as part of the rewirement. We shall see what the next five years bring. BTW -- Had a grand time at our recent Tech reunion.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies) Sailing the Charles on warm, breezy, Spring afternoons; Glee Club weekend performances with Wellesley, Douglass, and Smith glee clubs; fraternity (Phi Delta Theta) events, especially All Tech Sing; the Hart Nautical Museum; schlepping across the Harvard Bridge to & from classes; relaxing on hot summer days in the cool breeze of the Wright Bros. Wind Tunnel when we were supposed to be testing sail models for Halsey Herreshoff; trying to get my decrepit Honda motorcycle into operating condition in the basement shop of Bldg. 2; sheer terror facing some of those physics and calculus exams.
Best example of MIT helping career Prospective employers’ seeing MIT on my resume! Substantively, the main thing I learned at MIT was how to solve complex problems – break them down into manageable ones, solve them and put them back together. Works for almost anything.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Leave the political correctness behind and get on with the primary mission of producing the engineers and scientists America so desperately needs.
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Wilson, Alexander D. Course: III
Home Address: 1054 Wayne Ave. Home City: Coatesville State: PA ZIP: 19320 Home Phone: 610-384-4157 Mobile: Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: Mittal Steel USA Title: Manager, Technical Services Business Address: 139 Modena Road Business City: Coatesville State: PA ZIP: 19320 Business Phone 610-383-3105 Business Email: above
Your Activities/Interests: Continue to enjoy work as a steel metallurgist; developing new plate steels for bridges, Defense applications, energy markets and heavy equipment…..largest steel company in world (by acquisition); golf and gardening occupy free time; no more volleyball or basketball (bad knee)
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Elizabeth(Betty) part-time Medical- surgical nurse at local hospital; 40th wedding ann. Next year
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Zachary with Verizon in IT, excellent volleyball player. Bartholomew a geologist with State of Delaware, working on Ph.D at U. of Delaware
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests: Shay Lynn Wilson (2) – learning to talk and solve quadratic equations
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Basketball team activities; beating Harvard, freshman team, European trip Morris Cohen’s, Nick Grant’s and Mert Fleming’s Physical Metallurgy lectures. Burton/Conner Intramurals, learning pool/billiards, ping pong, bridge and other activities. Elsie’s roast beef sandwiches
Best example of MIT helping career: Grad. School/Master’s + @ MIT helped me get first job (Westinghouse) and current job
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Metallurgy will return as a course
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Wight, Greg Course: II
Home Address: 27 Sunset La., P.O. Box 429, Home City: Brookfield, State: VT ZIP: 05036 Home Phone: 802-276-3173 Mobile: hate ‘em Email: [email protected] Web Page:
Business Name: Norwich University Title: Prof.; CE Dept Business Address: 158 harmon Dr. Business City: Northfield State: VT ZIP: 05663 Business Phone 802-485-2276 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Saving the planet. Alternatively fueled vehicles research. Running. Old Vespa Motor Scooter salvation
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Tamara – Artist; woven sculpture
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Katy – Marketing Director for E Elgar Publishers; knitting. Michael – Curriculum coordinator for Teens, Inc alternative School; River Rafting. Lindsey-- Wildlife Educator for Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): That night JCE and I climbed Kresge
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Young, Peter Course: XVI
Home Address: 111 Riverside St. Home City: Watertown State: MA ZIP: 02472 Home Phone: 617 923-4184 Mobile: 617 620-0740 Email: [email protected] Business Name: MIT, Aero Astro Department Title: Senior Lecturer Business Address: 77 Massachusetts Ave., 33-240 City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02139 Business Phone 617 253-5340 Business Email: [email protected] Your Activities/Interests: Running, model aviation, educational outreach, travelling, photography
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Judy Young – collecting and selling antiques, gardening, Bible study
Children’s Name(s) & Interests: Derek Young; urban revitalization in Tacoma, WA; outdoors activities; blog www.exit133.com Brett Young; lives in Berkeley CA, professional civil engineer; interested in outdoors activities. Stacey Young; medical consultant, www.triage.com; based in San Francisco; interests: travel, running, other outdoors activities
Additional Narrative: After graduating from MIT, I worked for Boeing in Seattle WA for a few years; then joined the US Air Force where I specialized in the design, assembly & test, and launch operations of national security satellites. I was fortunate to be the Program Manager for two major satellite programs – the Space Based Infra-Red program (Low component) and the DoD Space Test Program, and participated in launches of payloads launching on Titan III and I Vs, the Space Shuttle, and the Pegasus XL winged launch vehicle. The Air Force assigned me to teach back in the Aero-Astro Department in 1997 and I’ve worked with MIT Aero- Astro faculty, staff, and students for the past ten years; I retired from the USAF in 1999 after 29 years service in the grade of Colonel. At this point (May 2007), I am planning to leave MIT to return to the aerospace industry and will be moving back to Los Angeles by mid-summer.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Working back in the Aero-Astro Department commencing in 1997 to the present time (2007), I’ve had numerous wonderful opportunities to work with very excellent undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of curricular and extra-curricular activities –
Best example of MIT helping career: The opportunity to return to MIT to teach (1997-2007) was, without any question, the highlight of my professional working career.
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: That MIT will continue to be the pre-eminent educational institution for the advancement of science, technology, and engineering to benefit all society.
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Zahn, Markus Course: VI
Home Address: 17 Somerset Road Home City: Lexington State: MA ZIP: 02420 Home Phone: 781-861-7021 Mobile: 781-367-2775 Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://lees.mit.edu/lees/old files/full/faculty/Zahn/zahn00.html
Business Name: MIT Title: Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering Business Address: Room 10-174 Business City: Cambridge State: MA ZIP: 02139 Business Phone 617-253-4688 Business Email: [email protected]
Your Activities/Interests:
Grandchildren, travel, bicycling, hiking, US stamp collecting
Spouse’s Name & Interests:
Linda Zahn-photographer, reading, travel, hiking
Children’s Name(s) & Interests:
Laura Zahn- Biology Editor of Science 44 Page 45 of 47 Daniel Zahn- Electrical Engineering Jeffrey Zahn- Bioengineering Amy Zahn- Mathematics,
Grandchildren’s Name(s) & Interests:
Sophia Zahn (10 years)- mathematics, computer games, cello, soccer; Nicholas Zahn (3 years)- Construction vehicles and trains (Thomas, Builder Bob, etc.); Juliana Zahn (1 year)- learning from older brother and sister Audrey Zahn (4 years)- karate, books Elliot Zahn Richter (2 years)- loves to flirt and defy his parents Baby Girl Terrell- will arrive in June, 2007. Keeping her parents from sleeping will be her main interest for now.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies):
Doing master’s thesis at Raytheon Research Division as part of VI-A Internship Program; finishing PHD thesis; working with Prof. James R. Melcher, a fabulous teacher, mentor, and friend
Best example of MIT helping career:
VI-A Internship Program turned me from “clueless” student into a scholar
Fondest hope for MIT’s future:
To acquire sufficient donor funds to build a new Engineering and Science Library to replace the present fragmented Barker and Hayden Libraries as recommended by the Faculty Committee on the Library System headed by me in 2002.
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Zuteck, Michael D. Course: VIII
Home Address: 601 Clear Lake Rd Home City: Clear Lake Shores State: Texas ZIP: 77565 Home Phone: (281) 334 5681 Mobile: (281) 814 1967 Email: [email protected] Web Page: Business Name: MDZ Consulting Title: Head Honcho Business Address: As Above Business City: State: ZIP: Business Phone Business Email: Your Activities/Interests: Cycling, Sailing
Spouse’s Name & Interests: Pamela, Cycling, Sailing
Additional Narrative: Remain active in leading wind energy rotor R&D. Swept tip blade has become DOE’s top research project, passed loading tests, and will soon fly on a research turbine, and be fatigue tested at the National Renewable Energy Lab. Also designed a series of research blades, the last of which was lighter and stronger than any comparable blade. Great work if you can get it.
Most Vivid MIT Memory(ies): Sailing team racing on the Charles and elsewhere; hockey team, exploding 8.01 stage hack, surgical tubing water fights, climbing Kresge auditorium. 46 Page 47 of 47
Best example of MIT helping career: Got me into Apollo program, an exciting way to begin a career. Also provided the basics for my decades long consulting career
Fondest hope for MIT’s future: Technical leader in solving energy and global warming crises
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