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1940s 1960s 1970s 1980s Lester Crown (’46) and his family Charles A. Wentz Jr. (PhD ’62) Cyril B. tellis (MS ’71, PhD ’75), a Daniel p. Kovacevic (’81, Kellogg were awarded the Andrew Carnegie of Edwardsville, Illinois, was former research and development ’83) was hired as a director of leasing Medal of Philanthropy. appointed to the Southern Illinois manager for Union Carbide, has for the Arizona Southwest division University School of Engineering joined Invictus LLC, which plans of real estate company Whitestone 1950s advisory board. to design and build a cracker plant REIT. near Montgomery, West Virginia, to edward D. henze Joseph L. schofer (MS ’65, PhD Michael Willett (’81) of Reston, (’50) of Albany, produce natural gas. Oregon, enjoyed his career as a ’68), associate dean at McCormick, Virginia, is a director of engi neering Donald p. Monaco research and development engineer received the 2011 Roy W. Crum (’74, MS ’74), in the intelligence solutions division in five states east of the Mississippi, Distinguished Service Award principal owner of Monaco Air of General Dynamics. then ventured west for 15 years in from the Trans por ta tion Research Duluth, has joined the board of John Z. Kukral (’82) is the founder Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Now he is Board of the National Academies in directors of Next 1 Interactive. and head of Northwood Investors, “safely put to pasture in an Oregon recognition of his transportation Che-hang Charles Ih (MS ’79) of which has closed more than $1 bil- retirement village.” research. Rancho Palos Verdes, Cal ifor nia, a lion in a second o£ering, bringing its James L. Funk L. Broas Mann (MS ’50) of Shelby (’66) of Charleston, Boeing associate technical fellow, total capital raised to $2.3 billion. Township, Michigan, retired after 50 South Carolina, published his debut received the company’s annual hsiu-Guo Chang (MS ’84, PhD years as a Chrysler research engineer novel, Long Walk Home: A Civil Special Invention Award. Ih, one of ’87), a senior director of Carlyle and consultant. With inspiration War Infantry Soldier’s Love Story Boeing’s top scientists, was part of a Asia Investment Advisors, has been from former Northwestern profes- in 2011. Funk has enjoyed several team that invented an approach that named a nonexecutive director of sor Burgess Jennings, Mann spent careers since his graduation from is under protection as a trade secret Yashili International Holdings. Northwestern. He spent 18 years in but was recognized among thousands much of that time with the Chrysler helen s. Kim (’85), chief business the automotive industry, becoming of Boeing inventions in 2011. Automotive gas turbine program. o¥cer of NGM Biopharmaceuticals, an executive with the Ford Motor James F. Gibbons Virginia M. rometty (’79) was appointed to the board of (’53) of Portola Company. He then became a builder became president and CEO of IBM directors of ImmunoCellular Valley, California, has taught engi- and restorer of residential homes neering at Stanford University for in January. She was listed among Therapeutics. and a golf course owner, builder, and Forbes magazine’s “100 Most Power- more than 50 years. A researcher, Kevin e. Calderwood (’86, Kellogg operator in Michigan. Now Funk ful Women” last September and educator, and administrator com- ’88), president of Vivisimo, a search is a writer. In addition to his new among “Twelve Global Exec u tives mitted to educational and tech- and analytics provider, was profiled novel, he wrote and published a his- to Watch in 2012” by the Wall Street nological innovation and developing torical nonfiction book, Three Rivers by Information Today. relationships between academia and Journal in December. Form an Ocean: Vignettes of Life in Christopher Clower (’88), manag- industry, he received the Founders Jonathan s. turner (MS ’79, Charleston, South Carolina, in 2003. ing director of Borneo Brothers Medal from the Institute of Elec tri- PhD ’82), a faculty member in Craig Martin Limited, has joined the board of cal and Electronics Engineers last (’66) of Seattle, a computer science and engineer- directors of Australia-based Western August. His vision and leadership writer, had an excerpt from his play ing at Washington University in Manganese. have bolstered Stanford’s engineer- Benvolio—In Fair Verona, the Other St. Louis, received the school’s 2011 ing programs and helped fuel world- Tragedy selected for publication in Chancellor’s Award for Innovation robert J. Kiep (’88) was named wide innovations in Silicon Valley. Gay City: Volume 4: At Second Glance and Entrepreneurship. senior vice president and chief archi- in 2011. The play is a backstory to tect of information technology at Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Gallagher Bassett Services in Itasca, Martin’s short story “Broadway” Illinois. was in Gay City: Volume 2 and was selected for an Editor’s Choice Award.

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Sharmila Shahani Mulligan (’88, In 1999, Paul Fichter (’94, MEM Craig Witsoe (MEM ’97, Kellogg Fernando Zumbado (’03) of Weinberg ’88, Kellogg ’94) was ’97, Kellogg ’97) of Seattle launched ’97) joined Abound Solar in Houston is a robotic systems engi- appointed to the board of directors of Taphandles, a firm that manu- Loveland, Colorado, as president and neer working on the Multi-Mission Lattice Engines, a sales intelligence factures distinctive tap handles CEO in November. Space Exploration Vehicle as the software company. Most recently for breweries, and outsources the Rene Carlos (’98) of College Park, lead window designer at NASA’s she was executive vice president of detailed production work to China, Maryland, was the lead mechanical Johnson Space Center. Recently he marketing for Aster Data. where his company runs a fac- engineer on last June’s successful was named the test and verifica- Yeong-Sam Byun (PhD ’89) was tory with 450 employees. Last fall Small Rocket/Spacecraft Technology tion lead for the Simplified Aid for named chief executive of LG Siltron Taphandles opened a facility for (SMART) mission, a suborbital EVA Rescue (SAFER) project, a as part of an executive reorgani- making lighted signs and other dis- NASA/Department of Defense self-contained propulsive system for zation of its parent company, LG plays in Woodinville, Washington, launch to demonstrate microsatellite use during extravehicular activity. Group. and a plant outside Chicago that technologies. As part of his educational outreach prints beer logos on glassware. activities, he joined the first team Todd A. Kuiken (PhD ’89, Feinberg from Northwestern to fly in the ’90, ’91, ’95), director of the Rehab il- Jeffrey Waters (MEM ’94, Kellogg 2000s Reduced Gravity Student Flight itation Institute of Chicago’s Center ’94) was named senior vice presi- Satya Tiwari (’00, Weinberg ’00) Opportunities program in summer for Bionic Medicine and Amputee dent and general manager for the of Atlanta, Amit Saraf (’00, Kellogg 2011. He flew a Northwestern flag Services, was profiled in Crain’s military, industrial, and computing ’05) of San Francisco, and Sandeep provided by Ryan McGuire (’02). Chicago Business for his work con- division of Altera Corporation. Luke (Weinberg ’00) of New York Zumbado recently celebrated his structing computerized limbs. The second edition of Lean Hospitals: followed traditional paths after 10th year of working at the Johnson Improving Quality, Patient Safety, Suk-Chung Yoon (MS ’89, PhD ’91), graduating from Northwestern, tak- Space Center, where he started as a and Employee Engagement by chair of the department of com- ing investment-banking jobs at Wall co-op student. puter science at Widener University Mark Graban (’95) was published Street firms. But a decade later the Jeffrey R. Schell (’04, GSCS in Chester, Pennsylvania, was in November. The first edition three close friends reunited to form ’11) of Chicago and Ethan Lipkind appointed to a newly created part- earned a 2009 Shingo Research and Surya, a home décor company. In (Weinberg ’06) of Wilmette, Illinois, time position of special assistant to Professional Publication Award. August the company was named to created Michigan Rural Healthcare the president. John Green (’95) of Naperville, Inc. magazine’s 2011 Inc. 500/5000 Preservation Inc. to ensure access Illinois, works in the Chicago o¢ce list as one of the fastest-growing to health care in rural communi- of Halcrow Inc. as senior rail civil 1990s privately held companies. ties. The charitable organization engineer and lead track designer for Alicia S. Boler-Davis Jeri Beth Ward (MEM ’01, Kellogg empowers specialty physicians (’91) was North America. He also serves as ’01) became the first-ever director to develop needed service lines to named vice president for customer chair of the transportation group of of customer experience at Audi of ensure that health care services experience at GM. With GM since the Illinois section of the American America, where she has worked since remain available for communities in 1994, she has served in a variety of Society of Civil Engineers. positions, including plant manager 2007. rural parts of Michigan. Schell is the Brian M. Breit and vehicle line director/vehicle (’96) was promoted Allen Capdeboscq (MEM ’02, CEO, and Lipkind is general counsel. chief engineer. from senior manager to director at Kellogg ’02) was named vice presi- The network is supported and linked Deloitte Consulting. by CareShare, a health care social Mansour A. Salame (’92) was dent of financial and capital plan- Fabian Meier networking application created by named to the board of directors of (MS ’97) rejoined ning for Peabody Energy. He was vice Schell and Barrett Griffith (’04). 8x8 Inc., a provider of computing the GmbH/ Geneva Lab in Zurich, president of business development. CareShare was featured at the DC to solutions. 8 x 8 acquired Contactual Switzerland, as a senior vice presi- Matthew Joseph Hertko (’02) was VC: HIT Start-up Showcase, a health Inc., which Salame formerly served dent for audio and video product named a partner in the intellectual information technology venture as chairman and CEO. development. property practice of Kirkland & capital conference. James Charles Brailean (PhD Ellis’s Chicago o¢ce. Weian “Andy” Chang (’05) was ’93), cofounder, president, and awarded the Trudy A. Speciner Non- CEO of PacketVideo, received the Supervisory Award for Advancing Distinguished Alumnus of the Environmental Protection by the US Year Award from the University of Environmental Protection Agency. Michigan–Dearborn. He was also appointed to the board of directors of MicroPower Technologies.

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Lucy J. Chung (’05) was promoted In memoriam from copywriter to senior copy- Thomas C. Smith ’34 writer at AbelsonTaylor. McCormick alumni honored Albert J. Kurtzon ’38 Sanjay Nangia (’06, Law ’09) James L. McConachie ’40 Two McCormick alumni were honored at the annual was named an associate in the San Northwestern Alumni Association award banquet in March. Francisco oce of Davis Wright William J. Chambers Jr. ’43 Tremaine. Marwin T. Doherty ’44 Gwynne Shotwell (’86, MS ’88) Michael Scott Arnold (PhD ’07), Roger A. Burt ’45 received the Alumni Merit Award for professor of materials science and David C. McClintock ’47 high achievement in a profession or field. engineering at the University of John S. Rode ’47 Shotwell is president of SpaceX, a space Wisconsin–Madison, received a transport company that has developed Presidential Early Career Award for Robert L. Cowles Jr. ’48 two space launch vehicles—Falcon 1 and Scientists and Engineers. William G. Hayden ’48 Falcon 9—and the Dragon spacecraft, which Regan Blythe Towal (MS ’07, Irvin Moehling ’49 will deliver cargo to the International PhD ’10), a researcher at the Cal- Harry W. Neuert ’49 Space Station for NASA. In December 2010 ifornia Institute of Technology, John Pearson ’49 SpaceX became the first private company to was awarded a 2011 L’Oréal Fel- successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft. lowship for Women in Science by Richard A. Hohfeler Jr. ’50 ¨Alumni Merit Awards are presented to alumni who have the American Association for the William A. Moore ’50 distinguished themselves in their particular professions or fields Advancement of Science. Thomas C. Paisley ’50 of endeavor in such a way as to reflect credit on their alma mater. Samir Rayani (’09), David George S. Bayer ’52 Ho’man (Weinberg ’09), and Alex White (SESP ’09) earned a spot in William N. Guthrie ’52 Edward Voboril (’65) received the Businessweek’s listing of America’s Robert H. Olandt ’52 Alumni Service Award for outstanding Best Young Entrepreneurs, thanks Thomas F. Powers ’52 service to the University. For the past to the Next Big Sound, a start-up five years Voboril has served as the chair Arthur R. Erbach ’53 that the trio conceived during a of the NUvention: Medical Innovation Northwestern entrepreneurship Ramsay Nokay ’55 course, which teaches students from across course. The company provides bands Norbert T. Bold ’58 Northwestern how to turn ideas for medical with a tool to measure their social devices into businesses. Darrell M. Fugelberg ’58 media presence. Its service tracks ¨The Alumni Service Awards are given fans’ online activity and behavior for Martin N. Kite ’59 in recognition of loyal service rendered thousands of artists and packages Larry R. Fay ’60 voluntarily to the University through the NAA, an aliated group, or the analytics in an online dashboard. Douglas M. Anderson ’61 a particular school. Mehlin B. Smith ’64 2010s Jean Y. Togikawa ’80 Kristin Landry (’10) began a Kristopher-Woo Whang ’82 master’s degree in civil and envi- ronmental engineering at Stanford Arnold Stux ’92 University’s atmosphere and energy program in September. She plans to complete her degree in April 2013. She spent the summer at Questions & Solutions Engineering Inc. in Minnesota.

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