Douglas Dorans has started his own company, D. Dorans and Associates Inc, a consulting firm for insurance adjusters on the engineering aspects of insurance losses. Last year, he and his wife Laura went to Russia to adopt their four year old daughter, Katie (Svetlana). They found that the parent child communication gap was slightly exasperated by the fact that she only spoke Russian (and he didn't). A year later she now speaks English fluently (he doesn't yet). His family and business are located in Elgin, IL.
Robert Goldsmith left for Sydney, Australia with his family in December for a six month assignment to expand the assessment base of his firm Development Dimensions International in Pittsburg, PA. His wife, Lucy, and children Emily & Abigail (5), Matthew (4), Megan (2), and infant Oliver are down under with him. Jim Kaeli recently relocated to Harrisonburg, VA with R. R. Donnelley, the country's largest commercial printer. If you read many hard or softcover bestsellers, they're probably produced in this plant (over 150 million books are printed there annually). Jim is now Division Manufacturing Support Group Manager, and has responsibility for Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, TQM and CIM. He and his wife, Kathy, are gradually acclimating to southern living. The kids, Jeff (11) and Paige (8), are preparing for a life of technology and love sending e-mail to their friends around the country.
Aren Horowitz sent an e-mail note to alumni_class_notes@rpi.edu (a generic address if you forget mine). He has been working for Lotus Development Corporation the last nine years as a System Architect, in a group that brings emerging technologies into their product line. His family (wife Joan; Miriam, 14; Simon, 10; and Nathan, 6) have settled in Sharon, MA about 25 miles south of Boston. Susan Lill has joined the staff of College Family Physicians. She completed her internship and residency in family practice in Ohio, spent four years with the US Public Health Service in a rural community in northwest Missouri, and has settled in the Overland Park area in Kansas with her current position. Robert Barghaus has been named senior vice president, finance and development at Labatt, USA. In his new position he will be responsible for overseeing strategic planning, finance and administration, and new volume acquisition. Bob is married with three children living in the Thiensville, Wisconsin area. Leslie MacNeil was appointed an officer at Chubb Life located in Concord, NH. He was previously a senior EDP auditor with Chubb & Son Inc. Leslie hold the insurance industry designation of Fellow, Life Management Institute, is a certified information systems auditor and a certified internal auditor. He resides in Bow, NH with his wife, Patricia and their four children. Edward Kremzier has been appointed Manager, Power Supply Administration for Eastern Utilities Associates located in West Bridgewater, MA. He is responsible for administration of power supply contracts, preparation of wholesale power bills, coordination of special power supply studies and regulatory support for their retail and wholesale electric utility subsidiaries. He previously was Supervisor of System Planning. Ed is a registered professional engineer.
David Barnett is a physician dermatologist with the US Navy stationed in Gaithersburg, MD. Timothy Barr is division manager with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission living in Mitchellville, MD with his attorney wife, June. Vincent D'Agostino is president of Benefit Consultants Inc, a subsidiary of CUC International residing in Atherton, CA with wife Nicolys and children Rachel (11), Cliff (8) and Will (5). Frank Feda is director of engineering at Photoelectron Corporation located in Waltham, MA. Jim Hausgate is engineering manager, urethanes and plastics at Arco Chemical and recently moved to Berwyn, PA with his wife Cathy and three girls from Charleston, WV. Donald Lipscomb is president of Delstudio Architects and lives in Alexandria, VA with wife Jan and sons Erik and Joseph. Betsy Longendorfer is engineering manager at Crestron Electronics and resides in Ridgewood, NJ with husband Steve Jackson ('75) and sons Dan (14) and Matt (12). Edward Bockwood is an ophthalmologist with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation living in Shaker Heights, OH. Elizabeth Schreiner is an anesthesiologist residing in Laramie, WY. Thomas Stumpf is a lieutenant colonel with the USAF stationed at Elgin AFB, FL. Dave Thomas is working in exploration and production for Shell Offshore, Inc living in New Orleans, LA with wife, Patricia and daughter, Erin. Mitch Weber is president of Heffner and Weber, design-construction-management, residing in Bethesda, MD with wife Lydia and children Jason (11) and Lina (8), both competitive gymnasts.
I believe that we had over 50 classmates return to RPI for the festivities. As for people seen at reunion weekend . . . Lisa (Hallquist) Bowlby has defected to the sales profession and is selling semiconductor production equipment for Applied Materials. Sean Corrigan has retired from the Navy Civil Engineering Corp and is Facilities Director for 31 campuses with 18,000 K thru 12th grade students in Thousand Oaks, CA. Kris Costa also made a career change from biology to Coordinator of Facilities Maintenance for the New York State Thruway. Many of us (including myself) enjoyed the clean rest stops as we drove to RPI for reunion weekend. Trudy DeGraff is still working on her PhD in computer science at RPI. During home hockey games, Trudy and husband Rick Pfeiffer operate a train horn which they donated to the Field House. She is the first woman to be qualified to fly C-130 transport aircraft to both the North and South poles. Trudy is a major in the New York National Guard and serves at their Schenectady base as aircraft commander. Rusty Gordon is an electronic commerce consultant currently working for Whirlpool in St Joseph, MI. He has been very active in recolonizing his fraternity, Chi Phi. Doc Kirchgessner distinguished himself by working on six of the seven continents and having lived on three of them. He is working for W. R. Grace supporting their petro refinery business. You may have seen Doc's scenic photos in Earth magazine. Adam Levin is decommissioning nuclear power sites. He lives in Bridgewater, CT with wife Emily and two beautiful daughters, Jennifer (12) and Elissa (10). Donald Lipscomb is amazed that his company Del Studio Architects is still in business after eight years. He lives in Alexandria, VA with wife Janet and sons Erik (9) and Joseph (6). Robert Matthews has bowled a perfect 300 both left and right handed. His day job is a property and casualty insurance actuary. Harry and Larry McElroy own a software startup they founded in Los Angeles, CA. Harry was proud of his TV star twins Loren and Meghan who appeared on "Baby Talk" with Connie Sellica and George Clooney. Mark Mulholland showed up with his arm bandaged up from contact with poison ivy while "bush hogging". He works for the Air Force at the Pentagon and tried to pass President Clinton by the Lincoln Memorial during one of their morning jogs. Michael O'Donnell is a research chemist for the Navy working on developing better paints. Robert Olson is at the US Department of State working on strategic planning. Sari Ostermayer has completed her doctorate as a psychiatrist in child psychology. Harlan Rosenthal is developing voice mail software for Dialogic. He is on his fourth job having survived two layoffs. Carl de Stefanis is at IVI International as a real estate development consultant. He lives in Pound Ridge, NY with his Swedish wife, Lean and bi-lingual daughter, Stella. Mark Stephens is working for the EPA and currently involved with closing military bases. Patrick Valiquette has been running the computer help desk at RPI for the last 15 years. He didn't make many points when his boss's boss was unable to get help for over three days.
Congratulations to Richard Cabot on the birth of his first child, Jackson William. Via Email I heard from Dave Hill. He traveled to England to help start a Habitat for Humanity group and spent some time in Japan and Taiwan working on a power plant project. Dave is working as a Automation Specialist for a Connecticut distributor with Steve Bailey '72. He is slowly making an old 1879 farmhouse in Fairfield, CT livable with wife Nina and children Justin (2) and Molly (1).
Other reunion attendees I missed in the last column . . . Bill Esposito is a senior engineer with the Long Island Lighting Company and resides in Northport, NY with wife Shirley and son Billy (12). Robert Mack is an associate with Storch Associates in Manchester, NH. Bob and his wife Jill (a Sage graduate) have children Brian (11), Karen (9), and Andres (5). Shaun Morrissey is a senior staff scientist with The Mitre Corp in Nashua, NH. Robert Turner is a project manager with Close, Jensen and Miller, PC in Wethersfield, CT.
I haven't received correspondence from classmates since the reunion so the following excerpts are from returned questionnaires. Margaret Bakker started a business, Bakker & Lewis Architects, with spouse Rob Lewis '73 in Shavertown, PA. They live in an old farmhouse with a terrific view. Ray French is a staff research chemist for Shell Development Company in Houston, TX. He is currently in Amsterdam on a one year assignment. Bryan Goddard is a clinical associate professor with United Health Services Hospitals in Johnson City, NY. Byran and wife Nancy reside in Vestal, NY with sons David (15) and Jonathan (10). Patricia Henking is the Vicar at Faith Episcopal Church in Merrimack, NH. Scott Mackler is General Sales and Marketing Manager with Clestra Cleanroom, Inc in North Syracuse, NY. He was a recipient of the "Excellence in Exporting" Award from the government of Israel. William McLoughlin is preparing for retirement from his job as an operations officer for the US Army Readiness Group at Fort McCoy, WI. Craig Sabottke is a refining advisor for Exxon Company International. He lives in Morristown, NY with wife Cathy (College of St Rose) and sons CJ (12) and Carl (5). Diana Schilke is working as a Domestic Goddess for her family compised of husband Christopher and children Karen (13) and Carl (9). They live in Grass Valley, CA. Fred Seid is a financial planner with Merrill Lynch in New York, NY where he resides with wife Judith. Steven Silberstein is CEO of FAME Information Services, Inc, a company he bought from Citibank. He lives with his wife and three kids in Port Washington, NY. John Tartaglia is engineering manager for Climax Research Services. John and wife Beth live in Farmington Hills, MI with daughter Andrea and twin sons Mike and Randy. Mitch Weber is President of Heffner-Weber, a design construction management company. He and wife Lydia live in Bethesda, MD with children Jason (11) and Lina (8).
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