-alanine), but have it named after him (BoPhoz). It was one of the chiral catalyst ligands featured in an article on the 2001 Conference on Pharmaceutical Ingredients, held in London (C&E News, 10/29/91, p. 23). <nwboaz@eastman.com>
| Number 29 | John L. Burmeister, Editor | August, 2002 |
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H. Anthony (Tony) Neidig (MS46, PhD48) and your Editor enjoyed a reunion at the 2002 Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention, held at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA on 4/20/02. Tony served as LVC's Chemistry Department Chairman for many years, and was already in that position when I visited the Valley, as a prospective freshman, in the spring of 1955. I would have loved to have pursued my chemistry studies at LVC, in what was then a hosiery factory converted into a chemistry laboratory, but was lured to F&M by an offer of (much needed) greater financial support. <hneidig@epix.net>
Gabriel D. Chuchani, Ph.D. (BS50, MS51) served as the head of the organizing committee for the 6th Latin American Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, held 12/2-7/01 on the Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.
Albert E. Symonds, Jr. (BS50, MS51) is living in retirement with his wife, Lillian, in Aiken, SC. All three of their children have received degrees in biology from the University of South Carolina. Al reports that his "most important memory" is "being the classmate and lab partner of (the late Nobel Laureate in Medicine) Danny Nathans, M.D. (BS50, PhD(HON)79)." <aesymonds@aol.com>
George R. Waller, Ph.D. (MS52) has had, to put it mildly, an active retirement, which formally began in 1988, when he stepped down from his professorial duties at Oklahoma State University. He has enjoyed two retirement sabbaticals (visiting research professor, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1991-92); ditto, Departments of Chemistry and Soil Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (1994-95)). He has served as a member of the editorial board of the Botanical Bulletin, Academia Sinica from 1988 to the present, and was president of the International Allelopathy Society (1994-99). Topping it all off was his selection as Oklahoma Chemist of the Year in 2001. <gwaller@bmb-fs1.biochem.okstate.edu>
Heartiest congratulations to our bevy of 50-year ACS members in 2001-2002: John R. Kosak, Ph.D. (BS51,MS52); Donald L. Knauss (BS52); William R. Watt (MS52, PhD55) <wwatt@icpener.net>; Peter S. Francis (MS53, PhD55); Frank J. Kushibab (MS53,PhD58); Robert K. Miller (MS53, PhD56); Lewis B. Weisfeld (MS53, PhD56); Thrygve R. Meeker(MS54, PhD56); Stanley Katz, Ph.D. (MS55); Sterling F. Strause (PhD55); Erik Kissa(PhD56); K. Robert Lange (PhD56); Speros P. Nemphos (PhD57); Donald E. Hoffman(PhD60); and Arthur D. Coates (MS61).
Marcel C. Bernier (BA59) is the laboratory manager of Centerchem, Inc., in Norwalk, CT. <bernier@centerchem.com>
We report, with great sadness, the passing of Nina Matheny Roscher, Ph.D. (BS60) on 9/19/01. Nina was professor and chair of American University's Chemistry Department, and was a leading figure nationally in recruiting women and minorities to science. A lengthy obituary was published in the 10/15/01 issue of C&E News (p.45).
In the same vein, we note, with equal sadness, the death of Charles W. Stewart, Sr. (BS62, PhD66). Charlie retired from the DuPont Company, as a Research Fellow, in 1995, after 35 years of service, having been named on over 30 patents during his career. He was a recognized expert in the field of polymer rheology and the use of fluoropolymers as process aids.
Ned D. Heindel (PhD63), Howard S. Bunn Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh University, gave a superb plenary lecture at the aforementioned 2002 ISCC, held at his undergraduate alma mater, Lebanon Valley College. Ned was a member of the task force, commissioned by ACS President Attila E. Pavlath, to analyze the results of the 2001 ACS electronic membership poll (C&E News, 10/22/02, p. 64). Ned was also a member of the selection committee for the ACS Technology Milestones Project (C&E News, 9/17/01, p. 72).
Edmund A. Zavaglia (PhD64) has completed his 26th year with American Manufacturing International, Inc. (AMITECH), in Oxford, NJ. Amitech supplies specialty chemicals for textiles, cosmetics, and metal treating.
Stephen A. Butter (PhD65), prompted by his wife, Debbie's (UD BFA64) serious illness, took early retirement from his position at the Department of Energy, after 11 years of service, in 1995. Prior to his DOE position, he had worked with Air Products & Chemicals (5 years) and Mobil (14 years). Following Debbie's death in 1999, Steve moved to Hilton Head Island, SC, where he's "most involved with Dixieland music, having revived my skills on the clarinet and saxophone. I play a lot of gigs professionally at country clubs and retirement/nursing homes, just for the enjoyment of the older folks." <sbutter715@aol.com>
Charles T. Hughes (BS65) has retired from his position with DuPont, and is living in West Chicago, IL.
C. Frank Shaw, III, Ph.D. (BS66) received an impressive Retirement Resolution from the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he had been a faculty member for 25 years. He is now chairman of Eastern Kentucky University's Chemistry Department, in Richmond, KY.
Paul J. Andrisani, Ph.D. (BS68), professor of management at Temple University, and a member of the U of D Alumni Wall of Fame, is the co-author of Making Government Work: Lessons from America's Governors and Mayors, published in 2000. Paul also served as the co-organizer of a national conference for more than 30 majors, including Mayor Rudy Guliani, on Best Practices in Competitive Government, held in New York City, May, 2000. <sbm.temple.edu/mgw/> <pandrisani@aol.com>
Mary Kay Porter (BS68) is working as a consultant in Milford, CT. <mkayporter@hotmail.com>
Shirish K. Shah (PhD68), associate professor of chemistry at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, in Baltimore, is the organizer of the Undergraduate Research Symposium of the 2002 Eastern Analytical Symposion, to be held in Somerset County, NJ, Nov. 17-21. Shirish also chaired the Awards Committee and the Chemical Education Symposium for the 2001 MARM, held at Towson State University. <sshah@ndm.edu> <dr.shah@juno.com>
Bruce E. Neyers (BS69), co-owner, with his wife, Barbara, of Neyers Vineyards, reports a very successful harvest and the first full use of their newly built winery. They processed ca. 220 tons of grapes, ca. 25% of which came from their own vineyards in Conn Valley, CA, yielding 14,500 cases of finished wine. Their two bottlings of 1999 Merlot were selected by the trade magazine, Wine Spectator, as two of the top wines of the vintage. <bneyers@aol.com>
Dale M. Crouse (PhD70) is a consultant for Rising Sun Resources, in Wenatchee, WA, doing computer systems validations, mostly for pharmaceutical companies. <crousedalem@cs.com> <crousedm@crouses.com>
John (Josh) Van Houten, Ph.D. (BS70), chairman of the St. Michael's College Chemistry Department, in Colchester, VT, is the author of a series of Nobel Centennial Essays on A Century of Chemical Dynamics, Traced through the Nobel Prizes (J. Chem. Ed., 12/01- 12/02).
Walter J. Freeman (PhD72) has returned to his roots, so to speak. He and Shirley have moved their retirement venue to Loganville, GA. <sffwjf@aaahawk.com>
Siegfried K. June (PhD72) is the director of New Product Supply, Production Procurement for GlaxoSmithKline in Philadelphia. <sig.k.june@gsk.com>
Richard T. Taylor, Ph.D (BS72), associate professor of chemistry at Miami (OH) University, reports that his Dreyfus grant to start instructional work in combinatorial chemistry has developed into an NSF CCLI grant. <taylorrt@muohio.edu>
Richard W. Linton, Ph.D. (BS73) is vice president for research at the University of Oregon. <rlinton@oregon.uoregon.edu>
Robert D. Athey, Jr. (PhD74), as president of Athey Technologies, in El Cerrito, CA, serves as consulting chemist and expert witness. He is the past president of the Golden Gate Society for Coatings and has held adjunct positions at Cal State-Fullerton, UC-Berkeley, and CalPoly-San Luis Obispo. <www.atheytechnologies.com> <bobathey@aol.com>
Stephen F. Palopoli (BS74, PhD90) is the manager of ATK Tactical Systems Company's R&D and QA Laboratories, in Elkton, MD. <stephen.palopoli@atk.com>
Rainer K. Zawadzki (PhD74) is now an Assistant Dean of Mathematics, Science and Technology at South Suburban College, in Chicago. <rainerzawadzki@usa.net>
Eric Buel, Ph.D. (BA75), director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory, in Waterbury, recently testified before the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee concerning the need to appropriately fund forensic laboratories across the country. <ebuel@dps.state.vt.us>
David J. Miner, Ph.D. (BS75) is in charge of worldwide Quality Assurance for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, IN. <dminer145@aol.com>
Donald A. Piel (BS75) has experienced a case study in modern corporate sociology. Without changing his work venue, he has changed employers twice during the past two years! His original employer, Occidental Chemical, transferred its PVC compound business to Geon. Last September, Geon merged with M. A. Hanna to form a new company, PolyOne. Throughout all of the changes, Don has been a senior account manager, working out of Naperville, IL. <don.piel@polyone.com> <d.a.piel@worldnet.att.net>
H. Douglas Thornley (BA75), president of the Thornley Company, in Wilmington, organized a joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and the UD ACS Student Affiliate at the University in May. Prof. Neil Zondlo and your Editor were featured speakers. <thornley@thornleycompany.com>
Mary E. Torkelson (BS75) is the manager of the Corporate Research Compound Collections for Pharmacia (previously Upjohn, soon to become Pfizer), in Kalamazoo, MI. <mary.e.torkelson@pharmacia.com>
Chester A. Andruskiewicz (MS76) is the director of resource planning for Centocor. <andruskiewicz@centocor.com> In a world of clever E-mail addresses, his home address still manages to stand out. <chetatoz@aol.com>
Karen Hyatt Stump (BS76), principal lecturer and director of laboratories for Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, has been selected as the recipient of a 2002 American Chemistry Council Regional Award (C&E News, 5/27/02, p. 75).
Jane F. Kinsel, Ph.D. (BS77) has been appointed associate director for science policy and operations at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She also serves as executive secretary of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Jane began her career at NIH in 1989 as chief of the pharmaceutical affairs section of the Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Affairs Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She later became assistant director of NIAID's Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. In 1998, she advanced to director of NIAID's Office of Policy Analysis.
David L. Mount, Ph.D. (BS77) and his wife are the proprietors of two businesses in Amarillo, TX - one in computers, and one in educational consulting. <www.cruxconsulting.org> <dmount@amaonline.com>
Debra Hess Norris, M.S. (BA77), chair of the U of D's Department of Art Conservation, has been inducted into the University's Wall of Fame. The only person to serve two terms as president of the American Institute for Conservation, Debra is also the president-elect of the National Institute for Conservation. <dhnorris@udel.edu>
Jean E. Pemberton, Ph.D. (BS77), professor of chemistry at the University of Arizona, is the chair of the ACS Committee on Professional Training <pembertn@u.arizona.edu>
Alan H. Ullman (PhD77) organized Procter & Gamble's Industrial Analytical Chemistry Seminar for undergraduates at the 2001 Eastern Analytical Symposium. <ullman.ah@pg.com>
Thomas H. Ford, Sr. (PhD79) provided yet another premature entry into the Blue Hen Chemist's obituary roll, when he died on 5/11/02. Tom spent his entire career at the DuPont Experimental Station, rising to the level of senior research associate. He had several patents to his credit.
George Battaglia, Ph.D. (MS80) is a professor of pharmacology at Loyola University's Medical Center in Chicago. <gbattag@wpo.it.luc.edu>
Neil W. Boaz, Ph.D. (BS80) is a senior research associate with the Eastman Chemical Company, in Kingsport, TN. Neil has had the satisfaction of seeing a chiral catalyst ligand he created not only reach commercial fruition (Eastman uses it in an asymmetric hydrogenation to make cyclopropyl--alanine), but have it named after him (BoPhoz). It was one of the chiral catalyst ligands featured in an article on the 2001 Conference on Pharmaceutical Ingredients, held in London (C&E News, 10/29/91, p. 23). <nwboaz@eastman.com>
John A. Williams, Ph.D. (BS81), general manager of EPS: Environmental & Production Solutions, LLC, in South Bend, IN, is the author of "Keys to Bioreactor Selections," published in Chemical Engineering Progress, 3/02, p. 34. <jwilliams.eps@att.net>
Thomas M. Apple (PhD82) is now the Dean of Graduate Studies at Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Gregory L. McIntire (PhD82) has also survived a classic example of modern merger mania. Having worked for 6 years in Eastman Kodak's Research Laboratory, he moved to Eastman Pharmaceuticals, which quickly became Sterling Drug, in 1988. In 1994, Greg's piece of SD was sold to Nycomed, which merged with Amersham in 1998. A year later, the new company decided to cut back in R&D, and closed Greg's site in Wayne, PA. This odyssey has had a happy ending for Greg, who then moved to Protarga as senior director of analytical chemistry. He is now the vice president of chemistry, in charge of Protarga's R&D labs in Exton, PA, as well as the manufacturing and development of their lead oncology drug. <gregory.mcintire@protarga.com>
This has, indeed, been a tough year for Blue Hen chemists. John F. Spagnolo, Jr. (BS82) passed away on 1/22/02. John had been an analytical chemist in DuPont's Pharmaceutical Division for the past 12 years.
F. Gregory Stakem (PhD82), vice-president of R&D for Univation (the Dow-ExxonMobil polyethylene technology venture), described Univation's new catalyst system for making bimodal HDPE resins in C&E News (10/22/01, p. 36).
Martin W. Brechbiel, Ph.D. (MS83), senior investigator and section chief at the Radioimmune and Inorganic Chemistry Section of the National Cancer Institute, has been awarded tenure.
Debra L. Camper, Ph.D. (BS83) is a senior scientist with Dow Agrosciences, in Indianapolis, IN. Debby is the leader of the modeling group charged with discovering new, better crop protection products. <dcamper@dowagro.com>
David J. Minn (BS83) has changed his employment venue to PTC Therapeutics, in South Plainfield, NJ.
Lawrence M. Principé, Ph.D. (BA83), Othmer Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation and professor of the history of science, medicine, and technology at Johns Hopkins University, revealed the "true" story of Nicolas Flamel (he of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone fame) in the 7/8/02 issue of C&E News (p. 31).
Suzanne L. Krzeminski Sykurski (BS83) and husband Ron were married on 9/15/01.
Valerie A. Bell (PhD84), a research chemist with the Engelhard Corporation, received the 2002 New Jersey Inventor of the Year Award, from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, for her invention of a molecular sieve with tunable pore sizes (Nature, 412, p. 720) - dubbed "Molecular Gates" by her company - that is being used to purify natural gas. <molegates@aol.com>
Christine A. Gryon, Ph.D. (BS84) is an associate director of biophysics for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, in Ridgefield, CT. <cgrygon@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com>
Marilyn A. Stadalius (PhD84) is the business development manager for Critical Path Services, in Newport, DE. <marilyn.stadalius@criticalpathservices.org>
Eric Broadway, Esq. (BA85) has moved from state government (NJ Attorney General's Office, aka the NJ Department of Law and Public Safety) to the private sector (GlaxoSmithKline's Procurement Unit), where his responsibilities include negotiating global consulting engagements for services ranging from R&D initiatives to sales and marketing training. <ebroadway@aol.com>
Stamatios Stamoulis, Esq. (BS86) is a patent attorney with O'Melveny & Meyers, in New York City. He has been working essentially full time defending the Ford Motor Company in the Explorer-Firestone cases. <sstamoulis@omm.com>
Christina Branson Swartz (BS87) is a regulatory chemist in the Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Washington, DC. <swartz.christina@epamail.epa.gov>
Richard O. Crossland, Jr. (BA88) has been promoted to the position of customer relationship marketing manager for the cars, trucks, and SUVs in Ford Motor Company's Ford Division. <xland@peoplepc.com>>
R. Scott Hoerrner (PhD89), senior chemist for Merck, Inc., in Rahway, NJ, presented a seminar on "Asymmetric Synthesis of Indinavir Sulfate, a Potent HIV Protease Inhibitor" at the U of D on 3/27/02.
Kristi L. Kiick, Ph.D. (BS89), assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the U of D, was one of only 11 faculty members (and the only materials scientist so honored) selected nationally to receive the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award. Kristi has also been named the recipient of the 2002 Unilever Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. (C&E News, 7/1/02, p. 31) <83983@udel.edu>
Darryl S. Williams, Ph.D. (BS89) is a staff chemist in General Electric's Polymer & Special Chemical Technologies Laboratories, in Niskayuna, NY. <williada@crd.ge.com> <tantal@alum.mit.edu>
Donald A. Cooper, Jr. (BS90) is the manager of Celeste Industries' R&D Laboratory, in Easton, MD. <don@celestecorp.com>
Roderick S. (Chip) Davis (BS90) is a senior scientist with GlaxoSmithKline, in Collegeville, PA. <roderick_s_davis@gsk.com>
Iris C. Gibbs, M.D. (BS90) assistant professor of radiation oncology at the Stanford University Medical Center, presented the keynote address at our 8th Annual NUCLEUS Awards Celebration, in May. <iris@reyes.stanford.edu>
James R. Harper (PhD90) is now a research chemist with the Atlantic Research Corporation. <jim.harper@arceng.com>
Curt B. Johnson (BA90) is a senior clinical writer with Wyeth-Ayerst Research, in Collegeville, PA. Curt received his MBA from Widener University in 2001. <johnsoc7@war.wyeth.com> <johnsocb@infi.net>
Joseph A. Albanese (PhD91) has been promoted to associate director of Janssen Pharmaceutical's (a Johnson & Johnson Company) Order Release Laboratories, in Raritan, NJ. <jalbane@psgaus.jnj.com> <irt4pgh3@home.com>
Marc J. Farrell, Esq. (BS91) has been appointed a partner with ReedSmith, in Harrisburg, PA. Marc is a member of their Intellectual Property Group. <mfarrell@reedsmith.com> <mjfipesq@aol.com>
Holly C. Gaede, Ph.D. (BS91) was promoted to associate professor, with tenure, at Ursinus College, as was her husband, James Batteas, at CUNY-Staten Island. More importantly, they welcomed the birth of their first child, Luke Connor Batteas, on 8/16/01. <hgaede@acad.ursinus.edu>
Joseph R. Paller, Jr. (BA91) is now the laboratory director for Brandywine Research Laboratory, in Newark. <joe@brandywinelab.com>
Michael J. Bower, Ph.D. (BS92) has moved from GlaxoSmithKline to Incyte Genomics, in Newark. <mbower@incyte.com>
Christopher D. Krause, Ph.D. (BS93) has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. <krause@umdnj.edu>
Glenn B. Martin (PhD93) is now an analytical chemist with Sensicore, in Ann Arbor, MI. He is working on the development of electrochemical sensor technology, using Si substrates. He cofounded eH20 LLC and Selective Technologies, serving as president of the latter.
Jonathan T. Goodman, Ph.D. (BS94) is a research assistant professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. His wife, Sue Hespos, is an assistant professor in the Psychology Department. <j.goodman@vanderbilt.edu>
Anthony J. Lupinetti (BS94) was married last October. He is working in the Chemistry and Nuclear Materials Technology Divisions at Los Alamos National Laboratory. <lupi@lanl.gov>
Stefanie L. Gaul Miller (BS94) and her husband welcomed the birth of Morgan Nicole on 11/17/00. Stef is currently teaching 7th grade math at Springton Lake Middle School, in Media, PA. <stefanie_miller@rosetree.k12.pa.us>
Alfredo Castro (PhD95), coordinator of chemistry and physical sciences and NCAA Faculty Representative at Felician College, Lodi, NJ, and his wife, Mary Rose, were blessed with the birth of their second child, Mai-Lani Rose (all 9 lbs of her!) on 3/30/02. <castro@inet.felician.edu>
Loyce M. Ciano (BS95) and Robert Bergin were married on 7/20/02 in Liftwood, DE.
Jennifer R. Ogrodnick, Ph.D. (BS95) and Frank V. Cochran (BS97) performed the Double Del reaction on 6/3/01 in Wilmington. Jen is a post-doc at MIT, where Frank is a pre-doc.
Jeffrey L. Reinking, Ph.D. (BS95) is pursuing his post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, where his wife, Samantha, is employed as a speech therapist.
Charles J. Bergquist (BS96) is a contributing producer for National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday". He and his wife, Catherine Jones Bergquist, Ph.D. (BS96) have moved to Woodbridge, NJ. Cathy graduated in June with a Ph.D. in bioinorganic chemistry. Prof. Charles Riordan served as a member of her dissertation committee. She is now employed by the National Starch and Chemical Company, Bridgewater, NJ, in their Synthetic Polymer Research Division. <cbergquist@npr.org> <catherine.bergquist@nstarch.com>
Roger F. Clark (BS96) is a senior process engineer with BP Solar, in Frederick, MD. <roger.clark@bpsolar.com> <rofclark@netscape.net>
Kimberly Collier (BA96) is a research biologist/chemist with Absorption Systems, in Exton, PA. Kim received her MA in Biological Sciences from Temple University in May, 2001. <kimberlycollier@netscape.net>
William J. Donovan, Ph.D. (BS96) is now Doctor Bill, having successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Purdue University. He is now a faculty member at East Carolina University. <donovanw@mail.ecu.edu>
Liwei L. Hua, Ph.D. (BS96) has begun the process of adding M.D. to her title at SUNY- Downstate. <hua@aecom.yu.edu>
Staci Levin Julie, Esq. (BA96) was married last fall, and is working as an attorney with Fish & Neave, in New York City.
Brian M. Wagner (BS96, PhD00) and wife Denise were blessed with the birth of their first child, Sidney Ellen, on 4/10/02.
Adam D. Bratis (PhD97) and his wife were similarly blessed with the birth of James Frank, in late April.
Thao Anh (Gina) Bui (BA97) received another UD degree last May in apparel design. Her suit design, "Black on Blanc", was a finalist in the highly selective International Textile and Apparel Association's competition for students, with more than 100 designs submitted from all over the country.
Maha S. Habash (BS97) and Kevin Fengler were married in the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, in Wilmington, on 9/2/01. Their return trip from their honeymoon in Hawaii proved to be more memorable than they could ever have imagined. Originally scheduled to fly out of Hilo on 9/11, they were unable to leave the Big Island until a week later. Maha is now an analytical chemist with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, in Wilmington. <maha.fengler@astrazeneca.com>
Keith R. Hornberger Ph.D. (BS97) and Devon Nicole LaBelle were married on 6/29/02, in Haddonfield, NJ. Jason R. Remy (BS98) and Jennifer Kern Remy (BS98) both participated in the ceremony. Keith successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, and is working as a medicinal chemist with GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Robin Repasky Quartararo (BS97) and John Quartararo, Jr. were married on 10/6/01. Robin, who earned an associate degree in nursing at Ocean County College, is now working as a pediatric nurse at the Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ. <qman3@home.com>
John P. Bilello, Ph.D. (BS98) has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Penn State's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He recently received a Student Fellowship Award from the American Liver Foundation. He is continuing as a post-doc at the Hershey Medical Center, working in the laboratory of Prof. Harriet Isom in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma. <jpb221@psu.edu>
Jeffrey S. Dougan (BS98), in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, organized a symposium on nuclear chemistry and chemical education for the August, 2002 ACS meeting in Boston. <dougan@chem.wisc.edu>
Jason R. and Jennifer Kern Remy (both BS98) have moved into their new home in Raleigh, NC. Jason teaches chemistry at East Wake High School. Jennifer, having survived Police Academy (where she "managed to conquer the obstacle course, actually shot at (and hit) a few targets, and drove really, really, really fast") is now Special Agent Remy, for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. <jremy@mail.jus.state.nc.us>
Jaimie A. Smith (BS98) is now employed by the DEA. <jaimie8276@aol.com>
Susanne J. Bauman (BS99) is a doctoral candidate in Duke University's Biochemistry Department, studying outer membrane vesicles produced by gram negative bacteria. <sjb7@duke.edu>
Brooke L. Heidenfelder (BS99) is doing likewise at arch rival UNC-Chapel Hill, studying DNA triplet repeat expansions. <brookelh@email.unc.edu>
Eric F. Keebler (BS99) has undoubtedly gotten into the most unusual occupation represented by the Class of 99 (or any other class, for that matter!). He designs, manufactures, and sells tubular violins! As he describes it, "the idea was to keep only those elements of a violin that are necessary from a playing standpoint, and replace everything else with something new. The highly unusual appearance of my violins has allowed me to break into the electric violin market. <www.efkeebler.com>
Stephen M. Theberge (PhD99) is an assistant professor of chemistry at Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. Steve and his wife, Melissa, celebrated the birth of their second child, Claire, on 10/27/01. <stephen.theberge@merrimack.edu>
Louise M. Liable-Sands (PhD00) is now an assistant professor of chemistry at Widener University, Chester, PA.
Jonathan D. Maccri (BS00) is a microbiologist in the quality control department of Barry Callebaut Chocolate, Pennsauken, NJ. Jonathan is also a part-time graduate student in chemistry at Rutgers-Camden. <www.barry-callebaut.com> <maccman77@aol.com>
James A. Nelson (BS00) is a graduate student in chemistry at Villanova University, Villanova, PA. <james_2_Nelson@sbphrd.com>
Scott C. Quinlan (BS00) is a graduate student in epidemiology at George Washington University, Washington, DC. <squinlan@gwu.edu>
Irina Rudik (PhD00) and husband Davide Miksa (GR) are the proud parents of a baby girl, born 2/4/02. Irina, along with Karen L. Hoober (PhD99) team-taught our CHEM-214/216 Elementary Biochemistry course in 02S.
Emily A. VanderVeer (BS00) is a cosmetic chemist in Gillette's Personal Care R&D Department in Boston. <emily_vanderveer@gillette.com> <emilyvan914@aol.com>
Kenneth B. Ayers (BS01) is a graduate student in chemistry at Penn State University. <kba79@netzero.net>
Heather N. Bunting (BS01) is an associate scientist with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, in Wilmington. <heather.bunting@astrazeneca.com>
Kelly E. Chisholm (BA01), a graduate student at the L. Jeffrey Selznick School for Film Preservation, in Rochester, NY, was named the Kodak Fellow for the 2001-02 academic year. In addition to providing her graduate school stipend, it enabled her to attend the National Conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists in Portland, OR last November and provided her with a paid internship with Kodak in Los Angeles this summer.
Julia H. Li (BS01) is a chemist in Uniqema's Health and Personal Care Laboratory in New Castle, DE. <julia.li@uniqema.com>
Matthew C. Sincock (BS01) has completed his first year of study at Jefferson Medical School, in Philadelphia. <mcs002@jefferson.edu>
Acacia A. Strachan (BS01) has been admitted to Nova SouthEastern University's doctor of pharmacy program, beginning this fall.
John C. Yeomans (BS01) is working in analytical developmnent/quality assurance for Johnson & Johnson, in Titusville, NJ. <jyeomans@psgus.jnj.com>
Bradley A. Yuska (BS01) is a mass spectrometry laboratory assistant with Quest Pharmaceutical Services, in Newark. <aksuy77@aol.com>
Thomas Bailey (GR, Prof. Futrell) has already accepted a position as a mass spec R&D scientist with Metara, Inc., in Sunnyvale, CA.
Michael E. Lassman (GR, Prof. Munson) and Rachel C. Strutt were married on 6/22/02, in Baltimore, MD.