| Number 31 | John L. Burmeister, Editor | August, 2004 |
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H. Anthony (Tony) Neidig (MS46, PhD48) has shared some observations that put our current graduate program in bold relief. When Tony arrived on the Mall/Green in 1943, he was greeted by a UD Men's College chemistry faculty of three (Drs. Albert Eastman, Cecil Cameron Lynch, and Glenn S. Skinner), and was the only full-time chemistry graduate student in residence! In contrast, our CHEM/BIOC faculty now numbers 33, with 118 full-time graduate students on the roll - and that's after the departure of this year's crop and before the arrival of the first-year students this coming fall. Tony received a well-deserved Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Lebanon Valley College during LVC's Commencement exercises this past June. He served as the Chair of LVC's Chemistry Department for many years. <hneidig@epix.net> <tony.neidig@verizon.net>
Jane (Mrs. Walter E.) Hopkins (BA48) died on May 19,2003.
J. Frank Perkins, Jr. (MS48, PhD50) succumbed to a heart attack on July 12, 2003. Frank received his B.S. in chemistry from PMC (now Widener University) in 1943. His doctoral mentor was Prof. Glenn Skinner. He retired 14 years ago as Vice-President and Technical Director of the Swiss firm Firmenich, Inc.
Honored for 50-year memberships in the ACS: Edward L. Grinnan (MS50, PhD52), Martin M. Sackoff (MS51, PhD53), Donald K. Phillips (BS53), Frank M. Webb (MS56), Leroy J. Miller (MS57, PhD59). Congratulations to all!
Albert E. Symonds, Jr. (BS50, MS51), another graduate student who worked with Prof. Skinner, is now living in retirement in Aiken, SC. Al, who is a member emeritus of the American Board of Health Physics, enjoyed a long, successful career as a research chemist with the DuPont Company (1951-1986). <aesymonds@aol.com> <aesymonds@bellsouth.net>
Charles B. Miller (BS51, MS52), yet another graduate student in the Skinner laboratory, is also a DuPont retiree, living in Wilmington, DE <maxchas@earthlink.net>
Measured by today's standards, Richard G. Goodley's (BS54, MS58) 44-year (!) research career with DuPont is Methuselah-like. Dick, who was mentored by Prof. Cecil Cameron Lynch, worked, ran tests, or consulted at over 60 DuPont plants and laboratories worldwide. Having risen to the position of senior research associate prior to his retirement, and the holder of 8 patents, Dick now lives in Kinston, NC, where he has honed his strong avocational interest in swimming as a senior competitor, coach, official and North Carolina AAU vice-president. <maggrg@icomnet.com>
Leo R. Kangas (PhD54) died on April 11, 2004. Leo received his B.S. in chemistry from Michigan State University, as well as an M.S. in agronomy from VPI. He spent his entire career (1942-1977) at the Hercules Research Center, retiring as a senior research chemist. Until his death, he was a dedicated student at the U of D's Academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington.
The tables down at Mowry's have nothing on those at the Deer Park Tavern, as far as the Amalgamated and Condensed Chemists (see BHC #29, pp. 16-17) are concerned. This illustrious group, consisting of John J. Baldwin, Ph.D. (BS56), Leon De Brabender (BS56), David P. Jordan (BS 56, MS 58), Walter Lafferty, Ph.D (BS56), Maurice (Mario) LePera (BS56), and Robert J. Wilson, Jr. (BS56) gathered at their favorite UD watering hole for a third successive (and successful) yearly reunion on May 15, 2004. Unable to attend this year were charter members C. Lewis Hoffner, Esq. (BS56) and Glenn S. Skinner, Jr., M.D. (BS56). <melepera@aol.com> <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Edward H. Webster (BS56) died on April 16, 2004. Ed "retired" from ICI Americas in 1986, but later worked for Colonial Metals, Inc., in E1kton, MD, as the director of health, safety and environmental affairs.
Frank C. Buhl (BS57) died on October 19, 2003. Frank started his 38-year career with Hercules, Inc. as a research chemist, but quickly transferred to the home office, where he held various research, market, development, and sales positions, primarily in the water soluble polymers business area. He served for 2 years, on loan from Hercules, as the Executive Director of the Delaware Private Industry Council. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Goodwill Industries. An avid birder, he was a past president of the Delmarva Ornithological Society.
Arthur J. Coury, Ph.D. (BS62) is the Vice-President for Biomaterials Research, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA. <artjcoury@aol.com>
Virginia G. Tannenbaum (BS62) is a retired high school chemistry teacher, living in Fairfield, OH. Virginia received her MAT degree from Miami (OH) University in 1984. <tannenbaum@fuse.net>
Robert M. Colburn (MS63) is in his 44th (!) year as a chemistry teacher at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, DE. Bob was honored as the State of Delaware' s Teacher of the Year in 1996. <bcolburn@standrews-de.org>
John M. Eby (PhD65), now living in Pennsville, NJ, has retired from his position as Senior Scientist at Mannington Mills. John's mentor was (the late) Prof. James A. Moore. <pousan32@aol.com>
Corey W. Erickson (PhD65) has retired from his position as Director for Global Lycra® and Nylon Process Technology Development and Director of DuPont's Benger Research Laboratory in Waynesboro, VA (since May, a part of Koch Industries).
Donald P. Hoster (MS65, PhD68) has retired from his position as Professor of Chemistry at the Baltimore City Community College. Don, who was mentored by (the late) Prof. Harold Kwart, is continuing to serve as chemistry tutor in BCCC's Academic Development Program. <dhstr2@aol.com>
Carolyn (Cochrane) Kent (MS66) and Roy C. Timmer (MS66) surprised their old research mentor (yours truly) with a luncheon on 5/11 at Vita Nova. Although I have seen Roy, who lives in Hockessin, periodically through the years, I had not seen Carolyn for 38 years! She has retired from Armstrong World Industries, and now lives in Avalon, NJ <kent-hale@mindspring.com>
Henry J. Gysling (PhD67), your Editor's first Ph.D. student, has retired from Eastman Kodak, following a stellar 33-year career that saw him rise to the position of Senior Research Associate, publish 59 research papers and monographs, secure 43 patents, give 92 external lectures, and author 160 internal technical reports. He was honored with a position in Kodak's Distinguished Inventors Gallery in 1990. Since 1985, Henry has been an adjunct faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is a colleague of Prof. Marvin L. Illingsworth (one of my post-docs). <henry.gysling@kodak.com>
Earl T. Hackett, Jr. (BS67) has retired from the DuPont Company, and is now an associate with Montisino Associates, a consulting firm for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. <hacketet@comcast.net>
John G. Thompson (PhD68) died in December, 2002, having worked for Eastman Chemical Company, in Kingsport, TN, for almost 35 years. At the time of his death, he was working as a chemist in the Polymers Technology Division - Engineering and Specialty Polymers Business Unit. He was named a Technology Fellow in 2001 - the highest distinction awarded Eastman's technical employees. He and his wife, Ellen (UD66) were Double Dels, having met when he was her organic lab TA. <jgthompson@chartertn.net>
Sylvan D. Hersh (PhD69) is a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist with Navarro Research and Engineering, in Las Vegas, NY. <sylly718@ao1.com> <sylvan.hersh@nv.doe.gov>
Ronald W. Kreis (PhD69) is the President of Bimax, Inc., in Cockeysville, MD. <ron.kreis@bimax.com> <www.bimax.com>
The Chardonnay bottlings of Bruce E. Neyers (BS69) Vineyards in Helena, CA have continued to generate rave reviews at the highest level, including Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Wine & Spirits Magazine (annual list of "the 100 Best Wines of the Year"), The Wine Spectator and California Grapevine. To quote Dizzy Dean: "It ain't bragging if you done it". <bneyers@ao1.com>
Edward A. Hosegood (MS70) spent the 03S semester teaching at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas. Tough duty!
F. Bartow Culp (PhD71), Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Sciences at Purdue University, has published "Ten or so things that every chemistry librarian absolutely, positively has to have to keep from being an absolute plonk", in Sci-Tech News, 58, 9 (2004).
Lois G. Weyer (MS71, PhD96) has been elected an Alternate Councilor, 2004-2006, for the Delaware Section of the ACS
Raymond T. Buranello (BS72) is now a Senior Quality Control Engineer for Eli Lilly, in Manassas, VA. <buranellora@lilly.com>
John L. Haslbeck (BA 72) died this past year in Holiday, FL.
Siegfried K. June (PhD72) has retired from GlaxoSmithKline, and is now working on his wife's "Honey Do" list, which has been 38 years in the making. Sig's mentor was (the late) Prof. William A. Mosher. <siegfried_kjune@snet.net>
Ruth (Trexler) Norman (BS72, MBA78) was another surprise visitor to your Editor's office this past year. Ruth has returned to the U of D to earn her doctorate in global governance. Ruth's career in the chemical industry was mainly in the business end. She has worked for ICI Americas, Scott Paper, Delmarva Power and Light, Hercules (where she was worldwide Director of Marketing) and Simplica Corp. (Vice-President and General Manager). <ruthtnorman@comcast.net>
Gerard E. Reinert (PhD72) has retired from his position as Director of Technical Marketing for the Bayer Corp. Gerry, whose mentor was (the late) Prof. Harold Kwart, is living in Elkhart, IN. <greinert@stargate.net>
Kenneth S. Rosenthal, Ph.D. (BS73) is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, in Rootstown, OH. Ken is a co-author of a successful textbook (Medical Microbiology [4th ed.]) and is a co-editor of Rapid Reviews in Microbiology and Immunology. <ksr@neoucom.edu>
Judith A. Allison, Ph.D. (BS74) and her husband, Malcolm Boyd, have completed a tandem bicycle tour of Italy's Dolomites. Their story was published in the Tandem Club of America's publication "Double Talk". <judy@lovelaughter.com>
Denise M. Viola (BS74) is a Manager of Business Integration for Shell Oil Products, US. <deniseviola@comcast.net> <dmviola@shellopus;com>
A chance meeting in a McDonald's in White River Junction, VT this past August reunited your Editor with Eric Buel, Ph.D. (BA75). Eric is now the Director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory, in Waterbury, VT - a real life CSI! <ebuel@dps.state.vt.us>
William J. Calhoun, M.D. (BS75) is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Bill directs both the Asthma, Allergy, and Airway Research Center and the Allergy/Clinical Immunology Training Program. <calhounwj@upmc.edu> <www.upmc.edu/aaarc>
Debra Hess Norris (BA77), Henry Francis duPont Chair in Fine Arts and chairperson of UD's Department of Art Conservation received the prestigious Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award in June, 2004 for excellence in the education and training of conservation professionals. <dhnorris@udel.edu>
Jeanne E. Pemberton, Ph.D. (BS77), John and Helen Schaefer Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arizona, is the recipient of the 2004 ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry (C&E News, pp. 44-45, January 12, 2004). <pembertn@u.arizona.edu>
John Allison (PhD78) is now Professor of Chemistry and Director of Forensic Chemistry at the College of New Jersey, Trenton.
Leonard J. Maziarski (MS78) is working for Beckman Coulter, Inc., in Fullerton, CA. Len subsequently earned an MBA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1982. <len.maziarski@verizon.net> <vze3qm2u@verizon.net>
Joseph A. Kargol (PhD79) is a Research Chemist with the Hatco Corp., in Fords, NJ. <jkargol@hatcocorporation.com>
Sidney D. Lehr, D.V.M. (BS79) is the Secretary of the Palm Beach, FL Veterinary Society and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University. <s.d.lehr@earthlink.net>
Barbara A. (Shaw) Harrison (BS80) has been promoted to a Senior Clinical Data Analyst at AstraZeneca, Wilmington.
Randy A. Bull (PhD81) has been promoted to Global Director of Business Marketing for EUDRAGIT in the Röhm Pharma Polymers business of Degussa. He will be based in Darmstadt, Germany. <randy.bull@degussa.com>
Vivian C. Kruft (BS81) is a Laboratory Coordinator at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Ira M. Lubin, Ph.D. (BS81) is a co-author of "Allele-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Genotyping of a Normal Variation in Human Color Vision", J. Chem. Ed., 80, 1289 (2003). Ira is a biochemist working for the Laboratory Practice Evaluation and Genomics Branch, Division of Laboratory Systems, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Mark A. Patrick, Ph.D. (BS81) is a research scientist working in the area of inhalation product development for GlaxoSmithKline, in Research Triangle Park, NC. <mark.a.patrick@gsk.com>
Sharon E. (Lotter) Brunelle, Ph.D. (BS83) is a consultant in the State of Washington <sbrunelle@aoac.org>
Debra L. Camper, Ph.D. (BS83) has been promoted to Research Scientist by Dow Agrosciences, in Indianapolis, IN. She is the chemistry leader for target site based lead generation in Dow's Discovery Program. <dcamper@dow.com>
Richard J. Karpowicz (MA83, PhD83) is a Senior Scientist in Rohm & Haas' Medical Adhesives and Sealants Group, in Spring House, PA.
Donald F. Lyons, Ph.D. (BS83) has joined the fray on the con side of the designed experiments (DOE) debate (C&E News, p. 8, September 8, 2003).
Lawrence M. Principé, Ph.D. (BS83), Professor of Chemistry and the History of Science, Medicine and Technology at Johns Hopkins University, gave the keynote address for the Chemical Heritage Foundation's debut of the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library (6,000 rare volumes spanning six centuries) on 4/19/04, in Philadelphia. Larry's discovery, therein, of "The Very Strange Tale of Messrs. Newton and Boyle" is described in C&E News, p. 49, May 10,2004.
Suzanne (Krzeminski) Sykurski, M.D. (BS83) received her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from Bastyr University in Kent, WA on 6/21/04.
John C. Amedio (Ph.D87) is the Senior Director, Chemistry R & D, for EPIX Medical, in Cambridge, MA. <jamedio@epixmed.com>
Mark E. Fountain (MS87), having worked for Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials, West Deptford, NJ, and EPIX Medical, Cambridge, MA, has moved to Austin, TX, where he married Michelle Uretsky in 11/02 and entered the University of Texas' doctoral program in chemistry. He is working in the laboratory of Prof. Jonathan Sessler in the Organic Chemistry Division. <mfountain@mail.cm.utexas.edu>
Richard O. Crossland, Jr. (BA88) is the editor-in-chief of the My Ford owner magazine. <xland@wowway.com>
Valerie L. (Vaughn) Munyan (PhD88) married Ralph F. Munyan II on 10/4/03, in Kansas City, MO.
Andrew D. Hollenbach, Ph.D. (BS89) is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. <aholle@lsuhsc.edu>
Kristi L. Kiick, Ph.D. (BS89), Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the U of D, has completed an extremely impressive trifecta. During the past academic year, she has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, a Beckman Young Investigator Award (from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation), and a DuPont Young Professor Award. Earlier, she was the recipient of a Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award. <kiick@udel.edu>
Neal N. Reed (BS89) has transferred his pre-doctoral venue to Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. <nreed@scripps.edu>
Rebecca L. (Wagner) Alexander, Ph.D. (BS90) and her husband welcomed Jonathan Robert, their second child, to their family last September. Rebecca is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. <alexanr@wfu.edu> <www.wfu.edu/~alexanr/>
Reza Tirgari, M.D. (BS90) is an ER physician for the Scripps hospital system in San Diego, CA. <avesta70@hotmail.com>
Joseph A. Albanese (PhD91), in his eleventh year with Johnson & Johnson, has moved to a new division, Centocor, in Malvern, PA, where he is the Director of a Product Release Laboratory. <irt4pgh3@comcast.net> <jalbane2@cntus.jnj.com>
Mark J. Farrell, Esq. (BS91)is an attorney with Buchanon Ingersoll, in Harrisburg, PA, specializing in intellectual property. <farrellmj@bipc.com>
Holly C. Gaede, Ph.D. (BS91) and her husband, James Batteas, were blessed with the birth of their second child, Evan James, on 6/13/04. Holly and James have switched their working venues from academia to government during the past two years - Holly with NIH, James with NIST. <hgaede@mail.nih.gov>
Michael J. Bower, Ph.D. (BS92), is the Associate Director of Computational Chemistry for Incyte Corp., at the Dupont Experimental Station. <mbower@incyte.com>
Scott Van Bramer (PhD92 [Colorado]) is the Chair of the Chemistry Department at Widener University, Chester, PA. <svanbram@science.widener.edu>
August W. Calhoun, Ph.D. (BS93) is the Global Manager for Pharmaceutical Solutions for IBM, in Mount Laurel, NJ. <acalhoun@us.ibm.com>
Mark W. Embrey (BS93) is a Research Associate in the Medicinal Chemistry Department of Merck's Research Laboratories, in West Point, PA. Mark recently received his M.S. degree from Villanova University. <mark_embrey@merck.com>
Karl B. Hansen, Ph.D. (BS93) is a Research Chemist in Merck's Department of Process Research, in Rahway, NJ. <karl_hansen@merck.com>
David A. Anderson (BS94) has received his MBA degree from the Ohio State University, Columbus. <anderson_525@cob.osu.edu>
Jennifer R. (Ogrodnick) Cochran, Ph.D. (BS95) has accepted an Assistant Professorship in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. She will be in residence at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, courtesy of an NIH/NCI bridging grant that will also pay her salary and provide her with research funds for her first four years at Stanford, for the remainder of 2004. Coincidentally, her husband, Frank (BS97), will complete his post-doctoral appointment at UPenn, working with Prof. William DeGrado. <jrogrod@mit.edu>
Scott A. Barber (BS96) and wife Krista (BS96) are the proud parents of Erin Kathryn, their second child. Scott has been promoted to the position of National Consulting Engineer, U S Education, for Apple Computer, Inc. <sbarber@apple.com>
Jacqueline L. (Sassaman) Miller (MS96) is a recruiter for Kelly Scientific Resources in the DE/NJ area. <millejl@kellyservices.com>
Catherine M. Bentzley (PhD97) has been promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure, at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia. <c.bentzl@usip.edu> <tonga.usip.edu/bentzley/>
Rondell L. Blakey, D.D.S. (BS97) graduated from Howard University School of Dentistry in Washington, DC this May. He is currently doing his residency at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York City. He plans to specialize in endodontics. <extract04@yahoo.com>
Gregory J. Gorski. Esq. (BS97) is an attorney, specializing in complex litigation and insurance matters, with McCarter & English, in Newark, NJ. <gorski.gregory@verizon.net>
Shanhua Lin (PhD97) and husband Sebastian Liehr (PhD98) were blessed with the birth of their second child, Patricia Desiree Shanhua, on 9/18/03. <yoda_sl@hotmail.com>
Anita Robinson Brown (PhD98) and her husband, Robert, welcomed the newest addition to their family, Sheyene (pronounced Shy-ann) Allyson on May 29, 2004. <arbrown@salisbury.edu>
Jeffrey S. Dougan, Ph.D. (BS98) spent this past year as an adjunct faculty member at the Durham (NC) Technical Community College. <jffdougan@netscape.net>
Denise S. Pagels (BS98) is a Scientist/Controlled Substance Manager for Purdue Pharma, in Ardsley, NY. <sweetpshirin@yahoo.com> <shirin.pagels@pharma.com>
Natalie (Altounian) Avicola (BS99) is married and living in Corvallis, OR, where her husband is a post-doc at Oregon State University. <naltou@yahoo.com>
Steven D. Bennett (PhD99) is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Bloomsburg (PA) University. <sbennett@mac.com>
Sujata Bhatia, Ph.D., M.D. (BS99) has completed her Ph.D./M.D. degree program at the University of Pennsylvania and is now a Medical Research Scientist in Dupont's Biochemical Sciences and Engineering Division. <bhatias@mail.med.upenn.edu>
John E. Dueber (BS99), nearing the completion of his doctoral work at the University of California-San Francisco, has co-authored a paper in Science (p. 1904, 9/26/03). <jdueber@itsa.ucsf.edu>
Alison (Liechty) Gilefski (BS99) has formed a Double Del Duo with husband David (BA/HIST/99), and is living in Wilmington. Alison is a Scientist in the Development Laboratory of Ciba Specialty Chemicals' Coating/Paint Division. <alison.gilefski@cibasc.com>
Lynne K. LaRochelle (BS99) and David Richard were married on 7/10/04, in Exeter, NH. In attendance were Lynne's undergraduate research mentor, Prof. John Bulkowski, and Thabisile S. Ndlebe (BS99). Tabby is now working on her biochemistry doctorate at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta. <gte095x@mail.gatech.edu>
Atsushi Ogasawara (BS99) is a Quality Control Chemist working for Kanebo Cosmetics, the world's fifth largest cosmetic company, in Japan. <ganguro@hotmail.com>
Allison Olszewski (BS99) is a doctoral candidate at the University of California - Irvine.
Joshua S. Figueroa (BS00) is a doctoral candidate at MIT, working in the laboratory of Prof. Kit Cummins.
Hitesh Sharma (BS00) is a doctoral candidate at Yale University, working in the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Steitz. <hitesh.sharma@yale.edu>
Cecilia E. Bonfante (BA01) is a Consultant working for Accenture, in Philadelphia. <ceciliabonfante@mac.com> <cecilia.bonfante@accenture.com>
Kelly E. Chisholm (BA01), having completed her master's degree work at the Selznick Schoo1 of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, is now an Archivist at the Academy Film Archive, in Hollywood, CA. The Archive is part of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. <kchis@ucla.edu>
Nicole C. Goodwin (BS01), a doctoral candidate working in Prof. David MacMillan's laboratory at Cal Tech, reports that their co-authored article in JACS [125, 1192 (2003)] was one of the top 10 requested articles thru SciFinder/SciFinder Scholar/Chemical Abstracts in the third quarter of 2003. <nikkig@its.caltech.edu>
Adam S. Hock (BS01), a doctoral candidate working in Prof. Richard Schrock's laboratory at MIT, has published his first paper in Inorganic Chemistry, with another Blue Hen, Frank V. Cochran, Ph.D. (BS97), as a second co-author.
Rebecca L. (Helm) Keyser (BS01) is an Associate Project Chemist with MWH Americas, Inc. <rlkeyser@hotmail.com>
Whelton A. Miller (BS01) is an Associate Scientist with AstraZeneca, Wilmington. <wheltonmiller@yahoo.com> <whelton.miller@astrazeneca.com>
Peter Palenchar (PhD01) is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University-Camden.
Michael Scoblete (BS01) has successfully switched fields to political science, and is now a graduate student in global governance, at Rutgers University. <ymscobes@yahoo.com>
Eugene V. Antipov (BS02) is now a graduate student in biological engineering at MIT.
Jennifer M. Crocco (BS02) is now a graduate student in the Department of Biokinesiology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. <jcrocc02002@yahoo.com>
David W. Finneran (BS02, MS04) and Nicole C. Russo were married in Elsmere, DE on 8/28/04. Dave has put to sea multiple times as a graduate student in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, College Station. <finneran@tamu.edu>
Grant E. Johnson (BS02) is a Chemist working for the United States Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. <grantjde@comcast.net>
Steven L. Swann, Jr. (PhD02) received the best Christmas presents imaginable: twin girls, Emily Ann and Alyssa Christine, born 12/26/03.
Matthew J. Swierzbinski (BS02), having spent the past two years as a chemistry teacher and assistant cross country and track coach at Caesar Rodney (DE) High School, will begin his M.D. studies at Jefferson Medical College this fall. <mjswiz@hotmail.com>
Denise A. (Birk) Conner (BS03) is a graduate student at Penn State, working in the laboratory of Prof. Harry Allcock. <dab361@psu.edu>
Michael P. DeMartino (BS03) is a graduate student at Scripps Institute, LaJolla, CA, working in the laboratory of Prof. Philip Baran. <demartin@scripps.edu>
Matthew S. Haar (BS03) is a Food Quality Control Technologist with the Wilbur Chocolate Co., Lititz, PA. <mahaar@cargill.com>
Shih-Wen (Wenny) Lin (BS03) is a graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania. <wenlin@mail.med.upenn.edu>
Brian T. Maduskuie (BA03) is employed as a chemist by DuPont ASDI. <bmaduskuie@hotmail.com>
Laura A. Maroldo (BS03), a Product Release Associate with Merck & Co., has received her M. Ed. degree from Cabrini College. <lmaroldo@yahoo.com>
Davide Miksa (PhD03) has accepted a position as a Research Scientist with Colgate-Palmolive in their New Technology Division/Oral Care located in Piscattaway, NJ. Davide and his Double Del wife, Irina Rudik (PhD00), are the proud parents of their second child, Gabriele, born 7/19/04.
Benjamin A. Thuma (BS03) is working an as Associate Scientist in Pfizer's Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Division, Groton, CT. <discus172@hotmail.com>