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$1,000–$9,999 American Heart Association Mr. and Mrs. Bahman Atefi Professor Stormy Attaway† (GRS’84, GRS’88) Autodesk, Inc. BBN Technologies Professor Thomas G. Bifano†§ Boston Micromachines Corporation Natalia Broude, PhD† Mr. Adam D. Crescenzi§° (’64) Professor Theo A. De Winter† Mrs. Hanna G. Evans Lightwave Power Mrs. Marguerite P. Matson (’62, GSM’67) The Philanthropic Initiative Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Poling Mr. Richard C. Scully• (’81, SMG’78) Yawkey Foundation
$500–$999 Mr. Christopher A. Frail (’97) Mrs. Melissa Frail (’97) Bryn J. H. Reina, MD (SAR’92) G. Anthony Reina, MD (’93)
$100–$499 Mrs. Laura J. Bickmeier (’98) Ms. Ana Bustin Mr. Denis C. Bustin Thomas M. DiCicco Jr., MD (’01) Mr. Jose Rolando Esquivel (’88) Mr. Stephen P. Forast (’91, ’94) Mr. Steven G. Friedlander (CFA’80) Mr. John M. Garvey§ (’86) Lydia M. Gregoret, PhD (CAS’86) Professor William Hauser† Dr. Micah A. Jacobs (’99) Mrs. Heather Johnson-Tracey (’91) Mr. Robert H. Locke (’63) MFS Investment Management Novartis Mr. Samit Jayanti Patel (’97) Mr. Jeffrey David Ricotta (’04) Mr. Philippe Sikias (’00) Mrs. Josephine Wasserman Mr. Michael Wasserman
Up to $100 Ms. Lindsay Elizabeth Carlson (’11) Mr. Sean Michael DeLeo (’11) Ms. Julia Louise Delogu (’09) Ms. Helaine R. Friedlander† (SED’75) Mrs. Beth P. Robert (’89, ’04; GSM’04) Ms. Elena Beth Simoncini (’10) Tamara Stephen, Esq. (’92) Lawrence B. Tena, MD (’88)
1955 John X. Tsirimokos, BS, La Jolla, California • John has been retired for 17 years. His last position at General Dynamics was Director of Systems Engineering, Cruise Missile Programs. He spends his summers on his yacht in Catalina, watching the San Diego Chargers from 50-yardline seats and golfing weekly at Torrey Pines. Email John at jxt@san.rr.com.
1958 Charles S. Asmar Jr., BS, Chevy Chase, Maryland • Charles is a consultant manager for the Washington, D.C.-based Critical Path Management Consultants, which serves the construction industry. Email him at csasmar@ cpmconsult.com.
1961 Albert Grunow, BS, Barefoot Bay, Florida • Albert wants to encourage people to promote organ donation. He had a heart transplant in 1996 and this year will celebrate his 15th year with his second heart. He and his wife also celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June. Email Albert at AlGrunow@aol.com. Baxter Walsh, BS, Orange, Connecticut • Baxter would love to hear from former classmates and members of Lambda Chi, and can be reached at bkw@staffage.com.
1962 Stanley N. Berman, BS, Framingham, Massachusetts • After many years in sales in the electrical and lighting industry, Stanley has retired and spends his time with his wife of 49 years, Carone Brenda Berman (SED’60), their three adult children and their six grandchildren. They are particularly proud that their oldest grandchild, Amanda Rachel Doamaral, is a senior at BU. Stanley looks forward to hearing from members of the 1962 CIT class. Email him at snberman@aol.com. Richard Coco, BS, Reading, Massachusetts • Richard retired in 2004 from MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science,
where he served as project engineer on the LHC/ATLAS high-energy physics detector at CERN. Previously, he worked as project engineer for the Draper Laboratory, where he was responsible for delivering momentum/reaction wheels for military/commercial satellite attitude control. “Looking forward to celebrating our class’s 50th reunion in 2012!” he writes. Email Richard at rhcoco@att.net.
1966 Bahram Sadri, BS, Tehran, Iran • Bahram served as general manager of John Deere in Iran.
1967 John L. LaBate, BS, Cumming, Georgia • John and his wife, Angel, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 6. “It has been a wonderful journey!” he writes.
1985 Albert P. James Jr., BS, GSM’95, Newton, Massachusetts • Albert started working at Ambient Corporation in Newton on June 20 as the principal mechanical engineer for simulation (finite element analysis) and validation (mechanical) testing. Ambient Corporation makes equipment to monitor the electrical grid for U.S. utility companies. Email Albert at albertjames@ comcast.net.
1988 Lawrence B. Tena, BS • Lawrence B. Tena, MD, a board certified radiation oncologist, just recently opened two state-of-the-art, free-standing radiation oncology centers in Manhattan. Email him at ltena@eastside-oncology. com.
1990 Rebecca A. Bates, BS, MS’96, North Mankato, Minnesota • Rebecca, an associate professor of computer science at Minnesota State University, was awarded an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and will spend the upcoming year at the National Science Foundation working with its Division of
Engineering Education & Centers. Based in Arlington, Virginia after September 1, she looks forward to being closer to Boston. Email Rebecca at becky. bates@gmail.com. Alan Taboada, BS, Shrewsbury, New Jersey • Alan, a patent attorney with Moser IP Law Group, and his wife, Judy, recently welcomed their third child, Zoe, in June. Zoe is doing very well, and older siblings Atticus, 4, and Ruby, 2, are very happy with their new sister. Email Alan at ataboada@mtiplaw.com.
1991 George Bauer, MS, Middlebury, Connecticut • George is a project manager at CAE Associates in Middlebury, Connecticut, a provider of CFD and FEA engineering consulting services, training, and ANSYS engineering simulation software. He customizes, develops and instructs in an array of ANSYS courses and has contributed to the company’s free ANSYS resource library. George also provides ANSYS technical support to customers across aerospace, mechanical, biomedical, nuclear, civil engineering and other industries. He is a co-author of the award-winning Integrated Statistical Stress Life Analysis Methodology Utilizing Local Stress Fields and teaches finite element courses at Fairfield University and the University of New Haven. Email George at bauer@caeai. com. David Miller, BS, MS’94, Framingham, Massachusetts • David and his wife, Barbara, welcomed their third child, Aydin Scott, on July 22. Look for them this fall at BU hockey games. On August 1, David started a new job with Tilera in Westboro, Massachusetts; his previous employer, Vitesse, closed its Westford, Massachusetts office after 12 years. Email David at millersonline@alum.bu.edu.
1992 David Ciochetto, BS, Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada • David and his partner recently founded DnASEA, which its peer organizations recognized as the fastest growing nonprofit entity of its kind on the Atlantic seaboard.
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