Spring 2010 Case alumnus

spring 2010 • vol. 22 • no. 1

in this issue:

Case Alumni Association Celebrates 125 Years

From Education to Innovation: The Case Entrepreneurial Experience

Everyone’s Favorite Faculty Member Chris Butler

President’s Message

Dear Fellow Alumni/ae: We are putting the final touches on the program for the Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary Celebration. The CAA staff and numerous volunteers have spent countless hours organizing events for this celebration. I am deeply appreciative of all these efforts and hope that all of you will join me in Cleveland on May 13-15, 2010. I have spent 30 years of my academic career as a faculty member of the Case School of Engineering, and I am looking forward to seeing many of my friends and former students on campus this May. The celebration will begin on May 13 with a symposium entitled: From Education to Innovation: The Case Entrepreneurial Experience. In developing the program for this event, it was especially rewarding to look back at the history from the Case School of Applied Sciences and Case Institute of Technology to the Case School of Engineering and reflect on the how education and innovation have been the backbone of the Case experience since its inception. I am sure there are numerous other events that will be of interest to you including the All Classes Banquet on May 14. Please refer to our website for more details, as well as the inside back cover and special section about the event featured in this issue of Case Alumnus.

This is a very exciting time on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. President Barbara Snyder recently announced a significant investment by the Board of Trustees in the Case School of Engineering for faculty hiring. As plans for this investment crystallize, I will be providing more details on how the Case Alumni Association can partner with the Board of Trustees and support these investments in the Case School of Engineering. There is much work to be done, and there will be numerous opportunities in which alumni can directly participate in supporting the fund-raising mission of the Case Alumni Association in serving and advancing the interests of students and faculty in their educational pursuits.

Sincerely,

Kenneth A. Loparo G’77 2009-2010 President Case Alumni Association

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Correspondence Corner

Harry L. Farmer, Jr. ’55, 1st Vice President Edward P. McHenry ’67, 2nd Vice President David B. Rear ’02, 3rd Vice President Richard B. Smith ’51, Secretary Eric J. Matyac ’94, Treasurer

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My Favorite Faculty

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around the Case Clubs

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in Memoriam

Leon Blazey, Assistant Treasurer

Staff Tom Conlon, Executive Director Paul Stephan ’64, Director of Development Anne Cunningham, Director of Annual Giving Delia Mannen, Director of Student and Alumni Affairs Diane M. Zaffuto, Database Manager, Class Notes Editor

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Case Alumnus Terri Mrosko, Editor McKinney Advertising and Public Relations, Design and layout; Leslie King, Art Director Angstrom Graphics Inc. Midwest, Printing and Mailing Photo credits: DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.™ (Cover, pages 6-7)

On the cover: Hiroyuki Fujita G’98 is the founder, president and CEO of Quality Electrodynamics (QED), recently named to Forbes list of America’s Most Promising 20 Companies. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based company is #11 on the list after just four years in business. Dr. Fujita completed his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1998. He is also an adjunct professor of physics and radiology at the university and serves as an advisory board member to the Inamori International Center of Ethics and Excellence.

Lauren Shay Lavin (Pages 6-7) Daniel Milner Photography (Page 11)

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CorresPondenCe Corner

Dear CAA: The Case Western Reserve University Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) would like to express our gratitude to Case Alumni Association for the support our chapter has received this year. Through Case Alumni Association assistance, we have been able to finance the opportunity to travel alongside our high school counterparts, MC2 STEM NSBE Jr., as well as the Northeast Ohio Alumni Extension of NSBE, which will undoubtedly shape up to be a networking and region-building opportunity of a lifetime.

At our Appreciation Dinner in December 2009, Case Alumni Association past and present gifts were a highlight of our evening, and we would like to thank Case Alumni Association once again for the loyal support that allows our chapter to fulfill our mission, which is to “increase the number of culturally

Let’s Hear from You! Please Write! We welcome your letters and comments about the contents of the magazine, as well as all aspects of the Case alumni experience. Give us your feedback – send your comments to the editor at Mrosko@cox.net. We appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you.

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responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. Our chapter is incredibly grateful for the opportunities Case Alumni Association support opens up for us at the 36th Annual National Conference for career development, networking, and graduate study opportunities.

Once again, thank you Case Alumni Association.

– National Society of Black Engineers , CWRU Chapter

Dear CAA: Just wanted to tell you that we LOVED the trebuchet!!! [See Case Alumnus Winter 2009 Case Clips.] If we hadn’t had tickets to the circus at 7:30 p.m., I’m sure my husband and daughter would have worked their way through all the vegetables in a design of experiments. My daughter, who is in second grade, had a blast decorating and pulling the cord!

Great events! Great Oktoberfest!

Have you considered starting a LinkedIn group for Case alum?

– Chris Semkow CIT ’86 Editor’s note: Case Alumni Association is online. Visit us at Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. More information on how to get connected is found at www.casealum.org.

Dear CAA: Thank you very much for your generous financial support for my trip to the Biomedical Engineering Society conference.

This was my first time ever going to a conference that size and presenting on my work. It was truly a great experience, and I learned a lot. My poster was on a main aisle, so I was asked a decent amount of questions about my research. It felt good knowing I could answer them.

Thank you so much for making my trip to BMES possible.

I greatly appreciate being given this opportunity.

– Ashley McKee, Student

Dear CAA: Scholarship Committee: I would like to take this time to thank the entire scholarship committee for awarding me a Case Alumni Association Scholarship from the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof ’39 Scholarship Fund. This generous gift has allowed me to complete my final year at Case without the need of additional loans, which will greatly help me financially after graduation.

Upon reading the history of the scholarship fund and of Mr. Vanderhoof, my appreciation of this award goes beyond its financial benefits. I can identify with busy student life and challenging engineering curriculum. Reading about Mr. Vanderhoof makes me prouder to be a civil engineering major.

– Michael S. Russo, Student

Dear CAA: Scholarship Committee: I’m writing to thank you for contributing to my Horn/Hays Scholarship. So far my experience at Case has been wonderful. I am a mechanical engineering major, and I live in Storrs House on North Side. My classes, while challenging, have been very exciting. I am currently taking calculus, chemistry, physics, and computer programming. My favorite at the moment is physics, for which I have a great professor. I am also extremely happy with residential life. I have had the opportunity to meet many new and interesting people who live on my floor.

The scholarship is important to me because it has made attending a top-ranked university possible, and it essentially made sure I went to Case. For awhile I was on the fence about which school to attend, but when I received word that I would be awarded this scholarship, it finalized my decision to go to Case. I am greatly pleased that it worked out this way because I feel that Case was the perfect choice for me, and I am incredibly content here.

Once again I would like to extend my deepest thanks to you for making all of this possible. I look forward to taking on a new set of classes next semester and continuing to take advantage of the tremendous opportunity you have given me.

– Stewart Carpenter, Student

Dear CAA: I am currently a junior Polymer Science and Engineering major at Case Western Reserve University. I get to start classes next week, but with the start of a new semester comes another bill from the Bursar’s Office.

However, thanks to a scholarship I received through your association, the total payment got a little easier to handle.

I just wanted to thank you all for helping fund my undergraduate education, as well as a part of my trip to Tokyo, Japan through the Case/Waseda Exchange program two summers ago.

Both the ability to travel to Japan and the decrease in my tuition bill have had massive positive contributions to my undergraduate experience. I cannot thank you enough.

– Michelle Sing, Student

Join the CAA's online network. Stay connected with other alumni and keep current with CAA news, job postings, and conversations. Let us know what you think, join this month's discussion on LinkedIn: Out of 26 reunion alumni who responded to the question, “How many companies have you started?” the average answer is two. What are some of the entrepreneurial skills or experiences you gained and learned while a student at CSE or CIT?

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Dear Alumnus/a of the Case School of Engineering: We just finished celebrating National Engineers Week or E-Week—probably the third most popular event on campus behind Commencement and Spring Break. It’s seven fun-filled days of special lectures, mind-bending games and contests, generously sponsored by the Case Alumni Association, that celebrate the joy of our profession. This year E-WEEK, which coincided with the Winter Olympics, focused on “Gearing Up for the Competition.”

The theme was perfect since engineers are naturally competitive. We always want to make something faster, stronger, more flexible, bigger, smaller or just plain better. It’s that competitiveness that drives innovation, entrepreneurialism, and ultimately, the economy.

As I’ve said in the past, engineers create ideas and ideas create companies. Engineers will play a vital role as the world regains its economic health. Engineers develop ideas and solutions that are as wide and deep as the challenges they resolve.

The world faces enormous challenges.

For example, 50 years ago the problems related to energy revolved around production. Simply, make more of it. Today, it’s produce more, but with less pollution and more efficiency, and in a more sustainable and consistent manner. We also need to store it and use it at will. And of course, we want to pay less for it.

The challenges in energy as well as in human health and advanced materials are big. They’re bigger than one person or lab, one discipline or department; a university or a company.

The best way to discover big solutions is by getting a lot of great people together to think big. Or as our new university tag line goes . . . To think beyond the possible.

As a school we’ve been working to break down barriers to solutions. Our faculty have worked hard over the past two years on the school’s strategic plan. I’m both proud and grateful for their tireless efforts.

They’ve made it possible for us to create four great new institutes, which received $1.2 million of support from the Provost’s Strategic Alliances Fund. Those institutes are: • The Great Lakes Energy Institute • The Technology and Health Institute • The Institute for Advanced Materials • The Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurial Activities Institute These efforts have also made it possible for us to move forward with an initiative for important faculty hires in those key areas. Most of all, they’ve made it possible for our students to create their own great ideas and make the world faster, stronger, more flexible, bigger in some ways, smaller in others.

Just plain better.

Norman C. Tien Dean & Nord Professor of Engineering Ohio Eminent Scholar, Physics

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Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary Symposium

From Education to innovation the case Entrepreneurial Experience

The Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary Symposium will highlight significant entrepreneurial accomplishments and expertise of Case graduates in engineering, business, industry, academia and service to the country. The symposium will be held on May 13-14 in conjunction with the All-Classes Reunion in May 2010.

The original definition of “entrepreneur” defines someone who sees an opportunity to elevate resources from lower to higher productivity. Today’s entrepreneurs see something that could and should be better and then do something about it. Entrepreneurs may own a business but you are just as likely to see them as the great leaders of today’s most powerful organizations and institutions.

Come and explore the stories of the men and women of Case who dared to better the world in which we live through their innovation, insight and commitment to change. Each embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset that the university and Case Alumni Association continue to foster and celebrate – for the past 125 years and far into the next century.

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a Step in the right direction By terri Mrosko

Hiroyuki Fujita admits there is a price to pay for raising the bar. Coming off an incredible, awardladen year, Fujita and his staff from Quality Electrodynamics (QED), now have even greater expectations than before.

“There is no magic. Tomorrow only comes after today; thus, one step at a time!” ~ Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.

In 2009, the then four-year-old company received awards from two National Institutes of Health –Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; a Third Frontier Ohio Research Commercialization Program Subcontractor Award; a NorTech Innovation Award; and the Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award. Fujita was also a finalist for the 2009 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Northeast Ohio.

impact on society. Fujita is strongly inspired by Kazuo Inamori, Founder of Kyocera Corporation and KDDI of Japan, whose personal philosophy embodies the idea of “pursuing what is right for humankind” and who emphasizes “the future of humanity can be assured only through the balance of scientific progress and spiritual maturity.”

To top it all off, QED was named the 11th Most Promising Company in the nation on the 2009 Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising 20 Companies. Not only did he receive a visit at QED’s Mayfield Village factory from Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Fujita attended the Japanese Emperor’s Birthday Reception hosted

by Japanese government in December.

“What was good about last year’s achievements is that I was able to share them with my colleagues.

Each person at QED has pride in what they do. To see it lead to great achievements makes us even more proud of this effort,” Fujita says. “Once we get these things, our expectations become higher and make us work harder to overcome the status quo. The drive to succeed is never-ending.”

And that philosophy is what drove Hiroyuki Fujita to create an organization destined to become a legacy for future generations, one that will continue to grow and continue to have a positive

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“I was very fortunate to meet with Dr. Inamori when I started my business. You need the right philosophy behind your business, and he taught me that,” Fujita says.

A rAPiD ASCENT TO SuCCESS Things progressed very quickly for the MRI device manufacturer. Within four years, QED went from a one-person enterprise to 55 employees.

With worldwide distribution of its product, QED reached a revenue base that has at least doubled each year since its inception.

Part of what led to Fujita’s successful startup company was recognizing a vacuum in the market for the product he could provide. Much of the rest is serendipitous: as a physics graduate student he nearly followed his prospective Ph.D. advisor to Washington University after arriving in Cleveland in 1992. Instead, his decision to remain in Cleveland just may have fueled his multi-million dollar corporation.

Fujita first became interested in magnetic resonance imaging research after spending time at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. He was with the Solid State division working on an x-ray diffraction study on superconducting thin films but had a desire to get involved in the medical side. A supervisor told him that Case Western Reserve University was a top school for biomedical engineering, which would combine the clinical with Fujita’s interest in mathematics and physics.

THE SECRET TO SUCCESS I try to keep doing my best every single day. Also, I keep in mind that no matter what I do, I make an effort to do the right thing as a human being.

I focus as much on maintaining technical excellence as on building the right team, focusing what we have to do to achieve important business milestones while always emphasizing human integrity as a good citizen of our society.

Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita, President and Chief Executive Officer Quality Electrodynamics (QED)

Hiroyuki Fujita PhD’98 and Cyrus Taylor, Dean of the College of Arts & Science at a function honoring QED on making Forbes’America’s Most Promising 20 Companies

When the professor affiliated with MRI research at University Hospital left Case, Fujita found a new advisor in physics professor Bob Brown. Under Professor Brown, Fujita spent most of his time doing theoretical work with electromagnetic devices, which helped him develop an interest in the hardware side of research development.

Shortly before graduating from Case Western Reserve University, Fujita took a job as a staff scientist with Picker International based in Cleveland, where he continued doing research and development related to MRI radiofrequency coils.

He completed his Ph.D. at Case, finishing his dissertation on a “cold winter’s day” in early 1998.

Then he became restless. After two years, Fujita decided he wanted more. Several job offers later and with a blessing from his employer, Fujita joined a young, but quickly growing MRI radiofrequency coil manufacturer. USA Instruments dominated the market for the device, not only in Cleveland, but across the world. That caught the attention of one major OEM company—General Electric—which acquired USAI in 2002.

In mid-2005, Fujita left GE Healthcare, a place where he thrived as one of its top performers.

With the support of funding from Ohio’s Third Frontier program, Fujita became director of the Imaging Center at Case’s Department of Physics.

After fulfilling several research agreements associated with that project, Fujita decided to strike out on his own.

“When you see an opportunity, you must act quickly. You can keep thinking about it, but unless you try it, nothing will happen. I saw a need for some of these projects to be realized as products,” says Fujita, who still works as an adjunct physics and radiology professor at Case while also serving as an advisory board member to the university’s Inamori International Center of Ethics and Excellence.

A true believer in “one step at a time,” Fujita continues to foster his belief system as the company continues to achieve success after success. “Everything is a sum of all the steps that have been taken and accumulated.”

Fujita certainly is taking those steps in the right direction.

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Education & Entrepreneurialism: Learning to think innovatively By terri Mrosko

Entrepreneurial educational influences abound at Case Western Reserve University. A longstanding tradition and commitment to innovation and experiential learning has played a key role in producing innovative graduates who go on to excel in industry, business, academia and service to the country.

We take a look at some of the student programming that the university is using today to focus on fostering an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset, as well as plans already in progress for the future. local businesses, to achieve superior organizational performance. Student’s can achieve a Master’s Degree in Engineering and Management (MEM) as well as build industrial relationships while practicing experiential learning.

Passion and curiosity are key elements of an entrepreneurial mindset and are also key characteristics of a new type of emerging engineer, dubbed the “New Economy Engineer” by Gary Wnek, faculty director of TiME.

There are several programs at the Case School of Engineering and within the math and applied sciences departments at Case Western Reserve University that address the need for students to think innovatively. These programs are specifically designed to prepare students to solve real-world challenges for their future employers or even propel an extraordinary few to start and manage companies of their own.

Case’s Rising Engineers & Technological Entrepreneurs (CREATE) involves undergraduate engineering and science students in the design process and helps in solving problems faced by local companies and hospitals. It provides resources necessary for student teams to design, build, and test engineering solutions to these problems.

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The Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP) is a three or four semester professional Master of Science degree offered in the areas of biotechnology, chemistry and physics.

It combines graduate-level studies in science, business and innovation while allowing students to work on related projects from companies or even create their own start-up company.

“We aren’t teaching management per se; we are teaching multi-disciplinary problem solving, which involves science, technology and certainly innovation. It’s about taking ideas through all stages on the way to market,” said Ed Caner, director of STEP. “We get a fair amount of students who already have their post-docs who feel that going into research isn’t for them and who may want to dabble on the commercial side.”

Caner and his team are currently in the process of creating a metric to measure the impact STEP students and graduates have on capital money raised. While final numbers are yet to be determined, Caner said conservatively that $16 million has already been confirmed from grant writing and capital investment dollars for companies involved in the program. He expects that number will be far greater once all accounting is complete.

Engineering & management degree Helps Graduate Find His calling Brad Kleinman first caught the entrepreneurial bug the way many young college students do: taking something that originally cost $5 and selling it on EBay for $20.

Kleinman, a 2005 graduate of Case Western Reserve University’s Master of Engineering & Management (MEM) degree program, now makes a living running his own business, WorkSmart Integrated Marketing.

Kleinman’s entrepreneurial path took a few twists along the way.

Before he finished his undergraduate degree in engineering mechanics at the University of Cincinnati, Kleinman moved from selling items on EBay to Craig’s List to starting up a t-shirt printing company on campus. He sold bricks for a walkway for his fraternity at a $30 profit margin and learned he could make money doing Website development.

His business “stops and starts” were accompanied by a similar background in his academic plans.

“I always wanted to be a doctor until the first few weeks of college when I started failing my AP biology class. Then I started taking AP civics, loved it, and decided to be an engineer,” said Kleinman, who admitted to choosing his major because of the real-world experience he’d gain through the co-op program.

After working for General Electric, Johnson & Johnson and the local children’s hospital in Cincinnati, Kleinman was no longer sure he wanted to be an engineer. Shortly before graduating with his bachelor's degree, he noticed a poster on campus about the MEM program at Case.

“It was something that stuck out and grabbed me.

It said, ‘Are you an engineer? Are you graduating?

Do you want to get a master’s degree in one year?’

I knew it was for me,” Kleinman recalled. “It was serendipitous. I was from Cleveland, and I could attend one of the world’s best institutions for a good education and make important networking connections for my career.”

Even though he started the MEM program two weeks late because he was finishing his undergraduate degree, Kleinman fully immersed himself in the program. He was able to take his senior capstone project and use it as the thesis for the MEM entrepreneurship course. Not only was he graded on that project, it also led to a stand-alone start-up business, Lake Effect Innovation, which he helped create with Case professor, Gary Wnek.

The non-profit business functioned as a studentrun management consulting firm. Some of the connections he made at the time are still with him today. Halfway through the MEM program, Kleinman decided he wanted to run a business full time.

“I raised $25,000 in capital to start up eHighSchoolTickets, a business focused on helping local high schools buy high-end technology solutions. Although it didn’t work out in the end, it connected me to Corporate College, which connected me to the Entrepreneur Center,” said Kleinman, who worked there for the next couple of years.

After a few years running boot camps for students learning entrepreneurship and facilitating major conferences, Kleinman realized he was good at marketing programming. Today his company runs events and national shows focused on integrated digital marketing solutions for continuing education institutions across the United States.

The biggest lesson he takes from his academic and business experiences is to always be on the lookout for new opportunities.

“That’s what entrepreneurship really is. It doesn’t always have to be about making money,” Kleinman said. His recommendation for young, aspiring entrepreneurs: give business/entrepreneurship a try when you are in college. Try new things and experience new things; those are your entrepreneurial exercises.

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the idEa institute

Innovation, design and entrepreneurial activities – that’s the inspiration behind a proposed new institute at the Case School of Engineering.

Although still in the conceptual phase, plans for the iDEA Institute are beginning to evolve into reality as initial funding is already starting to flow in for the project.

The concept for a design and entrepreneurialfocused center came from Clare Rimnac, associate dean of Engineering and professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Gary Wnek, faculty director of The Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME) and professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering. The vision integrates the need for student laboratory, design and prototyping space with the engineering school’s strategic plan. The focus of this strategic plan is on health technology, energy and advanced materials, and connects in a significant way to the university-wide Culture, Creativity and Design Alliance.

Wnek said that the iDEA concept deserves an institute of its own, similar to that of the launch of the Great Lakes Energy Institute. It needs to be a

“To promote entrepreneurial thinking, we need to constantly challenge ourselves and try to see better ways of doing things, and then act upon that opportunity. We want to create a culture where that is encouraged,” said Professor Gary Wnek, iDEA Institute champion 10 | case alumnus

combination of both physical and mental space to encourage a culture where entrepreneurial thinking and innovation come into play.

“The project will allow students greater opportunities to work on collaborative projects and provide a unique experiential learning platform,” Wnek said. “We envisioned it as a model for university, industry and community collaboration.”

The first phase of the iDEA Institute was recently announced—the iDEA laboratory. This exciting, vital phase consists of converting space in the Bingham Building to provide a collaborative, dynamic workspace where students can access the equipment and support to bring to fruition their designs and projects in protoype and finished form. Case alumnus Larry Sears ’69 was asked

by Dean Norman Tien to take on a key role in assisting with the iDEA concept.

“Having the opportunity, facilities and encouragement to create and build is an extremely important component of undergraduate education,” said Sears, a local entrepreneur who funded the Sears Undergraduate Design Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

The iDEA laboratory space will provide tools and equipment for CAD, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing, traditional metalworking and general fabrication. Just as important, said Sears, the laboratory will facilitate collaboration and cross-disciplinary activities, such as advanced vehicle design and interaction with the arts and technology. In addition, the iDEA laboratory will

University Announces Gift for iDEA Institute Laboratory

“The goal of the Institute is to align university and community resources to maximize innovation. It will function as a platform for innovation, design and entrepreneurial thinking. By integrating the creativity of students, faculty and staff, and providing assistance in areas such as business, legal and finance, we hope to produce products, jobs and profitable companies,” said Larry Sears ’69 offer training and instruction to students who wish to learn the skills required to make use of the facility.

“Preliminary reaction from people in the community is positive,” said Wnek, adding that the entrepreneurial culture is alive and well in Cleveland and the surrounding area. “We are working to develop a strategic plan and to deliver small, initial, but forward-thinking accomplishments as early metrics of success. Then, we can build some momentum and take it to the next level. A key goal is to use iDEA as a model to promote an entrepreneurial mindset across engineering schools throughout the country.”

Wnek notes that the iDEA Institute recently received seed funding via a Provost’s Interdisciplinary Alliance Investment Grant with matching funds from the Case School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences. He also gratefully acknowledges the Kern Family Foundation for its support and promotion of an entrepreneurial mindset for engineering students.

Case Western Reserve University has received a $1 million gift from Barry A. romich CiT ’67 to name the Prentke/Romich Laboratory at the Case School of Engineering. This is the leadership gift of what is estimated to be a $2 million total fundraising project. The lab, which will be part of the Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurial Activity (iDEA) Institute, will be created through a renovation of existing space in Bingham Hall.

“I want today’s undergraduates to have a place to go to build things,” says Romich, who got his own start in hands-on engineering by “tinkering” in the student shop of Bingham Hall in the ‘60s. The result was the start of what is now a leading international manufacturer of assistive technology to address the communication needs of people with severe speech disabilities.

In 1966, while a student at Case, Romich co-founded the Prentke Romich Company with Edwin Prentke CiT ’26, whom he memorializes through this gift. The two had become acquainted when they collaborated with James Reswick, PhD, and Charles Long, MD, at the Engineering Design Center at Case Institute of Technology on federally-funded research to investigate the control of upper-extremitypowered orthoses. Among the new firm’s early projects were a device to limit the acceleration of powered wheelchairs and the first communication device for stroke victims.

In addition to his desire to memorialize Prentke, Romich was inspired by the leadership gift of Larry M. Sears CiT ’69 and Sally Zlotnick Sears FSM ’72, SLC ’74, whose nearly $6 million gift to the Case School of Engineering in 2006 enabled the creation of the Sears Undergraduate Design Laboratory. Like the Sears lab, the Prentke/Romich Laboratory will be visible to prospective students who tour campus.

Romich also wanted to give something back to the university and to show his support for the leadership of President Barbara R. Snyder.

“I’m so pleased that such a place as Case Western Reserve exists with a focus on helping undergraduate engineering students achieve success,” says Romich. “I hope this space inspires and supports talented young students to go on to do great things.”

At right: Barry Romich ’67 with President Barbara Snyder gives $1 million for Prentke/Romich Laboratory Far right: Romich, Snyder, Dean Norman Tien and Larry Sears ’69 spring 2010 | 11

Engineering a career in the Business World By terri Mrosko

For Jack Daly, a career in engineering was a natural fit. The Pittsburgh native grew up in the shadow of renowned technical institute Carnegie Mellon. He was raised by a father who was an electrical engineer. His greatest strength in high school was math.

But, when asked why he chose to major in mechanical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Daly is hard-pressed to explain why. What he does know for sure is that it was the people he met at Case that most influenced his academic, and eventually his career, choices.

“My choice of major was actually people driven more than anything—I really liked the people in that department,” said Daly, who received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Case.

During his graduate years, Daly was instrumental in bringing together a group of engineers to do volunteer work for local hospitals, building equipment for people with disabilities. He met with occupational and physical therapists at University Hospital and MetroHealth Medical Center who needed products and devices for disabled patients.

What started with a couple of guys getting together to make things turned into the Case Engineering Support Group. It made sense to grow an organization like that, Daly said, because “building stuff ” was what engineers should be doing. There were engineers from different disciplines as well as non-engineering majors who eventually became involved.

“It was a wonderful opportunity to do community service in a technical way. As graduate students, we grew the organization, literally making hundreds of pieces of equipment,” he said.

The local newspapers first found out about the students from Case designing equipment for kids in Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. Then

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the New York Times picked up on the story. That led to a fiveminute feature on ABC World News.

Upon graduation, Daly was persuaded by then-Dean Tom Kicher to stay on and become an instructor at Case and continue to run the support group. He taught classes in design, product development and manufacturing in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering department at Case for the next six years.

Deep down, the would-be entrepreneur dreamed of running his own business. During his time as an instructor, he started a local business in Cleveland. Kicher and the other faculty members were very supportive, Daly recalls. They encouraged him to share his business experience in the classroom.

“It’s a great way to teach something other than research-based theoretical engineering. We had the practice-oriented master’s program at the time.

We had the hands-on group making equipment for local hospitals,” he said.

Still, he felt engineering schools weren’t doing as good a job as they could in developing the professional side of being an engineer. He does credit Kicher with having the vision to understand the school’s responsibility in not only creating really smart engineers, but also engineers who could get things done.

Starting a business turned out to be the right path for him, Daly said. He began to look at buying a small manufacturing company. The whole process of buying and selling companies, and doing it for a living, was a foreign concept to him. At least that’s what he thought the first time he heard about the Wall Street guys from Goldman Sachs who bought companies and hired other people to run them.

“I thought that was kind of interesting. How could I go from where I was—an instructor at Case

with a couple of small businesses—to a place like Goldman Sachs? That’s when I decided to go to business school,” he said.

Two years later, Daly received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, spending his summer at Goldman Sachs in the investment banking department. Today he is a managing director in Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment Area and buys large industrial companies through leveraged buyouts.

When asked what other individuals at Case most influenced his career, Daly responded that the list was long. The influence of Roger Cerne, then executive director of the Case Alumni Association, was massive, he said.

“As I think back to the people who moved the needle for me from Case, Roger was definitely there. He was the guy who saw a kid with a crazy idea of getting students together to build equipment and provided the funding for it,” Daly said.

“He drove the CAA, and I learned leadership skills from him that were very helpful.”

Another person who Daly said taught him how to be a good engineer and a professional was one of his advisors, Dwight Davy, a professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Case.

“Dwight Davy was just as good a guy as you’ll find. It’s about what I learned from a guy like him in just understanding who he was and how he conducted himself – 100% integrity and 100% honorable. You understand how to become a professional working with a guy like that,” Daly said.

Daly also credits university trustee Mario Marino with teaching him about business. He built major businesses, and Daly often leaned on him as a trustee of Case for advice or guidance. Marino was accessible and sat patiently and listened to what he had to say, Daly said.

And although he never had Hunter Peckham as a teacher, Daly got to know him because of the biomedical work he did with the hospitals. Daly said about Peckham that he is extraordinarily well rounded—a guy with a really terrific career and

the ability to influence a place like Case, as well as being world renowned, doing things on a much larger scale on the commercial as well as academic side. Peckham is the Donnell Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedics at Case.

“Those are just a few examples off the top of my head of people from Case who had an impact on me. It’s really the life lessons they taught me.

They were all people of substance who do things the right way,” Daly said. “There were so many of them at Case who were just so helpful to me.”

“How do you teach an [engineering] student to develop a plan, work toward a plan, and get it right? To take ownership and be able to communicate an idea and garner his/her fair share of resources to accomplish what he/she needs to know? It’s not just about getting to the answer to the equation. It’s about moving an organization to accomplish something. Even if you are a research-based engineer, you’ve got to be able to convince me your ideas are really good ideas. You can’t just do that by being right.” ~ Jack Daly ’89, G’91

Jack Daly ’89, G’91 is a managing director in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs. He is presenting a key note talk at the Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary Symposium on Friday, May 14.

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case alumni association 125th anniversary Symposium Session Speakers

Karl-Heinz Schofalvi G’89 President, Stanton Advanced Ceramics, Inc. Mr. Schofalvi has become a serial entrepreneur and technology innovator in the field of advanced materials. His philosophy: to help create technology that produces energy efficiency in existing manufacturing systems and helps transition the planet to a non-fossil fuel energy base.

He has founded or co-founded several companies including Stanton Advanced Materials, Inc. (1993); Terraco Technologies, LLC (1995); Apex Advanced Technologies, LLC (1996) and Stanton Advanced Ceramics, Inc. (2001). Mr. Schofalvi has a B.A. in chemistry from Miami University and an M.S. in macromolecular science from the Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University.

Q: What are the most important tools young entrepreneurs need in today’s economic climate?

“Direct guidance. If you are under 30 and considering a start up, you will need some laser focus guidance from someone who has ventured into your commercial space and lived to tell about it.” ~ Karl-Heinz Schofalvi

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Tim Schigel ’89 Founder and CEO, Share This Mr. Schigel’s company is the world’s largest sharing network, with over 200 million users across 130,000 websites. The company is changing the economics of online publishing by creating a market of influence across the Web by allowing users to share content from anywhere to anyone. He previously was a director with Blue Chip Venture Company, where he led the firm’s investment in technology.

In addition, Mr. Schigel was an entrepreneur and international consultant leading innovative projects for Apple Computer, Hitachi, Hallmark Cards, Motorola and Procter & Gamble. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University.

Q: How does having an entrepreneurial mindset fit in today’s demanding job market?

“This country has a long, treasured legacy of innovation and the pioneering spirit. There’s a strong argument that the current economic conditions are perfect for taking a risk and creating a new company or market opportunity.

Results matter more than ever in a down market.” ~ Tim Schigel

Myra Dria ’76 President and CEO, Opal Resources LLC Myra Dria founded Opal Resources in July 2007, in partnership with Goldman Sachs. The company is focused on acquisition, development and exploration of oil and gas resources located in onshore basins in several mid-continent states. As a professional engineer, Dr. Dria has more than 30 years of oil and gas experience in North and South America including executive positions in BP America and Amoco.

Dr. Dria graduated from the Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in polymer engineering and holds a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Q: How do we foster an entrepreneurial mindset in the nation’s colleges and universities?

“One of the most dramatic improvements in academia today is the introduction of team efforts as part of the learning process. We learn from interaction with others and the team approach, when constructed with a view of skills and personalities, can be a powerful learning and innovative environment.” ~ Myra Dria

Q&A Panel Presentation Walt Culver G’62 – Board Chairman, Great Lakes Energy Institute Jennie Hwang, PhD, DSc, G’76 – CEO, H-Technologies Group and Interim CEO, Asahi America, Inc. Mac McNichols ’65 – CEO, McNichols and McNichols, Inc. Paula McNichols ’65 – Treasurer, McNichols and McNichols, Inc. Russ Warren ’60 – Senior Vice President, Edgepoint Capital Advisors

Don Richards ’79 Senior Managing Director, Accenture As senior managing director of Accenture’s IT outsourcing business, Don Richards is responsible for driving the strategic direction and growth of the company and its more than 600 clients located throughout the world.

Mr. Richards has more than 30 years of experience and has held leadership roles in several parts of Accenture’s business including responsibility for infrastructure outsourcing, chemicals industry business unit and technology practice within both the Resources and Products operating groups.

Tien-Li Chia G’82 President, ControlSoft Inc.

Geoff Thrope ’79 President and CEO, NDI Medical

Dr. Chia is the president of ControlSoft Inc. and adjunct faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Department at Cleveland State University. He is experienced in the design and development of advanced control-based control solutions for various industrial and manufacturing processes. He is responsible for inventing, designing and directing the development of core control technologies, which have been licensed by leading control system vendors.

As a leading entrepreneur in the field of neurostimulation, Geoff Thrope brings more than 30 years of experience to the company he founded in 2002.

His experience includes 15 years in academic research before joining the industry where he led commercial product development, sales and marketing and business development programs.

Mr. Richards has a bachelor of science degree from the Case Institute of Technology and master of business administration from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

A graduate of the Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Chia holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in systems and control engineering after receiving his undergraduate degree from Tan Kung University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Q: How can entrepreneurial-based skills lead to career advancement and organizations achievement?

Q: How important is it to seek out a mentor or the right advisor to guide you in your vision?

“I like to reference the ‘T-shaped engineer’ model. Engineers need to be deep in their particular field, but they also need the top of the T—basic skills and savvy in business, communications, marketing—which is essential to being entrepreneurial. That combination of capabilities can really help advance your career.” ~ Don Richards

“The phrase ‘You don’t know what you don’t know’ says it well. Finding an advisor/mentor who has accomplished what you would like to accomplish in the future can be very helpful. They will help you and guide you through the many ‘you don’t know’ things.” ~ Tien-Li Chia

Mr. Thrope earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Q: How has your connection through Case helped in developing your business?

“The small-world story is, you go out to find an extraordinary leader in the field, and chances are they are a graduate of Case. NDI has seven employees who are Case alumni. Three of our partners on top of that are alumni of Case. You have these alumni from multiple disciplines coming together to ultimately help form, support and invigorate a company.

We couldn’t have done it without the education that we received from Case.” ~ Geoff Thrope

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research results: turning technology into a Profitable Endeavor By terri Mrosko

Mark Coticchia, vice president for Research and Technology Management, has headed the organization since October 2001. He said last year was indeed a record year and that the outlook is promising the trend will continue.

“The university has never achieved that level of tech-transfer revenue, nor has it spun off that many companies,” Coticchia said. “We are hoping that of the 250 licenses that we’ve written since I came here, that several will help fill some of the ones that will start to taper off in terms of revenue production. All of these licenses are cyclical.”

The significance of these kinds of revenue streams to the university is threefold. First and foremost, technology transfer activities support the research and the enterprise. Research, teaching and services is the main mission of the institution, Coticchia explained.

Mark Coticchia, Vice President for Research and Technology Management (right) with a member of an Italian delegation who visited the university in December

“What we do is an extension of the research mission, and it is part of the research enterprise,” he said. “Engaging industry in finding markets and licensing our technology and engaging commercial means in order to get our research results disseminated into society is the thrust of our focus.”

For the past 30 years, the Research & Technology Management Division at Case Western Reserve University has been turning a profit through technology transfer. The process of technology transfer focuses on the ability to get research results adopted into society for the public good, typically through licensing agreements.

Secondly, successful technology transfer helps attract and retain the best faculty. By having this ability as an option to get researchers’ results widely adopted into society is important for every major research institution. Not only does it help fulfill the mission, but it helps propel the mission in terms of attracting faculty, staff and students to Case Western Reserve University, Coticchia added.

Two departments comprised of 14 staff members are responsible for managing the process of taking the research of faculty, staff and graduate students to the marketplace. Last fiscal year, the Technology Transfer office facilitated $16.3 million in revenue generated by 31 licenses. In addition, it helped spin off five start-up companies.

Finally, there are a lot of positive byproducts as a result of technology transfer—such as generating financial benefit to the institution that goes on to further support the research and teaching mission of the institution. Discretionary monies help continue to build up the research enterprise of the university.

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ThE PrOCESS: hOw A PiECE OF rESEArCh TurNS iNTO A PrOFiTABLE ENDEAvOr The Technology Transfer office not only solicits but receives ideas from faculty, staff and students in the form of venture disclosures. The office then evaluates each in terms of its technical merit, commercial merit and the intellectual property protection situation—patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. That’s called “triage,” Coticchia said.

“We put great emphasis on the commercial merit of the disclosure. That is because we are looking at whether industry can use the technology in the commercial marketplace. Less emphasis is put on the technical or intellectual property aspect,” he said.

“Basically, it’s the marketplace passing judgment as to whether something is ready for prime time. It’s not our office passing judgment,” Coticchia said.

“We try to be very realistic and use these external validations in our recommendations.”

Successful Start-up Companies Founded by Case Alumni Fiscal Year 2007 CardioInsight Technologies, Inc. Founded by Charu Ramanathan - 2000 MS Biomedical Engineering; 2004 PhD Biomedical Engineering

Unlike many other universities that just manage the intellectual property, at Case the approach is much more aggressive from a commercial standpoint. We look at the market opportunity, Coticchia said. Once a commercial opportunity is identified, the tech-transfer office will aggressively pursue intellectual property protection.

A northeast Ohio-based medical device company that non-invasively images electrical activity on the surface of the heart. CardioInsight has in-licensed their patented electrocardiographic imaging technology from Case.

As part of the university’s regional economic mission, the tech-transfer office will give preference to a local company versus another company if the local company is in position to advance the technology. But there is also a national economic mission because of the federal money the university receives. The first priority is that the license goes to the licensee in the best situation to commercialize the technology.

Invenio Therapeutics Founded by William Tse, MD - University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Of the 150 inventions the office receives in a year, it takes on about 30. The rest don’t make it through the filter for a variety of reasons. For the 30 or so that make it through, the office sells licenses and obtains high intellectual property protection. The other 70% are sent back to the faculty, staff or students with recommended sources of funding for additional research.

Fiscal Year 2009

David Wald, M.D. – 2003 PhD Pathology; 2005 MD Michael Gilkey – 2003 MS Biomedical Engineering; 2005 MBA The initial idea for the technology was submitted by Dr. Wald on August 2, 2005, and submitted for a provisional patent on June 12, 2007. The intellectual property for this start-up consists of drug compounds that terminally differentiate leukemia cells so that they no longer have the ability to divide and replicate.

Once these cells die, the disease is cured.

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a Golden career

larry hornbeck, who graduated from case institute of Technology with his undergraduate degree in 1 and ph.d. in solid state physics from case Western reserve University in 1 , has accomplished some remarkable achievements over the course of his career at Texas instruments. he is best known as the inventor of the digital micromirror device (dmd), the chip that would become the basis for the company’s trademarked dlp technology. it revolutionized projection imaging technology for home, office, entertainment and education and is featured in a wide selection of dlp front-projectors and rear-projection hdTvs and in some of the world’s largest cinema projectors.

Q: Tell us what about your Case experience.

Larry J. hornbeck ’65 PhD’73 will be honored with the Gold Medal Award this year at the 125th Annual All Classes Reunion Banquet, hosted by the Case Alumni Association, for his extraordinary contributions to the field of science. Watch for more on Larry in the fall issue of Case Alumnus.

Dr. Hornbeck: I chose to attend Case because it was close to my parents’ home in Parma (Ohio). I finished number one in science in my high school class, and I arrived at Case planning to work just as hard while still keeping up with my diverse interests and hobbies. After my first “D” on a physics exam, I realized I suddenly had to work three times as hard as other students to work up to a “B” level. That continued even after I started my career at Texas Instruments.

Q: What was the most important thing you learned later in life you wished you had known in school?

Dr. Hornbeck: It wasn’t until about eight years ago that I discovered I had a learning disability, which accounts for my difficulty learning all those years in school. Among other things, I found out that I have difficulty learning by hearing, such as a lecture.

I learn best by working with things, which is something I’ve done all my life. Looking back, it was my dogged determination and perseverance to challenge these obstacles that has led directly to my success throughout my career.

Q: Who most influenced your life?

Dr. Hornbeck: My father for one. It is amazing to think of all the things he encouraged me to do. If I just mentioned anything I was interested in, he would go off and learn something about the topic and then hand it off to me. Also, it was my mother who taught me self-reliance. Both my parents were extremely independent and curious.

Q: What is the secret to success as an inventor?

Dr. Hornbeck: A lot of serendipity, luck and timing. But those can also involve the arrival of people in your life at just the right time. The other thing I was born with was an insatiable desire to know “why.” That has been key to my success.

Q: What was the most rewarding moment of your career?

Dr. Hornbeck: The first digital exhibition of a major motion picture, Star Wars Episode I, on June 24, 1999, when [director] George Lucas decided my little mirrors were good enough to show his movie. I stood outside a Burbank theater, tearing up, thinking we were about to change the way cinema is viewed forever. It's my proudest moment.

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MY FaVorite FaCULtY

CHRIS BUTLER, Math Instructor for 2 years, chris Butler has been delighting students taking his math classes at case Western reserve University. he is consistently named by current and past students as their favorite faculty member. prior to his career as a math instructor, Butler graduated from case with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics in 1 . he has won recognition for his teaching over the years, as a Theodore m. focke professorial fellow and the Wittke Undergraduate Teaching award.

But nothing sings his praises higher than the large contingent of undergraduate students who find themselves in Butler’s math 121 and 122 calculus for science and engineering classes. Kathy Ward, a biomedical engineering student, recalls her first class as a freshman at case—math 122 with chris Butler. “i sat down in schmitt auditorium in about the fourth or fifth row. chris came in, walked to the podium, and promptly took off his shoes. it was about the last thing i expected a professor to do. he quickly taught me that i shouldn’t come in to college with any expectations at all!” she said. many find his freshman classes challenging, but also entertaining and exciting. students say that Butler has

a way of making them feel relaxed, alleviating nerves about academics at the college level. even though classes are more difficult, you can still have a good time. “chris Butler is my favorite faculty member not only because of his clear teaching style and great command of the subject matter, but because of the humorous way in which he expresses himself. his jokes and memory tricks made calc ii a blast for me,” said michael vaughn, a senior majoring in chemistry. students appreciate that Butler is always available to talk with them, whether it’s answering a math-related question or just chatting about their student activities. he makes a point of getting to know his students, encouraging them to stop by his office to grab a piece of candy or a “math problem of the day” worksheet. “chris is an extremely interactive professor. he is lively and entertaining in his lectures, finding unique ways to make math interesting and enjoyable. it is very obvious how much chris loves both math and his students,” said Jenn clever, also a senior at case. peter fino, a mechanical engineering student agrees, saying that Butler is one of the friendliest people on campus. When asked what he learned in Butler’s class that he probably wouldn’t have learned anywhere else, fino responded, “shoes are optional.”

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“from day one, when he introduced himself as ‘chris,’ he is inviting. he creates a fun environment in which to learn. he is the faculty advisor for the men’s swim team and invites us to his house. he opens up every resource he has for his students,” fino said. most importantly, fino adds, is that this favorite math professor understands the pressures of being a student.

Butler can get students to show up to class even when it’s on mediavision, proving just how enjoyable a Butlertaught class really is. student scott finefrock adds, “chris Butler puts a smile on your face, even in math class, even at : 0 in the morning!”

Chris Butler and Joe Prahl are co-hosting a young alumni reception at Nighttown on the evening of Saturday, May 15th as part of the 2010 Reunion and the 125th Anniversary of the Case Alumni Association. For more information about this and other events, visit us online at www.casealum.org.

Remember some of these Case Faculty?

If you have an interesting “Favorite Faculty” story to share, contact the editor at mrosko@cox.net.

Dominique Durand • Samuel Maron • Al Troiano Jack Wallace • Terry Swift • Eugene Uyeki Don Whiteman • Ken Loparo

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aroUnd the Case CLUBs

CASE CLUB OF THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA – November 10, 2009 THE ECLISSE RESTAURANT Presenters: Jeff Duerk, Ph.D. ’87, Chair Biomedical Engineering and Stuart Rowan, Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering A group of 30 alumni and friends gathered at the Eclisse restaurant on the canal in Stamford, Connecticut, to listen to a presentation on the Future of MR Imaging and Biomedical Device Technologies. The alumni in attendance were glad to be together again and are excited for future Case Clubs in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas. Jeff and Stuart were put to the test and quizzed by engineers in parallel fields.

Top: Nancy York, Sam York ’54, Cindy Naegele Right: William Sterba ’70, Karen Pleines FSM ’72

CASE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY - January 13, 2010 HILLER AVIATION MUSEUM Host: Warren Gibson ’65 Presenter: Dianne Anderson, Executive Director, Great Lakes Energy Institute More than 40 alumni attended the event at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA. Dean Norman Tien welcomed everyone and provided an update on four new initiatives at the Case School of Engineering. Dianne Anderson presented a compelling summary of the scope of this initiative and enumerated its collaborative achievements to date. Alumni enjoyed fellowship, hors d’oeuvres and beverages before and after the presentation. The Class of 1964 was represented by five alumni – Yuriy Akseniw, Bob Baden, Dave Crawford, Glenn Heestand and Paul Stephan.

Todd Turnidge ’94, Rich Guitierrez ’96, Paul Stephan ’64, Andy Clark ’96

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Dean Norman Tien, Jerry Adamic ’72, Lynn Adamic

CASE CLUB OF DALLAS - January 20-21, 2010 THE BENT TREE COUNTRY CLUB Host: Alan G’62, PhD’65 and Lynn Wagner Presenter: Dianne Anderson, Executive Director, Great Lakes Energy Institute Thirteen alumni and guests attended the meeting held in Dallas in January. In attendance from the Case School of Engineering were Cindy Naegele, director of development and external affairs and Dean Norman Tien. The Bent Tree Country Club was an excellent venue, the room was private and the food was abundant. The presentation from Diane was well received by the guests. When the guests departed, each of them thanked us for making the trip and that they hope to see us again soon.

CASE CLUB OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA February 8, 2010 CASE CLUB OF FORT MYERS/NApLES February 11, 2010 CASE CLUB OF SARASOTA - February 12, 2010

Top: Dianne Anderson, Charles Phipps ’49 Right: Richard Skinner ’51, James Waldorf ’70, Jon McGraw ’63 Top of stairs: Roger Cerne ’63, Donna Hodan, Ricky Newkirk, Karl Newkirk ’63, Ed Hodan ’50, Norm Christensen ’50, Jack Flynn ’51, ’53, ’56, Dorothy Williams, Charles Sax ’54, Shirely Sax, Pauline & Bob Schroeder ’50

Three Case Club meetings were held in Florida during the week of February 8-12, 2010. Thirteen alumni gathered in Jupiter at the Jupiter Crab House on February 9, 18 alumni gathered in Fort Myers at the Royal Palm Yacht Club on February 11, and 14 alumni gathered in Sarasota at Ricky and Karl Newkirk’s home. Each gathering was highlighted by a presentation of the 125-year history of the Case Alumni Association. Roger Cerne ’63, executive director emeritus, and Jack Flynn ’51, ’53, ’56, national chairman for the 125th celebration Case Fund® greeted each alumni and spoke about the importance of the service that the alumni association has given to the Case School of Engineering and its predecessors, Case School of Applied Science and the Case Institute of Technology. The Case Alumni Association would like to thank Tom Cleary ’46 for hosting the meeting in Jupiter, Steve Mihaly ’56 for hosting the meeting in Fort Myers and Ricky and Karl Newkirk ’63 for hosting the meeting in Sarasota.

Top: Jack Flynn ’51, ’53, ’56 and Harold Kendall Right: Bill Pritts ’61 and Skip Giddings ’46

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CLass notes

1940s Fred A. heddleson ’40, Oak Ridge, TN, reports he is approaching his 93rd birthday. Fred plays the organ three times a week at a senior luncheon, flies radio-controlled model planes and still drives locally. harry Gilbert ’41, Seattle, WA, presides over monthly “science salons” for a handful of local regulars at his daughter’s Mount Baker home, giving lectures on topics from quarks and electrons to water and global warming.

Otto A. Gross ’42, Rocky River, OH, and his wife celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were Lawrence C. Cerny ’51, G’53 married on August 20, 1949. Otto wore the original tuxedo he wore in the Case Orchestra (1940-1942), and his wife wore her original wedding gown at their anniversary celebration.

Eric J. Simon ’44

Eric J. Simon ’44, Hackensack, NJ, was honored

by New York University School of Medicine for his research accomplishments during his career spanning more than 50 years. This tribute took place at an all-day symposium entitled “Advances in Addiction Research and Practice” at the NYU School of Medicine, where Dr. Simon is professor of psychiatry and pharmacology. In 1973, Dr. Simon’s laboratory pioneered research of opiate receptors in the brain, leading to the discovery of morphine-like substances in the brain. Dr. Simon coined the term “endorphin” (a contraction of “endo” and “morphine”) for these substances. He has received numerous awards for his research, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Paris.

Saul P. Baker, M.D. ’45, Cleveland, OH, has earned five degrees: a bachelor’s degree in physics, a master’s in physiology, Doctor of Medicine, Ph.D. in physiology and J.D. in law. He has been retired for the past 10 years. robert w. Graham ’48, Fairview Park, OH, had his research at the Glenn Center featured in an NBC TV presentation on the Ohio contribution to the moon landing 40 years ago.

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Ted G. Berlincourt ’49, Elk, CA, and wife Marjorie are enjoying retirement. In a book he recently published, “Seaside Dream Home Besieged” (Trafford), he recounts their adventures seeking to build their home in the area, advocating land-use reforms designed to achieve a more harmonious relationship between scenic preservation mandates and property rights. ralph E. Crockett ’49, Chagrin Falls, OH, along with three children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren gathered at his Chautauqua Institution residence for a recent celebration.

1950s Lawrence C. Cerny ’51, G’53, Kettering, OH, is looking for a partner for Third Frontier research and development that his company is conducting on artificial blood products and decontaminants.

James C. Kauer ’51, Kennett Square, PA, is doing pro-bono consulting for three biotech companies.

Edward Slagle ’53, Mason, OH, retired since 1982, spends his winters in Florida. Although he no longer practices engineering, he still plays the saxophone with several bands. walter E. Leser ’54, Granada Hills, CA, completed 55 years with Boeing (including pre-merger time with Douglas Aircraft & McDonnell-Douglas Corp.) this past June.

Eugene A. Stecca ’56, Hockessin, DE, keeps busy by taking five classes at the Academy of Life Long Learning, singing in three choruses, and attending his grandchildren’s sporting events.

Candido Font ’59, Coral Gables, FL, retired in 2007.

He enjoys traveling and participating in civic and art activities.

Carl C. Koch ’59, Raleigh, NC, was recently elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society.

1960s Lawrence J. Scotchie ’60, Maitland, FL, will celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary on May 30, 2010. russell J. warren ’60, Beachwood, OH, is working on a presentation titled “Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio” that starts with John D. Rockefeller through today.

Glen L. Buto ’61, Fountain Valley, CA, enjoyed a trek this past November to the Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas. He enjoys traveling, photography and spending time with his grandchildren. robert A. Levine ’61, Monroeville, PA, is completing his 42nd year as a professor at Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, PA. reuben r. Aronovitz G’62, Broomall, PA, retired in 2003 as Engineering Professor Emeritus after spending 33 years developing and teaching technology and engineering curricula and courses at the Delaware County Community College to approximately 10,000 engineers and technicians. Prior to that, he was a Project Systems Investigator and Senior Consulting Engineer for Raytheon and Avco in their Missile and Space Divisions. Today, he dabbles in acrylics, water colors and graphite.

Gerald E. hite ’62, Galveston, TX, is helping to rebuild Galveston after Hurricane Ike. He teaches physics at Texas A&M Galveston.

David E. Schwab ’62, Fountain Valley, CA, reports his “peak” experience this past year was climbing Mount Whitney on an 18-hour day hike. He is semi-retired, enjoying more time with his wife, children and three grandsons, and skiing at Mammoth Mountain.

Alfred A. hanus ’64, Midland, MI, together with his wife, Mary Ann, has traveled to all seven continents at least once, including Antarctica.

George E. walker G’64, Miami, FL, was recently appointed Vice President for Research at Cleveland State University. He and wife, Erika, have family in Northeast Ohio.

John h. Loux iii ’65, Seattle, WA, has retired from the Port of Seattle. richard A. hansen ’68, Chagrin Falls, OH, completed his 17th & 18th marathons and his first ultra-marathon (50K) in 2009. He and his wife are planning to move to Phoenix this year to enjoy their granddaughters.

Michael S. hyrnick ’69, Munroe Falls, OH, retired from FirstEnergy last April. He continues to work as an independent consultant while pursuing an interest in international travel.

Eric S. wentz ’69, Brookfield, WI, is now owner of Better by Design, LLC, a custom automated machine design and build firm.

1970s william J. Mutryn ii ’70, Potomac, MD, is co-leader of the National Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Holland & Knight, LLP. Bill also was elected President of the Association for Corporate Growth, National Capital.

Clem J. Larson ’71, San Diego, CA, and his wife enjoyed traveling this past year, spending four months in England, six months in Baltimore/Washington, DC and a month in New Zealand.

J. roger wilson ’71, Lansing, MI, works as a mediation and conflict-resolution counselor and consultant, specializing in training, coaching, problem solving, broadcast and public speaking, and writing.

He earned a Master’s of Divinity in Pastoral Studies from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary in 1977.

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Jeffrey A. Karson ’72, Syracuse, NY, is now Chairman of the Department of Earth Sciences at Syracuse University. He is involved in research on mid-ocean ridge spreading centers and Iceland. willie w. Ng ’73, Agoura Hills, CA, was elevated to the grade of Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in January 2010.

Dr. Willie Ng is presently Principal Research Scientist and Manager of the Photonics Department at HRL Laboratories (Malibu, California), an R&D laboratory jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. He was cited for “The Application of Photonic Technologies to Microwave Antenna Systems and Ultra-Wideband Signal Processing.”

James K. weddell ’76, Wilmington, DE, is still working for DuPont. He enjoys singing and traveling.

Martha S. wetherholt ’76, Washington, DC, just became NASA’s first Software Assurance Technical Fellow.

Carl r. Nehls ’77, Colorado Springs, CO, has worked at FedEx for the past 26 years. His son, Matt, is currently pursuing an engineering degree at Duke University.

Gail A. Bonner ’78, Conifer, CO, received her master’s degree from the University of Colorado, Denver.

Debra L. wilfong ’78, White Bear Lake, MN, and John S. Trent, Jr. G’79, Racine, WI, are on the External Advisory Board of CLiPS, the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center lead by Case Western Reserve University.

Joseph A. Buccilli ’79, G’83, Cleveland Heights, OH, is living and working in Tokyo, Japan, for Deloitte Consulting.

Connor Dannels’s winning design in a K’NEX building contest, 5-6 year-old catagory.

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John Nadai ’79, Waban, MA, attended medical school beginning in 1993 and today is an internist specializing in obesity at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. John is married with two children, ages 10 and 5.

1980s Timothy A. Taubert ’81, Willoughby, OH, owns his own company, TT Engineered Solutions.

Lynne Shapiro Brotman ’82, Westfield, NJ, reports that after 20+ years in R&D, she has moved to the business side - still working to bring new technologies to market.

Nadine Y. rosile-Sloan ’87, Gaithersburg, MD, gave birth to twin boys in October 2009.

David J. Schultz ’87, Newark, DE, recently celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife, Christine.

They have two children, Lawson - age 8 and Ben age 6.

Denise C. Dannels ’88, Mentor, OH, reports that her son, Connor, was selected as a finalist in the K’NEX building contest, receiving $1,000 in scholarship money for his winning design for the 5-6 year-old age group. Denise graduated from Case Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, and her husband graduated in 1980 with a mathematics degree from Case.

Jeffrey J. Mason ’89, Lake Jackson, TX, and wife Oksana welcomed new daughter, Valerie, to their family last June, joining her brothers Alex and Kai.

Matthew r. rejmaniak ’89, Houston, TX, is now working as a project manager for the Marris County Flood Control District in Houston, TX.

1990s Encik Mohd A. Taib ’90, Sri Lalang, Malaysia, was appointed Shell Malaysia Chairman, effective January 1, 2010.

Tiffany L. Petroc ’96, Studio City, CA, was expecting twins early this year. She has been staying at home with her three-year-old son and keeping busy volunteering for non-profits. rahul D. Sethi ’96, is living in India, growing the medical device distributorship and becoming a partner in a retail operation that sells children’s clothing. Rahul will return to the U.S. in March for a family gathering in Cleveland.

Sachin S. Sethi ’98, Chagrin Falls, OH, is completing a re-write of his book and is doing very well as an SAP consultant.

2000s John A. DiBella ii ’01, G’04, Granada Hills, CA, was appointed manager of marketing and sales by Simulations Plus. rajeev raghavan ’01, Houston, TX, and wife Archana welcomed baby Nalini to the world on March 4, 2009. robert D. Falck ’02, Cleveland, OH, was a member of the development team for the OTIS4 trajectory optimization software program at NASA Glenn Research Center. OTIS4 was recognized as a recipient of an R&D 100 Award for 2009 and was awarded NASA’s Software of the Year Award in 2008.

Daniel r. Elgort G’03, PhD ’05, Doylestown, PA, is currently working at Philips in the greater New York area.

Benjamin J. hothem ’04, Lexington Park, MD, married Karen Shreve (2005 electrical engineering graduate) on October 17, 2009.

David L. rostocil, Jr. ’05, Arlington, MA, met his bride-to-be, Gail, in the dorms during his sophomore year at Case. They are planning an August 2010 wedding. Dave currently works at IBM. Lindsay M. Miller ’06, Berkeley, CA, passed the qualifying exam and is now a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley.

David A. Loomis ’07, G’09, is leaving Cleveland for San Diego; he accepted a job at Neuvasive, a spinal implant company. The job will enable him to follow the direction of his research. He will be traveling to Japan for one to three months every year.

Karyn M. wheeler ’07, Austin, TX, is working on her Ph.D. at UT Austin. robert S. Clay ’08, currently works for Storybird, a new collaborative storytelling start-up. His current project is NewsBlur, a feed reader using artificial intelligence to figure out which stories people want to read. wei-hung Chiang G’09, Taipei County, recently shared his research findings in the online edition of Nature Materials. He and fellow researcher, Professor Sankaran, mixed metals commonly used to grow nanotubes and found that the composition of the catalyst can control the chirality.

Frederick Doering ’09, Hayward, CA, is working as a research associate at Cal Berkeley, hoping to get an assistantship for graduate study.

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CasespaCe Alumni in the news roger w. Brockett ’60 was honored in December by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers with the 2009 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. The award recognizes Brockett, a researcher and educator, for inspirational mentoring of generations of graduate students who have gone on to define the field of control engineering. Over the last 45 years, Brockett has prepared his students for engineering careers, including 60 doctoral students and more than a dozen postdoctoral fellows. Most are now researchers or professors at major institutions, having achieved their own distinctions in control engineering, with some becoming department heads, deans or presidents Brockett has worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Harvard Robotics Laboratory over the course of his teaching career. An IEEE Life Fellow, Brockett has published many books and papers considered core instructional materials for control engineering curricula worldwide. Brockett received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees all from the Case Institute of Technology. He is currently the An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Roger W. Brockett ’60

Richard Bergman, Ph.D. ’65

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richard Bergman, Ph.D. ’65 received a 2009 Naomi Berrie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research presented by Columbia University Medical Center for his nationally recognized research in diabetes.

Dr. Bergman, currently the professor and chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, studies different aspects of the causes of Type 2 diabetes, a disease afflicting more than 20 million Americans. His work ranges from cell biology to epidemiology and population genetics, all related to diabetes research. Along with the award comes a $100,000 two-year research fellowship for a student or research fellow.

Dr. Bergman’s work conceptualized the inter-relationships among factors that drive carbohydrate metabolism. He was among the first to show how to measure these factors efficiently, and to explain the complex interactions among them including insulin sensitivity, pancreatic b-cell function

and previously under-appreciated insulin-independent factors. Dr. Bergman previously received the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement as well as the Man of Distinction Lifetime Achievement awards from the American Diabetes Association. He is a graduate of the Case Institute of Technology, where he received a BSE in Biomedical Engineering in 1965.

Siegfried S. hecker ’65, G’67, PhD ’68 received the 2009 Enrico Fermi Award, one of the U.S. government’s oldest and most prestigious science and technology prizes in honor of Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi. The presidential honor carries a $375,000 prize, which will be shared with a second recipient. The award winners also receive a gold medal and citation. The award is administered on behalf of the White House by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Dr. Hecker is co-director of Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory. As a metallurgist, he is a leading expert on plutonium and plutonium aging, critical in assessing the reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons. Dr. Hecker was a pioneer in global nuclear nonproliferation and threat reduction, establishing collaborative research and mutual cooperation with the nuclear weapons laboratories in Russia and other former Soviet Republics.

Siegfried S. Hecker ’65, G’67, PhD ’68

He earned all his degrees in metallurgy from Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University. He worked as LANL director from 1986 to 1997 and joined the Stanford faculty in 2005. Dr. Hecker was recognized as a Gold Medal Award winner in 2004 by the Case Alumni Association.

OThEr NOTABLE ALuMNi iN ThE NEwS . . .

Dr. Jennie S. hwang G’76 was invited to visit Taiwan by the National Science Council of Taiwan in November.

She was the first Asian-American woman elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 1998.

installed in Africa in June 2009. As a senior majoring in electrical engineering at Case, Mann received the “Senior Design Project of the Year” award. He works at Goldwell Caldwell and Associates.

Jeffrey Mann ’05 helped design the world’s first manually-operated solar tracking system. The first units were

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MARTIN J. YOHALEM ’41 Martin J. Yohalem passed away on January 16, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He earned a BS in civil engineering from Case Institute of Technology and an MS in the same field from Purdue University. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Award by Case Alumni Association in 1996 for his leadership in establishing the Fort Lauderdale Case Club in 1957. He served as its president for 29 years and attended class reunions every five years. As a member of the Case Alumni Association’s 21st Century Society, he established the Martin J. and Sylvia K. Yohalem Scholarship Fund in gratitude for his Case education. He was also a member of the Case Dean’s Society for many years. Yohalem was a principal in the firm of Martin J. Yohalem, P.E., Consulting Structural Engineer for many years. During his career he served as president and state director of the Broward County Chapter of the Florida Engineering Society. In 1968 he became a fellow of the Florida Engineering Society.

KARL B. MCEACHRON, JR. Karl B. McEachron, Jr., Dean Emeritus, passed away on January 23, 2010, in Willoughby, OH, at the age of 94. He earned a BSEE from Purdue University in 1937 and was one of their first ten “Distinguished Alumni.” He received the Meritorious Service Award in 1972 from the Case Alumni Association. McEachron was a dean who helped smooth the merger of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. He became dean of undergraduate studies at CIT and gradually rose to become vice provost. From 1967 until his retirement in 1980, he was the Institute’s dean in a merged Case Western Reserve. He doubled for two years as dean of the university’s admissions and financial offices, and then served as dean of undergraduate affairs for six years.

McEachron was vice president of the American Society of Electrical Engineers and chair of the Cleveland section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

CORRECTION: Leo T. Klaehn ’51 passed away January 15, 2009, not 2008, as reported in a previous issue of Case Alumnus.

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Melville J. Bray ’34, Bayville, NY, November 16, 2006 Marvin L. Cleaton, Jr. ’37, Portland, OR, Date Unknown Frank C. Meyers, Jr. ’37, South Miami, FL, July 2009 George T. Ladd ’38, West Yarmouth, MA, June 26, 2009 Frank DePould ’40, Laguna Niguel, CA, Date Unknown David W. Tafarella ’40, Alexandria, VA, July 2007 Martin J. Yohalem ’41, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 16, 2010 Arthur J. Bahmiller ’42, Medina, OH, Date Unknown James R. Reid ’42, Hiram, OH, August 26, 2009 John S. Stock ’42, Livonia, MI, August 19, 2009 Sol M. Fingerhut ’43, Tarzana, CA, December 23, 2009 Jacob D. Graves ’43, Oakdale, MN, June 17, 2009 Richard L. Pearse ’43, Palm Harbor, FL, October 16, 2009 Ralph V. Reiner ’43, Cedar Rapids, IA, September 26, 2009 Alfred J. Trautman ’43, Cleveland, OH, August, 2009 Edward Berlas ’45, Cleveland, OH, December 22, 2009 Fred J. Wherley ’45, Cleveland, OH, May 30, 2007 George T. Cowen ’47, St. Clairsville, OH, September 11, 2009 Walter J. Penkal, Jr. ’47, Cleveland, OH, January 2010 Raymond J. Slater ’47, Solon, OH, August 10, 2009 James R. Foster ’48, Pittsburgh, PA, November 11, 2009 Donald W. Kissinger ’48, Pittsburgh, PA, October 30, 2009 Glenn W. Myers ’48, Cleveland, OH, November 27, 2009 Francis Van der Beck Reilley ’48, Schenectady, NY, Date Unknown Robert J. Smith ’48, Akron, OH, November 7, 2009 Warren A. Blower ’49, Brecksville, OH, December 25, 2009 Robert J. Conklin ’49, Hudson, OH, November 13, 2009 George P. Donovan, Jr. ’49, Cary, NC, September 2009 Robert E. Kiehl ’49, Camden, SC, July 10, 2009 Owen C. Maloney ’49, Missoula, MT, July 10, 2009 Dale W. Miller ’49, Sun City Center, FL, August 17, 2009 Richard L. Sallo ’49, Plainfield, IL, August 25, 2009 Kenneth E. Baker ’50, Houston, TX, November 1, 2009 John F. Gregory ’50, Dripping Springs, TX, November 14, 2009 Walter H. Morris ’50, Homewood, IL, Date Unknown Joseph A. O’Neill ’50, Phoenix, AZ, October 14, 2009 M. Franklin Rudy ’50, Calabasas, CA, December 13, 2009 Kenneth A. Staugler ’50, Blythewood, SC, January 5, 2010 Floyd K. Swope, Jr. ’50, New Castle, DE, October 30, 2009 Ludwig Witt, ’50, Cleveland, OH, August 2009 Ernest C. Farkas G’51, Thurmont, MD, July 24, 2009 David C. King ’51, Pasco, WA, September 6, 2009 Victor E. Krohn, Jr. G’51, Santa Rosa, CA, Date Unknown Joseph A. Mailander ’51, Euclid, OH, October 14, 2009 A. Edwin Schreck ’51, Naples, FL, January 28, 2010 Steven L. Hmelar ’52, Palo Alto, CA, September 27, 2009 Edwin J. Siegman ’52, Raleigh, NC, September 29, 2009 William Wasserstrom ’52, Wynnewood, PA, July 2009 Claudio K. Roig ’54, Athens, GA, September 15, 2009 Gilbert G. Unger ’54, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 5, 2009 Frank J. Zeleznik ’54, Rocky River, OH, October 2009 James E. McCord ’56, Venice, FL, September 3, 2009 Arnold M. Plummer ’56, Westerville, OH, May 4, 2009 John D. Campbell ’57, Punta Gorda, FL, November 14, 2009 Karl A. Faymon G’57, Cleveland, OH, January 2010 Sergio Wernikoff ’57, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, October 24, 2009 Arthur L. Picciotti, ’58, Olney, MD, November 9, 2008 Robert L. Miller G’59, Norton, OH, January 2010 Roger M. Nall ’59, Cape Coral, FL, September 13, 2009 Samuel W. Spero ‘59, Beachwood, OH, October 2009 George J. Isoma ’60, Hartville, OH, Date Unknown Frank R. Morrison ’60, Hanover, PA, January 15, 2009 Stephen M. Rosenthal ’64, New York, NY, December 28, 2009 George J. Moshos G’65, city & state unknown, May 25, 2009 Lawrence P. Semersky, Jr. ’65, Cleveland, OH, January 24, 2010 Robert C. Weyrick G’65, Akron, OH, January 25, 2010 James I. Mondock ’69, Greenburg, PA, September 2009 Maurice Gordon ’70, Houston, TX, November 1, 2009 Frederick C. Fowler ’71, Evergreen, CO, May 1, 2009 Richard J. Korane ’75, Frankfort, IL, September 2009

Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary Symposium

From Education to Innovation The Case Entrepreneurial Experience May 13-14, 2010 A Case Alumni Association 125th Anniversary commemorative symposium to highlight significant entrepreneurial accomplishments and experiences of Case graduates in engineering, business, industry, academia and service to the country.

Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:30 AM

Breakfast and Welcome Presentations

10:00-10:15 AM

Session I Clapp 108 Karl-Heinz Schofalvi G’89, President, Stanton Advanced Ceramics, Inc. Tim Schigel ‘89, Founder and CEO, Share This

11:00-11:50 AM

Session II Clapp 108 Myra Dria ’76, President and CEO, Opal Resources LLC Don Richards ’79, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

12:00-12:45 PM

Lunch

1:00-2:30 PM

Keynote I Strosacker Auditorium Hiroyuki Fujita PhD’98, President and CEO, Quality Electrodynamics

3:00-3:50 PM

Session III DeGrace 312 Tien-Li Chia G’82, President, ControlSoft Inc. Geoff Thrope ‘79, President and CEO, NDI Medical

Nord 310

Hvorka Atrium

4:00-7:00 PM Panel and Reception Walt Culver G’62, Board Chairman, Great Lakes Energy Institute, CWRU Jennie Hwang, PhD, DSc, G’76, CEO, H-Technologies Group and Interim CEO, Asahi America Inc.

Mac McNichols ’65, CEO, McNichols and McNichols, Inc.

Paula McNichols ’65, Treasurer, McNichols and McNichols, Inc.

Russ Warren ’60, Senior Vice President, Edgepoint Capital Advisors

Friday, May 14, 2010 1:00-2:30 PM

Keynote II Strosacker Auditorium Jack Daly ’89 G’91, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co. Case Alumni Association 125th All Classes Reunion (See Reunion information on www.casealum.org)

There is no charge for the 125th commemorative symposium, but seating is limited. Registration is required for each event on Thursday. Please register online at www.casealum.org or in your Reunion 2010 registration packet.

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Jack Flynn ’51, G ’53, G ’56 Retired VP & General Manager, Dow chemical co.

National Chairman, 125th celebration case Fund®

I’m a triple-grad from Case and I’ve been active with the Case Alumni Association for over 50 years. I’ve had a great 35-year career with Dow Chemical, where I’ve worked with many Case engineers. And now, I’m blessed to serve as National Chairman of the 125th Celebration Case Fund.

Please join me in honoring our 125-year commitment to helping Case students with a gift to the 2009-2010 Case Fund before June 30th.

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