Class Notes

Kimball wrote to report that he is now 101 years old and in “good shape.” Also, he shares that world events delayed his graduation. He was on track to graduate from the Case School of Applied Science in 1938 but, while a foreign exchange student in Munich, was delayed in Germany by the Nazis, and thus graduated in 1939.

Daniel celebrated his 91st birthday on Aug. 17, 2017.

George, a science fiction writer, engineer and space enthusiast, has published the fifth book in his “Bergmann” series, “Bergmann’s L5 ORBITAT” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2014). It was featured at the Frankfurt International Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, in October 2017 and is available via amazon.com.

Bill reports that he is happily retired. “After 48 years in industry I am retired and living the good life!”

Dale retired from his role as president and chief executive officer of AKS Cutting Systems, a subsidiary of Kiffer Industries.

Christopher was recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in the field of higher education. A regents professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, he also is a professional geologist in Texas, Oregon and Alaska.

Steve was inducted into the Paulding High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He earned 12 varsity letters at Paulding, class of 1962. At Case, he played football and was honored with the Les Bale Award as most valuable player in 1965. After graduating with a BS in Engineering with a Computer Technology Major, Steve managed systems and software development projects and worked for Lockheed and Lockheed Martin for nearly 20 years. He retired in 2009.

Ken, a prolific writer and the president of Reflections Ministries, has published a new book, “Life in the Presence of God: Practices for Living in Light of Eternity (InterVarsity Press). It uses biblical foundations, living and historical examples, and evidence from neuroscience to argue we can walk with God and abide in his presence. Ken is the author of more than 50 books.

Carl, a retired U.S. Army colonel, wrote to say he is thankful for the sound technical education he received at “Case Tech” and that he is now enjoying retirement. “I’ve had an interesting life/career—and now that I’m not worried about feeding the family, I try to spend more time helping others.”

Marquis Who’s Who named Donald a lifetime achiever. A distinguished professor emeritus at Stanford University, Donald bears the honorary moniker of “father of the analysis of algorithms.” He first published “The Art of Computer Programming” in 1968 and also designed the computer typesetting system TeX and the companion language, Metafont.

Nephew Pat and Uncle Gino celebrated their 30th and 50th class anniversaries, respectively, at Reunion Weekend 2017. Both men enjoyed reminiscing about their combined 80 years since Case Western Reserve!

Jim received the unanimous endorsement of the Westport Republican Party for reelection as first selectman. He served on the Westport Board of Education from 2005-12. Jim is a retired senior partner of Accenture.

Terrance, a neuroscientist at the Salk Institute for Biological

Studies, delivered the Provost Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh’s Science 2017 conference in October 2017. His talk was titled “Neuroscience in the Age of Information.” He is one of only 10 living scientists elected to all three national academies: the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.

Marc joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, an academic medical center, as vice president of information resources and chief information officer.

Steve, an astronomer and astrophysicist in New Mexico, participated in discussions about black holes, the solar eclipse and NASA probes as part of Nature on Tap, a discussion series started by the Los Alamos Creative District. He is president of the Pajarito Astronomy Club. In 1995, he made it as far as the interview stage of the astronaut selection process.

Allan is an attorney for Foley Panszi Law in Zionsville, IN, and focuses his practice primarily on criminal law. He’s a former master commissioner in the criminal courts of Marion County.

Prasan is a 2017 APMI Fellowship Award recipient. Retired, Samal helped develop and qualify stainless steel components for use in automotive exhaust systems. He’s the author or co-author of 11 U.S. patents, two books and more than 50 technical papers.

Joseph was named dean of engineering and professor of mechanical engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. Previously, he was the dean of engineering at Tennessee Tech University from 2011-17. He was also the 2015-16 president of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Krishna is senior vice president and chief technology officer for Interface Performance Materials, a manufacturing, design and research company focused on applied materials science and polymer chemistry.

James and his wife, Dawn, celebrated 25 years of marriage in May 2017. They have two sons—Kevin, 13, and Kenny, 12. James is an electrical engineer for Raytheon in Fullerton, CA, and tinkers with ham radio on the weekends.

Bill is the founder of RePlay for Kids, a group that reconfigures toys for children with special needs. Last year, his group gave away more than 1,500 adapted toys. The Plain Dealer named him a Community Hero in 2011: tinyurl.com/ycwetf5c

Sean has been named to the board of directors of ShiftPixy Inc., an Irvine, CAbased human capital management services provider. He is the co-founder and Vice President of Professional Services of Herjavec Group, an information security solutions firm based in Toronto.

Brian, the industry principal for MRI Software’s Multifamily business, recently published a timely article on AreaDevelopment.com: “Doing Business Without Talking—Millennials’ Impact on CRE.” Find the story at tinyurl.com/y93xhvpz

After a nationwide search, Terri was named vice president for research at Western Michigan University, effective Jan. 8. Previously, Terri served as vice president for research and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Rutgers University.

Angela, a Senior Research Scientist at Orbital Research Inc., was reelected to the Euclid School Board Nov. 7, 2017. The mother of four holds a master’s degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve.

Leslie, a two-time NCAA track champion, ran in the 2017 Boston Marathon. She is an aerospace and operational physiologist with the U.S. Navy.

Daniel is a supervisory special agent—Criminal and National Security Cyber Investigations—for the Chicago division of the FBI.

Preston wrote a feature-length horror movie, “Ruin Me,” which was produced by his wife, Rebecca Stone. The movie premiered Aug. 27 in London at the horror film festival FrightFest.

Mario is the driving force behind Five & 20 Wine & Brewing in Westfield, NY. It’s the state’s first distillery/brewery/winery. Mazza worked for DuPont in Australia and brought back ideas about the distillation process after earning a master’s degree in oenology (wine) and viticulture (growing grapes) at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

John is president of the Lancaster, CA, division of Simulations Plus, a developer of drug discovery and development software.

George, the Zoning and Planning Administrator for Maysville (pop. 9,011), was the subject of a “Day in the Life of the Zoning Administrator” feature in the Ledger Independent. Readers learned that there is no typical day for the man in charge of the town zoning codes. Find the complete story at tinyurl.com/y77fec5b

Micah is chief marketing and business development officer for Preora Diagnostics, a privately held medical technology company developing low-cost cancer screening tests.

Michael is an assistant professor in the electrical engineering and computer science department at CWRU. He is also a scholar working through the Mentored Clinical Research Scholars (KL2) program at the Case Western Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative in Cleveland. Through the program, he tested video gameassisted electrical stimulation therapy with children with cerebral palsy and found that it helped them. He has received independent funding to test the therapy in a larger clinical trial.

Melissa is the product manager of low temperature sterilization solutions at Steris Corporation. She’s responsible for the development and distribution of hydrogen peroxide gas sterilizers. In addition, she co-authored a study about the challenges of extended steam sterilization cycles.

Alex is the CEO of Scout RFP. Previously, he was a co-founder of Onosys, which was acquired by LivingSocial in 2012. At Onosys, Yakubovich led the operations team and helped the company become one of the largest online ordering providers in the U.S.

Christopher is co-founder and vice president of product at Scout RFP, a sourcing and procurement software company. Previously, he worked for Erico, a manufacturer of electrical grounding, bonding and connectivity products that’s now part of Pentair.

Jeff, the founder and president of Akron commercial drone maker Event 38, was featured in a recent article in the Youngstown Daily Legal News, “Drone maker Event 38 reaches to the skies.” Find the article here: www.dlnnews.com/editorial/18981

Obinna is working on his PhD in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University. A decathlete while attending CWRU, he was a three-time UAA