In Memoriam 1968 uriel domb (Ms, operations research) passed away at his home
on March 12, 2012. Uriel was the beloved husband of Elizabeth; father of Sharon Domb and Stephen Manly, and Ilana, Gabrielle, Arielle, and Michael Domb. He was the special “saba” to Jordyn and Eden Manly and brother to Daniel Domb.
1979 William d. Kennedy (Ms, Mechanical engineering) died peacefully at
Princeton Medical Center on June 23, 2012, at the age of 69. During a 46year career with Parsons Brinckerhoff, William, a vice president and senior engineering manager, participated in the development of tunnel ventilation systems for public transit systems around the world. William and a small group of colleagues were part of a joint venture team that developed the Subway Environmental Design Handbook under contract to the U.S. Department of Transportation in the early 1970s. As part of that project, William led the development of the Subway Environment Simulation (SES) software program. In the 1980s, William and his colleagues developed the concept of platform screen doors for the Singapore mass rapid transit system that prevented heat from the subway tunnels from entering station platforms. In the 1990s, William contributed to the development of SOLVENT, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) fireventilation program for road tunnels. Most recently, William contributed to the development of ventilation systems for projects such as the extension of the No. 7 subway line in New York, the Purple Line subway in Los Angeles, the Delhi Metro, and rail and road tunnels in Istanbul. William had been a member of the advisory board to the Columbia University Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2007. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Patricia, two daughters, and four grandchildren.
1980 Michael (Mick) Lawler Ms’81, 55,
of Gouverneur, N.Y., passed away on July 16, 2012. Michael graduated in
1975 from East Syracuse Minoa High School, where he played football and lacrosse. While a student at Columbia, he was a defensive lineman on the football team and played in the first college football game played in the New York Giants Meadowland Stadium. He went on to earn an MBA from Clarkson University in 1985. In 1981, Michael and his wife, Gale, moved to Gouverneur, N.Y., where he was the assistant mine superintendent of the St. Joe Minerals zinc mine in Balmat, eventually becoming president and CEO. He traveled all over the world on business and was often asked to speak at conferences and meetings related to the mining industry. Michael is survived by his wife, two children, six siblings, and several nephews and nieces.
2002 peng Wang Ms’02, Mphil’04, phd’04, 36, died in a car accident on
February 6, 2012, on his way to work in Rhode Island. Peng was assistant professor of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Rhode Island (URI). He worked as part of a research group that focuses on the thermodynamics of mixing mechanisms of polymer drug mixtures. A promising young researcher, Peng worked with Columbia Engineering Professor Jeffrey Koberstein on the modification of polymer surfaces while at Columbia, and following a brief stint in industry, was a postdoctoral associate at both the University of Michigan and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is survived by his wife, Ran Luo, and their daughter, Carolyn.
oTher deAThs reporTed We also have learned of the passing of the following alumni, faculty, and friends of the School: Jeane R. Clark MS’32 Francis J. McAdam BS’36 Robert V. Close BS’37, PhD’38 Bertram Coren BS’38, PhD’39, ’37CC Richard F. Marzari BS’40, ’39CC Dante Bove BS’42, ’41CC Leon N. Canick BS’42, MS’47
Richard Y. LeVine BS’42, PhD’43 Stanley A. Balter BS’43, MS’59 Roland A. Kozlik BS’43, ’43CC Robert J. Ullmer BS’46 John Kazan BS’47 Norman K. Trozzi BS’47, MS’48 Isak Arditi MS’48 Harold A. Golle BS’48, MS’49 Eric Jenett BS’48, MS’49, ’45CC Ken Knoernschild BS’48 Harrison B. Rhodes BS’48, MS’50, EngScD’60 Calvin H. Soldan BS’48, MS’49 Robert Schrage BS’48, MS’48, PhD’50, ’46CC Howard J. Baker BS’49, ’49CC William Beauchemin BS’49 John M. French MS’49 Stanley L. Johnson BS’49, ’48CC, ’55GSAS Charles A. Kroetz BS’49 Elmo Miller BS’49 Raymond C. Daley MS’50 Harry L. Davis BS’50 Jay C. Fernandes BS’50, ’CC49 Walter R. Meth BS’50 Emil J. Schonheinz BS’50 Hugo Landerer MS’51 James T. McQueen MS’52 Marius Charlet BS’53 Ludomir T. Lazarz BS’54 Alan P. Lowenstern BS’54 Guido A. Moglia MS’54 Eugene N. Montelone MS’54 George J. Pastor BS’55 John J. Gaffney MS’56 Thomas M. Kiely MS’56 Francis H. Sullivan MS’56 Lester N. Trachtman BS’56, ’55CC Daniel P. Bennett MS’57 Thomas Bergel BS’57 Alberto Calderaro MS’57 Houchang Handjani MS’57 Robert Podell BS’57 Roderick A. Maclennan BS’58, ’57CC Alfred Weiss MS’59 Richard Will MS’59, ’66GSAS Walter H. Bridges BS’60 Enno Koehn MS’60 James McDonagh MS’61 Charles E. O’Neill PhD’61 Edwin H. Taylor MS’61 Eugene S. Rocks MS’62 Robert E. Weiblen MS’62 Michael E. Zelkin BS’62 John F. Walsh MS’63 Frank J. Lupo PhD’64 Jim H. Harris MS’65 Richard R. Fyfe MS’66, EngScD’69 Jay C. Jeffes BS’67 Richard Lucek PhD’68 Robert Zincone MS’68 Kevin J. Brady EngScD’70
Wayne H. Stayton BS’70 Piara L. Qusba MS’71 Michael Vorkas BS’71 Marcel Didier Paul Desbois BS’80, MS’81, ’77CC Stephen S. Moss BS’81, MS’85 Dumitru Nicolici MS’81 William J. Devlin MPhil’82, PhD’86, ’81GSAS Chun-Sheng Li MS’91, MBA’92BUS Ercan Alemdar BS’02 Jacquelin L. Craig, friend Huston Ellis Mount, friend
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