CLASS OF ’57 NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2001 TECH REVIEW

From Alan M. May

Bill Griffin writes from Manhattan Beach CA that he retired from Raytheon in August 2000. Bill and Loretta have five children and four grandchildren (probably a fifth by the time you read this). Bill is still doing technical work serving as a consultant to Raytheon and is enjoying it. Bill says he has now branched out into other areas including music and ham radio. Says Bill "they say that life begins at 40 but 65 isn't such a bad start either."

Richard Schwaegler writes, "All is well in Seattle with the Schwaeglers. Ground was a little shaky recently but family survived nicely. We have 12 grandchildren now ranging in age from 14 to 1. All are in Seattle area except oldest son Marc and his 19-month-old child. They live in Indiana. No hurry to retire - am still enjoying working with undergraduates in structural engineering. I gave up my summer consulting work about 3 years ago and now just enjoy my family during the summers and holidays." In 1999 the Puget Sound Engineering Council named Richard the Engineering Educator of the Year and in 2001 the Seattle University Alumni Association gave him its Distinguished Teacher Award.

John Fredericks writes, "Jane and I were married in our senior year at college (45 years in December 2001). I have been in the retail heating oil business since graduation. I started Lakeland Bancorp in 1969 and am its Chairman of the Board. Its NASDAQ symbol is LBAI. I have two children and seven grandchildren."

Donald Aucamp writes that he sees Tony Ryan every winter in Naples FL. Don says that Tony has done very well in several business ventures. Don is president of Market Research Associates, Inc. in St. Louis.

Ben Inserra writes, "I am working about 20 hours a week now. I was going to retire but my employer made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I work for a Construction Management/Consultant Firm called Riverso Associates in Scarsdale. I do some higher-level CM and some claims analysis. It's fun work. My biggest interest these days is volunteer work. I am affiliated with an organization called Cape C.A.R.E.S. (Central America Relief Efforts). They send about 8 teams a year to Honduras to provide Medical/Dental services to the rural areas there. I've been acting as translator/handyman/chief cook and bottle washer where necessary. I've been going to Honduras since 1992 (about 9-10 trips in all)."

Scotty Patrick writes, "Our group of eight golfing buddies have now toured Scotland, Ireland, Spain and now will go to Baja Mexico." Scotty retired as VP Technical and Petrochemical from Ashland in October 2000 but remains a consultant. Scotty says that he was briefly rich in 2000 - before the ".com" crash.

Hank Salzhauer tells me that the Class of 1957 Endowed Scholarship Fund was awarded this year to a freshman from Los Angeles who is the first member of his family to attend college. After completing only one semester this young man was offered sophomore standing. He plans to major in EE and computer science.

At our superlative Class of 1957 website http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1957/ you will find a plethora of information about your classmates including the last four years of these columns---Alan M. May, secretary, 3601 Turtle Creek Blvd., Dallas, TX 75219; (w) tel: 214-521-8533; (h) tel: 214-528-8812; (w) fax: 214-521-8544; my e-mail address is: ammay@jump.net