February 18, 2005 Unedited e-mails to the class secretary that were not included in the class notes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Henry Salzhauer [mailto:hsalzhau@benjaminpartners.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:54 PM To: Jack Safirstein (E-mail) Subject: FW: Dear Jack: This is a late response to your class notes request even though you didn't threaten to write about the grandchildren in your life. In these last few years Sue and I have been doing some long-distance traveling. In November we returned from a trip which included China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The trip was prompted by the participation of our daughter Amy's fiance, Andy, on the U.S. Dragon Boat team. They were competing in Shanghai and Sue and I went along to watch (his boat won a gold medal in the 1000 meter race). I was not going to make a trip of that distance to watch some races, although when our children were competing in sports, from time to time we would drive four hours to watch a total of maybe five minutes of running at a track meet. We had been to China five years ago, and saw for ourselves the change that five years made. Visiting this part of the world has definitely colored my investment view. Within the last year we were in India and China. Certainly, among the problems facing our country today are science education and the continuation of leadership in technology. The world is filled with bright people and that part of the world now has educational opportunity for people who appreciate the education and don't have to be coaxed to go to school. Myanmar was the third country we have ever been in where people were afraid to talk freely on the streets. The other two had been Russia at a moment in time and China at a moment in time. Cambodia, the last area in which we traveled, had few people whose families were not touched by the tragedies brought about by the Khmer Rouge, etc. A trip of this nature makes one feel that our kids should have exposure to these parts of the world so that they can come to better understand what we are so fortunate to have here. Besides having one additional new granddaughter, who of course is spectacular, and our last unmarried child getting married this Spring, the only additional news is Sue and I have been married 45 years to the day on the date I write this. How does one end this story? I will leave it to you to edit it. Best regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Terry Straehley [mailto:straehle@strassoc.com] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 4:42 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: Information for Technology Review - Class of '57 Jack I am sorry to report the death of Richard Edgar Mortensen, VI-A (BS and MS in 1958) on October 26th. Jay Holladay and I attended the memorial service on 11-14. I have attached copies of the notice from the LA Times and also the memorial booklet available at the service. Erwin H. (Terry) Straehley mailto:straehle@strassoc.com http://www.strassoc.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel B. Borenstein, M.D. [mailto:dbb@ucla.edu] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:14 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Jack, My wife, Bonnie, and I just returned from attending the World Psychiatric Association meeting in Florence, Italy. The leadership in the WPA knows me from my time as President of the American Psychiatric Association and my participation in previous WPA meetings. In this case, I was invited to present a paper and decided to document the current effects of behavioral managed care on cost, quality of care and access to treatment for individuals with psychiatric illnesses. I also looked at the sources of funding and realistic possible use of mental health services based on the available coverage provided by employers. The most interesting findings are that attempts to squeeze down the costs of mental health care, which translates in decreasing access to care and quality of care, actually cost employers far more than was saved through absenteeism, sick days, excess use of non-psychiatric care, turnover and increased disability. Fortunately, some employers are tuning in on depression in the workplace and trying to develop methods of early identification and more appropriate treatment. Prior to the Florence meeting, we traveled in Italy and Southern France. For those who haven't seen it, the Chagal Museum in Nice is most impressive. In June, Bonnie and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. I continue my private psychiatric practice and teaching as a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Our son Jay's software firm, Tsunami Software, in Palo Alto is doing well and growing. I hope some of this is useful for you. Best wishes, Dan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: wtbrandon@comcast.net [mailto:wtbrandon@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:33 PM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Hi, Jack: After 36 years at MITRE, I now work for Harris Corporation. Harris is largely in Melbourne, Fla, but I was fortunate to be able to work in Burlington, Massachusetts. This means I did not have to move from our home in Concord. I am enjoying continuing to work and am doing systems engineering work, mostly on satellite communications related topics. I'd be interested to know how many from our class are still working ( in a regular job, that is). Sally and I were married in 1962 and have two sons, aged almost 17 and almost 16. They play several sports, soccer, La Crosse, mostly and all year long. We find that keeping up with them, staying involved in their activities, is a full time job. We try to do some cross country skiing each winter. When the boys go off to college, I hope to return to archaeology and related studies and to have enough gas left to write a book or two. With all best regards, Bill Brandon (William T., EE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DH Hasselmann [mailto:dhasselmann@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:23 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: RE: MIT Class Notes Jack, Thanks for your acknowledgement. I got a response from the MITEFL mail deamon that the original message had permanent fatal errors. The reason was: " 553 mailbox jsafirstein(at sign)aisnyc.com is blacklisted at the forwarding address" So I tried to call you by phone, but the number in the 1998 MIT Alumni Register was not good anymore. Then tried to call Salzhauer (he knows everyone's address) and left a message on his voicemail (at least I hoipe it was his young daughter who's voice was on the machine). Haven't heard back from Hank, but your message was a relief. You might want to check your MIT forwarding and also send a phone with your emails so we can contact you outside of the inet, if necessary. Again, thanks for your prodding. That's the only way you will get notes from us guys that complain there are not enough notes. Just kidding, but you know how it is, the ones complaining the loudest are the ones that do the least. I certainly don't mind the prodding. Regards, Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Hess [mailto:RLHess@hesseng.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:29 PM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Hello Jack, I just finished my term as President of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California and remain active on the Boards of SEAOSC and SEAOC. My firm is primarily involved in structural evaluation and design of seismic retrofit for existing buildings and we are still waiting for the Big One to rip along the San Andreas. Richard Hess, BS '57 Course XVII (now I) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael H. Galumbeck [mailto:mhg1171@verizon.net] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:37 PM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Hello Jared, I have tried several jobs since retiring and have finally found the perfect position. The pay is zero but the satisfaction is worth a million. Mt. Ararat Masonic Lodge has become the 88 member of the Masonic Angel Fund and the first member Lodge in the State of Maryland. The MAF was founded in 1988 by the members of Universal Lodge in Orleans, MA. and is the fastest growing charity in the nation. I was appointed the MAF Chairman for Mt. Ararat Lodge, which was founded in 1809. The Fund provides modest assistance to children in need who do not fit the criteria for the usual social-service programs. Such assistance might provide a pair of glasses, a coat, shoes, field trip fees or minor health services. Applications for assistance are fulfilled via confidential requests from local school principals, counselors or school nurses. For example, if the nurse discovers a child who needs a winter coat, she simply makes a request to the Trustees of the Angels Fund who will issue a check to the principal or nurse in an appropriate amount. The Lodge will attempt to fill the requests in less than 24 hours. All requests for Masonic Angel Fund assistance is anonymous - we never know who the child is. No "paperwork" is required. The school staff identifies and qualifies the needs of the child and then I take it from there. Feel free to edit as you see fit. Michael H. Galumbeck 311 Laurel Woods Dr. Abingdon, MD 21009 Phone: 410-569-2915 Email: mhg1171@verizon.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TZurflieh@aol.com [mailto:TZurflieh@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:40 AM To: jsafirstein@alum.mit.edu Subject: Class News Hi Jack, My reply to your request for news was returned as undeliverable. I hope this gets thru. Thanks for the work you're doing for our class. I hope this contribution of information will help. I retired in 1998 after teaching for 34 years in the Engineering Technology department of St. Petersburg College. While there, I experienced the digital revolution in engineering graphics and developed a whole series of courses in CAD with the AutoCAD software. It was strange to see a whole roomful of drafting tables and related equipment get tossed out to be replaced by computers. It was stranger still when I had to start using computers. About half of my CAD students were professionals in industry who were back in college to learn the new technology. It was rewarding and a joy to work with these older clientele; certainly different from teaching the run-of-the-mill college students. I'm gratified to have been in the business when this revolution took place. This past March, Prentice Hall published my two books, AutoCAD 2004 2D Drawing and Dimensioning, and AutoCAD 2004 3D Drawing and Solid Modeling. Of course the way things go these days, the books will probably be outdated by the time you read this. Since retiring, I've gone into digital restoration and customization of photographs with photo editing software (Adobe Photoshop). I have restored hundreds of old family photos, and produced a 122 page memory book for my high school class's 50th reunion. No, no! Please don't ask! I can't do that for our 50th! It took almost a solid year's worth of work to do the high school book. Good luck with the class notes, Tom Zurflieh Course II Class of '57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Pope [mailto:jnp@pope.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:20 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: MIT Class Notes Good morning! In March of this year, European Connection, Inc. moved to acquire VoipAge Telecommuunications, LLC of Mobile, AL. VoipAge provided quality Voice over the Internet telephone service to a number of clients around the world. Although I was familiar with telephony and networking in general, having worked on many related projects as program manager for the Warrior Preparation Center in Germany and in broadband netorking and communications projects on airbases around the world, I none-the-less found the VoIP business an educational and exciting experience. I have been trying various Voice Over the Net (VON) telephony products since 1989, but it wasn't until August of 2003 that I experienced "better than Ma Bell" quality using the VoipAge system: VoIP had finally come of age! In May of this year, I formed a European company with a European partner in the "Center of Europe" to bring our service to an emerging market in emerging nations. It has been interesting working with Turkish people, Iranians, Armenians, Jordanians, Saudis, Russians, etc. to bring the rest of the world closer to them via VoIP. However, the challenge has not been with the people, or even with the regulatory authorities, but rather with doing all that with a very small staff and a smaller budget. Even though the media reported that investors were "falling all over themselves" to invest in VoIP companies, the only ones who tripped our way wanted to reap 90% of the harvest for the final 10% investment. We didn't get $72 million as did one of our competators and we aren't adding 1,000 customers a month, but it appears now that we may have a few partners around the world who could well do as much for us with their phone calls as investors did for some of our competators with their millions - it just takes more time to tell. So here is some material to fill the vast empty spaces, or if you are squeezed for space, feel free to select a few choice words. Cheers! James N. Pope, Jr. President/CEO European Connection, Inc. And Managing Director ECI, UAB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil [mailto:cammack@alum.mit.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:07 AM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Cloud type ? Jack, Keep up the good work! Look at it this way--if it were not so difficult--a lesser man could do the job. Unfortunately, I don't have any exciting news. (The only thing that happened recently was that the MIT email forwarding service went belly up for about a month. Unfortunately, I had placed an ad with that address; trying to sell an excellent AZ-CA 1983 Buick Regal T-Type--turbo, blow your doors off!) My local address is cammack@cwo.com Let's fall back on the twins for a time. Out of pity, the only thing I could think of was a letter I recently sent to the weather folks at the University of Illinois at Urbana. I haven't had a response yet. Yeah, I know---this is not the kind of stuff you were looking for. Phil I Live in the middle of the Tahoe National Forest. The only news is that we got thru another fire season without getting burned up. Was too busy this summer to dig up any gold nuggets. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mal Singerman [mailto:msingerman@BARTONSEARCH.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:19 PM To: 'Jared Safirstein' Subject: RE: MIT Class Notes Jack OK, OK; so stop with the nagging, already. I'll try to get you something for the coming year, though I find it hard to believe that anyone in the class gives a tinker's curse about me and what I have been up to for these past 47 years. Mal Singerman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Epstein, Fred [mailto:FEpstein@indeeco.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:48 PM To: 'Jared Safirstein' Subject: RE: MIT Class Notes Jack -- Thanks for taking on this task. Can you send me a copy of what was published about me the last time? I think it was late 2003 or early this year. Then I can update you. Fred Epstein ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Howard L. Resnikoff [mailto:howard@resnikoff.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:53 PM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Dear Jack, Can't make this stuff up, huh? What did you learn at Tech? I'm not a good correspondent but a combination of admiration and pity moves me to send some info to replenish your data bank. Moreover, I'm involved with something that is unusual enough to be worth telling. In 1999 people in the City-State of Bremen in north Germany decided to build a new, international, private, English language university with a residential college system. The model was Rice University in Houston. Rice assisted in developing the concept and supported a few top faculty and administrators for several years. The President of Rice sits on the Board of Governors. I was fortunate enough to be asked to join the Board as well, and have participated in this great adventure since shortly after it was conceived. The new university – International University Bremen (www.iu-bremen.de) – opened in 2001 just before 9/11. The undergraduate 4 year program is completed in 3 years. The first graduation was held this past June. There are now about 600 undergraduates and more than 200 graduate students from more than 70 countries. It is truly a laboratory for international understanding and cooperation, but it is also a serious research university that aspires to compete with the best. In a Boston area physics competition last May, the top seven teams in order were: MIT, Harvard, Caltech, IUB, Princeton, Stanford, and Berkeley. This is a remarkable list! Similar international achievements have been obtained in debating and robotics, and the first Model United Nations program at IUB was an outstanding success, with over 200 participants from 22 countries. It's a rare opportunity to be involved with the establishment of a new university, and in the case of IUB, it is also a privilege. I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation with MIT, which would be another great role model and partner. Other than that, I'm writing a math book on positional representation, and trying to get a book on art published. Best wishes, Howard __________________________ Dr Howard L. Resnikoff, Member Board of Governors International University Bremen and President, IUB Foundation of America, Inc. howard@resnikoff.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ckettler@aol.com [mailto:Ckettler@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:00 PM To: jsafirstein@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes MIT was a lot of hard work and lot of fun. I have been fortunate and really had a fun time since leaving MIT also. I "worked" for Texas Instruments for 19 years involved in the first computer for seismic oil exploration, going back to grad school, then planning an early (1972) worldwide communication network providing what we call today chat and email, planning design automation and factory automation for intergrated circuits, and chairing a task force to design an early process control computer. I then went to Northern Telecom where I ran the long range planning process and developed models for the installed potential for PBX's. Then worked for Fred Wang at Wang Laboratories where I conceived, developed and ran an early, if not the first database marketing system with access from all our 185 sales offices in the early 1980's during Wang's haydays. Then to D&B for a short time and then into my consulting company in 1987. I am now CEO of a small software company, OnePass Software, Inc, whose customers and software process about 1/3 of the names and addresses used in direct mail in the US. Our software helps our clients maintain name and address files with about 10 different processes. We are expanding our distribution channel in 2005. I am still having a lot of fun. My birthday was yesterday, and I am still in good health per my doctors at John's Hopkins last month. Like a lot of us I need to get my weight down, and have lost 10 pounds towards that goal. I live on a mountain ridge at 3000 feet above sea level. My home office is a 650 sq ft, high ceiling loft overlooking my living room and dinning room and through a glass wall overlooking my own valley on about 400 acres. I am 2.5 miles from the paved one-lane road -- extreeme privacy, but if you remember, I was a quiet kid. I am 13 miles south of White Sulphur Springs WV and if you are a golfer, the Greenbrier Hotel, and also a few hundred yards from the VA line. I designed and contracted the construction of the home myself. I am now in the process of completing the extensive home automation, using HAL 2000 software, as a hobby. I travel up the east coast about every other month, some times getting back to Boston. I hope others from my class are having a good time at this point in their life and are in good health. If you need more give me a call. Chuck Kettler (1957 SB EE) 304 536 3111 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mcmahontec135@aol.com [mailto:Mcmahontec135@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:51 PM To: jsafirstein@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Jack: In response to your appeal, I offer the following. As I read the classnotes, I'm always somewhat intimidated by the busy, highly-successful lives/careers of my classmates and have heretofore hesitated to participate. I have been an independent consultant for over 36 years. For the first 24 years, I operated out of an office in the Lincoln Building (60 East 42nd St) in Manhattan. For the last 12 years, I've had an office in a small commercial building in Leonia, NJ where Rosemary, my wife of 32 years, and I have been living for 28 years. Our three children are on their own (just one grandchild to date), the youngest having graduated from Fordham last Spring. While in New York, I was very active with the M.I.T. Alumni Center of NY and the M.I.T. Club of Northern New Jersey serving as an officer in both as well as serving as an Education Counselor for the Admission Office over a 25-year period. In the 1980s, I became involved in local politics and was elected to the Leonia Borough Council and Board of Education as well as serving a term as a mayoral appointee to the Planning Board. In the early 1990s, our kids started their college years and until last Spring was nonstop between college and medical school. In the mid-1980s, the Board of AIChE appointed me as a delegate to the Hoover Medal Board of Award. The Hoover Medal is awarded for a significant humanitarian or civic contribution by an engineer acting outside of his professional capacity. It was first awarded in 1930 and honors the work of Herbert Hoover as a private citizen in saving huge numbers from starvation in Europe during and after World War I. In 1914, Hoover was a successful mining engineer living in London. When Belgium was cut off by a German occupation and a British naval blockade, Hoover lobbied both governments to allow humanitarian food shipments to Belgium. He later expanded this effort to many other countries during 1915-1920. The Board of Award consists of 3 delegates from 5 leading engineering societies ASCE, ASME, IEEE, AIME and AIChE. I served on this board for 10 years and was chairman during the last two. During my chairmanship, we were able to secure donations from 5 or 6 leading gold-mining companies (Hoover was one of their own) enabling the Board to stock-pile 24K gold (Hoover) medals which I believe are still being awarded. For the past 12+ years, I have been writing a monthly column for CONTROL Magazine. CONTROL's readership (70,000+ process control engineers) is quite focussed but the column (I mention M.I.T. as often as possible) may be of interest to some (www.controlglobal.com and look for Around The Loop). Terry McMahon McMahon Technology Associates 135 Fort Lee Road Suite LL-2 Leonia, NJ 07605 Tel: 201-585-2050 Fax: 201-585-1968 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan Borstein" To: "Jared Safirstein" Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Hi Jack, Nice to hear from you. Since this is the first response since we graduated, I'll start from the beginning. After MIT and a couple years defending our country I returned to Boston and received my MBA from Harvard. Ever since I've been in the real estate development field, and since 1967 here in the Los Angeles area with my own firm. I started out in the residential development field and was active all over the country building subdivision housing. I got out of the active building work about 20 years ago and at the present time do most of our residential development by providing the equity capital to builder partners and then share in the profits. Lately it has been very good to us as this market is white hot. We have also done a considerably amount of industrial and commercial development and continue to do so. Got married (still am to the same wife) after arriving in L.A. and have three boys, all in the same business, one of whom has recently joined the old man. I hope the other two come in then I can retire to the elder statesman roll. In the meantime I am still having too much fun to hang it up. Best regards, Al Borstein ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Thomas S Roberts [mailto:bookie@cyberspace.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:49 PM To: Jared Safirstein Cc: MIT1957@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes This message was originally submitted by bookie@CYBERSPACE.ORG to the MIT1957 list at MITVMA.MIT.EDU. If you simply forward it back to the list, using a mail command that generates "Resent-" fields (ask your local user support or consult the documentation of your mail program if in doubt), it will be distributed and the explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically. If on the other hand you edit the contributions you receive into a digest, you will have to remove this paragraph manually. Finally, you should be able to contact the author of this message by using the normal "reply" function of your mail program. ----------------- Message requiring your approval (25 lines) ------------------ Sure, I'll help you out. Since having both legs amputated, I have made my way back to the ranks of the healthy and active. My current 'job' is an House Advisor to the Univ of Michigan chapter of Theta Xi fraternity. As such, I was recently awarded the 2003-04 ce award for the Ohio Valley region. I am still active as an Educational Counselor for MIT and looking forward to another exciting and interesting season of interviewing MIT hopefuls. These youngsters are truely impressive. Tom Roberts, '57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DH Hasselmann [mailto:dhasselmann@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:53 PM To: jsafirstein@alum.mit.edu Subject: RE: MIT Class Notes Fair dinkum, as the say in Aussieland, here is what happens when I hit the reply button. We left our boat, Heather K., in Solomons, MD, for the winter and are back home in Solana Beach, CA. Got involved with ARES, the ham radio help for emergency services. Just finished a drill that included a helicopter hovering while lowering a medic and then reeling him and the patient up together. It's amazing to actually watch something that we take for granted on TV. I am also helping out as a radio operator with my portable radio setup (batteries included) at the checkpoints on long distance runs. These are 50 to 100 K runs on paths going as high as 5000 feet through the Laguna Mts. east of San Diego. The winners generally run the distance in 18-20 hours. That's an averages speed of over 4 mph including food stops, etc. Even those over age 55 do it in less than 24 hours. I get my exercise just watching them. On another note, I was happy to read an article in QST, th! e ham magazine, written by Lew Smith. He was Course VI-A and got lost in our Alumni Directory. He designs and builds 1 watt or less radios for long distance communications on the ham bands. It was fun contacting him and he promised to come to our 50th. Hope this snippet meets your email request. Thanks for pushing us to get you some info and keep up your good work. Best regards, Ed Hasselmann ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have undoubtedly received those cheerful proud end-of-the-year letters listing all the family accomplishments. You know, "little Jimmy was the first boy from our neighborhood to set foot on Mars and find a 4B year-old human skeleton," etc. I have no such good new for you. It is not very bad news, but bad enough that I don't want it in print. However, I can tell you that I have retired from the Los Angeles wage slave aerospace jungle, and happily so. I'm trying to patent a few ideas I have before someone else does, as was in the case of winglets on large passenger jets and pneumatic carpenter nail drivers. I live close to our Marina and tour it with a close friend when conditions are just right. Our little family travels when my wife, Kay, has vacation from her position in education to places in the US we always wanted to see. We explore local restaurants as "foodies" will. So far, we found one jewel just south of Santa Monica run by two Italian ex-pats. They make the best funghi risotto I have ever tasted, even in Italy. That's it for now. I'll keep you posted. Have you heard the story about the two Dubliners walking out of a bar? Well, it could have happened. Ermanno Signorelli ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Inserra [mailto:gentleben@erols.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:03 PM To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes I moved down to Florida in June-Port St. Lucie to be exact. I was just in time to survive Hurricanes Francis and Jeanne, the eyes of both came over Port St Lucie. Not to mention Ivan which although it hit the panhandle of Florida, out of jealousy spun off a piece which came back down the east coast and inundated us with heavy rains for several days in between the two hurricanes. Fortunately my son and I and the house survived quite intact. Some minor damage to our screened in lanai and some cap shingles on the roof plus a couple of small trees that the builder gave us which I thought were ugly anyway. I replaced them with Palm trees. I fully retired in May before coming down to Florida. I was a little hesitant at first, but despite the hurricanes, I am having a wonderful time. I spend my days keeping involved with my church, playing golf and doing whatever is needed around the house - at my pace. I even get to read all those magazines that come in. My next big event is a hip replacement at the end of November. The doctor insists I'll be walking with a cane by Christmas and playing golf by the end of January. After that I'll be going to Honduras in March with Cape Cares (Central American Relief Efforts). It is an organization that sends medical and dental teams to Honduras about 8-9 times a year. I act as translator and chief cook and bottle washer for them. Some time next year I am going to finally get out to the west coast to complete a long planned visit to Bill Fleischer (also Class of '57) in Sacramento, and maybe Sid and Sandy Zafran if I can get down towards LA. More next year. Ben Inserra ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Larry Colman [mailto:lcolman@capecod.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:43 AM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: Class Notes Good for you for taking on this task! Thanks much. After a varied career encompassing oil hydraulics, industrial gases, high tech aerospace manufacturing, rapid transit, railroading, and furniture manufacturing, to name a few, mostly in entrepreneurial ventures, I have settled down on Cape Cod to a post-career life of commercial real estate with my fine wife of 40 years, Elizabeth, a great teacher. We enjoy monitoring fledgings who have flown the coop into fields of nursing, acting, music and teaching. It's a great life! Larry Colman, ME '57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Jack: In response to your request, here is the latest on the life of Marc H. Richman. I formally retired from Brown University after teaching there as a Professor of Engineering for 36 years and am now a Professor Emeritus of Engineering. I now devote my full time to my private practice, Marc H. Richman, Inc., Consulting and Forensic Engineers, where I am now in my 47th year of practice. I serve as an expert witness in criminal as well as civil cases and have testified for defendants as well as for the State of Rhode Island in several murder cases, one of which was even featured on Lifetime TV. Most of my practice is on the civil side and deals with products liability, medical device failures, construction and structural failures, explosions, and fires. In the course of 47 years that I have been doing this, I have testified as an expert witness in over 175 trials throughout the US. To be a good forensic engineer, one has to ask the right questions (a la Sherlock Holmes) and the ability to ask those correct questions was something that I learned in my undergraduate years at Tech. Hope this is of interest to you in your quest for data on MIT alums. Marc H. Richman, Sc.D., P.E., President Marc H. Richman, Inc. One Richmond Square, Suite 107C Providence, RI 02906 tel: 401-751-9656 fax: 401-751-9210 MHRichman@aol.com www.mhrichman.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DonAucamp@aol.com [mailto:DonAucamp@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:51 AM To: jsafirstein@alum.mit.edu Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes - Don Aucamp Jack: Good to hear from you. I retired from my full professorship in the School of Business at Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) about 10 years ago. Since then I've mainly been studying the market, where I've attempted (successfully) to use mathematical techniques for my strategy. For a while I did consulting in derivative securities at Bridge Information Systems and also handled some investment clients. In addition, I've been teaching courses at Washington University (St. Louis), initially in the School of Business and now in the School of Engineering. Right now I'm into an exciting area which involves using mathematical techniques in investments (I have a doctorate in Applied Math). A great deal of the material I cover I've developed on my own, and practically all of it requires computer programs for solutions (which I've also written). I've worked out a fairly extensive set of class notes, and I think my next project will be to write a book. The trick will be to organize it in such a way that business school students can use it without getting into the detailed math, while more mathematically advanced students can cover the whole thing. Hope all is well. Best, Don Aucamp BS(XV), BS(VIII), MS(XV), MS(VI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul H. Carr [mailto:paul.carr2@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:21 AM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: Class Notes Jack, I am in the process of writing the book summarized below. It uses a lot of what I learned from Prof. Giogio de Santillana in his History of Science course. I could use some help from my classmates in finding a publisher. Does anyone have a contact at the MIT Press? I wrote the bio below to go with my book proposal, which is also summarized below. Hopefully and will be able to build a bridge to those who object to evolution. I hope my classmates will visit my web page http://MirrorOfNature.org to learn more. I am looking forward to our 50 th reunion in 2007. Paul Paul H Carr, Ph. D. (physics) is specially qualified to write this book. He has led a scientific research group at the AF Research Laboratory, where he is presently emeritus. He won a grant for his philosophy course "Science and Religion: Cosmos to Consciousness," which he taught at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has exhibited his nature photography at the Marblehead MA Artists Association and at the Manchester NH Artists Association. He has published research papers in refereed scientific journals and in ZYGON: Journal of Religion and Science. He is a life member of the American Physical Society and a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has been awarded 10 patents. He has received numerous scientific achievement awards as wall as photography prizes. He has received three science and religion grants from the John Templeton Foundation. Since 1970, he was an active member of the Congregational Church (UCC), Bedford, MA, where he raised his five daughters, and is currently active in the Presbyterian Church in Bedford, NH. FROM MYSTICAL TO MATHEMATICAL BEAUTY: Creativity, Science, & Spirituality Paul H. Carr, http://MirrorOfNature.org, paulcarr@alum.mit.edu "If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living." Scientist-Mathematician Henri Poincare BOOK PROPOSAL SUMMARY Beauty is hard to define, but you know it when you experience it. The mathematical beauty of modern science emerged from the mystical beauty of ancient stories, illuminated by spiritual art, which explained the natural world. This book examines beauty and creativity as links for yoking science and spirituality to meet the challenges of our day. Scientific insights and spiritual transformations are both creative. Even though our concepts of the universe have changed, we perceive it as awesome and beautiful. There is a certain mystic beauty in Genesis 1, where a divine spirit moves over the face of the waters creating order out of chaos. Copernicus, Newton, and Darwin described their new theories as beautiful. Recently, mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot discovered that fractal geometry characterizes the beauty of nature, from snowflakes to plants. Computer algorithms for drawing beautiful fractals contain both randomness and deterministic laws. Darwinian evolution is similar: it also has the randomness of mutations and the law of natural selection. Thus, we have gone full circle: from order being created out of chaos in Genesis 1 to beautiful fractals and evolution, both characterized by the interplay of chance and necessity (randomness and laws.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Carter Date: November 10, 2004 11:23:44 AM EST To: Jared Safirstein Subject: Re: MIT Class Notes Your job is nearly impossible, but not to worry. This note may make it impossible and cause you to give up!! I retired about 5 years ago from the US Nuclear Regulator Commission where I had worked for 30 yrs. I was involved with the regulation of civilian nuclear power plants and research reactors. My Course X practice school experience led me into the nuclear field. In those beginning years there were lots of challenges. Initially worked on the civilian side before applying my knowledge to the regulatory oversight. But, seldom, if ever, did I encounter any MITers that I knew during this time. I continue to play golf and remain involved with volunteer activities. Both our children are established working their careers so my wife and I are able to do what we want both, individually and together. We enjoy trips to far away and close places. Retirement can be a good life, and hopefully a busy one. Jerry Carter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack and Dee McClary [mailto:djandjam@genevaonline.com] Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 6:29 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: MIT '57 Bio Info from: John Adams (Jack) McClary, 5680 Parliament Lane Apt 132, Delavan, WI 5311-4248, phone (262) 740-0965 Dear Jack: I'm about as inactive an alum as they get, but since you're so avid about it, here's my bio info: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (HS) Baltimore, Md, class of '47 U.S.Navy '48-'53, Draftsman first class, Port Hueneme CA, Lakehurst NJ, Norfolk VA General Electric Co '53-'54, General Engineering Lab, Draftsman MIT, SB Mech Eng '57, SM Nucl Eng '58 Los Alamos Scientific Lab, NM, Nuclear Propulsion Div, '58-'68 IIT Research Institute, Chicago IL, Computer Services Div, '68-'74 Sargent & Lundy Engineers, Chicago, Nuclear Safeguards and Licensing Div, '75--'93 Retired to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1994, now in Delavan, WI, soon to become a "snowbird" to Florida Family: wife Delores (Dee), two sons John and Steve (both CPA's, VP's and CFO's of respective corps), seven granddaughters Recreation/Hobbies: home computing, genealogy (descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree, MA) Community: tax payer Memories of MIT: Westgate West, Norbert Weiner, Pi Tau Sigma, National Research Corp. (part time) For what it's worth, yours truly, Jack McClary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from: John Adams (Jack) McClary, 5680 Parliament Lane Apt 132, Delavan, WI 5311-4248, phone (262) 740-0965 Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 6:29 PM Dear Jack: I'm about as inactive an alum as they get, but since you're so avid about it, here's my bio info: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (HS) Baltimore, Md, class of '47 U.S.Navy '48-'53, Draftsman first class, Port Hueneme CA, Lakehurst NJ, Norfolk VA General Electric Co '53-'54, General Engineering Lab, Draftsman MIT, SB Mech Eng '57, SM Nucl Eng '58 Los Alamos Scientific Lab, NM, Nuclear Propulsion Div, '58-'68 IIT Research Institute, Chicago IL, Computer Services Div, '68-'74 Sargent & Lundy Engineers, Chicago, Nuclear Safeguards and Licensing Div, '75--'93 Retired to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1994, now in Delavan, WI, soon to become a "snowbird" to Florida Family: wife Delores (Dee), two sons John and Steve (both CPA's, VP's and CFO's of respective corps), seven granddaughters Recreation/Hobbies: home computing, genealogy (descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree, MA) Community: tax payer Memories of MIT: Westgate West, Norbert Weiner, Pi Tau Sigma, National Research Corp. (part time) For what it's worth, yours truly, Jack McClary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Morefieldf@cs.com [mailto:Morefieldf@cs.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 5:31 PM To: jack.saf@verizon.net Subject: Member of Class of 1957 Who Feels Threatened OK! OK! Enough! Enough! Dear Jack, Very good column in the November 04 issue. I prepared the Class Notes for many years and know how you feel when the mailbag is not very full. Here is some news on my life: I am closing down my consulting practice in three weeks! Since 1994 I have consulted on Information Systems Strategy - helping large organizations (including public entities) desiring to make major improvements in their information capabilities. All of my engagements have been quite long ones - from 2 to 8 years. As I recently wrote in answer to a questionnaire from my other alma mater, Harvard Law School, I have had a tumultuous career. I was fired three times and I changed industries three times - from international petroleum to healthcare to computer-based information systems. Nevertheless, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and have had a lot of fun. I made a number of special contributions to the organizations and industries with which I worked and most satisfying, inspired and influenced positively a large number of others, especially young people just entering the world of business. I can look back on the last 46 years with many wonderful memories. Betty (my dear wife of 37 years) and I moved from Manhattan to Virginia (10 miles northwest of Leesburg) in 1996. We love it here. We have made a large number of friends and are both more than busy with some interesting and worthwhile local organizations. We are now spending about 40% or our time at our vacation home in a very rural part of The Netherlands (Betty is Dutch) and have welcomed there two classmates over the years - my old roommate, Bill Brandon, with his family, and on two occasions, Arthur Aznavorian and his wife, Susan. We have three children; all are married with children of their own. One lives in Finland, another in Germany, and the third just north of New York City. We see them all quite frequently. Some of you may remember my brother, John, Class of 1956. He has been very active at MIT over the years. He and his wife live in Central Pennsylvania. That is all. Old friends coming this way or interested in stopping in to see us in Holland - hit me by E-mail. The light will be on! My best, Fred Morefield ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:07 AM To: Jack Safirstein Subject: Re: Class Updates Jack, I, too, could tell grandchildren stories. But here some "news." =======================Start========================= In October, I was in Boston attending an academic conference. While there, I was thrilled to have dinner with some good Class of 1957 friends from the DU House. They included Jay and Sally Hammerness, Carl and Nancy Hagge, John White, Ken Jones and Erin VanSpeybroeck (wife of Leon who, sadly, passed away about a year ago.) The conference was sponsored by a new organization that accredits online degree program, the AAOPi (Association of Accredited Online Programs international). My job as Associate Dean of Online Learning at the University of Dallas includes managing our online MBA which was launched in 1997. The program has grown to the point where we offer the entire degree online. Last semester we had 700 students in 40 online classes. These duties are In addition to my academic position as Associate Professor where I teach courses in Telecommunications. This is my second career, having worked for IBM for 29 years. All this because I took course 6.25 where we got to write a program on MIT's Whirlwind computer in 1955. ========================END=========================== From: Michael Brenner [mailto:mbrenner@brennerresources.com] Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 1:36 PM Jack, Nice to hear from you. I have two granddaughters and two more grandkids on the way. After 30 years in executive search, I have morphed in the last few years to coaching, both executive coaching requested by corporations and career coaching for individuals. My calendar is pretty full and I am enjoying this new focus very much. My wife is my partner and she is doing Life coaching for women. You can see a lot of details on my website. I also am now President of the Board of a not-for-profit by the name of Fedcap which provides employment and training for employment for people with disabilities. We have an annual budget of $60million+, employ 1500 and train 3000 per year, placing about 90% of those we train. I did the NY marathon in the year 2000 as a race walker (time 5:43) and plan to do it again in 2005. If you want details about my granddaughter for your twin grandsons, let me know. Both girls are bright, independent and fun. Best to you. Mike Michael Brenner ========================END=========================== From:Lester A. Gimpelson Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:10 After thirty years of living in Brussels, I've sold my home there and, except for retaining a pied-à-terre,  I'll be spending more of my time at the 1828 house in Boston (Beacon Street, facing the Public Garden) and a house overlooking the Atlantic on the Massachusetts coast, a 45-minute drive north of Boston at Magnolia.  Since my retirement in '87 I've been bouncing around Europe, spending more time in Boston since '97, and now also along the Massachusetts coast since last spring.  Of course there's time with family on the west coast and Colorado, the yearly pilgrimage to quiet sites on Big Island and Kauai (Hawaii), plus wandering around Europe, of course.
        At both the Massachusetts pads there's always a supply of Belgian chocolates and Belgian beers (at least a dozen varieties at all times!), ready for visiting 57ers and certainly for WMITers. ========================END=========================== Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 3:30 PM Jack, You're great. Here is some low-interest material: The November issue of Arms Control Today published my article on "Controlling Threat Reduction," which deals with the steps that the Department of Defense should take to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism associated with poorly guarded Russian nuclear weapons. Marian, in a more festive mode, has succeeded in obtaining and scanning a photo of the Phi Gamms, classes 57-60, cheerily singing away under the Christmas tree. In the wonderful world of email, the photo can be provided to anyone who asks. News of our grandchildren can also be provided. Harold Smith ========================END=========================== From: bob schwartz Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:52 PM I'm retired. Hobby is cooking (300+ books), playing with my PC's, part-time real estate agent. I can't place your name. I was course VI, Burton House, AEPi. Calculus with Gus Solomon, MIT audio line. Cornell Aero. Labs, Sylvania, Raytheon (Wayland). Bob Schwartz ========================END=========================== Bernhard, Alex Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:26 PM Alex Bernhard reports that he and his wife Myra spent a month in the Languedoc region of France in November and that it was great - the next Provence - you read it here first. In January '04 they were at their farm in New Hampshire where on January 8th it was 18 below - and that is in Fahrenheit! Alex continue at the Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr doing general corporate work, including work for Bose Corporation and Ocean Spry Cranberries ========================END=========================== From: Ben Inserra Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 I am finally going to retire (or at least stop getting paid for working). I bought a house in Port St. Lucie, Florida which should be built and ready for me to move into by about the end of June or thereabouts. I am looking forward to the change in program. I will still be working at my avocations, Cape Care, which sends medical and dental teams to Honduras. I will be making my 12th trip in March. I act as translator, handyman and chief cook and bottle washer. I will also be looking for something to replace my other donated services activities that I have been doing up north. I'm sure I will not have any problem finding some. AND, I'll finally try to learn the game of golf, which I have been playing at for years but never got very good at. But I've only been playing sporadically. It is my intent to do it more regularly. My other spare time will involve pleasure travel which has been on hold for the last few years for a variety of reasons. I'll send new address (and most likely e-mail address when I get it). Ben Inserra ========================END=========================== From: Joseph M. Aein Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:56 PM When do the twins start calculus? I am sure they will grow up before I do; but that may not be such a good idea. I haven't had a new, let alone good idea, since I left Tech. So you are just going to have to go with what material you might get from the others. But if the truth be told, how will you know they aren't faking it like we did on our lab reports? But then who cares! Stick with the twins, they are more interesting. joea PS; I have a grand daughter who is a whiz with a Leap Pad and much better behaved than I. ========================END=========================== From: Malcolm Jones Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:36 PM Jack: Thanks for this prod to send you some class news. Nothing new to report. Malcolm Jones ========================END=========================== From: John Varela Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:49 AM Hey, I've got two grandsons of my own, and a web site to display them on. Plus two granddaughters. No real news here to speak of. Just keeping on keeping on as a retiree. I retired from The MITRE Corporation in 1995 after 35 years in the air traffic control automation business. I'm President of the Retired Men's Group at my golf club (River Bend Golf & Country Club, Great Falls, VA). There is a retired men's league of 15 country clubs in Northern Virginia who play home-and-home matches against one another. The neat thing about being President is that it's a sinecure. The team Captain does all the work; spend two years as Captain and then you get to loll about for two years as President until everyone moves up a notch and you get bumped out. We had a nice vacation in Iberia last winter; see web site. Will probably go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras next month. New Orleans is my home town and we will visit relatives. As I said, no real news and you'll have to be really desperate to use any of the above. John Varela ========================END=========================== From: Edward A. Friedman Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:13 PM Jack, Nice to hear from you. Just a cautionary note - I suggest that you put MIT Class'57 Updates in your subject line. ========================END===========================