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All the news came in via the internet this month, and I would like to remind all classmates to send their messages directly to me at hmccarl@alum.mit.edu rather than reply to the MIT1962 e-mail list - replying to the list just makes more work for the MIT Alumni/ae Office since they will then have to forward your messages to me as well as other e-mail list responses to all the other Class secretaries. Please direct your comments and messages directly to me, don't hit the "reply" key to MIT1962.
W. Allen Smith has moved to semi-retirement but will continue teaching math part-time at Georgia State University. He has been a full time math professor for 32 years, 28 of those years at Georgia State. While he plans to give up his office, e-mail, computer, etc. I suspect he will find a way to keep in touch. Al can at least keep his MIT EFL address as long as he has some window to the internet.
David Stein headed to his 40th high school reunion in July. Until June, 1997, he was chairman of surgery at Flushing hospital (a 450 bed facility) and Professor of Surgery at Einstein Medical School. With mergers and such, Dave got caught in the personnel squeeze and had to decide whether to stay or leave - he took 6 months off and is now a fellow in medical informatics at the Yale Medical School. The position is basically applying computer technology to the plethora of information in medicine. He is enjoying the new job, but will be looking for another opportunity in about 1 « years. Dave's oldest daughter is an Associate Professor in Computer Science in the AI Lab at MIT and has provided Dave with three beautiful grandchildren - (real not virtual). Dave's middle daughter is now in medical school and the youngest graduated from Einstein Medical School last year and is now a surgical resident. Between visiting Boston and their house in the Berkshires, Dave and his wife have been spending a lot of time in the Bay State.
Peter Goldstern sent greetings from Seattle where he is recruiting
aviation advisors for the Tonga Defence Service Air Wing which he established
with a 1961 Beech 18 (C-45) equipped with such gadgets as surveillance
radar, forward looking infra-red, and a deployable life raft for hapless
one-time mariners or aviators. He is also checking on light aircraft for
military pilot training. Tonga is the only small Pacific Island state with
this capability. Peter has given up the volcano flights in favor of the
"Air Force Project," but refers us to a web site URL with a write-up on
the Tofua Volcano Flights:
http://home4.inet.tele.dk/wjg/polynesia/poly10.htm
His next WWW project may be to generate a home page for the Tongan
Air Force project.
Peter G. Anderson has been at Rochester Institute of Technology since September, 1980, as Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of the MS Program. His department just hosted the bi-annual International Conference on Fibonacci Numbers at RIT. Peter was the local chairman. He was elected chairman of the Rochester NY section of the IEEE starting July, 1998. He and his wife, Jane, have two children, Scott and Julie, living in the Los Angeles and Anchorage areas respectively, each with two children of their own. Perhaps Peter could share some insights on the Fibonacci cycles with relation to the stock market? It might provide some useful data on the bull/bear probabilities.
Xavier Simon will be retiring from the World Bank this year. He will be doing part time consulting on international business using his experience gained managing in Mexico, and then advising companies about business opportunities primarily in Latin America, but also the newly independent states in Asia and Africa. He was with the World Bank for more than 20 years. Xavier will also be focusing more on producing art glass, one of his main hobbies. Anyone interested in art glass can contact Xavier at: xsimon@worldbank.org, or 1223 Somerset Drive, McLean, VA 22101.
Herschel Clopper will be leaving Polaroid after 27 years and
will be starting a consulting service "Quality Business solutions" focused
on helping small manufacturing companies improve productivity. He and Phyllis
(Price) married for 35 very happy years have two children, Staci (married
to Craig Berkson) and Jeff (married to Carol Kassinof) and two grandchildren,
Michael Berkson (age 4) and Alyssa Berkson, (age 1 «). Staci is a
program manager for Thomson Financial Network in Boston - her husband is
also an IM manager for Thomson. Jeff is a Rabbi at Temple EmanuEL in Houston,
TX. Jeff and Carol are expecting their first child in October. After 3
« years at DuPont, teaching Chemical Engineering at Catholic University
in Washington, DC, and 27 years at Polaroid, Hersch is looking forward
to semi-retirement, but will appreciate networking contacts via: HerschC@alum.mit.edu
or (508)879-6043.
Alternatively, you can send a message directly to me at:
hmccarl@alum.mit.edu
But, even if you still communicate by traditional methods,please send your news and personal notes, via the US Postal Service, to:
Hank McCarl
28 Old Nugent Farm Road
Gloucester, MA 01930-3167
or
FAX: 1-978-281-6179
Keep in touch via the WWW at:
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