Since I didn't get as much news for this issue as for last, I can be a bit chatty. First, I can tell you about *Dennis Wood, VI, Burton House, 5th floor. He wrote just before the reunion, but I didn't get his message until just after the deadline, and my last (and first) column here was already too long to include his news. Wait a minute! He wrote June 22nd and that was too late for the October is- sue?!! Would you believe there is a 4-5 month publication lag (which I'm told is a function of non-MIT aspects of putting the Review together). Because of this fact, please rush your news to me or the 'tute by the first of the month in order to be included in the next issue; then relax for the next third of a year.
I remember an episode of "All in the Family" in which Edith goes to a high school reunion and is asked, "What have you been doing since graduation?" and starts to reply, "Well, the following Wednesday..." This almost applies to Dennis. (If you don't remember Dennis from the first para- graph, either it's my writing or your Alzheimer's). Anyway, if not the next Wednesday, within a few weeks of graduation, Dennis was hired by Boeing and just now has received his 30 year pin. He earned an MBA along the way. He has worked on the Lunar Orbiter and the Minuteman missile. For the last 14 years, he has managed the development of commercial airplane avionics for the 757, 767, 747-400 and the 777. He married Valerie Sloan 22 years ago. They have two sons, the oldest of whom, Andrew, is a pre-med freshman at Johns Hopkins. Actually, he was a freshman when Dennis wrote; by now he probably is a neurosurgeon. Dennis would like to hear from you at 21845 NE 69th St., Redmond, WA 98053 or at (206) 868- 8920.
In other news, *Keith Gilbert, VI, formerly Vice Presi- dent, Devices Group of Watkins Johnson Company, was made Corporate Executive Vice President and also President, Electronics Group...*John R. Brach, I, writes that he re- mains at MARTA as Director of Engineering. His son Brian is a graduate student at Emory University in the P.A. program. John's oldest daughter is a senior at Presbyterian college. He's sorry he missed our reunion. You missed a good one, John; I hope to see you in '98...*Kenneth Klein, XVI, writes that he is a PC systems consultant with his own company, K2 Systems, in Norcross, Georgia. He has a 3 1/2 year old daughter, Shawna, and is recently divorced. He is treasurer of the Atlanta Rowing Club and sculls competitively in his Kaschper single. Kenneth would like to hear from any of his TEP brothers if there are any in the Atlanta area...*Allen C. Weil, XVIII, was made a partner of KPMG Peat Marwick. Working out of both New York and Valley Forge, Allen serves insurance clients in areas of strategy, mergers and acquisi- tions, and capital issues consulting.
*Larry Miller, VIII, co-founded Portable Energy Prod- ucts, a company based on his patented portable rechargeable lead-acid dry cell battery that can be used in laptops and the like. By refining a 100-year-old technology, he devel- oped a lightweight battery which has the same energy density as a Ni-Cad but doesn't have a "memory" effect and costs less than half the price. Although he initially found it difficult to sell an "old technology" product to venture capitalists, he persevered, and this year his company ex- pects to climb to $700,000 in monthly sales. When are you going public, Larry?
Keep the alumnews coming! As I said above, try to get
it to Tech or me by the first of the month. You can reach me
by snail mail: Shoel M. Cohen, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology,
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY 11530 or e-mail:
Internet 71271.2627@compuserve.com or Compuserve 71271,2627.
You can also call me at home at (516) 489-6465. It would be
great to talk to you personally.
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