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November/December 2007

Hi Everyone! 

This year's recipient of the Class of 1995 Lizette Arce-Doshi Memorial Fund is Kendra Johnson, '09. I would like to share an excerpt from her Thank-you note… "I am writing to you in appreciation of the support I have received for my education this year from the Class of 1995 Lizette Arce-Doshi Memorial Fund. MIT has been a truly amazing and life-changing experience for me thus far, and coming here would not be possible without the generous aid I have been receiving, so I want to truly thank you for your financial support of my education. I am honored to have been chosen to receive this award and the support of so many generous alumni from your class in honor of Lizette Arce-Doshi’s commitment to leadership and service. To share a little bit about me, I am from Wisconsin, from the medium-sized city of Madison. I have always been a bit of a dreamer and idealist, and over the years my idealism has been channeled into a number of different forms. I have become increasingly interested in traveling especially to the developing world, and considering how I can use my education and all my opportunities to really make a difference in the world. Here at MIT, I have been exposed to some amazing new perspectives on the world that have refined my interests and dreams. These perspectives came through all sorts of experiences I have had – as president of the Western Hemisphere Project, as co-host of a weekly public affairs radio show on WMBR 88.1 FM, MIT”s radio station, as a volunteer EMT on the campus ambulance service, as a student in D-lab: a series of courses focusing on appropriate technology in international development, and as a leader in a growing student movement looking at issues of sustainability on campus and in the world. Once again, I would like to thank you for your contribution to my education, and wish you all the best in your lives and following your dreams." This is a great reminder to all of us how much our contribution to the Class of 1995 Funds can assist current students. If you are interested in making a donation, please visit https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/GiftStart.dyn.

And now some news from our classmates… Gina Kang shares that she and Doug Muir, '94, were married in 2000 and moved from Cambridge to Los Angeles.  Since then, she had a drastic career change from being an IT consultant to a dentist. Gina graduated from UCLA dental school last year, got her license, and has been working at the VA Hospital in Long Beach, CA as a general dentist. She knows it sounds really strange, but she really really loves being a dentist, and a mom. Gina and Doug have a 2 1/2 year old son, Douglas, and they are expecting another boy in September. Doug works for Google in Santa Monica, so it looks like they will be staying in the Los Angeles area for a while. Ken Lin shares that he graduated with a Masters of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in May 2007.

Heidi (Shih) and Aaron (Ashford) Ashih [Shih + Ashford = Ashih] gleefully moved back to Cambridge, after realizing their future careers would NOT build upon their respective PhDs from Duke University. Heidi finished medical school and her first year of internship. She is now in her second year of psychiatry residency at Cambridge Health Alliance. Aaron decided to become an artist, specializing in metal sculpture & installation art. He also home-schools their 4-year-old son, Christopher Dante. Anna (Tomassini) and Jose Plehn, '96, welcomed their first son, David Michael Plehn on June 11, 2007 at 10:14 pm. He was born at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in New York and weighed 6 lbs 5 oz and was 20 inches long. Maisha (Richard) Turner shares that her family (herself, husband and their twp year old daughter) are expecting an addition in September. They took an Alaskan cruise in June, which was nice, but warmer waters are more to their liking. Maisha is still in Houston and still working at Malcolm Pirnie - almost 8 years at a consulting firm and she is considered an 'old timer'.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted updates over the past few months. Please remember that you can submit updates and photos any time throughout the year to be posted on our class website, http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1995/.

—Jennifer (Tschudy) Carlstrom, secretary, 13045 Alta Tierra Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022; e-mail: jtschudy@alum.mit.edu.