Classmate Updates

Shirley Lin and Jay Moore welcomed their son, Elijah, in March 2007 and they also have a daughter, Liza, now 4-years-old. Shirley has been promoted to associate professor of chemistry at the U.S. Naval Academy. Jay continues to enjoy his position at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

Shawn Hanegan and his wife Liz, along with big sister Grace, welcomed Sarah Annalee Hanegan into the world on April 3rd. The new family is doing very well. Shawn is a systems engineer for MITRE Corporation, working on Global Air Traffic Management at Hanscom AFB, MA.

Mark and Stephanie (DeWeese) Sadowski
welcomed their third daughter, Amelia Marie Sadowski, to the world on March 18th. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches long at birth. She joins her 2 older sisters Ada (4) and Clara (2). 

Rajesh Anandan had an eventful winter and spring, becoming engaged to his better half Julie Kuehn (in Goa), leaving the Global Fund and RED (in Geneva), and moving to be a house husband (in San Francisco). When he's not doing his household chores, he spends his time being confused about whether he's an entrepreneur or an activist, and recently launched üba, a brand which merges fashion, art and philanthropy to promote peace.

Vadim Khayms and his wife Alina are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Isabel on November 3, 2007. Vadim lives in Sunnyvale, CA, and continues to work at Lockheed Martin on various satellite programs.

Andrew Q. Kraft married Rhonda Wynston on August 11, 2007, at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. The ceremony was performed by a celebrant and their combined four children. Nobody else from MIT attended because it was immediate family only.

Stephanie Shaw has recently joined Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as an air quality project manager.

John and Amy (Singer) Guzek welcomed their first child, John Stephen Guzek III (“Jack”) on December 12, 2007, in Scottsdale, AZ. Baby Jack is doing well, and already has some MIT gear thanks to Sandy Joung. John still works for Intel in Chandler as a technology development manager, and travels to Japan , Korea and Taiwan fairly regularly. Amy left the engineering world several years ago and is currently in her final year of medical school at University of Arizona. She is taking six months off to be home with Jack, and will finish her electives and apply to residency in the fall.

Chalee Asavathiratham and his wife welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Varit Asavathiratham, in November. Although tired, they are now overjoyed at seeing the baby’s first smiles.

Manoj “Bobby” Wunnava, his wife Niha, and almost 2 year-old Elina are doing well. By the time of this printing, Wunnava baby number two may already be born (due May 24th). They want to be surprised again so they are not finding out the sex of the baby. Manoj will finish residency in anesthesiology in June 2008 and they will be moving to Chicago for a one-year fellowship in pain medicine at Rush University. After that, the family plans to head back to the Southeast.

Jennifer Glos and Manish Tuteja ‘93 welcomed their son, Kashi, in July 2007. They love parenthood and can not believe how fast he is growing! They moved back to the San Francisco bay area in January 2008, and "Fighting for Life," the feature documentary on military medicine that Jennifer co-produced was released in limited theaters in March 2008. To see if the film is playing near you, visit: www.fightingforlifethemovie.com.

Amy (Swanson) and Paul Witty welcomed daughter Alyssa on May 24, 2007. She has a big brother, Nathan (2.5 years old) who adores her. Amy gave up her mechanical engineering job when Nathan was born, and is now a stay-at-home-Mom and self-employed web designer. She loves being a Mom (although she sometimes long for an intellectual conversation)!

David Gaxiola and wife Jenny are happy to announce the arrival of their daughter Jiyu Kaylee on August 19, 2007. Jiyu is their first child, weighing 5 pounds, 15.9 ounces and measuring 21.5 inches long at birth. Jenny will be taking five months off from work to care for the newborn while David will return to work at Sony Computer Entertainment America after a two week break.

Holly (Goo) and Matt Becker are excited to announce the arrival of their second child, Samuel Ing Becker, on March 25, 2007.

Hans Cho reports that after leaving MIT, he finished his doctorate in 2003 in the Materials Science Program at Columbia University. He then worked for Samsung doing semiconductor-related research in Kiheung, Korea for 3.5 years. He recently returned to the US and started working as a researcher at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, CA. Hans married Grace Namjin Kim, (course 3, ‘97) in 2000, and they have a son, Samuel, who just turned one year old!

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