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classnotes 15 16 Capitola (Lau) Pontrelli '97 celebrated daughter Isabella Rose's second birthday on 12/31/12. She has been working for six years in marketing for Invensys, a manufacturer of appliance controls, in Carol Stream, Ill. "My parents are still living in and loving Abu Dhabi, UAE, and working at the Petroleum Institute," she writes. Jeannine (Block) Lovering '98 writes, "Ever the perpetual included Craig Howitt '98 and William Shaw '01. Aimee Stephanie Torrey '97 and her husband, John Vuk, wel- student, I spent the last two years working toward my nursing and I live in Westbury, N.Y., and are expecting our first child. comed their second son, Oliver Thomas, on Jan. 11, 2012. degree, and I am happy to report that I am now a registered I graduated from Franklin Pierce Law Center (nka the UNH Two-year-old Elijah is enjoying being a big brother, she writes. nurse! It is truly an honor and a blessing to join the ranks of School of Law) in 2005, and I'm an IP patent attorney at the Stephanie is a research scientist in poultry behavior and wel- such an incredible profession." firm of Carter DeLuca Farrell & Schmidt in Melville. I also find fare with the department of Animal and Poultry Science, at the University of Guelph in Canada. time to represent WPI as an Alumni Ambassador at local colMike Stark '98, who says he's not known for his running lege fairs, and to serve as a wrestling official for the local high prowess, is going to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon school." Jason Hutt '98 writes, "I recently took over as chief of the in February 2013 to raise money for the Leukemia and Lym- Cargo Integration and Operations (CIO) Branch in the Opera- phoma Society. "You can help this cause by donating at Jennifer (Reese) and Sean Smith '99 welcomed their first tions Division of the Mission Operations Directorate at NASA http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/dipihalf13/mstarknh." child, Andrew Brian, born Sept. 10, 2011. Sean and Jen both Johnson Space Center. The CIO Branch is responsible for work for GE Energy in Schenectady, N.Y. managing stowage, maintaining the operations LAN, and Mike Caprio '99 recently started a full-time position as a integration of cargo vehicles for the International Space Sta- software engineer at About.com in New York City. See the Kristin Connarn '00 was named partner at McDermott Will tion (ISS), as well as training astronauts on ISS day-to-day article on his adventures as conductor of the StartupBus to & Emery (MWE). She works at MWE's Boston office as a pat- mission execution." South by Southwest on page 42. ent attorney, specializing in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals patent protection and intellectual property counseling. Sudhir Kaushik '98 (MS CS) says, "I got my MBA at UC 15 Justin Ripley '99 writes, "I played for the USA Rugby Berkeley and have worked with numerous start-ups in Silicon League National Team (Tomahawks) in an international match 16 Marybeth Frantz '00 was elected partner of the law Valley—and, in fact, have also been on the founding team of against Canada on Sept. 22, 2012, in Westport, Conn. I firm Harris Beach, based in Pittsford, N.Y. A graduate of many. I have not hit the home run yet, but my technical educa- played for the Tomahawks several times last year, including in Georgetown University Law Center and Seton Hall University tion at WPI has definitely helped me immensely with my start- matches against Ireland and Tonga last year. We qualified for School of Law, she is a member of the firm's Public Finance up career thus far. Go, Engineers! I hope to see a lot more of the Rugby League World Cup 2013 to be held in the U.K. I am and Economic Development and Tax Law practice groups. you in Silicon Valley soon—we could use your talent." married to Aimee Vella. Groomsmen at our 2011 wedding 86 Winter 2013

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