The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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classnotes Jon Gretarsson '06 received his PhD in computational and Chris Werner '06 writes, "I married Heather Senecal on a consulting firm specializing in healthcare, located in Kendall mathematical engineering from Stanford after successfully Oct. 15, 2012, at Hans Fahden Vineyards in Calistoga, Calif. Square. I'm enjoying the ability to get a bit more breadth be- defending his thesis. Joining us on the beautiful autumn day in Napa County were yond pharmaceuticals and into diagnostics and devices. "We family and friends, including fellow WPI alums Colleen enjoyed seeing everyone at Homecoming; can't believe it's Shaver '04, Nick Galotti '05, Brian Loveland '07, Pam been five years already." 21 Lambda Chi Alpha alums, from left, Dan Martel '06, Richard Gilley '07, Brendan McLaughlin '07, Tim Buck Levandowsky '08, Paul Ventimiglia '12, Sean Dono- '07, Jeff Pelligrino '07, and Brian Guerette '07 took their van '06, Gen Desaulniers '08, Justin Woodard '06, Sam Feller '07 founded awkwardengineer.com (see p. 94) third annual winter trek up Doublehead Mountain in New and Sarah (Miczek) Woodard '06, as well as Professor and is currently selling novelties, including the Panic Button Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest. After stowing Ken Stafford." [Chris and Heather met at WPI in 2002 during Light Switch Kit, through ThinkGeek and other retail outlets. their gear at their lodgings (a small cabin on the north peak) on their time spent on the FIRST Robotics team.] "I am currently His Cookie Dunker is now in pre-launch. the south peak, 2,939 feet above sea level. a product design engineer at Apple and Heather is an AVEDA color specialist and manager at Silicon Valley's #1 rated sa- Tyrone "TJ" Mellon '06 attended the Lens and Lights 50th anniversary celebration in Riley Commons on December 1. lon. We live in the charming Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose." The event was hosted by the current members of LnL. Mem- 22 Edward Pawlowski '07 writes, "For the last 4½ years I have worked for GE Transportation in Erie, Pa. I have been part of a team developing a new 4500 HP diesel engine to meet a new Tier 4 emissions standard in the US in 2015. I bers showed off what the club has for entertainment projec- Tim and Cassie (Leduc) Buck '07 write, "We are living in recently was put in charge of running one of the Tier 4 test tion, lighting, sound, and power distribution capabilities, Norwood, Mass., and doing quite well. Our biggest highlight locomotives and I am responsible for all the testing and vali- along with photos spanning the club's existence. Two of its has been the birth of our amazing daughter, Madelyn Eliza- dation that is done on it." founding members, John Schmidt '64, and Jim Day '65, beth, on Aug. 26. She's just awesome. Cassie is busy balanc- spoke on LnL's origins, and alumni from the 1960s to present ing her time between working at MGH as a genetic counselor shared anecdotes from past events. (See "Shining Bright, 50 and spending time home with Maddie. I finished my MBA in Years Later," p. 64.) health sector management at BU and started a new career at In August, Mark Filomeno '08 returned to the Connecticut office of CDM Smith after four years of rotational assignments working as a field engineer. He recently purchased his grandfather's house and is excited to be living in his original hometown while preserving a home that's been in his family for the last 50 years. 21 Jill Goldstein '08 says, "I'm living in New Haven, Conn., and working toward my PhD in cell and molecular biology at Yale. I hope to defend my thesis within the next year or two and then do postdoctoral research in the field of stem cell biology and regeneration. Hope to see you at the 5th!" Lou Grillon '08 writes, "After attending MIT's Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) dual degree graduate program, I accepted a job in supply chain strategy with Caterpillar and moved out to Peoria, Ill." Jen Hosker '08 was awarded her Six Sigma Blackbelt on December 20, 2012. She is a manufacturing and quality engineer, applications tooling, at Burndy, and serves as a FIRST Robotics Team 501 Mentor. Cheryl (Boquist) Ingram '08 and her husband, Eric, were delighted to welcome their first child, Tesla Jane, in August 2012. Tesla coincidentally shares her birthday with her mom's close friend Erica Grygorcewicz '08. 23 Steve King '08 and Bethany Kuhn'10 were married on Dec. 1, 2012, in Bethany's hometown of Plymouth, Mass. The beautiful winter wedding and reception was attended by family, friends, and several of Steve's Lambda Chi Alpha brothers and Bethany's Alpha Xi Delta sisters. The couple enjoyed a honeymoon in Disney World and now look forward to settling back into normal life with their dog, Moose. 90 Winter 2013