The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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Spring 2014 57 class notes 57 Vinay Mudholkar joined All Aboard Florida as senior vice president of rail infrastructure. He is responsible for design, engineering, and construction, as well as managing the bid process, contractors, and engineering teams on systems improvement projects. 1971 Abbas Salim writes, "Had double bypass open heart surgery in July 2013. My wife had bilateral knee replace- ment surgery in October. I guess this comes with the age and neglecting to care of your body earlier in the life. Although I retired in 2009, I am still active and consulting in the feld of space power systems." Dave True writes, "In the ten years since I retired from National Grid, I have traveled by RV across the country with my wife, Mary, and for the last nine years have been an adjunct instructor in chemistry and physical science at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Mass. I've been living in Southeastern Massachusetts since 1971." 1973 Dick Belmonte recently completed the AARP volunteer tax counselor course and will be helping seniors with their tax returns this year. 1974 Steve Braley writes, "Sue and I celebrated our 35th anniversary with a fabulous two-week tour of Alaska in July. We live near Ann Arbor, Mich., where I have been the CEO of Thermax Inc. for three years. I have been fortunate to visit many places around the world in the course of my career. Sue just joined a new medical practice focused on providing traditional health care to the large Asian community in the area, which is home to the University of Michigan. Two of our three kids live in Ann Arbor, the other is located in Delaware. We are expecting our frst grandchild in June." Edward Gordon's third book, Room of Knowledge, is available on Nook and Kindle. It details the journey of a man through the double life he leads. Externally, he is a modern American; internally, he is a Marrano. (The Marranos are Jews that went underground to escape the persecution of the Spanish Inquisition.) He refects on his life in order to determine how to raise his sons as Marranos. Ed, who retired in order to write, notes that the book is a result of his explorations of his place in the Jewish Community. Diane Pritchard (MS CS), daughter of the late football coach and athletic director Bob Pritchard, was recently married to David Clayton on Oct. 19, 2013, in Egg Harbor Twp, N.J. They had an old-fashioned country style wedding, even riding to have pictures taken in the bucket of a John Deere tractor along with their rescued 'schnocker,' Hailey. They took an extensive honeymoon trip from New Jersey up to Campobello Island, Canada, to visit the many lighthouses along the coast, with Hailey accompanying them. Diane is retired as a programmer-analyst. Dave is a retired from the FAA. They plan to split their time between Egg Harbor and Dave's farmhouse in Phenix, Va. '73 WPI_classnotes_final.indd 57 3/9/14 2:42 PM