The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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Fall 2014 59 class notes 1984 Desiree Awiszio writes, "I had a wonderful time at our 30th class reunion this year. I continue with the consulting engineering business, specializing in custom ASIC/FPGA/ CPLD architecture and design engineering for commercial, defense, and military applications." 1985 Angela Padavano has been a civil engineer for the MassDOT for 29 years. She writes,"My spouse, Rose-Ellen Padavano, and I recently opened our second restaurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. Padavano's Place is the sister restaurant to Rosalina's Kitchen on Hamilton Street, also in the city. We are excited to share that our son, Sebastien, is part of WPI's Class of 2017, majoring in chemical engineering." 1986 Thomas Gall (MSEE) works for ASGAL Informatik GmbH in Walenstadt, Germany. Mike Gonsor writes, "It was great getting together back on campus with a few of the Skull Class of '86 on campus in June. Gathered at Tomb were classmates Mike Kelly, Phil Cyr, Dave Henry, and Gary Sargent. After a tour of campus, we 'toured' The Boynton (just like old times)!" Intellectual property attorney Lori Johnson was recently hired by national law frm Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, as an equity shareholder in its Atlanta offce. She was previously a partner in the Atlanta offce of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner. She also served abroad for several years as resident managing partner of Finnegan's Brussels offce. Lori earned her J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1992. As a former patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offce (and a certifed patent valuation analyst), she travels the United States and Europe to lecture on the development and enforcement of U.S. intellectual property rights. In her new post, Lori represents and assists clients with IP portfolio establishment and landscape analysis, as well as due diligence for acquisitions and new product launches, and dispute resolution in the chemical area. 1988 Col. Michael Thurston ('03 MS EE) is program manager, Joint Battle Command-Platform, managing classifed '85 The 15th Annual Charity Golf Outing in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association was held July 17, in Bolton, Mass., with employees of Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers turning out to support former coworker Nick Johnson (seated, in photo), who has been diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, a neuromuscular disease that falls under the MDA umbrella. Nick and his wife, Sue, took part in the event, with a total of 56 foursomes generating approximately $50,000 in funding, bringing the overall total to almost $400,000 since the event's inception. Many local companies throughout New England generously come together each year to sponsor the golf outing, including Platinum Sponsor Electric Supply Center (ESC), whose president, Larry LaFreniere '88 (in black shirt), says, "Nick and I started on very similar paths, both attending WPI at the same time, and it really hits home when you see how muscular dystrophy changes the trajectory of someone's life. The ESC team is always honored to help in the effort."