The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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classnotes 7 Dennis Wysocki '81 writes, "I am still with Bristol-Myers Squibb (30 years now!). And I am still married to my wonderful wife of 23 years, Geri. We have two kids (twins boys) in col- lege, one at Lehigh and the other at Carnegie Mellon, both studying engineering. (I tried to get them interested in WPI, but apparently it was too tough for them!). We now have two dogs (Stanley and Stella) to help us deal with the empty nest. Have been in Newtown, Pa., (northeast Philly) since 1996. Wondering what's up with the rest of the Class of 1981 and others… Lambo, Clint, Spaz, Briggsy, Arlo, Hoots, Favey, Ozzy, Godes, Hanner, Mickey, Ginzo, George, etc." Ken Balkus '82, chemistry professor at UT Dallas, was named an American Chemical Society Fellow. Brian Dunne '82 writed, "Mary-Ellen and I are still in Colo- rado enjoying the mountains and great weather. Our older son is about to graduate from the Air Force Academy, and the younger one from high school." "I am newly retired and enjoying life," Lynn Gustafson '82 writes. "My husband, Paul, of 19 years and I are fly fishing all around the Pacific Northwest. We live in the mountains of northeast Washington State, on 100 acres, and wild life sur- rounds us—including turkeys, bear, white tail deer, and the mighty moose. Sorry I will not be on campus during the class of 1982 class reunion. But great wishes to all who attend." Andy Huang '82, CEO of HXLS Charity Corp, focuses on research and development of alternative natural cancer treatment. He is also chairman, Public Safety Commission, for the City of Cupertino, Calif. Tom Murphy '82 is working as an area engineer in construc- tion of utility and roadway projects for the City of Columbus 9 8 Ohio. "Married to Jen with four children—Sean (20), Carrie (19), Amber (18), and Vanessa (16)—three of whom are now in college." Denise Grenier Petersen '82, writes, "After many years in IT, I did an about-face last year and am teaching 7th grade in a middle school in the Jackie Robinson Complex in Harlem. It's the most challenging job I have ever had and is also the most rewarding." Mark Besse '83 has been employed at Dell in Plano, Texas for a year as a systems integration specialist, working in the health care industry. "Specifically, I support software tools for document imaging. My wife, Kristy, and I still enjoy home- schooling all 3 kids—Jared (14), Audrey (11), and Olivia (6)." Richard Cass '83 writes, "I have been at Charles Stark Draper Labs in Cambridge, Mass., for the last seven years. I am currently group leader for the quality engineering group. I was recently promoted to principal member of technical staff. We live in Sudbury, Mass., have been married 26 years, and have two children. In my 'spare' time I play violin with the Concord Orchestra." Deb Weinstein Dean '83 lives in the Raleigh, N.C., area and works for IBM. 8Mark Hasso '83, a professor in the Department of Con- struction Management at Wentworth Institute of Technology, received the Construction Management Association of Amer- ica's first Educator of the Year Award. He is a past president of the BSCE and a founding member of the Construction Management Association of America-New England Chapter. 9 Joel Kearns '83 sends this update: "I am completing my master's in mechanical engineering at WPI by Advanced Distance Learning Network, via the Internet. It is great to be able to take classes at WPI while I am either home in St. Louis, or on frequent and long business trips to Asia. I am writing this from Kuching, Malaysia, where I lead a technical team to ramp up a new factory making silicon wafers for solar cells for MEMC. Attached is a photo from my time at NASA, before I joined MEMC; here I am "floating" in free-fall during parabolic flight of NASA's DC-9 weightless research aircraft. As a NASA employee, I managed NASA's Microgravity Research Pro- gram in the mid-1990s." Andy Krassowski '83 writes, "After multiple stints at ulti- mately unsuccessful start-ups, most recently Aleri (acquired by Sybase, then by SAP), I'm working for Deutsche Bank on Wall Street in its global IT department." Spring 2012 73