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1960s

Jesse Ante (B.S. 1968, M.S. 1970 ME)

of Fremontwrites, "I retired from PG&E practicing 'Let there belight!' I was employed by the California Public UtilitiesCommission practicing 'Power to the people.' I was namedCalifornia Alumni Association's Distinguished Mentor of the Year onMarch 5, 2004 , at the Charter Day Banquet."

VIVEK D. BHISE (M.S. 1966 IE)

of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He retired from Ford Motor Company in 2001 after 28 years designing cars and trucks and now enjoys research and teaching courses in vehicle ergonomics, vehicle packaging, human factors engineering and safety engineering.

BRUCE R. BUCKELEW (B.S. 1966 IEOR)

of Piedmont, California, is the founder of Oakland Technology Exchange (OTX) West, a computer refurbishing company that helps the underprivileged gain technological skills and saves high-tech waste from polluting landfills. Buckelew worked as an engineer for IBM for 25 years and retired in 1991. His company repairs castoff computers, installs them in Oakland's schools and nonprofits and provides free machines and training to low-income families. www.otxwest.org

Stuart Blank (M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1967 Metallurgy)

and Bette Blank are avid grandparents now living in Madison, New Jersey. Stu retired from Bell Labs as department head of display technology and other departments, last as a director. Now he is active in amateur radio and digital photography. Bette, who taught an MCAT review course for 30 years, is now an artist. She exhibited three shows last year, two in New York City.

Bette A. Blank (Ph.D. 1965 MSE)

of Madison, New Jersey, had an exhibit of her paintings at the Gallery Schlesinger in New York last winter.

Bette (Harris) Blank and Stuart Blank (Ph.D. 1965 MSE, M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1967 MSE)

are living in New Jersey, where Stuart works for Bell Laboratories. Bette is an artist and has a painting on permanent exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York. Entitled "Kaddish," it was inspired by the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning.

JAMES T.C. CHEN (M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1971 EECS)

of San Mateo, California, is developing and manufacturing semiconductor characterization instruments at Four Dimensions Inc., the company he founded in Hayward. He’s published more than 30 papers and holds 10 patents. www.4dimensions.com

ROBERT C. CLIFF (B.S. 1966 IEOR, Ph.D. 1971 IEOR)

spent four years as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley before launching Oakland-based Cliff Consulting Inc. (www.cliffconsulting.net), now in its 35th year. The small firm teaches finance professionals skills in project management and process streamlining and caters to several large clients, including Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America and Kaiser Permanente. In his spare time, Cliff and his wife, Cathy, enjoy sailing, biking and snow skiing.

Baldwin Chan (B.S. 1966, M.S. 1967 ME, M.S. 1978 Bus. Ad.)

writes, "After working almost 20 years at PG&E and about 13 years before that at Bechtel, I decided to take an early retirement in the early part of 2005. My wife and I will continue to stay at our home in El Cerrito and shall attend some of Cal's activities from time to time."

Richard Chinn (B.S. 1961 CE)

of Hillsborough , California , is an Engineering Alumni Society director and this year's designated director for the College of Engineering on the California Alumni Association Board. His wife Carrie is completing her 39th year in elementary education as principal of Lomita Park School . Their daughter Jamie is a project manager for Gap Corporation.

Charles Cordero (B.S. 1962 EECS)

of Tarzana, California, writes, "After graduating in 1962, I spent 25 rocky years in the aerospace/defense industry as a design engineer. Since leaving the field in 1987, I have been involved with investments."

Cal Cornils (BS 1964 Electrical Engineering, MS 1965 Electrical Engineering)

Cal Cornils (BSEE ’64 MSEE ’65) finished a 34-year career as a communication system engineer for the US Navy in 1995. He taught engineering and mathematics at Napa Valley College for 12 years serving as the Engineering Department coordinator, and now teaches mathematics part-time at American River College in Sacramento. He has a son with 2 granddaughters in London and a daughter in Arlington VA. The UC namesake enjoys spending time at his American River cabin in Kyburz, Kauai, Sea Ranch, and London. He and his wife are planning trips to Tuscany and Kauai next year. Cal lives in Yuba City, with his wife Sharen.

Peter Crosby (B.S. 1967 IEOR)

of Pacific Palisades is a consultant at CGR Management Consultants in Los Angeles , where he specializes in the food industry, working on strategy, cost reduction, and supply chain information systems projects. His daughter Kelly graduated magna cum laude with a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin and is a pharmacist at Walgreens. His son Michael graduated academic all-American with a B.A. in biology from Harvard and now teaches chemistry and biology at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, where he's also head water polo coach for the Cubs.

James Cummins (B.S. 1966 EE)

of Columbus writes, "I retired from Motorola in 1996 and have been writing mystery novels under the penname James Dona. The Souse American Run and The Sea Chameleon were published by Publish America , and Maelstrom Mill should be out by the end of the year. I live in Georgia with my wife of 39 years, Aina , whom I met at Berkeley. We were married while students there in 1965."

VINCE DILWORTH (B.S. 1967 ME)

of San Ramon, California, has worked as senior program manager and director of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since leaving United Airlines after 9/11. Dilworth also served as president of Berkeley Engineering Alumni Society.

Fred Danielson (B.S. 1967 CEE)

is a project manager for the design and construction of facilities at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

Thomas Davinroy (Ph.D. 1966 CE)

of Alameda is retired and traveling the world. He writes, "I attended a meeting last July in Helsinki, Finland, for those of us who are deaf."

John Dracup (Ph.D. 1966 CE)

of San Francisco retired from Berkeley last June after 40 years of teaching and research in civil and environmental engineering. He continues doing research with his graduate students in water resource systems and hydrology. He and his wife, Kathleen, who is dean of nursing at UCSF, have five children and nine grandchildren. John swims competitively with U.S. Masters Swimming and does competitive skiing with the Far West Masters Racing.

JOHN C. EAST (B.S. 1966 EECS)

is chairman, president and CEO of Actel, a field programmable gate array company in Mountain View, California, that provides system and power management solutions.

NORMAN H. FRANKS (B.S. 1968 ME)

of Ukiah, California, works at DC Power Systems in Healdsburg, California, a full-service wholesale distributor of solar electric systems for business, residential and government applications.

Howard J. Flemming (B.S. 1966 EE)

of Valencia, California, received the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal Award in fall 2003 and a 1996 Academy Award for his pioneering work leading to motion picture digital sound.

Roger Flynn (B.S. 1964 EE)

of Albuquerque writes, "I am retiring as EVP and COO of Public Service Company of New Mexico to become a full-time fly fisherman, beer brewer, cabinet maker, and tourist."

Harold Forsen (Ph.D. 1965 EECS)

of Truckee, California, retired as foreign secretary after eight years at the National Academy of Engineering.

Herbert Franklin (M.S. 1962, Ph.D. 1972 CE)

of Orinda is principal engineer in the Bechtel Group.

JAMES N. GRAY (B.S. 1966 Eng Math, Ph.D. 1969 CS)

of San Francisco, age 63, disappeared with his sailboat off the San Francisco coast in January and is a legally missing person. He was a technical fellow at Microsoft Research and winner of the Turing Award in 1998 for his seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation. Gray was the first recipient of a doctorate from UC Berkeley's Computer Science Department.

Ralph Gerchberg (MS 1960 EE)

of Ardsley, New York, received the NASA New Technology Award for inventing the high-efficiency Positive Taper Traveling Wave Tube (1967). He was a special fellow of the National Institutes of Health at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University in England (1967–1970) and at MIT (1975–1976). He co-discovered the Gerchberg Saxton algorithm to solve the Fourier inverse (phase retrieval) problem (1972). He also discovered the Gerchberg algorithm to extrapolate bandwidth in N dimensions (1974), one year before Papoulis discovered the same algorithm and published an almost exact replica of his paper.

Richard Goodman (Ph.D. 1964 MSE)

of Mendocino was awarded an honorary doctorate from Graz University of Technology in Austria for his significant and innovative contributions to engineering geology and rock mechanics and his biography of Austrian civil engineer Karl Terzaghi. Emeritus Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Berkeley, he worked in both mineral technology and civil engineering. When he retired in 1994, he was awarded the Berkeley Citation. Also active in opera as a singer, producer, pianist, and stage director, he founded the Berkeley Opera and continues to perform roles there.

Luis Gutierrez (M.S. 1967 CE)

of San Francisco works for the California Department of Transportation in highway design.

MICHAEL J. HALLORAN (B.S. 1962 ME)

of Washington, D.C., is counselor to the chairman and deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "I received a law degree at Boalt Hall and practiced securities and corporate law in San Francisco and Silicon Valley for many years, assisting developing-stage companies with their private and public securities offerings and their mergers and acquisitions," Halloran writes. He also served as general counsel for Bank of America during its acquisition phase.

DOUGLAS A. HEWETT (B.S. 1968 EECS)

of Redondo Beach, California, is an embedded firmware engineer at AeroVironment.

ARTHUR W. HIRSCH (B.S. 1960 EECS)

spent 36 years in Silicon Valley before retiring to Tucson, Arizona, where, he writes, "living is a lot less expensive."

KOHEI HONDE (M.S. 1967 ME)

is now living in Japan. He writes, “I’m restoring my dad’s old French sports car (rally, 1931). Finding parts is very hard. I got a street use license plate but still need lots of hours to make it dependable.”

Michael Halloran (B.S. 1962, MS 1965 ME, JD 1965)

of San Francisco writes, "I obtained a law degree from Boalt Hall in 1965 and have specialized in high technology and developing stage-company transactions for 37 years. I am the senior partner of a 26-lawyer group in that area out of the 900 lawyers in the firm."

Robert Hamilton (B.S. 1969 EECS)

of Salem , Oregon ,is a marketing consultant for high-tech technology companies inOregon and southwest Washington.

William Brad Hardin (B.S. 1962, M.S. 1965 ME)

of Venice, Florida, recently retired from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission after 29 years. He previously worked at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Roger Harker (B.S. 1966 EECS)

of Minden, Nevada, writes, "After nearly 40 years with Bently Nevada Corp., I have retired and am enjoying traveling and spending time with family and friends."

Ralph Iwens (M.S. 1964 EE, Ph.D. 1967 EE)

has been retired from TRW since 1999. His last project was manager of systems engineering for the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory. He has done a lot of traveling, including IN Europe, China, and Hawaii.

CHARLES F. JENNINGS (B.S. 1962 CEE)

is a principal with San Francisco's Polytech Associates, Inc., which provides architectural services for both public and private clients.

ANTHONY JOHNSON (B.S. 1960 IEOR)

of Carmel, California, is a retired U.S. Army Colonel. He was commissioned out of Army ROTC and served 28 years in infantry, artillery, maintenance, missile and nuclear weapons units. He managed installation and depot logistics as well as training assignments. Since retirement, he's worked in manufacturing, security and nonprofit jobs. He writes, "I'm teaching business and organizational leadership at two local colleges and serving on boards of the Salvation Army and Kiwanis Club of Monterey. I'm tolerated by my wife, Judy, four daughters and nine grandchildren . . . and loving every minute."

WILLIAM K. WARNOCK JR. (B.S. 1966 CEE)

of San Rafael, California, is chief engineer of Jacobs Engineers in Northern California.

Tony Johnson (B.S. 1960 IE)

of Carmel writes, "I retired from the U.S. Army and currently am teaching part time for Chapman University in Monterey and Hartnell College in Salinas. Go Bears!"

ROBERT KAHN (B.S. 1967, M.S. 1968 CE)

of Newport Coast, California, is president of RK Engineering Group, Inc., a full-service transportation engineering firm.

STEPHEN R. KLINGER (B.S. 1963 ME)

of Manhattan Beach, California, writes, “Five years into retirement and enjoying it. My wife and I have been traveling over most of Europe’s rivers and to Russia and Finland. We square dance a couple times a week and snow ski about 25 days a year. In late 2009 we will be traveling to Chile, Argentina and Brazil.”

STEPHEN KLINGER (B.S. 1963 ME)

of Manhattan Beach, California, retired in 2004. He writes, “My wife, Mickey, and I have traveled in most of Eastern and Western Europe, Finland and Russia. We now get in about 25 days a year snow skiing in the western United States and I’m still an active beach volleyball player.”

Robert Kennerknecht (B.S. 1963 EECS)

of Amity, Oregon , retired from General Dynamics as well as Cal Poly, Pomona, with the title of Lecturer Emeritus. He is now living in Oregon growing fruits and vegetables.

Steven Kimberlin (M.S. 1969 EECS)

of Cupertino is back to work after more than a year seeking employment in Silicon Valley . He writes, "Now that's a lousy economy!"

STANLEY H. LUCAS (B.S. 1962 ME)

of Long Beach, California, writes, “Restoring a standard gauge steam locomotive.”

Thomas Laycook (B.S. 1963 EE)

of Los Angeles is still active as a senior systems engineer for global air traffic control landing systems. He is also actively involved in racing and is looking forward to retirement.

Jack Lindley (B.S. 1960 CE)

of Fremont retired from Alameda County Public Works Agency.

Stan Lucas (B.S. 1962 ME)

of Long Beach is working full time at age 65. He writes, "The concept of retirement is truly frightening!"

JAMES A. MCLANE (B.S. 1966 EECS)

retired to Reno, Nevada, with his wife after 40-plus years in the microwave communications industry. "We have four grown children, one married, one engaged and two single," he writes. "We are enjoying our retirement by skiing in the winter and cruising in the spring. Summers are filled with hot days."

Howard Maccabee (M.S. 1964 NE, Ph.D. 1966 NE)

recently completed the expansion of the Radiation Oncology Center at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The dedication and tour was Sept. 14.

Charles T. Markee (BS 1960 EE)

Lives in the hills behind Santa Rosa, California, where he retired after 41 years, mostly involved as a technical manager in the explosive growth of computer technology. He’s a life member of IEEE and participated as an active member and president of the Silicon Valley Engineering Management Society. His 9 children and 11 grandchildren are hoping he will someday successfully publish one of the middle-grade children’s novels he’s been writing since 2001.

Camden McConnell (M.S. 1967 CE)

of Pittsburg, California, writes, "I am running for Congress as a Libertarian in California's District 7. The district covers northern Contra Costa County from Richmond to Pittsburg and Solano County along the I-80 corridor from Benicia and Vallejo to Vacaville. I am the sole candidate opposing the incumbent, George Miller."

Jay S. McCoy (B.S. 1963 CE)

of Concord, Calif., travels to Bangkok, Thailand, each month to help teach fifth- and sixth-grade Thai students English at a public school.

Mel Mendelson (B.S. 1964 ceramic engineering)

writes, "After working in industry for more than 20 years, I made the transition into academia and love it. I am currently professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Loyola Marymount University. I think back to my education in materials science and find that it has prepared me well to take on the challenges of micro/nanotechnology. I would love to hear from my former classmates." Contact him at

Stanley J. Meresman (B.S. 1968 IEOR)

joined venture capital firm, Technology Crossover Ventures, as general partner and COO. His daughter is in college, and he has attended 34 consecutive Big Games with his wife, Sharon. They live in Los Altos, Calif. E-mail:

Carlos A. Morales (B.S. 1969 IEOR)

of Jackson, New Jersey, is working as North American data administrator for Rhodia Inc., developing a global data warehouse for financial data.

Ralph Morgan (B.S. 1962 CE)

of Modesto died in January at the age of 65. He opened his own engineering and architectural firm in 1968, Ralph Morgan and Associates. Among his design projects in Modesto were the Salvation Army building and its Red Shield Community Center , St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, and his own home. Morgan was a life member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board and active in the United Way, the Rotary Club, and the Visiting Nurse Association of Stanislaus County.

Donald H. Morris (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1966 ME)

of Thousand Oaks, California, retired from the Boeing Rocketdyne division.

Katta Murty (Ph.D. 1968 IEOR)

of Ann Arbor, Mich., writes, "Many undergrads nowadays are not getting adequate background in linear algebra. To help them, I prepared a "Self-teaching Webbook on Computation and Algorithmic Linear Algebra" and made it available on the Web:

SHINGO L. NISHIKAWA (Ph.D. 1969 EECS)

retired from AT&T/Lucent Technologies in 1979 and then spent five years in China. He writes, "Today, I teach business and technology management courses in English at Akita International University in northern Japan."

RONALD M. NOBLE (M.S. 1969 CEE)

is president and CEO of Noble Consultants, Inc., and Coastal Engineering Foundations. He's also president and owner of Willowbrook Stables in Petaluma, California.

Robert Nannizzi (B.S. 1963 EE)

died last May in Alameda . An electrical engineer with Bechtel Corporation for 30years, he specialized in the design of large facility power systems and power plants, including the Jim Bridger Power Plant in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Parviz Nourafchan (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1968 CEE)

of Beverly Hills is president of Beverly Wilshire Investment Company, a real estate investments company.

Don Nurisso (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1967 ME)

of Pacifica is engineering manager for Keen Engineering, a leader in sustainable design of facilities.

Evert Nygren (B.S. 1966 EECS)

retired in June 2003 following a 37-year career in the space telecommunications business as an engineer and manager. He now lives in Incline Village, Nevada.

KENNETH R. OBERT (B.S. 1965 EECS)

of Torrance, California, writes, "I hiked the Muir Trail last summer. I'm still studying cosmology and am pleased that Cal picks up Nobels in such things."

Kenneth (Ron) Obert (B.S. 1965 EE)

of Torrance writes, "I continue to take astronomy classes at UCLA. Last summer included week-long hiking trips in the Sierra and Washington state. The fall found me in Memorial Stadium for all five home games."

Vince Dilworth, P.E. (B.S. 1967 Mechanical Engineering, MBA 1973 Finance/Operations Research)

works as a Senior Program Manager for ASME (headquarters NY City) out of his house in San Ramon. Before that, he worked for United Airlines in Engineering Project Management working on projects to reduce the cost of maintaining the aircraft. Before that, he worked for Transamerica Delaval that manufactured large diesel/gas engine generators. Earlier, he worked for PG&E in various engineering and administrative positions. He is active with the UCB Engineering Alumni Society, this year as Treasurer.

Val Prescop (BS 1960 Electrical Engineering)

He passed away in Upper St Clair, Pennsylvania on November 22, 2008. After receiving his BS in Electrical Engineering from Berkeley in 1960, he received a MS in Electrical Engineering from Pitt and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Carnegie Mellon. Val was a nuclear engineer and spent his entire career at Bechtel Bettis Atomic Power Lab. He is survived by his wife Jan and daughter Krista. He had many fond memories of Berkeley and was a Bears fan to the end.

Harold Prescott (B.S. 1962 CE)

closed his engineering firm based in California and is retired in Naples , Florida.

RANGAIYA A. RAO (M.S. 1961 EECS, Ph.D. 1966 EECS)

of Los Altos Hills, California, was a member of the technical staff at Fairchild Semiconductor and a professor of electrical engineering at San Jose State University from 1965 to 2003. "I am a Cal football fan, and so is my grandson," he writes. "Lately, I am spending some time with my baby granddaughter and enjoy playing golf."

Vala D.S. Rao (M.S. 1967 ME)

died recently and is survived by his wife of Bangalore, India, and one son.

Douglas Raymond (B.S. 1967, M.S. 1970 ME)

of Orinda, California, sent us a sample of his computation artwork, Red Aspen, pictured above. He writes, “Retirement is broadening! I recommend it.” He worked for 30 years for Zehntel, a small electronics company acquired by Teradyne, where he made complex electronic assemblies affordable and reliable. He spent four years at Siemens Medical Solutions, developing x-ray dosimetry instrumentation. Now retired, he invents solar power technologies and is researching a book on evolutionary psychology. He plays guitar in two amateur bands and is a member of the UC Alumni Chorus, which his wife, Alma (Toroian) Raymond, founded in 1985.

Robert Reeves (M.S. 1963 CEE)

retired from Bechtel after 35 years and is now assisting the city of Berkeley.

Fred Rhyne (B.S. 1966 EECS)

of Lutz, Florida, and his wife Nancy Rhyne are in their 27th year living in Florida. He completed his MBA at Florida Tech in 1984 while working for Harris Corporation. After graduating from Cal, he began working in the aerospace and defense industry as chief technology officer at Sypris Electronics, LLC, in Tampa. Their two children both pursued environmental engineering careers. John graduated from the University of Central Florida and is corporate director of environmental health and safety for Sypris Solutions. Melissa graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Tech and has her Georgia State professional engineer's license. Fred plans to retire in four years.

Scott Rhyner (B.S. 1963 EECS)

writes, "I've retiredto Prescott, Arizona, where I'm working part time at the localcommunity college. Loving life!"

Stephen Rice (BS 1964 Mechanical Engineering, M.Eng. 1969 Mechanical Engineering Design, PhD 1972 Mechanical Engineering)

Worked at LBNL (known then as "the Rad Lab") after BS and while earning ME; then with PhD, joined the academic world (UConn 72-83; UCF 83-96; and UNLV 96-present) in faculty and administrative roles. Most fun was sabbatic year at University of the South Pacific in Fiji, Fulbright in Germany, and creating new programs with colleagues and students. More details at www.stephen-rice.net. Married Berkeley coed Penny Baum in 1965; raised fabulous son and daughter. Now working in healthcare informatics.

David E. Ross (BS 1967 CE, MS 1968 CE)

I joined start-up SCS Engineers in Long Beach, CA, in 1971, after short stints as a Commissioned Officer in the US Publich Health Service (solid waste program) and Calif State Health Dept (on Berkeley Way). Currently Sr. VP at 600-person SCS, leading the firm's international practice in the fields of solid waste management and remediation of contaminated property. SCS's first project involved the control of landfill gas; since then SCS has become an international leader in the control of biogas emissions from landfills and the use of this gas to generate renewable energy.

DAVID R. SELWAY (B.S. 1961 ME, M.S. 1963 ME)

is a docent at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California. He’s restoring a 1967 McLaren M1C racing car with fellow Berkeley Engineering alumnus Fred Jessen (B.S.’63, M.S.’64 ME).

M. VALI SIADAT (B.S. 1967 EECS)

of Chicago, professor of mathematics at Richard J. Daley College, won the Mathematical Association of America’s Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics. Siadat has secured grants from NASA for mathematics-based summer enrichment programs for high school and middle school students and arranged for students to obtain summer research internships at Argonne National Laboratory.

PONISSERIL SOMASUNDARAN (M.S. 1962 MSE, Ph.D. 1964 MSE)

professor of surface and colloid chemistry at Columbia University, received the Engineer of the Year Award from the Malayalee Engineers Association of North America in 2007. He joined Columbia's faculty in 1970, has served as chair of the Henry Krumb School of Mines and of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Mining, and is now the La von Duddleson Krumb Professor. He is also director of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants and Langmuir Center for Colloids and Interfaces.

Lothar R. Schicker (B.S. 1961 ME)

of Campbell, California, writes, "I finished with the last client, and the next has not called yet. Therefore, I am raising orchids."

David Selway (B.S. 1961, M.S. 1963 ME)

of Danville is currently retired after working for 20 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and three years at Huffaker Engineering. He now volunteers as a docent at the Blackhawk Museum.

Timothy Shea (M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1968 CE)

of Fairfax Station, Virginia, is president-elect of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a principal technology consultant at CH2M Hill. He retired as a vice president with Parsons Engineering Science after 30 years.

Marshall Silver (M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1969 CE)

is chief technical advisor for disaster risk reduction for the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam . He lives in Hanoi .

Michael S. Silverstone (B.S. 1965 EE)

of Irvine, Calif., was chief engineer of Radio KAL, forerunner of KALX.

Ukrit Siriprusanan (B.S. 1968, M.S. 1972 CE)

of Barrigada, Guam, is president and principal engineer of Geoengineering and Testing and Marianas Drilling of Guam and Geotesting of Saipan, serving the western Pacific for 30 years.

Dennis Slaughter (B.S. 1963, M.S. 1967, Ph.D 1973 NE)

of Oakland, Calif., is a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

VITALY B. TROYAN (B.S. 1966 CEE)

of San Rafael, California, recently retired for the third time, after managing the engineering departments for the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland. He writes, “I’m looking forward to traveling to faraway places.”

JAMES L. UNMACK (B.S. 1964 EECS)

of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, is president of Unmack Everett Environmental, Inc., and has been appointed to the Health Experts Advisory Committee of Cal/OSHA, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

KENNETH VOAK (B.S. 1964 EE)

retired in 1999 as president of Schouberg Research and moved from Santa Cruz, California, to Vail, Arizona, in 2005, where he enjoys "fantastic scenery, weather and lots of golf courses." kenvoak@aol.com

DON L. WARNER (Ph.D. 1964 MSE)

of Rolla, Missouri, is dean emeritus and professor emeritus at Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri–Rolla. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Colorado School of Mines last May.

JAMES L. WEEKS (B.S. 1965 IEOR)

was appointed by the U.S. Congress to the Technical Study Panel on the use of belt air for underground coal mine ventilation.

JOHN S. WOODWARD (B.S. 1965 CEE)

writes, “Retired, living near Arnold, California. Fishing, woodworking and volunteering at Calaveras Big Trees State Park.”

EDWARD J. WORTMAN (M.S. 1961 CEE)

is a senior engineer for Oregon's Multnomah County Bridge Section. He's been involved with bridge rehabilitation and evaluation projects over the years, including the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. He is now working on installation of Oregon's new Sauvie Island Bridge, being built off-site and floated in by barge. Wortman wrote The Portland Bridge Book with his wife, Sharon, and was named Civil Engineer of the Year in 2004 by the Oregon section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

PAUL S.L. WU (B.S. 1963 ME, M.S. 1964 ME)

retired from his job as a design engineer at Hewlett-Packard in 2008.

LORING A. WYLLIE (B.S. 1960, M.S. 1962 CE)

a senior principal of Degenkolb Engineers, in April won the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2007 OPAL (Outstanding Projects and Leaders) Lifetime Achievement Award for design. The honor recognizes Wyllie's 40-year effort to promote public safety by improving the seismic capability of structures. His experience includes a strengthening system for UC Berkeley's award-winning University Hall and design repairs for the San Francisco Bank of California following the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. Wyllie is a former president of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the Structural Engineers Association of California. He also directed the American Concrete Institute and served as chair of the California State Historic Building Safety Board.

George Weathersby (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1966, NE)

of Skillman, New Jersey, founded Genesys Solutions LLC in 2002 to improve execution of strategy in large organizations. An office in San Diego allows him to return to California often, where he would love to meet colleagues.

James Weeks (B.S. 1965 IEOR)

of Silver Spring, Maryland, was recently appointed to the National Academy of Sciences panel to evaluate the mining program of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He is also senior editor of Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury, second edition, published in 2004 by the American Public Health Association. After completing his Cal degree, he received his Sc.D. in 1981 from Harvard School of Public Health.

Kenneth G. Wright (B.S. 1960 ME)

formerly of Jacksonville, Ore., died Nov. 6, 1999.

Paul S.L. Wu (B.S. 1963, M.S. 1964 ME)

of San Diego, Calif., writes, "I work as a design engineer with Hewlett-Packard Imaging and Printing Group, doing mechanical system and electronic control circuits design, and enjoying it. My wife, Carol, and I are doing fine." E-mail:

Paul Wu (B.S. 1962, M.S. 1964 ME)

of Encinitas is a hardware design engineer with Hewlett-Packard Company in San Diego.

MARTIN D. VAN ZANDT (B.S. 1969 CEE)

of Eureka, California, is enjoying retirement after 37 years of working as a civil engineer for the state.

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