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Class Notes
1962
Brent Robertson (C.E.) was
elected to the Board of
Directors of Noble of Indiana,
a nonprofit organization
serving 2,300 adult and
children consumers with
mental retardation.
1968
Rolf P. Hill (M.E.) has retired
from the federal government
after 11 years with EPA and 18
years with DEA. He was chief
of the DEA Hazardous Waste
Disposal Unit where he was
responsible for managing the
Clandestine Drug Laboratory
Cleanup Program. He has started
his own consulting firm,
Hazardous Waste Disposal
IDEAS, LLC. He provides
technical expertise to hazardous
waste companies, academia and
special interest groups.
1977
John Fitch (E.E./Phy.) has
transitioned his decision management
consulting business to
provide online services:
Decision Driven Life and
Decision Driven Strategy at
ww.decisiondriven.com.
1979
Roger Hatcher (E.E.) recently
tested for and earned a thirddegree
black belt and instructor
certification in the martial art
of Tae Kwon Do. He also assists
in teaching basic self-denense
classes in the Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, area. He is a principal
systems engineer at Rockwell
Collins Government Systems
in Cedar Rapids.
1981
Bob Brandel (E.E.) reports
that since we last heard from
him, a sixth child, Sarahgrace
Nicole, was born into the
Brandel family. After successfully
completing numerous
tasks as the presidential communications
upgrade project
engineers for the WHCA he
has left General Dynamics and
taken a new position as associate
with Booz Allen Hamilton
in Herndon, Va.
1982
Michael J. Svenstrup (M.E.)
received Eli Lilly & Company’s
Engineering Excellence Award
in 2006. The award is presented
to an engineer at Lilly who
has demonstrated a long-term,
high level of technical performance
and innovation providing
significant impact on the engineering
profession and the success
of the company.
1985
Bob Patti (E.E.) has received
the chairman’s award from
JEDEC Solid State Technology
Association, formerly known
as Joint Electron Device
Engineering Council (JEDEC),
which is the semiconductor
engineering standardization
body of the Electronic
Industries Alliance (EIA), a
trade association that represents
all areas of the electronics
industry. It was in recognition
of his contributions to the
DDR3 task group leading to
the creation of the DDR3
SDRAM device specification.
In translation, Bob said
“Basically, we’re the folks who
figure out how standard electronic
devices, like memories,
function.” He works at
Tezzaron Semiconductor Corp
in Naperville, Ill.
Benjamin T. Vorhees (C.E.),
a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.
Air Force, took command of
the 315th Airlift Wing’s
Operation Support Squadron,
Charleston Air Force Base,
S.C., earlier this year. He is a
command pilot with more than
8,500 hours flying military
aircraft. Most recently he was
assistant director of operations
supporting Operations
Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
1986
Larry McIntyre (E.E.) has
taken a staff systems engineer
position with Beckman Coulter
in Indianapolis.
1987
Tim A. Nale (M.E.) married
Stacy Nelson last year. Also last
year, he accepted the position
of director of information technology
for Boar’s Head at the
company’s corporate headquarters
in Sarasota, Fla.
1989
Bill Jurasz (C.S.) married Amy
Pennartz this May. Bill currently
works for Advanced Micro
Devices.
1990
Barry Schneider (M.E.) has
moved to Brownsburg, Ind.,
where he is vice president and
general manager of the Steel
Dynamics, Engineered Bar
Products Division.
1992
Erik Drake (E.E.) updates
Echoes that children Deegan
Thomas and Kenna Lee were
born last year. He recently was
promoted to lieutenant colonel
in the U.S. Air Force. Recently
he was at Randolph Air Force
Base in San Antonio where he
was the lead F-16 flight examiner
for Air Education and
Training Command.
1993
Chris Crosby (C.E.) recently
accepted a position as chief
engineer with Prospect Steel
Co., in Little Rock, Ark.
Mitchell Deckard (M.E.) and
his wife, Jill, welcomed twin
daughters, Sydney and Saige,
last year. Also, Mitch received
his MBA from the Krannert
School of Management at
Purdue University. He was one
of two students named as a
Krannert Scholar.
1996
Doug Ihrig (M.E.) and his
wife, Sarah, welcomed their
second daughter, Roma, last
fall. Doug has moved within
the PCC Airfoils Company to
Cleveland, Ohio, to continue
his role as product engineer.
1998
Benjamin Byers (Ch.E.) and
his wife, Dolores, announce
the birth of their first child,
Aidan Lukas, who was born
last June.
Josh Horstman (C.S.) has
accepted a new position with
First Phase Consulting, Inc.,
providing statistical programming
services to pharmaceutical
clients.
1999
Meagan Peabody (C.M.) and
C.W. Arnett (Ch.E.) were married
last fall.
2000
Toby Eiler (E.E.) and his wife,
Lissie, welcomed a baby girl,
Natalie, born last year.
Joe Marietta (M.E.) has left
Stryker Instruments and accepted
a position as a senior engineer
at MedicineLodge, Inc.,
in Logan, Utah.
2001
Robert Buxton (M.E.)
graduated from Harvard
Business School last year with
an MBA and went to work with
The Boston Consulting Group
in Los Angeles.
Michael Cox (E.E.) and his
wife, Kate, had twins, Aidan
and Allison, last year. Michael
changed jobs last year, going to
work for Watchfire Signs, in
Danville, Ill.
LaTisha Egenolf (Ch.E.) is
now a financial consultant for
AG Edwards & Sons.
Jason Kahlhamer (Ch.E.) and
his wife, Jessika, had another
daughter, Alessandra, born
last fall.
Paul (E.E.) and Elizabeth
(E.E.) Kappler, welcomed
daughter Anna Elizabeth, born
last fall. She joins big brother,
Ian.
Amy (Rainbolt) Williams
(Chem.) and her husband,
Kerry, and son, Tyler, welcomed
a new baby girl, Kelsey Nicole,
last fall.
2002
Michael (E.E.) and Jamie
(M.E.) Baker announced the
arrival of daughter, Hannah
Renee, born in February. She
joins older sisters Eliana and
Kayla.
Erica Buxton (Snyder) (Ch.E.)
graduated from Harvard
Business School last year with
an MBA and went to work with
The Boston Consulting Group
in Los Angeles.
Steve Corbin (E.E.) and his
wife, Stacey, had a baby, Ian
Andrew, born last year.
Travis Eisenhouer (M.E.)
received his master’s and Ph.D.
from the University of Notre
Dame last year.
Christopher M. King (C.E.)
has joined Runnebohm
Construction Co. as its executive
vice president. He also has
been elected vice president of
the Blue River Community
Foundation for Shelby County
in Indiana.
Peter K. Myers (C.E.) and his
wife, Cynthia, had their first
child, Jaycob Myers, born last
fall. Peter also changed jobs and
careers last year, becoming assistant
pastor at Sandia Church of
the Nazarene in Albuquerque,
N.M.
Justin (Ch.E.) and Colleen
(Ch.E.) Self announced the
birth of their first child, Aubrey
Kay, born last year.
2003
Jason Bowe (M.E.) and his
wife, Sarah, welcomed their
first daughter, Evelyn Grace, in
2006.
Heidi Brackmann (Ch.E.)
married James Davidson last
year.
Anna Burgner (Ch.E.)
graduated last year with
highest distinction from
Indiana University School
of Medicine. She has accepted
an internal medicine residency
position at Vanderbilt
University.
Brian Miller (M.E.) and his
wife, Dorcas, report the birth
of second son, Seth Jacob. He
joins big brother Nolan.
Adam Tieman (E.E.) married
Elizabeth Wakeland last year.
Matthew Zuber (M.E.) married
Amanda Martin (E.E.,
’04) last fall in Terre Haute.
They reside in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
2004
Karen M. Bonnema (M.E.)
married Derrick Schimming
last year in White Chapel.
Rebecca (Franki) Breiding
(E.E.) and her husband welcome
first child, Zachary, born
last fall. The family lives in
Albuquerque, N.M., where she
works for the Air Force
Research Labs.
2005
Cameron Bagley (Ch.E.) and
Jessica Frank (Ch.E.) were
married last year at White
Chapel.
Odessa Goedert (C.E.) has
taken a position as a technical
recruiter with WesTech
Technical Staffing, a division of
NuWest Group in the greater
Seattle metro area.
Jesica Petretti (Ch.E.) married
Adam Beccue (M.E., ’06) last
year.
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