A Publication for West Coast Alumni and Friends
Vol. 2, No. 1 / December 2002

Alumni News Briefs

In March, 2002, Don Peterson '71 was presented with the CEO of the Year award for the enterprise market by Frost & Sullivan, a San Jose, Calif., market consulting and training firm. Don was praised for his leadership in the 2000 launch of Avaya Inc., and for restructuring the firm for stability and growth.

Howard Levine '72 is now senior manager for the East Coast Division of Newport Corp., a semiconductor equipment firm in Irvine, Calif. The company is a leading manufacturer and distributor of precision components and systems used for development and application of laser and optical technologies.

John Scholl '82 is vice president of R&D at Artemis Medical Inc. in Hayward, Calif., which develops, manufactures and markets products for the minimally invasive diagnosis, intervention and treatment of cancer.

Peter Sullivan '82 was appointed vice president and general manager for the Interface and Robotics Product Group of Asyst Technologies in Fremont, Calif., a leading provider of integrated automation solutions for semiconductor manufacturers.

Craig Falkenham '85 recently celebrated his 10th anniversary with Maxim Integrated Products, based in Sunnyvale, Calif. He currently serves as area director for U.S. field applications, Eastern Region. Craig still lives in Derry, N.H., with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.

Gerard Guillemette '85 works for Mixed Signals Technologies in Culver City, Calif., as a software engineer. Mixed Signals is the leading provider of technology for interactive television.

Jason Anderson '95 lives in Berkeley, Calif., where he is attending the Haas School of Business MBA program at UC Berkeley.

Kerry Ann Dubrule '98 wed Paul Verdini recently. She works for Norac Inc., in Azusa, Calif. , which provides state-of-the-art custom synthesis and separation capabilities to customers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Molly McCabe '98 and Brian Gagnon '97 were married on Sept. 15, 2001. They live in Fremont, Calif., where Molly is a quality engineer for CoolSystems Inc., a company that develops products that adapt technology from the manned space program to treat athletic injuries; Brian is a fire protection engineer with Rolf Jensen Associates.

Josh Mellinger '97 works for Teradyne. He and his wife have been living in Newbury Park, Calif., for the last four years.

Nathan Wilfert '01 and Sarah Snow '01 were united in marriage on June 1, 2002. Nathan works at Microsoft as a software design engineer, and Sarah works as a senior consultant for Experio Solutions in Seattle. They reside in Redmond, Wash.