BioMass No. 03  page 3 Spring 2001 

Alumni Mailbag

Don H. Smith '34 BS.  Next Issue:(?) List(s) of: (1) Former beneficiaries of Torrey Fund & their present duties. (2) Present beneficiaries of Torrey Fund & their future plans. (3) $$$ Condition of the Torrey Fund.
Eds: The Ray Ethan Torrey Scholarship Fund is alive and well.  Each year 6-7 undergraduates are provided $500 in support of plant biology research.  The Plant Biology Program administers the scholarship and has its own newsletter.
Harold S. Lewis '43 BS.  I enjoy your Newsletter! You mentioned Frank Wing '40. Do you have his address? ... an old friend of mine.
Ed: Frank Wing, 5431 Granada Blvd, Sebring, FL 33872
David Marsden '43 BS.  Dr. David H. Marsden died Dec. 26, 1999.
Vicky Haard '65 BS.  Working part time at "The Naturalist" in Davis CA, enjoying 4 grandchildren, volunteering for Gideons and working on my Private Pilot certification.
Clare (Schloemer) Neuman '66 BS & '68 MAT.  I am retired now (2 years) after a 30 year career as a biology teacher.
Mary A. Anderson, '68 BS.  Captain Mary Alice (Buck) Anderson, Medical Corps, USN assumed command of the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory on 5 August 2000. The mission of the laboratory is to conduct research and development in aviation medicine and the allied sciences. Night vision studies, spatial disorientation work, and sound attenuation research are current projects.
Eds: Go Buck!
Neil Fennessey BS '75 Zool.  I am a professor of civil & environmental engineering at UMass Dartmouth. Specialty area is hydrology and water resource planning and management. My Zoology training helps me communicate with the biology-types but the world is better off that I am not one of them. I still have a passion for auto racing ... shared with my advisor, Dr. Klingener.
John Storella '80 MS  I left my position at the law firm in April 2000 and joined Ciphergen Biosystems. We are a proteomics company determined to revolutionize the field of protein biology with a patented SELDI mass spectrometry system. ... We fractionate proteins using a biochromatographic surface, and analyze the captured proteins by mass spectrometry. ... One practical application of the technology is the discovery of diagnostic markers by comparing the proteins from healthy and diseased biological samples. ... On a more personal note, my wife, Lisa, ... is a television producer. Next week she has two pieces airing ... follow-up programs produced by KQED to the Moyer's series on PBS on end of life issues. John
Brian Bettencourt '96 BS  I successfully defended my PhD dissertation at U. Chicago. ...

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