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Classmates Decoded
Classmates Decoded Ever wonder about those strange designations we use throughout Northwestern to identify alumni of the various schools of the University? Here's the complete list. AF Air Force Commission CB Chicago Business CPS Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute) D Dental EB Evanston Business G Graduate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) GD Graduate Dental GJ Graduate Journalism GL Graduate Law GM Graduate Medicine GMcC Graduate McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science GMu Graduate Music GS Graduate Speech GSESP Graduate School of Education and Social Policy, Education H Honorary J Medill School of Journalism KGSM Kellogg Graduate School of Management or Graduate Business L Law M Medicine McC McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Mu Music N Nursing Nav Naval Commission S Speech SCS School of Continuing Studies SESP School of Education and Social Policy, Education Tns Transportation Center WCAS Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts
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Class Notes David Kuck (GMcC60, 63) of Urbana, Ill., is an Intel Fellow and general manager of Kuck & Associates, an Intel company in Urbana. Kuck founded Kuck & Associates in 1979 and served as chair of the board from 1993 to 2000. He has also been a faculty member of the computer science and electrical and computer engineering departments of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Canh Tuc Le (GMcC60) of Sydney, Australia, retired in 1993 from transportation network analysis for the New South Wales Government Roads and Traffic Authority and now enjoys working and contributing to nonprofit organizations. He and his wife, Bick Ngoe, have one daughter, Thu (or Tina), and a son-in-law, Tuoc (or Tony). Richard A. Lerner (WCAS60) of LaJolla, Calif., president of the Scripps Research Institute, joined the Senomyx Inc. scientific advisory board. His extensive scientific background will be put to use in the expansion of the chemistry program at Senomyx. Vitorino A. Pinto (GMcC60) of Geneva, Switzerland, is a freelance consultant. He retired in 1983 after serving as a senior sanitary engineer for World Health Organization programs and projects in environmental health. Leslie R. Axelrod (GMcC61, 80) of Highland Park, Ill., is a full-time faculty member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology after retiring from Philips Electronics in 1995. Richard Doege (WCAS61, KGSM63) of Washington, D.C., is a legislative counsel on Capitol Hill working on energy, environment and climate change issues. His public service career began in the U.S. Congress in 1998 after 30 years in the business sector. Ron Gonder (GJ61) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, retired after 31 years as sports director for WMT radio in Cedar Rapids. He was the radio play-by-play voice of University of Iowa football and basketball for 28 years and voted Iowa Sportscaster of the Year eight times, setting a record. He is married to Patricia. M. Ray Haase (J61) of Wilmette, Ill., senior vice president of Trustmark Insurance Co. in Lake Forest, Ill., is head of the individual medical division and chief operating officer for Trustmark's Starmark and MultiBenefits subsidiaries. Ann Fraser Lorentzen (S61) of Monte Rio, Calif., was San Francisco-area TV host of People are Talking. In May 2000 she was named to the Hanna Boys Center's volunteer board of directors in Sonoma, Calif. Nancy Moore (G63) of Stevens Point, Wis., retired after 32 years as a literature professor at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The first to teach a women's studies course at the university after investigating discrimination toward women, she led the affirmative action office on campus and organized the local National Organization for Women and the state's Women in Higher Education. Hugh H. Makens (L64) of Grand Rapids is an attorney with the law firm of Warner, Norcross & Judd in its Grand Rapids office. He was one of 29 attorneys of his firm listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2001–2002. Philip A. Nicely (WCAS64) of Indianapolis is an attorney with the law firm of Bose, McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. He was selected by his peers to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2001–02. David Hill (L65) of Inverness, Ill., chair and CEO of Kimball Hill Homes, was honored with Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s Distinguished Leader Award for helping low- and moderate-income families purchase homes. Ronald S. Mangum (WCAS65, L68) of Seoul, South Korea, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army. He was assigned as commanding general of Special Operations Command/Korea in Seoul last September. Harry Trumfio (GSESP65) of Arlington Heights, Ill., is the director of the alternative certification program at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. He also serves as undergraduate and graduate adviser in the School of Education at Benedictine. James N. Barnes (WCAS66) of Villamblard, France, is general counsel to the Antarctica Project in Washington, D.C., and counsel to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition. He is also counselor to Friends of the Earth International and serves as a member of the review committee of the Central and Eastern European Bankwatch Network in Prague. He is listed in the 2001 edition of Who's Who in the World. Tsu-Wei Chou (GMcC66) of Hockessin, Del., is the Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware and was named chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Thomas Attig (WCAS67) of Fairfield, Calif., is a writer. His latest book is The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love (Oxford University Press, 2000). John A. Lack (GJ67) of New York City was appointed president, CEO and a director of i3 Mobile Inc., a Stamford, Conn.–based wireless media company. He spent 30 years in the communications and entertainment industries and is known as one of the creators of MTV. Marcia Moore (J67) of Mountain Lakes, N.J., a newspaper reporter and columnist, trade magazine editor and freelance writer, has written for the New York Times, Sail, Instructor and other publications. She attended the 16th Annual Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., last July. Laurence J. Kline (EB68) of Chicago became a partner in the law firm of Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey and Milligan of Chicago last November. Stephen R. Kretschman (McC68) of Grand Rapids, an attorney with the law firm of Warner, Norcross & Judd in Grand Rapids, was listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2001–02. Teri-Ellen Naccarato Rogers (WCAS68) of Hinsdale, Ill., was appointed professor of mathematics at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Russell Schneider (WCAS68, D72) of Gurnee, Ill., a dentist and president of the Warren Township High School Board of Education, was inducted last October into the Lake County Sports Hall of Fame. An All-American wrestler for Northwestern, he has been a volunteer coach for the high school for 30 years. Augustus Cerillo (G69) of Norcoe, Calif., was named provost/vice president for academic affairs last July at Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa. He had been on the faculty at California State University, Long Beach, for 33 years as a professor of history and spent several years as an instructor at Northwestern. James P. Curry (McC69) of Berkeley, Calif., was appointed chief marketing officer for Front Porch Internet services. Jerry Greenberg (S69) of Chicago became vice president of communications for the Wilderness Society last August. He uses public education to convert Americans' love of their land and wildlife into greater protection for these resources. Richard McGinnis (McC69) of Lewisburg, Pa., was promoted to professor of civil and environmental engineering at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. He is the author of Learning Cadkey (McGraw-Hill, 1991). Harriet Welty Rochefort (GJ69) of Paris authored her second book, French Fried: The Culinary Capers of an American in Paris (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2001). Her first book is French Toast (St. Martin's Press, 1999). Lynn Upshaw (J69, GJ70) of San Rafael,
Calif., co-authored his second book on brand marketing, The Masterbrand
Mandate (J. Wiley & Sons, 2000). He is a brand strategist and principal
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