1930s
Jack Flemming, BSCerE’38, Kansas City, Missouri, retired from a 38-year career with Phillips Petroleum Company. He writes that he and Waldo Wegner are the last remaining players from “that great Big Six basketball championship team of 1935.” Flemming also played basketball for Phillips while “sort of becoming a petroleum engineer!”

Harry Jacobson, BSME’34, Austin, Texas, reports that he wasn’t able to make the reunion this year because his oldest grandson was graduating with honors from Georgia Tech in civil engineering.


1940s
George W. Elliott, BSIE’41, Colby, Kansas, was granted an Honorary Associate in Arts degree from Colby Community College last May in recognition of many years of service and support to the Colby Community College Endowment Association and the citizens of northwest Kansas.

Norman D. Miller, BSEE’48, Seattle, Washington, is an active member of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and has served on the AdCom of the Society since 1987. At the OCEANS 98 Conference held in Nice, France, Miller was awarded the society’s Distinguished Service Award for his support of the Student Poster Program. Last February, he was inducted into the Royal Order of Scotland for his services in the Masonic fraternity.

Robert M. Snyder, BSGenE’41, Lodi, California, recently retired as president of R. M. S. Professional Consultants, Inc., Architects and Engineers, after 45 years. He and his wife celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on June 12th.

O. J. Whittemore, BSCerE’40, Seattle, Washington, recently developed a water filter that was featured at the centennial of the American Ceramic Society as one of the 100 Ceramic Innovations in the 20th Century. This was after five years of retirement from the University
of Washington as a professor of ceramic engineering.


1950s
Ronald Carpenter, BSIE’59, Sunnyvale, California, is a senior business analyst
in the information technology division of Merant.

Francis B. Francois, BSGenE’56, Bowie, Maryland, retired as the executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials after serving more than 18 years. Now he will be doing some occasional trademark work and consulting on transportation policy, in addition to operating a farm in Webster County. Francois was also elected into the National Academy of Engineering this past year.


1960s
Prithvi S. Kandhal, MSCE’69, Auburn, Alabama, is currently the associate director of the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University. He was elected president of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, a prestigious group with over 800 members worldwide, in March.

Donald Loken Petersen, BSME’62, Mead, Oklahoma, retired two years ago, moved to Oklahoma, and now enjoys traveling in his motor home, woodworking, reading, and gardening.

Thomas F. Rider, BSEOp’68, Plymouth, Minnesota, was recently named an associate of Van Sickle, Allen & Associates, Inc., a civil and structural engineering consulting service located in Minneapolis. As associate and senior project manager, he helps with contract administration and risk management, specializing in the grain, flour, and seed industries.

William F. Ritter, MSAgE’68, PhDAgE’71, Elkton, Maryland, a pro-fessor with the University of Delaware Department of Bioresources Engineering, was named 1999 Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers Delaware Section.

A.J. Van Dierendonck, MSEE’65, PhDEE’68, Los Altos, California, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and is being inducted into the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Air Force GPS Joint Program Office in honor of his contributions to the Global Positioning System.


1970s
Peter L. Mastores, BSChE’74, Hudson, Ohio, was recently appointed president of Volk Optical. Previously, he was with Lubrazol, Ferro Corporation, Ciba-Geigy, and Monsanto.

Dale E. Miller, BSCE’76, Omaha, Nebraska, was promoted to senior vice president of Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers. He is the manager of the Omaha office and a member of KM’s board of directors.


1980s
Zahid Ayub, PhDME’86, Arlington, Texas, received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He is president of Isotherm, Inc.

Jonathan D. Conzett, BSCE’86, Clive, Iowa, was elected president of the Iowa Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

David R. Dougherty, BSCE’82, Ames, Iowa, was recently named office manager for the Ames office of WHKS and Company (formerly Wallace Holland Kastler Schmitz and Company). He has more than 17 years of experience as a private consulting engineer and most recently was the Florida director of engineering for MK Centennial, the transportation division of Morrison Knudsen.

Tom Huenecke, BSIE’89, Iowa City, Iowa, was recently promoted to business development manager at National Computer Systems.

Mark E. Law, BSCpE’81, Gainesville, Florida, was recently honored as one
of 30 University of Florida’s Top Research Foundation Professors for outstanding research in his discipline over a long period of time. He designs computer simulators that help industry develop the next generation of microprocessors and is co-director of the SoftWare and Analysis of Advanced Material Processing (SWAMP) Center.

Joseph C. Leung, BSCpE’84, Stanford, California, is the university fire marshal with the environmental health and safety department at Stanford University.

Doug Maass, BSCpE’84, San Jose, California, is now senior product marketing manager at MIPS Technologies, Inc.

Brian M. Mattson, BSEE’86, Chicago, Illinois, is president of Patents + TMS,
a firm he recently established that specializes in patent and trademark prosecution. Previously, he was a partner with an intellectual property law firm and worked with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Todd C. Ortberg, BSESci’85, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was promoted to vice
president of engineering with ADC Telecommunications.

Lee Shervheim, BSIE’88, MSIMSE’90, Wahpeton, North Dakota, has been promoted to production operations manager at Imation Corporation, overseeing technology for precision molding and high-speed assembly of data storage products for the net-work/enterprise markets.

Charles E. Wells, BSAeroE’81, Saratoga, California, is manager of the Avionics Product Center for Pratt and Whitney.

Dixie (Gorham) Youngers, BSIE’86, Kansas City, Missouri, is currently an on-call engineer at Hallmark Cards after the birth of her daughter, Stacy, last March.


1990s
Troy DeJoode, BSEE’93, Cedar Falls, Iowa, is the staff engineer/attorney for Cedar Falls Utilities, where he primarily practices law in the areas of cable television, Internet, and public utility law. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1997 and is licensed in both Iowa and Florida.

Gary C. Farnsworth, BSCE’95, Olympia, Washington, is currently the project manager for the $600 million corridor reconstruction of Interstate 5 in Tacoma, Washington. He is a design project manager with the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Sheri A. Kastengren, BSME’96, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was recently on a six-month expatriate assignment for Square D Company/Groupe Schneider in Grenoble, France. After a French wedding ceremony in late July, she is now back in Cedar Rapids.

David R. Oost, BSME’93, Blooming-ton, Illinois, is currently manager of consulting services for Automated Analysis Corporation, a firm specializing in computer-aided engineering.

Ross Sheckler, MSAEEM’91, Meridian, New York, became a proud father last March—he and his wife Cynthia had a daughter on St. Patrick’s Day! He is currently the manager of automotive engineering for Dynacs Engineering Company, Inc.


In Memoriam
The college was saddened to learn in April of the passing of T. A. Wilson, BSAeroE’43, at the age of 78. Wilson was CEO for the Boeing Company from 1969 until 1986, and chairman of the board from 1972 until 1987. Largely through Wilson’s efforts, Boeing became a leader in multi-contractor systems integration work of vast size and complexity.

During his distinguished career, Wilson received numerous honors, including the Wright Brothers Trophy and the National Academy of Science Award for Aeronautical Engineering. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Wilson was the college’s Marston Medalist in 1978 and was awarded Iowa State’s highest honor, an honorary doctorate, in 1993.