Russell
Ballagh is a system engineer
for Verizon Data Services
in Temple Terrace, Fla.
David
Cowdrick works as a manager,
energy supply for
Tampa Electric Company,
Tampa, Fla. David is responsible
for the engineering of
major
power plant projects.
Susan
Krabbe
has
been
named
financial
planning
officer
at
Kanaly
Trust
Company,
Houston,
Texas.
She
is
responsible
for
perpetual
planning
and
development
of
the
personal
financial
programs
of
client
families,
and
has
been
with
the
company
since
1997.
Jim
Zapf
M.S.
is applications
programmer,
ADP’s
Dealer
Services
Division.
He
married
Laurie
Ann
Jones
in
January
2003,
and
they
reside
in
Phoenixville,
Pa.
Jim
can
be
reached
at
jim_zapf@adp.com.
Roberta
(Smith)
Carter
is
a registered
nurse
in
the
ICU
at
Mason
District
Hospital
in
Havana,
Ill.
She
is married
and
has
two
children:
Scott,
who
graduated
from
the
U.S.
Merchant
Marine
Academy
in
June
2004;
and
Leslie,
a student attending
the
University
of Illinois.
Harvey
Harmon
is
director
for
natural
gas
import/export
activities
with
the
U.S.
Department
of
Energy,
Washington,
D.C.
The
main
focus
of
his
job
is
policy
advisor
on
liquefied
natural
gas
(LNG).
He
lives
in
Arlington,
Va.
with
his
wife
Donna
and
their
two
daughters,
Holly
and
Heather.
Jeff Leed M.S. established
his own environmental consulting
company in 1993, Leed Environmental,
Inc. He works largely for
companies with the lead industry.
Dr. J. Allyn Smith M.S., ’97
Ph.D. is a visiting scientist
at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
He is involved primarily
in the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey.
He serves on the Florida
Tech Alumni Association national
board of directors. He and
his wife, Jeanne Odermann,
are members of the Espanola
Valley Opera Guild, supporting
the Santa Fe, N. M. opera.
Douglas
MacCullagh
works
for
the
Naval
Oceanographic
Office
in
Mississippi.
Currently
he
is
in
the
systems
integration
division
of
the
engineering
department.
John
Graham
M.S.
has
joined
McKendree
College
as
the
instructional
media
specialist
for
the
college
located
in
Lebanon,
Ill.
He
has
been
an
adjunct
faculty
member
since
2001. John
and
his
wife
Darlene
reside
in
Freeburg,
Ill.
Barbara
Rudolph
Smith
M.S.,
M.B.A.
has
been
named
a shareholder
with
Allen,
Dyer,
Doppelt,
Milbrath & Gilchrist
P.A.
Her
practice
is
focused
on
business
and
intellectual
property
litigation
for
the
Orlando,
Fla.
firm.
Barbara
is
admitted
to
the
U.S.
District
Court, Middle
District
of
Florida,
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals,
11th
circuit
and
the
U.S.
District
Court,
northern
and
southern
districts
of
Florida.
Brig. Gen. Richard Geraci M.S. is the new commandant of cadets at New Mexico
Military Institute in Roswell, N.M.
Mike Stager was selected
as a Human Space Flight Awareness
Honoree for 2004, the most
prestigious award given by
NASA. He played a key role
in the Space Shuttle Columbia
Project, working at Kennedy
Space Center and assisting
in the investigation process.
Mike resides in Bowie, Md.
with wife Eloise and their
three children, Matthew,
10, Mikaela, 7, and Jacqueline,
3.
Melissa (McWhorter) Burton
recently joined Swann & Brownfield
Real Estate. She and husband
Eric, along with daughter
Chloe, announce the birth
of Connor Maxwell, born in
March of 2004. Contact Melissa
at Melissa@melissaburton.com.
James Simpson M.S., ’95
Ph.D. is working on new tracking
systems as part of NASA’s
Range Systems Design and
Development Branch at Kennedy
Space Center. He lives in
Rockledge, Fla. with his
fiancée, Dr. Beth
Buchanan, and their collection
of rescued dogs and cats.
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Mayte
(Agosto) Ashby is a senior
international representative
for the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) International
Area Office for Latin America
and the Caribbean in Miami,
Fla. She and her family,
husband Robert and children
Robbie and Sophia, reside
in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Lainey
Richardson Psy.D. is the
clinical director at Metro
Regional Youth Detention
Center in Atlanta. Her
daughter, Emma, is 5 and
in kindergarten.
Frankie Godwin Psy.D. was
recognized by the National
Infantry Association with
the Shield of Sparta Award “for
faithful and significant
service to the Infantry’s
soldiers and families.” She
is the first in the State
of Florida to receive this
honor. She was also presented
with the US Army’s
Outstanding Civilian Service
Award and Florida’s
Distinguished Service Medal
for her work with the Florida
Army National Guard (FLARNG).
She currently serves as Chair
of The Adjutant General’s
FLARNG Family Readiness Program
Review Committee and also
works with the Chaplain Corps
to offer marriage enrichment
seminars to FLARNG soldiers
and their wives or significant
others.
Frankie’s husband,
Brigadier General David Godwin,
retired on October 2, 2004,
from the FLARNG after 35
years of military service.
Delphine (Paillon) Occelli
lives outside of Toulouse,
France with her family, husband
Diego and two sons, Hadrien
and Virgile (R).
Shelley Plaut
Psy.D. is the director
of training for internship
at Northwest Georgia Regional
Hospital.
Kirk Stucky Psy.D.
has earned his ABPP in
neuropsychology and rehabilitation
psychology.
He sits on the education
committees
for the National Academy
of Neuropsychology and
Division
22, Rehabilitation Psychology,
and works as director
of Rehabilitation and Neuropsychology
at Hurley
Medical Center. Kirk
is
a professor with Michigan
State University
College of Human Medicine,
and is also one of the
faculty in a Consortium
for Advanced
Psychology Practice.
He and wife Mary are parents
to son
Silas Fletcher 2 1/2
years
old.
Pawinee Chaiprasert Ph.D.
is a lecturer at the School
of Bioresources and Technology
Thonburi in Thailand. He
teaches environmental biotechnology
and conducts research on
anaerobic wastewater treatment.
He is head of the Waste Utilization
and Manage- ment Unit.
Fabi Lufschanowski Laby
Psy.D. resides in Houston,
Texas and has been in private
practice since June 2002.
She has two children, Dahlia
(3 and 1/2), and Eli (14
months).
Matt Fillingim M.S. received
a Ph.D. in 2002 from the
University of Washington
in Seattle. He then moved
to the University of California,
Berkeley, as an assistant
research physicist in the
Space Sciences Laboratory.
His wife
Michelle ’97 works
at Fugro West, Inc. a geo-technical
firm in Oakland, Calif. Their
first child, Kiara Clairice,
was born in December 2003.
Nicole Silvestri M.S., ’02
Ph.D. is a research associate
in the Department of Astronomy
at the University of Washington
in Seattle, Wash. and is
also teaching UW’s
astronomy majors. She lives
in Kirkland, Wash. with her
husband, Christian Kelly.
J. Paul Douglas has started
an electronic journal for
space operations called the
Space Operations Communicator
at www.aiaa.org/tc/sos/communicator.
A quarterly, it features
everything from breakthroughs
to survey topics on space
operations as well as regular
departments covering space
policies and treaties, and
space history.
Rachel Schipper Ed.S.,’00
Ph.D., is currently university
librarian and dean at Georgia
College & State University.
She and husband Jan are residents
of Milledgeville, Ga. Rachel
was a reference librarian
at Florida Tech’s Evans
Library prior to her departure
in 2000.
Tom Crosby is now at the
Florida State University
College of Law in Tallahassee,
Fla. He can be contacted
at thc03c@fsu.edu.
Wendy Nickerson Psy.D. wrote
a book “Wild Women
Never Get the Blues!” about
tapping into your intuition
to create your best life.
She can be reached at www.drwendynickerson.com.
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Jill (Rozycki) Dunphy M.S.
married Mike in April 2004
aboard the Gateway Clipper
in Pittsburgh, Pa. She is
a geologist for the New Jersey
Department of Environmental
Protection. Mike is a fire
management specialist for
the Nature Conservancy. The
couple resides in Southampton,
N.J.
Sudi Dannenberg Randoing
Psy.D. lives in Richardson,
Texas with her husband,
Olivier, and their sons Jason,
8 and
Benjamin, 4. She works
part-time in geropsychology
for Senior
Connections, Inc.
Jenna Santangelo M.S. is
a senior scientist for Environmental
Services in Jupiter, Fla.
Her specialization is marine/estuarine
permitting issues, wetland
determinations, natural resource
surveys, agency coordination,
endangered/threatened species
surveys, mitigation planning
and mitigation monitoring.
Kim
Gronemeyer Psy.D. is a
forensic psychologist at
Eastern State Hospital
in Williamsburg, Va. She
resides
in Newport News, Va. and
works closely with Mike
Kohn, ’00
Psy.D. Kim travels frequently
to San Francisco and Florida.
Robert Blackgrove Psy.D.
is vice president and chief
of Florida operations for
Assessment Consultants, Inc.
He is also an adjunct faculty
member of Nova Southeastern
University in Miami, Fla.
Robert continues his work
in private group practice
as a psychologist and certified
sex therapist.
Tiffini (Sheldon)
Morris Psy.D. lives in
Lubbock, Texas with husband,
Chris,
where she is a licensed
geriatric psychologist for
VeriCare.
Scott Sabetsky works in
the systems integration group
with Computer Sciences Raytheon
at Patrick Air Force Base,
Fla. He is responsible for
interfacing between the 45th
Space Wing, other CSR departments,
and other contracted companies,
for projects on the Eastern
Range.
Alina Hirschmann is a Ph.D.
student at the Politechnic
University of Catalonia in
Barcelona, Spain.
Stacy Baron
Psy.D. lives in Leesburg,
Va. with husband
Tim, son Aidan, and daughter
Kyra. She is in private
practice.
Ann Marie DePaul-Haddock
M.S. is at Ready Pac, a
$1 billion food company
in Calif.,
where she is director of
organizational development
and human resources. She
and husband Greg enjoy
living in California.
Manoj Sridhar is currently
a Ph.D. student in the
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn., pursuing
research involving the
use of lasers to manipulate
biological molecules.
Chris Snyder is enrolled
in the Case Western Reserve
University Master’s
Program in Physics Entrepreneurship.
Jay
Flicker Psy.D. is clinical
director for the Hope and
Help Center of Central
Florida, Inc., an HIV/AIDS
community
service organization in
Winter Park. He and partner
Ben
have recently bought a
home in Orlando, Fla.
Brian Howell Ph.D. is the
program director for Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Technology at Western Carolina
University, Cullowhee,
N.C. He is also on the
faculty.
Christina Pelzer
is currently working
at Johnson Space
Center with the Motion
Control Group for the International
Space Station. She supports
the real-time operations
of Station at Mission Control
Center-Houston through
the
Attitude Determination
and Control Officer.
Scott Wilson
is an account analyst at
Florida Tech.
He is actively involved
in the local punk music scene
and helps promote local
bands.
His is also the founding
member of the concert club,
Turnips.
Raj Sareen is a
teaching assistant in San
Francisco
State University’s
Masters of Physics program.
IN MEMORIAM
Richard “Dick” Tracy ’88
died Oct. 24, 2004. A pilot
for the Hendrick Motor Sports
organization of North Carolina,
he was among 10 passengers
and crew killed in a plane
crash while en route to a
NASCAR race in Martinsville,
Va. A native of Springfield,
Vt., Dick earned an associate’s
degree at the University
of Massachusetts prior to
enrolling at Florida Tech,
where he completed his bachelor’s
degree. He is survived by
three brothers and four sisters.
Donations may be sent in
his memory to the Hendrick
Foundation for Children,
P. O. Box 240070, Charlotte,
N. C. 28224.
Dorothy Dionne-Reed ’83
M.S., ’85 Ph.D.,
passed away in Winston-Salem,
N.C.
on October 9, 2004. Dorothy
was at the Kate B. Reynolds
Hospice Home at the time
of her death. She is survived
by her husband, a son,
her parents, and a sister.
A
memorial service was held
on October 15, 2004.
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