ACTIONS 2003INTER
ACTIONS 2003
Alumni News
Frank Alexander (B.S. 1942) is retired and living in Media, Pennsylvania. During World War II he was trained at Harvard and MIT in Navy Radar. He became a radar training officer with Navy night fighters in F6F Hellcats.
Fred Bortz (B.S. 1966, M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1971) has written a six-book series geared toward young readers titled "The Library of Subatomic Particles." A recent book, "Techno-Matter: The Materials behind the Marvels," earned an American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in 2002. This book previously was selected as the best science book for grades 7-12 by the Society of School Librarians International. He is currently working on a biography of planetary scientist Heidi Hammel. See more information at www.fredbortz.com.
John Carter (B.S. 1987) became an officer in the US Navy. He served as chief engineer and currently as commanding officer on nuclear-powered submarines. He earned an M.S. degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School, specializing in nuclear weapons design and high energy laser interactions with plasmas.
Nathaniel Manista (B.S. 2002) entered graduate school at Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center. He enjoys walking the same halls he frequented as an undergraduate!
Dr. Louis C. Marquet (B.S. 1958) recently retired after serving as director of the U.S. Army’s Research, Engineering and Development Center at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. The center performs basic and applied research in the areas of battlefield sensors, communications, information management and information warfare. He plans to continue consulting, but mainly enjoy time with his family.
Allen Michel (B.S. 1967) is a professor of finance at Boston University and managing director of the Michel/Shaked group, a firm specializing in expert testimony for law firms nationwide. He has recently been serving as president of the Jewish Community Center in Newton, Massachusetts.
David B. Schein (B.S. 1983) received an M.S. in acoustics from George Washington University. Since 1985 he has been employed by Northrop Grumman as an aeroacoustics engineer working on aircraft noise reduction for NASA and DoD. He has been married 20 years and has nine-year-old triplets. In 2002 he completed a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at UCLA.
James Toney (M.S. 1995, Ph.D. 1998) is working as a principal research scientist at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio, mainly on integrated and fiber optics for telecommunications and sensor applications. He is also teaching a sophomore-level modern physics course at Columbus State. He recently bought a house that he shares with two house plants.
Ernie Zebrowski (M.S. 1968) is a professor of science education at Southern University. His recent books are "The Last Days of St. Pierre," "A History of the Circle" and "Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters."
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