John "Buzz" Campbell, 5 Militia Dr., Lexington, MA 02421
email: jrcampbel2 @cs.com

MBA from Lehigh University, served in the U.S. Navy as a regular officer and carrier pilot. Formed J.R. Campbell and Associates, Inc in 1981 to provide highly focused marketing and strategy consulting services to industrial, medical, and specialty gases businesses. In 1989, the firm started publishing CryoGas International, now the leading journal reporting on the above U.S. and international businesses, markets and technologies. Prior to forming J.R. Campbell & Associations, Inc., Buzz held management and executive positions with Air Products & Chemicals, Allentown, PA., and Burdox, Inc., Cleveland, OH .Buzz writes the '57 Class Column for the RPI Alumni Magazine. He and wife, Caroline, have two children and 7 grandkids.

John Fisher, 1540 Hampton Hill Circle, McLean, VA 22101. 703-827-0876.
email: cplusji @yahoo.com

BME in Mechanical Engineering. Four years in the U.S Navy, serving in the submarine service. Twenty-five years with Towers Perrin, an international consulting firm specializing in human resource management. Thirteen years teaching math and science and coaching lacrosse and tennis at independent schools in the DC area. My wife and I have five daughters and eight grandchildren, most of whom live on the West Coast. We travel often to California to be part of their lives and enjoy golf and duplicate bridge. Both of us are involved in working with inner city kids in the Anacostia area of DC and are part of a group that helps tutor and finance post-secondary education for these youngsters who have been left behind.

Bob Gottschall, 6421 Hollins Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817-2347;
Phone: 301-530-8875; email: bobyukiko @yahoo.com

B. Met. Eng. '57, M.S. Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn '62, D. Eng. Sci. (Materials Science) Columbia U. '75, Postdoc Materials Science U. Illinois 1975-1977. Retired. Previously Chief Materials Physics, U. S. Dept. Energy, where managed fundamental research at universities & DOE labs for 28 years. Published original research in refereed journals. Fellow American Ceramic Society & ASM International. Recipient ASM 2004 Burgess Memorial Award for leadership in fundamental materials research. Married Yukiko Tani, have two stepsons & one stepdaughter. Done photography in Tibet, Nepal, & Bhutan Himalaya, Siberia, Mongolia, & elsewhere. Climbed Gokyo Ri in Nepal. Interests include classical music. Struggled at RPI, but had wonderful companions and lasting friendships .

Mel Hirsch,

B.E.E., AEPi - began career with Otis Elevator Co. in NY, eventually becoming Director, Research & Development, North American Operations for9 years. Transferred to Florida HQ of Otis Latin America in
1979-86 as Director of Regional Operations.In 1986 I founded U.S. Datatron, Inc., a market research company primarily serving the financial services industry. I remain Chairman & CEO. I have been married to beautiful Dorothy for 47 years, and have 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren, all of whom live within a few miles of our home in Palm Beach Gardens. Favorite activities are golf and ice hockey (both fan and player having finally quit playing last year), and have been known to enjoy a good political discussion.

William Hooper, 3350 S. Fletcher Ave., Apt. M-5, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
email: hooperbill @bellsouth.net

Bill Hooper taught physics for almost 40 years at Clinch Valley College (later renamed The Univserity of Virginia's College at Wise). He also earned his Ed.D. from Boston University during that time. Bill was active in the regional science fair in Virginia, and the American Association of Physics Teachers and the US Metric Association. In the late 1990's, Bill retired and became a beach bum. He now lives in a condo on the beach in Fernandina Beach, Florida, just north of Jacksonville. He and his wife Barbara enjoy everything from Jacksonville Symphony concerts to Jaguars football games. They enjoy traveling, They have two children, Ruth McDonnell and John Hooper. Daughter Ruth is married and lives in St. Louis with her husband, Peter, and two sons. Peter is the son of another RPI alumnus (and Bill's fraternity brother) Bill McDonnell, class of 1958.

William Howard, 244 So. Douglas, Salt Lake City, UT84102
Phone: 801-583-6237. e-mail: bchephdchem @yahoo.com

Bill has 30 years experience and achivements in solid rocket and gun propellants after finishing his Ph.D at RPI in '68. He has intensive and extensive work in Polaris and Trident missile propellants and motors, and is currently interested in anti-terrorist chemical biological defense.

Jonathan Leavitt, 42 Petrini Circle, Needham, MA 02492,
Phone: 781-444-9073, email: leavitt64 @rcn.com
BEE RPI, MSEE University of Pennsylvania 1958

Married Troy native Arlene (Samiof) 1959. Three married children, six grandchildren. Go to www.carepages.com , register then view RebeccaGilbert care page for inspiring story of my granddaughter's 6/10/05 heart transplant. Worked at Sprague Electric, Epsco, DiAn Controls, MIT Instrumentation/Draper Labs and GTE mostly as development engineer. Highlight was logic design contribution to experiment which landed on moon with Apollo 17. Lost my wonderful Arlene in 2001 but blessed now to be with my significant other Marie. Also have condo at Southport in Mashpee, MA where am part timer throughout year.

Donn Lounsbury

BChE ‘57. Upon graduation, I joined Allied Chem as an R & D engineer in Morristown NJ. After several years on “wet chemistry” projects, I was assigned to a plastic film development project that would launch my career in the extrusion machinery field, with a brief diversion into paper and web drying. Most of that was with Davis Standard in the Mystic Ct area, with brief diversions into two other firms. In 1960, I married Barbara Schaefer (of Durham NH & UNH), and we have been lucky enough to have raised 3 “boys” who have given us a granddaughter and 2 grandsons (to date). All are about 2 1⁄2 hours away from our home in Walpole, NH (Ct. River valley). Life has been very good to us, partly thanks to RPI.

Charles McKenna, Jr., PO Box 1200, Wilder, VT 05088
Phone: 802-296-2191, email: mckenna @roadeagle.com

Just a note to add my name to the list of those planing to attend our class of '57 50th reunion.

Steve Miller, 19324 Cedar Glen Dr., Boca Raton, FL 33434
Phone: 561-488-4994, email: mlbader @aol.com

After BME at RPI: MBA from Adelphi University. 10 years as Chief Engineer of a precision metal/electronics fabricating plant on Long Island, then 35 years as owner of Technimetal Precision Industries..precision metal and electromechanical assembly manufacturer. Sold company and retired in 2001 to Boca Raton,Florida.Very happily married over 50 years to Maxine (we married in my Junior year at RPI) , with 4 children and 7 Grandchildren. All our kids have Bachelors degrees and some have Masters. Oldest Grandchild attending Ross Business School at U Michigan. We also have a home in New York City, which we use when visiting our kids, all of whom live in and around N.Y.City. Stay very active in community affairs here in Boca. Hobbies: Golf, cars, sports, travel, and mainly our Children and Grandchildren.

Frederick Morse, 807 Caddington Ave, Silver Spring, Md. 20901
phone: 301-681-9510, work phone: 202-543-660,email: fredmorse MorseAssociatesInc.com

Dr. Morse first became involved in renewable energy issues in the late 1960s when he served as Executive Director of the White House Assessment of Solar Energy as a National Energy Resource. Since then, Dr. Morse has become an international leader in promoting the development and use of renewable energy technologies. In his work at the US Department of Energy he played a significant role in defining and managing major solar energy R&D programs. Dr. Morse was the Chairman of the Western Governors’ Association Solar Task Force, was a member of the New Mexico CSP Task Force, and is the Chairman of the CSP Division of the US Solar Energy Industries Association. Dr. Morse leads the US Department of Energy’s efforts to open the market for CSP in the southwestern US and was the driving force behind the formation of the southwest utility CSP consortium. M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Horace Pops, 10610 Pine Mills Rd., Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46845
phone: 260-637-6979, email : ftwaynepops @aol.com

Received his B.Met.E from RPI, a MS from Lehigh, and a ScD from Pitt, all in metallurgy. He spent 14 years at Mellon Institute of Carnegie Mellon University as a Senior Fellow, and then 32 years with Superior Essex as its founder and Director of the Metals Laboratories. Currently he is President of Horace Pops Consulting, Inc. He and his wife Nancy have 3 wonderful children and one grandson. Most of his experience and technical accomplishments have been oriented towards the wire industry. In this endeavor he has produced numerous books, patents, videos, and technical publications including 14 that have received best paper awards. He is past President of the Wire Association, a Fellow of ASM, and has received numerous awards.

Robert M. Ryan, 11 James Drive, Loudonville, New York 12211
phone: 518 - 458 - 1143 email: ryanchp aol.com

Served in the US Navy for 4 years as an aerial photographer prior to coming to Rensselaer to the Class of 1957 in Civil Engineering. At Rensselaer I married the love of my life Peggy Ann when I was a sophomore. Completed an Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship in Health Physics at U of Rochester and joined the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyards at Quincy, MA. (With Bill Mazo). Help build two nuclear vessels, the USS Longbeach and the USS Bainbridge. Went to ALCO Products, Nuclear Division in 1960 and spent 7 months at Camp Century, Greenland. Called to active duty (1962) with the USPHS Reserves and spent 3 months at the Atomic Bomb Test at Hawaii and Christmas Island in the South Pacific. While in Hawaii, RPI called and offered me a Staff/Faculty position in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Retired in 1995 but I am still teaching Wednesday nights, 8 to 10 pm (The RPI Hockey Team) for the past 4 years.

Tilo Samter, 14 West 9th Street, New York, NY 10011-8928
Home Ph. 212-420-1671. E-mail: tilosamter @aol.com

Flunked out in '56; drafted in '58; two glorious years in Germany when the dollar bought 4.20 marks; returned to RPI in '62; graduated in '63. Spent 38 years at Automatic Switch, first privately held, then acquired by Emerson, in various capacities: design, product management, engineering services, quality assurance. Retired in '02 to pursue a career in nature photography with my wife. No kids. Enjoying Manhattan where we live, cooking, fine wine, gallery hopping, museums, eating out.

Peter Tannen, 83 Juniper Hill Pl., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
phone: 505-856-1964, email: ptannen @swcp.com

BAeroEng (RPI Degree), M Astronautics (AF Inst. of Tech.), Ph.D. Physics (AF Inst. of Tech.).
Served twenty four years in the USAF, retiring as a Colonel in 1981. Worked afterwards as an technical consultant for thirteen years. Primary areas of expertise: Lasers, atomic and molecular physics, tactical guided missiles, sounding rockets and spacecraft. Married to Mary Villegas Tannen for 45 years. Six children, eleven grandchildren.

Martin Weinstein, 111 Sheffield Place, San Antonio, TX and 20 W. 64th St., New York, NY,
Phone: 212-986-5500, email: martin_weinstein @sequa.com

Degrees: RPI: B.Met.E (57); MIT: MS (60), ScD (61). My professional career in material sciences began in 1961 at Tyco Labs in Waltham, MA, a startup on Rt. 128, the precursor to Tyco Corporation; I moved to San Antonio, TX in 1968 when I joined Chromalloy American Corporation as technical director of the Turbine Support Division. In 1986, Chromalloy American merged with New York-based Sequa Corporation (NYSE; SQA.A), and I was named to head the gas turbine operations of the newly combined organization. Since then, I’ve been elected to the Sequa board of directors, named vice chairman, and, in January 2005, elected chief executive officer. In May 2006, RPI’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering honored me with the Fellows Award. My wife, Sandra, (Professor of Biochemistry at University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio), and I split our time between New York and San Antonio. We have three children, Josh, Hilary and Sarah, and three wonderful grandchildren.

Charles Zito, 4514 Connecticut Ave., Washington DC 200008
phone: 202-363-9634, e-mail: charlzito @yahoo.com

Charlie joined IBM at the Poughkeepsie Labs in 1957. He married Lorraine Cipolla and they had 5 children in 6 years. At IBM Charlie worked on cutting edge projects. He left IBM to join Satellite Business Systems in Virginia. He also was an executive at Isacomm in Atlanta, Comsat in Maryland and he retired as Vice President and Group Executive from Ameritech Information Systems in Chicago, where he managed 6 companies. He stayed retired for 3 weeks and founded a one man consulting company where he taught leadership and management. He and Lorraine live in Washington DC.