Kurt A. Scheer, ’01, recently accepted a position at Allen & Shariff as a mechanical engineer...Randy Helm, ’86, was laid off at Steelcase in 2002 after 16 1/2 years in R&D. He is now enjoying a new field using his MBA as vice president for business & finance at Grace Bible College... John Mathew, ’97g, is a technology consultant and software vendor for BST Global in Tampa, Fl...John V. Heilmann, ’79, started work with Casto in June, working on six retail projects totaling over 600,000 square feet including the 400,000-square-foot Deerfield Towne Center near Cincinnati...W. David Featherman, ’92, recently relocated to San Diego and now works as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, providing risk and decision analysis services to the U.S. Navy clients in southern California. He’s still an avid runner and completed his first Boston Marathon in April along with his old Penn State dorm mate!...Natalie Mozer-Renn, ’93, principal, Mozer-Renn Structural Service, Inc. in Broomfield, CO. I was very sorry to have missed Prof. Geschwindner’s retirement celebration. Congratulations to him!... Robert M. Capozello, ’90, system designer/sales associate with Audio Visual Systems Integrator in Manassas, VA...Chuck Tomasco, ’98, project manager, Truland Systems Corporation in Reston VA. I’ve been doing very well down south since leaving Penn State in 1998. I’ve worked on lots of interesting projects for Truland, most recently the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall in Washington, DC, and a 3.1 mile, two-station extension of the Blue Line of WMATA’s (local transit authority) metrorail system in Prince George’s County, Maryland. I still love what I do and am with a great group of people. My wife, Amy, and I have a 19-month-old son, Jackson, and one more on way in May. Fatherhood has been wonderful!...Bob Thomas, ’02, daylight analyst and LEED project manager with 7group in Wellsville, PA...Seth Wolfe, P.E., ’95, associate with Weidlinger Associates Inc. in New York, NY. My wife, Joy, gave birth to our first child, Ava, on October 10, 2004. Hope all is well at Penn State...Brad M. Palmisiano, ’02 Working with L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, in their A/E Building Systems Division as a mechanical engineer in training. I bought a 106-year-old townhouse in the Southside Slopes neighborhood of Pittsburgh about a year ago and have been renovating ever since. That occupies most of my time and money anymore!…Tony Vitro, ’98 I have successfully passed the PE Exam for the state of Texas. I'm a structures option graduate and was recently promoted to an associate with HKS Inc. based out of Dallas, TX. Projects that I'm currently involved with are the Houston Astros' Double-A Whataburger Ballpark located in Corpus Christi, TX; the 325,000 sq. ft. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus based in Las Vegas, NV; and a six-story Bedtower addition for the Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, FL…Bob Desmarais, ’88 We are happy to say we adopted our second son, Colin, who arrived from Korea in February, and that we were blessed with a daughter, Maya, the day before Thanksgiving. On another note, we at Providence Engineering are pleased to say we hired two more AEs this summer - Mitch Weaver '01 and Kim Grunden '04, which brings our total to six… Angela (Geary) Fante, ’00 (Structural) married David Fante (an architect from Syracuse!) on June 12, 2004. The wedding party included Emily Trumbull (Mechanical ’00), Karen (Minford) Adams (Structural ’00), and Courtney Moore-Jarrell (CM ’00). Angela and David reside in Philadelphia where she has worked at Ballinger since graduation. As an early wedding present she found out she passed the PE in April… Mark Taylor, ’92 was recently promoted to vice president/chief operating officer of Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc. located in Chambersburg, PA. Mark has been with Nitterhouse since 1992 and now has responsibilities over all the operations including the engineering, production, field services, estimating and sales departments...Ray Diebel, ’97, My wife, Dawnmarie, and I welcomed our first baby together into the world in April. Nicholas Charles Diebel is now 7 months old and growing strong. He is advancing quite well and is almost ready to solve indeterminate structural elements. Well, maybe not...he's hitting a snag on the whole “walking” to get to the classroom!!!...
Dan Dellovechio, P.E., ’79 is still in Omaha, NE, with first employer Leo A. Daly, working primarily in project management and marketing support. Current most significant challenge is with Lockheed Martin (client) for USSTRATCOM project at Offutt AFB on the Global Underground Nuclear C4I Command Center. Now LEED accredited, DOD-trained in anti-terrorism/force protection and mostly recovered from a broken neck (C1 vertebrae) as a result of a summer 2003 pool accident; Dan is once again moving/walking “by the grace of God.” Wife, Paulette and daughters, Rachel (20) - anthropology major, and Andrea (14) -thespian. New 'baby' (Joani) - an active Pembroke Welsh Corgi pup keeps us on our toes! Visited recently by ex-roomie Paul M. Westermann, P.E., ’79 and his wife Lisa and son Paul while passing through the northeast on a road trip from Angel's Camp, CA...Jessica Locker, ’00 and Dan Buchta ’99 were married on July 24, 2004, in their hometown of Wilmington, DE. They traveled to the Canary Islands and across the mainland of Spain for their two-week honeymoon. They recently purchased a home in Baltimore, MD, and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new puppy, Grady!...Robert Schaffer, E.I.T, ’02 After graduation I began work at Ballinger in Philadelphia where I have been a part of some rather large projects in the local area. Currently I am working on the Facade replacement at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia which incorporates 85' vertical trusses fabricated in Germany to provide a glass “Sleeve” around the building. This has been the highlight project since graduation, although I have worked on other office buildings and R&D facilities such as Merck Pharmaceuticals. On the personal side of things, I was married to my lovely wife Rebekah in September 2002, and I currently reside in Lansdale, PA. Just this past November 2nd, Election Day, my wife gave birth to our two adorable twin girls, Allison Anne and Isabella Marie. Everyone has been home and doing well, and it has become a rather quite exciting holiday season…Gary Steffy, ’77, A hello to faculty and fellow AEs. Just updated my firm's website -- it's graphic intensive and works best with broadband and at least a 1280 by 1024 res 15-inch screen – at www.gsld.net, posting our recent work on Cincinnati's Heart Center, Michigan's Supreme Court, Ohio's Supreme Court, and the 3800-seat Hill Auditorium here at University of Michigan. 2005 looks promising, what with the Kansas Statehouse restoration, Virginia Capitol restoration, and the Cincinnati Union Terminal restoration projects now underway. Always running into Penn State AEs on these and other projects. I'm working on the Illuminating Engineering Society's Centennial Papers Committee -- we're to cull the 100 most important papers over the last hundred years from the IES' papers archive. It was rewarding to come across several papers in the 1950s by Professor Kingsbury (he was into daylighting at the time) and several in the 1970s by Professor Flynn -- two of my many favorite Profs. We have a strong Penn State heritage…Billy Hodges, ’95 We are anxiously awaiting our third child! We don't know the gender or have names picked-out - we will know all that soon enough!...Chas DeLisio, ’77 of makato architecture & design in Pittsburgh has been elected to the Pittsburgh Symphony New Leadership Board. New design work at makato includes lighting design for two historic buildings on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh, a nationally recognized historic district.….Andrea Homner and Nathan Shuman, both ’01, were engaged in March 2004 and are planning a May 2005 wedding. Andrea works for McLaren Engineering in West Nyack, NY, and Nathan works for AXIS Design Group in Newark, NJ…Judy Liu and Jason Weiss, both ’95, just finished up a busy semester at Purdue University. We celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary on December 28...James Shipe ’02 left URS Corporation in Washington, DC, to attend Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, CA, and is currently finishing up his first semester. He will graduate with a J.D. in spring 2007…Jeffrey Shriver, P.E. ’96 My wife, Julie, daughter, Audrina, and I reside in the Lehigh Valley. I continue to work as a project manager in the Structural Department of Barry Isett & Associates, Inc. I have been here since July 1997 and have worked on many projects ranging from small inspections and site
observation visits to running lead on large, multi-discipline projects where I rely upon my AE skills to provide coordination between disciplines…Brian Trimble ’86 has returned to work for the Brick Industry Association where he previously worked for 12 years. Brian is the Director of Engineering Services & Architectural Outreach for the new Market Area I, which covers the Northeastern United States. He will still be promoting brick through seminars and other venues. He will stay in Pittsburgh, where he will be opening an office in 2005. "I'll be looking for a younger AE to work with me that is interested in brick later this year (2005)"…Steve Crawford ’79 Phoenix is a great place for me to watch the snow on the news. I am back with Turner Construction after 15 years with Baker Concrete. I work for Ed McNeill, whom I have known nearly 30 years. Go Penn State...Jim California ’81 I'm still at Buchart Horn/BASCO in York, PA (my second stint here). I've been here since 1996 (this time around). I recently changed positions within the company. I stepped down from group management and back into a senior level technical position. A very happy move so far (it's nice to do some real engineering work again). We have numerous projects ongoing throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and Southeastern United States. My wife Mary is five years into her second career as a 2nd grade teacher, and my daughter Molly is 16 and learning to drive. I'm an email junkie, so feel free to contact me at jcali@suscom.net...William Magnus ’72 I am vice president of Granary Associates, a consulting firm providing project management and architectural services to the healthcare industry with offices in Philadelphia and New York. I manage the New York office project management group with ongoing projects in excess of $1 billion…Russ Sykes ’85, assumed the position of managing director for SmithGroup’s Detroit office in January 2005. As managing director he is responsible for the overall marketing and management of the Detroit office. Sykes has held various positions within the firm including chief electrical engineer for the Office, Workplace and Learning Practice Group and director of operations for SmithGroup Michigan...Brian Lott ’03 I’m changing jobs. I’ve been working as a structural design engineer, for GPI, in Scranton. I can’t begin to explain how great working here has been! However, another opportunity has come my way, and I’m taking it. By the end of next month, I’ll be working for Consulting Structural Hawaii, in Honolulu. I can’t stress this enough -- GPI is an outstanding company. I couldn’t have asked for better treatment, and the experience was incredible. Hopefully, many more AEs will pursue employment with them...Alfred R. Mangus, ’76, works for Caltrans-California Department of Transportation. Their next project will be Art Deco Fan Buildings as part of the 4th Caldecott Tunnel Project. My spare time was focused on the Orthotropic Bridge Conference, ASCE Sacramento Section held on August 23-29 in Sacramento, CA (www.orthotropic-bridge.org). There were 61 papers, a seminar and a course presented. I taught the course titled, “Introduction to Orthotropic Bridges.” Saturday, after the three-day sessions of the conference, there was a bus to tour the orthotropic bridges in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.