Oscar C. Boldt (BS '48) received the American Society of Civil Engineering's Distinguished Constructor Award Oct. 20 at the annual ASCE civil engineering conference and expo in Seattle, Washington. Chairman of the Board of The Boldt Group, Inc., of Appleton, Wisconsin, Boldt received the award for his company's response to and rescue efforts in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Carl R. Marschke (BS '63, MS '64) has been named a TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) Fellow. Marschke, president of Marquip, Inc., is a 24-year member of the organization and also has been recognized for his technical contributions to the industry as TAPPI's 1987 Corrugated Containers Division award recipient.

Michael R. Splinter (BS '72, MS '74) was named executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. Previously senior vice president in the group, Splinter oversees the Pentium III processor's migration to Intel's 0.13-micron technology, as well as the company's attempts to accelerate the ramp of the up-coming Pentium 4.

Steve Shumaker (BS '90) has left his position as a principal of Fish & Richardson to establish the law firm of Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A., in St. Paul, Minnesota. Launched with four attorneys, the new firm will focus on patent protection and infringement counseling for high-technology clients in the software, electronics and medical device fields.

Engineering Physics

Marc D. Winthrop (BS '86, MS '88) joined Prudential Securities as a vice president in the Prudential Volpe Technology Group. Based in New York City, Winthrop specializes in telecommunications investment banking.

Engineering Physics

Greg S. Juedes (BS '78, MS '81) recently accepted a position as vice president at Fidelity Investments' Systems Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Formerly director of information services at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, Juedes now will be responsible for customer relationship management at Fidelity.

Mechanical Engineering

Robert T. Wickham (BS '63) was the only American and just one of nine people who received the 1999 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the Environmental Protection Agency at the Earth Technologies Forum in September 1999. The award recognizes contributions toward protecting the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer. Retired since 1995 from his job as president of Kidde-Fenwal, Inc., Ashland, Massachusetts, Wickham lives with his wife in Stratham, New Hampshire. His wife, Chris, daughter, Linda, and son, Mark (BSNE '91) all graduated from UW-Madison.

Rafael Rangel-Sostman (MS '67, PhD '73) recently was named president of Mexico's National Council of Lifelong Education and Workforce Development under newly elected president Vicente Fox. Since 1985, Rangel-Sostman has been president of the Monterrey Institute of Technology.

Michael J. Ries (BS '90) joined the Chicago law office of Ladas & Parry as an intellectual property attorney. Recently he has handled patents, including telecommunications, semiconductors, LCD devices, CD-ROM devices, antennas and various mechanical devices. Prior to law school, Ries spent five years in the motion-control industry as a field sales engineer, solving technical application issues for such companies as Warner Electric, Reliance Electric and General Electric. Ries also has a master's degree in computer science, and earned a law degree from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, in 1997. Visit his website at www.michaelries.com.