Alumni News

Rasiklal Harilal Acharya (MS 1950) worked as production manager with Atul Products, an Indian manufacturer of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and agrichemicals, from 1951 until his retirement in 1990. He now devotes his time to reading ancient Indian history and enjoying classical music.

Matthew R. Biebel (BS 1990) received his MD in 1994 from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed his residency and chief residency at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 1998. He is now practicing pediatrics in Waukesha, Wis.

Craig J. Graff (BS 1994) is working in Alaska as a corrosion control specialist for NELCO Chemical Company.

Roger Grimm (PhD 1997) has accepted a position at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in the chemistry and chemical engineering division, located in Livermore, California.

Brian Mitchell (MS 1987, PhD 1991) was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Tulane University's Dept. of Chemical Engineering.

Stefan Ochs (MS 1992) completed his PhD studies at the University of Dortmund in 1998. He is now working as a process control engineer at BAYER AG in Leverkusen, Germany.

Ignasi Palou-Rivera (PhD 1997) joined AEA Technology-Hyprotech in Barcelona, Spain as R&D Engineer in May, 1999.

Richard C. Robinson (PhD 1965) retired two years ago after working for all but two years of his career for Chevron Research & Technology Company in Richmond, California (the other two years were spent teaching at the Colorado School of Mines.) He now works on a consulting basis for Chevron. Other interests include golf, hiking and skiing (downhill and cross-country). Richard and his wife, Judy, have three grown daughters in California and three grandchildren.

Len Rothfeld (MS 1956, PhD 1961) is the "geezer" you can thank for prompting the emeritus news in this issue. He writes that he and Mary are both retired, active and doing fine&151;and he promised to send more news.

Brian Saunders (PhD 1996) is now working as a program analyst at the San Diego Supercomputing Center at the University of California, San Diego, in the field of bioinformatics.