News From Clarkson - The E-Newsletter for Clarkson Alumni

July 2007

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REUNION 2007 – THANKS TO ALL!
We are still checking registrations; however, it appears that there were 500 alumni that returned this past weekend to celebrate reunion years and affinity group milestones! The Alumni Office would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for joining us and based on your feedback, once again it was a tremendous success! We were pleased to welcome so many alumni, friends and family back to campus and already look forward to reunion 2008 (July 10-13). Special congratulations to the Class of 1957 on their induction into the Golden Years Club and to Syd Richards who was made an honorary alumna! Great job by the brothers of Delta Upsilon, Theta Xi, and the sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma on successful anniversary celebrations. Thanks to the returning alumni from the Pipeline program and all of the class year reunion participants for making the weekend a success! And especially to Elisabeth Cain, assistant director of Alumni Relations, for pulling together yet another amazing program!

FIVE HONORED WITH CLARKSON UNIVERSITY’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS ALUMNI AWARD
Karel K. Czanderna of St. Joseph, Mich., vice president and general manager of KitchenAid Brand and Cooking Products; Lawrence J. Delaney of Potomac, Md.; the late Joel Goldschein of Wachtung, N.J.; Jon Harrington of Bernardsville, N.J.; and George Jamesson II of Holland, N.Y., senior vice president of engineering at Fisher-Price Toys Inc., have all been honored with the Golden Knight Award by their alma mater, Clarkson University. Presented each year during Reunion Weekend, Clarkson's most prestigious alumni award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves either by service to Clarkson through Alumni Association activities or have demonstrated outstanding career achievement, bringing distinction to themselves and to Clarkson.

SIX YOUNG ALUMNI HONORED BY CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
Duncan S. Adamson of South Burlington, Vt., director of marketing and government sales at TTI Instruments; Bridget A. Marnocha of Carmel, Ind., vice president and chief operating officer of the Stanley Security Solutions Division; Kimberly A. O'Toole of Fairport, N.Y., a systems engineer in RF Communications at Harris Corporation; Brian C. Sischo of Manlius, N.Y., associate vice president for development and campaign director at Syracuse University; David A. Tromp of Glenmont, N.Y., an environmental engineer with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and John M. Wicke of Massena, N.Y., general manager of Penski Inc. Staffing have all received the Woodstock Award from their alma mater, Clarkson University. Given each year during Reunion Weekend, the Woodstock Award honors young alumni who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to Clarkson and the Alumni Association and who have used their Clarkson experience to make a notable contribution to their careers.

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY OFFERS UNIQUE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JULY
The Young Scholars Program (YSP), a unique summer experience for talented high school students, will once again be offered by Clarkson University. The weeklong program for rising juniors and seniors, held on Clarkson's campus from July 22 to July 28, is still accepting applications. You can find the application online at http://www.clarkson.edu/youngscholars. YSP is a selective program with a unique approach. Consistent with Clarkson's overall mission of interdisciplinary education and spanning boundaries, students are given a problem to examine and solve from three different perspectives: engineering, business and ethics. This year, the summer scholars will approach, research and generate solutions to form "Small Is Beautiful New Home Design," a fictional housing design firm dedicated to providing creative small home designs for a variety of markets in an effort to save energy and worldwide resources.

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY’S DANA BARRY RELEASES NEW AUDIO BOOK
Dana M. Barry, senior technical writer and editor at Clarkson University's Center for Advanced Materials Processing, has coauthored the new audio book Develop Critical Thinking Skills, Solve a Mystery, Learn Science. Published by Tate Out Loud, a division of Tate Publishing and Enterprises, and prepared by an expert reader at Tate, the audio book was officially released on July 2. The creative science book uses mystery stories to entertain readers as they develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. The new release, which consists of three discs, is the audio version of Barry's paperback book with the same title published by Tate in April. Hideyuki Kanematsu is Barry's coauthor for both books. He is a professor at Suzuka National College of Technology in Japan, where Dr. Barry served as a visiting professor in 2002 and 2005. The audio book includes the following sections: Preface by Authors, Introduction to the Mystery Stories by Hollywood Actor Eric M. Barry, the stories Mail Mystery and Mind Games Plus, Information About the Authors, a Teacher's Answer Key, and the Science Education Component with a Model for Problem Solving, Science Process Skills, Levels of Learning in Bloom's Taxonomy, Science Terms, and Science Activities.

IN WOOD’S WORDS: DR. BAYARD DELAFIELD CLARKSON
This month’s piece from Jim Wood ’64 is entitled, Dr. Bayard Delafield Clarkson. If you missed any of Jim’s previous pieces, you can read them all on the Clarkson Alumni Web page at http://clarksonalumni.com/stay_connected/woods_words.html.

$2 MILLION AND COUNTING …
For the first time ever, Clarkson Fund contributions (unrestricted gifts only) topped $2 million thanks to the generosity of 6,200 alumni, parents, friends, corporations, foundations, and organizations. This was an increase of 9.2% over last year. Since 2003, gifts to the Clarkson Fund have increased 66.5% - an unprecedented rate of growth compared to our peers. But while contributions have grown significantly, the number of donors has remained relatively consistent over this time period ranging between 5,800 and 6,200, with fewer alumni making contributions. This has driven our alumni participation rate down to just over 18% for the Clarkson Fund and 21% overall. Clarkson graduates demonstrate their passion for Clarkson – at career fairs, college fairs, in arenas all over the ECAC, and at alumni events throughout the country and the world. Yet less than 1 in 4 graduates are supporting Clarkson financially. This just does not add up. Clarkson’s Strategic Investment Fund, The Clarkson Fund (The Fund), provides support for “people and programs” across the campus community by bridging the gap between what tuition dollars provide and the University’s total operating budget. In 2006, donations to The Fund helped fund the construction of the Concrete Café and Applied Computing Labs in the Science Center. Additionally, The Fund aided in the development of new, innovative courses and research programs in the emerging areas of nanotechnology, biomolecular engineering and green engineering, and enhanced Clarkson’s IT infrastructure. For those of you who made a donation to last year’s campaign THANK YOU! For those of you who pledged this past year, (remember, Clarkson’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30), please fulfill your pledge by August 31, 2007, and be included in the 2006-2007 Annual Report. Please visit our secure online giving site to make your gift to Clarkson. Engage. Inspire. Stay Connected!

NEVER TOO LATE!
Bob Welch ’41 was recently married to 89-year-old Fern Welch on the second floor lobby of Rock Hill’s (South Carolina) Westminster Towers retirement facility. Bob, who is 90 years old, is a 1941 graduate in Business Administration from Clarkson who worked for 30 years at International Paper Company in various states, working his way up from manager to district supervisor to vice president.

NEW ONLINE ALUMNI DIRECTORY RELEASED!
The new online directory is now available for use. The address is: http://directory.clarksonalumni.com. You will need your alumni ID and your birthday. Those who have had difficulty logging in usually means we may be missing your birthday in our records. Should you be experiencing any problems, or if you need your ID, please let me know (steve@clarksonalumni.com) and we will be pleased to assist! The feedback has been great and there have been over 800 alumni who have already gone into the directory!

LAPTOP PURCHASE PROGRAM
This year we are proud to open up our Laptop Purchase Program to our alumni! Take advantage of your relationship with Clarkson and feel free to look a the offers we have for our program this year. You can view the informational flier at the following link: http://www.clarkson.edu/oit/computerstore/files/AlumniLaptopProgram2007.pdf. If you have any questions about the program or our offers, please contact the Clarkson HelpDesk at helpdesk@clarkson.edu or call 315.268.6700.

KNIGHTS OF NOTE
Ryan Kelly ’07 recently won the Xterra Triathlon in Garnet Hill. Xterra is considered the premier off-road triathlon series. Competitors from nine states and from as far away as Colorado and Texas came to North River to challenge the Garnet Hill course. 67 athletes stepped up to the plate for the course that consisted of a 1K (.6mi) swim on 13th Lake, a 16K (9 mi.) mountain bike leg, and an 8K (4.8mi.) trail run.

Donna (Mirsky) Bennett ’90 is excited about the release and success of her new Salsacise! Made Simple exercise program on DVD. According to Donna “most of the salsa dance exercise DVD’s on the market were intimidating in that they were multiple instructors with fast moving dances that were hard to follow.” So, Donna made it easy for the average person with no dance experience to learn after just one class. You can find more information at www.exerciseisfun.com and www.amazon.com.

Paul Stevens ’83 - Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. announced that Paul has joined the company in the position of director of Capital Region Operations in Epsilon Systems’ new Washington, D.C., office. Prior to his appointment, Paul served his nation through a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine force retiring with the rank of Captain.