Photo Courtesy of Michelle Sanborn
Michelle (Shelly) L. Sanborn (BSE ME '98) and Todd C. Calloway enjoy a happy embrace on their wedding day on August 21, 1999, at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Battle Creek, MI.

U-M MEAM CPO / Shekinah Errington
Dedication Ceremony for the College of Engineering (CoE) Walter E. Wilson Student Team Project Center
Above: Donald E. Geister (BSE AA '57, MSE '63), director of the CoE's new Walter E. Wilson Student Team Project Center, speaks at its dedication ceremony. Inset: The Center is named for the late Walter E. Wilson (BSE ME '33), founder of W.E. Wilson Co., a chemical distributor. His generous gift to the CoE has made a lasting contribution to the transformation of students into practicing engineers. The dedication plaque shown here is in the vestibule of the Center. MEAM alumni Charles S. Hutchins (BSE ME '57), co-founder and chairman, Manufacturing Data Systems, and Timothy D. Leuliette (BSE ME '71, MBA '76), vice chairman, Detroit Diesel Corp., and president, chief operating officer, and director, Penske Corp., were featured speakers at the dedication ceremony.

U-M MEAM CPO / Shekinah Errington

MEAM External Advisory Board (EAB) member Roger L. McCarthy, PhD, PE (AB '72, BSE ME '72), chairman of the board, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., presented "Loss of the Titanic: Bad Luck? Bad Judgement? Bad Steel?" at MEAM in October.

50s
Paul Connell (BSE ME ENG '56) recently made a $1 million gift to the Department of Biology in the U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LS&A) in honor of his late wife, Priscilla Harrison Connell. It is the largest gift in the Department's history and will be used to establish an endowment fund. After Mr. Connell completed his mechanical engineering degree in 1956, the family moved to Ohio where he worked as an engineer and taught high school in the Cincinnati area.

Raymond J. Symons (BS ME '52) is retired from his position as resident division manager for Pontiac Engineering at the GM Desert Proving Ground in AZ. He received his pilot's license in 1963, owned several airplanes, and obtained commercial, flight instructor, and instrument flight instructor ratings when he retired. He's no longer teaching, but still flies for fun, and is enjoying his three children, nine grandchildren, and first great-grandchild. He also played clarinet in the Pontiac Symphony for 23 years.

Edward W. Watkins (BSE ME '55), a retired auto mechanics high school teacher in Milan, MI, was recently featured in the Ann Arbor News. He served in World War II as a Tuskegee Airman and eventually became a major in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, Henrietta, have been married for nearly 50 years and have one son, Robbie. Watkins served for 21 years as a trustee on the London Township Board.

60s
Donald Brinkman (BSE ME '60) recently retired from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission where he served as a senior project manager. He now lives in Cody, WY, enjoying the Rocky Mountains.

70s
David Stuart Cameron (BSE ME '78, MSE '80) is the proud father of Jonathon Herbert Cameron, named in honor of Herbert Abrams (BSE ME '53). In May, David graduated from Oakland University with a Master's Degree and a PhD in Systems Engineering. He writes: "This was indeed a busy and momentous Spring season."

photo courtesy of J.B. Downey
J. Bryan Downey (BSE ME '73, MSE '73) was recently named a principal in Austin Consulting, a division of The Austin Co., a management-owned, international consulting, architectural, engineering, and construction firm. He is leading Austin Consulting's Manufacturing practice, in Schaumburg, IL.

Allen Kovacs (BSE ME '72) currently serves as a senior technical specialist at Lemforder Corporation in Plymouth, MI, and as an adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Detroit-Mercy, where he teaches vehicle dynamics. He received his PhD from Wayne State University in 1995 at the age of 46. He says it pays to "never give up."

H.J. "Mitch" Mitchell (MSE '77), writes that he is a brigadier general in the US Air Force and serves as the National Security Space Architect.

80s
Peter Gable (BSE ME '86) and his new wife, Krista, spent their honeymoon in Europe. He was recently promoted to purchasing specialist for Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, MI. He procures machinery and tooling for all North American power-train facilities.

Philip Schuchter (BSE ME '82), a business development manager for K & M Engineering and Consulting, develops power plants in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He recently returned to Washington, DC, after living in the Philippines for a year. He recommends living overseas as a "great exposure and living experience." He and his wife have a new son, Grant Wells.

90s
Christopher T. Hackett (BSE ME '92) joined DaimlerChrysler's Small Car Platform in June as a dimensional control engineer after working as a Dimensional Management consultant with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., and Chrysler Corp. for six years. He and wife, Michelle, have two children, Rachel and Benjamin. He presented the paper, "Achieving Acceptable Cp and Cpk Values in Sheetmetal Stampings," at the 1999 International Body Engineering Conference.

    In Memoriam
MEAM has recently learned of the passing of the following alumni:
Frank A. Bates, Jr. (BSE ME '47, MSE '48) died July 24, 1999.
Zane G. Brandenstein (BSE ME '47) died July 26, 1999.
Edwin L. Jacks, Sr. (BSE M '52, BSE EM '52, MSE '54) died January 29, 1999.
George W. Meek (BSE ME '32) died January 5, 1999.
Edward C. Palmer (BSE ME '53) died December 25, 1998.
James L. Quinnelly (MSE '48) died July 24, 1999.
Robert A. Sforzini (BSE ME '43) died June 5, 1998.
William Francis Sheehan (BSE ME '38) died January 15, 1999.
Otis R. Witworth (MSE '48) died September 27, 1999.