30s

David B. Lansdale (BSEME '38), Kennett Square, PA, writes that he's in the process of sending a newsletter to the engineering class of '38 in preparation of their 60th reunion.

40s

The Carroll J. Haas, Sr. (BSE '47) Distinguished Lectureship in Manufacturing was delivered this November by Dennis K. Pawley, executive vice-president manufacturing, for Chrysler Corp. Haas, a member of MEAM's External Advisory Board, established a dean's discretionary endowment fund in the CoE. Distributions from the fund are supporting a series of manufacturing seminars during 1997-98.

60s

Michael E. Korybalski (BSEME '69, MSE '73, MBA '80) recently accepted the Presidential "E Star" Award of Exports on behalf of his company, Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., of Ann Arbor. Korybalski is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Mechanical Dynamics, a worldwide supplier of software and services for the virtual prototyping market. The "E" Award program was established in 1961 to recognize firms that contribute significantly to the expansion of U.S. exports. A second award, the "E Star," was created in 1969 to honor previous "E" Award recipients for continued export growth. Mechanical Dynamics earned the "E" Award in 1991. This year, the company became one of only 12 Michigan firms to receive the "E Star" Award.

90s

Abdulghaffar Azhari N. Aljawi (PhD '93) writes that he is currently chair of the Department of Production and Mechanical Systems Design in the College of Engineering at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has two supported projects in the areas of robotics and vibrations, and is working in the field of impact. He has three daughters.

Tannaz (Melanie) Grant (BSME '93) tells us she is in her first year of the MBA program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She just finished a year of volunteer service at the Baha'r World Centre in Haifa, Israel. Before her year in Israel, she worked for Ford Motor Co. as a manufacturing engineer on the 1997 Explorer.

Momar A. Mattocks (BSME '94) writes that he is a manufacturing engineer in the Technical Leadership Program at GE Transportation Systems in Erie, PA. He received a MSME from Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology) in 1996.

Clay A. Hunt (BSEME '96) sends greetings from the Azores and Portugal, where he is half-way through two years of service as a missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He writes, "This has been an absolutely marvelous experience. I have learned a new language and come to know and appreciate a new culture. I have also come to greatly appreciate my homeland and my engineering studies. I have very fond memories of being involved in the CoE--from Honor Council to PTS (Pi Tau Sigma) to ME 450--what an experience!"

Greg K. Zonca (BSEME '97) recently started as a designer in training at GM Truck in Pontiac, MI. He is a former officer in the local branch of ASME and former member of the Mechanical Engineering Student Leadership Board (MESLB).

[Notes]

Harold A. Strickland, Jr. (BSEEE '37, BSEME '37) died September 3, 1997, in Vero Beach, FL, at the age of 82. He was president of General Signal Corp. from 1964-80. While there, the company grew from an annual volume of $35 million in sales to more than $1.6 billion. Before that, he served as vice president of General Electric and general manager of Industrial Electronics. He served on the boards of General Signal, Cross and Trecker, Prime Computer, Machine and Allied Products Institute, and in Vero Beach, the Atlanta Classical Orchestra and the Center for the Arts. He earned an MBA from Harvard University in 1938.

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