The following news was compiled by Jason Redi:
Derrick Chin starts out this correspondence with some baby news! --
Lori just gave birth to Lauren Kathleen on July 26. After fixing up
their condo,
they sold it for a nice profit and used the money to buy a house in
Wyckoff, NJ in late May. (Pets.com would have been a much better investment
- Ed.) Now they are spending lots of time, effort, and money to fix
up the house and prepare it for the new baby. Lori graduated from Columbia
Business School in May and will be starting work at Kraft Foods in the
fall. Derrick is still working at Framework and the company continues
to due well which is pretty remarkable given the current tech environment.
Derrick's new info is 152 Elmwood Pl, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, (201) 560-0180
The Carlbachers have nothing wonderfully exciting
to report from the Carlbachers. Carl is still at BD and still working
on projects related to scalpels and blades. 18 months ago his reporting
relationship changed to their Utah facility in the Salt Lake Valley,
so he's been using every excuse in the book to plan "business"
trips during the winter months. Apparently, there's a lot of truth to
Utah's motto "The Greatest Snow on Earth" and Janeene and
Carl have made a point of getting their share. Aside from skiing, Carl's
free time (and salary) has been sucked away by his newest hobby, nature
photography. (In my day we called it PORNO Carl - Ed.) Otherwise he's
been mostly hanging at home and playing in the gardens or hiking with
an occasional trip to Hampton Bays, NY for some surf, sun, sand and
fresh seafood. As a final note, Carlbacher wine cellar is complete and
decently stocked so if you are living or traveling in the Bernardsville,
NJ area and would like to share a bottle or ten, Carl and Janeene would
love to see you.
Jason Redi got married last June to Laura Dilley,
an MIT grad student in linguistics. They'd been already living together
in a house they boughtthe year before in Belmont, MA. Jason is still
working at BBN Technologies, and just got promoted to Division Scientist,
which is the technical-track equivalent of a department manager. Jason
is still working on research for mobile wireless "ad hoc"
networks --specifically recently on a project that uses directional
antennas, as well as a project that looks at networks for robots. (some
more info available at www.jasonredi.com) Most of what he works on is
DoD funded, which means that there has been no adverse effects from
the recent economic slowdown. Laura has about a year and a half left
before finishing her doctorate. Then Jason is hoping to retire. Laura
and Jason have been spending a lot of time mountain biking, rose gardening
and working on their 100-year old home. Building all those lofts and
bars at 233 W. Packer really paid off! Please drop us a note when you
are in the Boston area and we'll go out for beers.
John Kapp ('92) and his wife Ann-Marie are focusing
on building their family. They have two sons, Justin Patrick and Evan
Daniel, who were born on March 20th, 2000 and May 7th, 2002, respectively.
On the employment front, Ann and John are working for Merck & Co.
Rob Zach also says his news isn't very exciting.
The kids are growing like weeds- RJ just turned 6, Cameron,4, and Emily
Jane, 2. Rob and Melissa just returned from a weeks vacation at the
beach (LBI, NJ), where they loved the water, and brought half the sand
home each day in their hair and bathing suits! It was a nice break for
Robert and Melissa, as they have been working this summer on finishing
the basement. They spent fourth of July weekend with a jackhammer, breaking
up the concrete floor and a 2ft. diameter boulder that they found beneath
it in order to put the bathroom drains in. Hard enough work without
the hangovers they had from hanging out with the neighbors the night
before! (That must mean you drank an entire beer - Ed.) Rob's division
of Lucent was sold- the new company officially starts August 1st, under
the old INS name! It's a second chance and making it prosperous in a
start up. The division was purchased by a private investor and is being
held that way. There is a plan to IPO but not until the economy recovers
(whenever that is!). Melissa is anxious for September- RJ will start
1st grade, Cameron will be in pre-school, and she will go back to teaching
at the nursery school three mornings a week.
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