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NYEP Alumni PagesThis page contains our alumni information. Look out for future revisions and alumni news from our realm. Check out these quick links: CALENDAR | NEWLETTERS | ALUMNI WEEKEND | PHONATHON | RPI GREEK LIFE DIRECTIONS CALENDAROctober 17-19, 2008 - Alumni Weekend (RPI Homecoming and Family WeekendDecember 8, 2008 - LAE/NYEP Chartering AnniversaryJanuary 17, 2009 - NYEP/SAE Hockey Night with Washington CapitalsFebruary 14, 2009 - Big Red FreakoutMarch 22-24, 2009 - LAE PhonathonMay 16 2009 - RPI GraduationJune 11-13, 2009 - SAE Leadership School, Sand DiegoJuly 30-Aug 1, 2009 - SAE Convention, New OrleansAugust 23-28, 2008 - Work Week at the Chapter HouseOctober 16-18 2009 - LAE/NYEP Alumni WeekendNEWS and NOTICESHelp up find lost brothers. A listing of who we think is lost is here. Archived NewslettersMarch 2009 April 2009 - Congratulations to John Dulchinos 1984As part of RPI's Mechanical Engineering Centennial Celebration, our own John "JD" Dulchinos will be back to speak at a symposium on the transformation of mechanical engineering. He is being recognized as one of the departments most successful alumni. Check out the news from his company below and a little news blurb from him about his family and brother Little George (1982). Sep 3, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) - (http://ir.adept.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=335762) LIVERMORE, Calif., - Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), a leading provider of intelligent automation software for motion and vision-guided robotics systems and services, today announced that John Dulchinos has been named chief executive officer to succeed Robert Bucher, who has been named executive chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Dulchinos remains president of Adept and has also been elected to serve as a member of the company's board.” JD wrote Jerry Witter: “Work has been very interesting. I can’t believe I am still at Adept. It has been a long and winding road. And yes I am running the company. We just introduced this really cool robot called Quattro that is used in high speed packaging and solar cell handling. Check it out on our website (www.adept.com). Very funky looking. Vicki and I are doing well as are the boys. Our family is pretty full with two boys, two dogs and two cats. Our boys are doing great. Ian is 11 and Evan 9. Ian got his black belt in Karate earlier this year and Evan should be getting his next month. I told them they still have a long ways to go to take on the old man. Ian reminds me of my brother George (LG, 1982) except a little more motivated. Evan is quite a little athlete playing soccer, baseball and basketball on top of Karate. He is Mr. Social and is always up for a party. We already have visions of him in college. We hope he goes somewhere with his older brother to get him home at night. Vicki has been staying home with the boys but she keeps herself busier than me with things she does with the school plus helping her mom out in her business. I am too busy myself although I did find a bit of time to squeeze in an Olympic Triathlon this summer. My brother George (1982) is just George. His boys are now in college at Universityof Chicago. He just remodeled his farmhouse last year. We were together last Thanksgiving and were just dying of laughter listening to George stories about what goes on at his house on a regular basis. He could write a book.” Washington, D.C. Hockey Night - January 17, 2009John (Johnny B) Bogdan class of 1986 and LAE Board member organized a NYEP Alumni night at the Washing Caps in On January 17th, while the US capital city was preparing for the inauguration, several NYEP alumni got together for an annual Capitals hockey game outing. This time the opponents were the Boston Bruins, and despite the attendance of Senator Kerry (who got booed by the Caps fans), the Caps won. Johnny “B” Bogdan 1986 organized the event and there was a good representation of the early 1980s. The crew is looking forward to next year’s hockey event, probably in the March 2010 timeframe. For those interested in attending, please contact John Bogdan (jbogdan@niaid.nih.gov) or 301-402-7372 to reserve your tickets.
In the photo from left to right are: Jonathan “Jerry" Witter (1982) (current LAE Chairman, AREVA NP), Mark Berube (1984) (Northrup Grumman Space Defense), John Bogdan (1986) and wife Valerie (NIH), Mark Lepofsky (1985) and his wife Trish, back row Glenn Defriest (1983) and his son John (Discovery Channel), {missing from the photo Robert Mazzaferro (1967) (RegTech Solutions, LLC) and his son James from Va Tech} October 18, 2008 - LAE PositionsOctober 18, 2008 - We welcome back to the LAE Board Matt Jeffers 1995 and Maura Spiegel 2004. We formally elected Mark Murdoch 1984. Jerry Witter 1982 was elected again as Chairman. Dave Raphael 1999 continues as the Lion Fund Manager, replacing the original manager Erik Aarts 1989. Check out the roster of the full board. October 18, 2008 - Jim "Surf" Owens '68 Retires as LAE TreasurerJim "Surf" Owens, Class of 1968, has officially retired after 34 years as our LAE Treasuruer. Through his stewardship we've grown into an organization with many responsibilities for scholarships, big renovation projects, annual alumni donation program, and long term savings. At the fall alumni weekend we sent him off and thanked him for his years of service. Surf was awarded the Order or the Lion from SAE National and The Pride of SAE from Lambda Alpha Epsilon. We had a nice reception and dinner at the house where alumni, acitves, pledges, and many parents enjoyed the festivities. Surf provided a few thoughts on his experience and the history of the chapter. Please read them. We also have a few photos. The undergraduates setting up the dining tent. We needed seating insides and outside this year. Jim Croke's father came back again this year to cook an outstanding meal.
Jim "Surf" Owens says a few words after getting some awards at the reception.
Here is Surf with some classmates during the dinner.
Here is Surf and LAE Chairman "Jerry" Witter (1982) and ET Joe Leeds (2010) burning the mortgage papers. We are debt free (but spending like crazy to keep the house up).
Below is a photo of Surf from when he was an undergraduate and John Pfeiffer (1967) writes a little blurb,
"Do you know who all the brothers are in the picture on the last page of the newsletter? I can’t place them all, but I can give you a good start. On the extreme left with his tongue hanging out is Jim (Duey) Ducharme, next and slightly in front of Duey is Mark Wolski, I am tucked in next and behind Mark, the tall guy next to me is John Schneider and in front of John is Jayson (Jay) Lomberk. I’m not sure who is next to John, but next to Jay is Dave Hoffman…he was a class year ahead of the rest of us. The only other one I know for sure is the right end of the back row who is Christos Pantos. I’m sure Owens or Ken Watson can help with some of the others! -John Pfeiffer" Below that is a more current photo when Surf came to the 2004 annual LAE/EC retreat in Maine (to make sure we weree spending the money wisely and to catch a few holes of golf at another new course).
January 27, 2008
Pledges TJ Parker (2010) and Tyler Scully (2010) pose with Founder Bob Fopeano (1951) and the Zeal Lion (1999) during the LAE weekend in January. October 20, 2007 - LAE PositionsOctober 20, 2007 - Welcome new LAE Board member Mark Murdoch 1984 and returning member Kurt Spiegel 2004 to 4 year terms. Jerry Witter 1982 was elected as chairman as we said goodbye to Keith Cormier. Dave Raphael 1999 was appointed as the Lion Fund Manager, replacing the original manager Erik Aarts 1989. Erik had done an outstanding job from the outset, but growing potential conflicts of interest with his work forced him to step down. January 10, 2007 - Washington, D.C. Alumni Get together.John Bogdan '86 organized a NYEP Alumni night at the Washing Caps. Keith Dupont '91, John Bogdan '86, Sam Pascarelle '87, Marc D'Amore '87, Russ Haynel '85, Hagan Blount '01, Mark Lepofsky '85, Nish Narechania '04, Jerry Witter '82, Justin Naughton '97, and Erik Anderson '97 met up for some dinner, refreshments, and catching up after too many years of not seeing each other. Can you believe, four Ph.D. s in the group. After the game, the crew met Brian Pothier (2000 RPI Hockey grad and Caps top defense) and gave him a book about the history of RPI Hockey. 
ALUMNI WEEKENDOctober 17-19, 2008 (annual 3rd weekend of Oct.)(in Conjunction w/ RPI Homecoming-Family Weekend)Friday
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From Fall 2007Fall 2007 Alumni Weekend was the third weekend in October (and will be on a go forward basis from now on). We had about 30 alumni back for last fall and hope to grow that for next year. PHONATHON2009 DatesWe'll be calling in March 2009 with follow up calls in early May. You can use this generic pledge sheet to send donations to Jim Owens 2008 ResultsWe had 22,550 in pledges from our April calling period. We've collected about $24,104 as of December 10, 2008. We still have some more outstanding pledges, but are doing quite well so far this year. We surpassed our $20,000 goal for the fiirst time in many years. If we didn't reach you, you can send your donation to the new LAE Treasurer Jim "Surf" Owens or donate on-line at our secure Omega Financial website link. The results and donor honor rolls for 2008 and past years are listed below Please use the pledge sheet and/or contact Jim "Surf" Owens, 24586 Via Tequila, Lake Forest, CA 92630 to make your donations. Next year we will switch to our new Treasurer Mark Murdoch (1984) The funds that you can donate to are:
Phonathon Donor Honor RollsCheck out the lists of our very supportive alumni donors from past phonathon: 2008 Phonathon Donors
Donation GiftsWe still have some of these and lithographs of the chapter house available. Contact Matt Jeffers if you want something.
RPI GREEK LIFE DIRECTIONSOn April 12, 2006 RPI Dean of Students Office announced new policies and faced an uproar from alumni and undergraduates alike. Much work has been done to repair the damaged relations, but there is still quite and way to go. The AIGC website has a compilation of the efforts since the spring of 2006. In the fall of 2007 a new campus alcohol social policy was instituted which brough the IFC party policymore formally under the auspices of the Student Handbook. It is meant to keep some autonomy of control to the chapters, but also more stricly enforce and encourage less risky alcohol use and curb undrage drinking. For these reasons, our alumni weekend activities will be reviewed and better control of alcohol be put in place for controlled BYOB. A brief overview of the policy is in this promotional handout and details are at the AIGC website. Jerry Witter issued a summary report about the status of Greek Life at RPI and some views for potential more benficial relations for the school, alumni, and undergraduates for Greek Life and the Undergraduate Plan by which the school is moving along. In 2008 things have stabilized a little, but a Relationship Statement revision and talk about a sophomore housing requirement and sending all the junior class abroad is keeping the Greek community on its toes. |
