Electrical Engineering

Theodore I. Blum ’54 writes “It was with great deal of pride that I opened and read the entire issue of the URI Engineering Spring 2004 issue. I had previously retired as a principal of a New York City electric construction firm, W.E. Blume, Inc., after many years of exciting work projects. Retirement did not agree with me, so I returned to being an independent consultant. Another factor in returning to part-time employment is that my two thousand-watt granddaughters Elisa and Jacqueline are off to daily school.”

Robert F. Barry ‘66 retired from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in 1999. He presently works for State Street Bank as a senior programmer in Web development. He lives in Plymouth, Mass.

Juan G. Alvarado ’82 lives in San Jose, Costa Rica, with his wife, Patricia, and two children, Susanne, 17, and Jose David, 12. He works for the telephone company of Costa Rica. 

Chemical Engineering

Elizabeth Buckley, ’96 transitioned from being an application engineer into a marketing specialist supporting protein separations technologies in the biopharmaceutical market. She completed a master’s degree in biotechnology/molecular biology at Manhattan College. She is married to Michael Buckley, and lives in Westfield, N.J.

Civil Engineering

Ron Russo ’60 continues to operate his development company on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, building condos, apartments and commercial buildings.  His free time takes him to various baseball tournaments up and down the East Coast and to foreign countries to play at least 100 baseball games a year.  He resides in Maryland with his wife, Boddy. His daughter Elena, a professional model, and his son, Mark, a golf professional, live nearby.

David A. Avedesian ’76 lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and works at Newport Associates, which provides facility and construction management services direct to owners.

Industrial Engineering

Bruce M. Guthrie ‘70 retired from the U.S. Air Force and the N.J. Air National Guard after 33 years. During the years in the NJANG, he worked as a senior industrial engineer/senior project engineer at Coming Glass Works, General Foods Group, Lensy China Co., and Victory Refrigeration. He is currently a sheriff’s officer in New Jersey.

Richard H. Hubli ’79 has worked in the consumer products industry since graduation. He has two daughters, Christine, 12, and Stephanie, 8, and lives in Wilton, Conn.

Brian J. Kalberer ’98 is a manager in the CRM Financial Services practice.  He is primarily focused on CRM solutions and data strategy, and has more than five years experience managing, developing, architecting and implementing CRM, PRM, and e-business solutions. He lives in Boston.

Mechanical Engineering

Wesley B. Anderson ’79 will retire at the end of August, 2004 from the Army  after twenty-five years of service. He recently accepted the position of director of public works for the village of Lombard, Ill., where he lives.

Richard W. Turner ’88, M.S. ’92 launched a new business in 2003, called Convergence Data Services, a consulting and services company that helps companies clean and classify their engineering data. He and his wife live in Boston and are expecting their first child in August 2004.

Ocean Engineering

August Zilincar ‘99 is in charge of special design and engineering as well as designing and building custom furniture for retail and private homes at Metaline, a retail design company. He lives with his wife in Long Branch, N.J.