Alumni News
Civil Engineering
John Chiaverini ’47 retired from the Perini Corporation after 40 years of service, and is currently “thoroughly enjoying the good life” with his wife of 52 years.
Lawrence Parente ’55 presently works on the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project as the senior project engineer for Maguire Harris. He writes that his work has exposed him to the latest technology in engineering to overcome complex engineer projects.
William Silvia ’55 is a management consultant specializing in strategic alliances, strategic planning, and general management. He has been a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council since 1991, and also sits on the International Engineering’s Advisory Board.
Jane McLamarrah, PE ’77 is a principal with the consulting engineering firm MWH Americas. Dr. McLamarrah is an expert in the EPA’s new Capacity Assurance, Management, Operations, and Maintenance (cMOM) initiative to reduce sanitary sewer overflows. She is headquartered in the firm’s Houston office. Dr. McLamarrah was named the South Carolina Water Environment Association Engineer of the Year in 2002.
Earl Linquist ’86 is retired and active in the local church. He and his late wife, Janet Lucille, have four children.
Todd Chaplin ’86 founded Mount Hope Engineering in 1993, and has been providing engineering consulting services in R.I. and Mass. for wastewater and drinking water clients, many of whom are former friends and classmates from the URI community. He lives in Portsmouth, R.I. with his wife and children.
Shane Palmquest ’97 recently graduated from Tufts University with a Ph.D. in civil engineering. He and his wife have a 2-year-old daughter.
Joseph Scariza ’01 received his M.S. in transportation from MIT in 2003, and now works at Dunn Engineering Associates PC, in Bohemia, N.Y.
Edgar F. Sanborn ‘38 is retired, but active in programs at the Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral, Fla. In the spring of 2003, he traveled to Princeville, Kauai for a 10-day visit with his nephew and his wife. Last summer, he traveled to Rhode Island (URI) and to Connecticut.
Tristyne M. Jones ’93 works for the Louis Berger Group and lives in Providence, R.I.
Chemical Engineering
Russell Adams ’52 is retired. He writes that he and his wife, Jane, are enjoying retirement with two children and six grandchildren.
Chemical engineering alumni Kerrie C. Giguere, B.S.’96 and Sean J. DeFusco, B.S. ’96 were married on October 27, 2001 in Providence, R.I. Sean is currently working as the manufacturing section leader at Clariant Corporation’s Branchburg, N.J. facility, which manufactures photoresist for use in the semiconductor industry. Kerrie is currently working as the facility engineer at Emcore Corporation, a MOCVVD compound semiconductor manufacturer in Somerset, N.J.
Antoinette Chaves ’99 is employed by Toray Plastics, and lives in Pawtucket.
James Ladouceur ’02 was hired as a process engineer at Toray Plastics in 2003. He and his wife, Robyn, have a son, Ethan, who is seven, and a daughter, Eden, three. He lives in Cranston, R.I.
Electrical Engineering
Donald Dinger ’58 is retired after a 30-year career as a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of the Army. He also served as a technical consultant to industry for 11 years. He currently does volunteer work for his church and community. He and his wife have one child and two grandchildren.
Bernard LaPorte ’58 recently retired as a self-employed electrical consulting engineer in the building construction industry in Hawaii. He writes “I am proud of those students and faculty who are pioneering in some cutting-edge technology. Keep up the good work.”
John Leopold ’58 retired from G.E. after 34 years with RCA (which was bought by G.E.). His last position was manager of systems engineering in the company’s government systems division.
Paul Eichin P.E. ’61 retired in 1995 after 33-1/2 years of service with Bonneville Power in Oregon and Washington. He currently works as a part-time consultant and volunteer at church-related missions around the world.
Donald Bibeault ’63 served as chairman of the board of BSquare Corporation.
Norman Shorrock ’64 retired in 1999 after 35 years with Eastern Utilities. He lives in Corondo, Colorado.
Quentin Turtle ’71 is director of the research office at URI and teaches a four-credit course to the electrical engineering seniors as well as a course in project management to private sector companies and the U.S. Navy. He does volunteer work at Meeting Street Center, an organization for the severely handicapped in East Providence.
Don Flodin ’77 works for DRS Electric Power Technologies, Inc., and lives in Hudson, Mass.
Lynn Grandpre ’83 has three teenage boys, the oldest of whom is looking forward to majoring in electrical engineering.
Pamela Wiseman ’86 moved to Monroe, N.Y. in 2001 to take the position of vice president of operations at LeCroy Corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells digital storage oscilloscopes and other test and measurement equipment. Her husband, David Farley, is a commercial helicopter pilot.
Stephen Paulson ’89 is the information manager for Kodiak Island Borough Schools in Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Jesse Hansen ’01 recently received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from URI, and began work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in 2003.
Industrial Engineering
Guy Lillis ’54 retired in 1991 after 37 years at Hamilton Standard. He did consulting works for several years after retiring, and started a small business writing manuals for other small businesses. He currently lives in East Hartford, Conn.
William Materna ’57 was recalled to active duty in the Navy in 1961, then stayed for 20 years of active service. He retired in 1976 with the rank of Commander. After retiring from the Navy, he became a veterans service officer for a national veterans association and subsequently a country veterans service officer for Summit County, Ohio. He retired in 1992.
Robert Ayotte ’59 is retired and spends his summers in Charlestown, R.I. He is still active on several industrial and civic boards and has just been asked to join the board of Amcast Industrial Corporation. He and his wife, Judith Ann, have three daughters and six grandchildren.
Robert Spaziano ’63 retired from IBM after 35 years. After retirement, he resumed piano lessons and now plays regularly at his local country club. He also does volunteer work at his church. He and his wife, Judy, travel frequently.
Donald Gustavson ’64 received his MBA in 1972. He is retired, but works occasionally as a substitute teacher and tutor. He plays golf 3-4 times a week, and enjoys visiting his children and grandchildren with his wife, Peggy.
Christian VanStolk ’76 has worked for 25 years in the oil industry, and has three children.
Nasir Sulaiman ’97 lives in his hometown of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He is married with two daughters, and works for ASSAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sarawak state government.
Mechanical Engineering
William Northup ’33 served as chief quality control engineer for Burndy Corporation in Norwalk, Conn., for 25 years, and has been retired for 24 years. He and his wife (91 and 94 years old, respectively) still live at home.
Donald Hazard ’39 has been retired for 20 years. He is hoping to attend his 65th reunion this year.
H. Winfield Tucker ’43 worked as a farmer after graduating from URI, and raised 1,000 acres of potatoes in Rhode Island. He and his wife have four children, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Charles Schock ’47 is retired, and writes that his daughters Penelope French and Janet Schock, granddaughter Jennifer Simpson, grandson Scott Simpson, and son-in-law Doug Kraus are all URI alumni.
John Ruggiero ’48 retired from G.E. in 1987, and has worked as a consultant to G.E. and seasonal employee with the I.R.S. since. He is involved in various civic and church voluntary programs and has been a town meeting representative since 2002. He and his wife have three children and five grandchildren.
Robert Mulcahey ’59 writes “My interest in the history of steam engines started during my mechanical engineering studies in the late 1950s at URI, when I operated in a laboratory a conventional steam engine. That engine was designed and developed in Providence, R.I., which, became the world’s leader in steam engines in the 19th century. The engine and over a dozen other steam engines designed, developed, and produced in R.I. are now carefully maintained and periodically operated at the New England Museum of Wireless and Steam in East Greenwich. My own engineering and management career for the past 44 years has been in the jet engine industry with Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut. I reason that it is important to preserve actual technical equipment for future generations to view. Accordingly, I recently donated to the U.S. Navy aircraft museum in R.I. a jet engine combustion chamber that I designed/patented and is used in two types of Navy aircraft displayed in the museum.”
Atul Dalal ’68 works for the GTEPC company, and lives in Lyme, Conn.
Steven Simmons ’70 is a project engineer at Marathon Ashland Petroleum’s St. Paul Park, Minnesota refinery. He recently won
his third world senior slow pitch softball title. Steve is player/manager
of the Minnesota Masters, the 2003 Huntsman World’s Senior
Games 55+ AAA champion this past October in St. George, Utah.
Steven’s team had previously won the 1998 USSSA 50+ world
title in Sherwood, Arkansas, and the 2000 Senior Softball World
Championship’s 55+ AAA title in Winnipeg, Canada.
John Wlassich ’83 lives in London with his wife, Amey, and is employed by the Gillette Company.
Jason VanBuren ’03 owns VanBuren Enterprises, a consulting company that oversees product testing.
Ocean Engineering
Michael Mueller ’98 recently founded a marine consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, after serving three years as a project engineer with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company and three years with SAIC in marine engineering/business development. He married Morgan Siswick ’97 in the summer of 2003. He and his wife live in Sausalito, Calif.
John Chiaverini ’47 retired from the Perini Corporation after 40 years of service, and is currently “thoroughly enjoying the good life” with his wife of 52 years.
Lawrence Parente ’55 presently works on the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project as the senior project engineer for Maguire Harris. He writes that his work has exposed him to the latest technology in engineering to overcome complex engineer projects.
William Silvia ’55 is a management consultant specializing in strategic alliances, strategic planning, and general management. He has been a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council since 1991, and also sits on the International Engineering’s Advisory Board.
Jane McLamarrah, PE ’77 is a principal with the consulting engineering firm MWH Americas. Dr. McLamarrah is an expert in the EPA’s new Capacity Assurance, Management, Operations, and Maintenance (cMOM) initiative to reduce sanitary sewer overflows. She is headquartered in the firm’s Houston office. Dr. McLamarrah was named the South Carolina Water Environment Association Engineer of the Year in 2002.
Earl Linquist ’86 is retired and active in the local church. He and his late wife, Janet Lucille, have four children.
Todd Chaplin ’86 founded Mount Hope Engineering in 1993, and has been providing engineering consulting services in R.I. and Mass. for wastewater and drinking water clients, many of whom are former friends and classmates from the URI community. He lives in Portsmouth, R.I. with his wife and children.
Shane Palmquest ’97 recently graduated from Tufts University with a Ph.D. in civil engineering. He and his wife have a 2-year-old daughter.
Joseph Scariza ’01 received his M.S. in transportation from MIT in 2003, and now works at Dunn Engineering Associates PC, in Bohemia, N.Y.
Edgar F. Sanborn ‘38 is retired, but active in programs at the Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral, Fla. In the spring of 2003, he traveled to Princeville, Kauai for a 10-day visit with his nephew and his wife. Last summer, he traveled to Rhode Island (URI) and to Connecticut.
Tristyne M. Jones ’93 works for the Louis Berger Group and lives in Providence, R.I.
Chemical Engineering
Russell Adams ’52 is retired. He writes that he and his wife, Jane, are enjoying retirement with two children and six grandchildren.
Chemical engineering alumni Kerrie C. Giguere, B.S.’96 and Sean J. DeFusco, B.S. ’96 were married on October 27, 2001 in Providence, R.I. Sean is currently working as the manufacturing section leader at Clariant Corporation’s Branchburg, N.J. facility, which manufactures photoresist for use in the semiconductor industry. Kerrie is currently working as the facility engineer at Emcore Corporation, a MOCVVD compound semiconductor manufacturer in Somerset, N.J.
Antoinette Chaves ’99 is employed by Toray Plastics, and lives in Pawtucket.
James Ladouceur ’02 was hired as a process engineer at Toray Plastics in 2003. He and his wife, Robyn, have a son, Ethan, who is seven, and a daughter, Eden, three. He lives in Cranston, R.I.
Electrical Engineering
Donald Dinger ’58 is retired after a 30-year career as a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of the Army. He also served as a technical consultant to industry for 11 years. He currently does volunteer work for his church and community. He and his wife have one child and two grandchildren.
Bernard LaPorte ’58 recently retired as a self-employed electrical consulting engineer in the building construction industry in Hawaii. He writes “I am proud of those students and faculty who are pioneering in some cutting-edge technology. Keep up the good work.”
John Leopold ’58 retired from G.E. after 34 years with RCA (which was bought by G.E.). His last position was manager of systems engineering in the company’s government systems division.
Paul Eichin P.E. ’61 retired in 1995 after 33-1/2 years of service with Bonneville Power in Oregon and Washington. He currently works as a part-time consultant and volunteer at church-related missions around the world.
Donald Bibeault ’63 served as chairman of the board of BSquare Corporation.
Norman Shorrock ’64 retired in 1999 after 35 years with Eastern Utilities. He lives in Corondo, Colorado.
Quentin Turtle ’71 is director of the research office at URI and teaches a four-credit course to the electrical engineering seniors as well as a course in project management to private sector companies and the U.S. Navy. He does volunteer work at Meeting Street Center, an organization for the severely handicapped in East Providence.
Don Flodin ’77 works for DRS Electric Power Technologies, Inc., and lives in Hudson, Mass.
Lynn Grandpre ’83 has three teenage boys, the oldest of whom is looking forward to majoring in electrical engineering.
Pamela Wiseman ’86 moved to Monroe, N.Y. in 2001 to take the position of vice president of operations at LeCroy Corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells digital storage oscilloscopes and other test and measurement equipment. Her husband, David Farley, is a commercial helicopter pilot.
Stephen Paulson ’89 is the information manager for Kodiak Island Borough Schools in Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Jesse Hansen ’01 recently received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from URI, and began work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in 2003.
Industrial Engineering
Guy Lillis ’54 retired in 1991 after 37 years at Hamilton Standard. He did consulting works for several years after retiring, and started a small business writing manuals for other small businesses. He currently lives in East Hartford, Conn.
William Materna ’57 was recalled to active duty in the Navy in 1961, then stayed for 20 years of active service. He retired in 1976 with the rank of Commander. After retiring from the Navy, he became a veterans service officer for a national veterans association and subsequently a country veterans service officer for Summit County, Ohio. He retired in 1992.
Robert Ayotte ’59 is retired and spends his summers in Charlestown, R.I. He is still active on several industrial and civic boards and has just been asked to join the board of Amcast Industrial Corporation. He and his wife, Judith Ann, have three daughters and six grandchildren.
Robert Spaziano ’63 retired from IBM after 35 years. After retirement, he resumed piano lessons and now plays regularly at his local country club. He also does volunteer work at his church. He and his wife, Judy, travel frequently.
Donald Gustavson ’64 received his MBA in 1972. He is retired, but works occasionally as a substitute teacher and tutor. He plays golf 3-4 times a week, and enjoys visiting his children and grandchildren with his wife, Peggy.
Christian VanStolk ’76 has worked for 25 years in the oil industry, and has three children.
Nasir Sulaiman ’97 lives in his hometown of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He is married with two daughters, and works for ASSAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sarawak state government.
Mechanical Engineering
William Northup ’33 served as chief quality control engineer for Burndy Corporation in Norwalk, Conn., for 25 years, and has been retired for 24 years. He and his wife (91 and 94 years old, respectively) still live at home.
Donald Hazard ’39 has been retired for 20 years. He is hoping to attend his 65th reunion this year.
H. Winfield Tucker ’43 worked as a farmer after graduating from URI, and raised 1,000 acres of potatoes in Rhode Island. He and his wife have four children, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Charles Schock ’47 is retired, and writes that his daughters Penelope French and Janet Schock, granddaughter Jennifer Simpson, grandson Scott Simpson, and son-in-law Doug Kraus are all URI alumni.
John Ruggiero ’48 retired from G.E. in 1987, and has worked as a consultant to G.E. and seasonal employee with the I.R.S. since. He is involved in various civic and church voluntary programs and has been a town meeting representative since 2002. He and his wife have three children and five grandchildren.
Robert Mulcahey ’59 writes “My interest in the history of steam engines started during my mechanical engineering studies in the late 1950s at URI, when I operated in a laboratory a conventional steam engine. That engine was designed and developed in Providence, R.I., which, became the world’s leader in steam engines in the 19th century. The engine and over a dozen other steam engines designed, developed, and produced in R.I. are now carefully maintained and periodically operated at the New England Museum of Wireless and Steam in East Greenwich. My own engineering and management career for the past 44 years has been in the jet engine industry with Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut. I reason that it is important to preserve actual technical equipment for future generations to view. Accordingly, I recently donated to the U.S. Navy aircraft museum in R.I. a jet engine combustion chamber that I designed/patented and is used in two types of Navy aircraft displayed in the museum.”
Atul Dalal ’68 works for the GTEPC company, and lives in Lyme, Conn.
Steven Simmons ’70 is a project engineer at Marathon Ashland Petroleum’s St. Paul Park, Minnesota refinery. He recently won
his third world senior slow pitch softball title. Steve is player/manager
of the Minnesota Masters, the 2003 Huntsman World’s Senior
Games 55+ AAA champion this past October in St. George, Utah.
Steven’s team had previously won the 1998 USSSA 50+ world
title in Sherwood, Arkansas, and the 2000 Senior Softball World
Championship’s 55+ AAA title in Winnipeg, Canada.John Wlassich ’83 lives in London with his wife, Amey, and is employed by the Gillette Company.
Jason VanBuren ’03 owns VanBuren Enterprises, a consulting company that oversees product testing.
Ocean Engineering
Michael Mueller ’98 recently founded a marine consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, after serving three years as a project engineer with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company and three years with SAIC in marine engineering/business development. He married Morgan Siswick ’97 in the summer of 2003. He and his wife live in Sausalito, Calif.