Gordon A. and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
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Alumni Updates
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like to hear from you! 1930s We have recently learned that Charles E. Gill (B.S. 1935) passed away in 1983. Our belated condolences to his family. George T. Mercier, Jr. (B.S. 1939) enjoys retirement. He now spends his free time as a tree farmer in Wesson, Mississippi. Otis B. Rowland (B.S. 1938) passed away in the early 1990s. Our condolences to his family and friends. We have also learned that Lucien Vautrain (B.S. 1938) passed away in 1998. Our belated sympathies to his family and friends.
Thomas B. O'Brien (B.S. 1948) supervised fire-fighting operations in Kuwait, following the Gulf War in the early 1990s. He is now president of O'Brien-Goins-Simpson, Inc., an oil and gas drilling engineering firm located in Midland, Texas. Alfred Smith III (M.S. 1942) passed away this fall. He worked at Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge for 32 years, before retiring in 1983. He also served as the National Director for AIChE from 1965-1967. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
1960s Lawrence G. Focht (Ph.D. 1969) passed away on September 9, 1999. He was a faculty member at the University of Akron from 1969 to his retirement, in 1997.
Gaylen L. Nix (B.S. 1961) is retired and living in Charleston, West Virginia. He does "whatever I want to do" and continues to root for his alma mater's sports programs. John R. Willis (B.S. 1961) retired this year, after 38½ years in the sugar industry. His career with Domino Refining took him to Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans; all places that he considers three of "America's great cities."
1970s Michael L. Junker (M.S. 1977) is the Quality Systems Manager for DSM Elastics America in Addis, Louisiana. Thomas C. Kelly (B.S. 1975) is a general/peripheral vascular surgeon at Cooper Clinic, and is also on staff at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center; both located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Sohan L. Khungar (M.S. 1974) works for Packer Engineering, after receiving his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon in 1977 and working for companies such as Exxon, Union Carbide, and Amoco. He is also the Chairman for the Metalworking Fluids Technical Committee of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the Paper Solicitation Chairman of the Lubricant Conservation and Recycling Committee. He lives with his wife in Naperville, Illinois.
1980s Deborah Bell Cameron (B.S. 1983) was recently named Manager of Information Services for International Paper's Corporate Environment, Health & Safety Group. She and her husband John live in Bartlett, Tennessee, with their two children, Christy and Paul. Cory Ann Hay Conn (B.S. 1985) is a neurology resident at a charity hospital, having received her M.D. this past year. She, her husband Bob, and their two sons reside in Mandeville, Louisiana. Dwayne P. Cormier (B.S. 1983) works on the staff of the U.S. Naval Inspector General, as an Environmental Engineer. His position requires him to travel to across the globe, assessing environmental performance at naval installations. David A. Ivey (B.S. 1983) now owns a travel agency, after working as engineering manager with the KSC Space Shuttle Fleet for 10 years. He lives in Cocoa, Florida, with his wife and two children.
1990s Christopher M. Agostinelli (B.S. 1997) recently began working for Nalco Chemical Company in Houston, Texas, following a 3-year stint with Trinity Consultants since graduating from LSU. His new duties include trouble-shooting process-related problems within various chemical industries, along with some sales work and technical support. Sonny Bringol (B.S. 1991) recently began the MBA program at Carnegie Mellon. He and his wife Margaret live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Molly Soulier Browning (B.S. 1998) is a Process Engineer in the Technical Support division of Shell Chemical in Geismar, Louisiana. Alan K. Chan (B.S. 1995, Ph.D. 1999) is a Senior R&D Engineer at Dow Chemical, specializing in process and product development. Michael A. Cromwell (B.S. 1994) recently returned to Baton Rouge with his wife Mary Ann and daughter Clare. He received his J.D. in 1997 and now works as a Patent Attorney for ExxonMobil. Jason D. Gardner (B.S. 1991) is now an assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology at Auburn University. He has been busy writing grant proposals for his research on gender-specific differences in the development of heart failure. He and his wife welcomed their second child, a boy, in December 2000. Wu-Ning Huang (M.S. 1997) works as a production engineer for Aristech Chemical in Houston, Texas. William H. H. Jeffcoat IV (B.S. 1999) is an independent consultant living in Baton Rouge. He also spends his free time as a member of "In the Company of Dancers", a local dance troupe. Steven J. Maniscalco (B.S. 1994) works for Liquid Carbonic/Praxair in Geismar, LA. He spends his spare time playing with his two sons, along with gardening and birdwatching. Beth M. Pederson (B.S. 1997, M.S. 1999) works as an Engineer with BASF in New Jersey. Bijan Seyfzadeh (Ph.D. 1999) is a Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films at Clemson University. Julie D. White (M.S. 1999) is working as a Process Engineer for Rohm and Haas Company, and lives in Deer Park, Texas.
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