NILES SEVERY (’71) teaches physics, engineering, and mathematics at Napa Valley College. He is the director of two projects run by consortia of community colleges: the Network Training Academy Collaborative and the Certified Software Developer Specialist 2+2 Collaborative. He earned an M.S. in geology at the University of Colorado.

BRUCE KEMMELL (’72) teaches physics and mathematics at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute and mathematics, general science, and astronomy at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute. He earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the University of New Mexico in 1992.

FRED ARIOLI (’75) is an engineer working on the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale.

JOHN PALMERLEE (’85) is a web developer with Cafex Corporation in Larkspur.

MARY HOWLAND (’86) is optical engineering manager at Signet Armorlite, Inc., a manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses in San Marcos.

KENNETH RITLEY (’88) is a a consultant at Hewlett- Packard-Consulting in Stuttgart, Germany. Formerly a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, he earned a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Illinois in 1998.

HARVEY HECHT (’92) is a telecommunications manager for Service Employees International Union Local 535 in Oakland.

ART ONWAN (’93) is a radiation survey officer in the U.S. Army in Maryland. He earned an M.S. in physics at the University of North Dakota in 2000.

JEFFREY KAVANAUGH (’94) is a postdoctoral researcher in the department of geography at the University of California at Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in geophysics at the University of British Columbia in 2000. He described his work on glaciers in the “What Physicists Do” series this spring.

ROBERT LAHADERNE (’94) is a senior process engineer at SpectraSwitch Inc. in Santa Rosa.

DAVID J. LAMB (’94) is a senior research physicist in the Optical Systems Division of 3M in St. Paul, MN. He received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1999.

MALLORY ROBERTS (’94) is a postdoctoral researcher in astrophysics at McGill University. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University in 2000.

DAVID E. MILLER (’96) is a graduate student and teaching assistant in physics at Purdue University.

GREGORY MADRUGA (’96) is an assistant vice president for network services at North American Mortgage Company, managing the company’s voice and data networks.

ADOLFO DUARTE (’97) is an engineer with Advanced Projects International, designing and implementing computer networks using satellite links to provide access to remote places.

RODNEY G. LEE (’97) is teaching physics and astronomy at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield.

AMY WEBER MADRUGA (’97) is a hardware engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc. in Petaluma. She is currently a member of the executive board of the SSU Alumni Association.

DANIEL HOGAN (’99) is an ensign in the U.S. Navy. This year he graduated from the Naval Nuclear Prototype school and is now in submarine school.

CLIFFORD ALAPA (’00) is an engineer at Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. in Santa Rosa.

JAMES SCOTT BERRY (’00, is a graduate student and teaching assistant in physics at Oregon State University.

LAURA ODEH (’00) is a marketing engineer in the electronics and solutions group at Agilent Technologies in Santa Rosa. She was SSU’s student commencement speaker in 2000.