Below is news from alumni. More will be added as your letters come in. Thank you all for writing! Send news throughout the year to NMSUMATH Association, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, or send email to nmsumath@nmsu.edu.

• J. Mack Adams (M.S. 1960, Ph.D. 1963, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science 1965-93) is Professor Emeritus at New Mexico State University. (1999)
• James F. Arndt (M.S. 1951) is retired and living in San Luis Obispo, California. (1999)

• Ralph W. Ball (M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1964) is Professor Emeritus from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) and lives in Woodburn Oregon. (1999)
• Randall Bennett ( B.S. 1965) is Director of Information Services for Simmons Foods in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Write to him at rbennett@bstream.com (1999)
• Kitty Berver (M.S. 1976) is a College Professor and Director of the Mathematics Learning Center at NMSU. kberver@nmsu.edu
• Betty Biringer (Krivokapich) (B.S. 1974) is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  (1999)
• Rebecca A. Brown (M.S. 1997) is an Adjunct Professor at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, and mathematics teacher at Tucson Unified. bbrown@GCI-net.com (1999)

• Michael J. Carroll (B.S. 1965, M.S. 1968) is chair of the mathematics department at Capital High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is working on unusual methods for the teaching of mathematics. (1999)
• Deborah Chernick (M.S. 1978) is Chief Financial Officer for the Minnesota Communications Group in St. Paul, Minnesota. (1999)
• Janella Chapline (B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981) is a research statistician. She attended the NMSUMATH open house in Washington, D. C. in January 2000. Great to see you Janella! (2000)
• Henry Cohen (Ph.D 1963) otherwise known as "Professor Puzzle," is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh. He can be reached at hank@vms.cis.pitt.edu (2000)
• Donald Cook (Ph.D. 1968) is a retired mathematics professor, and lives in Albany, Georgia. You can correspond with him at tdctdc@surfsouth.com or 1207 9th Avenue, Albany, GA 31707, or call him at (912) 436-9915.

• James E. Daly  (Ph.D. 1974, Post doc 1974-75, Visiting Assistant Professor 1983) is a Professor of Mathematics at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. jedaly@math.uccs.edu (1999)
• Adrienne Dare (Ph.D. 1985) is an Associate Professor at Western New Mexico University in Silver City. (1999)
• Barbara Dunn (B.S. 1975) is a software engineer at Raytheon MSC and lives in Tucson, Arizona. (1999)

• Robert Diller (M.S. 1964) is retired. He lives at 11720 Edgewater Drive #211, Lakewood, OH 44107. Email: xdiller@yahoo.com, Telephone (216) 225-6071. (2002)
• Diana Marie De Santis (M.S. 1995) is on the Professional Staff of Compuware Corporation in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (2000)
• Charles Downey (B.S. 1969, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1974) is President/CFO of Warrend Distribution, Inc. Write to him at 2005 South 152nd Street, Omaha, NE 68144. Call him at (402) 977-5897 (office), (402) 334-5790 (home), or send him email at cpdowney1@aol.com. Internet: www.wd-wpp.com (2000)

Carlton Lee Evans (M.S. 1968, Instructor 1969-70, 1979-83, 1984-89) lives in Las Cruces and is a GPS Engineer/Analyst with Amcomp Corporation HAFB. (1999)

• Mike Frese (M.S. 1971) lives in Albuquerque, NM. (1999)

Sherry Frese (B.S. 1970, Visiting Professor 1977-78) lives in Albuquerque, NM. sfrese@numerex.com (1999)

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Ingeborg Garlick (B. S. 1971) is a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Michigan - Flint, and lives in Grand Blanc, Michigan. igarlick@umich.edu (1999)

• Juan M. Guadiana (B.S. 1976) is an Electronics Engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center. His mailing address is: Officer in Charge, Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Det., Code 65 attention j guadiana, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002. His email address: guadianajm@navair.navy.mil, Telephone: (575) 678-3243, Homepage Business URL: http://www.phdnswc.navy.mil/  (2002)

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• Linda B. Hardy (B.S. 1964) is happily retired after a number of years as Application Developer for the Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado. (2002)
• Darel Hardy (B.S. 1962, M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1967) is a (partially retired) Professor of Mathematics at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. (2002)

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• Whitney Johnson (B.S. 1968) is an attorney. She lives at 300 Central SW #2000 W, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Telephone: (575) 243-5414.

• Dr. Mary Landers (M.S. 1968) teaches at Weatherford College. Her mailing address is 1209 Shady Oaks Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76107, Email: drmary@msn.com, Home telephone: (817) 732-4188, Work telephone: (817) 366-3491. She reports "All is well in Fort Worth.  Weatherford College is very nice, and I have many friends there. I do miss TCU and my 12 years of itinerant ways as a mathematics adjunct everywhere." (2002)
• Milton Warren Legg (Ph.D. 1970) is retired. He lives at 2641 Timberlore Trail, Cook, NM 55723. Telephone (218) 666-0517, email:MiltLegg@AOL.com. (2002)
• Maurice Lipton (M.S. 1959) lives in Vienna, Virginia. (1999)
• Elton Lacey (PhD. 1963) writes that he is feeling fine now. Elton is still at Texas A & M, and reports that he plans to retire "in a couple of years." Elton's homepage email: Elton.Lacey@math.tamu.edu (2000)
• Sue Lashley Korsak Liefeld (B.S. 1977 Secondary Education - Mathematics, M.S. 1982 Mathematics Education has retired from her position as College Assistant Professor of Mathematics at NMSU. You can write to her at 1055 Sharon Circle, Las Cruces, NM 88001, call her at (575) 522-5488, or send her email: rliefeld@nmsu.edu. (2000)
• John R. Lyman sent greetings from Mesilla Park, NM. (2000)

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• Adolf Mader (Ph.D. 1964) is a professor at the University of Hawaii. Write to him at adolf@math.hawaii.edu (1999)
• David Marlin (B.S. 1984, Ph.D. in EE with minor in mathematics 1996) is an Engineer at White Sands Missile Range and lives in Las Cruces. marlind@zianet.com (1999)
• Caroline Harvey McFarland (B.S. 1970) lives in Simsbury, Connecticut. She has been working on an article on the Y2K computer issue. (1999)
• Linda Miller (B. S. 1975, M.S. 1976) is Associate Director of CIRT at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. (1999)
• James. W. Moore (B.S. 1962, M.S. 1967) lives in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. jimore@msn.com (1999)
• Ralph G. Moran (B.S. 1977) is a Senior Analyst, Business Management Research Associates, Inc., in O'Fallen, Illinois. (1999)
• Michael E. Miller (M.S. 1992) can be contacted by email at mike_mil_99@yahoo.com. His mailing address is 217 Montreal Drive, Hurst, TX 76054. (2000)

• Sidney C. (Bud) McAdams (B.S. 1975) can be contacted by email at mcadamsc@swbell.net. His current title and affiliation is: Solutions Architect with Xacta Corporation, Ashburn, Virginia. Mailing address: 1115 NW Cherry Avenue, Lawton, OK 73507. Home Phone: (580) 581-1590 and Work Phone: (580) 695-6137. (2002)
• Steven L. McNeil (B. S. 1973) is a Senior Software Engineer with Alaitel, USA. His mailing address is 3540 Big Horn Trail, Plano, TX 75075. (Steve drove down to attend the NMSUMATH open house in San Antonio in January 1999. Way to go Steve!) Email: mcneil1@flash.net, Home telephone: (972) 985-0801, Work telephone (972) 519-9369. (2002)
• Kenneth Melendez (B. S. 1963, M.S. 1965) is an Associate Professor at Sinclair Community College. His address is 2132 Matrena Drive, Beavercreek, OH 45431. Email: kmelende@dnaco.net. Home telephone (937) 429-3246, Work telephone (937) 512-2740. (2002)
• Roger W. Mitchell (Ph.D. 1964) is retired. He lives with his wife Stephanie at 6098 Appomattox, Flint, TX 75762. Home Phone: (903) 839-6925. He remembers Ed Gaughan as the key person on the faculty who helped him succeed. (2002)

• Edward Frietze Oliver (B.S. 1952) is retired. He can be contacted by email at e.f.oliver@worldnet.att.net. His address is 8800 Eton Avenue #72, Canoga Park, CA 91304-0803. Telephone (818) 882-1261. (2002)

• E. James Peake (B.S. 1960, M.S. 1962, Ph.D. 1963) is Assistant Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University. His address is 2318 Northwestern Avenue, Ames, IA 50010, telephone (515) 233-1318. Write to him at email: peake@math.iastate.edu  or EjamesP@aol.com. (2002)
• Jack Porter (Ph.D. 1966) is Balfour S. Jeffrey Teaching Professor and Chair in the Mathematics Department at the University of Kansas. Check out his home page. His mailing address is Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, and his email address is porter@math.ukans.edu. His work phone is (785) 864-3651 and home phone (785) 749-1466. (2002)
• John Daniel Parsons (Ph.D. 1985) works for The Arbitron Company in Bethesda, Maryland. (1999)
• Mark Pasnewski (B.S. 1977) is a programmer/analyst for the Public Service Company of New Mexico, and lives in Albuquerque. mpasnew@mail.pnm.com (1999)
• David E. Peercy (Ph.D. 1971) is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff (DMTS) at Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS-0638, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0638, (575) 884-7965, email: depeerc@sandia.gov. He and Martha live at 7504 Pickard Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, (575) 884-3849, email: mdpeercy@bigplanet.com. (2000)

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• Mike Quintana (B.S. Math 1995) is a mathematics teacher at St. Michaels High School. His mailing address is P. O. Box 507, Espanola, New Mexico 87532, email: maquintana@yahoo.com, home telephone: (575) 747-0010 and work telephone: (575) 2251. (2002)

• Vivian Ward Reinhard (M.S. 1976) worked 7 years as a Scientific Computer Programmer, and now is a mathematics tutor for junior high, high school, and college mathematics students in Overland Park, Kansas. (1999)
• Casilda Romero (B.S. 1995) lives in Espanola, New Mexico. caromero@slider.unm.edu (1999)
• Oscar Rojo (Ph.D. 1976) is a Professor, Department of Mathematics, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile. He would like to hear from you at orojo@socompa.ucn.cl or Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, CHILE, or call him at 56-55-355593 (office) or 56-55-224542 (home). Find out more at http://www.ucn.cl/ . (2000)
• Ben Roth (B.S. Math 1974) is a Senior Engineer with the Schafer Corporation. He lives at 10686 Paynes Church Drive, Fairfax, VA 22032; Email: ben.d.roth@boeing.com; Telephone: (703) 591-2982. He sends the following very nice comment: "I'm constantly aware of the great education I received at NMSU. In particular, my outstanding mathematics professors including Dr. Zund!" (2002)

• Richard Sitze (B.S. 1994) is  working for IBM in Charlotte, NC. His email address is: rsitze@us.ibm.com. He works with an IBM Software Group in WebSphere Development. Richard writes in May 2002: I know you like to keep your Alumni records current... so here's my latest update:  Transferred by IBM from Charlotte, NC after 7 years to Austin, TX.  Hooray, I can get Green-Chile enchiladas!!  I'm still working with the IBM Software Group in WebSphere Development.  My e-mail remains the same, or rsitze@sbcglobal.net. Say Hello to all the (gasp - many retiring?!) folks. My contact info is:    6041 Ronchamps, Round Rock, TX   78681,   (512) 238-8906. (2002)
• George A. Sanchez (M.S. 1983) is retired from positions as mathematics teacher at El Paso Community College and Irvin High School. (1999)
• Diana Marie De Santis (M.S. 1995) is on the Professional Staff of Compuware Corporation in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (1999)
• Karen Schlauch (Ph.D. 1998, College Assistant Professor Summer 1998) is employed as a statistician at a genetic research company (called deCode Genetics) in Reykjavik, Iceland. (1999)
• Kenneth E. Smith (B.S. 1952, M.S. 1954, Teaching Assistant 1952-54) is retired and living in Mountain View, California. Since 1984 he has been a volunteer with the Braille Transcription Project of San Clara County, California, as a Computer-Assisted Braille Specialist. Letter from Kenneth Smith. (1999)
• Marc B. Bres Siewert (B.S. 1967) is currently employed by the Chinook Health Region in three different departments (Admissions, Information Systems, and Wellness Services) email: msiewert@telusplanet.net

• David Tabor (M.S. 1966; Ph.D. 1971) is National Account Manager Federal with Sterling Software, Network Management Division, 1800 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, Virginia. Telephone: 703-729-0865 (home) and 703-264-8179 (work).  email: tabordg@aol.com or david.tabor@sterling.com. home address: 43463 Thistlewood Court, Ashburn, VA 20147. (2000)

• John Uher (B.S. 1985) is a highway engineer for the NMSHTD, and lives in Santa Fe. (1999)
• Michael Usrey Ph.D., P.E., C.P.I.M. (B.S. 1982) works with the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program, University of Colorado, CB433, Boulder, CO 80309-0433. See http://spot.colorado.edu/~usrey or write to him at michael.usrey@colorado.edu, or call him at (303) 492-1211. (2000)

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• Carol Walker (M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1963) is Associate Dean Emeritus at New Mexico State University. Her email address is hardy@nmsu.edu.  (2003)
• Michael Jonathan Wallace (M.S. 1992) is the same place he was last year. (Michael, if you are reading this, please write or send an email to nmsumath@nmsu.edu with the information.) (2002)
• Randall K. Walters (Ph.D. 1975) is Manager of Process Technology at Logicon, Inc. His home address is 1217 South 137th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68144, Email: rwalters@logicon.com, Home telephone: (402) 697-8828 (2002)
• Cynthia Woodburn (Ph.D. 1994) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Pittsburg State University. Check out her home page. Her mailing address is Mathematics Department, Pittsburg State University, 1701 South Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762, work phone (316) 235-4409, and email address: cwoodbur@pittstate.edu. (2002)
• John Walker (B.S. 1966) lives in Santa Clara, California. (1999)
• Everett. L. Walter (M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1961) is a Professor Emeritus at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.  609 N. William Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001-4751. Telephone: (520) 774-3958. email: everett.walter@nau.edu (2000)
• Ji Sheng Wang (Ph.D. 1992) is a College Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. Remember his daughter Xin Wang (now Niniane Wang)? She has now graduated from Cal Tech with a major in computer science and is a computer programmer with Microsoft in Seattle. (1999)
• Donald Whitney(1960's) is a lawyer in Albuquerque. (1999)
• Sheila Williams (B.S. Math 1976, B.S. Educ 1977) is a doctor of chiropractic in Las Cruces. (1999)



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Barry H. Young (M.S. 1982) is a Mathematician at White Sands Missile Range, and lives in Las Cruces. (1999)

Zi Zi Zhiyong Zhao (Ph.D. 1989) is a Staff Software Engineer in Glendale, California. ziziz@worldnet.att.net (1999)

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