Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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In a small college you ' re not dependent on other schools or parts of a large university. Hence, in one sense there is greater flexibility. However, in a small institution size factors play a role. Some of these, such as the intimacy, are very positive. But the small college doesn ' t have all the adjacent fields and disciplines that can be drawn upon in a larger school. Though you may not draw on them that much, the diversity of disciplines is at least a psychological plus in a university of fifteen to twenty thousand students. Q: Had you thought about becoming a president of a college of some kind? A: In the last two years it became clear to me that I was going to make a decision in this direction in the near future. I had been putting off this kind of an opportunity for several years. I was reaching a stage where I was going to make a decision about what I will call a second career. I had a relatively long career as an academician and dean, and I wanted the next phase to be a worthwhile endeavor. The only question was how the ele ments would fall in place. Q: While at Cornell you gave quite a boost to the Master of Engineering proram. Why did you put so much emphasis on that program? A: There are several reasons for this. The Master of Engineering program at Cornell has a strong project component and I am an advocate of the project experience. In fact, that is clearly one of the attractive features of WPI. Now in the Cornell setting it was much easier and more appropriate to incorporate that component at the master ' s degree level than at the undergraduate level. Achieving undergraduate change in a large university is often much more difficult than achieving change in a smaller 25 institution. Another reason for emphasizing master ' s level work relates to the development of graduate education since the early 1950 ' s when engineering graduate education came of age nationally. Prior to World War II graduate work was not viewed as a significant component in the life of most engineering institutions. World War II changed all that because engineering systems and devices were very relevant to wartime needs. Hence, a definite watershed occurred so that after World War II there was an awareness on the part of faculties of the role of research and development in industry. All of a sudden this became a very desirable and attractive goal for educational institutions. However, what did these institutions do? The vast majority of them copied the traditions that had been established prior to World War II in the natural sciences — physics and chemistry — which themselves were to some extent patterned after traditional scholarly work in the humanities. So the rapid development in engineering graduate education of the nineteen fifties and sixties was concentrated at the Ph.D. level. Ph.D. programs became part of the fabric of higher education in engineering during this period. The master ' s level was given relatively little attention. In fact, in many institutions it was suppressed so that it was not even viewed as a valuable goal to pursue. The other important major change in engineering education right after World War II was the great expansion of the humanities in undergraduate engineering curricula, together with an increased emphasis on the so-called engineering sciences. As a result, many courses that had provided engineering disciplinary depth, especially upper class disciplinary depth, were forced out of the curricula. Hence, although the education was still of four years duration, the content of that education was changed substantially. The disciplinary depth and sophistication thai was included earlier could now only be achieved if you added another year, a so- called fifth year. Some institutions experimented with a fifth year at the undergraduate level. In fact, Cornell was the leading institution which implemented the five-year undergraduate degree. But, it could not maintain a five-year undergraduate degree program in competition with the great growth of graduate work, where a master ' s degree could be obtained at the end of five years. It was partly a marketing phenomena. So (he five-year undergraduate concept was abandoned and Cornell changed the fifth year to a master ' s year. It is a long explanation, but one needs to understand the history in order to see that the stage was set for the introduction of a graduate program different from the Ph.D. in which research is the main goal. Thus, it became very natural to create a Master of Engineering program with a project component and with a goal distinct from that of the Ph.D. It was also my belief at that time that in the steady state, after the R D industry stabilized and the Ph.D. market became saturated, the master ' s degree would be a very desirable degree from the industrial point of view. I think that the events of the 1970 ' s have substantiated this belief. The validity of this point of view is now being recognized nationally, for many schools are now emphasizing master ' s degree programs. In a sense this is analogous to the M.B.A. degree in Business Schools. Consequently, several factors were present in shaping my decision to give a high priority to a Master of Engineering program. Now, one of the major difficulties at a private institution is the need to fund such programs. The tuition level is high relative to public institutions. Further, the Ph.D. programs which were created relied on federal contracts to support the graduate students. In fact, very few Ph.D. students in engineering support themselves. Federal grants and contracts provide both tuition and a stipend on which to live. The whole thrust of government funding from the 1950 ' s to the present time has been to support contract research at the Ph.D. level. However, most master ' s degree programs do not emphasize research so that these students do not qualify for research contract support. Consequently, before implementing a master ' s program one must provide a financial aid base that is per capita at least equal to that at the undergraduate level. At Cornell one of my major priorities was to raise funds for financial assistance for master ' s degree students. Q: How much of an example do you think a college president should set? Would you consider yourself the kind of technological humanist that the Plan is striving to produce? A: The president has a responsibility not only to support the main program components of the WPI Plan but also to work with the faculty to improve and perfect the academic program. However, in saying that, one must be clear that the academic program is largely in the domain of the faculty and it is their responsibility to implement it. To me, the phrase technological humanist means an individual who first of all possesses technological expertise, while also being aware of and capable of contributing to the social and human environment in which we all live. For many years I have tried to fulfill this concept of the Plan. I believe that all of higher education, including engineering, arts and sciences, and other disciplines should strive to educate students in the spirit of the technological humanist. Q: What are your feelings on the Plan? A: I am very impressed by the Plan and think that the four major degree components have a fundamental validity of their own. I believe that when other institutions strive for educational reform they will, in fact, adopt a number of these components. It could be helpful if we obtained feedback from our graduates after they have had some experience in their work careers. Perhaps we are unnecessarily overemphasizing certain topics, or there may be some things that we ' re missing or not giving sufficient emphasis. As with all new academic programs, once they are introduced and stabilized they can be surrounded by a kind of orthodoxy. We have to watch out that such orthodoxies not get so deeply embedded that modification of the Plan becomes exceedingly difficult. Modern education is a dynamic process and I am an enthusiast for the Plan. Q: Do you see any future changes in the Plan that you will try to implement? 7 A: Although I don ' t see any major changes in the Plan, there are areas which we must strengthen and perfect. All of higher education finds the IQP area a difficult one in which to educate. It requires crossing disciplinary boundaries and the whole structure of higher education is discipline oriented. Educators have been so schooled in the notion that they must have deep disciplinary expertise before they can express a valid opinion on a topic, that they have a tremendous reluctance to educate in the IQP area. Nationally, in the last ten years there have been many programs in this direction, but superficiality and the lack of focus have led to considerable uneasiness on how one should educate in this mode. Consequently, I look for continued efforts to strengthen the IQP area. I would also like to see WPI expand and deepen its real life MQP projects with industry. It is a marvelous opportunity for an institution to introduce the student to the real world of engineering problems. He sees not only the technological factors necessary to getting the job done, but he also sees that other important factors such as human relations, communications, and economics often provide the governing constraint. The way problems are posed in an educational institution leads one to believe that the deciding factors are technological, but real- world experience shows that engineering is a multidisciplinary endeavor. I am a strong supporter of the project mode in education. A co-op program another opportunity for real-world experience. Hence, I will encourage WPI to expand its efforts in co- op education. In doing this we must be careful to distinguish between MQP activity and the co-op work periods, but I believe that we can distinguish between the two. I believe that many students seek a co-op experience and WPI should be alert to this opportunity. Q: If the WPI Plan had been in existence when you were starting as a college student, would you have sought I out the Plan and how would that have influenced your educational experience A: Had the WPI concept of education been in existence at that time, I would have been attracted to such an institution, because at that time I was seeking a real-life dimension to motivate my education. I didn ' t start college as an engineer. Upon graduation from high school I wasn ' t at all certain what I wanted to study in college. I 26 had several different interests that went quite deeply and I was trying to sort them out. At that time one ' s choice was limited to very traditional engineering programs and very traditional liberal arts programs. Hence, had programs such as the one at WPI been in existence, I would have sought it out. It is not an easy matter to describe how one ' s educational preferences and choices influence one ' s experience and future career. I think that college students have difficulty perceiving how their future career paths relate to their immediate educational experience. Justifiably so, they have difficulty in recognizing that these paths are very tortuous. What one may be doing at age 35 can be far different from what one may be doing at age 45, which is likely to be different from what one will be doing at age 55. It is a mistaken notion to believe that your education sets you on a straight line trajectory at age 20 for your future career. In my own case, my college experience uncovered a strong personal desire to become a part of higher education. I found the course content very stimulating intellectually, but I also wanted to know why things were the way they appeared to be. How did our social and economic institutions evolve? How did different industries mature? How do the technological, human and economic pieces join in influencing the development of society? I acquired an interest in the history of technology. It became clear to me that I was attracted to a career in education, but I did not want that career divorced from real life factors. But within higher education one has a choice of direction. You can become caught up in your own scholarly pursuits, including graduate education, and become divorced from the rest of the educational process. 77ms is very tempting for an individual and it is one of the reasons why many people are attracted to an academic career. The opportunity to isolate yourself. define your own problems, and essentially support yourself through teaching is an attractive alternative. Every academician has to face this decision of emphasis. Higher education is essentially the only institution in our society in which one has the opportunity to pursue one ' s own interests. While I have pursued the scholarly mode at various times in my own career, I decided that at this stage there were other dimensions of higher education which for me were of greater interest and importance. Q: Do you see any changes which will or should come about in the near future in higher education? A: I believe there will be an extensive self-evaluation in educational institutions with respect to the relevance of educational content to the life-long learning needs of individuals in our society. 77ie notion that just the first four or five years in college is sufficient for an entire lifetime is being challenged. I think that even the traditional elite universities will be forced to examine their programs in light of the recognition that learning is a life-long endeavor. Engineering education has experienced this problem for many years as a result of technological obsolescence, and we have tried to meet the need through short courses and continuing education. However, it has been a patchwork, add-on approach and institutions have not looked at modifications of their basic programs. When they do, I think that many of them will recognize the importance of the fundamental elements of the WPI Plan. Although there was a great flurry of activity in the 1960 ' s involving the use of television for education, this development has not penetrated education to the extent originally foreseen. In fact, there has been some disenchantment with so-called educational technology. The technological approach to education is a very passive one unless one utilizes interactive modes such as programmed learning. However, it is now clear that these interactive modes of instruction are quite expensive. We ' ve also learned that the presence of an instructor is important in fostering human interaction and stimulating interest. To some extent we have rediscovered what was intuitively understood in the time of Plato. Namely, from the point of view of human interaction and efficiency, an effective teaching approach is to have a professor talk to a group of individuals in a classroom of modest size. If you try to pick apart the process of education and make it a technological process, you remove the human element. The interchange which takes place through the look on a person ' s face, the way he rolls his eyes, or the way he phrases a question is lost if you reduce education to interfacing with a machine. But after recognizing these limitations, I still believe that educational technology will at some stage come to play an important role in higher education. When educators feel comfortable with releasing certain parts of the educational experience to technological assistance and concentrating their efforts on those parts of education where human interaction is most important, then educational technology will find a very useful role. This will require much hard work and, clearly, we have a very long way to go. Q: Are institutions of higher education in much worse financial condition than they were a few years ago? If so, do you know of any way around the problem? How has the WPI Plan influenced the financial situation? A: The financial position and security of private institutions has eroded very seriously in recent years. Using 1950 as a benchmark year, when fifty percent of the college students were in private institutions and fifty percent in public institutions, we have moved to a present division of almost eighty percent in public institutions and twenty percent in private or so-called 27 independent institutions. There is no question but that in the last twenty five years we have witnessed a major societal shift towards mass higher education. If one includes research universities, large state universities, four year colleges and two-year colleges, then higher education has almost become a universal right. Because of that, it has become politicized. These changes between the public and private sectors have major financial ramifications. The private institutions survived because between increases in tuition and fees, income from endowments, and growth in the number of students they were able to remain viable. The growth factor is often overlooked in such discussions, but in the 1950 ' s and 1960 ' s it was the normal technique used to balance budgets. By adding students you kept adding to income. It was this growth in college age children which provided the driving force for the major expansion of the public sector. It ivas considered to be a political good so that political parties adopted programs to provide mass higher education. The economic constraint on obtaining a college education was greatly reduced. Of course, although the public institution appeared to be less expensive to any one individual, the total cost was at least as much as that in private institutions. Subsidies from taxes keep the public institutions in business, but they are spread over the entire population. However, the era of growth is over. We are currently in a period of no growth and the 1980 ' s will be a decade in which the number of students will markedly decline. Hence, the growth factor is no longer available as a budget balancing technique. Another difficulty results from the erosion of endowments, which have not increased in proportion to the increase in the number of students and budgets. Most of the endowments were added in an era in which it was possible to create and accumulate this kind of wealth. Because of government regulations and restrictions, it is now much more difficult to create such wealth. Consequently, income from endowments has become a smaller and smaller part of the income needed to meet the total expense. Another factor causing the erosion of endowment is the effect of inflation. Endowment income averages between five and six percent, so that higher inflation rates inevitably mean a reduction in the value of the endowment. If heavy taxation remains or even increases, if high inflation continues and rates of eight percent or higher become politically acceptable, then there is no way that the independent sector can compete with the subsidized public sector without passing an increased fraction of the costs on to the students through increased tuition. Thus, these government policies of taxation and inflation will create a very competitive situation between the public and private institutions in the 1980 ' s. The competitive battle lines are already being drawn and the private institutions are threatened. Although most of the institutions will manage to continue to exist, some of them will not survive. But eventually survival will depend on some form of subsidization to the independent sector from the public sector. Some giant steps have already been taken in the direction of a public presence in the independent sector through federal and state programs of financial aid. Over half of our students receive financial aid of one kind or another. The question is whether these programs will reach a level enabling the private sector to survive. With regard to WPI, we have already introduced a policy of no growth in the number of students. The physical plant, facilities, and the size of the faculty cannot justify further growth. Hence, we will have to manage our financial affairs in an era of no growth. I think that WPI is in an advantageous position because it has implemented its attractive and innovative plan before the difficult and competitive decade of the 1980 ' s has arrived. Many institutions will be forced to look at their market and they will try to change their objectives by coupling with careerism. Severe institutional strains will occur as financial difficulties arise. You can picture schools running from programmatic pillar to post, grasping at educational straws, and biting off little pieces of the market in one area after the other until the whole concept of institutional integrity becomes unstable. Fortunately, WPI has thought through its program and has it in place before the most difficult period arrives. Intewiew with President and Mrs. Crunch Q: How has your life changed due to your move from Cornell to WPI? A (President Cranch): Apart from the academic side, one of the big changes has been the extensive involvement with students and student groups. That is a new dimension for me because at a big university many of the functions and activities are handled through a large offic e of student affairs. Faculty members and deans do not get nearly as involved with the affairs of students as they do at WPI. Q: Have I read somewhere that you ' re an avid hockey fan? Which team was your favorite before the Bruins? A (President Cranch): In theory I have been a Montreal Canadiens fan, but in practice I have a split personality. I admire the Canadiens for their finesse and talent. It is a wonderful sight to watch them skate and see Ken Dryden play goal. But I ' m also a person who by nature roots for the underdog. I think it would be good for ice hockey if the Flyers, Bruins or Rangers could win once in a while. A long time ago I was a Ranger fan but I gave up on them. A few years ago I rooted for the Flyers before they became so physical and abusive and tried to intimidate everyone. I think that the Bruins have a good team. Q: Does President Cranch bring his work home from the office? A (Mrs. Cranch): President Cranch has his work here right now. There are piles of papers both at home and in his office. One day I set up a card table in our sitting room upstairs to begin Christmas cards and before I knew it there were piles of papers there. He found that it was a lovely sunny spot one Sunday morning so he sat down there to work. He ' s always been that way. I ' ve never seen a professor who didn ' t have piles of papers. (President Cranch): We were talking about careers earlier, and in an academic career your work is with you all the time, twenty-four hours a day. If you track the hours spent, it can easily reach 60 to 70 hours a week. Certainly 50 to 60 hours a week is not abnormal for an academician or academic administrator. You can ' t possibly accomplish everything in the so-called normal 40 hour work week in your office because of constant interruptions and the 28 need to be accessible to people. It takes a block of uninterrupted time to do library research, read books, and write up ideas. (Mrs. Cranch): I ' ve seen him carry home piles of files and carry them back the next morning without getting to work on them. (President Cranch): I don ' t want to be discouraging about an academic career, but if you choose it, do it realistically. Q: What achievement in your life are you most proud of? A (President Cranch): I have gained great satisfaction from leading and building academic programs as a dean and now as a president. On the professional side my major achievements and rewards come from influencing policies and building institutional strength. On the personal side my family has been of greatest value to me. My wife and I have known each other for a very long period of time, since grade school. The whole process of raising three children, watching them develop through college, and following them as they build careers has been very rewarding. Q: Do you feel that putting so much time into your academic life has detracted from your family life? A (Mrs. Cranch): Well of course you never have time for all the things you want to do. Your work always comes first. In Ithaca we had a 19 acre wood lot. We used it for family recreation. On a Sunday afternoon in the summer we would go to the lake to swim and in wintertime we ' d go to the woods to hike or cut wood. But we wouldn ' t have time here even if we had the 19 acres. (President Cranch): From my perspective it is a question which has no ultimate answer. For many years when the children were small I was not heavily engaged in things administrative. However, I was very active academically writing papers and notes, so that my wife saw me put a lot of time into my work. Certainly, our original decision to locate in Ithaca was a conscious decision to raise children in a community where you could enjoy family activities without much trouble. Within fifteen minutes you could be swimming or in the wintertime skiing or snowshoeing. Compared with many colleagues I found that I spent more time with my children. (Mrs. Cranch): You have to realize that your children were all born while you were getting your Ph.D. Now people wait and get their degrees first and work for a while before they have their families. They are more mature and more willing to have baby sitters take care of their children. I was never willing to let somebody come into my house to take care of my children while I went away for the night. (President Cranch): We did give very intense oversight to our children. Sunday was always a day when we spent a considerable amount of time with the children. You could always say that you could have done more, but it is a subtle thing. It is the quality of what you do and the spirit in which you do it that counts. I ' m certain that we can all think of counter examples where families spent tremendous amounts of time with their children, yet all sorts of difficulties developed. One must avoid stereotypes in judging family norms. (Mrs. Cranch): When you live within five minutes of your work you don ' t waste time commuting. When we were children our fathers went on the train to New York City — over an hour in the morning and an hour back at night. (President Cranch): I ' m glad that Virginia raised that point, because we were both reared in families where our fathers commuted to New York. The first year I worked I commuted to New York from northern New Jersey and that year was a turning point in my career. I decided that I was not going to get sucked into that syndrome. I was doing graduate work at night school at N.Y.U. while working during the day in New York and I could see a pattern developing. Our children were very young at that time and I decided that I wanted to be in a small town where the urban transportation hassle could be avoided. Hence, we made a conscious choice to live in an environment in which we could enjoy family recreation. Q: If you had your lives to live over again, would you change anything? A (Mrs. Cranch): Yes, I ' d insist upon a three or four week vacation each year. We didn ' t take a vacation last year. We moved to a new location (Worcester) and it was exciting, but we didn ' t really go away. (President Cranch): I don ' t view myself as being a work-aholic although others may do so. To me, life is a continuum. When I ' m at home I find myself thinking of educational problems and when I ' m at school I sometimes think of family things. I find it impossible to turn one thing off and another on. That is part of the reason why it ' s difficult for me to press the vacation button and go away for an extended period of time and do nothing constructive. (Mrs. Cranch): Actually, I usually get more vacation than he does because when we go to conferences he ' s working while I ' m playing. We do travel a lot. We have been to Europe several times and we get south during the winter, but it ' s usually combined with work. (President Cranch): I find it very hard to just take a vacation in the sense of turning off my mind. If vacation is viewed as turning one ' s mind blank and doing something only physical, for some reason I find that impossible. Even if I ' m in a strange environment I find myself asking questions. In that sense I find it very hard to uncouple. I ' m still young — maybe I ' ll learn! (Mrs. Cranch): If we go on vacation III fall asleep on the beach, but he ' s jogging up and down the beach. Or he does situps and the children ask, Mother, what is that man doing? He never stops. He doesn ' t just sit down and day dream. (President Cranch): I need to be seduced to take a vacation. (Mrs. Cranch): Not on the beach! (President Cranch): Not on the beach. But the only way I will take a vacation is to be totally distracted. On being at WPI: (President Cranch): Creating a whole new circle of friends and acquaintances and learning how all the elements fit together has been very stimulating. You have to experience it directly. You just can ' t sit in an office and have someone tell you about all the people and networks that exist in any social fabric. This is especially true in a human endeavor such as education. It ' s not like a factory where the chores are laid out and you interact with just the people who work inside a range of certain functions. Education is in that sense open. People from all levels and all perspectives want to be heard and have an input. You have to be involved almost all of your waking hours! Unfortunately, there just aren ' t enough waki ng hours! (Mrs. Cranch): Every weekend in October we went to an inauguration, so we didn ' t have a day free. (President Cranch): When there are so many inaugurations, that says something about presidencies! We are sincere in saying that we like Worcester and find it an attractive place to live. The city has sufficient size and cultural depth to be interesting without being overwhelming. In just five or ten minutes in almost any direction you can be in the countryside. We find that aspect appealing. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 1979 SPORTS AT WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE The following pages of this year ' s Sport Section of the Peddler are being dedicated to all those who have given their time and effort to make the sports program at WPI a success. As a participant for three of my four years at Tech in the club sports program, I realize what a student must sacrifice to participate in a sport that he or she loves. Playing a sport for a small college does not receive the acclaim and prestige of competing for a big school. The men and women at WPI who have help make the teams competitive, truly deserve all the credit in the world. Even if this book were a thousand pages long, I would not have enough space to write about all the great students, coaches, and administrators who have made these pages possible. Robert E. Hart Sports Editor 1979 Peddler 38 WBBBSBBBBk 39 FOOTBALL The 1978 WPI football team began the season with a new outlook and a new coach in Bob Weiss, who came to Boynton Hall with a tremendous reputation for rebuilding doldrum football programs. The Engineers lost their first six outings (three by the margin of a touchdown), before they won their final two games, dominating RPI 28-15 and Hamilton 21-8. It was the first time a WPI football team had won their final two games of the season since 1962. Versus RPI, Coach Weiss ' squad built-up a 28-0 lead mainly on the outstanding rushing of three backs, Joe Norman (125 yards), John Demasi (113), and Paul Barrett (101), who all gained over 100 yards in the afternoon. Only one other NCAA college accomplished that feat in 1978. Then versus Hamilton the following week, junior halfback Mike smokey Robinson rushed for a school record 228 yards and two touchdowns in a stellar one-man show. Robinson earned All-ECAC weekly recognition for his efforts. Following the 2-6 season, senior offensive guard and four-year starter Mark McCabe was named winner of the Boston Tobacco Table Unsung Hero Award, beating out all other New England senior football players. McCabe was honored by the Tobacco Table with a banquet in Cambridge February 1. Tri-captains McCabe, Bob Reed and Bob Yule will hopefully be able to look back some day and say they captained the team that signaled the rebirth of WPI football. 40 . k. . — « fc • 41 SOCCER Coach Alan King ' s 1978 soccer team had a very unusual season. For only the second time in the last 15 years, the losses (7) totaled more than the wins (4). There was also one tie. This was the first season in the previous five in which WPI had no genuine superstar on the field, namely, Alan King (the coach ' s son), John Maxouris, or John Pavlos (who was drafted by the Houston Hurricane of the NASL the previous year) — the top three scorers in WPI history. The engineers did manage, however, to win the Mythical City Championship by defeating both Clark 2-1 and Holy Cross 5-0, while tying Assumption 3-3. Senior Captain Dave Bachiochi played a steady midfield while Tim Fisher and Jim Eilenberger anchored the defense at center- fullback and goalie, respectively. Offensively, junior Leo Kaabi and freshmen John Hanly were the leading point producers. Kaabi, the captain-elect, earned All-New England recognition at forward and played in the annual NEISL All-Star Game in November. 42 CROSS-COUNTRY For the first time in history, this WPI cross-country team, coached by John Brandon, can truly lay claim to the city championship. Not only did this group of harriers easily defeat Worcester State, Assumption and Clark (a meet the engineers have still never lost in decades), WPI also conquered Division I cross-town rival Holy Cross 24-31 for the first time ever. WPI was led this season by senior co-captains Dave Szkutak and Norm Guillemette and junior ace John Turpin, who led the squad to a respectable 7-4 dual meet final mark. The team finished sixth (of 22 participants) in the easterns. WPI also defeated RPI, Wesleyan and Lowell throughout the season. 43 FIELD HOCKEY In their first official season of intercollegiate competition, the 1978-79 women ' s field hockey team finished with a 2-2-1 record. They defeated Clark University 9-0 and Anna Maria College 5-0, lost to Assumption College 4-3 and Framingham State 2-1, and tied University of Lowell 1-1. The team was led in scoring by junior Nancy Convard and freshman Michele Giard and the defensive work of fullback Janet Hammarstrom and goalie Bridgett McGuiness. Other members of the team included: Janet Anderson, Betsy Steigerwald, Terry Langevin, Donna Martin, Meg Newcomb, Ann M. Noga, Lorraine Eccher, Bonnie Cook, Cindy Dyer, Debbie Bromley. 44 1979 WPI VARSITY TENNIS TEAM Front row (holding tennis rackets): Mike Waterhouse, Pete Roussel. Back five: Dave Derrig, Don Soubie, Ron Cortese, Dave Ross, Brad Steinka. Top row: Coach Alan King. Missing: Captain Brian Hallett, Jim Nunn. TENNIS It was a long season for Coach Alan King ' s tennis team. The netmen completed the 1979 campaign with a 1-10 final record. The only victory was recorded over Suffolk 8-1. 45 46 CREW The WPI Crew is continuing to gain strength with each l SX vS afaldfoLw Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, and went on to win a .bronze « g ch. nsh P s g P . The summer rowing program, a first for WPI Crew, proved to be a success witn iou  Charles, and Frostbite Regattas. Z tare look, bright (or .he Tech orewmen. A great deal of succes. i, anticipated (or WPI a, the College and U.S. National, in 1979. 47 LACROSSE For the past two years, the WPI Lacrosse team has been nothing but a success story. In 1978, WPI, a team that was not even rated in the top four of the Northern Division, came on to not only win the division crown with a 9-3 record, but then to eliminate Fairfield College and the University of Maine to win the annual NECCL club tournament championship at the University of Maine. Led on attack by Mike Almeida, WPI became the second team in history to hold the club championship crown. Part of Tech ' s success, has been due to the addition of Coach Robert Lindsay, a former AU-American defenseman from the University of Massachusetts. Lindsay ' s fresh approach to the game, has brought consistency and winning ways to WPI. This year, Tech finished with an 8-4 record, defeating Assumption (11-1), Castleton State (8-5), Lyndon State (15-6), U. of Lowell (11-2), U. of Rhode Island (14-9), New Hampshire College (4-0), Boston University (13-2), and Brandeis (14-9). The WPI stickmen were led in scoring by Attackman Guy Heavy-Metal Osborne, who posted 44 goals and 19 assists. Osborne was followed in scoring by versatile Middie Charles Brad Curtis (23 goals and 5 assists) and Attackman Paul Lindenfelzer (14 goals and 6 assists). With the absence of injured Guy Osborne, WPI was defeated 8-7 in a thrilling sudden death overtime game by Fairfield College in the 1979 NECCL club tournament held at U.R.I. WPI defeated the U. of Maine 7-6 in the consolation match to capture respectable third place in the NECCL. The best way to sum it all up for the WPI Lacrosse team is, You ' ve come a long way baby! MHBBBnWtMau 48 1979 WPI VARSITY TRACK TEAM (Team Record: 8-1) Front row, left to right: Norm Guillemette, Larry Rheault, Randy Wheeler, Tri-captain Mark McCabe (two-time All-American in the hammer throw), Tri-captain John Barghout, Tri-captain Russ Murray, Bruce Jenket, Phil Roux, Alan Gehami. Second row, left to right: John Turpin, Fred Mirabelle, Ralph Marrone, Dave Lesser, Mike Robinson, Jeff Rosen, Jack Mazeika, Bob Mochi, John Noonan. Third row, left to right: Mark Ramberg, Dave Flynn, Rich Seaver, Rick Rykosky, Fred Rucker, Jim Drumm, Mark Johnson, Maurice Brodeur, C. Garland. Fourth row, left to right: Dave Patrick, Robert Noel, Steve Morgan, Eric Krichbaum, Joe Vignaly, Marty DeLuca, Peter Ciuffetti, Jim Kaemmerlen. Fifth row, left to right: John Hanly, Mike Grady, Fred Klich, Martin Curry, Mike Ward, John Kelly, Steve Fitzgerald, Mike Lawrence. Sixth row, left to right: Ass ' t Coach Ken Kaufman, Steve Carroll, Matthew Flynn, Mike Bickford, Phil Collingwood, Head Coach Merl Norcross. Not shown: Charlie Wilder, John Panora, Tim Haven. TRACK In the past seven years Coach Merl Norcross ' track team have compiled an overall 59-11-2 record for a tremendous winning percentage of .843. This year ' s squad did nothing to hinder that record by posting a fine 8-1 dual-meet mark. The season began with a 104-52-36 thumping of Wesleyan and Colby, followed by an easy triumph in the city meet. WPI scored. 120 points to Worcester State ' s 53, Assumption ' s 23 and Clark ' s in that one. WPI next defeated MIT in what Coach Norcross termed one of the finer come-from-behind wins we have had in my 26 years here . Coast Guard, however, spoiled the dream of coming up with a second undefeated season in the past five years. The meet was determined in the final relay with WPI losing by a matter of inches. The engineers then closed out the season with relative ease by defeating Trinity 117- 36 and Plymouth State 101-53. As far as individuals a re concerned junior weight man Dave Lesser led the team in scoring with 45 points hurling the shot put and discus, while senior hurdler Randy Wheeler finished one point behind. Senior tri-captains Russ Murray and John Barghout also had fine years, but it was the third captain Mark McCabe who stole the show for the second straight year. McCabe earned All-American honors by placing third in the hammer throw (172 ' 7 ) in the NCAA Division III Nationals at Baldwin- Wallace College in Berea Ohio. McCabe placed second the year before in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mark seta new WPI hammer record in the New Englands at 182 ' 7 a few weeks earlier. He became WPI ' s first two-time All-American in track. 49 1979 WPI VARSITY GOLF TEAM Front row, left to right: Dan Kennefick, John Janas (Co-captain), Jim Orcutt, Gary R. Brown, Coach Mel Massucco. Back row, left to right: Gary Graf, Doug Seiber, Jim Kelleher (Co-captain), Wayne Barry, Rod Poole, Devaphorn Devakula. GOLF Coach Mel Massucco ' s golf team had its highs during the Fall, and its lows during the Spring. The Spring season was disappointing for the linksmen as a final record of 4-10 would attest. WPI did defeat Bentley, Assumption, Clark and AIC. In the Fall, things went differently. WPI defeated Bentley, Suffolk and Clark to capture the Little Four tournament, a round robin series hosted by each of the four schools. The Engineers also defeated Assumption, Clark, Holy Cross and Worcester State. To claim the Worcester City Collegiate Golf Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton. Senior co-captain Jim Kelleher was that tournament ' s medalist. Besides Kelleher, other top golfers included co- captain John Janas, co-captains-elect Rod Poole and Gary Graf, and Dan Kennefick. . - ..  4A ,— ■;-.•-- - «i • 50 ■ ' . 1979 WPI VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM Front row, left to right: Dennis Wysocki, Webb Grouten, Tom McBride, Dave Busch, Don Maki, Ed Kurdziel, Mike Scipione, John O ' Neill. Second row, left to right: Tom Fahey, Hal Ekberg, Rick Halleck, Tim Shea, Joe Sobol, Dave Dombrowski, Dave Valardi. Third row, left to right: Tom Villani, Lew Cannon, Jack Breen, Brian Dalton, Paul Oliveira, Tom Fiske, Mike White. Fourth row, standing left to right: Ass ' t Coach Steve Raczynski, Managers Cathy Ricci, Val Boynton, Head Manager Priscilla Young, Managers Lisa Moore and Luanne Green, Head Coach Charlie McNulty (33rd year). Missing: Captain Dan Pouliot. 51 MEN ' S BASKETBALL This was a year in which the WPI basketball fortunes turned around, causing some genuine excitement in the city of Worcester. Completing a 12-9 season under fourth-year Head Coach Ken Kaufman, this squad accomplished several feats not seen on Boynton Hill in many, many years. For example, the 1978-79 campaign produced the first winning team in eight years, the most wins in 20 years, the first win over Springfield in 12 years, the first win over AIC in 14 years, and the longest winning streak in 40 years (seven in a row). The leading performers included the iron-man five of senior co-captains Kevin Doherty and Jim Kelleher, junior Mark Nestor and sophomores John Sices and Randy Byrne. Mark Nestor led the team in scoring (162) and rebounding (92) and became an NABC All-New England forward in Division III. Shooting forward Jim Kelleher had a fine year averaging 12.3 points per game. Center John Sices cleared the boards and proved to be an intimidating factor underneath, and wing-shooter Randy Byrne averaged just below 10 points per game. But it was Kevin Doherty ' s year. The 5 ' 10 point-guard scored 11.3 points and averaged an incredible 9.5 assists per game. He now holds every conceivable WPI assist record in the books. He was named team MVP by the Worcester Area Basketball Coaches and Sportswriters Association and earned All-ECAC and All-New England first team honors four times. To top off the year, Kevin was named WPI ' s Varsity Club Award Winner for men, (as the school ' s top senior student- athlete). In addition, Coach Bob Anderson ' s and Ric Kaufman ' s JV team finished with an outstanding 12-4 record. 52 ■ 53 TENNIS In their fourth season of intercollegiate competition, the 1978-1979 WPI Women ' s Tennis Team recorded four victories against eight losses. The young ladies competed very hard against some of the best New England college teams. Coach Marsha Kennedy and Assistant Coach Bob Desourdis guided the WPI women to victories over Emmanuel College (6-1), Gorden College (7-0), Rhode Island College (6-3), and Babson College (5-0). Members of the team included: Mary Dunn, Dot Hamilton, Meg Dumont, Cathy Girouard, Karen Scala, Bita Soljhoo, Kim Ferris, Cindy Gagnon, Sue Keegan, Jocelyn Kent, Beth Martin, Kelly Mozeski, Lynne Ondek. VOLLEYBALL The Women ' s Volleyball team completed its 1978-79 season with a record of 4-12. Led by Co-Captains Alicia Murphy and Cindy Karlic, victories were recorded over Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Quinsigamond Community College and St. Joseph ' s College. Other members of the team included: Joan M. Bolduc, Deanne E. Butler, Deborah A. Chichlowski, Jeanne E. Coughlin, Karen A. Dzialo, Lynn L. Gustafson, Paula L. Mesile, Gail Miranda, Colleen A. O ' Connor, Eniko Petro, Elaine C. O ' Neill, Beth Raymond, Ingrid Slembek, Susan M. Turner, Cindy C. Widmer, Mellissa A. Young. FENCING The 1978-1979 WPI Fencing Team was moderately good for its many rookies. There are three weapons; foil, epee, and sabor, which are used in competition. Foilers, John Raymond, Tom Heigle, Peter Young and the ever agile Rick Vatcher caused many of their opponents to be stuck in their tracks. The Epees were led to numerous victories by notable Ed Mellon, dark horse Steve Becker, the ever valiant Don Calawa and courageous Dwight Bartholomeu. The Sabors slashed their way through the hearts of many a foe with the swashbuckling of Co-captain Don Paciorkowski, Don Killer Connor and the ever fluid John Cappe. The WPI Women ' s Fencing Team, under the leadership of the ever graceful Co- captain Susan Ellery, posted a 100% record for the 1978-1979 season. WRESTLING Coach Phil Grebinar ' s grapplers have now established themselves among the elite of New England. WPI finished 11-5-1 in dual-meet competition (three of those losses were to division I teams). Finished fourth as a team in the division III New Englands at Mass. Maritime, and produced seven wrestlers who earned All-New England status in that same tournament. Foremost, on that list of seven is Marshall Houskeeper, a sophomore heavyweight, who became only the third New England champion in WPI wrestling history. Both he and 126-pound junior co-captain Dave Wilson went to the NCAA Division III Nationals in Areata, California in March. Wilson finished second in the New Englands for the third consecutive year to earn the trip. Other All-New Englanders for WPI included 118-pound sophomore Jae- Yong Ko (4th place); 134-pound junior co- captain Tony Masullo (4th); 142-pound freshman Tom Kilkenny (4th); 150-pound junior Duane Delfosse (4th); and 167- pound sophomore Craig Dempsey. Wilson completed the dual-meet season undefeated at 13-0 with nine pins while Houskeeper set two new WPI records — most wins in a season (16, with one loss), and most pins in a season (11), including one in 12 seconds. Houskeeper was also named winner of the Leo S. Jansson Award (sophomore sportsmanship) in May. This year ' s junior group has compiled an outstanding three-year round of 36-11-1 for a .766 winning percentage. And for toppers, Coach Grebinar ' s entire starting line-up will return next season. SWIMMING Coach Steve Diguette ' s swimmers gave us a fine year, producing a 9-5 dual-meet record, three female Ail-Americans, and some 33 new school, pool and women ' s records. The season began on an upbeat note with a 5144 win over Babson. Then, following a 67-28 romp over Holy Cross, the Engineers came up with a real upset win 49-46 over UMass, for what proved to be the biggest victory of the campaign. Wins were also recorded over Clark, SE Mass, Lowell, Trinity (the only other really close one, 59- 53), Keene State and Brandeis. WPI ' s female trio of Sophomore Suzanne Call, who became a Four-time Ail- American; Junior Anne Marie Kruglewicz, who became a Three-time All-American and Junior Mary Jane Hall, who became a One-time All-American, were spectacular at the AIAW small college swimming and diving nationals at Reno, Nevada in March. In the women ' s New England ' s, earlier in the year, Suzanne set a pool record in the 1650 yard freestyle and finished the fourth highest scorer overall. Anne Marie won the Patricia A. Graham sportsmanship award at the Varsity awards banquet in May. As for the men, Senior Co-Captain Chris Ratti set four individual records, in the 50, 60, 100, and 200 yard freestyles, and was part of the record-setting 4 by 200 freestyle relay team with Jack Craffey, Scott Berry and John Lee. Sophomore Mark Burzynski set a new mark in the 200 yard individual medley. Junior Co-Captain Jay Bellingham was within one second of the 200 yard breaststroke record four times. WOMEN ' S BASKETBALL For two consecutive years coach Sue Chapman fielded women ' s basketball teams that finished 12-4 and then 13-4 and finished as semi-finalists in the MAIAW State Tournament Play in Division III. This past season may have seemed a total disaster in comparison, but in reality it was not. The women Engineers completed the 1978-79 season with an 8-9 record. With victories over Western New England, Becker Junior, MIT, Amherst, Suffolf, Anna Maria, Brandeis and Babson. Leading the scoring parade was Junior center Janet Hammarstrom with an 11.8 average. She was followed by Junior forward Peg Peterson (8.8), Sophomore guard Sue Almeida (8.5), and Freshman guard Michele Giard (7.1). Senior forward and Co-Captain Pat Keough won the Varsity Club award for women in May. She was among the squads leading rebounders. Freshman Michele Giard won the coaches award for women (emblematic of the schools top female Freshman athlete). Junior Co-Captain Cathy McDermott also played well in her role as a wing shooter. Only Pat Keough will be missing from next year ' s veteran squad. 54 BOWLING When the 1979 season began, things looked good for the 1979 Men ' s Bowling team at WPI, defending Champs of the Tri- State College Bowling Conference. The top five bowlers, Jim Fogarty, Co-Captain Joe Kolis, Co-Captain Keith Kranz, Greg Miller, and Greg Stanford were all returning. With these five and the help of Joe Lynch, Jim O ' Malley, and Jim Shannon, WPI seemed to have the making of a powerful team. The team started the season in the right form, winning their first tournament and taking second place in the next one. That was only a beginning for the Tech Pinmen, however; as they won the last five tournaments to end the season winning six out of seven tournaments. No other team in the league ' s history, had won more than three tournaments in the same year, that being the WPI 77-78 men ' s team, who were the division champs with 255 points, 22 ahead of the nearest challenger. After the league play, the bowlers were looking forward to the sectional tournament at the Nationals. At that point, the team faced its toughest competition of the year; Queens College of New York. WPI didn ' t fare too well, settling for second place in the Northeast. The team dominated their league due to an exceptional team average of 187 pins game; led by the first and second high average bowlers in the league, Keith Kranz and Greg Miller. WPI was quite balanced with everybody coming through with the big game when it was needed. SKIING The 1978-1979 WPI Ski Team captured the Thompson League Title once again for the fourth time in as many seasons. The Thompson League is part of Division III of the New England Intercollegiate Ski Conference. Three WPI skiers placed in the Top Ten in the league; Co-captain John Rice (first), Co-captain Bob Cummings (second) and Paul Blackmer (fourth). Rice has won the Thompson league three out of four seasons as a WPI skier. Blackmer was the recipient of the Steve Delaney Award for being the outstanding senior in the Thompson League. The other members, who helped add depth and consistency to the WPI Team were: Doug De Boer, Glenn Foster, Jim Geib, Reece Brown, Mark Ingram, Chris Lintermann, Bruce Rowledge. WOMEN ' S SOFTBALL Coach Sue Chapman ' s Women ' s Softball Team began the season with high hopes of making a return to the MAIAW State Softball Tournament in Division III. Those plans, however , were short circuited early when the engineers lost a pair of one-run heartbreakers to Clark and Assumption. WPI defeated Becker Junior, Anna Maria, Brandeis, Bryant and Regis and finished 5-6 overall. The season ' s finale against Nichols was cancelled (Nichols could not field a team), thus depriving WPI a chance for a .500 season. Individually, junior centerfielder Janet Hammarstrom had a fine season batting over .400. Senior tri-captain Diane Curren hit close to .300 and played well defensively at shortstop. Junior pitcher Nancy Convard hurled well, especially in the 4-3 win over Bryant. 55 56 Seniors 1979 57 Miles Abkowitz David Arundel Michael Auger David G. Bachiochi Sidney Afonso Keith Andrew John E. Arnold Look both ways before you cross the street. My Mother If you cannot make a man think as you do; Make him do as you think! Jimmy Asoegua Charles Auglis Robert Avarbock Edward Ayoub Life is a joke and college is the punch line (will someone please explain this one to me) Friendship is the best thing one gets out of life! Kent Backe K m II Leona M. Arsenault John Alan Auger Paul Babin Arthur Brown Bainton Tim F. Bamford J. Barghout Paul Barrett Douglas R. Barrows Antoine Bassette Jr. 58 Glenn Richard Baylis Charles E. Berger Jr. Paul Blackmer Life is by no means a bed of roses; it ' s more like a thorny road, punctuated every now and then with roses, to make it worth while. David Bergeron 9 Stephen Blanchette m ' , David John Blodgett Leobaldo Bocarruido Joanne Beckett Annemarie Bernard Brian S. Besser We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little. We are now qualified to do anything with nothing. Dean F. Bogues Mustapha Bendahou Frank Biagiarelli A. Michael Blaney Joan Bolduc Richard E. Bonci Keith C. Bonn Scott Merryman Booth Jaime E. Boscan Michael Bosowski 59 Mokhtar Boudissa At Paul Burgareila Philip J. Cameron III lll u Mike Boulanger Glenn E. Braunstein Ask not for whom the bell tolls, for it tolls for thee . . . John Brennan Roland Ernest Brooks Wayne R. Burgess David Jeffrey Busch No man is an island unto himself, Each is a part, A part of the whole. Christopher Butcher James Campbell Tijelino J. Bravo Deirdre Ann Brennan Allen Mark Buchinski Jose G. Camacho John Caola Iginio Capaldo Stephen A. Caputo ivevin L. Carlson I ■ Clint W. Carpenter Joseph G. Carrolo 60 C. Vance Carter II Paul Herve Chenard Wayne L. Loieman John Corini lei l asey Wallace Catanach III While often the recollection of time and place may fade from the mind; The memory of those who have shared in your dreams endures forever. Stephen Connolly Garrett Chace fft tegs Douglas Clark Mm Cindy Connor Thomas Omar Converse The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde John Craffey Albert Cormier r j r 5 fl Jr y - WT 1 WW Edward Cuerdon 1 0W W ' SU u4aHI Ray Chase Charles R. Close Charles Cox p v Philip M.Cullin Jr. Diane Curren Edward Curtis 61 Rick Curtis Philip Czapla When in trouble, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout. Michael De La Cruz Raymond Di Muzio Thomas Dinan Gail D ' Amico David C. D ' Antonio George A. Dainis, III Andrew J. Davidson John J. Davidson James J. DeCarlo Robert De Marco Gerard A. De Rome Jr. Daniel M. Dellaripa Stephen Di Pietro WPI is not exactly like hell; Hell costs less. Divers do it DEEPER! Kevin Doherty Maryellen Doherty John L. Donahue Bill Donoghue Sandy Dorr Gary Richard Doyle 62 Steven Drawe Richard R. Durand Jr. William H. Englemann Stephen Falls Ronald S. Drewiany Mary Beth Driscoll OLD GAELIC BLESSING May the road rise with you And the wind be always at your back And may the Lord hold you In the hollow of His hand. David J. Erickson Thomas Falls Jane Elizabeth Estey Mary Farren Jeffrey Duhaime Mary Dunn Kenneth W. Engan Susan Ellery Andrew Faiss Michael T. Falcinelli High, high, cross my eyes, circle and swirl around me; Echo and float, vibrate the boat, and knock me into the sea. Eugenia Fernandez Louis Feula Bennett Fini Frederick Fisher 63 Timothy Fisher Stephen Fisk John K. Fitzgerald Kathy Fitzgerald If you cannot make a man think as you do, Make him do as you think. Steven J. Fulton Kevin Paul Gaboury Survival tomorrow is keeping myself alive now. Louis Frascotti Mike Gabriella ■ Bud Fraumeni Alwyn W. Fitzgerald II Eileen Theresa Folev Athanasios Foutsitzis David Freni James Eric Gaffney Michael G. Gallerani Mark F. Galvin Kenneth A. Gamache Roger Gaudet Alan Gehami Peter Taylor Gibson 64 Arthur J. Girard John Gordeuk Robert Gregorio Daniel B. Grossman k - V cr Steven M. Gottschalk Don Griglack William Guerin Thomas Girotti Adolfo Enrique Godoy Peter Gould John Grimwade Robert Ernest Guigli Life at WPI is like a record It spins around and around for what seems to be an eternity Encountering skips and grooves along the way Often scratching; leaving permanent scars, But when we flip it over and start a new side Hopefully learning from the flaws on side 1 it won ' t be that bad. IX Sigifredo A. Gonzalez John Goodwin Alirio Graterol w i Kevin Grealish Murphy ' s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will, at the worst possible moment, and when you least expect it. Normand Guillemette Brian H. Hallett Hannah Halliday Dorothy Hamilton 65 Carl Eric Hammer Scott Bernard Hansen Dignity lies in deserving honors, not in possessing them. John Herr Suzanne Marie Hess Sally L. Hodgerney John Hopkins Robert Edward Hart Henry B. Hazebrouck Paul Henderson William Herman A rose is a rose . . . unless it ' s Rosemary. ■ Robert H. Howe John Hoyte N Mark Bennett Hecker Gerardo Hernandez ■ Dale Hobbs Arthur J. Hughes Kevin Michael Hughes Dan Hurst Christine Ingalls Earl B. Ingham Wayne C. Isaac 66 Craig Alden Jacobson Brian Johansson ■■ T l 9 J r iji E 5 5 Frank Jutkey Cynthia L. Karlic John C. Jacobson John J. Janas III David R. Johnson Mark Johnston It ' s easy if you ' re willing to learn, put all your fears and limits aside And reach beyond the golden sky Where we learn to fly. Paul Edward Keary Kevin Keena Bruce R. Jenket Carolyn M. Jones Steven Kanevski I never PLAN anything. Richard Jenkins II Stephen J. Kapurch Paul Francis Keenan James Davi Kelleher Brian Turner Kelly Daniel J. Kennefick Patricia Ann Keough 67 Lorraine Kikuta James Richard Korte Richard R. Kozicz Keith Michael Kranz David Kobayashi Catherine A. Kirla Leonard J. Kleczynski Joseph W. Kolis Peter M. Kujawski Michael Kupcinskas Larry Kurt Claire Lachance Peter LaBelle Andre Labrecque Douglas B. LaBrecque Nortnan L. Lacoursc Kenneth LaLiberte Ray Lambert Theresa Langevin 68 Henry A. Lapa Stephen D. Le Blanc Kathleen Anne Lies Jose Loreto David Largesse L William Le Doux Michael Little ! ■; 4 4 j V| ■ j ■ ■ John Michael Losapio Donald Alan Larson Lawrence Jay Leduc James D. Livsey Stephen Laskowski Steve Lesniewski David J. Lodigiani If I had life to live over, I would relax more. I wouldn ' t take so many things so seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains, and swim more rivers . . . Next time I ' d start barefooted earlier in the Spring and stay that way later in the Fall. I wouldn ' t make such good grades unless I enjoyed work- ing for them. I ' d go to more dances. I ' d ride on more Merry-Go-Rounds. I ' d pick more daisies. Frank Dickey Thomas Wing-Man Lau Adam Levinthal Armando R. Loreto Mark Lovington Edris Lugo William Lustgarten David G. Mabey 69 Funny how man always endeavors To define the undefinable; He uses time to define eternity; He uses poetry to harness the spirit of love; He uses song to catch the waves of music; He uses theology to describe the Master of the universe; He uses words to define the essence of life. How futile, like trying to count the stars Or catch a moonbeam in your hand. The wise ones are those Who let experience wash over them Like gentle ocean waves or Spring sun rays, Allow it to fill their whole spirits And then give the spirit light to the world. Joanne E. Jacobsmeyer David Mann Larry Paul Marino Seth Martin Alan Masse Jesus Machado Ian S. Mac Leod ji Bk r mk r  7 tm J Francis Maldari James E. Manchester Alfred J. Marotta Jr. Karen A. Marquardt James T. Mastalerz Christopher Mather Francis Madigan III David M. Mangini Francis Martin David A. Mauriello Timothy Mc Alice Thomas F. McClure Thomas Mc Coll Diane Mc Connell mm Michael S. Mc Donald 70 Kathleen A. McKeon James A. Michaud Shahram Moghadam Richard S. Mrugala Paul Mc Keown James H. Miller  Jose Mora Peter Mullarkey Michael E. McLane Jeffery Allen Mills Peter D. Morico Alicia Murphey John L. Me ader Donald H. Mitchell Paul V. Moroney Jeffrey Michaels Lisa Mitchell John Morrison THE W.P.I. PLAN 1. The SUFFICIENCY proves to be an exploration of worlds unknown 2. The IQP is an unnecessary evil 3. The MQP is the exploration of knowledge on the frontier of your field 4. The COMPETENCY exam you always fear but don ' t ever think about And then, you say Enough is Enough! Russell J. Murray Jr. Tom Murray Barbara L. Murtagh 71 Antonio Nogales Eric Northrop David S. Ofcarcik Bruce R. Orenstein Robert Oriol A person ' s aim in life should be to do what comes naturally to him or her, And to fulfill personal goals while sharing them with those around you. Live a good life, smile a lot. George F. Tobin Jr. Bharvi Parikh Donald Patten The only ' unnatural ' sex acts are those which are physically impossible to perform. Al Kinsey Darlene Oktavec Ronald Ouellet Pete P. Pappas Stephen W. Olson urn David V. Paciorkowski Robert Parent Paul G. Norton S I ' fll M 7 : James Orcutt Mary Therese Palumbo Stephen Parent fei a Keith Bryant Payea Richard Perry David L. Peterson 72 Gary F. Pietryk Michael Poirier William James Potter Michael Rafa David M. Pino Mark F. Pittenger We are all creating the future in our minds, and when we change our state of mind, we change the shape of tomorrow. The more we expand our positive image of the future — what we think the world ought to be — the more probable that alternative becomes. Darnel Pouliot Christopher J. Ratti Joyce Alice Poulton Beth Raymond Heidi S. Pivnick F i Jonathan Porkka Stephen D. Prawdzik H Hi Arthur E. Pizer David Potter Stephen P. Puchkoff William L. Razeto Gordon R. Reynolds Jr. The human mind can comprehend a phenomenon clearly, only if he can represent that phenomenon by a mechanical model. Lord Kelvin Laurent Rheault John Rice Rene J. Richard 73 Maria Rico ' f Rob Rosenlof Ali Saffar Glenn Robertson Ann-Marie Robinson Robert G. Rock Jr. Men say they know many things; But Lo! They have many wings, - The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that blows Is all that anybody knows. Th oreau John Roy Diane Santaniello Ali Rostami I Stephen Rusckowski Sight is a faculty; Seeing is an art. Thomas D. Rockwood Elliot Rothchild I Lee William Sacks E. Sarovia Jeffrey L. Sauer Kenneth J. Sawyer David John Scheffler Robert P. Schifiliti Joseph Schmittlein 74 It ' s easy if you ' re willing to learn, Put all your fears and limits aside And reach beyond the golden sky where we learn to fly. Ages Mary Ellen Shea Joseph M. Silva David Earle Smith David J. Sheridan Tim Simoes Thomas Solitario Richard Schneider Peter Simonson Thomas H. Soszynski Sanford Selman Homayoun Shirkhani John Skliutas Timothy Spera Richard Sewersky Frederick Siino James A. Sloss Joseph Paul Spinn Nothing is sacred around here you know. If my life ' s planned out ahead, I cannot look; And if you read me, then I am just a book. Jeffrey Stickles Beth Marie Stone Douglas Stone 75 Don ' t let school stand in the way of your education! David E. Szkutak ImreS. Tary George F. Tobin Jr. George Tompsett III Play for more than you can afford to lose, and you will learn the game. Churchill David C. Tellier Jack Tracy Abdelkader Tadjer Paul A. Tessier Son T. Tran PhilH.Turek Richard R. Tardiff William J. Tetreault Susan Turner ■ ; David Upham Frank Urbanski Hans Van De Berg Thomas Van Ness Felix Enrique Vargas 76 ™ David J. Wardell Hal Watts Philip Wetmore Rick Vaz John Michael Voet t i mF A -A t 111 Vincent P. Wasnewsky Raymond J. Weavill f$ 1 John Wheeler Neil J. Volkmar George Wespi Randy Mark Wheeler Joseph Wall Life is by no means a bed of roses; it ' s more like a thorny road, punctuated every now and then with roses to make it worth while. David Alan West Ed White I have a year, and who knows what might happen in that time. Tke King might die. The horse might die. I might die. And perhaps the horse will learn to sing. Douglas J. West V Frederick P. Wikstrom Laurel Wiljanen John P. Willemain David B. Willey 77 We ' ve been friends now for so many years We ' ve been together through the good times and the tears, Turned each other on to the good things that life has to give . . . Let ' s be friends. Let ' s be friends. Vincent Wolff Pamela Wright Juan Wunderlich Christopher C. Wilmot Gary P. Wong Robert A. Wood We must have time to be alone, To let our close kept thoughts run free, For what is today without time to wonder And what is tomorrow without a dream? l Anne Wynne Ho Ling Yee Bill Winters Paul S. Wrabel Mohammed Younes Donald Wiser Karen Wright Robert Wroblewski Bruce Young Mehdi Zekri Paul Zeytoonian John Zych 78 Judy Dorkin Paul J. Shields Harold Watts Bob Zunner Congratulations Class of 1979 79 Kenny Korzec Class of 1979 Alpha Tau Omega — The passage of time will never dilute the fond memories that Kenny has left with his friends, he was an inspiration to all who knew him; be it with judieious approach to his stud- ies, his leadership among his fraternity broth- ers, or his fierce competitiveness on the bas- ketball court. He demanded excellence and continually pushed himself towards achieving it. Kenny was a good friend. We will miss him . . . But we will never forget him. . and through our separation it pierced me to the heart, he still lives on inside of me we ' ve never been apart. Chip Pelissier Class of 1979 1957-1979 It is unfortunate that at such a happy and seemingly carefree point of our lives we stop and take time to think of the loss of a dear friend. It is especially saddening when it is someone who was a picture of vitality and spirit. Chip Pelissier was that, and much more. He was an outstanding student, a fine athlete, and an outgoing individual. His personality made him one of the easiest people to form a lasting friendship with. The loss of Chips optimistic attitude towards living saddens all of us who loved him. His death on May 18, 1978 came as a great shock to his family and friends. Chip was the best friend anyone could ask for, a companion and a beautiful person . . . we loved him ... we miss him . . . we will always remember him. DIRECTORY Miles Alan Abkowitz 32 Lillian Road Lexington, Mass. — Management Engineering, Artful dodgers 1978 lexington soft- ball league champions Keith Andrew 150 Ridge Crest Circle Withersfield, Conn. — Archie, Physics, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Cycling Club, Society Physics Students, BICYLING, Camera Club, Ma. Lg., Foot Pounders, USCF, AAS, FYS John Endicott Arnold 10 Denfeld Drive Westborough, Mass. — Computer Science, DPMA (3, 4), Upsilon Pi Epsilon Leona May Arsenault Howard Rd. Hubbardston, Mass. — ME- Materials, Women ' s Bowling (1, 2, 3) James Asoegwu Asoegwu ' s Compound Utuh-Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria — ME SAM John Alan Auger W. Warwick Ave W. Warwick, R.I. — Augie, ME. Theta Chi, ASME Edward George Ayoub 32 Shadow Laun Dr. Leominster, Mass. — Crazy Ed, Physics D Kent Robert Backe 80 Bradford Rd. Weston, Mass. — KB, Electrical Engineering, IEEE Paul Thomas Babin Jr. 7 Miscoe Rd. Worcester, Mass. — ACE, Electrical Engineering Coaching Youth and freshman high school football. Water Polo Club, Pursuing an Electrician ' s Journeyman License David Geno Bachiochi 161 East St. Stafford Springs, Conn. — Bucky, Mathematics, Soccer (1, 2, 3, 4) — 3 letters, (Capt. 4), JV Basketball 2 yrs. IM Basketball, Pi Mu Epsilon Arthur Brown Bainton 63 Beecher Road Woodbridge, Conn. — ABB, Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Employment Program (CO-OP), Student Life Committee, Pep Band Timothy F. Bamford 412 Plain Rd. Greenfield, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Alpha Chi Rho V.P., Pres. Douglas Robert Barrows 1 Januit Street Sandwich, Mass. — Civil Engineering, Zeta Psi, Intramural sports Antoine Norman Bassette Jr. RFD 3 RT 165 Norwich, Conn. — CS, Fencing club and team, Masque, WPISFS, SCA Mohammad Hussein Barahim Bastani 79 William St. Worcester, Mass. — Civil Engineering Glenn Richard Baylis 8 Eaton Rd. Wenham, Mass. — ME AXP, President and Treasurer, ASME, SAE, Pi Tau Sigma Charles E. Berger Jr. R.D. 1 Torrington, Conn. — Civil Engi- neering, Lambda Chi Alpha, Intramural Softball and Swimming, ASCE David Francis Bergeron 28 View St. Leominster, Mass. — Dave, ME, Treasurer of LCA (3, 4), ASME Annemarie Bernard 5 Stoney Brook Rd. Sherborn, Mass. — CS, Women ' s Bowling team (co-capt. 2 yrs.), DPMA (president, vice president), VPE (President) Brian Stokes Besser 970 Pippin Orchard Rd. Cranston, R.I. — CE, Zeta Psi, Scuba Club, Recondo Club Francis J. Biagiarelli 14 Bower Rd. Madison, Conn. - Wild BIAG, EE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, WPI Karate Club ' BIAG - ' , Stephen T. Blanchette 83 Hardy Drive Leominster, Mass. — Steve, Computer Science, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (3, 4), ACM (2, 3, 4) Arthur Michael Blaney 62 Whitelock Dr. Marlboro, Mass. — Mike, Chemical Engineering, WPIOC (1), National Ski Patrol (1, 2, 3, 4), Junior, and Senior Scoutmaster BSA (handicapped), Organ- ized Skiing The Big One , AICHE, ACS, Volunteer for Wore. Area Association for Retarded Children David John Blodgett 43 Highland St. Worcester, Mass. — Manage- ment-Computer Science Leobaldo Rafael Bocarruido Manzana 11 11 Urb: Vista Her- mosa Ciudad Bolivar-Estado Bolivar, Venezuela — Leo, Electrical Engineering Dean Francis Bogues Herman Street Danbury, Conn. — Deano, Bogie, Electrical Engineering, President of Student Chapter IEEE, Sigma Pi, Steward, Intramural Sports, Mailing and Duplicating Dept., Washington D.C. Project Center Joan Marie Bolduc 33 Ginger Avenue Winslow, Maine — Joan, Electrical Engineering, Phi Sigma Sigma (Scholarship Chairman, Rush Chairman), Skull, Volleyball, Eta Kappa Nu (Vice-Pres.), Stu- dent Alumni Services Committee, SWE, IEEE, Intramural sports Richard Eugene Bonci 29 Longfellow Rd. Holyoke, Mass. — The Bone, Chem. Eng., IM Volleyball, Softball, Sigma Pi, GORP Brother Keith C. Bonn 37 Hollow Oak Rd. Chappaqua, N.Y. — Mechani- cal Engineering ASME, SAE, SCCA Tech Inspector Scott Merry man Booth RFD 3 Box 245 Bangor, Maine — Civil Engineering, Crew (Capt. 4), ASCE, Intramurals (HLAM), (VP 3), JP, parties Jaime E. Boscan C. Av: 16 No 88a-10 Las Delicias Maracaibo, Venezuela — ME Phi Sigma Kappa Glenn E. Braunstein 15 Grace Court Bay Shore, N.Y. — Materials Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha Tijelino Jose Bravo Av: 2 No 87-162 Maracailb-Zulia, Venezuela — Tiger, Electrical Engineering Rifle Club, Chess Club, Volleyball Deirdre Ann Brennan Box 156, High Ridge Road Killington, Vt. — Chemical Engineering, Crew, Sailing, Skiing, AICHE Roland Ernest Brooks 726 Evergreen Ave Hamden, Conn. — Mechanical Engineering, WPI Christian Bible Fellowship (1, 2, 3, 4) 82 Allen Mark Buchinski 151 Cherry Street Wrentham, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Pi Tau Sigma, ASME Paul T. Burgarella 111 Pokonoket Ave Sudbury, Mass. — EE, Intramural Softball, EE Honor Society Wayne R. Burgess 24 Scrimgeour Rd. Worcester, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, ASME (2, 3, 4), Solar Energy Society (3, 4) David Jeffrey Busch 32 Rumford St. West Hartford, Conn. — Young, Dull, ME, Varsity Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4), Phi Kappa Theta, Triple D Lounge, Third Base, Varsity Club p 1 Hector Ramon Cabrera Calle San Rafael 47 Soledad Edo. Auzoategui, Venezuela — Electrical Engineering, WPI Volley- ball Club, 1978 Softball and Volleyball for Venezuelan team 1976- 1978 Camacho, Jose G. Barrio Andres Eloy Blanco Carrera 6 No 6-32 Barquisimeto Lara, Venezuela — Chemical Engineering Philip Joseph Cameron III 7 Kidder Street Winslow, Maine — Phil, Civil Engineering, Phi Kappa Theta; President (4), Mess Treas. (3), Chi Epsilon; Vice President (4), Skull; President (4), ASCE; IFC Basketball Marathon Chairman (4), Student Alumni Services (3, 4), Varsity Football (1, 2, 3), Intramurals (1, 2, 3, 4) James Cambell 90 Morris Ave. Tabor, N.J. — EE Stephen Anthony Caputo 20 Elizabeth St. Worcester, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Zeta Psi, Intramural Sports, Skiing Kevin Leonard Carlson 77 Stoneleigh Road Holden, Mass. — Eco- nomics, The City University, London ' 78- ' 79; Washington D.C. ' 77 Clint Wayne Carpenter 38 Royal Crest Los Alamos, NM — Chem- istry, Crew (1), Skeptical Chemists (2, 3, 4), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi Joseph Gregory Carrolo 320 Miller St. Ludlow, Mass. — Joe, Com- puter Science, Alpha Tau Omega, Washington Project Center, Intra- mural Sports Charles Vance Carter II 4 Chaparral Trail Breckonridge, Texas — Electrical Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Rifle and Pistol Club, President, Team Captain, Lens and Lights Club Wallace Martindell Catanach III RD 1, Box 6 Riegelsville, Pa. — Wally, Mechanical Engineering Crew, (1, 2, 3, 4), Lambda Chi Alpha, Basketball Marathon Co-ordinator (3, 4) Garrett Arnold Chace 239 Nanaquaket Rd. Tiverton, R.I. — Civil Engineering, Phi Sig Paul Herve Chenard 232 Whiting St. New Britain, Conn. — Chem- istry, Phi Lambda Upsilon, President, Tau Beta Pi, Secretary, Water Safety Instructor Charles R. Close 20 Beckford St. Beverly, Mass. — Charlie, Chem- ical Engineering, Intramural Sports (1, 2, 3, 4), AICHE (4) Wayne Lee Coleman 9 Mathurin Rd. Plainville, Mass. — Chemi- cal Engineering, AICHE Stephen Michael Connolly 39 Surrey Dr. Wallingford, Conn. — Civil Engineering, Intramural Sports, IYF Cynthia B. Connor 2 Sheehan Dr. Holyoke, Mass. — Cindy, Mge, Phi, Sigma Sigma, President (4), Treasurer (2, 3), Frosh Orienta- tion, Chairman Big Sister Program, Volunteer Probation Officer, SWE, Women ' s Bowling Team, Internal Residence Hall Committee, Intramural Sports Thomas Omar Converse Main St. Norwich, Vt. — Mechanical Engineering C. James Cook 167 Carroll Ave. Westwood, Mass. — CS New- speak, (1, 2), WPI Science Fiction Society, (2, 3, 4: Pres. 3), ACM, (Pres. 3), Upsilon Pi Epsilon Albert Auguste Cormier 3 West Alios St. Nashua, N.H. — ' GUS ' , Civil Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, NSPE, ASCE Philip Martin Cullin Jr. 34 Puritan Rd. Swampscott, Mass. — EE, Phi Kappa Theta, SFPE, IEEEE Edward P. Curtis 93 E. Kidder St. Portland, Maine — ME T George Anthony Dainis, III 181 Trorring Park Road West Dennis, Mass. — Flaps, Chemical Engineering, Rifle and Pis- tol Club, (1, 2), Scuba Club, (3, 4: Treasurer 4), AICHE (1, 3, 4) David C. D ' Antonio 22 Hilltop Rd. Sudbury, Mass. Crew, Pistol Club, Hillel, Very Amateur Magician DDA, CS, Andrew John Davidson 20 Beacon St. Natick, Mass. — Andy, MG, Credit Union, GDI, Junior Prom, Monday night Bowling, Manage- ment Club, Peddler John J. Davidson 60 Castle Ave. Athol, Mass. — Jay, MGE, PGD James J. DeCarlo 323 Leonard St. Brooklyn, N.Y. — STIKMAN, EE, DJ on WICN radio Michael James Windsor DeLaCruz .67 Chadwick Rd. White Plains, N.Y. — PH and MGE, Skull, Tau Beta Pi, President, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Head RA, Theta Chi, Acting, Karate Daniel Michael Dellaripa 147 Collier Rd. Wethersfield, Conn. — Electrical Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Knu Robert S. DeMarco 232 Pilgrim Ave. Worcester, Mass. — Bobby D , Electrical Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, House Rock Band, Prize Chairman — United Way Marathon Basketball Game, Spring Weekend, (Co-chairman), IFC Social Chairman, Soccer Team, (75, 76, 77), House Sports, basketball, bowling, Softball, vol- leyball Michael Hensman Denigan 120 Alexander St. Princeton, N.J. — ME, Crew; (1), AFROTC; (3, 4), Camera Club; (3, 4), Christian Bible Fellowship; (1), Foot-Pounders; (3, 4) Gerard A. DeRome Jr. 83 New Chesire Rd. So. Meriden, Conn. — Jerry, EE, Phi Sigma Kappa, Inductor, Treasurer, New Hanafis 83 Stephen Gerard DiPietro 116 Westwood Rd. Medford, Mass. — DeeBee, Nuclear Engineering, ME, JV Baseball, B and W Scholar- ship. Hapha Gramma Tute Softball Team, Drinking Club, (1, 2, 3, 4), Constant Moral Support for Roomates John Leo Donahue Central Turnpike Sutton, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, IEEE, Sailing Club, Pistol Club, Intramurals, Washing- ton Project Center William Peter Donoghue 9 Judson Rd. Worcester, Mass. — Guill- aume. Electrical Engineering, Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE, Intramural Soft- ball Maryellen Doherty 7 Park Villa Avenue Worcester, Mass. — Mathematics, Phi Sigma Sigma, Women ' s Track, Commuter Repre- sentative, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, SWE Judith Lee Dorkin 59 Harrison Ave. Newport, R.I. agement, Epsilon Upsilon Pi, Vice President Judy, Man- Sandra Marie Dorr 17 Warren Ave. Leicester, Mass. — Sandy, Applied Mathematics, Peddler, Senior Portrait Editor, Softball; (1, 2, 3, 4) Gary R. Doyle 15 Meadowbrook Rd. Dover, Mass. — EE, Sailing Club; (VP 1977), (Pres. 1978), Purchased 4 Lazers for the Club Ronald Steven Drewiany 86 Greenleaf Avenue West Springfield, Mass. — Civil Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa Mary Beth Driscoll 28 Wayside Lane Redding, Conn. — Beth, Civil Engineering (Urban design, transportation), Phi Sigma Sigma, co-founder, vice-president (2, 3), secretary (4), Freshman Orienta- tion; (2, 3), Pub Advisory Board; (3, 4), ASCE; (3, 4), Women ' s Bas- ketball (1, 2, 3, 4) Mary Elizabeth Dunn 18 Caswell Avenue Newport, R.I. — Doc, Electrical Engineering, Women ' s Tennis (1, 2, 3, 4), Ski Team Man- ager; (2, 3, 4), Bicycle Club; (3), SWE, Big Sister, Juvenile Court Richard Raymond Durand Jr. 37 Algerine Street Berkley, Mass. — Chemistry, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Skeptical Chemists Club; Pres. (3), Secretary (1, 2) Mary E. Farren 324 Orient Ave. Pawt, R.I. — Environmental Engineering, Phi Sigma Sigma, Volleyball, Campus Hearing Board, IM Sports, Freshman Orientation, Internal Residence Hall Commit- tee, Drama, Chorus, Committee of Concerned Students, SWE Kenneth R. Fast 2 Chestnut Hill Sq. Groton, Conn. Soccer, Delta Delta Delta, Navigators Ken, ME, Eugenia Fernandez 5 Vista Way Springfield, N.J. — Genia, Mechanical Engineering, Masque, Women ' s Bowling Team, SWE, Volleyball Louis Feula Jr. 10 Byrd St. Johnston, R.I. — Chemical Engineer- ing, Phi Kappa Theta, Solar Energy Society, Chemical Engineering Society, Phi Lambda Epsilon Honor Society, Karate Frederick Brian Fisher 12 Southwood Road Enfield, Conn. — Fred, EE, X-C (2), DPMA; (3, 4), UPE; Regional Programming Con- test, Outing Club; (2, 3, 4, Vice Pres. 4) Alwyn Walter Fitzgerald 147 Maplewood Terrace Northampton, Mass. — FITZ, Life Sciences Newspeak, Art Director, Masque; Vice President, acted in Moliere ' s Tartuffe, Brecht ' s Galileo, wrote CLAMS, Scuba Club, Ski Instructor, Outing Club, Life Science Club, Professor Punt John Kevin Fitzgerald 318 Meadow St. Shelton, Conn. — Sid, Civil Engineering, Senior Class Treasurer, IYF, ASCE, Skull, JV Basketball, Varsity Basketball, Intramural Sports Kathleen A. Fitzgerald 180 Harwich Rd. West Springfield, Mass. — Kathy, EE, Volunteer Probation Officer, Big Sister Eileen Theresa Foley 250 Cross Street Boylston, Mass. — ME- Design, Wife of Eugene T. Foley, Mother of Ellen, Eileen, and Eugene, Student Member of ASME, SWE Louis Peter Frascotti 194 Union St. Franklin, Mass. — Lou, Civil Engineering Phi Gamma Delta, Chi Epsilon, ASCE, SFPE Steven James Fulton 19 Melch Rd. Lynnfield, Mass. — ME, Canoeing, 6th 1975 World Championships in Skopje, Yugoslavia, raced numerous internationals, placed third in individual, second in team 17 Kenneth William Engan 1417 Ponds Edge, Pa. — Ken, EE, Theta Chi, Intramural Sports, hockey, volleyball, softball William H. Englemann 53 Long Hill Rd. Lynn, Mass. — Bill, EE, IEEE, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Football; (1, 2) David James Erickson 24 Fielding St. Worcester, Mass. — Leif, Chemical Engineering, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Pres., Football (1, 2), IFC Jane Elizabeth Estey 996 Washington St. Dorchester, Mass. — Civil Engineering, ASCE, Chi Epsilon, SWE Y Michael Thomas Falcinelli 21 Breezy Hill Rd. South Wind- sor, Conn. — Mike, EE, Sigma Pi, IEEE Stephen W. Falls 134 Old Hickory Rd. Orange, Conn. — Mechan- ical Engineering, Solar Energy Society; (3), ASME; (3, 4) Kevin Paul Gaboury 161 Lancaster Road Berlin, Mass. — Delicious Apple, Electrical Engineering Michael Patrick Gabriella 14 Dale Ave. Auburn, Mass. — Gabe, LS Glee Club, Director of the Baker ' s Dozen, Scuba Club James Eric Gaffney 734 New Boston, Road Fall River, Mass. — Jim Michael George Gallerani Childs Hill Road Woodstock, Conn. — ME, Pi Tau Sigma, ASME, Fencing Club, Senior Associate, Commit- tee of Concerned Students, Washington Project Center Mark F. Galvin Sherwood Dr. Sterling Jcu., Mass. — ME, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kenneth A. Gamache 55 Grove St. Paxton, Mass. cal Engineering Ken, Electri- Roger Joseph Gaudet, Jr. 36 Pacific St. Fitchburg, Mass. Mechanical Engineering 84 Alan Gehami 1746 Manchester Rd. Glastonbury, Conn. — Al, Big Al, EE, Cross Country (1), Track; (1, 2, 3, 4), Pistol Club; (4), Inter- mural Softball; (1, 2, 3, 4), Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4) Peter Taylor Gibson 128 Robert St. Braintree, Mass. — P.T. , Part Time CS Soccer; (1, 2), Rifle and Pistol; (2), Scuba Club; (3, 4, 5), Peddler, Photo Editor (3), Editor-in-chief (4), Photographer (5), SAB Chairman; (4), ACM; (4, 5), CCS; (4, 5) Arthur J. Girard 49 Newton St. Woonsocket, R.I. Regional Planning Urban and Thomas Girotti 195 Maple Avenue Incasville, Conn. — GYRO, EE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Navigators Christian Ministry, Intramural Softball, Phoenix, DCC, FNUH Adolfo Enrique Godoy La Rotaria Calle 84 No. 85-162, Mara- caibo, Venezuela — Chemical Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa, I have good friends here, Sports, Volleyball, Softball, Tennis, Table-Tennis Sigifredo Abelardo Gonzalez La Hacienda-Caricuao Big. 15 Apt. 15-01 UD-3 Caracas, Venezuela — Chemical Engineering, Scuba Club John Gordeuk 84 Ridgewood Rd. Glastonbury, Conn. — Physics, Wind Ensemble, SPS, Intramural Sports, Observatory Steven Michael Gottschalk 27 Whig Rd. Scarsdale, N.Y. — GOTTS, ME, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Car Rallye Chairman (75, 77, 78), SCCA Showroom Stock Racing Alirio Graterol C. Calle Brion 225, Urb. Libertadores, Barquisi- meto, Lara, Venezuela — Al, Electrical Engineering Kevin John Grealish 8 Parkside Ave. Braintree, Mass. — ME Donald Arthur Griglack Rd 4 Forest Drive Doylestown, Pa. — Diago, Chemical Engineering Daniel Bruce Grossman 150 Creamery Road Cheshire, Conn. — Dan, Computer Science ACM; (1, 2, 3, 4), Vice Pres. 4, DPMA; (2, 3, 4), Vice Pres. 4, Peddler; (1, 2) William George Guerin 298 Webster St. Worcester, Mass. — Bill, Physics, Intramurals, Basketball, Softball Robert Ernest Guigli 240 Weston Road Wellesley, Mass. — GUIG , Civil Engineering, Phi Gamma Delta, Freshman Crew, Pres. Sophomore Class, Vice-Pres. ASCE; (77) Normand B. Guillemette 64 Jefferson Ave. Springfield, Mass. — ME, Varsity Track, Cross-Country, Indoor Track, Co-Capt. of 1978 CC team U Brian Henry Hallett 7 Dupre Drive Enfield, Conn. — HATCHET, ME, Phi Kappa Theta; (1, 2, 3, 4), Newspeak, Sports Staff, Tennis; (1, 2, 3, 4), Capt. (4), Triple-D lounge Kevin Richard Halloran 11 Plain St. RFD Walpole, Mass. — Kool, Taz, Boris, ME, Built a Prototype Gas-Electric Vehicle as MQP Carl Eric Hammer 71 Pleasant Ave. Naugatuck, Conn. — MGE, Basketball, Manager (3, 4), Intramurals, Basketball (3, 4), Bowling (L2) Eric Charles Hansen RFD 2 Kitchawan Rd. South Salem, N.Y. — ME, Built 38 ' sailin-out rigger (proa), Windsurfing, Skiing, Scuba, Private Flying, Hanglider Test Pilot — Survived uninjured, flown higher than 2500 ' in Markowski ' s EAGLE Scott Bernard Hansen 34 Old Billerica Road Bedford, Mass. — Chewy, Chemical Engineering, Sigma Phi Epsilon; (1, 2), Assistant Treasurer (2), Treasurer (3), Football; (1, 2, 3, 4), AICHE (2, 3, 4) Robert Edward Hart 55 Cottage St. Chelsea, Mass. — Bob, Civil Engineering, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pyloretes, Jr. Class President, Lacrosse team, ASCE, SFPE, Vice Pres., Peddler, Sport ' s Editor Henry Benoit Hazebrougk Smithfield Rd. North Smithfield, R.I. — Henry, ME, WPI Outing Club Mark Bennett Hecker 5 Janet Drive North Haven, Conn. — Elec- trical Engineering, Zeta Psi, Newspeak, Photography Editor, Lens and Lights Club, Technical Director, Peddler, Pi Delta Epsilon, Crew, Cinematech Committee, Wireless Association William Robert Herman 19 West Colonial Rd. Wilbraham, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Varsity Football Gerardo do Jesus Hernandez Fulia, Venezuela — CM Garcia Calle 72 3b-65 Maracaibo- John Robert Herr 39 Deer Run PO Box 653 East Orleans, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Outing Club, Sailing Club, Undergradu- ate Employment Program, ASME, SAE Suzanne Marie Hess 100 Butler Lane New Canaan, Conn. — Sue, Management Engineering, Sigma Kappa Sorority, Water Ballet Club, Honor Society, Dean ' s List, Intramural Women ' s Sports, SWE, SAM, Ski Club Dale N. Hobbs 7 N. Ledge Rock Rd. Niantic, Conn. — Mechanical Engineering, Sailing Club, Wind Ensemble, President, Wireless Association, ASME, SAE Sally Lynne Hodgerney 39 Pocasset Ave. Worcester, Mass. — MGC, Phi Sigma Sigma; (2, 3, 4), Women ' s Bowling; (3, 4), Wom- en ' s Softball; (1, 2, 3, 4), Women ' s Basketball; (1, 2), Women ' s Field Hockey; (2, 3), Peddler; (4) John D. Hopkins Jr. 75 Holly Rd. .Marion, Mass. — Hoppy, MGE, Soccer, Phi Gamma Delta Robert Hapgood Howe 12 Spencer St. Springfield, Mass. — ME Lennox P. John Hoyte 1260 St. Marks Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. — Electrical Engineering, Flying, Swimming Club, International Center of Worcester, January Graduate Arthur John Hughes 30-88 44th Street Astoria, N.Y. — Artie, Electrical Engineering, Varsity Football; (1, 2, 3, 4), Varsity Basket- ball; (2), Phi Kappa Theta, IFC, Big Brother Big Sister Kevin Michael Hughes Cannel Pt Rd. Yarmouth, Maine — CS, Phi Gamma Delta Daniel F. Hurst 238 Grove St. Chicopee, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa; President, Pi Tau Sigma; Secretary, Treasurer, Future: PUNT Javed Husain PO Box 180 Ackhobar, Saudi Arabia — MG 85 Earl Brian Ingham 49 South St. Granby, Mass. — CE, ASCE, Sailing Club, Intramural Sports Wayne Curtis Isaac South Road Hampton Falls, N.H. — Physics, Phi Gamma Delta, SPS, Social Committee, Production Manager, Lens and Lights, Physics Dept. Technician Craig Alden Jacobson Hidden Valley Reading, VT. J ME, Pi Tau Sigma, ASME Jake, John Carl Jacobson 12 Sharon Rd. Melrose, Mass. — Jake, ME- Materials, JV Basketball; (1), Intramural Sports, Basketball (2, 3, 4), Volleyball (2, 3) John Jacob Janas III 286 Clark Rd. Lowell, Mass. — Cubie, J3 LS Biochemistry, Varsity Golf Team; (1, 2, 3, 4), Co-Capt. (4), Hockey Team (1, 2, 3, 4), Life Sciences Club; (1, 2, 3, 4), Pres. (4), Phi Gamma Delta, Student Government; (2, 3, 4) Bruce Richard Jenket 12 Huntington Ave. Worcester, Mass. — Nuclear Engineering, Varsity Track and Field; Letterman 3 yrs., Sailing Club Richard H. Jenkins II 19A Henry St. Summit, N.J. — Jenks, Civil Engineering, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Lacrosse Club, ASCE, Dumb Civil Jack Brian David Johansson 56 Bridges Rd. Williamstown, Mass. — EE, Phi Kappa Theta, Eta Kappa Nu, Narragansett ' s David Roy Johnson Henry Sanford Rd. Bridgewater, Conn. — ME Carolyn Marie Jones 247 Foundry St. S. Easton, Mass. — ME, Newspeak, Art Director (1, 2), Sailing Club; (1), Cheerleader; (1), Intramural Softball; (1), Women ' s Tennis Team; (2), Spectrum; (3, 4),Cinematech; (3,4) Chandrashekhar H. Joshi 65 Locust Ave. Worcester, Mass. — Chad, Mechanical Engineering, Pi Tau Sigma, Camera Club, ASME 1 Steven Paul Kanevski 5 Winsor Ave. Brockton, Mass. — Steve, CS, Sigma Pi, House Manager, Intramural Hockey, The Lounge, DAKA, WaH5, Data General, The Rustic Stephen Joseph Kapurch 109 Houghton Street Worcester, Mass. — Zack, ME, Crew; (1, 2, 3, 4), Intramurals, Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4), Volleyball (3), Cross Country (4) Cynthia Lynn Karlic 15 Powder Horn Hill Rd. Brookfield Center, Conn. — Cindy, Chemical Engineering, Bowling; (3, 4), Baseball; Manager (2, 3), SWE; (3, 4), Volleyball; (1, 2, 3, 4), Co-Capt. (4) James Richard Korte 80 Lewis St. Southampton, N.Y. — Jim, Chemical Engineering, Alpha Tau Omega, ID Foreman, AICHE, Intramural Sports Paul Edward Keary 12 John Street Fairhaven, Mass. — Civil Engi- neering, Washington DC Project Center, The New Hanafis, ASCE Paul Frankis Keenan 266 Wilson Ave Kappa Theta, Wrestling Rumford, R.I. — ME, Phi Claire Heanne LaChance 292 Chestnut St. Gardner, Mass. Eta Kappa Nu, Wireless Association EE, James David Kelleher 445 Shewsbury St. Holden, Mass. — Jim, Mathematics, IYF, JV Basketball, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Golf, Intramurals, Varsity Club Brian Turner Kelley 240 Main Street Medway, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; (2, 3, 4), Pistol Club; (1), Junior Prom Committee; (3), Air Force ROTC (1, 2, 3, 4) Daniel John Kennefick 83 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Gloucester, Mass. — Dan, Electrical Engineering, Phi Kappa Theta; (1, 2, 3, 4), Skull; (3, 4), Resident Advisor; (3, 4), Chairman of Academic Committees; (3, 4), Curriculum Committee; (3, 4), IEEE; (2, 3, 4), Night Chairman; WPI Alumni Phonathon; (3), PA Announcer for home Basketball and Football Games; (2, 3, 4), Varsity Golf; (4), Intramurals Patricia Ann Keough 2 Blaney Circle Seekonk, Mass. — Pat, P.K., Chemical Engineering, Women ' s Basketball, Varsity (1, 2, 3, 4) S. Lorraine Kikuta 707-5-33, Takamawa 1, Minato-Ku, Tokyo- 108, Japan — Electrical Engineering Joseph David Kintz 90 Hildreth St. Westford, Mass. — Joe, Mechanical Engineering Catherine Alice Kirla 167 Mansfield Grove Road East Haven, Conn. — Life Sciences, Crew, Social Committee, Sisters of Zeta Psi, Peddler, Art John William Kolis 20 Sheppard Dr. Warwick, R.I. — Chemistry Student Richard Raymond Kozicz 26 Spring St. Webster, Mass. — EE- Communications, JV Basketball, Varsity Track, IEEE, Raquetball, Intramural Volleyball Keith Michael Kranz 71 Saw Mill Rd. Bristol, Conn. — ME, Soc- cer; (1, 2), Baseball; (1, 3, 4), Bowling team; (1, 2, 3, 4), ATO; (1, 2, 3, 4), ASME; (4), Intramurals; (1, 2, 3, 4) Peter Michael Kujawski 359 Main St. Webster, Mass. — Ripper, CM, Lambda Chi Alpha; Campus Hearing Board; Varsity Soccer, Washington Project, New Hanafis Michael S. Kupcinskas 14 Dell Ave. Worcester, Mass. — EE, Out- ing Club Leonard John Kleczynski 78 Denis Street Manchester, N.H. — Lenny, Rocko, ME, Pep Band; (1, 2) T Peter LaBelle 3 Dever St. Boston, Mass. — Popeye, Electri- cal Engineering, Skull, IFC, Pres., Theta Chi; Pres., Treas., Freshman Orientation Committee; (1, 2, 3, 4), 1978 Inauguration Comm., etc. Andre Gerard Labrecque 12 Park St. Salem, Mass. — Manage- ment Engineering, Zeta Psi, Crew, Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM), Freshman Orientation Committee, Worcester Big Brother, IFC: Treasurer, Intramurals Douglas Barney LaBrecque 109 Milford St. Spring Field, Mass. — Barns, MGE, Football; (1, 2, 3), Phi Gamma Delta; (1, 2, 3, 4), Ste- ward (3), President (4), SAM, Junior Prom Committee 86 Stephen Francis Lesniewski 256 City View Boulevard Westfield, Mass. — Spoon Fed, The Sciences of Life, Cinematech, (2, 3, 4), Spectrum, (3, 4), Intramural Sports, (1, 2, 3, 4), Life Sciences Club, (2, sec. treas. 3, 4), SAB, (3, 4), Golf (3, 4) Norman Lucien Lacourse 429 Mill Street Worcester, Mass. — Stormin Norman, Chemistry, Skeptical Chemists Club, Student Affil- iate of American Chemical Society, Higgins Armory Sword Project, Intramural Softball Raymond Joseph Lambert 18 Cedar Drive Granby, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Lambda Chi Alpha, Executive Committee, IFC, Intramural Sports, Skiing, ASME, ASM, Washington D.C. Intern Theresa B. Langevin 301 Chapel Street Gardner, Mass. — Terry, Chemical Engineering, AICHE; (2, 3, 4), SWE; (3, 4), Social Com- mittee; (2, 3, 4), Field Hockey; (2, 3, 4), Volleyball; (3, 4) Henry Anthony Lapa, Jr. 57 Gill St. Chicopee, Mass. — ME Donald Alan Larson 195 Twinbrooke Dr. Holden, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Phi Gamma Delta, Resident Advisor, Mas- que, ASME, Pistol Club, Parachuting Club John Michael Losapio 69 Chilmark St. Worcester, Mass. — BEAR Civil Engineering, IYF, JV Basketball; (1, 2), JV Baseball; (1, 2), Intramural Sports, ASCE Stephen Ricard Laskowski 26 Allen Dr. East Greenwich, R.I. — Civil Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa, Secretary, Vice President, Intramural Sports, Outing Club, Residence Hall Committee, THE NEW HANAFIS Thomas Wing Man Lau Block D. 7 F1. Far East Yuen Long Bldg. ON Lok Rd. Yeun Long, NT. Hong Kong — Tom, Mathematics Stephen D. LeBlanc 34 Decorie Dr. Wilbraham, Mass. — Steve, Chemical Engineering, Lambda Chi Alpha, Intramurals, Volleyball, Softball, AICHE Lawrence Jay Leduc 18 Lincoln St. Webster, Mass. — Larry, Chemical Engineering, AICHE Robert Schlomo Lifgren III 101 Piedmont St. Worcester, Mass. — Schlom Physics and Physical Ed., Graduated from European Health Spa, 59 out of 60, Solved Unified Field Theory for point mass, blind- folded riding a unicycle Lathleen Anne Lies Rt. 4 9933 Aztec Dr. Norman, Okla. — Kathy, Management, Lens and Lights; (1, 2, 3, 4), Sec. (2), Society of Management; (3, 4), Sec. (4) James D. Livsey Acushnet Road Mattapoisett, Mass. — Mechani- cal Engineering David J. Lodigiani 70 Clarence St. West Springfield, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering, Social Committee; (1, 2, 3, 4), Ticket Chairman (2, 4), American Society of Mechanical Engineers; (2, 3, 4) Armando R. Loretto G. Calle Blasina 27 Sarria-Caracas, Vene- zuela — Electrical Engineering, Volleyball, Softball, Raquetball Mark Paul Lovington 15 Wilbrook Road Stratford, Conn. — Elec- trical Engineering, Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE, Tennis, Senior Associate Edris Lugo Calle Salvaje 60 Cabimas-Zulia, Venezuela — ME, Venezuelan Softball Team, Boxing; (for the Hell of it), Disco Dancer William Lustgarten 4590 Adams Ave. Miami Beach, Florida — Management Engineering, Hillel Club, SAM M David Gordon Mabey 7 Cooper Kettle Ln. Barrington, R.I. — Mabes, MG, Phi Kappa Theta, Big Brother Jesus A. Machado Urbanizacion Miraflores Av. Araguaney 1018 B Cabimas-Estado Zulia, Venezuela — Mechanical Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa, Venezuelan Teams, Softball, Volleyball, Bowling Ian S. Macleod 189 Cross Rd. Lunenburg, Mass. — E, CS, ACM, Pres., UPE, Sec Treas., Pi Mu Epsilon, Sec, SAB, Sec, Camera Club, SF Society Francis W. Madigan III 15 Mary Jane Circle Worcester, Mass. — Fran, Civil Engineering, Zeta Psi, Crew; (1, 2, 3, 4) James Edward Manchester 76 Berry Lane Bristol, R.I. — Manch, Electrical Engineering (Biomedical), Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pres. (4), Vice Pres. (3), Steward (2), Big Brother in Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Worcester; (3, 4), Worcester BB BS Advisory Coun- cil; (2, 3, 4), Class Secretary; (3, 4), IFC Representative; (3), Intra- mural Sports; (1, 2, 3, 4), Clinical Engineering Internship, UMMC; (3) David M. Mangini 95 Honor Rd. West Haven, Conn. — Electrical Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, WPI Wireless Association, Pistol Club Larry Paul Marino 111 Molberry Rd. Bristol, R.I. — Larry, EE, Class Treasurer; (2, 3), Class President; (4), Phi Gamma Delta; (1, 2, 3, 4), Recording Secretary (4), Skull; IEEE, IFC Representative; (3) Alfred J. Marotta 100 Roberts Rd. Medford. Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Cross Country, Track, Rifle and Pistol Club Francis J. Martin 298 Coram Ave. Shelton, Conn. — ME, Intra- murals, IYF Alan Thomas Masse 120 Saratoga Ave. Pawtucket, R.I. — Civil Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tennis, ASCE, Living James Theodore Mastalerz 54 Amherst St. Ludlow, Mass. — JIMBO, CS, Alpha Tau Omega, Hockey, Baseball, Title IX Commit- tee, on Club Sports, Outing Club David Anthony Mauriello 161 Davis St. Oakville, Conn. — Edward, Funk, Electrical Engineering, Outing Club, IEEE, Intramu- ral Softball; (1) Thomas Francis McClure 17 Rice Road Maynard, Mass. — Chem- istry, Resident Advisor; (3, 4), Phi Gamma Delta; (1, 2, 3, 4), Scuba Club, Skeptical Chemists Michael Shawn McDonald 2 Mason Street Palmer, Mass. — Mike, Civil Engineering, ASCE, ACI, AISC, SFPE, Theta Chi; (3, 4), Sec- retary (3, 4) Kathleen Ann McKeon 26 Griswold St. Meriden, Conn. — Kathy, Mathematics Crew, Freshman Orientation Committee, SWE, Pi Mu Epsilon, Zeta Psi 87 Paul T. McKeown 12 Rockland Rd. Ct. Auburn, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering (Design) Michael Earle McLane 6 Grandview Ter. Hurley, N.Y. — ' Nick ' , Civil Engineering, Lambda Chi Alpha, IFC Football, Intramural, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball John Leon Meader 15 Cedar Hill Road Northborough, Mass. — Meats, Civil Engineering, IHRC, Campus Hearing Board, Washing- ton D.C. Project Center, 1978 IQP Award, WICN-FM Staff, Lacrosse, Intramural Sports, New Hanafis, Sigma Phi Epsilon, ASCE Jeffrey Paul Michaels 49 Orchard St. Salem, Mass. — Witless, CM James Arthur Michaud 129 Knollwood Ave. Cranston, R.I. — Tomato, Civil Engineering, Phi Kappa Theta, ASCE James Henry Miller 110 Circle Drive Torrington, Conn. — Hank, EE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Resident Advisor Thomas Raymond Milligan 340 Rancocas Dr. Bricktown, N.J. — Tom, Management Jeffery Allen Mills Route 183 Colebrook, Conn. — Jeff, Mechani- cal Engineering, London Exchange Program, ASME, WPI Outing Club, Sailing Club, Dormitory Hearing Board, FYS Senior Associate, President ' s IQP Award Donald H. Mitchell 65 Willowdale Rd. Scarborough, Maine. — Mitch, Electrical Engineering, Sigma Pi, Treasurer (3), Volleyball; (1, 2), Basketball; (1, 2, 3, 4), Softball; (2, 3, 4), Bowling; (2), IEEE; (2,3,4) Lisa Anne Mitchell 96 Pleasant St. Manchester, Mass. — Civil Engineering, Peddler, SWE, ASCE Peter Dennis Morico 14 Carina Rd. North Haven, Conn. — EE, Intramurals, Softball (1, 2, 3, 4), Bowling (1, 2, 3, 4), Theta Chi, Liquor Steward (2), Marshal (3), WPI Wireless; (1) Paul Vincent Moroney 5205 Burke Drive Alexandria, Va. — Civil Engineering, ASCE, Sailing Club, Chi Epsilon, Intramural Sports Richard S. Mrugala 22 Davis Rd. Auburn, Mass. — MRUG, Mechanical Engineering, Soccer Coach at St. Mary ' s H.S. in Worces- ter, 1977 District Champs, Intramural Sports; (1, 2, 3), Coach and Player for Charlie ' s Surplus Soccer Team Russell J. Murray, Jr. 86 North Main St. Whitinsville, Mass. — Russ, Civil Engineering, Phi Kappa Theta, Steward, Varsity Club, Sec.-Treas., Indoor-Outdoor Track, Lettered 4 years Thomas J. Murray 65 PaperMill Rd. Westfield, Mass. Physics, Vball Club, SAE, Vice Pres., SPS, Vice Pres. Mur, Barbara Lucille Murtagh 1703 Randolph Rd. Middletown, Conn. — Barb, EE, Zeta Psi; (1, 2, 3, 4), Secretary (2, 3), President (4), SWE; (2, 3, 4), Freshman Orientation Committee; (3, 4), Big Little Sister Program; (2, 3, 4) Paul G. Norton 169 Mill St. Worcester, Mass. — Civil Engineer- ing, Intramurals; (1, 2, 3, 4), Wind Ensemble; (2), Stage Band; (2, 3, 4), President (4), The Quintet Chess Club; (1, 2, 3, 4), Pres. (4), Cannonballs Carl Edward Nyerick 77 Kensington Road Southington, Conn. — Mechanical Engineering C David John Ofcarcik 10 Circledale Drive Cumberland, R.I. — Dave, Electrical Engineering, Glee Club; (1, 2, 3, 4), Zeta Psi, IFC Sports Darlene E. Oktavec Little City Rd. Higganum, Conn. — Environ- mental Crew, SWE, Freshman Orientation Committee, Zeta Psi Stephen Winfred Olson 221 Farmington Ave. Plainville, Conn. — Steve, Physics, Society of Physics Students Bruce Reed Orenstein 17 Maplewood Ct. Norwich, Conn. — Elec- trical Engineering, Outing Club, Amateur Radio Society, Theta Chi Ronald Charles Ouellet 12 Wales Avenue Randolph, Mass. — Mechanical Engineering (Materials), Alpha Tau Omega, (1, 2, 3, 4), National Representative (2), Rush Chairman (3), Recording Secre- tary (4), ASME; (3, 4), Secretary (3), President (4), Junior Prom Committee, Co-chairman Publicity and Tickets, Intramurals; (1, 2, 3, 4), Volunteer WPI Alumni Phonothon (2), Student Government, Financial Aid Committee (2, 3, 4), American Society for Metals; (4), Volunteer WPI Annual Blood Drive; (1, 2, 3, 4), United Way Mara- thon; (1, 2, 3, 4), Motorcycling, music, raquetball P David Vincent Paciorkowski 7 Meadow Lane Dudley, Mass. — Dave, Electrical Engineering, WPI Rifle and Pistol Club, Attended University of Rochester; (74-76), Intramurals, Football, Baseball, Volleyball, Tennis, Chess, United States Chess Federation Mary Therese Palumbo 87 Beverly Road Mount Kisco, New York — Urban Planning, Varsity Swim Team; (Women ' s Captain), Resi- dent Advisor Peter P. Pappus 1 Birchmeadow Cr. Framingham, Mass. Computer Science Pete, Keith Bryant Payea 1680 Husted Ave. San Jose, Calif. — Poofta, EE, Radio Experimentation Society, Sailing Club, Washington Project Center, Outing Club David L. Peterson 1559 S. Sonora Dr. Columbia, Mo. — Dave, Physics, Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma Stephen Arthur Parent Bay Hill Rd. Northfield, N.H. — Life Sci- ence, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Treasurer (2, 3), Pledge Trainer (3, 4), IFC Rush Chairman (3, 4), Tau Beta Pi; (3, 4), Phi Lambda Upsilon (3, 4), Life Sciences Club; (3, 4), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wor- cester, Advisory Committee, Big Broth er Gary Francis John Pietryu ASME, Crew Team 181 Elm Street Holyoke, Mass. — ME, N Antonio R. Nogales C DR Manzo No. 62 Norte Villa De Cura-Aragua-VZLA — Tony, Chemical Engineering David Michael Pino 2 Riverview Avenue Longmeadow, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society, President, WPI Sailing Club, Pistol Club 88 Mark Frings Pittenger 236 E. Manoa Road Havertown, Pa. — Life Sciences, Soccer, Outing Club, Life Science Club, Men ' s Volleyball Club, Intramurals Heidi S. Pivnick 145 Lansdowne Road Warwick, R.I. — MGC (Management with Computer Science Emphasis), Tennis; (1, 2, 4), Resident Advisor; (3), Head Resident Advisor; (4), Trustee Commit- tee on Academic Policy and Student Affairs; (3, 4), Epsilon Upsilon Pi; (4) Arthur Evan Pizer 165 West Walk West Haven, Conn. - WPI Wireless Association; (1, 2, 3, 4), Vice President (4) Art, EE, Michael Roger Poirier 1019 Cypress Rd. Wilmington, Del. — Spud, MGE, Volunteer Probation Officer, Hot Line Counselor, Cam- pus Organizer for Student Programs for Urban Development, Stu- dent Life Committee, Swim Team William James Potter 9 Laurel Drive N. Easton, Mass. — Bill, EE, Phi Sigma Kappa, Track, Student Government, Pub Board, IFC Mar- athon Basketball Chairman, Eta Kappa Nu Daniel Pouliot 44 Smithies St. Fall River, Mass. — EE, Phi Sigma Kappa, New Hanafis, Baseball, Varsity Club, Skull, Campus Hearing Board, Student Government Joyce Alice Poulton 172 Old County Road Westport, Mass. — Math, Scuba Club; (2, 3, 4), Secretary, President, Sister of Zeta Psi; (3, 4), Sailing Club; (2, 3, 4), Society of Women Engineers; (3, 4) Stephen Drew Prawdzik 17 Yorkshire Road Dover, Mass. — MGE, Phi Sigma Kappa, Assistant Rush Chairman (2), Treasurer (3), Epsilon Upsilon Pi, Intersession Ski Trip Coordinator Iginio Capaldo Prieto Calle Urdanta 20 Ocumare del tuy Estado Miranda, Venezuela — Gino, Electrical Engineering, WPI Volley- ball Team, Captain (1978), Setter (1977), Both Winning Teams Rene Joseph Richard 20 Raymond Street Dudley, Mass. — Ray, Mechanical Engineering (Design), Pi Tau Sigma, Outstanding Junior (3), Vice President (4), Tau Beta Pi, Outing Club, ASME, Intramu- ral Softball Ann-Marie Robinson 45 Howard St. Haverhill, Mass. — Environ- mental Science, Newspeak, Photography Editor, Associate Editor Robert Gerald Rock Jr. 463 South Main St. Woonsocket, R.I. — Bob, Chemical Engineering, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Vice President (4), Lambda Chi Alpha, Ritualist (3, 4), Member of High Zeta (3, 4), AICHE; (3, 4), WPI Solar Energy Society; (3, 4), Intramural Sports; (1, 2, 3, 4), Crew; (1) Thomas D. Rockwood 136 Glenncrest Drive N. Andover, Mass. — Rock, Management Engineering, Alpha Tau Omega, Skull, Junior Prom Weekend, Newspeak, Epsilon Upsilon Pi Robert C. Rosenlof 79 Crestwood Rd. West Hartford, Conn. — Civil Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa, ASCE, WPCF, Chi Epsilon Ali Rostami 22 Khakzad St. Pahlavi Ave. Tehran, Iran ical Engineering Mechan- Stephen Paul Puchkoff Theta Chi 1168 East 86 St. Brooklyn, N.Y. MG, Ronald Bryan Roth 4202 Antigum Rd SE Rio, Rancho, N.M. — Ron, Mechanical Engineering, Social Committee, Coffeehouse Chair- man (3, 4), Scuba Club; (1, 2, 3, 4), V.P. (4), Pub DJ Committee; (3, 4) Phillip Hohn Roux 3 Paul Street Plainville, Conn. — Phil, Electri- cal Engineering, W-Track; (1, 2, 3, 4), Basketball; (3 years) Manager (2 years) John Robert Roy 27 Wyola Drive Worcester, Mass. — Jack, Civil Engineering, Washington Project, The New Hanafis Philip J. Rubin 7 Radcliff Rd. Waban, Mass. — Materials Engi- neering R Michael James Rafa 118 Old Easton Tpke. Weston, Conn. — Mike, Mechanical Engineering, IFC Softball, ASME, Bowl- ing Club Chrisopher John Ratti Spring Hollow Rd. Far Hills, N.J. — Chem- ical Engineering, Varsity Swim Team; (1, 2, 3, 4), Co-Captain (4) William Laurence Razeto 118 Oakdale Ave. Dedham, Mass. — Ratso, CE, Phi Sigma Kappa, WPI Varsity Soccer; (2, 4), Washing- ton Project IQP Center; (1977), 1978 President ' s IQP Award Beth Raymond Box 405 RRZ Dutchtown Rd. Belle Mead, N.J. — Civil Engineering (structures), Women ' s Volleyball Club; (1, 2, 3, 4) Stephen Eugene Rehn 75 Wilshire Park Weepham, Mass. — Elec- trical Engineering, Pistol and Rifle Club Gordon R. Reynolds Jr. 46 Bond St. Gardner, Mass. — Chemical Engineering, Zeta Psi, Swimming Team, Resident Advisor, Social Committee, AICHE, Intramurals, Track John Coolidge Rice RFD New London, N.H. — ME, Soccer; (1, 2), Ski Team; (1, 2, 3, 4), Scuba; (4), Intramural Softball; (1, 2), Camera; (1), ASME Lee William Sacks 53 Downing Rd. Peabody, Mass. — Computer Science , Softball, Member of Hillel, WPI Science Fiction Society James Frank Sangivanni Planning 77 Spru ce St. Meriden, Conn. — Sange Diane Marie Santaniello 157 Borden Avenue Johnston, R.I. — Management, Epsilon Upsilon Pi, Society for the Advancement of Management, Employment Committee Chairman, Society of Women Engineers, Drama Jeffrey L. Sauer 60 Pocono Point Road Danbury, Conn. — Weasel, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering Society, Acousti- cal Society America Kenneth J. Sawyer 49 Hancock St. Reading, Mass. — Ken, Mechanical Engineering (Thermo-Fluids), Intramural Sports; (1), Newspeak, Photographer (2), Peddler, Photographer; (3, 4), Pi Tau Sigma; (3, 4) David John Scheffler 19 Pine St. Dudley, Mass. — Electrical Engi- neering, JV Baseball, Varsity Baseball, IEEE Robert Pasquale Schifiliti 9 Hewlett St. Waterbury, Conn. - CE, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Society of Fire Protection Engineers Bob, 89 Richard E. Schneider 24 Valley View Dr. Westfield, Mass. — Dick, Schneidley, EE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Social Chairman, Pledge Trainer, iM Sports, WPI Spring Weekend, (JP) Co-Chair- man, IEEE Richard Anthony Sewersky 57 Jackson Drive Stony Point, N.Y. — Rich, Management Engineering, CPR PROGRAM, Co-op Program Mary Ellen Shea 21 Worcester Drive Norwood, Mass. — Chemical Engineering, AICHE, SWE, Zeta Psi, Scuba Club, Glee Club, Phi Lambda Upsilon Paul John Shields 20 Oakwood Ave. Auburn, Mass. — EE David John Sheriden 95 Wheeler Street Winsted, Conn. — Dave, Shermy, ME (Materials Processing), Scuba Club, Recondo Detach- ment S-l, CO, DMS, Airborne, ROTC Battalion XO Homayoun Shirkhani Box 150. Iran Air, Mehrabad Airport, Teh- ran, Iran — Lee, Civil Engineering, Chi Epsilon, (Marshal), ASCE, ACL Rifle Club, Intramural Sports, Tennis, Soccer Joseph Manuel Silva 111 Tremont St. Taunton, Mass. — Joe, Electrical Engineering, IEEE, Lacrosse Timothy James Simoes 714 Goodwin Street E ast Hartford, Conn. — Weasel, EE, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Wireless Society, Wind Ensem- ble, Crew, Stage Band, Karate Club John Paul Skliutas 14 Davis Road Auburn, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Eta Kappa-Nu, IEEE, Intramural Sports James Allen Sloss 527 West St. Reading, Mass. — Jim, Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Theta Chi, Skeptical Chemists, AICHE, Thela Chi Newspaper, Editor David Earle Smith 129 Bourdman St. Norfolk, Mass. — Manage- ment, WPI Outing Club, SAM, WPI Scuba Club Alfred Paul Spada 11 Hawitt Rd. West Roxbury, Mass. — Al, Chemistry, Vice-President of Skeptical Chemist ' s Club (1977-1978) Joseph Paul Spinn Apt. D. Butterfield Big. Front St. Hamilton, Bermuda 5-24 — Skip, ME (and Women) Chess Club, Zeta Psi, God Dam Indepence , 4:15 Club , 104 Acid Club Thomas Henry Soszynski 274 King St. Hanson, Mass. — Tom, Math, Intramural Sports, Volleyball, Basketball, AFROTC, NETTG Jeffrey George Stickles 38 Buttles Rd. Grandby, Conn. — EE, IEEE, Intramural Sports, Basketball, Softball David Edward Szkutak 27 Upton St. Millbury, Mass. — SCOOTZ, CM, Phi Kappa Thela, Skull, Cross Country; (Co-Captain), Track, Financial Aid Committee ' Y Richard Robert Tardiff 42 Ferry Rd. Saco, Maine — Dick, Electrical Engineering, WPI Rifle Club; (1), Sigma Pi; (2, 3, 4), Academic Representative (4) Imre S. Tary 48 Elm St. Hudson, Mass. — Electrical Engineering Leonard E. Taylor 15 Charlotte Dr. Andover, Mass. — Lenny, Physics, Hockey Club, Pistol Club, Work David Clifford Tellier 15 Eugene St. Leominster, Mass. — Tels, CE, Phi Kappa Theta, Intramural Sports; (2, 3, 4), Cross-Country; (4), ASCE; (3, 4), Indoor Track; (4) Paul Alfred Tessier 5 Plain Hill Rd. Springfield, Vt. — EE, IEEE, Intramural Sports, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi William John Tetreault 22 Noel St. Ludlow, Mass. — Bill, Chemi- cal Engineering, Alpha Tau Omega, AICHE George Francis Tobin, Jr. 64 Orchard Street Greenfield, Mass. — Slim, or George-George-George, Urban Planning, Alpha Chi Rho, Member-at-large, Intramurals, Volleyball, Bowling, WPI Business Society, WPI Society of Planners, WPI Men ' s Choir George Richard Tompsett, III 122 Gibbs Ave. Newport, R.I. — Chemical Engineering Robert Harold Tosi Rowley Hill Road Sterling, Mass. — Bob, EE, FIJI John M. Tracy, Jr. 15 School St. Northboro, Mass. — Civil Engi- neering, Crew, National Championship, great time, Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Theta, Honorary Hunt Brother Son Thanh Tran 23 Cross St. Lawrence, Mass. — Electrical Engi- neering, Glee Club, Camera Club, Social Committee, IEEE Bradley S. Traver Hubbardston Rd. Princeton, Mass. — Civil Engineering, Intramurals, Basketball, Softball, Outing Club Brian Michael Trudel 17 Morningdale Ave. Boylston, Mass. — ME, Football, Intramural sports. Varsity Club, ASME Philip Henry Turek 24 Robin Rd. Farmington, Conn. — Mechani- cal Engineering, ASME T Felix Enrique Vargas Cortes Av. El Bosque, Qta. Silvya Caracas, Venezuela — Electrical Engineering, Soccer Team, Junior Varsity (1977), Varsity (1978) Richard F. Vaz 470 Franklin St. Mansfield, Mass. — EE, IRHC, Glee Club, Baker ' s Dozen, Softball, IEEE Michael J. Vicens Universidad 12 Ponce, Puerto Rico — Elec- trical Engineering, Intramural Volleyball John Michael Vogt 7 Cherry Ridge Rd. Acton, Mass. — J5 MGE, Resident Advisor; (77-78), Head Resident Advisor; (78-79), Faculty Award Comm.; (77-79), Lucky Pierre; (75-79) Neil J. Volkmar 33 No. Racebrook Rd. Woodbridge, Conn. — Electrical Engineering, ROTC (2 years) Steven J. Voorhees 109 Myrtle St. PO Box 48 Ashland, Mass. - Steve, Mechanical Engineering, Outing Club; (3, 4), Pistol Club; (3, 4) W Joseph Christopher Wall 10 High St. Westfield, Mass. Mechanical Engineering, ASME, Student Government 90 David John Wardell 395 West Rutland Rd. Milford, Conn. — Dave, CM, Theta Chi, President (4), Rush Chairman (3), Marshal (2), Pledge Class President (1), Crew; (1), Intramurals; (1, 2, 3, 4), ROTC; (1), AICHE; (3, 4), Outing Club; (4) Vincent Paul Wasnewsky 57 Plain St. Franklin, Mass. Electrical Engineering, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu Vinny, Elias Watemberg Kovalsky KRA 51 No. 82-255 Barranquilla- Colombia, South America — Leo, Management Engineering, Cam- era Club, SAM, Hillel Raymond Joseph Weavill 6 Loring Dr. Lincoln, R.I. — Ray, MGE Management Club, HGT, Intramural Sports David Alan West 9 Greenway Circle Stoneham, Mass. — Westy, Civil Engineering, Football Douglas J. West RFD 2 Snake Meadow Rd. Danielson, Conn. — Doug, Random, EE John Wheeler 29 Somerset Ave. Bernardsville, N.J. — CE, Phi Gamma Delta, United Way Basketball Marathon, Big Brother, Intra- mural Sports, ASCE Randy Mark Wheeler 79 Hourigan Drive Meriden, Conn. — Wheels, CS, Varsity Track, ACM, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, WPI Glee Club, Hockey Frederick P. Wikstrom 57 Beacon Hill Rd. Port Washington, N.J. — Electrical Engineering, Lacrosse, Outing Club Laurel Wilianen 15 Muriel Road Chelmsford, Mass. — Manage- ment, SAM; (2), Treasurer (3, 4), Social Committee; (2, 3, 4), Epsi- lon Upsilon Pi, Secretary (3), President (4) John Philip Willemain 53 Argyle Ave. Holyoke, Mass. — Mathe- matics, Glee Club; (1, 2, 3, 4), Secretary (2), President (3), Masque (1), January Graduate David Bruce Willey 60 Nolt St. Wethersfield, Conn. — CE (struc- tures), Zeta Psi, Sergeant at Arms, Vice President, Supreme Council, Intramural Sports Christopher Craton Wilmot 401 Amherst Road Bryans Road, MD — Chemical Engineering, Alpha Tau Omega, AICHE, Intramural Sports William James Winters 73 Elm St. Canton, Mass. — Bill, CE, ASCE, SFPE, Peddler, Chi Epsilon Donald C. Wiser 2 Abbott Valley View Drive Cumberland, RI — Computer Science, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, ACM, Intramural Sports, IFC Marathon, Basketball Edwin Frederick White Jr. 185 c Norwood Avenue Cranston, R.I. — Ed, MGE, Sigma Pi, SAM, Bicycling Club, Intramural Sports Vincent G. Wolff 31 Plank Rd. Waterbury, Conn. — Electrical Engineering, Phi Kappa Theta, IEEE, The New Hanafis, Cross- country, Track Gary Philip Wong 35 Goethe Street West Roxbury, Mass. — Jean Guy Le Wongeaux, Civil Engineering, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ASCE, C-Squad Robert Arthur Wood 321 Townsend Hill Rd. Townsend, Mass. — Electrical Engineering, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sentinel Paul S. Wrabel 493 Ash Dr. Windsor Locks, Conn. — Paul, Mechanical Engineering, Tau Kappa Epsilon; (1, 2, 3, 4), Student Government, Secretary (2, 3), Committee of Concerned Students, Co-Chairman (2, 3), ASME; (3, 4), Peddler, Fraternity Editor (79), Intramurals (1, 2, 3, 4) Robert Wroblewski 85 Thornfell St. Springfield, Mass. — Electri- cal Engineering, IEEE, Pistol Club; (4) Y Priscilla J. Young 5 Robert Rd. Box 16 3 Brookside, N.J. — Civil Engineering, Baseball, Manager (1, 2, 3, 4), 3 letters, Women ' s Basketball, Crew, Coxwain, Sailing Club 2 Robert W. Zunner 232 S. Quaker La. W. 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T0WN1E - PERSON WHO REMEMBERS JOHN BOYTONJ (VJHEN HE WAS A Kit ) FOX A RED- HAIRED DOG-LIKE ANIMAL WHICH HAS POINTY EARS FROSH - SEVEREST FORM OF UNDERCLASSMEN ISSE ' S MOM S HOME COOKlMGr 99 [TEST TUBE BA5Y - SOMETIMES CALLED BEAKER BABIES DEPENDING ON SIZE, FRAGILE UNLESS F REX RAVER - CULT- TYPE PERSON, EKlJOfS YOGURT, KOOL-AID AND PAVEY AND QrOUATH RE RUNS JOCK- -MESOMORPHIC PERSON AS IN V EIN - ABLE TO BENC RES EVET 100 DEAN - - S MILAR TO PROFESSOR - OFFICE HAS SHAG INSTEAD Of N DooR -OUTDOOR CARPET E.E.- PERSON WHO MAKES BECTRICAL PEVICES THEN FORGETS TO PLUG- THEM IN i. GWEEP - PERSON WHO PREFERS BASIC HATH TO BASIC HYGIENE STUD - PERSON (MALE) WHO HAS SMILED AT T JO OR MORE 101 The Norton Spirit. Winner and bearer of the prestigious No. 1 on the 1978 racing circuit based on its phenom- enal performance with Tom Sneva, the USAC National Champion. Together, this Norton-sponsored racing team, headed by Roger Penske, has rolled up an impressive number of firsts: Winner of the 1977 USAC National Championship and Citicorp Cup. Winner of the Schaefer 500. W ' inner of the Texas 200. Winner of racing ' s Olsonite Triple Crown, based on driver-car perform- ance in the three USAC 500-mile races. Winner of the pole position in the 1977 Indianapolis 500 and the first car to officially break the 200 mph barrier at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But the Norton Spirit is more than a championship racing machine. It stands as a dramatic symbol of the innovative thinking, professional skills and precision craftsmanship that have put Norton in the No. 1 position as: World ' s largest manufacturer of abrasives. World ' s leading producer of diamond drilling bits. Fastest growing name in industrial safety protection products. Nation ' s largest producer of medic and scientific tubing. Leaders in the development and manufacture of insulating sealants and industrial ceramics. In these and other important markets around the world— as well as on the 1978 USAC racing circuit— you can look to Norton and its experienced distributors for a winning performance. Norton Company, World Headquarters: Worcester, Massachusetts 01606. NORTON W ( k tW aV v 104 Fraternities 105 alpha tau omega John Ashton Greg Atkinson Tom Barrett Bob Bean Dale Beaver Tom Berard Sean Blanar Dave Boger Reese Brown Joe Carrolo Dan Casey Steve Clarkin Scott Crossman Paul Dohertv Jim Eilenberger Mark Feeney George Ferreira Glenn Foster Joe Gionfriddo Gary Glowacki Bob Gormley Mike Grady Steve Green Dick Hennessy Bob Hoopes Jim Korte Keith Kranz Walter Kress Jim Lafferty Jeff Lino Mike Lombardi Ray Lucchetti Bruce MacLeod Jay McNeff Jim Mastalerz Jim Morin Gus Nunes Bill O ' Leary Ron Ouellet Mike Pacek John Payne Jim Penniman Jeff Petraitis Rick Powell Roland Roberge Tom Rockwood Al Rodrigues Artie Shorrock Jim Stonier BillTetreault Chris Wilmot Joe Vignaly John Zahara 106 107 alpha chi rho 108 • O jpr zeta psi Anni Autio Jim Barnes Doug Barrows Brian Besscr Val Boynton MikeCanale Steve Caputo Rick Champoux Sue Chapman Joe Colangelo Tom Converse Dale Curtin Larry Donohue Lorraine Eccher Hod Edelman Jay ' Feenan Greg Fitzgerald Bart Foster Brian Haendiges Candy Hallock Mark Hecker John Herrin John Hollett Don Howard Marcel Jeter Steve Juszczyk Cathi Kirla Mark Klizas Lisa Krauss Mike Kyritsis Dan Labella Andy Labreeque Boh Lamoureux Fran Madigan Bob Makowsky Al Martins Dave Major Pete McClain Eric Mclntyre Kathy McKeon Maryellen McLaughlin Steve Montibello Dick Murawski Barb Murtagh Tom Nicolosi Dave Ofcarcik Darlene Oktavec Andy Pelletier Donna Philbrook Joyce Poulton Chris Reeve Gordon Reynolds Cathy Ricci Maureen Seils Mike Sharon Maryellen Shea Amy Smith Ray Stinson Rick Tolles Barbara Tripp Dave Weiss Jon Wheeler Dave Willey Ilona Loiselle Steve Richtarik Peter Yee Jack Traver Joe Sperber no Ill theta chi Michael Bergeron Miehael Boulanger Richard Bolstridge Tim Brennan Richard Cady Mark Caggiano Lew Carman John Capurso Tim Carew Brian Chase Art Christian Peter Connolly Richard Gonitis John Corini Ernie Cormier Gary Crane Michael Curry Scott Curr Jay Demps) David Desroches John Daugherty Paul Diotalevi Bill Dowd Jim Drumm Brian Dumont Brian Dunne Ken Engan Chris Fors Jorge Garcia John Goodwin David Gray Lee Haas Irvin Halman Scott Harris Scott Harvey Joe Horvath Tom Hryniewicz Rick Hudson Art Huggard Mike Iassogna Lencho Icaza Lee Interrante Eric Kirchbaum Larry Kurt Peter Labelle Ken Laliberte Ed Loring Andy Marsinkawski Michael McDonald Michael McGuiness Bob Mealy Andy Montelli Steve Morgan Peter Morico Eduardo Navarro Bruce Orenstein Rich Padden Paul Perrault Steve Puchkoff Michael Ramadei Brian Reedstrom John Robertson Norm Robinson Stu Ross Bob Rossato Dave Rubinstien Gary Sawicki Hank Scangas Rick Seaver Andy Shell Jim Sloss Doug Small Tom Soliatario Charlie Sullivan Jim Tata Jim Torrey Alan Wiener David Wardell Dave Wilk Jim Witt Edson White Bob Woodard Ho Ling Yee Bruce Young 112 lambda chi alpha Don Abells Mohammed Amrouni Tim Bazinet Joe Bellas Chuck Berger Dave Bergeron George Bissel Paul Blaekmer Fran Boueher Glenn Braunstein Chris Brenner Geoff Brother Randy Byrne Wally Catanaeh John Cermenaro Paul Chenard Ed Chojin Don Clark Boh Correia Vini Corsini Jack Cybulski Doug Deboer Peter Desimone John Evans Ben Fini Peter Folta Kirk Gustafson Daryl Hammel Dick Harlow John Hassel Craig Hattabaugh Steve Kelly Peter Kujawski Ray Lambert Steve Leblanc Paul Lindenfelzer Ralph Malboeuf Bob Malehorn Jim Marshall Jim Martin Mike Mclane Larry Moss Ted Nevells Rick Passaro Mark Pellegrino Wayne Peters Don Quinty Jay Ricci Jack Ridge Jim Roth Bob Rock Doug Sandor Robin Seltzer Lee Servadio Peter Sharpe Jeff Somadelis Rick Stannard Tom Trepanier. 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Ronald Cortese Robert Coughlin Louis Greuling William Hall Kenneth Hogue Peter Hinckley Jeffrey Labuz David Lussier Mark Malenbaum John Nicholson Timothy Pac Paul Rice Donald Soubie Gregg Shahian Edward Wysocki Richard Anderson Kevin Browning Andrew Buttress David Crawford Al Drozdal John Eismeier John Gamache Mark Guleserian Chad Hale Carl Hefflefinger Thomas Heigle Frank Hines Mark Jennings William Maher Michael Mario Gary Morrissey Bruce Newport John Raymond Stephen Rohrbacher Peter Sherlock Robert Sinkiewicz Demetrios Skoulikas William Thurley Michael Williams Advisors: Patrick Dunn and Roger Cleveland 122 phi gamma delta Bill Alexander Tim Barry Jay Bellingham Bob Breault Dave Briggs Sal Bruno Phil Collingwood John Consiglio Ed Cuerdon Tim Daley Tim D ' arcy Jay Davidson Keith Davies Matt Davis Andy Faiss Allan Fish Steve Fitzgerald Louis Frascotti Glenn Gerecke Steve Gilrein Greg Glod Gary Godek Mark Goewey Paul Goldense Rick Goulding Dave Green Bob Guigli Paul Guth John Hanly 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J. Mackinnon Scott Seder Mark Senior Charles Smith Mike Tardif John Vlahos Jim Borrebach Dick Darcy Charles Duda Barry Gosselin Steve Griffin Kent Harnois Ben Marriner Brian Minns Scott Nisula Kevin O ' Connor Jeff Rakers Jim Rohlehr Steve Bassetti Mark Beal Scott Berry Mark Burzynski Mike Desnoyers Jim Dorsey Tom Downie Al Flanigan Kelly Gardner Ray Keough Jae-Yoo Ko Tom Leblanc Carl Lindegren Rick Mallia John Marden Jim Maclntyre Bill McKenna John Ravener Doug Schelleng Dave Stafford Chris Trolle Ted Vahan 128 phi sigma sigma 130 131 132 133 ... 134 135 136 IV} 137 ,« 138 ■M ' ifc 139 140 T 141 142 143 Compliments of RILEY STOKER CORPORATION Designers, Manufacturers and Constructors of Steam Generating and Fuel Burning Equipment RILEY STOKER RILEY STOKER CORPORATION POST OFFICE BOX 547, WORCESTER, MASS. 01613 A Subsidiary of the Riley Company 144 Productivity . . . In a Small Package When Heald added Controlled Force (CF) grinding machines to the Cincinnati Milacron line in 1963, it represented a major break- through, setting new standards in productiv- ity, precision and reliability. In those days, manufacturing space was no great problem and energy was thought to be inexhaustible. Today, it ' s a whole new ballgame. Building, maintaining, lighting and heating of manufac- turing space is now a major economicconsid- eration. The energy to produce and transport materials and completed machines puts new emphasis on reduction of size and weight. Responding to these changes, Heald engi- neers have designed the compact new EF (Electronic Feed) family of high-efficiency internal grinding machines. Take the 1EF90, for example. It weighs 4,000 pounds less than its CF cousin of equal capacity. It stands but 60 in height and occupies one third less floor space. In operation, it requires less energy to do the same work, is quiet running and is totally enclosed for secure operation without environmental contamination. 1963 mm ooo oooooo oooooo OOOOOO 1 1 1 1 1978 oo o oooo oooooooo oooo -I □ -E3f- O O MILACRON Heald Machine Division CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 1979 GRADUATES The knowledge you have gained through your WPI experience will be applied in many fields and many firms throughout the world for years to come. We attest to your talents and salute your accomplishments. I if I WORCESTER I 1 SINCE IB8B MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS 15 BELMONT STREET ■ WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 0160S, U.S.A. FERROUS NON-FERROUS ROLLING MILLS ■ MORGOIL BEARINGS ■ WIRE DRAWING MACHINERY • FURNACE EQUIPMENT 146 !U7 148 149 ...OL 2i?S 150 151 EDITOR IN CHIEF Peter Taylor Gibson PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS Charles Rader Mark F. Riley LAYOUT EDITORS Teresa Metcalf Martin Curry SPORTS EDITOR Bob Hart FRATERNITY EDITOR Paul Wrabel SENIOR EDITOR Sandy Dorr LITERARY EDITOR Lisa Mitchell ART EDITOR Kevin Donahue ADVERTISING Bill Ure JoeSapelli III ACTIVITIES EDITOR Mike Curry PRESIDENT CRANCH INTERVIEW Bill Winters STAFF Ken Sawyer Mark Sawyer Jim Diemer Cathy Kirla Barry Aronson Scott Yeomans Mike Patz Chris Leach Tom Daniels Mark Hecker I would like to thank Maureen Burke and Sue Mark tor all the typing they did. President Cranch for a won- derful interview and that financial support. Dean Van A, Dean Brown and all of YOU for being so patient. I wish to apologize to Bob Hart, for the poor photo- graphic job we did on the sports section, after he and Steve Racyski put together the write ups for the sport teams. Thanks for the splendid job. To the Seniors, for whom this yearbook is really made, enjoy the 1979 Peddler. It didn ' t turn out as it should have but it is better than it might have. To the rest of the student body, when you look at this yearbook, realize that this is the effort of only a handful of people. Only three people actually did all the layout, and one person did over half of the yearbook. We had just four serious photographers and a few contributors. If you didn ' t help with this yearbook, please don ' t bitch, just enjoy what you see. Finally, to the ten or twelve who really did help, thanks a million. Also, thanks to Karen Rabideau, Tom Cotton and Dave Fox for proofreading all the copy in the book. 152 150