Category Archives: Alumni

Kitty Richards ’05 visits Reed

Kitty popped into my office last week to say “hi”. Her fiance was attending a conference somewhere in downtown Portland, and she couldn’t pass up the chance to travel with him back to her old “stomping” grounds. Note: “stomp” refers … finish reading Kitty Richards ’05 visits Reed

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Todd Dembo ’09 heading to the city by the bay

Todd wrote to me earlier this week with some exciting news: he has chosen a graduate program to attend next fall. A few schools had placed themselves in the running, but the final winner is the neuroscience program at University … finish reading Todd Dembo ’09 heading to the city by the bay

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The civil side of Justin Jasper ’05

Last April we posted news of Justin’s NSF graduate fellowship. What we neglected to post at that time was an email that Justin had sent from UC Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: “In general things are going good … finish reading The civil side of Justin Jasper ’05

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Chantal Sudbrack ’99 changes coordinates

Chantal wrote last fall, “Just a note to let you know about my new coordinates. This October I joined the Structures and Materials division at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. My research focus in the immediate future will … finish reading Chantal Sudbrack ’99 changes coordinates

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Cheyenne Brindle, *Ph. D.*

Cheyenne (Reed ’02) has made the leap from chemistry graduate student to post-doc. She earned her degree from the Chemistry Department at Stanford University under Prof. Barry Trost, and plans, after a brief vacation in Hawaii, to head off to … finish reading Cheyenne Brindle, *Ph. D.*

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Dio Siegel ’97 churns out “long horn” molecules

After completing a PhD in 2003 at Harvard with Prof. Andrew Myers (“Synthesis of (-)-Tetracycline.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8292-8293) and a postdoc from 2003-07 with Prof. Samuel Danishefsky at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“Total Synthesis … finish reading Dio Siegel ’97 churns out “long horn” molecules

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Stefan Minasian ’03 & Molly Dodge ’04 to wed in August

Stefan and I have been exchanging emails this week in order to arrange the details concerning his upcoming Reed chemistry seminar (Oct 1 – title to be announced, but it concerns “isolating and characterizing metal-metal bonded complexes of the actinides”) … finish reading Stefan Minasian ’03 & Molly Dodge ’04 to wed in August

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Allison Stelling ’04 in JACS ’07

Just before the news pages went into hibernation, I received notice of a paper published by Allison in the November 22, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Allison is a graduate student in the Tonge lab … finish reading Allison Stelling ’04 in JACS ’07

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Alumni News for Winter ’09 Reed Magazine

Bits and pieces gathered from different parts of the Winter ’09 issue of the Reed magazine: In December Ron Sato ’68 coordinated the Feeding Frenzy on campus, where alumni bring and served nourishment to exam-crazed students on the Sunday night … finish reading Alumni News for Winter ’09 Reed Magazine

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Oliver Laeyendecker ’90

The graduation ceremony for the class of 2009 was held yesterday on the front lawn. It was, as always, a pleasure to share in the happiness of our graduates and their families and to offer our congratulations. Its also a … finish reading Oliver Laeyendecker ’90

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