1950s

Elliott Adelman, BA'51, of Montebello, California, writes, "Last September, my wife and I left our Southern California home to attend two Elderhostels in Arizona. The highlight of the first was a ride on the Grand Canyon Railway from Williams Depot to the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, something we had wanted to do for years. The second Elderhostel, centered in Sedona, had us whitewater rafting on the Colorado River and being lifted out of the canyon by helicopter. My eightieth birthday, October 17, found us flying to Israel, where our younger daughter, her husband, and our three grandchildren live."

Albert J. Glassman, E'57, of Alexandria, Virginia, retired from the U.S. Department of Defense in April 2005. At his retirement ceremony, he received a flag that had flown over the Capitol and a note of congratulations from George W. and Laura Bush. Glassman worked in space systems engineering for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for twenty years. He received the National Medal of Achievement in 2004 and was a co-drafter of the presidential directive that created new policy for the Global Positioning System. Prior to his government positions, Glassman was with Hughes Aircraft Company in Los Angeles and RCA in Burlington, Massachusetts, where he worked with Grumman Aircraft on the guidance system for the lunar module in support of the first manned landing on the moon. At age sixty-five, he began running marathons, completing the Boston Marathon in 2004 and the Miami Marathon in 2005.

Richard W. Miller, E'58, ME'60, of Venice, Florida, reports his flow-measurement engineering consulting company, R. W. Miller & Associates, held an international flow-measurement course in April.

Walter Newman, E'58, ME'64, of Sharon, Massachusetts, is semiretired and volunteers at the American Medical Resource Foundation in Brockton. The organization ships donated medical equipment to hospitals and clinics in developing countries throughout the world. As part of his activities, Newman writes the organization's quarterly newsletter.

John Hatsopoulos, LA'59, H'99, is a member of the board of directors of VIASPACE, a company that converts space and defense technologies from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions. He is chief executive officer at American Distributed Generation, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, a privately held firm that offers products and services in support of on-site generation of electricity, heating, and cooling. Hatsopoulos was a cofounder, vice chairman, president, and chief financial officer of Thermo Electron, a provider of analytical instruments. He served as a member of the board of directors of the American Stock Exchange from 1994 to 2000. He's currently a member of the Northeastern Corporation.