Alumni Newsletter - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - The ...

1940
Robert F. McKibben, BChE, spent 36 years as
Lubrication Engineer at NCR and 20 years as a part-time
Math Instructor at Sinclair Community College. He
retired from NCR in 1976 and Sinclair in 2000.
Richard J. Mitchell, MS ’41, was a member and for six
years was President of the Board of Directors of the
Central Contra Cotta Sanitary District in Walnut Creek,
CA (1951-75). He is a veteran of WWII and was an Air
Corps Pilot. He is currently an active retiree involved in
recreation and volunteer activities, travel, and local
politics in his retirement community.
1941
Roy Merryman, BChE, is retired from the Los Alamos
National Lab as an Engineer and Staff Member in
Weapons Engineering. He received an MS in Nuclear
Engineering at the University of New Mexico in June of
1962.
1943
Robert W. Casciani, BChE, is retired VP of
Manufacturing and Engineering in the Management
Department of F.E. Myers Co.
R. Marvin Garrett, BChE, is the retired owner of the
Margar Engineering Corporation. Marvin has kept very
busy traveling, flying planes, sailing, playing tennis, and
participating in numerous other adventures.
Vern Seguin, BChE, is Associate Professor of the
College of Business (Marketing) at the James Madison
University. He was in the Navy and has worked and
lived in numerous locations. He has a Seven Continents
World Travel Patch and has published travel articles.
1948
Cloyd P. Reeg, BChE, is President of the Research and
Energy Divisions of Unocal.
1949
Samuel Shiu-Ming Fok, BChE, retired in early 1990 as
Principal Engineer at Perkin-Elmer EBT Division and
became a full-time consultant for ETEC System for
another eight months. He now enjoys tutoring, Chinese
brush painting, walking, table tennis, and photography.
ALUMNI UPDATE
Edward W. Wiederhold, BChE, is retired from the
Contract Department at Volt Tech. in El Segundo, CA.
He is the author of a book entitled “Long Journey: The
Life of Edward W. Wiederhold,” Vantage Press, New
York, NY.
J. Howard Kerstetter, Jr., BChE, is retired from the
Laclede Gas Co. He enjoys his retirement at the Lake of
the Ozarks and is active in his local church.
1953
Paul R. Kumler, MS ’53, is retired from the Analytical
Staff of BF Goodrich/Geon/PolyOne and is enjoying
retirement by playing music semi-professionally and
traveling.
Paul Kumler and his wife Louise
Willard Potter, MS ’77, is a retired teacher and
professor and a veteran of WWII and the Korean War.
He travels extensively on missionary work trips.
John M. Uncapher, BChE, is retired from the Thomas
W. Rufflo Company.
Kenneth E. Whitehead, BChE, is retired from the
Science & Technology Department of Unocal. Outside
interests include worldwide travel, photography,
electronics, and computing.
1954
Gilbert E. Raines, MS ’54, is retired after working for
Union Carbide, Battelle, Lawton & Associates, and EES
Corporation. He has five children, two of whom have
degrees from OSU.