EMP-15

Happy New Year. It was fun to hear from several of you.

After EMP, D. Clark Wernecke moved to Florida to work in the building materials industry. While there, he and his wife were divorced and Clark decided to go back to school and earn his Master's degree in anthropology. He then went to Texas and earned his Ph.D. Meanwhile, he became the director of a large Mesoamerican archaeology program. In this role, he met his current wife, Melissa, in a Belizan monastery (he didn¹t expand on that story, though I bet it's interesting!) He and his wife have a little girl who is 20-months-old.

In addition to his work at BRASS/El Pilar Program in Belize and Guatemala, he is a research associate at the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory in Austin. He can be reached at Cwernecke@ compuserve.com Congratulations, Clarke for following your dream.

Muff Tanriverdi has relocated from Lake Zurich, Ill., to Wisconsin to assume the role of president and CEO at Walter-Waukesha Cutting Tools. He and his wife Cindy have two children, Kyle (5) and Tara (3). They are currently building a house and while renting a home on a lake. Muff said it is a great party area and he is in the process of looking for a boat. He said that anyone that is in the area is at a minimum promised a "hand-pumped" Guinness with "Scotch eggs" in the local genuine Irish pub. He can be reached at mtanriverdi@aol.com.

After retiring from Medical Practice in Kankakee, Jim Geist joined Healthcare Compare in 1988. He and his wife moved to a condo in Downers Grove, Ill. After four years, he advanced to assistant vice president at which time he retired and moved to Naples, Fla. Tennis, woodturning and travel take up a lot of his time. As I write this, Naples sounds great. Jim can be reached at JIMADDIN@aol.com.

John C. Alexander Jr. left Evanston Hospital in December 1998 and is currently chief of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack N.J. He is beginning to get involved in "next step" activities of consulting and e-medicine. "This is an exciting time for medicine," he writes.

I received a note from Tom Brennan -- unfortunately no info accompanied it. I do know he is alive.

I also received a phone call from Al Gunnerson who is living in Philadelphia. We have not yet connected.

My best to all of you. Remember: if I don¹t hear from anyone, I'll be forced to tell you more about Trisha and I. After last issue there is not a lot more to tell so I'll have to make up stuff.