EMP-33

Hello, EMP-33!

John Oldershaw wrote to tell me he was promoted to Navy captain (U.S. Naval Reserve) and spent 2000-2001 at Harvard receiving special training in Nuclear Medicine. John also earned board certification in nuclear medicine. He joined Beverly Hospital (Md.) as a staff radiologist and director of the North Shore Positron Emission Scanning Center. John reported that he continues his sojourn as a bachelor in Boston along with Sean Kerins. John earlier reported
spending time with Dave Donnatelli, his wife and daughter at Dave's vacation digs in Newport, R.I., and that Joan Viebranz-Lockwood was enjoying a more sedate and civilized lifestyle as director of alumni relations of the Pingree School in Beverly, Mass., north of Boston.

Jill Matzke is still working to market supercomputers at SGI-Silicon Graphics. She is busily engaged in expanding SGI's business in homeland security. Jill says she is thrilled to actually have options in the money! Jill says she's about to launch a major home remodel, and wants her fellow EMP-33ers to know her latest theory: work involved with kids grows as the square of the kid-count. Steve Bricker reports all is well as he completes his second year at
Cummins Engine Co. as controller for two of their businesses. Steve says his real excitement (and passion) is in starting a new "second career" as an independent Shaklee and AirSource distributor. Steve says the Shaklee portion is focused on helping people make thoughtful and informed choices regarding personal wellness. Steve and his wife, Darlene, are targeting stressed-out executives, and wonders if any of his classmates fit the bill. Steve invites everyone to see his Web site, www.shaklee.net/bricker, for details.

Julie Tolan is still the president of the United Performing Arts Fund in Milwaukee. She is in the throws of trying to finish off the '02 campaign, which has a $10.1 million goal. It's a rough year for fund raising.

Mark Weisman has taken a different job at VPI. He is now the general manager of their Medical Products Division. This division manufactures medical tubing that we sell to medical device manufacturers. Mark says he is glad that he listened closely when Sean Kerins was posing questions at Kellogg that began, "As a general manager, what is it that I need to know about this topic?" Sean seems to be showing up everywhere. Mark said he heard from Sean, who was just completing his first ever two-week vacation. Mark said Sean was either at the Ritz or the Four Seasons Laguna Beach, Calif. Mark also reported that Rick Fantini is now vice president of manufacturing at Appleton Papers. Appleton Papers just completed the largest conversion ever to an ESOP. Mark gets the award for most informed this issue! Rick Barger reported being in touch with Marcus Jundt. Rick is also proud that his company won the Baldrige quality award. On the personal front, Rick is earning his pilot's license, attending law school online, and completed the Big Sur Marathon. Rick also spoke to 500 students as distinguished lecturer at Florida International University. Mike Iannacone reports that M&A activity is picking up and he is currently working on raising over $100 million in capital for several Midwest banks and thrifts. Mike says that he and his wife have been relieved of their arduous journey (past 18
months) of evicting a tenant from the house they owned in New York. Mike says they have finally been able to sell the house to a buyer who has been waiting since March 2001. Mike reports that his wife Karen has found another house in Oak Park, Ill., (where they currently live) to renovate. The new house will close in July 2002 and they expect renovations to take 9-12 months. They plan bring it back to its original beauty of 1906 but have all the modern conveniences of the modern world. They are aiming for the best renovation award in the village - quite an order since Oak Park is home to several national historic districts not to mention a number of Frank Lloyd Wright homes. Mike says they just returned from a trip to the Wisconsin Dells, which he describes as the kid's Las Vegas. Mike also saw Marcus Jundt on a visit to Minneapolis for business, and reports he is well. Mike saw Karen Morris on another Minneapolis trip. She is apparently busy with HR work, especially with recent acquisition of Pillsbury by General Mills. Mike says she is doing
fine and in search of happiness.

Karl Saunders is busy as ever with his consulting and medical practices. Karl and Bill Wick recently were both on the same flight from Columbus to Chicago, reminding them ofthe Kellogg days. Karl was on his way to a corporate governance event at Kellogg. Bill wrote to say he was on business, playing golf at St. Andrews. Tough job.

Yours truly, Barry McCarthy, sees Bill every so often in the Bay Area. Our second son, Matthew, arrived last year and is healthy as a horse. On the work front, I sold my company, MagnaCash, last year, and have since accepted a role as VP/GM of the Payments business unit at VeriSign. VeriSign provides technology solutions to enable commerce and communications with confidence. My unit provides the connection for online merchants to reach the banking system and get paid using credit cards and bank accounts. That's all for now. Please send me any updated contact information.