1988

It's a shame about your accident, class of '88. The accident that must have required a doctor to wrap your hands in bandages! Otherwise, I'm sure I'd be getting emails. Get better soon, all of you. Perhaps some of you have upbeat stories about friends or family that made it through Katrina. Upbeat and true, send 'em in.

Mara Saltz wrote. She's running her own management consulting practice and teaching business courses at Houston universities. This year she managed to set aside time to write about a topic she'd like to see happen in my lifetime — electrified guideways and dual mode cars. Her article entitled, "Electrified Guideways: A Transportation Solution", was recently published in World Energy Monthly.

Had lunch with Tom MacDonald who was visiting family over the summer. He won't agree, but I don't think he looks any different from when we graduated. Yes, it's not fair.

Jim Mahoney is CEO of Surface Logix Inc., a drug development (biotech) company with several products in clinical trials. We moved his family from Seattle to Boston about two years ago. After living in different parts of the country, they decided to move back to Boston, which is close to his family and where his wife, Pat, went to law school. They have two children (15 and 12) and the whole Mahoney brood loves living in the Boston area.

I'm now responsible for defining Motorola's cell phone portfolio needs for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Looking forward to a bit of fun. We're having fun and on a roll.