Alumni Sightings

Ian Davis, '06 dropped by for a visit. He recently finished his degree at Texas A&M University.

Eric Wilson, '03 was in Denton in his role as a staff member in Congressman Michael Burgess' Washington office. Congressman Burgess was on campus to make a presentation on the health care proposal.

Elizabeth Barrett, '95 stopped in for a visit from her job as a NASA Flight Controller for the International Space Station. See more information here.

Mohammad Dar graduated from the University of Michigan in 2008, took a year off, and will begin medical school at Michigan in the fall of 2009.

Beloved, and retired, TAMS Assistant Dean Manus Donahue reports that he is now a grandfather. Megan Elizabeth Donahue was born to Manus and Paula Donahue on April 1, 2009 in Oxford, UK. He plans for her to be a member of the Class of 2026.

Vijay Ram, '08 dropped by while on Fall Break from Duke. "It's hard", he said.

Haley Hagg Lobland receiving her Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering from UNT.

Haley and husband Jeff Lobland married in Denton in November, 2005.

Amanda Jensen, '03, dropped by for a visit.

Ricky Mangus, '99 is working on a B.S. in Chemistry at UNT. His first degree was in Computer Science. He plans to enter the area of Computational Chemistry.

Joey Krasner, '04 and his new bride Tiffanie stopped by for a visit. Joey graduated from UTA with a degree in Stuctural Engineering and is currently working on a Master's degree at UTA.

Janelle Collier, '94 has been appointed by Governor Perry to the TAMS Advisory Board. She is Committee Director/General Counsel to the Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee.

From Corey Elam: "Several TAMSters (mainly Class of 1996) got together for Rachel Cook's ('96) wedding to Cruce Saunders. We went hiking and took a group photo.

Pictured: (Top L to R) Bret Goldsmith, Stephen Yu, Matt Sayler, Edward Boyden ('95), Corey (Elam) Goldsmith, Supicha Sookanan, Unidentified, Joe Pacheco, Dr. Alice Underwood (math professor); (Bottom L to R) Sapna Kumar, Cathy Wang, Tisha Wang, June Kim, Suzanne Chang

Not all TAMSters that were there are in this picture (including Rachel who was the reason we were there), but it is the best group photo we have."

San Francisco Bay Area alumni gathered in August, 2008 for a picnic. Happy retiree Manus Donahue was on hand. Thanks to Gianna Driver for the photo.

Eddie Morales, '01, USMA, '05, UPenn Medical School , '09. Eddie will do his residency in the Seattle area.

Anna Mueller, '07 is in her second year at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Cadet Third Class Anna Mueller carries the National Colors at Coast Guard Academy Parents Weekend.

David Saenz, '98, is a middle school Principal in the Irving ISD.

Torel Patel, '99 with John Ed Allen and at Seminar with Chieu Nguyen, '04 and Mark Avara '04. Torel is in a Neurosurgery Residency. Chieu and Mark are roommates at MIT.