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* Posted on: Sun,
Mar 23 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=835609
Mar 25, 2008 07:00 ET
Seegrid Corporation Appoints
Senior Management Team for Newly Launched Industrial
Mitchell Weiss Joins as Chief Operating Officer; Greg Cronin as Executive Vice President
PITTSBURGH, PA–(Marketwire - March 25, 2008) - Seegrid Corporation (www.seegrid.com), the premier provider of vision-guided mobile robots for the material handling industry, today announced the appointment of robotics industry veteran Mitchell Weiss as Chief Operating Officer and supply chain industry veteran Greg Cronin as Executive Vice President.
“With Seegrid’s fast growth trajectory, it’s important that we bring on talented professionals, including these top-notch executives, who help us continually add to our growth,” said Scott Friedman, Seegrid co-founder and CEO. “Both Mitchell Weiss and Greg Cronin have the breadth and depth of experience to help us scale our organization and advance strategic elements of our business. Mitchell and Greg’s superior engineering and sales and marketing expertise, respectively, will contribute significantly to Seegrid’s continued success. I am very excited about where we can take the company with this team.”
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Cronin joined Seegrid from Descartes Systems Group where he was an Executive Vice President, responsible for the company’s sales, marketing, international field services and customer relations. Cronin was the founder, CEO and board member of TrenStar, Inc. where he created the industry’s first “mobile asset management” company with revenue growth from less than $1 million in 2001 to more than $60 million in 2005. He was also the founder, chairman of the board and CEO of Viewlocity, Inc. where he guided the creation of the Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) technology area including “Supply Chain Visibility.”
Cronin was a pioneer in the Warehouse Management System
(WMS) industry and was the first to integrate WMS with Transportation
Management Systems, Labor Management Systems, Slotting and Pick Optimization
Systems, creating one solution. He was formerly the Executive Vice President
and board member of Manhattan Associates where he helped direct
the company into the leadership position in the industry. Prior to
Cronin has a BS in Business Administration from
About Seegrid Corporation
Seegrid (www.seegrid.com) brings a new class of affordable industrial mobile robots to the material handling industry that operate reliably and safely in dynamic warehouse, distribution and manufacturing environments. Seegrid’s robots differ from today’s AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) in that the company’s IMR technology is the first to provide early-stage capabilities of autonomous robot behavior with Sense, Move, Analyze, Interact and Repeat capabilities. The result — AGV-like competence but with greater flexibility at a considerably lower cost. IMR-enabled robots provide WalkThroughThenWork™ capabilities, providing an operator with the ability to simply and easily instruct the robot along a desired path, adding behaviors such as horns and stop stations, usually in minutes. Seegrid robots literally come straight off the truck, an operator quickly inputs the path and the robot is immediately productive.
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
By Mike (MC1953) McEneney
Dear John,
I believe that Greg is a member of the Class of 1969.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
* Posted on: Sun,
Mar 30 2008 7:57 AM
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20080325/OBITUARIES/803250310
BROTHER BURCHARD KEVIN O’NEILL, F.S.C., 87, of Lincroft,
March 25, 2008
BROTHER BURCHARD KEVIN O’NEILL, F.S.C., 87, of Lincroft,
A viewing will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at De La
Salle Hall, Lincroft, and from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the
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O’Neill, Br. Burchard Kevin (MC1950)
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
By Mike (MC1953) McEneney
Dear John,
I believe that Brother Kevin is a member of the Class of 1950.
May He Rest In Peace
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
* Posted on: Sun,
Mar 30 2008 7:58 AM
http://bleacherreport.com/users/9941-Matthew_Coyne
Matthew’s Bio
I’m a freshman Communication major at
I’m the Sports Editor of my college paper (the Quadrangle).
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Coyne, Matthew (MC????)
[JR: 2011?]
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
http://media.www.torchonline.com/media/storage/
paper952/news/2008/03/26/News/Sju-Pays.Tribute
.To.LongTime.Professor-3284247.shtml
SJU pays tribute to long-time professor
Aliza Moorji,
Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: News
Dr. John Dobbins, the marketing professor who recently died
from cancer. Dobbins was Associate Dean in Tobin
School of Business and helped establish
Faculty, administrators, and students paid tribute to Dr. John. W. Dobbins Jr., chairman and associate professor of Marketing in Tobin College of Business.
Dobbins died on March 19 from long-term cancer.
A funeral mass was held on Monday March 24 at 11 a.m. in the
Reverend James Maher, who presided over the mass, said during the service, “All of us who had the blessing and opportunity to interact with him saw [his] love of life flourish deeper… those who came to [know] John, they knew his love of life. He loved the single pleasures of life-family, good meals with friends, and family… he loved his life.”
According to Accounting Professor Thomas Boyd, Dobbins was a very friendly co-worker.
He recalled a day in 2006 when Dobbins was hosting a Career
Day for 200 high school students at
Boyd explained, “His contribution to the day was to introduce the students to the possibilities in a career in Marketing. His infectious personality soon had the students enthralled. As they left the room, he handed each one his card and told them they could call him at any time if they wanted to talk about a career in Marketing. They loved him!”
Earning a B.B.A from
He provided training assistance and consulting services to
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the
Vilnius Business Advisory Council, Open Society Fund-Lithuania and many more
organizations.
During his time at
According to
However, perhaps his most prized accomplishment was teaching
marketing to Prince Khalid, son of Saudi Prince Alwaleed
bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, which at the time was world’s fifth wealthiest man.
Dr. Dobbins was very influential during his 25 years at
He became Associate Dean of Tobin College of Business where
he was instrumental in the establishment of the
For several years, he taught in the MBA program in
In an Oct. 24 Torch article about his life, Dobbins said,
“The thought of not coming to
He is survived by his three brothers, his only grandchild, and his nieces and nephews.
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* Posted on: Wed, Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
By Mike (MC1953) McEneney
Dear John,
I believe that John is a member of the Class of 1969.
May He rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
* Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 7:53 AM
http://ericweissinger.blogspot.com/2008/03/hey.html
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hey
I have decided to blog.. I guess
that I just like sharing the things i write but never wanted everyone i know to
read it.. so I guess ill just
post it and not tell anyone about it. If you come across this site let me know
what you think. A little background tho, I am Eric Weissinger, I’m from and currently live on Long Island, I
went to school at Manhattan college and got my BS in Civil engineering there.
It was probably the best 4 years of my life, but who knows it was only a year
ago. I work in
Posted by joneser980 at 5:02 PM
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Weissinger, Eric (MC????)
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.wackbag.com/showthread.php?t=87719
anyone from
They recently fired the vice president of student affairs and director of atheltics….and it’s all hush hush…I used to go there and want to get the dirt….’lil help would be good…..either here or PM.
Anything you say won’t go anywhere..just curious.
Ovaherenow
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here’s what i was hoping someone had info on….
On March 19, 2008, a statement from Charles L. Flynn, Jr., reads:
To: All Students, Faculty, Administrators, and Staff
From: Charles Flynn, President
Date: March 19, 2008
I wish to inform you that Adele Gatens is no longer serving as vice president for student affairs. Adele has served the College for many years. She brought abundant gifts to her work, including a rich intelligence, an incisive mind, humor, and compassion. In my experience, she is unequaled in her ability to respond to the needs of students in crisis. We all owe her immense thanks for her contributions to the life of this college, most importantly to the lives of many students here.
I must also announce that Cathy Ingram is no longer serving as Director of Athletics. Like and with Adele, Cathy has held quite various responsibilities at the College. She has brought to athletics a deep understanding of our educational commitments, including intellectual integrity and the importance of the education of the whole person. Under her leadership, the department has grown substantially, as she has struggled creatively to meet the needs of good programs with inadequate facilities. The affection in which she is held is indicative of her authentic commitment to our students.[3]
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* Posted on: Wed, Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
I’ll tell you the dirt on Adele Gaten. She blew the whistle on that crazy man who’s president. and they fired her. i think it sounds hush hush cause she had way too much onhim
[JR: Unverified. Submitted as posted.]
* Posted on: Fri,
Mar 28 2008 6:56 PM
We think that she had something on the prezident. everyone’s saying Adele got fired right after she blew the whistle on him. she’s am awesome lady, and everyone just hates this prez. he’s a fake
[JR: Unverified. Submitted as posted.]
* Posted on: Fri,
Mar 28 2008 9:38 PM
Washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2008 Thursday 12:00 AM
EST
One Final March for
BYLINE: Mike Wise
SECTION: OPINION
HIGHLIGHT: A confession of sorts: About two weeks ago, when
George Mason was reeling and it was time to stop believin’,
I had planned to drive out to
A confession of sorts: About two weeks ago, when George
Mason was reeling and it was time to stop believin’,
I had planned to drive out to
The sequence still is vivid, a step-back, fadeaway jumper along the right baseline over the
outstretched fingertips of Connecticut’s Rudy Gay, who that June would be a
first-round NBA draft choice. In the waning moments of overtime at
Down went U-Conn. and all the
power and prestige it stood for in major college basketball. To the Final Four
strode a smiling, laughing lot of kids no big school seemed to want, the first
program of its kind to advance that far since
“I’ve never actually put the game on to watch the shot
myself, but I’ve seen it on TV,”
He rocked back in his seat at
“It was a great shot,” he added. “But, you know, I think I can make some more big ones this week. I hope to.”
This is where the “Whatever Happened to Folarin Campbell?” story forks, where he and his teammates refused to let old memories get in the way of new frontiers.
With stingy defense and clutch shots from Campbell and Will
Thomas, his rubber-band-man senior sidekick in the post, the Patriots won the
Colonial Athletic Association tournament to secure an automatic bid to the real
step show. In the process, they rebooted Mason Nation. Tonight, they face a
group of brutish, three-point bombers from Notre Dame in
The situation slobbers, is cuddly and has a name: Cade, as
in Folarin Cade Campbell. He is the
large-and-in-charge, 24-pound, 8-month-old son belonging to Campbell and Sherryta Stokes, a Manhattan College volleyball player who
managed to honor her scholarship last August despite giving birth July 16. Cade
“just happened, but we’re glad he did,”
“He was just so tired driving back and forth,” Stokes said by telephone yesterday. “He kept saying, ‘I want to see my boy, I want to spend time with him.’ But he wasn’t playing very well. I told him he’s not going to remember everything at this age, so you need to handle your business right now. It was hard, because I know how much he wanted to see him.”
“When I heard that, I was able to stay after practice and get some more shots up and do more things here. And I just started playing well. Now I’m able to balance seeing him and playing basketball.”
He said an early-season meeting with Coach Jim Larranaga also was pivotal. A heart-to-heart at the airport
with Larranaga after a 73-55 loss to
Larranaga listened.
“I told him I trusted him,” he said. “And I understood. And I talked to my staff. Next day I called him in and said: ‘Hey, you’re at the point. It’s your ball. Run the team.’ “
The offense gradually slowed down at the request of a grounded and centered senior, who understood the pace and cadence needed for Mason to thrive — the extra half-second for a shooter to curl off a screen, the patience to re-post Thomas so he could get closer to the goal and back his man down.
“After
The Patriots began to pile up victories before a late swoon hurt any at-large chances they had and forced Mason to win the conference tournament to get in. It was then that the old Campbell fully emerged, knocking down big three-pointers, going hard to his right, crossing-up defenders, winning the tournament MVP, delivering that same pretty step-back jumper — circa Larry Bird 1986 or Folarin Campbell 2006.
“It was almost like a Michael Jordan-type thing, where he
hit a shot and his career took off,” said Thomas, his roommate for four years.
He added he had seen a different side to the eternally upbeat and smiling
“Winning the CAA championship, seeing him on the bench crying, that was new,” Thomas said. “I didn’t see nobody else cry except for him. I guess it was all that joy of winning the championship. I [hadn’t] seen him in cry the last four years about anything. He’s always upbeat, but not so much that he’ll cry.”
He said he never lamented not playing in a power conference
for an elite program, especially after a summer run at an open gym with
Maryland and Georgetown players, post Final Four. James Gist and Jessie Sapp
congratulated him and told
“Of course when I was younger I wanted to go to the big-time schools,” he said. “As I got older, you realize you want to go somewhere where you can play and contribute right away.”
It was nearing 2 p.m. Tuesday in
“We know it can be done because we’ve done it before,” he said.
As he climbed aboard, it almost seemed cliche to ask anything else about the shot over Rudy Gay or Mason’s past. He and the Patriots indeed have a present, a huge game tonight, and they will be led onto the court by their senior with the same sophomore smile, whose first name in Nigerian means “walk with glory.”
Neither he nor his team’s story could be discarded like old newspapers after all. Folarin Campbell and George Mason went about their journey, finding their path back to the tournament two long years after their majestic run. It turns out we were the ones stuck in the past.
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[JR: So what if the timing was wrong, it seems to have worked out well. Some will say this is “scandalous”. I’d say MYOB! When one makes choices in life, you have to stand up for the results. This couple has. So I’m proud of my fellow alum. Not that my opinion has any import.]
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
March 23, 2008 Sunday
Stathis: One of a kind
FIRST PERSON
BYLINE: STEPHEN HART,
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. S05
STATEN
I wasn’t part of that fortunate group, but I was lucky enough to have known him a little bit. And with Greg, that’s all the time you needed to discover a few things about the man.
The love for his family. The dedication to his team and players. And the almost unparalleled passion he had for the sport of hockey.
And that once you became friends with Greg, he never let you forget it.
So when I first heard the news on Monday that Greg Stathis - the former St. Peter’s High School hockey coach, who for the past 17 years filled the same role at Georgia Tech - had passed away at the age of 48, I thought back to the night of his final game with St. Peter’s in 1991.
Greg’s Eagles had just defeated Chaminade for the Catholic league championship, a game to which this still-wet-behind-the-ears reporter had been assigned. I knew hockey, but didn’t really know Stathis, only having met him maybe twice before while filling in for other Advance colleagues.
To Greg, it didn’t matter. After the victory, he insisted I join the celebration at Lee’s Tavern in Dongan Hills, the site for many of his postgame gatherings. I told him I had a story to write first, and would try to drop by afterward.
When I did a few hours later, the party was still going
strong, with players and staff munching on pizza and sharing laughs after
another title for Stathis, who won eight different
crowns for the Eagles to go with one for
And he made me feel like, somehow, I helped contribute to the win. That’s an amazing gift to do for anyone, especially some reporter you barely know. And there was nothing phony or insincere about the gesture. As I quickly learned, it was just Greg being Greg.
A few weeks later, when “Buddha” - as the Eagles respectfully called their diminutive guru - announced he was leaving Staten Island to move down to Georgia, I wrote another story announcing his departure and summing up his St. Peter’s career.
I found out Friday while attending Greg’s wake he had that article framed and hanging in his office at Georgia Tech. It didn’t surprise me, since Greg cherished his 10 years at St. Peter’s, where he was also a history and art teacher.
“I don’t remember much art,” said former player and student Chris DiDonna. “But I do remember it was a fun class.”
Then again, Greg cherished every moment, even if very few of them were ever pain-free.
Over the course of his life, Stathis had two kidney transplants and other health concerns. The pain was so much at times, recalled Georgia Tech assistant coach Kenny “Sarge” Day, it caused Stathis to pass out behind the bench. When he’d come to, and was told to go to the hospital, he said not until after he finished coaching the game.
“I remember once Greg came to the rink with his hospital ID bracelet still on,” added former Eagles player John McNally. “He had checked himself out. He said, ‘I had to be here.’”
And he was always there - for his family, his players and his friends. And when my girlfriend at the time and I happened to be in Atlanta several years back, Greg and his wife Maryann took us out to dinner, before he proudly gave us a tour of his Yellow Jackets’ home arena.
“Everyone respected what kind of a person Greg was,” said longtime St. Peter’s teacher and hockey moderator Sal Castellano. “Everyone knew he wasn’t a fake.”
Greg Stathis, the real deal, was buried yesterday wearing his Georgia Tech pullover. He takes his love of life and his passion for hockey with him.
And he leaves anyone who met him richer for the experience.
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* Posted on: Wed, Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
Dear John,
I am not sure that Greg was a Manhattan Alum. He may have been the coach. I find 3 Alums named “Stathis” but no Greg.
May He Rest In Peace,
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. I stand corrected. Again. I need everyone to keep me on the straight and narrow. Much appreciated. ]
* Posted on: Sun,
Mar 30 2008 7:56 AM
March 25, 2008
LIFE SCIENCES;
New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at
SECTION: EXPANDED REPORTING; Pg. 4294
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Tableau input
coupled kinetic equilibrium transport (TICKET) model.’ According to recent
research from the
“To streamline model input and model formulation,
specifications of equilibrium speciation (including homogeneous precipitation,
solid solutions, adsorption, and ion exchange) and linear and nonlinear kinetic
reactions are defined directly in the tableau. In addition, the burden of
accounting for appearing and disappearing solid phases is circumvented by
approximating homogeneous precipitation as a solid solution (with an insoluble
seed). The solution technique for the model is based on a one-step algorithm
and can be applied to both steady-state and fully implicit, time-variable
problems. This approach is particularly well-suited in handling chemical
speciation-transport problems with fast, nonlinear reaction kinetics and transient
chemical intermediates. TICKET model simulations are presented for several test
cases to verify the computational scheme,” wrote K.J. Farley and colleagues,
The researchers concluded: “A model application, which examines the effects of sorption and overlying dissolved oxygen concentration on Fe(II) and As(III) oxidation in a sediment column, is also presented to demonstrate the utility of TICKET in examining complex chemical speciation-transport behavior.”
Farley and colleagues published their study in Environmental Science & Technology (Tableau input coupled kinetic equilibrium transport (TICKET) model. Environmental Science & Technology, 2008;42(3):838-44).
For additional information, contact K.J. Farley, Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
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* Posted on: Wed,
Mar 26 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=106428578
James Charles Thomas
THOMAS
James Charles Thomas Shell Oil employee in
Published in the Star-Ledger on 3/27/2008.
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Thomas, James Charles (MC????)
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* Posted on: Sat, Mar 29 2008 8:08 AM
New York City Club Spring
2008 Networking Reception
Thursday, April 10, 2008
(please note correct date)
Co-Chairpersons Bill Chandler ‘70 & Liz Hickey ‘99
Guest Speaker:
Ted McNamara ‘62
The event will feature a presentation by Ambassador Thomas
E. McNamara ‘62. McNamara has extensive diplomatic experience in
political-military affairs, terrorism, narcotics, and the regions of Latin
America, Middle East, Africa, Europe and
Hosted by:
Tom Moran ‘74 and Mutual of
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
$30 per person
(inclusive of open bar and hors d’oeuvres)
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
ONLINE REGISTRATION
For more information contact the alumni office by phone at
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* Posted on: Sat, Mar 29 2008 11:30 PM
Dear FJohn,
Thank you so much for the kind words regarding my Father,
Thomas Cekay. He was always so proud of the fact that
he went to
Thank you again…
God Bless.
Greg Cekay…
Tom’s youngest son
* Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 8:14 AM
From: Mike McEneney [ MC1953 ]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:23 PM
To: Jasperfjohn Reinke
Subject: Obit
Dear John,
The Sunday NY Daly News had an Obituary on page 37 for Doris
McGovern a long time Secretary at
I have a copy if you need it.
May She Rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Missed it Mike. Been busy this week.]
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* Posted manually on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 8:14 AM
March 27, 2008
From: Dick Kaufmann [MC1968]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:30 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: My mother Clara Kaufmann
Hi John,
I thought I would let you know that my mom Clara Kaufmann, passed away on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008.
I have attached her obituary.
Regards,
Rich Kaufmann, MP’64, MC’68
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Dick,
I am most sorry to hear that. I remember her as a very nice
lady. I think I first met her when she was beating your butt for being mean to
me. No, seriously, as I remember the few times I met her, she was always very
nice to me. My own Mom is traveling the same road. And, I can see where that
road leads. I can’t understand what you’re feeling. But please take these
stumbling words:
The
Sadly, your Classmate,
fjohn68
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Clara J. Kaufmann 1919 - 2008 WEST
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* Posted manually on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 8:14 AM