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                                                                                   About Torch in general....

The first Torch Club was organized in 1924. Originally, membership was restricted to "members of the learned professions." With the emergence of many new professions, the definition of eligibility has been widened to include those "members from other disciplines pursued by a person in a recognized professional manner." However, the local club has the right to set the general boundaries.

TORCH is an international association of local clubs in which respected persons practicing recognized professions enjoy the cultural interchange of knowledge. The clubs are organized in an International Association of TORCH Clubs, a non-profit corporation that provides common services to its member organizations.

Over 80 local TORCH Clubs comprising 3,000 members operate in 75 locations in the United States and Canada. Each has a monthly dinner meeting, which is highlighted by the presentation of a paper by a member or guest on a topic of concern to modern society. Following the presentation, the members discuss the subject. It is through this sharing of knowledge and airing of divergent views that TORCH becomes such a unique and rewarding experience.

                                                                            The Schenectady Torch Club

The Schenectady Torch Club is a member of the International Association of Torch Clubs that consists of many local semi-autonomous clubs. A complete list is given on the web page of the international association,  the Schenectady Club being in Region One. The mission of a Torch Club is to extol controversy while promoting free interchange among its members on intellectual and cultural subjects including, but not restricted to, civic, religious, philosophic, scientific, economic, artistic, political, and other similar topics. We champion neither specific causes nor do we subscribe to any propaganda or ideologies. In the broadest terms the Schenectady Torch Club seeks to stimulate understanding among the learned professions with the conviction that its members will gain a mutual understanding of each other and thus appreciate the function each plays in our society.

The Schenectady Torch Club was chartered in 1931.  The first meeting was held on Tuesday, January 20 of that year at the Van Curler Hotel. The speaker was Dr. George B. Cutten,  President of Colgate, whose talk was entitled "Is Man Doomed to Extinction?"  The dinner cost was 2$.

Schenectady Torch is proud to have been the first to admit women, having voted to do so unanimously  in 1973. It has since elected three female presidents. Schenectady Torch continues to pioneer the broadest possible spectrum of membership commensurate with its commitment to serve the professional community. The Club has more than 70 active members drawn from local business, state and local government, colleges and universities, and a variety of professions.

The Club meets at 6:00  p.m. on the second Thursday of each month from October through May. The current venue is the Turf Tavern in Scotia. A Torch evening consists of dinner followed by a speaker who is most often a Club member but who also may be an outside guest. Members are encouraged to bring guests to any meeting, but are especially encouraged to do so for the May meeting, once called "Ladies' Night," then "Spouses' Night," and now "Guests' Night."

Membership is open to all professions. Potential new members are usually sponsored by two or more members and are introduced to the Club at one meeting and, should they apply to join, are voted to membership at a later meeting.

The annual cost of membership, which includes meals and the  International dues, is set by the Torch officers the summer before  each Torch season. The current dues are $170 per year and are payable before the October meeting. Our national dues cover three issues per year of Torch Magazine, which reprints transcripts of those talks chosen as the best ones from among those nominated by local clubs.

The Club typically grants a partial subsidy to one of its members to attend the annual convention of the International Association of Torch Clubs. When that convention is held locally, the Albany and Schenectady Clubs are usually designated as joint hosts.

Officers, 2009-2010

President                    Gene Rowland             1249 Sandra Lane                   Niskayuna, NY 12309
1st  Vice President      Donald Stauffer            6348 French's Hollow Road   Altamont, NY 12009
2nd Vice President      Richard Alben             1705 Dorwaldt Blvd.               Niskayuna, NY 12309
Treasurer                    Richard Westergard     2766 Rosendale Road             Niskayuna, NY 12309
Secretary                    BK Keramati               1511 Peaceable Street            Ballston Spa, NY 12020 
Archivist                     Edwin D. Reilly, Jr.       870 Cunningham Court           Niskayuna, NY 12309
Director                     Peter Meenan              11 Knollwood Drive                Scotia, NY 12302               Term ending 5/31/2010
Director                     Golibersuch                  859 Gower Road                    Scotia, NY 12302               Term ending 5/31/2011
Director                     Ricki Lewis                   7 Harvest Drive                      Scotia, NY 12302               Term ending 5/31/2012

Programs

2008-2009

October  9               Don Rittner, County Historian                      "The First Ship"
November 13          BK Keramati                                                   "Retrospective on Running for the NY State Senate"
December 11          Doug Kabat                                                     "The Traithlon as a Sport"   
January 8                Rex Smith, Times Union                                  "Ethical Journalism in the Internet Age"                
February 12            Leslie Herd                                                      "Roots and Wisdom: Creating Community through Agriculture"    
March 12                Hugh Johnson                                                  "The Investment Picture Today"                        
April 9                     Angel Garcia                                                    "Understanding Basic Biological Processes from Physical Data"               
May 7                     David Golibersuch                                            "They Won't Send You Farther than Siberia"

2007-2008

October  12             Carl Strock, Schenectady Gazette                                 "Don't Beleive Anything You Read"
November  9           Len Meiselman                                                               "Evolution and Intelligent Design"
December 14          Carl George                                                                     "The Saga of the Canada Geese in Collins Park"                      
January 11              Rabbi Matthew Cutler, Temple Gates of Heaven         "Israel: A Part of My Soul and Apart From My Soul"               
February 8              James Johnson                                                                "The Future of Solar Energy"
March 8                  Glen  McGee, Alden March Bioethics Institute           "Challenges of Universal Health Insurance"                                          
April 12                   Larry Lewis                                                                      "A World War II Story"                               
May 10                   Dr. David Liebers, Ellis Hospital Chief of Medicine    "Influenza"

2005-2006

October 13        Deborah Onslow ,WMHT                   "The Future of Public Broadcasting"
November 10    Dr. Timothy Tear                               "Conservation in an Urbanizing World: What Eastern New York Has to Offer the Rest of the World"
December 8      Warren Redlich                                  "Running for Congress - What was I Thinking? "   
January 12        Thomas Constantine                          "Overseeing Police Reform in Northern Ireland"
February  9        James Kuntsler                                  "Challenges of the Post-Peak Oil World" (tentative title)
March 9             Ed Reilly                                            "75 Years of the Schenectady Torch Club "
April 13             Gene Rowland                                   "The Automobile of the Future"
May 11             Chris Walcek / Braddock Linsley     "Global Climate Change - A Debate"   [ Guest Night ]

2004-2005

October 14       Melanie Trimble   "The Patriot Act"
November 11   Ray Gillen             "Schenectady Metroplex: Present and Future"
December 9     John Brown           "Unfinished Science"   
January 13       Manuel Aven        "Increasing Healthy Life Span"
February 10     Walter Auclair      "Where Were the Women?  - American female writers in  semantics and sociology and their lack of public recognition.
March  10        Mark Baskin        "Prospects for Democratic Stability in Iraq"           
April  14           Walt Cicha            "Rebel With a Cause: Celebrating a Century of Albret Einstein's Nonconformist Humanism"
May  12           Mark Grimm        "Media Bias: How to Spot It and What to do About It."

2003-2004

October            Bill Edelstein        "MRI: The Best Thing Since the X-Ray"
November        Dag Reppen         "The Northeast Electrical Grid"
December        Steven Schmidt     "Risks of public Debt"
January            Dick Westergard "Weather Forecasting: Then & Now"
February          Bill Batt                "Moral Reasoning & Social Structures:  A Cross-cultural perspective"
March              Paul Swartz           "Abundant & Cheap Energy Today, But What About Tomorrow?"
April                 Clifford Brown      "Presidential Politics"
May                 Russ Savage         "Psychoanalysis and Communism"

2002-2003

October          Thomas H. King     "The 2nd Amendment:  The individual right to keep and bear arms"
November      Larry Lewis            "Arsenic in the Environment"
December      John Knutson          "Primary Causes of Cancer - Counterintuitive Results"
January         John Delano             "Exobiology - NASA's search for the origin and distribution of life in our galaxy"
February       LeRoy Fogle              "Saving Our Youth From Gangs"
March           David Kaczynski      "Abolish the Death Penalty"
April              Gerry Hahn              "It's A Small World After All"
May              Ricki Lewis              "Issues in Embryo Research and Cloning"

2001-2002

October         Bill Edelstein              "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence"
November     Maxine Borom           "Charter Schools"
December     Phil Kosky                   "Conformational Protein (Mad Cow) Disease -  It Ain't All Bull"
January         Harry Ringermacher   "Prospects for Interstellar Propulsion"
February       Dick Mehan                 "Why Republicans Have a Southern Accent and Democrats are Liberal"
March          Scott Ritter                   "Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem Once and For All"
April             Mokhtar Maghraoui    "Islam in America after 9/11"
May             Warren Redlich             "Victims of the Drug War"

2000-2001

October        Gerald DeMauro         "Provoking the Innocent: Controversies in Testing Student Performance"
November    Paul Swartz                  "Children Raised by Wolves"
December    Ed Reilly                      "Politics & Computing: Have We Been Gored or Bushwhacked?"
January       Chris Walcek               "Global Warming, Global Warning"
February      Roger Kambour          "GE's Response to the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970's: Light-weight Auto-Frame Composites
                                                                     Based on Polymerizable Fluids from Polyester Scrap."
March          Charles Szuberla      "Who pays for public education?"
April             John Calcagni          "Energy Deregulation: What's in store for New York State"
May              George Wise           "Slouching Toward Armageddon: Why WW I and II happened, why WW III didn't, and when WW IV might."

1999-2000

October        Jay Schleifer              "After Prison - The Straight Life Feels a Bit Like Heaven"
November    Warren Redlich         "Trials and Error: A Proposal for Reducing Lawsuits"
December    John Brown               "What should we do about PCBs?"
January        Dr. Paul Lemanski    "Lifestyle affects your health and longevity. You can take control."
February      Paul Swartz                "The Increasing Concentration of Wealth in America"
March          Ricki Lewis                "The Promise and Uncertainty of Gene Therapy"
April             David Golibersuch     "A Long Walk North: A Personal Journey to the Geographic North Pole"
May             Manfred Jonas           "Why the End of the Cold War did not Inaugurate the Millennium"

1998-99

October       Judge Michael Eidens    "Plea Bargaining of Serious Crimes - Advantages and Disadvantages"
November    Donald  White                  "Hormone Therapies - A Basis for Choice"
December    Paul Swartz                   "The Economic Crisis In SE Asia - Why the Media Doesn't Get It"
January       Sabine O'Hara                 "Urban Development  -  Production Costs vs Quality of Life"
February     Ed Reilly                          "Cryptography and Privacy"
March        Gary Wilson                     "HMOs - Has Managed Care Killed Marcus Welby?"
April           Michael Marcelle            "The Changing Role of the School Superintendent"
May           Paul Drisgula                   "So-called Partial Birth Abortion"

1997-1998

October      Seymour Horwitz:            "Medical Decisions Revisited"
November  Margaret Schadler:         "Who Will Feed China?"
December   Paul Swartz:                     "The Party's Over."
January      Jack Hickey:                   "Whither Public Education?"
February    Bob Rohr:                        "Radiation Homesis - Is it Real?"
March        Carl George:                   "Symbols, Symbols, Everywhere. All Along My Journey they Flashed Forth."
April           Peter Stewart:                 "Invaders from Outer Space"
May           Charlotte Eyerman:        "Controversy and Contemporary Art"

1931 to 1996-1997:  See  Past Programs

                                             Membership Roster

                           (The number after the name is the year in which the member joined.)

      Phil  Adams  2007 (Jo)  Engineer

     104 Marson Avenue    Scotia, NY 12302     Home: 393-9505  E-Mail:   padams1@jhu.edu

     Richard  Alben  2004 (Katherine) Physicist  (RPI)  

      1705 Dorwaldt Blvd      Niskayuna, NY 12309    Home: 370-1522  E-Mail: ralben@nycap.rr.com

    80 Auclair Way Melrose, NY    Home:  663-5779     E-mail: pmauc@aol.com

    Richard Blackmer  2000  (Roberta) Engineer  (retired)    E-mail: rblackme@nycap.rr.com

     109 Oakwood Drive Scotia, NY 12302     Home:  399-0541
 
 
    Piero P. Bonissone  2005 (Paola)  Computer Scientist, GE Corporate Research   E-mail: bonissone@crd.ge.com

    1065 Avon Road    Schenectady, NY 12308        Home: 370-8048      Work: 387-5155

      Maxine H. Borom  '92 Educator E-mail: omahborom@msn.com

    2171 Foxhill Drive    Niskayuna, NY 12309-2218   Home: 370-2662
 
 

    Robert M. Briber '77 (Sylvia)   Educational Administrator -  retired   [ inactive ]

    23 Washington Avenue, Schenectady,  NY 12305      Home: 377-0469    E-mail: rbriber@aol.com
 
 

     John F. Brown, Jr.  '68 (Eleanor)    Chemist

    1479 Dean Street   Niskayuna, NY 12309      Home: 377-2926

    GE R&D Center     Work:   397-7987    Fax. 397-7611       E-mail: brownjf@crd.ge.com

     
    Earl M. Bucci '65  Attorney

    1539 Dean Street  Niskayuna, NY 12309       Home: 377-5000     Work: 393-8900

   
 
    Ronald B. Bucinell 2004 (Jill)  Mechanical Engineer - Union College

    1063 Merlin Drive  Niskayuna, NY 12309   Home: 782-0630  Work: 388-6023   E-mail: bucinelr@union.edu

    Julia Burgess '93 (Robert) Health Care Administrator  (retired)

   2165 Apple Tree Lane Niskayuna, NY 12309           Home: 393-9887

   Planned Parenthood - retired          E-mail:  rburgess1@nycap.rr.com
 
 
 

   Robert Burgess '99  (Julia)   Computer Scientist    SUNYA (retired)  [ inactive ]

  2165 Apple Tree Lane   Niskayuna, NY 12309   Home: 393-9887    E-mail: rburgess1@nycap.rr.com
 
 

   Jim Burns 2009 (Judith)  Engineer   KAPL (retired) 

  2139 Morrow Avenue Niskayuna, NY 12309       Home:  370-5178     E-mail: crymeariver@nycap.rr.com

   Chuck Carlson 2003 (Joint with Albany Torch)  Home: 786-8014     E-mail: esccec@aol.com
 

  
   James B. Comly '98 (Lucy) Physicist ( retired )

    1455 Dean Street    Niskayuna, NY 12309

    GE CR&D Center   E-mail: James.Comly@post.harvard.edu
 

    Wayne Davis 2003 (joint with Albany Torch) 

    22 Cortland Drive, Albany, NY 12211   Home: 782-0279   Email: YcleptWD@aol.com
 

    Ralph W. De Blois '86 (Charlotte) Physicist (retired)

     2509 Antonia Drive  Niskayuna, NY 12309-2402  377-1764  E-mail:  rwdeblois@aol.com

 

   Dominick A. De Simone '76 (Rita) Educational Consultant   E-mail: ddesimo2@mycap.rr.com

    1420 Gerling Street  Schenectady, NY 12308-1704     Home: 372-3016   Work. 372-3016
   
 

   Frank Feiner '93 (Rose Cooper)    Physicist  (KAPL-retired)

   2057 Lexington Parkway Niskayuna, NY 12309  Home: 377-9448  E-mail: ffeiner@nycap.rr.com

   851 Lakewood Avenue  Schenectady, NY 12309-6106

   Home: 381-6242    Fax: 381-6242          E-mail: GalvezMJ@aol.com

   603 Wagner Road  Glenville, NY 12302    Home: 393-0629
 
 

   David Golibersuch '99 Physicist        GE Global Research (retired)

   859 Gower Road  Scotia, NY 12302     Home: 374-0428    E-mail: dgoliber@nycap.rr.com     
 
 

  Fred Goodman 2003 Attorney  Home: 381-6847

  886 Cunningham Court Niskayuna, NY 12309  Email: goodmanf@earthlink.net
 

  Gerald J. Hahn 2002 (Bea) Statistician   GE Global Research   [ inactive ]

  1404 Oryln Drive  Niskayuna, NY 12309  Home: 374-0713   Email: gerryhahn@yahoo.com
 
 

    John K. Hawley 2007 

   479 Lake Road Delanson, NY 12053  Home:  864-5171  E-mail: jhawley@princetowncable.com

    Dale E. Hedman  2004 (Shirley)  Engineer (retired) 

   1068 Maryland Avenue Schenectady, NY 12308 Home: 346-8500   Email: Dale@Hedmans.org

 

   Jack D. Hickey '68, '98 (Lorraine) Educator College of St. Rose (retired)
   7 South Court  Scotia, NY 12302   399-8331  E-mail: jhickey1@nycap.rr.com
 
 

  Manfred Jonas '82 (Nancy Greene)   Historian  (John Bigelow Prof. of History, retired)

  33 Front Street  Schenectady, NY 12305  346-4866  E-mail: jonasm@union.edu

 

  Gary L. Jones 2002  (Carol)    Engineer    Turner Construction    Work: 432-0277

  168 Overlook Lane, Duanesburg, NY 12056   Home: 355-9508  E-mail: gjones@tcco.com
 
 

  Douglas S. Kabat  (Joanna) 2005  Sociologist

  864 Beech Dr  Niskayuna, NY 12309    Home: 275-9942     Email: dkabat@nycap.rr.com

  Ernest H. "Ernie" Kahn (Glorida) 2007

  13  Chestnut Lane  Niskayuna, NY 12309    Home: 374-1609     Email: gekahn@nycap.rr.com

  Peter E. Kent '92 (Pilar Moyano) Engineer

  2151 Lynnwood Drive Niskayuna, NY 12309    Home: 393-3783  E-mail:   pkent@nycap.rr.com
 
 

    Bahram "BK" Keramati  2006 Mechanical Engineer

   1511 Peaceable Street  Ballston Spa, NY 12020    Home: 882-6530   E-mail: bk1@sigmaxi.net

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   John Knutson  2001  Physicist  Green Thumb         

   5 Colonial Drive  Schenectady, NY 12306         Home: 356-5242     E-mail: greenthmb@aol.com
 
 

  Alexander T. La Rocco  '82 (Mary Anne)  Educator - retired

  39 Sunnyside Road   Scotia, NY 12302      Home: 372-0408
 
 

  Dr. Fred R. Levine  2007  Dentist

  68 Appletree Lane Clifton Park, NY 12065  Home: 383-6064  E-mail: frlevine1@aol.com

  Larry Neil Lewis  '99  (Ricki) Chemist

  7 Harvest Drive Scotia, NY 12302  Home: 399-2017

  GE CR&D                                    Work: 387-7925   E-mail: lewisln@crd.ge.com
 
 

  Ricki Lewis  1999  (Larry) Science Writer

  7 Harvest Drive Scotia, NY 12302    Home: 399-2017   E-mail: ralewis@nycap.rr.com
   

  11 Knollwood Drive  Scotia, New York 12302         Home: 399-0780
   

   
 William J. (Bill) Meers  1998  Graphic Artist        [ Inactive ]   E-Mail: billmeers@yahoo.com

  2015 S. Tuttle Avenue  Sarasota, FL 34239                                Home: (941) 587-3850

  Richard L. Mehan '90 (Reba) Metallurgist (retired)
  6 Boyle Road Scotia, NY 12302                                Home: 374-7886     E-mail: rmehan@juno.com
 
 
  Leonard J. Meiselman 2005 Radiologist (Esther) 

  1147 Rosehill Blvd, Niskayuna, NY 12309                 Home: 374-2064     E-mail: lmeiselm@nycap.rr.com

  Donald F. Mobray  2007  Engineer (retired)

  9 Daggs Lane  Saratoga Springs, NY 12266             Home: 306-4905    E-mail: dmobray@nycap.rr.com
 

 
  William J. "Bill" Premerlani 2008 (Judy)  Computer Scientist  GE Corporate R&D

  133 Woodhaven Drive  Scotia, NY 12302            Home: 399-2861    E-mail: premerwj@nycap.rr.com

  Warren Redlich '98 (Heather) Attorney      E-mail: wredlich@gmail.com

  6946 Suzanne Court Schenectady, NY 12303   Work: 736-5533 Fax: (425) 962-3870

  Home: 357-4545                                       Web page:  www.redlichlaw.com
 
 

  Edwin D. Reilly, Jr.' 76 (Jean)  Physicist / Computer Scientist 

  870 Cunningham Court   Niskayuna, NY 12309  Home: 393-0950  E-mail: cybernet@nycap.rr.com

  State University of NY at Albany (emeritus)     Web page:  http://home.nycap.rr.com/cybernetic
 
 

  N(orbjorn) D. ("Dag") Reppen  2001 (Grete) Electrical Engineer  E-Mail: ndreppen@nycap.rr.com

  19 Crimson Oak Drive  Niskayuna, NY 12309   Home: 374-3132  Home office: 393-8353
 
 

  Harry I. Ringermacher 2000 Physicist  (Judith)      

  1054 Main Street  Delanson, NY 12053                    Home: 895-2513   E-mail: ringerha@crd.ge.com
 
 

  Robert C. Rohr '58 (Alice) Physicist                        KAPL (retired)            
  133 Saratoga Rd Apt 108-4 Glenville, NY 12302       Home: 280-4844  E-mail: rrohr@nycap.rr.com
 
 
  Eugene (Gene) Rowland 2005 (Ellie) Engineer             

  1249 Sandra Lane Niskayuna, NY 12309                  Home: 370-1958  E-mail: erowland@nycap.rr.com

  Harvey W. Schadler '85 (Margaret) Metallurgist      GE CR&D (retired)

  4024 Windsor Drive,  Niskayuna, NY 12309             Home: 372-5252   E-mail: schadlerhw@aol.com
 
 

  Margaret H. Schadler '81 (Harvey) Biologist

  4024 Windsor Drive,  Niskayuna,  NY 12308-2515      

  Union College         Work: 388-6234                          Home: 372-5252    E-mail: schadlem@union.edu

  19 Beacon Hill Drive    Saratoga Springs, NY 12866    Home. 581-0773

  Work:  388-6346  Fax: 388-6947  E-mail: schickk@union.edu  or schickk@juno.com
 
 
   Theodore H. "Ted" Schoenberg  2009 Mechanical Engineer  -  retired from Naval Reactors at KAPL

  4 Beechwood Drive, Ballston Spa, NY 12019            Home: 399-4425    E-mail: T.Schoenberg@verizon.net

   Helga Schroeter 2007 Political Scientist

  1436 Lowell Road,  Schenectady,  NY 12308              Home: 370-5042    E-mail: schroterschen@att.net

   Fred Staub '96 (Mareline)  Engineer  (retired)           Email: fstaub@nycap.rr.com

  1186 Godfrey Lane    Niskayuna, NY 12309               Home:  346-0409
 
 

  Donald B.  Stauffer 2005 Educator  (retired)              Email: donmorag@mail.com

  6348 French's Hollow Road   Altamont, NY 12009      Home:  861-6244

  Twitty J. Styles '74 (Constance) Biologist  (retired)

  54 Hemlock Drive   Clifton Park, NY 12065    Home: 371-7652

  Union College (emeritus) E-mail: stylest@union.edu

  6 Hampton Way  Mechanicville 12118    Home: 280-2276   E-mail: pswartz1@nycap.rr.com

 

  Charles Szuberla '98  (Marianne) Architect
  902 Charles Street  Scotia, NY 12302   874-9576 E-mail: cszuberl@nycap.rr.com

  Chris Walcek   '99    Atmospheric Scientist

  1 Verdun Street   Watervliet, NY 12189-1221                       Home: 272-0318

  SUNY at Albany    E-mail: walcek@asrc.cestm.albany.edu    Work: 437-8720
 
 

  A. Emile Walraven '99 (Anne) Engineer - retired

  209 Menlo Park Road  Niskayuna, NY 12309             Home: 374-4646  E-mail: zeist47@nycap.rr.com

  77 St. Stephens Lane West Scotia, NY 12302     Home: 399-3463

  GE R&D Center (Retired) E-mail: Hvhweb@aol.com
   

  Richard J. Westergard  2003 (Heide )   Meteorologist,  Shade Tree Meteorology, LLC 

  Frank Wicks  2006 (Virginia)   Engineer    E-mail:  wicksf@union.edu

  1 Nicholas Avenue  Niskayuna, NY 12309  Home: 372-2783  Work: 388-6267

Former Members    italicized if known to be deceased
                                     1931 Charter Members and past Presidents indicated by color
                                      '42-'57, e.g., indicates membership span   [ 1938-1953 ], e.g., indicates life span     ~  = circa ("about")
     -A-

     -B-

  -C-

Calabria, Frank M.  '86 Psychologist
Carothers, J. Edward  ~'51 Clergyman 
Cassidy, Robert J. '63-'86 Physician
Cerrito, D. Vincent  Attorney '58-65
Chamdram, V. Ravi '96 -'97
Champ , Earle E.   '33
Champion, F. Roy '31 Publisher   [ -1933 ]
Chandran, V. Ravi '95
Chestnut, Harold B. '59-'65  Engineer  [1917-2001]
Christensen, Gardell Dano '60 Curator
Cicha, Walter  2004 Chemist
Clark, Leonard B.  '46-'63, '65  Biologist [1902-1986]
Clark, Charles W. '31-'66 [1886-1966]
Clayman, A. S.  '53  Attorney
Clements, Robert  F.  '98 Engineer
Clowe,  G. Marcellus  '31 Physician  [1889-1968]
Coffin, Louis  '87 Engineer
Coffin, Mary  '73 Attorney
Cohen, Ernest A.R. '31 Attorney
Cohen, Joseph T.  '83-'84 Attorney
Cohen, Leonard D.  '59 Physicist
Cohn, Morris Mandel  '41 Engineer  [1898-1975]
Cohn, Morris Marshall '51 Attorney (D.A. & Judge ) [1903-2002]
Cole, George H.  '70-'71 Curatorr
Collie, Roy M. '31 Physician
Comfort,  James T.  '67
Compton, Horace B.  '59-'63 Engineer  [1893-1972]
Conners, Ronald M.   '65 Educator
Cook, Kathleen  '74  Educator
Cook, Leslie G.  '60 Physical Chemist  [1914-1999]
Cook, Newell  '65 Chemist  [1916-2002 ]
Cooper, Bernard R.  '74-'76 Physicist
Cooper, James C. '31 Attorney
Coplon, Harry G. '31 Attorney  [1894-1967]
Corey, Albert B.  [  -1963]
Cornell, J.H.  Physician  '46 [ -1955 ]
Cravener, E .K.  '37-'40  Physician
Crihfield, Brevard E.   '44 Scientist [1916-1987]
Cummins, Earl Everett  ~'35 [1896-1938]

  -D-

Danton, George H.   '41 Educator  [1900-1966]
Day, Frank Parker '31 Educator  ( President of Union College 1929-1933 ) [1881-1950]  See www.cbc.ca/canadareads/author/frankparkerday.html
Davidson, John C.   '31 Engineer   Also President  [1905-1995]
Delano, John, 2002-2006   Geochemist
Dewey, A. Gordon '31 Political Scientist
Diamond, Alexander '46-'78 Attorney  [1904-1980 ]
Dickinson, T.M.  '67 Engineer
Dickson, Eric  Attorney  '91
Dietrich, Neff  T.  '80 Engineer
Di Lallo, Chester A. '84 Educator
Dow, Hamilton H.   -'57 Engineer
Driscoll, Daniel A.  '73 Engineer
Dunlap, Maude H.  2000 -2006 Business Consultant 
Dunn, James R.  '71-'72 Educator

  -E-

Eddy, Robert Miles  '70-'71 Clergyman
Edelstein, William A. 1991-2007 Physicist
Eldred, Lewis   '58-66 Mathematician [1886 -1966]
Eldredge, Bruce '79-'82  Curator
Enslow, H.R.  '31  Political Scientist
Ettington, Martin ~'55 Engineer

  -F-

  -G-

Giedraitis, Robert B.  '77 Accountant
Gilbert, Alfred E.  '35-'53 Educator
Gilmartin, Howard G. '31-'32 Physician  [1886-1965 ]
Gino, Colleen '03-'04  Astronomer
Godshall, I. Leon   '31 Political Scientist  [1910-1998 ]
Gold, William J.   '56-'65 Clergyman  [1916 -1991]
Goldhoff, Robert  '70-''71 Metallurgist  [1920-1978]
Goodheart, Clarence Francis '64 Electrical Engineer
Gray, B. Murray  '41 Educator
Green, Ben A. Physicist / Software Engineer  '00-'03
Green, Harold H. Jr.  '85 Attorney
Greene, Albert W. '31
Gregg, Harry V.  '39 Dentist
Gross, Walter S. '48 Dentist  [1900-1978]
Grussner, Albert '39 Physician
Gussin, Arnold E. S. '85-'88 Educator

 -H-

Haines, Gerald L.  '59-'84 Physician
Hall, Russell A.  '31 Engineer  [1896-1969]
Haller, Theodore H.  2002-02007 Engineer
Ham, Frank S.  '72 Physicist  [1928-2002]
Hanbridge, W. F.  '39 Engineer
Handel, Harvey  '58  Educator
Harrell, Clarrence A. '37-'42  [1924-2002]
Harrington, Charles  '87-'88 Meteorologist
Heidenthal, Gertrude  '81 Biologist  [ 1908-1993 ]
Heller, Mark  2003-2004 Physician     
Henderson, Loran A. '65-'71 Chemist [1898-1980]
Henry, George E.  '51-'63 Engineer
Hightower, E. Kermitt  '51-'58  Attorney
Hillig, William B.  '63 Chemist
Hinchey, C. E.  Educator
Hoagland, Robert S.  ~'43~'55 Clergyman  [1905-1993]
Hoffman, Elmer O.  '31 Educator Also President   [1903 -1976]
Hoffman, Thomas Ripton  ~'61 Engineer  [1923-2002]
Hoft, Richard G.  '59-'63 Engineer
Hoge, Leo J.   '81-'85 Physician
Horton, John Stephen, '94
Horwitz, Seymour A.   '58-'04  Physician
Howe, Lee A. Jr.  '59 Clergyman  [1885 -1964]
Howland, Charles A.  '31 Physician
Hull, Edwin H.  '59-'64 Engineer  [1902-1964]
Hurwitz, Henry  Physicist ~'63  [1918-1992 ]

  -J-

Jameson, S. F.  '43 Educator
Jennes, Frank A.  '72 Engineer
Johnson, Burges  '37-'42  Educator  [1889 -1962 ]
Jones, H. Stanley  '31Clergyman
Jones, Stanley '61 Chemist  
Joslin, David B. '64-'65  Clergyman

  -K-

  -L-

Lakshminarsu, P.M.  Engineer  (a.k.a. Narsu)
Lambert, Francis L.' 65 (Sangvon) Biologist  [1923 -2001 ]
Lancione, Antonio Physician -'73
Langsam, Walter Consuelo  Historian      [1906-1985]
Langworthy, Harry W. Jr. '48  Educator  [1908-1997 ]
Laufer, William  '59-'62 Physician
LeBaron, Walter A.  '41 Educator  [1902-1967]
LeBoeuf, Maurice Bernard  '76 Chemist  [1920-2002 ]
Letai, John  '65-'66 Attorney / Sociologist
Levine, Howard A.  '73 Attorney
Levoy, Louis G.  '46 Engineer
Lewis, Harry E.  '43 Engineer
Ligon, Ernest Mayfield  '31 Educator  [1897-1984]
Liimatainen, (Toivo) Matthew '73-'04 Electronics Engineeer  [1911-2005]
Lingeman, Elisabeth  '81 -'83 Educator
Linton, Harry  '35 Educator  [1895-1954 ] [ Linton High was named for him]
Linville, Thomas M.  '46 Engineer  [1904-1992 ]
Lorenz, John G. '44  Librarian [1907-1988]
Lowe, Alfred H. Jr.  '87
Lu,  Sung-Nien '73 Physician
Luger, Milton L.? '68-'71 Educator [1924-2001]

  -M-

MacLaury, Michael R. 2006  Chemist
Magid, Alvin  '70 Political Scientist
Main, Walter H.  '31 Journalist
Malebranche, Roger '69 Physician
Mallia, William M.  '31 Physician
Maras, Joseph '69-'71 Engineer
Marcelle, Michael J. '97-'01 Educator
Marcus, George A.  '66-'67  Attorney  [1893-1967]
Margolis, Natalie  '98  Educator
Marshall, A. Lincoln  '38-'72 Engineer
Martin, Miles J. Physicist '58-'66  [1897-1988 ]
Martin, William Butler Jr. '76-'88 Chemist
Marvin, Charles L.  '41-'57 Accountant  [1885-1971]
Masarro, Joseph F.  '65 Sociologist
Mauet, Rudolf B.  '60 Physician  [1912-1996 ]
Maxon, Arthur L.  '36-'38   Educator  [1909-2000]
McAllister, John F. Jr.  Engineer
McGauley, Fred F.  '31 Physician
McInerney, Thomas F. Jr.  '76-'78 Attorney
McLane, Edwin D. ~'57-'59  Clergyman
Meigher, Stephen C.  '48 Physician
Merrill, Harvey B. Jr.  '62-'63 Chemist
Michael, L.S.   '41 Educator
Miller, Hugh  '31 Engineer   Also President
Miller, Thomas '31 Clergyman
Mitronovas, Walter  '85 Seismologist
Modrey, Joseph  '64-'65 Mechanical Engineer
Monaco, Joseph   '65 Sociologist  [1912 -1972]
Mondragon, Ms. Fe ("Fay") '93 Physician
Moody, LeRoy S.  '73 Chemist
Moot, Richmond D.  '31 Attorney
Moss, James A.  '59 Sociologist
Mundy, Joseph  -'92 Computer Scientist
Munson, Ronald A.  '61 Chemist
Murphy, Harriet D.  '73 Biologist
Murphy, William M.  '56 Educator
Mutch, Thomas S.   '35 Clergyman [1900-1992]

  -N-

Narsu. See Lakshminarsu, P.M.
Navias, Louis  '37-'90 Chemist [1897-1990 ]  (Long time Torch Archivist )
Nevius, Peter '71 Engineer
Neisuler, Efrem B.  '53 Engineer [1906-1976 ]
Nelson, Wendell M.  '39-'55
Nemser, Rudolf  '79-'83 Clergyman  [1928-2002]
Nerad, Anthony J. '60 Engineer    [1900-1979]
Nixon, James I.  '65 Engineer  [1901-1982]
Norris, R(ollin) Hosmer  '56-'98 Engineer   ( Long time Torch Treasurer )  [1906-1998]

  -O-

Ogonowski, Thaddeus Y.  '43 Attorney  [1901-1987]
Oliver, David  W. '99 Physicist
Overeynder, Jenny C. '97
Oldman, John Jr.  '62-'63 Clergyman
Ozarow, Vernon '90  [1920-1997]

  -P-

Park, Louis  L.  '31 Manager [ALCO]  Also President
Pashayan, Nishan A. '38  Physician  [ 1875-1949]
Perkins, Gerald N.  '31-'59 Auditor Also President  [1891-1974]
Perrino, Anthony R.  '67 Clergyman
Perry, Norman W.  '60 Engineer  [1911-1992]
Peters, Philip H. '93-'97 Engineer
Pfeiffer, Heinz G.  '60-'71 Chemist         [1916-1970]
Pillsbury, W. Howard  '31 Educator Also President  [1891-1982]
Pitzer, Edgar C.  '74-'83 Chemist  [1905-2002]
Plant, Jeremy F.  '77 Educator
Plumley, Harold J. '75-'83 Physicist   [1912-1990]
Podoloff, Samuel '53-'64  Dentist       [1904-1985]
Poersch, Mathias P.  '31 Attorney      [1897-1986]
Pollock, Herbert C.  '46 Physicist       [1913-2000]
Potter, Clayton J.  '35-'38  Clergyman
Powell, Louie J. Jr.  '74-'80 Engineer
Pulling, R. J.  Educator
Putnam, Stanley R.  '55-'56 Administrator / Military Officer  [1911-1972]

  -Q-

Queern, John B.  '31 Dentist [1897-1988]

  -R-

Race, Hubert H.  '40 Engineer  [1899-1987]
Rahavy, Shahab  '55 Physician   [1909-2001]
Rappaport, Raymond Jr.  '63-'73 Biologist
Ravi, Chandran V.  Pharmacist
Regula, Donald P.  '63-'70  Physician
Reichenthal, Harold F.  '76 Financial Analyst
Rekart, Theodore E.  '79 Engineer
Riedel, James ("Jay"), 1963-2006 Political Scientist  [? - 2006]
Riedel, Robart A. '85-'86; 2000-2006  Air Traffic Controller
Robinson, Theodore P.  2005-2006 Attorney      
Rochlin, Robert S. '56 Physicist
Rohr, Alice M.  '74 Psychologist
Rojansky, Vladimir Borisovich '35 Physicist  [1900-1981]
Rosell, Alan S. '81-'86  Dentist
Rosen, Jerome  '31 Rabbi Also President  [1887-1978]
Roth, Laura  '74-'83 Physicist    
Roth, Willard D. '68-'83 Biologist 
Rouvina, James  '57-'62 Physicist  [1921-2000]
Ruvel, Michael  '74 Sociologist [1932-1996]
Ryder, John M. '31

  -S-

Sager, Virgil J.  '58 Physician  [1913-1974]
Salvo, Jill  -'97 Biologist 
Salvo, Joseph -'97 Scientist
Samorini, A. A.  '31 Physician
Savage, William R. "Russ"   2001-2004 Minister 
Sayers, Derek M.  Anesthesiologist '61-'04   [1921-2004]
Schein, Donald E.  '68-'88 Educator / TV Manager  [1920-1998 ]
Schmidt, Harold R. '75 -'83 Chemist
Schmidt, Karl M.  ~'55 Political Scientist  [1893-1989]
Schmitt, James D.J.  -'79 Architect
Schut, Harold J. '70  Clergyman  [1913-2000]
Schwarz, Theodore George III  '87 Computer Scientist  [1923-1987]
Schoonmaker, Lisa  '92 Attorney
Scott, Jesse M. W.  '31-'60 Physician Also President  [1909-1960]
Sidor, Reinhard  '80-'97 Industrial Hygienist
Silverman, S. Robert  '51-'61 Attorney
Simons, Edward L.  '65 Chemist [1921-2003]
Singleton, Irving R. '31
Slap, Charles S.  '85-'90 Clergyman  [1933-1992]
Smith, George W. '82 Biologist
Smith, Louise  -'93 Attorney
Smoluchowski, Roman  '44 Physicist  [1910-1996]
Snitkoff, Gail G.  '82 Biologist
Snow, Robert H.  '50-'60 Educator
Souder, Rexford S. '65-'71 Educator
Spaine, George W.  '31 Educator
Spang, Austin H. III  '65 Engineer
Spool, James  Attorney  '73-'76
Sprung, Murray M.  '55-'70 Chemist  [1903-1995]
Stanton, E. MacDonald  '31 Physician   Also President
Starkey, Frank. '85-'97 Chemist
Starrett, Oscar G.   '51-'53 Clergyman  [1890-1966]
Stauffer, Lynn H.  '64 Physicist   [1906-1999]
Stehn, John R.  '59-'60 Physicist    [1909-1972]
Stewart, Peter John '81-'05  Engineer    [1921-2005]
Stiles, William W.  '34 Educator   [1897-1968]
Stokley, James  '42-'56 Journalist  [1900-1989]
Stone, Donald B. '31  [1899-1991]
Strong, Herbert M. Physicist '81
Strosberg, James M. Physician '93-'97

  -T-

Taddune, Paul J.  '78-'79 Attorney
Taylor, John Bellamy  Physicist '36-'63 [ -1963 ]
Taylor, Oscar C.  '42 Chemist & Clergyman  [1912-1994]
Thielpape, Theodore H.  '65 Clergyman  [1902-1973]
Tischler, Louis P. '48 -'72 Physician [ 1908-1994 ]
Tonks, Lewi  '62-'66 Physicist  [1916-1987]
Traenkle, Herbert L.  '40 Physician  [1905-1975]
Treat, Richard L.  '64-'66 Publisher  [1919-1996]
Treder, William C.  '37 Physician

  -V-

Van Auken, Robert A.  '50 Educator  [1918-1985]
Van Cott, Harrison  ~'50  [1900-1970]
Van der Bogert, Giles   '46 Architect
Vander Grinten, Willem '65-'81  Physical Chemist
Vlahides, George '64-?, '93-2006 Physician   [1924-2006]
Vosburg, Beverly L.  '36 Physician [1897-1980]

  -W-

Walker, Michael S. 2005-2006  Metallurgist
Walsh, George W. '70-'79 Electrical Engineer
Warner, Alfred R.   '31 Physician  [1879-1981]
Weingarten, Samuel  '48 Sociologist
Weinrich, Ernest F. '48  Educator   [1905-1967]
Weinrich, John E.  ~'62 Economist    [1923-1997]
Weinstein, Simon '94-'04  Physicist
Wemple, William W.  '31 Attorney  [1908-1994]
Wentorf, Robert H.  '64-'66, -'96  Chemist  [1926-1997]
Wilson, Edwin H.  '41 Clergyman  [1898-1993]
Winne, William T. '50 Botanist [1913-1998]
Wise, Aaron M.  '45 Rabbi [1913-1999]
Wise, George 1982-2006  Science Historian
Worthy, Evans A. '31 Clergyman

  -Y-

Yeater, Max L. '54-'57 Physicist
York, James J.  '41 Physician

  -Z-

Zemany, Paul  '81 Chemist

Presidents since inception

1931                 Hugh Miller

1932                 W. Howard Pillsbury

1933                 Jerome Rosen

1934-35            E. MacDonald Stanton

1935-36            Louis L. Park

1936-37            Gerald N. Perkins

1937-38             John C. Davidson

1938-39            Elmer O. Hoffman

1939-40           W. E. Blowney  

1940-41            John E.  Burke

1941-42            Ellis Kellert

1942-43            Harry J. Linton

1943-44            Burgess Johnson

1944-45            Jesse M.W. Scott

1945-46            Louis Navias

1946-47            Nishan A. Pashayan

1947-48            Harold W. Bibber

1948-49            Beverly L. Vosburgh

1949-50            Alfred E. Gilbert

1950-51            Robert S. Hoagland

1951-52            A.L. Marshall

1952-53            William E. Kirwan

1953-54            Leonard B. Clark

1954-55            Louis P. Tischler

1955-56            James Stokley

1956-57            Alexander Diamond

1957-58            Robert H. Snow

1958-59            Miles J. Martin

1959-60            Herbert C. Pollock

1960-61            George C. Baldwin

1961-62            Walter S. Gross

1962-63            Weller J. Fisher

1963-64            Murray M. Sprung

1964-65            Edwin H. Hull / Ralph A. Alpher

1965-66            Efrem B. Neisuler

1966-67            Heinz G. Pfeiffer

1967-68            Shahab Rahavy

1968-69            Derek M. Sayers

1969-70            Robert Rohr

1970-71            W. Dexter Bellamy

1971-72            Alvin J. Bernstein

1972-73            Theodore H. Thielpape

1973-74            Henry M. Butzel Jr.

1974-75            Norman W. Perry /  Earl Bucci

1975-76            Earl M. Bucci

1976-77            Newell C. Cook

1977-78            James A. Riedel

1978-79            George D. Braden

1977-80            Alice M. Rohr

1980-81            Edwin D. Reilly, Jr.

1981-82            Twitty J. Styles

1982-83            Laura M. Roth

1983-84            Dominick A. DeSimone

1984-85            John F. Brown, Jr.

1985-86            Neff  T. Dietrich

1986-87            William B. Martin, Jr. / George W. Smith

1987-88            Peter T. E. Nevius

1988-89            Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.

1989-90            Peter J. Stewart

1990-91            Manfred Jonas

1991-92            George W. Smith

1992-93            Kenneth L. Schick

1993-94            Philip G. Kosky

1994-95            William A. Edelstein

1995-96            Reinhard Sidor

1996-97            Robert Briber

1997-98            Peter E. Kent

1998-99            Maxine Borom

1999-2000        Frank Feiner

2000-2001        Dick Mehan

2001-2002        Paul S. Swartz

2002-2003       Charles Szuberla

2003-2004       Warren Redlich

2004-2005        James B. Comly

2005-2006       Chris Walcek

2006-2007       Peter Meenan

2007-2008       David Golibersuch

2008-2009       Ricki Lewis

2009-2010       Gene Rowland

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