Past Class Notes
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First Name: Alexander
Last Name: Liem
Class Year: 2017
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Note: Alex Liem '17 (CET) is a University of Colorado Boulder aerospace student who has been selected as a member of the 2020 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. The initiative provides summer internships and executive mentorship to inspire the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders. Now in its third year, the highly-selective program awards exceptional college juniors, seniors, and graduate students pursuing aerospace careers with paid internships at cutting-edge commercial space companies. Fellows also receive one-on-one mentorship from accomplished members of the space community, including astronauts, engineers, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and others. During his tenure at RIT, Alex was a member of the student-run Electric Vehicle Team and worked at SpaceX as part of his degree. Most recently, he completed an internship at the Aerospace Corporation and is currently pursuing a MS in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder with a focus on Bioastronautics. Alex is passionate about human spaceflight, and, after getting his degree, hopes to return to the space industry to help create new destinations in space (and the means to get there).
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First Name: Brian
Last Name: Buturla
Class Year: 1991
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Note: Brian Buturla 91 (CIAS), owner of Brian Buturla Studios, is a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer and 1,000 hour Dharma Yoga teacher. Working from his private studio in Norwalk, C.T., Brian delivers the best personal training session and yoga class experience available! Yogi Brian offers private yoga instruction, therapeutic rehabilitative yoga and group yoga classes to individuals seeking enlightenment and transformation. Teaching by example with compassion and inspiration, trainer Brian is a Sports Performance Enhancement Specialist with over 25 years experience and 10,000+ private sessions serviced!
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First Name: Andrew`
Last Name: Crane
Class Year: 2007
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Note: Andrew (AJ) Crane '07 (CAST) is the owner of A. Crane Construction, LLC and the company recently celebrated the 30th year in business and also moved into a new facility. In recent years, A. Crane Construction has moved from purely residential construction to a full service private commercial contracting firm and has tripled in size in the last 5 years alone. AJ credits his Civil Engineering Technology degree and his diploma is proudly hanging in his office for all to see that a small home building firm can morph into a substantial force in the commercial market with a little bit of training and discipline. AJ credits RIT for bringing him the skills to take his small family-operated business to the next level, and extends a thank you to the CAST faculty.
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First Name: Harvey
Last Name: Levenson
Class Year: 1967
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Ben Franklin Honor Society Book of Wisdom
Note: Harvey R. Levenson Ph.D. '67 (GAP) is the editor of the Ben Franklin Honor Society "Book of Wisdom." The book is comprised of 47 success stories from some of the most accomplished leaders in the graphic communication industry spanning the latter half of the 20th century to the present.
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First Name: Roy
Last Name: Peterson
Class Year: 2012
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Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Note: Officer Roy Peterson '12 (COLA) started a new position at the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Peterson left his previous position with the University of Pittsburgh Police Department in order to expand his career opportunities.