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The winner of the 2009 Feynman Prize for Theory is Robert A. Freitas
Jr., announced The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education
1994 Marco Louisse reports that he and his wife welcomed their second
and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto. The prize recognizes
child, Julia on March 26. This past summer, they moved to Kentucky to be
Rob’s pioneering theoretical work in mechanosynthesis in which he
closer to his in-laws.
proposed specific molecular tools and analyzed them using ab initio
quantum chemistry to validate their ability to build complex molecular
Mark Mathison writes that after nine wonderful years as an aeronautical/
structures. This prize also recognizes his previous work in systems
electrical engineer and rising into management at Raytheon, he left it all to at-
design of molecular machines, including replicating molecular manu-
tend law school. He graduated UCLA School of Law in ’07 and now is a patent
facturing systems, which may eventually make large atomically pre-
attorney with Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, a national intellectual
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Established in 1993 in honor of Nobel Prize winner Richard
Carl A. Kukkonen, III, has been named to San Diego Metropolitan’s
Feynman, two $5,000 prizes are awarded in two categories, theory
2009 “40 Under 40” list. The 10th annual award recognizes the region’s ex-
and experiment, to recognize researchers whose recent work has
ceptional young business and civic leaders.
most advanced the field toward the achievement of Feynman’s vi-
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Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. His practice focuses on strategic intellectual property
systems.
counseling including advice on patent infringement and validity, preparation
In an article published in the January 2009 issue of Life Extension
and prosecution of patent applications, licensing and due diligence studies. He
magazine, Robert—referring to nanotechnology—says, “A revolu-
also works closely with the Mintz Levin Corporate Practice to regularly counsel
tion in medical technology looms large on the horizon.”
emerging growth companies on issues ranging from entity formation and
Robert is senior research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Man-
governance to venture capital financings and technology transactions. Carl is
ufacturing in Palo Alto, Calif., and was a research scientist at Zyvex
also committed to fostering a clean tech community in San Diego by counseling
Corporation (Richardson, Texas), the first molecular nanotechnology
early-stage companies in a variety of technologies and as a member of the
company. He is the author of Nanomedicine, the first book-length
board of CleanTECH San Diego, which is a new non-profit membership organi-
technical discussion of the potential medical applications of molecu-
zation formed to accelerate San Diego as a world leader in the clean technol-
lar nanotechnology and medical nanorobotics.
ogy economy.
He has also co-authored Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines (Lan-
Carl also serves on the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum, which serves
des Bioscience, 2004). You’ll find Rob’s webpage at
www.rfreitas.com.
as “the global voice of entrepreneurship” and is a platform for entrepreneurial
networking, inspiration and education in San Diego.
John Lavrakas was recognized in the Jan. 23 (Oregon) Newport
News-Times for his work to attract more technical people and in-
1998 Aaron Archer and his wife, Melissa, are delighted to announce the
dustries to Lincoln County, Ore. The think tank he founded, Lincoln
recent arrival of their twins, Isabelle Amelie and Theodore Elliot, on Sept. 25.
County Technology Solutions Alliance, is doing joint venture work with
the Small Business Development Center at Oregon Coast Community
2001 David Mann and Ronalee Lo were
College (www.lctsa.org). John is president of Advanced Research in
married on July 11 on a bluff overlooking
Newport, Ore., and is a leading authority in the field of global posi-
the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, Calif. Prof.
tioning system technology.
James C. Eckert (physics) officiated the
wedding, making it quite the HMC affair.
Susan Lewallen, an ophthalmologist
Other Claremonters in attendance were:
based in Tanzania, is working with the
Elizabeth Johansen, Tom Driscoll, Greg
HMC Mathematics department on a proj-
Rae ’00, Zeke Burgess, Sarah Olmstead,
Ronalee Lo ’01, David Mann ’01 and
ect to provide more accurate estimates
Gillian Allen, Nick Barratt, Jalin Hsu
Professor Eckert
of target cataract surgical rates in African
(PO ’00), Yilin Hsu Wentland (PO ’00), Josh Wentland (’00), and Alex Sundquist
countries. Read more about it on page 7.
(PO ’99). Jalin and Yilin sang the first dance song and Mudders pelted the newly-
weds with napkin balls following a math-themed toast by Elizabeth. A slideshow
of their wedding can be found at
www.captureforever.com/data/pssites/PS_28/
Courtesy of KCCO
Susan Lewallen ’74
Ronalee&David/index.html. The Drs. Mann now reside in Boston, Mass.
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