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Joel D. Marvil, 72, a McCormick graduate and life member of the McCormick Advisory Council, died November 20, 2006. Born in La Grange, Illinois, Marvil received his BS in chemical engineering in 1957, attending Northwestern on an ROTC scholarship. After graduation he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and served as a line officer on destroyers. In 1960 he joined Ames Rubber Corporation in Hamburg, New Jersey, as a project engineer and worked his way up to become president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board. In 1993 Ames received the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for Small Business, considered America’s highest honor for business excellence. In presenting the award, President Bill Clinton noted that “at Ames, it’s not unusual to find second- and third-generation employees with the company. The atmosphere is like a family and like a team. Workers even call each other teammates. … Joel Marvil has made his company a model in applying quality management.” He remained chairman of Ames after retiring in 2000. Marvil received of the 2003 Alumni Merit Award from the Northwestern Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Ellis Marvil; a son, Timothy D. Marvil, and his wife, Meg; a brother, Richard A. Marvil; and three grandchildren.
David F. Schulz, 58, founding executive director of the Infrastructure Technology Institute (ITI) and adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at the McCormick School, died October 7 after an extended illness.
“Dave Schulz was central to Northwestern’s world-class work in transportation,” said McCormick School Dean Julio Ottino.
Schulz received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and earned an MBA in public management from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management while he pursued graduate studies in transportation engineering at Northwestern. A transportation engineer and planner, Schulz joined Northwestern in 1992 as the first director of ITI.
“Dave brought faculty and staff together to make a broad impact on the field of continuous remote monitoring of civil infrastructure systems,” added Joseph L. Schofer, professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate dean for strategy and communications. “Through his leadership of ITI he facilitated its people, giving them the freedom to discover, achieve, and excel. He was a devoted teacher, an expert on transportation and public management, and an articulate spokesman for civil engineering and infrastructure. Dave was the expert that the media turned to first for a clear and informed understanding of contemporary transportation and infrastructure issues.”
Schulz was elected Milwaukee County executive in a landslide April 5, 1988, after previously serving as Parks Department director in Milwaukee. He also served on transportation planning agencies in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. Schulz also served as deputy public works commissioner and budget director of the city of Chicago. He is survived by his wife, Joann, and a son, Robert.
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Class Notes
1940s
Maurice C. Prottengeier (’44) retired from his work as an administrator in the Pontiac, Michigan, School District in 1986. He and his wife, Marian, have traveled through Europe and visited friends in Great Britain.
1950s
David S. Urey (’58) retired after more than 40 years in the field of patent and licensing law. He and his wife, Donna, enjoy golf, skiing, participating in local government, and visiting their two grandsons.
1960s
Robert Kersten (’61) dean and professor emeritus at the University of Central Florida, was named an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the society’s highest accolade.
1970s
Dennis Adkesson (’70), a process engineer with Tate & Lyle NA/A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, in Decatur, Illinois, was named one of the 22 Heroes of Chemistry at the 2007 American Chemical Society national meeting in Boston for his role in developing DuPont’s environmentally friendly polyester production process.
Richard Brenner (’72) has been running Consumers Supply, his family’s wholesale plumbing and heating supply business, for 33 years. He and his wife, Suzi, have been married 31 years. They have two children, Kenny and Corey.
Thomas J. Riordan (’78) became president and chief operating officer of Terex Corporation in Westport, Connecticut, in January.
1980s
Karla Middlebrooks (’80) was promoted to vice president for product, procurement, and cost-management finance at Chrysler LLC.
Joseph J. Rencis (MS ’82), professor and chair of mechanical engineering at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, was the first recipient of the 21st-Century Leadership Chair in Engineering. He also received the 2007–08 Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Mechanical Engineering award.
Peter C. Nelson (MS ’86, PhD ’88), professor and head of the computer science department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been appointed interim dean of the College of Engineering.
1990s
Robert Abboud (MS ’90), mayor of Barrington Hills, Illinois, and owner of nuclear component and development company RGA Labs Inc., has announced his candidacy for Congress.
John J. Frieders (’90) is sales and operations manager for lighting and plumbing at Turner Construction.
Yusuf Pisan (’92, PhD ’98) is taking a sabbatical from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Joseph Barr (’95) is deputy director of policy, technology, and management for New York City’s Department of Transportation and is project manager for the city’s Bus Rapid Transit project.
Aminuddin Khan (’95, ’96) is president of AKCOMPLISH, an independent computer-consulting firm. He created PCRunLog software for runners and is currently consulting at Siemens in Princeton.
Eric Steffe (’95) is a director with the corporate services group of Grubb & Ellis Co.
Andrew Liteplo (’96) is an attending physician in the emergency department of Massachusetts General Hospital.
2000s
Matthew Fortney (’01) joined the law office of Quarles & Brady in the real estate practice group.
Jesse Hercules (’01) graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law in May 2006 and was admitted to practice law in Tennessee. He also passed the patent law bar in November 2006 and will specialize in both patent law and aviation law.
William Hightower (’01) was an intern at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and began an anesthesiology residency at Stanford University.
Michael Korcuska (MS ’02) is executive director of the Sakai Foundation, a consortium for technology in higher education.
Matthew Weber (’02) is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California, where he is researching organizational communication and new communication technology.
Polina Liberman (’03), an engineer in training, was promoted at Woodard & Curran’s Cheshire, Connecticut, office in January. She specializes in municipal water and wastewater projects. She is earning a master’s degree in engineering and applied science at Yale University.
David Fang (’04) is attending the University of Michigan Medical School.
Aaron Gooze (’04) is corporate pricing manager with Pacific Continental Shippers, a transportation brokerage company in Everett, Washington.
Jeffrey Schell (’04) participated in an exchange program at University College Dublin, where he studied European Union intellectual property and international trade law. He returned to the United States to participate in the Harvard College China–India Development and Relations Symposium.
In memoriam
James B. Wilkie, ’34
Douglas R. Byth, ’36
Robert A. McCord, ’42
Edwin M. Monsell Jr., ’43
James M. Murphy, ’44
Norbert E. Pentz, ’44
Russell G. Attridge Jr., ’45
Jack R. Halvorsen, ’45
Bruce G. Pollock, ’45
Earl P. Whitson, ’45
Thomas H. Burke, ’46
Merton E. Hill, ’46
Robert L. Young, ’46, ’48, ’53
Leonard R. Fergin, ’48
Robert E. Brach Jr., ’49
Gordon S. Browne Jr., ’49
Donald W. Dooley, ’49
William D. Badger Jr., ’50
Kenneth B. Cox, ’51
Endrik Noges, ’54, ’56, ’59
Joel Marvil, ’57
Cedric E. Leer, ’58
Kenneth E. Houtz. ’59
Vernon A. Reisenleiter Jr., ’60
Kenneth J. DeWitt, ’62, ’65
Fredrick E. Johnson, ’62, ’64
Michael F. Elliott, ’63
David A. Lennert, ’63
Anthony Sances Jr., ’64
Daniel E. Benson, ’66
Glenn A. Ousterhout, ’73
Bruce I. Terman, ’74
Thomas P. Kisala, ’80
William J. Spyhalski, ’85
Eric M. Kos, ’01
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