ALUMNI NEWS

Niel Infante (UConn Math MS, 1996) is senior systems programmer in the Plant Sciences Department at The University of Arizona. After leaving us, Niel earned Master's degrees in Computer Science from Wesleyan and The University of Pennsylvania. He is continuing his research studies, begun at Wesleyan, on the fundamental structure of rice, sorghum, and maize.

(E-mail: niel@genome.arizona.edu)

Peter Johnson (UConn Math/Stat BS, 1985; MS in Math, 1987) did actuarial work for The Hartford, taught at Colby-Sawyer College (New London, NH) for seven years, and earned a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction (Math Education) at Penn State. He has been on the faculty of Eastern Connecticut State University since 2001. Pete and his wife Kathleen have two young sons and reside in Eastford, Connecticut.

Robert T. Leo, Jr. (UConn Math BA, 1967) received his Master's in Mathematics from the University of Oregon in the summer of 1968. Bob resides in Manchester, Connecticut and is a Project Manager at IBM Global Services.

Robert Makuch (UConn Math BA, 1972) has gone on to have a distinguished career. He received a Master's from the University of Washington (1974), earned two advanced degrees in Biostatistics from Yale University (M. Phil. 1976, PhD 1977), and worked in biometric research at the National Cancer Institute (1977-1986). Dr. Makuch, who is the author or co-author of close to 200 research articles and is a Professor and head of the Biostatistics Division at Yale, was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2003.

James Walsh (UConn Math Bachelor's, 1980) served in Africa in the Peace Corps. Jim later earned his PhD in dynamical systems from Boston University and has been on the faculty of Oberlin College for over a dozen years.