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MIT CLUB OF NEW YORKWINTER / SPRING 2016 NEWSLETTER
NEWSLETTER
Editors:
Yiting Shen GM ’07
Charlene Chuang ’05 BC
Kenneth Namkung AR ’03
OUR WEBSITE
www.mitclub.org
SOCIAL MEDIA
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DID YOU KNOW?
There are 8,000+ alumni in the
metropolitan NYC area. Graduating
classes range from 1944 to 2015.
MIT alumni are distributed as
follows: 51% in Manhattan, 13% in
Westchester, 11% in Brooklyn, 6% in
Queens, and 1% in the Bronx.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FEBRUARY 2016
No Better Time: A Talk by Molly
Knight Raskin
MARCH 2016
Reading Structures: A Lecture by Guy
Nordenson ’77
FIRST Robotics Event at
Javits Center
A Conversation with Carlo Ratti,
Professor of the Practice
APRIL 2016
Annual Membership Meeting
MIT Comes to NYC at the Hayden
Planetarium
MAY 2016
Admissions Update from
Stu Schmill ’86
INFORMATION
ON THE RADARKenneth Namkung AR ’03
We’re proud to announce that the Club enters spring 2016 with a fantastic
slate of programs. For our signature annual event on April 18 with the
American Museum of Natural History, Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor
of Astrophysics Nergis Mavalvala will discuss her research in the quantum
measurement of gravitational waves. Renowned engineer and Princeton
University professor Guy Nordenson ’77 will share his work in structures and
coastal resiliency on March 8, and Stu Schmill ’86 will visit us in May with
updates on the latest in MIT Admissions. These events are a small portion of
our upcoming offerings—there are many more great events to come!
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Lower Left:
Guy Nordenson ’77
Lower Right:
Stu Schmill ’86
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ABOUT US OFFICERS 2015 – 2016
President
Michael G. Johnson CP ’97
Immediate Past President
Scott Morrison ’86 EE
Executive Vice President
Jay Damask ’90 EE
Vice President, Educational and
Cultural Programs
Kenneth Namkung AR ’03
Vice President, Social Programs and
Inter-Club Relations
Dominic Ricci ’99 PH
Vice President,
Professional Programs
Malinda Foy ’87 SB
Vice President, Community
Service Programs
Sarah Kaspers ’85 CM
Vice President, Communications
Yiting Shen GM ’07
Vice President, Membership
David Fung ’85 CH
Secretary
Joanne Baker ’80 MG
Treasurer
Charlene Chuang ’05 BCS
Club Counsel
Arthur Katz ’61 MG
Nominating Committee Chair
Gregory Arenson ’70 EC
Officer-at-Large
Jeremy Gerstle ’99 EE
FIND US ONLINE!
Like the MIT Club of New York
Facebook page to learn the latest club
news and hear about upcoming events.
Join the Club’s LinkedIn group
(currently 700 strong) to exchange
your thoughts on leadership and
career development.
In addition, we’re on Twitter. Follow
@MITClubNY to find out what we’re
up to. Links to our social media
profiles are below:
Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Flickr
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN TALKS ABOUT DANNY LEWIN SM ’98 Kenneth Namkung AR ’03
Journalist Molly Knight Raskin will give
a talk to the Club about her book No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet. It chronicles
the life and accomplishments of Danny
Lewin SM ’98, the founder of Akamai
Technologies and one of the first
victims of September 11. This event
is on February 16. Sign up soon to
reserve your ticket.
CARLO RATTI, DIRECTOR OF THE SENSEABLE
CITY LAB Kenneth Namkung AR ’03
On March 31, The Club will host Carlo
Ratti, Professor of the Practice and
Director of the SENSEable City Lab, at
Cooper Union’s Rose Auditorium. Artist
and engineer Natalie Jeremijenko will
moderate the conversation. To learn
more about Carlo Ratti, please visit the
links below.
FIRST ROBOTICS FINALS! Sarah Kaspers ’85 CM
Please come out to see FIRST Robotics
at the Javits Center on March 12 for
fun events for all ages. Iffat Mai ’89
will lead tours of the event including
behind-the-scenes explanations of the
pit area. Mai is a veteran coach for
JFLL, FLL, and FTC and organizes the
Forest Hills Robotics League.
Last year over 200 people attended
this exclusive tour for MIT alumni and
friends. Watch the Club’s upcoming
e-blasts for registration details.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Event Information
UPPER LEFT:
MIT Sloan alumni ringing the closing
bell at NASDAQ
UPPER RIGHT:
Alumni at a screening of the Godfather
at Lincoln Center
LOWER LEFT:
Dom Ricci speaking at the fall Club
Annual Social
LOWER RIGHT:
MIT alums at the annual holiday party
CLUB NEWS AND RECENT EVENTSph
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oyCouldn’t make the Club’s annual autumn social
event? You missed mingling with fellow MIT alumni
and discovering more about the upcoming Club year.
You missed Jerry Appelstein ’80, an alumni leader
who embodies MIT’s spirit in his professional and
volunteer careers—he spoke about the benefits of
remaining involved with the Institute as an alumnus
or of reconnecting with the Institute for those have
lost touch.
Couldn’t make the Club’s holiday gathering? You
missed a festive congregation of the MIT NYC
community, networking opportunities, and some
trivia fun too.
Couldn’t make the Toast to IAP? You missed a
chance to raise a communal glass to the Institute
with alumni around the world while alumna Georgia
Garinois-Melenikiotou GM ’84 shared how she
has drawn lessons from life and combined them
with a strategic mindset to achieve personal and
professional success.
MIT Club of New York social events—if you’re not there, you don’t know what you’re missing.
CLUB OF NEW YORK SOCIAL PROGRAMS UPDATE Dom Ricci ’99 PH
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CYBERSECURITY@CSAILKenneth Namkung AR ’03
Howard Shrobe, Associate Director and a Principal Research
Scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory (CSAIL), and Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T.
Harris Professor, a Professor of Finance, and the Director of the
Laboratory for Financial Engineering at Sloan, gave a joint talk on
modern digital security to a sold-out crowd on October 20.
Shrobe described the architecture of current computing systems
(based on the engineering tradeoffs of a different age) to discuss
how future digital systems could be secured architecturally via
hardware, software, and cryptography. Lo spoke about predictive
analytics and its potential security pitfalls in the global financial
system, which he illustrated with some eye-opening stories. He then
shared new technologies, such as secure multi-party computation,
that could mitigate some of these downsides.
ANNUAL CLUB KICKOFF WITH URSULA BURNS AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB
Charlene Chuang ’05 BCS
Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox and member of
the MIT Corporation, kicked off the Club year with fervor,
commending us that as engineers, we solve problems, make
possibility, and unclog messes.
Burns shared with MIT alumni and New York University
Polytechnic students some wise words for the workplace: we
must bring our whole selves to work—we cannot be someone
else. Veteran professionals and newcomers alike yearned to
know how to find a mentor, so Burns sent us into the year with
a reminder to look up and look out, and to allow ourselves to
connect.
BREAKFAST WITH JOHN CHISHOLM ’75Kenneth Namkung AR ’03
The MIT Club of New York was honored to host John Chisholm
’75, SM ’76, President of the MIT Alumni Association, for a
morning breakfast on November 10. Chisholm has had many
careers—as an entrepreneur, an investor, an executive, and an
author—and shared insights from his wealth of experiences.
Chisholm introduced the Alumni Association, its activities, and
the role played by its Board of Directors. He then detailed his
own career, including the time he spent running a startup that
survived the 2001 dot-com bust, as well as the economic effects
of 9/11. How did his company survive? Through a combination of
passion and perseverance, two traits he sees as critical to business
success—and two traits you see fostered in the MIT community.
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CLUB NEWS AND RECENT EVENTS
ASSOCIATE PROVOST PHILIP KHOURY AT THE GRADUATE CENTERKenneth Namkung AR ’03
On December 3, the Club hosted Philip Khoury, Ford International
Professor of History and Associate Provost at MIT, for a sold-out
talk at the CUNY Graduate Center, during which he discussed the
current state of the Middle East and the prospects for its future.
Khoury began by discussing the origins of the Arab Spring and
subsequent developments before describing the Syrian civil war
and refugee crisis. He delved into the origins of ISIS and the roles
played by nearby regimes, and then proposed potential ways to
contain the organization. Khoury concluded the talk by discussing
the long-term prospects for the region.
A TOUR OF THE JAVITS CENTER GREEN ROOFKenneth Namkung AR ’03
The MIT Club of New York spent a beautiful November afternoon
touring the new green roof atop the Javits Center. Led by Gustavo
Rodriguez AR ’02, tour-goers enjoyed an up-close and personal
view of the second largest planted roof in the country—six times
the size of the lawn at Bryant Park. This roof insulates the Javits
Center building, absorbs rainwater, and provides habitat for local
birds.
Thanks to a robust alumni network, the Club is able to provide
many tours of spaces usually inaccessible to the public. In the past,
alumni have explored beneath Grand Central Terminal and inside
the construction site for the Second Avenue Subway. New tours are
currently in the works and alumni leads are always welcome.
MIT GOES TO THE MAKER FAIRESarah Kaspers ’85 CM
The MIT Club of New York met at the New York Hall of
Science in September to enjoy 3-D demonstrations, tech
workshops, and booths presenting latest inventions.
The 2015 Maker Faire also had an interactive area with
remote-controlled demonstrations—fascinating for all
ages. The Club looks forward to organizing another visit in
September 2016.
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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
2012—2014 Graduates | $25
Current Graduate Students | $25
All Other Graduates | $50
1970 and Earlier Graduates | FREE
2015 Graduates | FREE
Patrons | $200
MEMBERSHIP LEVEL:
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mr./Ms./Other First Name Last Name
Check here if you are a renewing member with no changes to membership information.
Class of Course Degree
Mailing Address: Street Apt City State ZIP
Phone MIT Email @alum.mit.edu
Alternate Email
REGISTER ONLINE!
You can also sign up online at www.mitclub.org
PAYMENT INFORMATION AND ADDRESS
Send to: Colette Thompson
Club Administrator, MITCNY
P. O. Box 1122
New York, NY 10163
Please make check payable to MIT Club of New York.
Alternatively, credit card payments can be made at www.mitclub.org
Membership is valid July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016
2015-2016 REGISTRATION
BECOME AN MIT CLUB OF NEW YORK MEMBER TODAY! David Fung ’85 CH
If you have not become a member of the Club of New York, please
consider joining. A Club member enjoys benefits to MIT and Club-
sponsored events. Depending on the membership level, a member
can attend some events gratis or at preferred member pricing.
The Club has some special events planned for the balance of this
fiscal year (review this newsletter). Visit www.mitclub.org for a
complete, up-to-date list of upcoming events and to sign up for Club
membership.
Become a member now.
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