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Paula Duros (Byrom)

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Marital status: Widowed

Maureen Cairns

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David Caldwell

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Gregory L Callen

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Comment: "I am single and never have been married.  Upon returning to James B. Conant High School I was pleased to notice the Nature Center, Mr. Fletcher recruited Gary Paukstis and me to help establish was still being preserved. After graduating from High School I attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.  The following year I was offered a dance scholarship at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.  While there I had the privilege of dancing in international competition with the American Heritage Dancers at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.  I am proud to say that it was the first time America had ever placed in the final competition, and we took home the 2nd place trophy that year.  I also did some field research for a class in the Bahamas.  Upon graduating my undergraduate degree had a major in biology and minor in dance education with a secondary teaching certificate.

I have worked in education most of my life, having taught classes from kindergarten through adult education.  I even taught biology at Hoffman Estates H.S. and Schaumburg H.S. for one year.  When I was not coaching Tennis or Wrestling, I taught a social dance class at Harper Jr. College. From there I went back to school to work on my Master’s degree in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Administration at Western Illinois University. This included completing the Environmental Conservation and Outdoor Education Expedition (ECOEE) certification program.  I began my professional career in higher education working at Northern Illinois University in resident life, supervising a 1000 student resident hall.

Next I accepted a position a Texas A&I University as the Director of Student Activities.  Where, I worked with the Student Government Association, the Student Activities Board, the Greek Council, and the Multicultural Awareness Program, Resident Hall Programming, ADA, Student Newspaper, International Banquet, and the President’s annual fundraiser dinner.  I was responsible for the Fall Carnival, Homecoming Street Festival, Parents’ Day, New Student Orientation, and Miss Texas A&I University Scholarship Pageant.  I served on the Performing Arts Committee; and I personally wrote and submitted grant proposals to the Moody Foundation, the Texas Commission of the Arts, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, and the National Endowment for the Arts to gain financial support for this program.  Furthermore, I was responsible for overseeing the promotion and production of these events as well as the faculty lecture series.  I reviewed all entertainment contracts with full signature authority.  I also assisted with the renovation of several areas in the Student Union building, including the Pub and Cafeteria, Student Vending Area, Student Development Office, Counseling Center, and a student lounge.  Occasionally, I worked for the Kingsville Community Recreation Department as a paid consultant for concert management. Contemporary Artists such as Wayne Newton, Reba McEntire, and Randy Travis were presented.  I reviewed their entertainment contracts and managed the load-in/out, box office, ushers, and security for each of these performances.

When I moved to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), I was asked to serve on the President’s Ad Hoc Campus Communications Subcommittee, the President’s Ad Hoc 25th Anniversary Celebration Committee, the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Lecture Subcommittee, the Student Orientation and Registration Committee, the Student I.D. Committee, and the Substance Abuse Council.  I worked in Walb Memorial Union, where I facilitated the remodeling of three suites of student offices.  As the primary advisor to the Student Government Association, the Student Activities Board, and the Greek System, I supervised the University recognition process for all student organizations.  I had the opportunity to work with a diversity of special interest groups, encouraging creativity, addressing program liability concerns, troubleshooting scheduling/room arrangements, reviewing all entertainment contracts, and often directly supervising more than a hundred events in a single year.  I also became involved with several community projects, including the Head-Waters Park Project, as I served on the Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Community Council for seven years.  I was occasionally being asked to give seminars on Leadership/Staff Development, Teambuilding, Program Marketing, Festival/Performing Arts Management, Major Concert Production, Fiscal Management, Building Renovations, Facility Operations, and Governing Boards to groups outside of the University.  Another opportunity led me to work as a mount maker, where I had the privilege of installing artifacts in the Lincoln Museum.

I accepted the position at Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) so I could assist with the design and construction of their new Student Union Building.  While I was there, I assisted with the selection of a new food service, the remodeling of the cafeteria, the refurbishing of the student lounges, and the building of an outdoor pavilion.  I supervised the production of the Student I.D. Card, and the daily scheduling of the Annex Building, new Student Pavilion, and Student Lounges.  I also reorganized Student Government, the Student Activities Fee account structure, and the related distribution process for the Student Organizations, Children’s Center, and Athletics Program.  I was the primary advisor to Intramural Recreational Sports, the Student Government Association, the Student Activities Board, and the Student Publications Board.  I served on the Faculty Senate Student Affairs Committee, the Student Leadership and Philanthropic Service Scholarship Awards Committee, the Professional Staff Council, the Student Services Advisory Council, the Student Publications Board, the Who’s Who Selection Committee, and the University Food Advisory Committee.  With the assistance of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, I coordinated the New Student Orientation Program and the Back-to-School Welcome.  When the Indiana State Legislature turned down the University's funding request for building the IUSB Student Union, I was told that this project was now a dead issue.  Having accomplished the other changes I had been hired to make, I gave my notice and began working full-time as a consultant.  

A year later I accepted a part-time position at RadioShack to fill some of my down time, but that only lasted for a very short time before I was given a Store Manager position at a different location.  When my Mom fell and broke her hip several years later, I moved out to Oklahoma for six months to take care of her and my Step-dad.  After moving them into an assisted living facility, I came back to Indiana to find a location closer to me.  One year later they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana.  I had every intention of moving back to Fort Wayne myself, but our medical concerns kept me too busy to look for an apartment.  It’s hard to believe that over five years has passed, and I still live in South Bend.

My hobbies over the years have included Backpacking, Biking, Downhill Skiing (Raced when I was younger), Camping, Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Photography, Computer Repair, Online Gaming, and Gardening.  I also enjoy cooking and have written down over 100 recipes complete with photographs of most of them."

Sue Schuricht (Callison)

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James Campbell

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Comment: "PROFESSIONAL BIO: James Campbell has received worldwide recognition as a performer, pedagogue and author, and is a respected figure in the development of the contemporary percussion ensemble. He has toured extensively throughout North and Central America, Europe, and Asia. Currently Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, he also holds the positions of Principal Percussionist with the Lexington Philharmonic, drummer with the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra, and Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society.

Well known for his long past association with the internationally renowned Rosemont Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, Jim has served as their principal instructor, arranger, and Program Coordinator and was named to the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame in 2008. He was Percussion Director for the McDonald’s All-American High School Band and has performed at the International Society of Music Education World Conference, Journèes de la Percussion, PercuSonidos Percussion Festival, MENC National In-Service Conference, Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, MusicFest Canada, All-Japan Band Clinic, Music for All World Percussion Symposium, state MEA conventions across the country, and frequently appears as an artist at the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions (PASIC).

Among his works for concert and marching percussion, Jim has published with Hal Leonard Publishing, C.L. Barnhouse Co., C. Alan Publications, Innovative Percussion, Row-Loff Productions, Meredith Music and Alfred Publications with whom he serves as Percussion Team Author for the Expressions Music Curriculum. Jim is an endorsee for Innovative Percussion, Evans Drumheads, Grover Pro Percussion and is a member of the Latin Percussion Educational Advisory Board. He is a clinician for the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company and a Performing Artist for Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestra Division."

Blair Campbell

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Tom Caprile

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Linda Heisel (Capritta)

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John (Ed) Carryer

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Comment: "Ed has had an on-again-off-again relationship with academia. Every time that he graduated, he swore that he was done with school. The first time, he graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a B.S.E. as a member of the first graduating class of the Education and Experience in Engineering Program. This innovative project based learning program taught him that he could learn almost anything that he needed to know and set him on a path of life-long

learning. That didn’t, however, keep him from going back to school.

In his first job after school he designed the water treatment systems used in coal and nuclear power plants for Sargent & Lundy in Chicago. There he learned that in some places, 'design' actually meant sizing the components of some existing technology to match the current plant. Dissatisfied with that, he returned to school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison to study Bio-Medical Engineering.

Upon completion of his Masters degree he was seduced by his love of cars and instead of going into medical device design, he went to work for Ford on the 1979 Turbo-Charged Mustang. In later programs at Ford, he got to apply the background that he had gained in electronics and microcontrollers during his graduate work to the 1983 Turbocharged Mustang and Thunderbird and the 1984 SVO Mustang. After leaving Ford, he worked on the design & implementation of engine control software for GM and on a still-born development program to put a turbo-charged engine into the Renault Alliance at AMC. After these experiences, he decided that he was tired of developing engine control systems by the seat of his pants and returned once again to school. By this  time he had realized that while he could eventually teach himself what he needed, it was often more efficient to do that in close proximity to someone who already knew how to do it. At Stanford, he did research in the engine lab and earned his Ph.D. in 1992. However, even after completing his Ph.D., Ed didn't quite manage to be done with school.

While working on his Ph.D., Ed got involved in teaching the graduate course sequence in Mechatronics that is known at Stanford as Smart Product Design. He took over teaching the courses first part-time in 1989, then full time after completing his Ph.D. In teaching Mechatronics, Ed seems to have found his calling. The integration of mechanical, electronic and software design with teaching others how use all of this to make new products hits all his buttons. He is currently a Consulting Professor and the director of the Smart Product Design Lab (SPDL). He teaches graduate courses in Mechatronics in the Mechanical Engineering department and an undergraduate course in Mechatronics in the Electrical Engineering department.

Since 1984 Ed has maintained a consultancy focused on helping firms apply electronics and software in the creation of integrated electro-mechanical solutions (in 1984 almost no one was using the term Mechatronics). The projects that he has worked on include an engine controller for an outboard motor manufacturer, an automated blood gas analyzer, a turbo-charger boost control system for a new type of turbo-charger and a heated glove for arctic explorers. His most recent project involved using ZigBee radios and local structural model evaluation to create a wireless network of intelligent sensors to monitor and evaluate the structural health of buildings and transportation infrastructure.

In January of 1979, in the midst of a blizzard, Ed married Sheri Sheppard. The two engineers had met about 18 months before that via a computer-date-match. When you see us, ask about the funniest part of that episode. We have 1 daughter who is currently a graduate student back in Illinois."