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Chemistry Alumni News

Evan Morgan (’06) is currently working at Ingredients in Kansas City. He is working in the analytical lab testing flour samples sent in from clients for riboflavin, thiamine and niacin with HPLC and iron using atomic absorption. He is having a great time as it reminds him of analytical chemistry at WSC! evan.pmorgan@gmail.com

Julie Sprenger (’04) spent the summer (2005) working at Glacier National Park. This fall she is teaching high school science at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell MT.

Steven Haynes (’03) is working as a process chemist in Sutherland, Nebraska at an ethanol plant. They produce 14 million gallons of ethanol a year …all used in gasoline.

Alan Piquette ('02) Began graduate studies in chemistry at Oklahoma State University the Fall of 2002 and is expects to graduate May 2007.

Tom Precht ('02) Began the Graduate Program in Pharmacology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences in the Fall of 2002.

Sheri (Watson) Laliberty (’01) was married August 11, 2001, and is a lab technician at Darmacon in Lafayette, CO. Email: sprtycabagepatch@hotmail.com.

Matt Smiley (’01) is working at the Aspen Water Quality lab. He can be reached by email at lab@aspensan.com. Below is Matt and his record Lake Trout from Blue Mesa (Thanks Gunnison Country Times for the picture).

Carrie Martin (’00) is a chemical engineer at Synthes in West Chester, PA.  Email: MartinC@SYNTHES.com.

Eric Hoart (’98) is a chemical technician for Merck Pharmaceuticals in Boulder, CO.

Todd Shaw (’93) purchased the Quarter Circle restaurant in Gunnison.

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    LuAnna Bryant
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