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EXPLORATION
Thanks to these Alumni who volunteered as mentors
George Huertas,
Hambrecht & Quist Class of 1981
Dan Haefner
T.R.I. Corp., Class of 1977
Chip Swan
CygnuSoft, Class of 1966
Dave Arnold
Management, Solutions, Inc., Class of 1984
Joe Montero
Real Estate Investment, Class of 1976
Ted Larson
Hewlett Packard Class of 1984
Mike Spafford,
Class of 1974
James Dugoni
University of the Pacific Class of 1982
Henry Blake
Class of 1989
Martin Sullivan,
Class of 1987
Tim Cain
Class of 1978
Mark Apton
Class of 1971
Jeff Congdon Class of 1962
Andy Schilling Class of 1978
and these Priory friends:
Dr. Peter Kasenchak,
Parent of Kevin, Class of 1988 and Kris, Class of 199l,
and Dr. Robert Iverson
Lt. Alex Jackson
SF Airport Police
Jacquie Kramer
Kindergarten Teacher
Dr. John Cooke
Stanford University Medical Center
Dr. Ingela Schnittger
Stanford University Medical Center
David Reinhardt
OʼBrien and Kitzberg Graphic Designers
Melinda Sacks
San Jose Mercury News
Len Lehman
San Jose Mercury News
Dr. Phyllis Brown
Santa Clara University
Scott Hall
Calif. Highway Patrol Redwood City
The opportunity to explore the possibilities of telecommunica- tions using state-of-the-art tools is what Ted Larson most enjoyed in his work at Hewlett Packard, he told student Garrett Bennicas. Ted has since left HP to start his own business
(see News and Notes).
NASA Ames Research Center provides year-long internships to promising students. Alexandra Gray worked in the Biocomputation Center using a com- puter program called ROSS — Reconstruction of Serial Sections — to help build a model of nerve cells in the inner ear.
Getting to see how three-dimensional image model- ing works is a unique opportunity. However, the actual work is tedious and often boring. I spent a lot of time hand tracing the outlines of the cells because the computer can’t read contrast (from an electron microscopic photo) very well... The final product is the result of several people’s work. I’ve had the chance to try out the other work involved, and also to see how the person who supervises the project pulls it all together.
Alexandra Gray
NASA Ames Research Center Intern
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