Class of 1968
Alex Karapetian ’04 Becomes President-Elect of Alumni Association
At the Alumni Association annual meeting held during Reunion Weekend, Alex Karapetian ’04 was named president-elect, succeeding David Reif ’68, whose term as president of the Alumni Association will begin July 1. Reif, who has been a trial lawyer for the past 30 years, is partner at the Hartford, Conn., office of McCarter & English, [...]
Making the World a Safer Place
Dan Sharp ’07 writes about his work on critical safety standards in mechanical engineering Since graduating from Lafayette, I have worked as a staff engineer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a nonprofit dedicated to furthering the field of mechanical engineering. One way ASME does this is by developing codes and standards for [...]
Counting Down to the Big 40
Class of ’68 will reconnect at Reunion Weekend — by Danielle Ward ’08 William Messick ’68, the reunion chair for his class, remembers planning for class reunions almost as fondly as the reunions themselves. “We look forward to getting together every five years for the reunion planning,” he says. Perhaps that’s the reason the original [...]
David Van Schaik ’06 Advances Quickly at CRA International
He secured full-time job with firm after serving internship sponsored by Alan Friedman ’68 Success is coming quickly for David Van Schaik ’06 at CRA International, a global economics and litigation firm. He was recently promoted from financial analyst to associate. Van Schaik secured his position at CRA after serving an internship the summer before [...]
Alumni Association VP Reif ’68 Earns Respect of Peers for Legal Excellence
By Kevin Gray His most memorable case as an attorney didn’t come when Dave Reif ’68 represented a European seller of biologicals in U.S. distributorship litigation. Nor did it come when he participated in simultaneous litigation in three jurisdictions stemming from claims between steel importers and domestic customers. Rather, his most memorable case was [...]









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