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Case AlumnusThe Magazine of the Case Alumni Association Homecoming 2014 • vol. 26 • no. 1

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Introducing, the ‘Tink’

Tinkham Veale II, a 1937 Case Institute of Technology grad-uate, knew �rsthand the lifelong friendships students forge on campus. Known a�ectionately as “Tink” by his friends and family, Veale wanted to create a space where people could come together and learn from each other.

Now, the Tinkham Veale University Center has adopted his nickname, re�ecting the same friendliness and openness that exempli�ed Veale’s life. Since opening this summer, the “Tink” is already bustling with activity.

We invite you to tour the newest campus showpiece this October during Homecoming Weekend 2014. And, join us at the University Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 17 at noon, also held in the “Tink.”

To register for this and other events, visit https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014/registration

Remembering Tinkham Veale II ’37

Tinkham Veale passed away in 2012 at the age of 97. His vision and generosity to Case Western Reserve University reached across campus, from the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center – home to athletics, physical education and intramural programs – to the architecturally stunning Tinkham Veale University Center, which celebrated its grand opening

on August 24 this year. He supported professorships in engineering and medicine, among other ongoing programs.

Tink, a member of Phi Kappa Psi, graduated in 1937 with a degree in mechanical engineering. The industrialist, horseman and philanthropist received the Gold Medal Award from Case Alumni Association in 1982 and was a longstanding member of the Case Dean’s Society®.

HOMECOMING 2014

Trailblazer. Inventor. Innovator. Maker.

�e buzzwords may have changed over the decades, but the spirit is timeless. �e combination of vision and action — the ability to convert new ideas into reality — is the distinctive hallmark of the Case engineering graduate. It’s the same creative spark that has inspired generations of Case alumni to launch leading companies, invent life-changing products and engineer a better world. It’s the same energy that’s driving our students today to excel in the classroom, make discoveries in the lab and, for an increasing number, bring their own innovative ideas to the marketplace. It’s the spirit we celebrate as we come back to campus for Homecoming.

You can see it in this year’s Case Alumni Association award winners. Entrepreneurs, inventors, scholars and philanthropists, this extraordinary group spans more than 50 years of Case history. �ey may have walked this campus during very di�erent time periods, but they all share the same innovative spark that built our legacy, inspires us today and propels us forward. As a school, we are so proud of these individuals and their accomplishments, and I extend my own personal congratulations to each of them on this well-deserved honor.

�is same energy is also driving exciting physical changes on campus. At the beginning of this semester, we celebrated the grand opening of the Tinkham Veale University Center, named in honor of another illustrious engineering alum. More than a hangout for students, this facility is speci�cally designed to encourage cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborations.

We are also excited to announce the �rst phase of renovations for the new think[box] — the �rst step to making our 50,000-square-foot design and innovation hub a reality. More than just a lab or design center, this facility is truly the physical, intellectual and operational manifestation of the maker spirit at Case Western Reserve, a place to test and tinker, to transform a eureka moment into a market-ready solution. I’d invite you to stop by think[box] in its current location and learn more about the things to come.

I welcome the chance to discuss all these exciting developments with you in person. We are hosting a town-hall-style co�ee and chat on Friday, Oct. 17, where I’ll share some more details and �eld your questions. I also hope you can join us for Friday evening’s Dean’s Reception and ShowCASE, featuring some of the latest work coming out of our faculty labs, as well as student innovations — from pothole patches to low-orbit rockets.

Homecoming is a time to celebrate all these things and more — to honor those who came before us and anticipate the great achievements to come from tomorrow’s alumni.

A Message from the Case School of Engineering

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Sincerely,

Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD ’87Dean and Leonard Case Professor of Engineering

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OFFICERSEdward P. McHenry ’67, MBA ’71, President

Jeffrey Herzog ’79, 1st Vice President

James R. Sadowski ’63, MS ’67, 2nd Vice President

Marv Schwartz ’68, PhD ’73, Secretary

Ronald J. Cass ’84, Treasurer

STAFFStephen J. Zinram, Executive Director

Thomas J. Conlon, Chief Financial Officer

Anne E. Cunningham, Senior Director of Development

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Daniel Dean, Director of Alumni Relations

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PHOTO CREDITSCourtesy of Case Western Reserve University,

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ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS

James C. Wyant ’65Dean and Professor EmeritusCollege of Optical Sciences at the University of ArizonaGold Medal Award

Ian Charnas ’05Manager, think[box]Case School of EngineeringYoung Alumnus Award

Thomas Litzler ’53, MS ’62Retired, C.A. Litzler Co. and Past President, Case Alumni AssociationSamuel H. Givelber ‘23 Award

Wen H. Ko, MS ’56, PhD ’59Professor Emeritus, Electrical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMeritorious Service Award

Barry A. Romich ’67Co-FounderPrentke Romich CompanyMeritorious Service Award

Robert Smialek ’65, MS ’67, PhD ’70Independent Management Consulting ProfessionalMeritorious Service Award

Andrew Wasynczuk ’79, MS ’79Senior Lecturer of Business AdministrationHarvard Business SchoolMeritorious Service Award

CWRU Alumni Malaysia ChapterOutstanding Alumni Chapter Award

FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION of each award and biography of the award recipients, visit

https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014/registration

TO REGISTER

https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014/alumni-awards

Congratulations to the amazing alumni receiving awards from the Case Alumni Association at the Dean’s Reception & ShowCASE on Oct. 17, 2014, at the InterContinental Hotel.

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Coming full circle – one alumnus’ dedication to his track coach and the institution that molded his career

Coach Sudeck and holograms.

These are the fondest memories James C. Wyant ‘65 recalls from his time at Case Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physics, followed by graduate degrees in optics from the University of Rochester. Wyant helped develop the largest, premier academic department in optical sciences in the world over the course of his 40-year career at the University of Arizona.

Wyant’s interest in optical testing, interferometry and holography took root at Case.

“Junior year, a summer job at Ford in Toledo introduced me to optics,” said Wyant, now a trustee of Case Western Reserve University. “First semester senior year in a physics lab, I first learned about holograms. It just seemed so exciting to me – like, that’s really what I want to go into.”

The Northwestern Ohio native aspired to become a university professor and also start a business. Wyant did both. A former dean and professor emeritus at Arizona, Wyant also launched and grew several companies, including WYKO Corporation, 4D Technology and DMetrix.

The former athlete turned world-renowned optics specialist has come full circle. Wyant hoped someday to “make enough money to help the athletic department in some way.”

Track and cross-country coach Bill Sudeck recruited the 5-8, 140-pound freshman sitting in a booth at a Howard Johnson’s restaurant. Years later, long after those days of running the mile and half-mile in track and as captain of the cross country team, Wyant honored his mentor with a donation in 2008 for a track named after Sudeck. Wyant later made a $4 million gift for the Wyant Field House, scheduled to open this fall.

In October, Case Alumni Association will add another accolade to Wyant’s impressive list of achievements – naming Wyant its Gold Medal winner, the highest honor bestowed on an engineering, math or applied science graduate.

Visit https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014/wyant to read a full biography on Jim Wyant and to learn more about this year’s Homecoming Weekend activities.

James C. Wyant ’65 alongside the Bill Sudeck Track he dedicated in the coach’s honor

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An empty room and a “big bucket of money.” That’s how Ian Charnas ’05 remembers the invention center project on the day he started as operations manager for what is now think[box].

Prior to that day nearly three years ago, a large committee of professors and administrators from the Case School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences came together to formulate the vision and first plans for the project, known originally as the “iDEA Institute Laboratory.” Even then, the dream was big and all-encompassing, highlighting innovation, entrepreneurism and job creation.

“The goal of the institute is to align university and community resources to maximize innovation. It will function as a platform for innovation, design and entrepreneurial thinking. By integrat-ing the creativity of students, faculty and staff, and providing assistance in areas such as business, legal and finance, we hope to produce products, jobs and profitable companies,” stated Larry Sears ’69 in 2011. Sears, along with his wife Sally Zlotnick Sears FSM ’72, SLC ’74, was an early investor in the institute.

Charnas has been there from the beginning, a witness to several entrepreneurial milestones that span disciplines as diverse as fashion and medicine, including the invention of a new kind of fuel cell to power a bicycle and a new kind of detector for Malaria. Sometimes projects generated in this “makerspace” are more personal – such as a gift for a loved one, a piece of art or simply fulfilling a course requirement.

“It is always a joy to see a tinkerer’s face light up when they see what they can do in think[box],” Charnas said. Charnas, too, knows firsthand the delight of “tinkering.” He built forts as a young boy and fashioned trails in the woods. His enjoyment came not from using the trails and forts, but from the building process itself. He learned about the mechanics of materials and how that knowledge is used in making things. Since then, Charnas has helped fashion some of the most imaginative creations possible – a computerized waterfall swing and the world’s largest twin musical Tesla coils – both of which he tours with around the world.

What more could a grown-up tinkerer ask for than the dream job that Charnas now holds? Who wouldn’t want to manage an invention center with 24/7 access to millions of dollars’ worth of fabrication tools to tinker and help others tinker every day, asked Charnas.

t h i n k [box]:

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By Terri Mrosko

HOMECOMING 2014

t h i n k [box]: a maker’s delight

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Terri Mrosko is senior director of alumni engagement and can be reached at terri.mrosko@casealum.org. Case Alumni Association will host tours of think[box] on Saturday, Oct. 18 during Homecoming Weekend.

Soon, that vision will grow exponentially. The $30 million renovation project of the 50,000 square-foot Lincoln Storage Building is set to launch with a kick-off event during this year’s Blue Block Party on Thursday, Oct. 16, as part of Homecoming Weekend. When complete, think[box] will include seven floors intended to help students, faculty and members of the community design, collaborate, prototype, fabricate, incubate and start companies that can manufacture products and create jobs.

The announcement that the university is taking steps to expand “making” on its campus reverberated around the nation and beyond – from Northeast Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to Southeast Asia. Case Western Reserve University was even the university listed first in a White House press release widely distributed on the National Day of Making 2014 in June, overshadowing Carnegie-Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charnas pointed out.

It’s been a long, albeit steady road on the way to becoming what could potentially be the world’s largest university-based innovation center of its kind, but the wait is about to pay off. To Charnas, the anticipation of what’s in store once Phase I’s first four-floor renovation of the building gets under way this fall is like a dream come true.

“It’s extremely exciting – a lot like if you’ve ever seen the movie Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. When Pee Wee finally finds his bicycle, he’s thrilled,” commented Charnas. “Realizing his goal is the best thing in the world to him.”

Ian Charnas ’05, manager of think[box] at the Case School of Engineering, is being recognized with the 2014 Young Alumnus Leadership Award from Case Alumni Association this fall. Join us at the Dean’s Reception & ShowCASE on Friday, Oct. 17 during Homecoming 2014.

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Amidst disaster, Amogha Srirangarajan’s life was changed forever.

In 2003, Srirangarajan watched in shock as the Columbia space shuttle broke apart. Before the incident, he was a dedicated robotics student in India; after, he decided to devote his life to space.

When he entered Case Western Reserve University in 2012, he helped form the Case Rocket Team. The team’s goal was to launch a rocket into space before graduation in 2016, but as soon as they started working on the project, the students had a shared realization: this was not a one-shot deal.

“We realized that we could make rocketry sustainable, repeatable and reliable and that a lot more people could benefit from this,” Srirangarajan said.

This is the moment when Carbon Origins, a student-founded company devoted to democratizing space, took off. Srirangarajan and his peers first set out to design a flight computer for the rocket, which would have the added benefit of not only helping their newly formed company, but also the Case Rocket Team and Case Lunabotics, another group Srirangarajan started with a focus on robotics.

No larger than a pack of chewing gum, the flight computer was equipped with the fastest processor on the market, plus a multitude of embedded sensors that allowed for broad applications across many markets, including health and fitness monitoring, medic help,

quad copters and unmanned aerial vehicles. The student entrepreneurs utilized think[box] to create and tweak their design, working out the flaws, all the while making it smaller and more powerful. Amazingly, it’s the world’s smallest embedded sensor prototype, which received a great deal of attention at a number of innovation fairs this year, including Maker Faire, Maker Con, the Clean Energy Challenge and the Spartan Challenge.

“It would be very difficult for any student to build that flight computer without access to a space like think[box],” said Bob Sopko, director of Blackstone Launchpad, a national model for fostering entrepreneurship through higher education. “Think[box] enabled them to iterate their product very, very quickly and cheaply. Iteration is extremely important and having the equipment in think[box] allowed them to do that.”

The sky’s no limit for Carbon Origins

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By Dan Dean

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Dan Dean is the director of alumni relations. He can be reached at daniel.dean@casealum.org or 216-368-0635.

Srirangarajan and the Case Rocket Team were featured at last year’s Dean’s Reception. Come see what success stories will develop from the featured interactive displays at this year’s event on Friday, Oct. 17 at the InterConentintal Hotel. You can register for this and other homecoming events by visiting https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014.

Currently, Carbon Origins is using the sales of the flight computer to fund the construction of rockets, whose construction it has also revolutionized. Instead of relying on the aluminum airframe technology that most companies in the suborbital rocket industry rely upon even today, Carbon Origins embraces composite technology. It claims that the transition into carbon fiber and high performance fiberglass, along with clever engineering and design, will enable the company to launch the same rocket into space up to 20 times, as opposed to a single launch with a traditionally engineered rocket, keeping costs down.

Over the next few months, Carbon Origins will be launch-ing more experimental rockets from the Mojave Desert. It is currently in the process of testing various flight electronics, tracking and recovery systems as it scales up to larger payloads and higher altitudes.

“Right now, we’re appealing to the market of entrepreneurs, space enthusiasts and citizen space explorers, along with high school students who have space-based experiments they want to launch,” Srirangarajan stated. “We’re trying to make space commonplace, affordable and easy to get into.”

Using think[box] and faculty advising as built-in resources, Carbon Origins could develop its products faster than most other startups that have sizeable initial expenditures, such as acquiring equipment. Instead of shipping a design for a circuit board overseas and waiting for a several-week turnaround, a prototype could be created overnight – at a fraction of the time and cost compared to other budding entrepreneurs.

“One big benefit was working in an environment where we had the tools and easy access to talent to develop our product,” commented Srirangarajan. “We were in the right place at the right time with the right constraints with the right goal — and it all worked.”

Says Sopko: “They’ve done studies on what makes a successful entrepreneur and it comes down to grit. And these students have it. If something doesn’t work, they’ll take it back, figure out what went wrong and make it work.”

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A global approach: introducing ASEAN By Anne Cunningham

The ASEAN nation of Malaysia is home to 30 million people and sits 9,400 miles from the Case Western Reserve University campus. For more than five years now, representatives from the Case School of Engineering have traveled to the region to share news about think[box] with our alumni, innovative curriculum with prospective students and research opportunities with future industrial partners.

This spring, the annual ASEAN trip included stops in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Manila. Highlighting our trip to Singapore was our engagement with alumni and key education partners. The discussion, led by Dean Jeffrey Duerk, PhD ’87, centered on exploring how the Case School of Engineering can and will make an immediate and deep connection in the region. Alumni were truly engaged in the discussion, which focused on the innovative approach to education through think[box].

Our trip continued in Kuala Lumpur, where the Case School of Engineering and the Case Alumni Association were hosted by our alumni. We had the opportunity to share the Case brand with industry, education and government partners in Kuala Lumpur. In Manila, Associate Dean Gary Wnek opened the first global satellite of think[box] at the University of Philippines. The satellite will be run by the school of engineering and will engage exchanges of students and projects with think[box] on the Case Quad.

Does your business travel take you to ASEAN? Let the Case Alumni Association help you network and connect with alumni in the region. The next ASEAN trip is planned for March 2015. Connect with us at thinkasean@casealum.org.

Anne Cunningham is senior director of development at Case Alumni Association, anne.cunnginham@casealum.org, 216-368-0069.

Brunei ~ Cambodia ~ Indonesia ~ Laos ~ Malaysia ~ Myanmar ~ Philippines ~ Thailand ~ Singapore ~ Vietnam

ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nation, is a group of 10 nations that, if it were a single country, would rank as the 7th largest economy – ahead of India. With the assistance of our dedicated alumni from and living in the region, the Case School of Engineering is positioning itself to help educate the middle class from that region, which according to Nielson will double in size by 2020, from 190 million to 400 million individuals.

Alumni Chapter Award

CWRU Malaysia Chapter is recognized as the 2014 Alumni Chapter of the Year by the Case Alumni Association, the first time ever that an alumni chapter has been recognized with this award. Alumni lead-ers in Malaysia have been instrumental in the success of the Case School of Engineering’s ASEAN strategic initiatives by supporting the school’s philanthropic and educational goals in the region. The chapter was instrumental in securing meetings with educational institutions like INTI and INTEC, as well as helping build relationships with potential industrial partners in their country. The Case Alumni Association and the Case School of Engineering thank the chapter for its commitment to sharing the Case brand throughout the world.

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Baja SAE trades rough terrain for Euclid Ave. at this year’s Homecoming Parade

By Claire McBroom

When Nick Bi and Jacob Rhodes – seniors in mechanical engineering and members of the Case Western Reserve University Baja SAE team – were asked to participate in this year’s annual Homecoming Parade, they knew they’d have no problem getting a vehicle for the event; whether it will be covered with the dirt and grime of two tough competitions is another story.

Each year, Bi, Rhodes and their BSAE teammates work throughout the school year and into the summer, designing and building their own car for a series of grueling, four-day competitions. Organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers, these competitions draw participants from over a hundred colleges and universities across the globe. Teams bring their cars to be judged on design as well as off-road capabilities in a number of “dynamic events,” including hill climbs, chain pulls, rock crawls and a four-hour-long endurance race.

Current captain Bi said that the 2014 Homecoming Parade affords the team some well-deserved time in the spotlight, touting the immense pride and satisfaction students feel when they complete their designs and take them to competition.

“It’s very nice to see that car completed and see a group of students work toward a final goal,” he explained. “As mechanical engineers, building is something we’ve grown up always enjoying, we’ve gone to school for it, and this is an opportunity to see that applied in situations where you actually get results.”

Being on the BSAE team is a lot of work for an extracurricular activity, but current and former team members agree that it’s a worthy endeavor, making them thrilled to show off some of their designs at the parade. “It’s applied engineering, it’s project management, it’s a lot of things that you don’t have at the regular academic level,” explained Jim Drake, a manufacturing, graphics and design instructor and the faculty adviser of BSAE since the team was founded 14 years ago.

Affinity for BSAE and the camaraderie of the team environment extends to alumni of the group, who credit the experience with preparing them for jobs after graduation. Bill Rabbitt ’03, MSE ’06 now works at Nottingham Spirk, just a few minutes from campus, as a project manager on the engineering team. He believes that the experi-ence designing, machining, welding and testing parts for the BSAE car made him an attractive hire for firms like Nottingham Spirk.

“If you want to be a well-rounded engineer, get your hands greasy and learn how things work by playing with all things mechanical,” he explained. “The Case Baja team is a great opportunity to get that practical knowledge.” Rabbitt and other BSAE alumni at Nottingham Spirk still support the team, giving them access to machinery and a paint booth. For Rabbitt, this kind of alumni connection is simple to explain: “We know how hard it was to get things done.”

Claire McBroom is manager of grants and stewardshipand can be reached at claire.mcbroom@casealum.org.

See the Baja SAE team in this year’s Homecoming Parade, starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, leading up to a tailgate and the Homecoming football game at DiSanto Field. For more information about the activities that day, including a Dean’s Brunch at the Alumni House prior to the start of the parade, visit https://www.casealum.org/homecoming2014.

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Experience Excellence: Dean’s Reception & ShowCASE

This is not your grandfather’s reunion event.

The Dean’s Reception & ShowCASE is open to all engineering, math and applied science graduates, family and friends, regardless of whether you are celebrating a reunion anniversary or not. And, it has a whole new look and feel. Nostalgia with a twist, you might say.

We’ve redesigned our event, by request from our alumni, and now offer a unique and refreshing take on the Friday evening reception and awards presentation. Gone is the traditional banquet format and in its place are more opportunities to connect with classmates and interact personally with today’s faculty and student innovators.

Experience firsthand research delivered straight from the Physics, Biomedical and Civil Engineering departments. Test your cargo- moving skills against a computer adversary at one of three Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department displays.

Engage student entrepreneurs while learning about their inventive solutions for pothole patches and democratizing space exploration. Watch a 3D object printed before your eyes on a think[box] MakerBot desktop 3D printer funded through alumni Casestarter gifts.

Enjoy a bite to eat from an enticing array of food stations and reminisce with old friends over a cocktail or two. After a short pause to watch an entertaining video presentation of this year’s deserving alumni award winners, it’s right back to exploring, discovering and socializing with long-lost friends and classmates.

We invite everyone to explore, enjoy and experience an evening of excellence to celebrate the Case School of Engineering, the College of Arts & Sciences and Case Western Reserve University.

The 2014 Homecoming CommitteeKarl-Heinz Schofalvi, MS ’89 - Chair

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Can’t be here for the Dean’s

Reception?

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Watch the event on live HD streaming on your smartphone, tablet or laptop!

a smarter way to stream

Featuring BoxCast, another innovative product from our Case alumni!

Join your pals for all the fun. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3:

1 Save the date: Friday, Oct. 17, 6-7:30 p.m.

2 Visit http://www.casealum.org/live to watch.

3 Pat yourself on the back, pour yourself a cocktail and enjoy the show!

Can’t be herefor the Dean’s

Reception?

Now you can.

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Your University. Your School. Your Class. Experience it all Homecoming Weekend 2014

Thursday, Oct. 16Blue Block Party - 5:30-7 p.m. Toby’s Plaza - think[box] launch and university-wide celebration/welcome

Friday, Oct. 17Coffee & Chat with Dean Duerk - 10-11 a.m.Tomlinson Hall – Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD ’87 shares his vision for the upcoming year and answers questions in a town-hall format

Homecoming Luncheon - Noon-1:30 p.m.Tinkham Veale University Center – All-alumni university event

Design for Change: A Novel Engineering and Nursing Design Program - 2-3 p.m. Tomlinson Hall – Joint presentation highlighting both engineering and nursing innovation

Dean’s Reception & ShowCASE - 5-10 p.m.InterContinental Hotel – Featuring some of the latest work coming out of faculty labs as well as student innovations and video alumni award presentation in a free-flowing format

Saturday, Oct. 18Dean’s Brunch - 9-11:30 a.m.Alumni House – Gather for some morning refreshments, meet the dean and prepare to watch the Homecoming parade at 10:30 a.m., tailgate party at 11 a.m. and football game at 1:30 p.m.

Class of 1949, 1954 and 1959 Lunches - Noon-2 p.m.InterContinental Hotel – Connect with classmates and old friends, while sharing fond memories from your time at Case

Tours of think[box] - 1-3 p.m.; tours every half-hourGlennan Building – Tour the university’s makerspace for alumni, faculty and students to tinker and invent

Class of 1964 Dinner - 6-10 p.m.InterContinental Hotel – Celebrate 50 years since graduation from the Case Institute of Technology at a special dinner designed just for the Class of 1964

SAE Ohio Rho Private Reception - 6-9 p.m.Alumni House – Join fellow fraternity brothers while learning about plans for SAE’s return to campus at this private cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception

Meet @ MOCA - 6-7:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art, Uptown – All undergraduate alumni reception

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Make your gift to the Case Fund® in support of engineers and applied scientists. Together, we can make it happen. www.casealum.org/donate

To start a conversation about how your gift impacts the daily lives of students, contact Ryan Strine, assistant director of annual giving at 216.368.6399 or by email at ryan.strine@casealum.org.

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Your University. Your School. Your Class. Experience it all Homecoming Weekend 2014

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Connect to your classmates and friends from school at any one of the affinity- and class- related events scheduled over the entire weekend.

The 129th Annual Case Alumni Association All-Classes Reunion

Part of Case Western Reserve University’s

Homecoming WeekendOctober 16 – 19, 2014

Ready. Set. Engage.

You won’t want to miss a moment

of the reunion experience coming this October 2014.

EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE

October 16 – 19, 2014

o n e w e e k e n d three experiences

The Dean’s Reception is back with even more to explore – experience action-packed and interactive exhibits and engage with fellow alumni, faculty and students.

See what’s changed on campus – tinker in think[box], visit the new Tinkham Veale University Center and enjoy more fun spots at Uptown.