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• MIT alumna and Institute Professor, Mildred Dresselhaus, isthe only woman faculty member to have received theNational Medal of Science in 1990.

The AMITA celebration is currently formatted as a panel dis-cussion by women entrepreneurs and managers. Two MITalumna, Stephanie Littell, CEO of Morgan Labs and CynthiaTypaldos, CEO of Real Communities have already agreed toparticipate and speak about their experiences starting and man-aging their high tech companies. Event organizers are currentlyworking to identify other MIT alumna to join panel. The eventis intended to be highly interactive and informative.

Stephanie Littlell '79 is the President of San Francisco-basedindependent software firm Morgan Labs serving the tradefinance market of highly-structured, high-workflow systemsworldwide. With a computer science bachelor's degree fromMIT, and a business master's from Harvard, Stephanie has pre-vious technical and management experience at a number of Sil-icon Valley companies including Apple and Hewlett-Packard.

Cynthia Typaldos G’81, is founder and CEO of RealCommu-nities, an Internet start-up building enterprise community soft-ware for corporate web sites. Previously, Cynthia was acofounder of GolfWeb, and served there several years as COO.GolfWeb is the world's largest Internet-based interactive affin-ity group for golfers. GolfWeb was acquired by CBS Sportslinein January 1998. Cynthia has an MBA from MIT and an under-graduate science degree from UC Berkeley.

On Wednesday, May 19, the Association of MIT Alumnae(AMITA) will be sponsoring a seminar in Northern Californiato celebrate AMITA’s 100th Anniversary. This seminar will beone of four events being held across the country which will cul-minate in a Gala celebration at the Alumni Leadership Confer-ence in Cambridge on October 2, 1999.

AMITA is organizing this year long program to promote part-nerships among AMITA, the Alumni Association and localalumni clubs, as well as to showcase the history collected for thecelebration of women at MIT over 125 years. (You can view anon-line display of 125 Years of Women at MIT on MIT’s website.) Interesting facts about women at MIT:

• Women have attended MIT since 1871; currently 1747women are enrolled as undergraduates (40%) and 1354(25%) as graduate students.

• About 13.5% of all MIT alums are women; 24 of MIT’s fac-ulty are MIT alumnae.

Association of MIT Alumnae Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Date/Time Location

Wednesday, May 19, 19996:30 pm Reception

Mid-PeninsulaFurther details will be posted at www.mitcnc.org

Organizer (RSVP/More Info)

Libby Seifel Seifel Associateslibby@seifel.com220 Montgomery Street #448San Francisco, CA 94104(415) 989-1244(415) 989-1245 (fax)

Cost Make check to MIT

$20 Alumni and Parents

$25 Young Alumni (’94-’98)

$30 Non-MIT Affliated

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03/11 Thu 6:00pm YABA Happy Hour at The Comet Club in SF 1103/16 Tue 6:30pm MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: Databroadcasting 503/16 Tue 7:00pm BioTech Marketing: Why do I need Marketing? 503/20 Sat 2:00pm ACT: American Premier: Indian Ink at Geary Theater in SF03/21 Sun 10:00am MITCNC Hike at San Bruno Mountain Park 1003/25 Thu 7:30pm MITCNC Happy Hour at Faultline in Sunnyvale 1103/28 Sun 1:00pm Behind the Scenes at Pixar Animation Studios in Richmond 904/04 Wed West Coast Swing at Beardsley’s 1104/17 Sat Noon The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose 904/18 Sun 11:00am MITCNC Hike at Mt. Diablo Loop in Danville 1004/20 Tue 6:30pm MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: Biomedical Devices 504/20 Tue 7:00pm Intellectual Property: Devising Your Company’s IP Strategy 504/21 Wed 7:00pm Everything You Wanted To Know About Development 804/22 Thu 7:30pm MITCNC Happy Hour at Tied House in Mountain View 1104/23 Fri 7:30pm Salsa Dancing at Alberto’s Night Club in Mountain View 1104/24 Sat 2:00pm ACT: Long Day’s Journey Into the Night at Geary Theater 1005/06 Thu 7:30pm MITCNC Happy Hour at Thirsty Bear in SF 1105/16 Sun 11:00am MITCNC Hike at Alamere Falls in Point Reyes 1005/18 Tue 6:30pm MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: TBA 505/18 Tue 6:30pm Wall Street Perspective on Biotechnology 505/19 Wed 6:30pmAMITA Celebrates 100th Anniversary 1

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The MIT Club of Northern California is the premierregional alumni/ae club of the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology. The club offers numerousresources in entrepreneurship, career development,and professional networking in the Bay Area. Inaddition, the Club provides many opportunities forsocial interaction between MIT alumni/ae as well asalumni/ae from similar university clubs.

If you have suggestions for theClub, or interest in volunteeringor organizing events, please con-tact any of the officers listed above. The Club is anall volunteer organization and is always seekingenergetic and motivated alumni/ae who are eager tobe involved.

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President David Weitz ’87 (650) 354-4215 dweitz@wsgr.com

VP - Entrepreneurship Fred Lam G’89 (510) 482-1419 fredlam@alum.mit.edu

BioEntrepreneurship Elizabeth O’Neill oneill@haas.berkeley.edu

VP - New Enterprise Crucible Tom Darbonne G’91 (408) 544-7169 thomas_darbonne@altera.com

VP - Events Sang Park '93 (650) 428-1249 sparkie@alum.mit.edu

Sports & Recreation John Keen G'94 (650) 933-3401 john.keen@alum.mit.edu

Cultural Sramana Mitra G'95 (408) 467-4205 sramana@alum.mit.edu

Young Alumni/ae Melissa Kwok '93 (408) 828-3793 mkwok@alum.mit.edu

VP - Communications Edward Tau '95 (650) 742-6301 edward_tau@alum.mit.edu

Electronic Communications Ping Huang '94 (650) 933-6256 pshuang@alum.mit.edu

VP - Finance Michael Sarfatti '76 (415) 885-2293 sarfatti@alum.mit.edu

Entrepreneurship Evan Matteo '94 (650) 655-2783 evan@alum.mit.edu

VP - Career Development Nancy Chan '96 (408) 957-1596 nhchan@alum.mit.edu

VP - Membership Alan Au '97 (408) 777-5130 aau@alum.mit.edu

VP - Sponsorship Raj Prabhakar '95 (415) 659-2769 raj@spcap.com

Eric Jorgensen '60 (408) 929-4058 ericjorg@aimnet.com

When this letter reaches you, the MITCNC will be entering thelast quarter of its 1998-99 year and I will be in the midst ofworking to identify a new President for 1999-2000. It has beena great honor of mine to serve as your President for the past twoyears and as your first V.P. of Entrepreneurship the two yearsprior.

Over the past four years, I have had the opportunity to meetmany of you and to make many new yet lasting friendships. Inthe process, I hope I have helped to stimulate a sense of MITcommunity between you and your roughly 7000 fellow MITalumni/ae in Northern California.

Serving as an officer of the MITCNC has not been an entirelyselfless endeavor. In addition to meeting and getting to knowmany, many more people than I could have otherwise, my ser-vice to the MITCNC has given me the opportunity to developskills that I do not get to use in my day to day life. I have prac-ticed my public speaking, getting the opportunity to introducesuch luminaries as Dr. Charles Vest, Dr. Alex d’Arbeloff, BobMetcalfe and Dr. Phillip Sharp. I have run meetings, lead brain-storming sessions, drafted mission statements, prepared annualreports, and managed budgets. I have also witnessed first handhow an organization must continually adapt to changes in tech-nology. All in all, the MITCNC has been a fabulous growthexperience for me which I encourage you to experience.

Most of us have jobs which allow us to develop only a smallfraction of the skills which one can develop through volunteer-ing their time to the MITCNC. In this letter, I hope to encourageyou to volunteer your time to the MITCNC, and in the process,break away from your daily routines.

Now is the time to get involved. During the summer, theMITCNC’s activity level drops as people enjoy the summerweather and the opportunity to vacation. Meanwhile, a newofficer team organizes itself and prepares for the reemergenceof the MITCNC in the fall with a new slate of officers andevents. So if you are interested in becoming more involved withthe MITCNC, the spring is the time to come to events, introduceyourself to the officers and communicate an interest in being apart of the 1999-2000 team. All of the MITCNC officers willbe happy to talk to you about their experience volunteering forthe MITCNC and help get youinvolved. Serving as a volunteerfor the MITCNC has been a greatexperience for me and I thank youagain for having given me theopportunity to serve as your Presi-dent.

David Weitz, President, MITCNC

A Word from the Club President, David Weitz ’87

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Sabina Ahmed ’90 Financial Staff, Air Touch Leland Mah ’85 Director of Marketing, AspecMukesh Ahuja G’87 President, IT Links Roger McCarthy ’77 CTO, ExponentThomas Burns ’62 GM Executive Staff, Chevron Denman McNear ’48John Chisholm ’75 President, Customer Satisfaction John Mikulsky, Jr. ’73 Vice President, Endgate TechnologyPaul Cook ’48 Chairman, SRI International Bill Murray ’67 ExponentJanet Grosser ’53 Walter Price, Jr. ’70 Partner, RCM Capital ManagementJohn Jarve ’78 General Partner, Menlo Ventures Elizabeth Seifel ’78 President, Seifel AssociatesHarbo Jensen ’74 Manager, Chevron Paul Shepard ’53 Vice President, Cargill SaltGeorge Keller ’57 Chevron Corporation Joanne Spetz ’90 Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaSteven Kirsch ’78 Chairman and Founder, Infoseek Dennis Swanson ’68 Partner, Jackson, Tufts, Cole and BlackRonald Koo ’89 Maxim Integrated Products Robert Swanson ’69 Chairman and Founder, Genentech

This coming October, a small group ofMIT students hope to compete againstsome of the world’s best engineers andscientists in what has been called “thelast virtually no-holds-barred automo-bile race in the world.” The World SolarChallenge takes place every three years,covering a distance of over 3000 kilome-ters in the harsh Australian Outback.

The goal is simple: traverse the Austra-lian Outback (from Darwin to Adelaide)in as short a time as possible. The chal-lenge: do this using only the energyavailable from the sun.

The World Solar Challenge (WSC)attracts the world’s best engineers andscientists, as well as independent groups,universities and high schools fromaround the world. Huge budget teamssuch as GM, Biel and Honda R&D havewon the past events.

The MIT Solar Car Team has not com-peted in the WSC since 1987, when theGM Sunraycer swept the field. In recentyears, the MIT team has performedimpressively, capturing the NationalChampionship by winning Sunrayce ‘95(a race from Indianapolis, IN to Denvar,CO) in thier race vehicle called Manta(the vehicle looks like a manta ray cruis-ing near the ocean floor). They returnedto defend thier title in Sunrayce ‘97 inthe all new Manta GT. Based on theManta vehicle, Manta GT consumed 1/3less power than the ‘95 car, most ofwhich is attributed to improvements in

aerodynamics and motor efficiencies.Unfortunately a problem with the motorcost them considerable time, and eventhough they won 6 out of 9 days of rac-ing, they finished in second place over-all. In the summer of ‘98, the teamtravelled to Japan, where they competedagainst some 81 other teams, finishing animpressive 3rd place, 1st with Lead Acidbatteries and terrestial grade solar cells.(The Lead Acid batteries used by MIThad 1/2 the energy stored by the top 2teams who used more exotic (and expen-sive!) batteries.)

The students at MIT believe they stand agood chance at finishing near the top atthe WSC - Manta GT travels at speeds of55-65 mph with less power than yourordinary hairdryer. The vehicle whichwill race in October will be considerablylighter than the ‘97 Manta GT (thanks tothe use of NiMH batteries) and with fur-ther improvements in aerodynamics thecar should be a true performer in theWSC.

The Solar Car Team is an independentgroup at MIT, allowing all MIT studentsthe chance to work in a team environ-ment and gain valuable hands-on experi-ence. They are always looking for newcorporate sponsors and private donors to

help fund thier projects and push enviro-friendly technology to the limit.

If you are interested in finding out moreabout the Solar Car Team, or are willingto help send the team to Australia tocompete against the best of the best, youcan visit thier website at :

http://www.mit.edu/activities/solar-cars/home.html

or if you need information right awayyou can call Ivano Gregoratto at (650)-595-1818. GO MIT !

MIT Solar Car Team Heading for Australian Outback

Educational Council Seeking Volunteers

The primary role of an MIT Educa-tional Counselor is to interview localhigh school students applying foradmission to the Institute. We arelooking for volunteers to help us inthis important task.

If you are interested and would liketo learn more, please contact WalterPrice '70 at 415-954-5400 orWalter.Price@DresdnerRCM.com.

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New Enterprise Crucible ’99Please pre-register to help us with planning, by emailing your registration

This October, the MIT Club of NorthernCalifornia launched the second year ofits popular venture incubator program.This years program, New EnterpriseCrucible ‘99, builds on lessons learnedfrom last year’s venture incubator pro-gram. The objective of the two-stageprogram remains the same: help entre-preneurial alumni/ae overcome obstaclesimpeding their efforts to create new tech-nology companies. The first stage of theprogram concentrates on helping partici-pants form a founding team and developa business concept for a new venture.During the second stage of the program,participants are assisted in convertingtheir business concepts into a qualitybusiness plan. This year we introduce astronger focus on networking.

Stage I: Team formation and the Busi-ness Concept The first stage of the program focuses on

Date/Time Location

Thursday

6:30pm Registration7:30pm Presentation

Cafe IrisBuilding 5Silicon GraphicsMountain View

Map: http://www.sgi.com/company_info/maps.html.

Cost Check/Cash/Credit card

$15 Pre-paid Active Member

$20 Other/At-Door

RSVP and Pre-Payment

Pre-pay by sending checks (payable to MITCNC) or by credit card number to:Anne-Canc/o MITCNC Venture Incubator6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 230San Jose, CA 95120mitcnc98@aol.com(408) 323-2255

Organizer and More Info

Tom Darbonne G’91tdarbonn@altera.com(408) 544-7169Fred Lam G’89fredlam@alum.mit.edu(510) 251-8770

team creation and idea generation. Ourgoal is to create an environment wheresimilarly minded individuals with com-plementary skill-sets can mingle anddevelop a business concept that can berefined into a single page abstract.Enhancements to the program this yearinclude a web-based EntrePersonals siteto help prospective team members con-tact one another, three events whosesole purpose is networking, greater out-reach to affinity groups outside the MITcommunity (for complimentary skills),and an innovation workshop. If you cancrystallize your concept into a singlepage abstract, we have members of theventure capital community willing to cri-tique it.

Stage II: The Business Plan The second stage of the program consistsof educational events directed at produc-ing a quality business plan. A series ofdistinguished speakers will offer insightson marketing, finance, and strategic part-nerships. In this stage, participants will

meet successful entrepreneurs who willshare their experiences. We are alsoplanning a business plan workshop tohelp teams structure their plans.

Who Can Participate? While the program is open to the generalpublic, priority will be given to MITalumni/ae, who are members of the clubin good standing.

What time commitment is involved?Participation in the program is flexible.Those interested only in the speakingevents, may do so on a space availablebasis. On the other hand, if you are seri-ously committed to starting an enter-prise, the time commitment will beheavy.

What does the program cost? Generally, the week-night speakingevents cost $20 each. The MITCNCweb-site (www.MITCNC.org) will havethe latest details on each event.

Tentative Schedule of Events Check the MITCNC website for the latest details on these programs

October 1 Evolution of a Start-UpOctober 22 Enterprise Crucible Kick-OffNovember 5 Litmus Testing your IdeaNovember 12 Mixer IRESCHEDULED Innovation WorkshopDecember 17 VC PanelJanuary 7 Tales of Silicon ValleyJanuary 21 MixerFebruary 4 Analyst PanelFebruary 18 Seed FinancingMarch 4 High Tech MarketingMarch 21 Business Plan WorkshopApril 1 Lessons from the Trenches IApril 15 Valuation & Share of EquityApril 29 Lessons from the Trenches IIMay 14 Mixer IIMay 28 Lessons from the Trenches IIIJune 20 EntrepreneurFest ’99

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MIT/Stanford Venture LabA Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum

Date/Time Location

TuesdaysMar 16, 1999Apr 20, 1999May 18, 19996:00pm Reception7:00pm Presentation

Bishop AuditoriumStanford Graduate School of Business

Cost Make check to MIT Venture Lab

$25 Pre-paid Active Member

$30 Other/At-Door

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

MIT/Stanford VentureLaboratory, P.O. Box 2506,Monterey, CA 93942-2506Phone: (408) 646-3377http://www.vlab.orgkjm@event-mgmt.com

Bay Area BioEntrepreneurship Program We are pleased to announce the launch ofa new BioEntrepreneurship Program inthe Bay Area. The program will providea forum for people interested in earlystage biotechnology, medical device anddiagnostics companies to learn aboutbusiness-related challenges faced byentrepreneurs launching these compa-nies. Participants will include scientists,engineers, students and business peopleinterested in learning about strategicissues faced by start-up companies serv-ing the health care market. Each event inthe series will be followed by an infor-mal networking opportunity where par-ticipants can get to know each other. Theprogram is open to the public, and isorganized through the MITCNC Entre-preneurship Program.

Upcoming Events

March 16, 1999BioTech MarketingWhy do I need Marketing? I’m doingscience!Cynthia Robbins Roth, BioVenture Pub-

lishingLeslie Bottorf, ONSET Ventures

April 20, 1999Intellectual PropertyDevising Your Company’s IP Strategy

May 18, 1999Wall Street Perspective on BiotechHow can you have a P/E, when there’s noE?

June 1999ENTREPRENEURFEST ’99You may walk away from the ’Fest withyour next job, client, or investment.

TO BE PLACED ON AN EMAIL LIST<mitcnc-bio@mit.edu> to receive futureinformation about this series anddetailed directions for this event: Sendemail to: mitcnc-bio-request@mit.eduIn the body of the message, type: “sub-scribe mitcnc-bio YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS” Please remember whichemail address you use to subscribe to the

mailing list; you will need it if you wishto unsubscribe yourself in the future.

More info on all events atwww.mitcnc.org. Check frequently forupdates

The MIT Stanford Venture Laboratory(http://www.vlab.org) is a public forumthrough which entrepreneurs, manag-ers, executives, and anyone can come tolearn about the issues involved withstarting and growing companies.Through an annual series of case studyand special presentations, the VentureLaboratory becomes just that - a labora-tory where interested professionalsgather to observe other companies, dis-sect their business plans, offer their ownideas and then watch as the companymatures in real-world markets.

Venture Lab programs are held duringthe academic calendar year at Stanford

University (September - June). The pre-senting company presents an oral sum-mary of its business plan, or a currentissue, to a panel of industry experts. Theskilled objective counsel of the panel, aswell as the feedback from an audienceof highly interested professionals, pro-vide valuable help and guidance to thecompany. The programs are designed toensure a rewarding experience foreveryone involved. Many of the peoplethat have served as panelists for Labprograms are visionaries and wellrespected in their business communities.

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MIT On the Road: “MIT PerspectivesOn Saturday, January 23, 1999, The Association of Alumni &Alumnae of MIT, in conjunction with The MIT Club of North-ern California, presented “MIT On the Road 1999” a speakerseries featuring MIT faculty members discussing topics of wideimplications. Over 150 alumni and friends gathered at theRegency Plaza Hotel in San Mateo for the unique opportunityof higher learning and discussion.

Prof. Marc A. Kastner, Head of the MIT Dept. of Physics, pre-sented “The Single Electron Transistor and Other Future Elec-tronic Devices” which explores a new kind of transistordeveloped at MIT which is much smaller than those fabricatedin Silicon Valley, and which behaves in a very different way. Heexplained how these “Single Electron Transistor” works, whatits possible uses are, and what technological and scientific road-blocks must be overcome to make it practical.

Prof. Jeanne S. Bamberger of the Humanities Department pre-sented “Developing Musical Intuitions: The Computer as Medi-ator” which explores some unique relationships betweenmusical perception, education, and computers. Her research

showed that our musical “units of perception” are significantlydifferent from conventional “units of description.”

Prof. Robert Birgeneau, Dean, School of Science, whose lecture“Science at the Frontiers” discussed how as our knowledge baseexpands and new technological tools become available, thenumber of fundamental unanswered questions seems to growexponentially. He discussed some of the ongoing basic scienceresearch at MIT involving antimatter, genetic coding, and theirconsequences at both the deepest and the most practical levels.

Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson of the Sloan School of Managementpresented “Doing Business on the Internet: Seven Strategies forSuccess” which looks at some of the ways that businesses areusing Internet, and draw general lessons for present and futuresuccess.

The success of this program was made possible by sponsorshipsfrom MIT Industrial Liaison Program, ACUSON, Extrcity Soft-ware, and Oracle Corporation.

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on the Trends Shaping the 21st Century” MIT On the Road ’99 was sponsored by

MIT IndustrialLiaison Program

ACUSON

Extricity Software

OracleCorporation

8 SPRING 1999

Job Placement Services in the Bay AreaTap into the MITCNC job network

MITCNC maintains a webpage (http://www.mitcnc.org/jobs.html) to help thoseof you looking for jobs to find contacts atcompanies whom you can submitresumes to. Also, MIT CNC can assistyou to find people to job-shadow for aday in order to explore different careers.

If you would like to be an employmentcontact for your company, please sendme your name, address, email address,fax number, and work/home telephonenumbers along with your company web-site URL and brief description of yourcompany. Your role would be to serve asthe company liaison to the MIT CNCmembers: you would receive resumesfrom MIT alumni/ae and refer/distributethem to the appropriate contacts, as wellas answer questions about employmentopportunities at your company. None ofyour contact information would be

posted directly on the website; interestedalumni/ae would contact the VP ofCareer Development directly to get theinformation.

If you would like to volunteer to allowsomeone to shadow you for a day, pleasesend me your name, title, address, emailaddress, fax number, work/ home tele-phone numbers, company and a briefdescription of what you do / what yourcompany does. Your role would be toallow an MIT alumnus/a to “shadow”you for a day so that s/he may make first-hand observations about your career.

Suggestions? If you have any sugges-tions for career development servicesand events that MIT CNC could offeryou, please contact Nancy Chan '96, VPof Career Development,nhchan@alum.mit.edu.

New Career Development FeatureJOB POSTINGS EMAIL LIST

Periodically, we will send out jobopportunity postings and job-relatedinformation over the newly createdmitcnc-jobs electronic mailing list. Ifyou would like to subscribe to themitcnc-jobs mailing list, send email to<mitcnc-jobs-request@mit.edu> with"subscribe mitcnc-jobs" in the body ofthe message (NOT the subject line). Ifyou want to subscribe a specific emailaddress, you can say "subscribemitcnc-jobs EMAIL_ADDRESS".

The MIT Real Estate Association ofNorthern California (MITREA) is anorganization of people who share a pro-fessional and/or personal interest in thereal estate industry. MITREA_s purpose

is to keep us abreast of current eventsand future trends, link members toMIT_s Center for Real Estate, and pro-vide a forum for communication and net-working . MITREA typically holds threeevents a year.

On Wednesday, April 21, we will con-vene a panel of developers to discusseverything you wanted to know aboutthe development process but were afraidto ask! Ted Horton, developer andowner of Antaeus Properties, will lead aninsightful panel discussion with MITalums who are developers of residential,commercial and/or industrial properties.They will candidly discuss ways to min-imize developer risk, leverage equity andmake a profit while successfully navigat-ing the entitlement process. They willillustrate their observations with casestudies of recent projects.

We invite everyone who is interested inreal estate development to attend. Thoseof you who are thinking about or whohave invested in real estate or REITs willfind their insights very rewarding.

If you want more information about thisevent or other MITREA events, pleaselet us know by sending your contactinformation, including phone, fax and e-mail, to: Libby Seifel at fax # 415-989-1244 or libby@seifel.com.

Date/Time Location

WednesdayApril 21, 19997:00pm

L’Olivier Restaurant465 Davis StreetGateway CenterSan Francisco(across from Starbucks)

Cost Check/Cash/Credit card

$35 Prepaid Members

$40 All Others

RSVP and Pre-Payment

MITREA c/o Sunshine OkanoSeifel Associates220 Montgomery Street Suite 448San Francisco, CA 94104Phone: (415) 989-1244Fax: (415) 989-1245

Everything You Wanted to Know About Development

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Ever wonder how movies like “ToyStory” and “A Bug’s Life” get made?How many people did it take? Howmany computers? What other equip-ment was used? How did Pixar createtwo of the most successful animatedfilms ever?

Greg Brandeau (‘84) and Michael B.Johnson (SMVS 91, PhD 95) will beyour tour guides behind the scenes atPixar Animation Studios at 1PM on Sun-day March 28th.

Greg will start off the afternoon with atour around the Studio. Michael willthen talk about the film production pro-cess at Pixar, from initial story idea tofinished film, and describe some of therecent technical hurdles that Pixar over-came to bring “A Bug’s Life” to the the-aters last November.

Take a glimpse of what it’s like to workin an environment where creativity andtechnology combine to make magicalmovies.

Due to space limitations, the group willbe limited to fifty people. Sign up early!

Date/Time Location

SundayMarch 28, 19991:00pm

Pixar Animation Studios1001 W Cutting BlvdRichmond, CA 94804

Cost Make check payable to MITCNC

$15 Prepaid Members

$20 All Others

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Greg Brandeau ’84brandeau@alum.mit.edu(510) 620-6055Pixar Animation Studios1001 W Cutting BlvdRichmond, CA 94804

Behind the Scenes at

The Tech Museum of Innovation is ahands-on technology museum devoted toinspiring the innovator in everyone.There are over 240 interactive, hands-onexhibits dealing with leading edge tech-nologies that affect our daily lives. Someof the activities that you can explore

include: making a movie in the DigitalStudio, experiencing an earthquake,designing your own rollercoaster, build-ing a microchip, and creating a 3D self-portrait.

The Tech is for all ages, and all back-grounds (including MIT engineers).Please join us as we explore the newlyopened Tech. We have a fun eventplanned, including a catered lunch and aspecial MIT-only tour of the museum. Inaddition, we will check-out the IMAXDome Theater, the only one of its kind inNorthern California.

You will need to RSVP so that we cansend you the detailed instructions. The-deadline to RSVP is April 9th. So pleaseRSVP early - space is limited.

Due to unexpected circumstances, thisevent is rescheduled from February 13.

Date/Time Location

SaturdayApr 17, 1999Noon

The Tech Museum of Innovation201 South Market StreetSan Josehttp://www.thetech.org

Cost Check/Cash/Credit card

$35 Children

$40 Prepaid Member

$45 All Others

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Sang Park ’93sparkie@alum.mit.edu650-428-1249

Exploring The Technology Museum of InnovationDid you know that theMITCNC has an electronicmailing list which we use toremind members of upcomingevents? Approximately everyother week, you’ll receive amessage with the latest infor-mation. To be subscribed, justensure that the MIT Alumni/ae Office has your emailaddress and knows that youare living in the Northern Cal-ifornia area. You can sendaddress updates to the MITAlumni/ae Office by emailing<clubs@mit.edu> (this is thepreferred contact method), orby phoning Alicia Kikuchi at: (617) 253-5205.

10 SPRING 1999

Sunday HikesDate/Time Location

SundayMar 21, 199910:00am

San Bruno Mountain Park, Ridge trail to East Peak VistaSouth of San Francisco8 mi, 700’ elevation

Great views of San Francisco, the Pacific and the Bay. This is one of the earliest areas to for wildflowers; they should be in full bloom by March.

Date/Time Location

SundayApr 18, 199911:00 am*

Mt. Diablo LoopEast Bay, near Danville7 mi, 2000’ elevation

Sweep the cobwebs off your muscles and get good workout while enjoying a pan-orama covering more square mileage than any other place in the US! Wildflowers should be spectacular on the mountainside

Date/Time Location

SundayMay 16, 1999 11:00am*

Alamere FallsPoint Reyes8.4 mi., 500’

This ocean bluff waterfall drops 40’ to the Pacific. Trails up and down along the Point Reyes shore and beaches

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Jim Reich ’89jreich@earthlink.net(650) 969-4558

* NOTE: The 11:00am starting time is one hour later than the usual 10:00am time due to farther distance of location.

WARNING: These hikes are during the rainy season -- please check the website on the morning of the hike for changes due to weather and trail conditions!http://home.earthlink.net/~jreich/mithikes.htm

The MITCNC weekend getaway found a group of 45 alumni and friends enjoying the winter beauties and the refreshing air of Yosemite Park.

The last and greatest play by the onlyAmerican playwright ever awarded theNobel Prize for literature, Long Day’sJourney into Night is Eugene O’Neill’sPulitzer Prize-winning autobiographicalportrait of a family in ruin. The tight-fisted patriarch James Tyrone stormsagainst his self-destructive oldest son,Jamie, in whom he recognizes his ownwasted ambitions. Meanwhile, youngerson Edmund battles tuberculosis and thedevastating realization that he may beresponsible for his mother’s morphineaddiction. Marco Barricelli, whoastounded audiences as Stanley in AStreetcar Named Desire, will play Jamie,reuniting with Kathleen Widdoes (hiscostar in Rose Tattoo) as his doomedmother, Mary Tyrone. "This play of oldsorrow, written in tears and blood,"O’Neill wrote in his dedication, is suf-fused "with deep pity and understandingand forgiveness for all the four hauntedTyrones." With power and anguish,O’Neill transformed his family’s woundsinto an American masterpiece.

Please RSVP by March 24, 1999 togurantee your tickets.

Date/Time Location

Saturday, Apr 24, 19992:00 pm

The American Conservatory Theatre30 Grant AveSan Francisco, CA 94108(415) 834-3200

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Ravi Soundararajan ’92ravi@alum.mit.edu

Long Day’s Journey Into the Night

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Happy Hour in Sunnyvale

Happy Hour in Mountain View

Happy Hour in the City

YABA Happy Hour in the City

Date/Time Location

ThursdayMar 25, 19997:30 pm

Faultline1235 Oakmead ParkwaySunnyvale(408) 736-2739

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Jake Seid ’98jseid@cisco.com

Date/Time Location

ThursdayApr 22, 19997:30 pm

Tied House954 Villa StreetMountain View(650) 965-2739

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

John Piscitello ’91john.piscitello@eng.sun.com

Date/Time Location

ThursdayMay 6, 19987:30pm

Thirsty Bear661 Howard StreetSan Francisco

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Stella Sze ’94stellasze@hotmail.com

Date/Time Location

Thursday Mar 11, 19996:00pm

The Comet Club3111 Fillmore Street at Filbert(415) 567-5589 Munchies will be provided

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Andrew Cohen (Havahd ’92)acohen@netwizards.net(415) 441-8636

MITCNC Happy Hours“Drink Rum, Drink Rum, Drink Rum All Day and Come Along With Us...”

The MITCNC organizes outings to vari-ous dance clubs in the Bay area for eve-nings of Ballroom, Latin, Swing andTango dances. Typically, such eveningshave a beginner lesson followed by gen-eral dancing i.e. a dance party where youask whomever you want to dance!

Date/Time Location

Wednesday April 4, 1999

West Coast Swing at Beards-ley’s

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Peter Kacandespnk@cableco-op.com

Date/Time Location

FridayApr 23, 1999

Salsa at Alberto’s736 Dana StreetMountain Viewhttp://www.albertos.com

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

Andrew K. Perceyapercey@xilinx.com

Shall We Dance?

Young Alumni of the Bay Area (YABA) is an association of young alumni rep-resenting Bay Area alumni clubs from twenty universities across the country.The purpose of YABA is to hold social and community service events on a reg-ular basis that give participating alumni a chance to meet other young people inthe area who share similar collegiate experiences. Check out YABA’s web sitefor a updated calendar of events:

http://www.yaba.san-francisco.ca.us

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We have launched a new mailing list for coordi-nating Social and Cultural Events for the club.Thus far, we have organized an interesting mix-ture of outings, with good attendance. Here is asample of the events so far: Carmen (opera), Col-lected Stories, Hecuba (theater), San FranciscoSymphony, trip to Yosemite, dance outings, din-ners. In some of these events, we have had atten-dance from other local alumnae associations, aswell as guests of the members.

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