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MOLLY (CHAMBERS) GREEN BIOLOGY ALUMNUS '04 HIRED AS STAFF SCIENTIST AT TRAVIS/PETERSON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC., FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
 
Molly (Chambers) Green Biology alumnus '04 and winner of the Russell
Mixter Award in Biology, at Wheaton College in '04, received her MS
degree in Environmental Quality Science December '05 from the
University of Alaska Fairbanks. Molly has recently been hired as a
Staff Scientist at Travis/Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc. Along
with this good news, Molly also recently married Jeff Green in 2007.
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MICAH HUGHES ’04 BIOLOGY ALUMNUS CONDUCTS RESEARCH AT RUSH
Micah Hughes ’04 biology alumnus will speak to students this spring about the current research he is conducting with the Rush University Department of Cardiology. His talk is entitled, "The investigation of safety and retention of Human CD34+ progenitor cells delivered into the myocardium of swine." Or, “Cardiology Research in Biotheraputic Delivery." The research is investigating the safety and accuracy of a new cardiac
catheter and looking at the retention of stem cells delivered to the heart.
More specifically they investigated the Biotheraputic delivery of adult bone
marrow progenitor cells (CD34+ cells) into ischemic myocardium. It was a preclinical
research study and the animal model used is yorkshire swine.
Micah received his MS degree in Biotechnology at Rush and has been doing research for the Alzheimer's Disease Center for two years
and Research for the department of Cardiology in the Rush Cardiovascular Pre-Clinical Research lab for one year.
As for the future, Micah will be starting Medical School next year in Colorado
at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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MEGAN LEVERENTZ BIOLOGY MAJOR ALUMNUS ’03 GRADUATES IN JUNE FROM UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Megan Leverentz Biology Alumnus ’03 will be graduating this June '08 from UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and hopes to go back home to MN to join a private practice. Megan participated in collaborative research with Cell Biologist, Dr. Kennett, in her senior year at Wheaton (RTPCR for gene expression in zebrafish) and went to the Black Hills Science Station for a class. After Wheaton College, Megan took a year off to work in a research lab at Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine working on a mouse model for human cholesteatomas, and also worked at a small animal vet hospital in MN.
Congratulations on your coming graduation from Veterinary School Megan!
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WHEATON COLLEGE '07 ALUMNA ESTHER MARIE PAPP FINISHES HER FIRST YEAR IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Hi, my name is Esther Marie Papp and I am a 2007 graduate of Wheaton College with a B.S. in biology, and the recipient of the David Bruce Memorial Research Award, 2006. I am now making good use of my Wheaton education by applying it to the study of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. I am currently finishing my first year of medical student and at this point am interested in doing my residency in surgery, either in plastic and reconstructive surgery or orthopedic surgery. This summer I will be conducting research in a plastic surgery lab at Wash.U. investigating the antigenicity of peripheral nerve allografts after various lengths of cold treatment. This means that this summer I will be doing plenty of microsurgeries on mice to transplant nerves, which is exciting because I love surgery!
One of the passions that I will also live out besides my interest in surgery is my
desire to grow more fully in my relationship with Jesus Christ by being one of the leaders of the Christian Medical Association here on campus. As a Christian in the medical field, it is very important to me that I learn to intellectually engage the issues that are unique to my career and help others to do the same as we face questions such as how to live out our calling to represent our Lord as we interact with patients and colleagues in the medical environment. Now I can see that the theological teaching I had in my bible and biology classes at Wheaton were a great blessing in helping me start thinking through how to address such issues.
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CONTACTS
Wheaton
College Biology Alumni have gone on to a variety of careers
and are an excellent source of information about career paths
and about the processes involved in being a Biology major
as well as how the knowledge obtained can be applied in a
various contexts. The alumni are a valuable resource for help
in evaluating the Biology program and for answering questions
that current students have about being a Biology major.
BIOLOGY
ALUMNI
One of
the best ways to determine what you can do with a Biology
degree from Wheaton College is to see what other graduates
have done. The listing of an e-mail address indicates that
the alumnus has agreed to answer questions you may have about
how studying biology at Wheaton contributed to their life
and career development.
Directory
of Alumni
Mark
D. Crockett M.D. '89
John
B. Hess Professor of Biology Ecology, Genetics,
Ornithology,
and Herpetology. '64
Bradley
V. Davitt Pediatric Ophthalmologist. '87
Dr.
Neal P. Thompson Research for EPA, Registration
of pest management materials on minor (fruit and vegetable)
crops. '57
David
W. Terhune M.D. '75
Paul
Terrill M.D., Family Physician. '84
Linda
Brady Thompson Lifecare Consultant. '62
Marc
Armstrong Alliance Manager. '79
Cindy
(Cynthia) A. Ladd Myers Physical Therapist.
Alison
Snyder Masters student in Argonomy. '98
Cynthia
Evans Assistant Professor of Clinical
Medicine. '81
Jennifer
L. Busch Assistant Professor of Physiology
at Wheaton College. '96
Jacob
Turnquist Medical Student. '99
Michael Waits University of Arizona Law School Student. '05
* HINT - To Contact Alumni Follow Email links*
Mark D. Crockett, MD. class of '89
How are you contacted? Email: tox911@safeplace.net:
What do you do? Currently President of a Medical Informatics
Group.
John B. Hess class of '64
How are you contacted? Email: jbh8861@cmsu2.cmsu.edu
What do you do? I am currently Professor of Biology
and I teach Ecology, Genetics, Ornithology, and Herpetology.
How can I help? I do what I like to think of as serious
photography (semiprofessional) and I would be pleased to talk
with other alums (former classmates) and current bio majors
that want to talk to someone like me. Also I have studied
the evolution-creation controversy extensively over the last
30 years, perhaps I could serve as a resource for someone
in that area.
Bradley V. Davitt, M.D. classof '87
How are you contacted? Email davittb@slu.edu
What do you do? I am currently a pediatric ophthalmologist.
After graduating from Wheaton in 1987, I attended the University
of Illinois (Champaign & Rockford) and then did a transitional
internship at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis.
I did my residency in ophthalmology at St. Louis University
and then did a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at the
University of Minnesota.
Dr. Neal P. Thompson class of '57
How are you contacted? Email npt@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
What do you do? Research for EPA registration of pest
management materials on minor (fruit and vegetable) crops
David W. Terhune, M.D. class of '75
How are you contacted? Email: DWT001@aol.com
Paul Terrill, MD class of '84
How are you contacted? Email: bumbee@boreal.org
or smc@boreal.org
What do you do? I'm currently a Family Physician in
a small remote group practice provides the only medical care
for this county.
How can I help? I would be willing to act as a resource
for students or alums interested in rural/remote medicine.
We occasionally act as a site for Community Health rotations
for Family Practice residents. We are not able to act as a
site for students in the Health Professions Seminar course
(if that is still in its same format as in 1982).
Linda Brady Thompson class of '62
How are you contacted? Email: lindathson@aol.com.
What do you do? I am a lifecare consultant for a marketing
department of a Retirement Community.
How did you get where you are? Sales and marketing
is a far cry from a Zoology major but in many ways finding
a need and filling it has some of the same satisfactions that
a career in health care (an earlier goal) would have had.
I did graduate work in cell biology after Wheaton, got as
far as passing my prelims and then had two children. Then
I was widowed, married a widower-fellow-Wheaton-alumnus with
two children and we finished with a fifth. Finances led us
into developing an Amway distributorship through which I learned
a great deal about sales in general. When the children were
mostly grown and gone and I thought about working outside
the home, sales was a natural choice. My former YFC leader
had developed the ACTS company and it was through him that
I heard about the opening at a Retirement Community. The rest
as they say is history. If I presumed to give advice to current
students, it would be to be utterly committed to Jesus Christ
as Savior and Sanctifier...and to consider every open door
as a gift from him. Christ in me has enabled me to endure
and thrive through many losses, disappointments, betrayals
and deaths and without him, as he said of his father, "I can
do nothing." Enjoy the adventure of the journey.
Marc
Armstrong class of '79
How are you contacted? Email: armstrong@ilog.com
What do you do? I work for an optimization software
component provider based overseas.
Cindy (Cynthia) A. Ladd Myers
How are you contacted? Email: mhmindy@Juno.com
What do you do? I received my B.S. in Biology from
Wheaton, M.S.P.T. in Physical Therapy from University of Indianapolis.
Profession: Physical Therapist for 12 years. My current position
is a senior therapist at a Community Hospital where I supervise
an off site out-patient therapy clinic, spend 90% of my time
on patient care and 10% on administration. My brother Bruce
A. Ladd also a Biology major, '82.
Alison
Snyder, class of '98.
How are you contacted? Email: amsnyder@ufl.edu
What do you do? I am in a master's program in agronomy.
I am hoping to get involved in international/development agriculture.
Cindy
Evans class of '81
How are you contacted? Email: evans.181@osu.edu.
What do you do? I am currenty married with two wonderful
children. I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
of a University College of Medicine, Department of Ob/Gyn,
and Director of the Menopause Clinic. I went to medical school
at Ohio State and then did my residency in Ob/Gyn at Northwestern
University.
Jennifer
L. Busch class of '96
How are you contacted? Email: jennifer.l.busch@wheaton.edu
What do you do? I am the new Physiology Professor at
Wheaton College. My Research involves studying the activation
of cGMP-dependent protein kinase, an enzyme that regulates
several physiological processes including blood pressure.
Jacob Turnquist class of '99
How are you contacted? Email: jacoblturnquist@juno.com
What do you do? I am finishing up medical school. Next
is my pediatrics residency. While at Wheaton I was a bio major,
in R.O.T.C., and spent a couple of summers in the Black Hills.
I would be happy to answer any questions about biology, the
military, or medical school.
Michael Waits class of '05
How are you contacted? Email: michael.waits@gmail.com
What do you do? I am a first year Law School at the University of Arizona. If any biology majors are interested in law school, I would be more than happy to answer any questions they might have.
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