In this picture of all Chem E's, Erin is the 2nd from the left. Maybe one day the other people in this picture will check out my blog so I can do a schtick on them tooHow we met: I think it was in Calculus class, although I mostly know her since she was a fellow Chem E.
Commentary: Erin does not look like your typical engineer (take that as a compliment!). In fact, she models. Engineering mathematical models that is! She is probably the most engineerly of us all. One interesting thing about her is we noticed during one of our problem sets that she writes with her own font.
Favorite Moments:
- Living in the Lake Shore Dorms and studying (well, the rowdy fun part of studying, not the actual studying)
- At her wedding in Minnesota, we all had to take cover from a tornado warning during the reception. This is a picture of all of us in the little theater they had there, with one wise guy trying to lighten things up a bit...
- Her new husband Pete randomly called me after the wedding. The conversation went like this:
Pete: Hi Dale what's up
Me: Not much, what's up with you?
(repeat 3-4 times)
Turns out that I had left a message for them before the wedding to call me, and they never checked the message until after the wedding.
Relationship defining moments: - She was the only person who wanted to join my "Chem E's for the Metric System" movement.
If it weren't for Erin, I:
- Would have a lower GPA
7 comments:
your little modeling joke is so cute. :) awwwww, you're an engineer through and through!
I wonder if anyone models underwear.
I thought every engineer wants to go metric?
I'm amused by the guy with an umbrella at the reception. HAHAHA. That's great!
Oooooh. Do one of these for me!
Too funny!! I love the umbrella!
Hmmm. no posts recently. I wonder if anyone is conjuring up a missing blogger post......
That's odd. my comment showed up anonymous previously!
Dale, I am truly honored that you have dedicated an entire blog entry about me. Sweet!
In return, I offer this:
Our first class together was Differential Equations, with Prof. Rabinowitz. I vividly remember this, because Dale and I sat next to each other in class every day for like two months before finally introducing ourselves to one another. I also remember that Dale labeled his notebook "Diffy-Qs".
I likely would have met Dale earlier through AIChE if it weren't for my vehement opposition to joining a club to continue doing the nerdy chemical engineering stuff I had to do all day during class. Finally, though, due to my eagerness to hang out with the "cool" ChE kids in class, I joined Dale, Linda, Rachel, and Nate (the Brookfield crew + Nate) up in the front of the room. Dale, do you remember how many more calories are in a beer at room temperature than in a cold beer?
We were shooshed by Dale and Linda's RA for studying too loudly. We met at our traditional spot on the floor of Engineering Hall's entryway to "take notes on notes", the active (vs. passive) form of studying. Dale provided the practical insight for each and every homework problem--why would you ever need to know the heat transfer coefficient of this material? Dale also provided interesting roommate stories and the dorkiest jokes and puns you've ever heard.
For those of you admiring the wedding photo with umbrella man, there is something besides the tornado warning that you should know about that day. Not only did Dale play the violin beautifully, but he wrote a violin version of "In My Life" (by the Beatles) for the occasion, despite the fact that he needed to rehearse for two other weddings that month! (Those two were Rachel's (pictured in a wedding gown in the photo posted by Dale) and Linda's (far right in the same photo).) Thanks, Dale.
So, Dale, as I read the kind words of your blog and reminisce about our old college days, I am fondly reminded of the "Renaissance Man" that made our the study of chemical engineering relevant and fun. And I miss it!
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