The Rev. Gabriel B. Costa ’70, M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’84, recently co-authored Practicing Sabermetrics: Putting the Science of Baseball Statistics to Work with Michael R. Huber and John T. Saccoman, M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’95. The book, published by McFarland, uses algebra to expand on statistics and measure a baseball player’s value to his team and how he ranks ...
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Simon Grubin ’74 was elected president of the board of commissioners for the Passaic Valley Water Commission in Clifton, N.J., in late September. Grubin had served as vice president since Feb-ruary 2009; he will now serve as president through Dec. 31, 2009, or until a new president is elected. The commission has th ...
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Nelson Perez ’84, president of Sierra’s Edge, Inc., in Silver Spring, Md., recently gave a series of presentations, including: “There is Nothing to Fear but Audit Fear Itself” on Sept. 16, 2009, for the American Society for Quality; “Tulips, Potatoes, Apples, ISO 9001 and the CMMI” at George Mason University in Wash ...
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Chuck Schaeffer ’94, of Yardley, Pa., appeared with legendary Americana artist Bill Turner as part of the Philadelphia Phillies’ World Series rally, held in late October at Dave & Buster’s at the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia. Schaeffer, who is a regular performer on Heartlands Hayride, which is the Northeast’s l ...
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