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Jim Birkett Lead Balloon Letter

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PONG ROBOTICS PRESENTATION

Will Pong is an MIT alumnus.   While at MIT and later at Phillips Research Labs, Will researched mobile robotics technology.  Later, in collaboration with Dean Kamen, whose organization developed the Segway personal transporter, Will explored the use of the technology in firefighting and emergency response applications.  He

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ADLAA 2019 REUNION–New Venue!

Dear ADL Alumnus/Alumna, It’s time to mark your calendars for our annual reunion. The ADLAA Board will welcome alumni to The 2019 REUNION   ON:      Wednesday, September 11th   AT:   Grand View Farm and Marion Tavern, Burlington, MA   At reunions, we have always shared good food

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ADLAA Reunion: Old Friends, New Venue in 2018

It’s time to mark your calendars for our annual reunion. The ADLAA Board will welcome alumni to The 2018 REUNION   ON:      Tuesday, October 2nd  6:00-9:30 p.m. AT:   The Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham MA At reunions, we have always shared good food and good friends.  So what’s new? 

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DINNER AND FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Food for thought:  What must it be like to live in a “food desert”?  The term refers to an area, like many parts of US inner cities, where residents are unable to access affordable, nutritious food. The social costs of this situation are enormous and novel ideas

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ADLAA “Night at the Pops”

The ADL Alumni Association has reserved 92 tickets for the Tuesday, June 6, Boston Pops concert at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Keith Lockhart will conduct the orchestra, and Leslie Odom, Jr., will perform as guest vocalist. Odom was in the original cast of the Broadway

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Recollections of ADL James Maurice “Jumpin’ Jim” Gavin (1907-1990)

See the Summer 2016 newsletter for the story of “Jumpin’ Jim” Gavin in the members only area of this website. Many books have been written about Jim Gavin. The ADLAA newsletter stories are provided in installments—the first dealing with his childhood through World War II, and the

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Searching for Intelligent Life–April 20 Event

Finding THEM: What’s new in SETI…in a talk by Dr. Paul Horowitz, emeritus Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at Harvard. Where is there intelligent life? At times like these, some of what we hear may tempt us to wonder about it even on our home planet!

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ADLAA November Meeting: Will Climate Change Mean More Hurricanes?

Professor Emanuel’s Abstract of His Presentation In this talk, I will provide a broad overview of climate science, including the history of the science itself, and what we have learned about the Earth’s climate system through analysis of paleoclimate data, the instrumental record, and, most importantly, the

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ADLAA MEMBER VOLUNTEERS

Over the years, ADL employees have often volunteered their time and personal efforts to various educational, cultural, health related, community service, environmental and other not-for-profit organizations. Many ADLAA members are interested in finding additional opportunities to participate in such volunteer activities and would like to learn more

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