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We regret to inform you that
Ramzi Taher
‘65
passed away in December 2008. Mr Taher
was committed to IC and was a great help
during the first Capital Campaign in the
1990’s. IC will miss him dearly. IC faculty and
staff send their deepest condolences to the
Taher family.
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IC NEWSLETTER -
SPRING 2009
Alumni Updates
We regret to inform you that Farid Mujais passed
away in January 2009. Mr Mujais was a beloved
math teacher who taught generations from 1957
to 1980. Former student, Moufid Beydoun ’64,
fondly remembers his two favorite statements:
“if you don’t do well, you will get a circle without
a center,” and do homework everyday but “never
on a Sunday.”
IC faculty and staff send their deepest
condolences to the Mujais family.
Kamal Khayat ’03
is graduating
with a Master of Science in
Aerospace Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
For the past year, he was involved
in several military and space
related research projects. He
has been working with NASA’s
Space Mission Analysis team to
send astronauts to the moon by
2020 to set up a lunar outpost,
where they will do scientific
research and prepare for journeys
to destinations like Mars. He
is responsible for designing
and testing many technologies
needed for Lunar and Martian
explorations. Two examples are
the Autonomous Landing &
Hazard Avoidance System and
the Chariot Lunar Vehicle, both
shown in the following pictures.
After graduation he’s planning
to work on humanitarian projects
with Beyond Association, a non-
profit organization, to enhance the
quality of life for underprivileged
youth and children in Lebanon,
in order to give them a chance to
aspire and achieve their dreams.
www.beyondassociation.com
Maher Abdel-Sattar ’03
has
been living in Los Angeles and
officially became an American
Citizen this past November.
He graduated from UCLA
in December of 2007 (Major:
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental
Biology + Minor: Human Complex
Systems), and has since applied to
Pharmacy schools in California and
will be going through interviews at
UC San Francisco & USC shortly.
Throughout the winter season
during weekends, he’s been
working in a camp in Lake
Arrowhead and will soon help run
an outdoor science program for
elementary school students in the
same reservation. In May and June
he plans on traveling around in
Europe and visiting some friends
who are currently studying in
England, Spain, France, Germany
and Switzerland.
“I’m very proud of my two sisters
still attending IC and doing very
well both in 2nde and Terminale
respectively,” he writes. “I enjoyed
spending some time with them in
Lebanon this past Christmas and
also had the chance to see some of
my old IC professors on the last
day of school before the holidays.”
Balsam Khodr ’05
was voted
as a member of the SRC at AUB
representing the Olayan School of
Business. She currently graduated
(Feb 2009) from AUB with a
Bachelors in Business Human
Resources Management.
Rana Nasser Eddin ‘05
just
graduated from AUB with a degree
in Art History. She recently got
accepted to Oxford University for
a master degree in art history and
visual culture. Meanwhile, She
is working at a contemporary art
gallery Sfeir-Semler, which has its
base in Hamburg. She also recently
got engaged to
Imad Abou
Hassan ‘96
. “I’m just counting my
blessings!” she writes.
Yara Nawal Farah ‘05
will
graduate in June 2009 with a BA in
Elementary Education, a Special
Education Diploma, a minor
in Philosophy and a minor in
Psychology.