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IC NEWSLETTER -S
UMMER 2010
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Class of ’50 – ‘59
Abdur-Rahman Saghir ‘53
is a Consultant
in Weed Management and Sustainable
Development. One of his activities is to
advice the Institutions of Social Welfare
on their vocational agricultural program
at Nebras which he helped in establish-
ing in 2002. He is preparing now a refer-
ence weed management book for Arab
Countries to be published in 2012.
He is living in Beirut with his wife, Rajiha
and daughter, Dima. His son, Mazen, is
Prof.of Computer Eng.at Texas A &M in
Qatar and his other son, Bashir, is a Land
scape Architect with Dar Al Handasa.
They are both living with their wives in
Doha ,Qatar. “I amalways glad to receive
IC News Letter, and read about alumni
achievements around the world,” he
writes. “I keep in touch with few of my
classmates such as Fawzi Saba ,Monther
Bsat,Ibraheem Dabous, H.E.Annwar Al
Khalil and others.”
Dr. Philip Salem ‘58
is the director of
cancer research at the St. Luke’s Epis-
copal Hospital. The Hospital recently
announced the Philip A. Salem, M.D.,
Chair in Cancer Research, established to
honor Dr. Salem’s contributions to can-
cer medicine. “We are enormously grati-
fied to announce that St. Luke’s Epis-
copal Hospital has formally established
the Philip A. Salem, M.D., Chair in Cancer
Research to serve as a lasting tribute to
his leadership and vision in the field of
oncology,” said Margaret M. Van Bree,
CEO, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, and
senior vice president, St. Luke’s Episco-
pal Health System in a press release. “He
has spent his professional life overcom-
ing challenges that others only dreamed
of conquering and this chair recognizes
his contributions to advances in cancer
treatment.”
Class of ’70 – ‘79
Patou Majd Fathallah ‘74
lives in North-
ern Tuscany and is a renowned sculptor.
http://www.majdsculpture.com/
Class of ’80 – ‘89
Mike (Mohamed) Shami ’80
resides in
Sacramento, California with his beau-
tiful wife and two teen age kids. He
works as a Senior Bridge Engineer. He
teaches part time and coaches youth
football (we call it soccer here) and he
still kicks the ball at least twice a week.
“There were nice memories at IC that
always bring a smile to my face when I
think how we where 30 years ago” he
writes. “We were free spirited, no wor-
ries despite the ugly Civil War, and yes
we had lots of happy moments because
we made them. We were different but
so closed. We had fights (I call them
disagreements) and we had nice gather-
ings. Our parents were young and our
brothers and sisters were even younger
than us. Now, life has changed. We grew
older, have families of our own, some
of our parents passed away, our close
friends got busy with their families and
daily life so we lost contact.
I still do the things I enjoy but it’s differ-
ent now and whatever you do today will
never be like tomorrow so enjoy your
years at IC with your friends and do the
things that makes you happy. Finally, let
your parents be proud of you because
you will be a parent one day.
I’d love to hear from my old school-
mates so here is my contact email: sha-
mimike@yahoo.com”
Wassim Halawi ’82
and his wife, Jouma-
na, were blessed with a baby boy, Malek
on May 12th, 2010.
Razek Tarazi ’82
lives in Vancouver since
2007. He works mostly for the Pulp
and Pater Industry. He is married with
three children. “Who does not remem-
ber Tarazi ice cream?” he writes. “The
best!!”
Class of ’90 – ‘99
Wissam Akkawi ’91
is the owner & GM
for Fiesta Group (supply events with
Styrofoam décor, balloons decoration,
fireworks for indoor & outdoor. Retail
shops for balloons, gadgets and wrap-
ping Wholesalers for balloons, party
supplies and gadgets ). He is also a part-
ner in AV Concept/Audio Visual Concept
sarl: lighting, sound and event planner,
Archiline 4 contracting sarl: Construc-
tion and factory for carpentry and Con-
tract sarl: Architectural office. He is mar-
ried with three children.
Ramsey Tabet ‘92
moved to Australia 11
years ago with his family. Three years
ago, he met his childhood friend Rasha
Hassanieh and got married to her. The
couple now lives in Adelaide. Last year
we were blessed with a gorgeous baby
boy Tameem who is 14.
Rola Zuhayr Chbaklo ’93
is happy to an-
nounce the birth of her first child, RHEA
Zein born on January 23rd2010. Rola got
married to Rami Zein in 2009, and is cur-
rently working at the Social Welfare In-
stitutions in her capacity as Director of
the Support & Development Division.
After graduation from IC, Rola received
her BA and MS from AUB then moved to
Abu Dhabi where she worked for 3 years
as a Population Specialist. In 2006 she
received a master degree from the Uni-
versity of Turin (Italy) in Management of
Development. The couple lives in Beirut.
Shadi Ahmadieh ‘94
and wife Nisreen,
are happy to announce the birth of the
second baby boy (Sami) on April 7th,2010
at AUH. Moreover, Sami’s elder brother
Fadi, have been accepted to join IC- nurs-
ery class Fall 2010, and by that becoming
Ahmadieh’s 3rd generation at IC.”