Science alumni
Suzanne Parete-Koon '97
(physics/chemistry) completed her doctorate in astrophysics in August 2008 at the
University of Tennessee, and was chosen as an American Institute of Physics State
Department Science Fellow.
Mafo Yakuba '09
"The academic work at Bluffton is intense and my courses prepared me very well for
what I am doing at Yale."
>>>Mafo's story
Dr. William Hammitt (Material Science '65)
While still a student at Bluffton, conversations with Ollie Diller and Robert Kreider
guided Bill toward a forestry career. Before retiring, he taught from a text book
he co-authored - Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management.
Dr. Steve Haman '95
Steve surgically repairs major bone injuries that people suffer in traffic collisions
and other accidents. Once the parts are brought together, nature takes over and heals
the injury. "I put things where they belong and the rest takes care of itself."
David Lehman '68
"My clinic and several others within the Denver health system set up an HIV early-intervention
service to take care of people who had tested positive for HIV..."
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