600 Date: 8/24/2010 to 11/1/2010

In June of 2009, Stephen Nichols '98 left his corporate lawyer position at the prominent New York City law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to join two Castle brothers (Wyatt Nordstrom '98 and Mark Platosh '97) in starting up an internet company: Maven Research, Inc. “The corporate law firm was not a place I could see myself spending the rest of my life. I had always had a burning desire to start-up a company. And to work together with some very good friends in getting it going – could it get any better than that?” says Steve...

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT ID563-88-595 Date: 8/18/2010 to 9/30/2010 Thank you to Roger Whiteley '52 for sending us the following story about Saturnalia Weekend in Feb 1950...

He writes, "On Saturday afternoon before the dance, I participated in our Intra-fraternity ski race at Jiminy Peak. As I had no car, a fraternity brother (who shall remain nameless) volunteered to drive my date and I to and from Jiminy Peak so I could participate in the race and my date could admire my skill, After my date nearly froze to death standing in the snow for four hours waiting for me to race (I think I was the last one), we returned to the base lodge late in the day only to find my fraternity brother had left without us. There was only one car remaining in the parking lot, a Model A coupe with a rumble seat (you'll probably have to look that up). Fortunately the couple graciously offered to take us back to Troy, with the four of us crowded in the front and all the skis in the rumble seat.

My date and I arrived back at RSE about 9:00 PM and, being exhausted,promptly fell asleep on the sofa in front of the fire in the Living Room. We awoke about an hour later and being famished, ordered Pizza from the Volcano restaurant. It didn't arrive until an hour later and by then it was stone cold. We ate it anyway. It was so bad I couldn't eat Pizza for 40 years. We finally got to the dance about mid-night.

Despite this experience, my date agreed to marry me two years later and we have been married for 58 years. She was and is a real trooper."

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]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT ID563-87-584 Date: 5/1/2010 to 10/1/2010

The junior members had their first formal at the RSE clubhouse in over 5 years and it was an outstanding success. Thanks to all the hard work and donations from alumni and junior members, the clubhouse was in its best condition in decades...

]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT ID563-82-585 Date: 4/26/2010 to 11/1/2010

Recipients of the RSE Scholarships for 2010-2011 were announced at the Spring Meeting on April 10th at the clubhouse. The event was held in the newly renovated Living Room.  The RSE Trustees and RSE Foundation officers and directors joined the junior members for the awards announcements...

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT ID563-81-586 Date: 4/26/2010 to 11/1/2010

In what was the highest voter turnout in over 20 years, the Rensselaer Society has elected a new board of trustees. As the votes came in it soon became clear that the race for president between Tom Keating '75 and Cary Nadel '77 would be too close to call. To settle the race, Vice President Steve Nichols '98 proposed a solution which has resulted in a transition agreement that will ensure the smooth transition of leadership...

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