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Fueling Research

by Marisa Demers Illustrations by Craigio Hopson Ernie Mercado spent 34 years serving flavorful Mexican street fare to a crew of Caltech customers. Yet the 71-year-old proprietor of Ernie’s Al Fresco food truck needed only a day to decide that he wanted a new title:...

Memory Bank

The Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize empowers alumna to bring tales of social justice back to the collective consciousness. by Marisa DemersPhotography by Webb ChappellNivetha Karthikeyan’s (BS ’20) time at Caltech was spent following her passions in...

David A. Lee

David Lee, engineer and physicist extraordinaire, passed away at his home in Santa Monica on March 11, 2021.  As many SEAOSC members will know, David was the West Coast representative for Taylor Devices, Inc., since the 1970s through to his “retirement” a few years...

Cathy Shapiro Gates

[PROLOGUE] It is my sad duty to inform you that Cathy Gates, beloved Wife, Mother, and Daughter, entered immortality at 7:35 the morning of March 10th, 2021.Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem Caterina, Requiem Caterina, Caterina,...