{"id":19612,"date":"2014-11-13T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=19612"},"modified":"2014-11-13T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T18:00:01","slug":"alumni-news-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/11\/alumni-news-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni News"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"John<\/a>
John Krenicki, Jr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Krenicki, Jr. (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, \u201984; Hon.D.Sc. \u201807) was appointed to the board of directors of CHC Group Ltd.<\/a> (HELI) and will serve as chairman. Initially, he will also serve on the company’s newly created Chairman Search Committee. Krenicki joined CD&R<\/a> in 2013 after a 29-year career at General Electric. He currently serves as chairman of Wilsonart International, chairman of The ServiceMaster Company and lead director of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc.\u00a0 He holds an M.S. in Management from Purdue University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Moore Engineering, founded by <\/span>Wade Moore, a recent graduate of\u00a0UConn, was recently named\u00a0“Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer” by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moore, 23, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0founded the company in 2010 after being inspired by his great-grandfather, Richard Moore, who established the well-known Moore Special Tool Company. Today, Moore Engineering is based in Milford and operates out of an 800-square-foot facility and is run by Wade with the part-time help of his three brothers. The company uses measuring and machining technologies that have been passed down three generations from Richard Moore.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Manuel<\/a>
Manuel A. Santos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manuel A. Santos (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, \u201899) was elected mayor of the City of Meriden<\/a>, Connecticut in December 2013. When elected, Santos was a senior mechanical design engineer at Ultra Electronics, Measurement Systems Inc.<\/a> in Wallingford, CT. Prior to that position, he was a design engineer with Ripley Tools, formerly a division of Capewell Components Co. LLC, designing innovative hand tools for the fiber optic industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay in touch with the School of Engineering.\u00a0 Join our <\/em>LinkedIn alumni group<\/em><\/a> to share your latest activities and learn what your fellow graduates are doing.\u00a0 You may also send your news directly to <\/em>Heidi Douglas<\/em><\/a>, Director of Engineering Alumni Relations.\u00a0 We love hearing from you!<\/em><\/p>\n

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