{"id":203647,"date":"2013-02-25T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=14731"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:23:38","slug":"alumni-news-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/02\/alumni-news-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/visix-alumni26.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6470 img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"visix-alumni26\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/visix-alumni26.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"292\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 242px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 242\/292;\" \/><\/a>Stay in touch with fellow UConn engineering alumni. Visit our Engineering alumni <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.uconn.edu\/alumni\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0 or our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?gid=153271&amp;trk=hb_side_g\">LinkedIn alumni page<\/a> and fill us in on your latest activities or learn what your college friends are doing nowadays!\u00a0 Some recent alumni news follows:<\/p>\n<p><b>Arthur Baker<\/b> (B.S. Civil Engineering, \u201894) has been hired Public Works Director for the town of Greenfield, MA.\u00a0 He was most recently the Director of Public Works, Solid Waste and Recycling for the town of Branford, CT.\u00a0 Prior to that position, he served the town of Monroe, CT. Arthur has 10 years of professional municipal experience, having also served as the Deputy Director of public works for Monroe before his assuming the director\u2019s position. His work experience also includes serving as a project or staff engineer in the private sector for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Borghard<\/strong> (B.S., M.S. Chemical Engineering, &#8217;75, &#8217;76), Ph.D.,\u00a0retired in December from his position as\u00a0a Senior Scientific Advisor at ExxonMobil, where he\u00a0was employed for 32 years. Bill earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Stanford University in 1980 and then joined\u00a0Mobil.\u00a0He has worked primarily with catalysis and synthetic fuel research. Bill recently delivered a workshop for engineering graduate students on career advancement strategies in a corporate research environment.\u00a0 He fondly remembers his UConn years,\u00a0when he lived\u00a0in Goodyear and worked in the dining hall, and\u00a0Prof. Emeritus Michael G. Howard, former dean of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><b>William J. Johnson<\/b> (B.S. Civil Engineering \u201965) Ph.D., P.E., has joined Naples, FL-based Forensic Construction Consulting, an Aerial Companies subsidiary as the Senior Consulting Engineer. William brings extensive experience built over his 32-year career in consulting engineering related to building construction and maintenance. He founded W.J. Johnson &amp; Associates, a business that provides engineering services to condominium and commercial building owners, in 1984. During his career, William has developed expertise across a broad spectrum, from building construction and maintenance concerns to building envelope and structural issues.\u00a0He received his master\u2019s degree in Structural Engineering and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at UConn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your UConn Engineering friends up to these days? Read what&#8217;s new in the careers of Arthur Baker, William Borghard and William Johnson. 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