CLASS NOTES
1999 they repatriated to Scotland. After a aged 16 and 17. She would love to hear
year teaching maths and physics at from her classmates from the 1980s.
Glenalmond College, near Perth, he joined
the state education sector. He now works TOMAS CAMPBELL BA ’84,
as a maths teacher in Alloa Academy.
MA ’85
Tomas Campbell (BA Psychology) and his
partner, Eamon Somers, recently
celebrated their 25th anniversary in
Dublin. They met in 1982 in the Aula Max
in St Stephen’s Green and marked the
2000) where he was supervisor for occasion by meeting old friends (some of
teacher training and development at the whom were UCD alumni) over the course
Centre for Languages. Andrew also of a weekend. Two slightly sore heads is
worked for the Agency for Personal the start of what will hopefully be another
Service Overseas with the Sudanese 25 years.
Ministry of Education in English
PADDY PENDER BA ’81, language teaching and training between MICHELLE FOSTER BArch ’85
MMngtSc ’83
1985 and 1989. He received an E-
Learning Award in 2004 and a Practising Michelle’s career has been devoted to
Paddy graduated in Mathematics and the Future Award in 2006 for his work energy efficiency and renewable energy
Mathematical Physics in 1981 and went on running student virtual international technology in housing. It started in her
to complete a Master’s in Management exchanges. fifth year at UCD when, (under the expert
Science in 1983. She worked for many tutelage of Loughlin Kealy and the late
years as a computer consultant until her DONALD MURRAY BE ’82 Robin Walker of Scott Tallon and Walker),
eyesight began to deteriorate. She now she designed an organic co-operative
runs a health food store and has trained as Immediately after graduation Donald farm (mainly cattle and tomato
an Anamchara (soul friend) with went to Oregon, USA to work for glasshouses) on a south-facing hill in
Anamcharadas. Through this training she Floating Point Systems on software for Bantry which used all the latest
is a companion to those who are seriously array processors. In 1988 he joined Aptec renewable energy technology, including
ill and also works with the homeless. Computer Systems and moved on to Cray roof-top, solar water-heating panels, the
Stories about her work have been Research three years later to work on technology for which Michelle had
published in Spirituality magazine and in software and manufacturing for invented. The late Michael Scott was one
Word on the Street (2005), Small Stories supercomputers. He also worked for of the examiners at the crit and Michelle
Matter (2007) and Writing on the Wall Protocol Systems as an architect for was awarded a 2.1. Following the crit
(2008). In January 2008, she launched a portable medical monitors and Michael treated Michelle to a double gin
book called Soul Journeys with the Dying. Pixelworks as a software lead on new in Hartigans. Michelle’s design has only
flat-panel chips. Donald is currently just become mainstream and she hopes
JOSEPH FITZPATRICK BE ’82 starting IPPUB related to ubiquitous sometime that it may be built.
low-cost embedded and networked
Many thanks to Rick Nally for organising technology (particularly in the home). PATRICK KING BA ’85
the Mech Eng ’82 Toners get-together in
November. Check out the photos on YVONNE (BANNON) TRAYNOR Patrick moved to Germany in February
Facebook in the Group: BE Mech 1982.
BSc ’83
1986. When he first moved to Munich he
worked for four months as an English
ANDREW O’SULLIVAN BA ’82, Yvonne continued studying after teacher at Inlingua. He then worked in
HDipEd ’84
graduating from UCD and went on to do a the fashion industry for 10 months.
PhD in Chemistry in Trinity College Dublin. Patrick moved on to banking for two
Andrew has been a faculty member at She then spent two years in Saudi Arabia years before he finally settled for
Dubai Women’s College in the United working in a hospital in Riyadh. Yvonne aviation. He has worked for the
Arab Emirates since 2000. Prior to that returned to Ireland and has been working Lufthansa Group since May 1989 starting
he worked at the International Islamic in Henkel Ireland since 1991. She lives in with its (soon to be former) charter
University (IIU) in Kuala Lumpur (1991- Naas and is married with two children airline, Condor, before switching to
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