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Samir Moujaes
, Ph.D., P.E was awarded
the FEA Distinguished Alumnus Award
the award lists: “in recognition of his
pioneering and numerous contributions
to energy conservation architecture and
to his involvement in promoting the
engineering profession”, by the Faculty
of Engineering and Architecture (FEA),
AUB May 2010.
Dr. Moujaes is a full professor in Me-
chanical Engineering at the University of
Nevada Las Vegas.
‘75
Khalid Fraiji,
PhD is preparing to move
to Cincinnati, USA to head a team to
manage the traffic system as a senior civil
engineer consultant. He is leaving his wife
and youngest son (Mike) in Riyadh while
the other four boys (Fahad, Fawaz, Faris,
and Moe) are attending college in South-
ern California (Irvine) where Dr. Khalid
graduated from UCIrvine’82. He is back
practicing Civil Engineering after about
twenty years involvement with Mace pes-
ticides servicing more than 4,000 custom-
ers in Riyadh. He is looking forward to
hear from old friends at IC boarding and
daily school during the early 70s.
KALd35@yahoo. years. com
’77
Dr Fida Atallah
is currently working at
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates as an assistant professor of
Educational Technology.
’79
Pierre Kerbage
lives in Texas and is the
president of Managed IT consulting, Inc.
’81
Bashar Jaafari
went on to complete his
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engi-
neering from the University of Texas and
them his MBA in Business computer In-
formation Systems from the University of
North Texas. He is currently the Director
of Information Technology and Strategic
Planning with Catholic Health Initiatives
in the Cincinnati area.
’85
Wassim Soweid
and his wife Ghada Tab-
bara are pleased to announce the arrival
of their baby boy Mohamad on Aug.15th,
2010. “Moe” joins his brother Omar and
sister Judy.
‘87
David Ramadan
was presented
the commission
of appointment
to the Board of
Visitors (Trust-
ees) of George
Mason University
(GMU) by Vir-
ginia’s Governor,
H.E. Robert
McDonnell.
David Ramadan,
President of Rama International, is an
international consultant and a graduate
of GMU with a BA (’93) in Govern-
ments and Politics and a MA (’95) in
International Trade & Transactions. He
has further served as an Adjunct Professor
at GMU where he taught Middle East
Realities: Past & Present.
’89
Nada Ghazal
is married to Elias Gan-
nage and is mother to Antoun (born in
’09) and Malak (born in ’10). She is the
Owner and designer of Nada G SARL,
a designer jewelry company which was
founded in 2004 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Www.nadag.com
‘90
Anis Khoury
is married to Reem Deeb,
Doctor of Music History and Literature
and Voice Performance and they were
blessed with their first baby daughter
Alice Anne-Marie Khoury on December
16th,2009. Anis graduated with a degree
in Executive Master in business adminis-
tration (EMBA) in 2008 after 10 years of
experience at the family business George
Khoury and Company which deals with
plumbing, heating, sanitary ware, tools and
recently alternative energy. “I would like
to inform you that IC had a great impact
on my overall character and provided me
with friends that I still cherish till now,”
he writes.
aniskhoury@hotmail.com
‘92
Wissam Jawdat Akkawi
now lives in Bei-
rut. He owns and manages his company :
FIESTA
‘93
Amal Khoury
and
Nicolas Khouri ‘93
were blessed with twin boys, Elias and
Ibrahim, born on March 29th, 2010 in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Randa Abla
and Serge Cherfan were
blessed with their third daughter, Jana, on
October 30th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
’95
Fadi Mirza
graduated from AUB with a
medical degree in 2005. He then relocated
to the US where he pursued a residency
in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts
University in Boston, MA. He then
joined Columbia University in New York,
NY where he completed a Maternal-
Fetal Medicine fellowship. He is currently
an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at Columbia University Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons and care
for patients at Columbia University Medi-
cal Center.
He currently lives in the US with his wife,
Lama, and 4 year-old son, Jad.
‘96
Rana Kobeissi
gave birth to a son, Joud
Kobeissi, in Brussels on June 26, 2010,
making her and husband, Hani, very
proud.
’97
Bassel Abou Zaki
is a lawyer with a
Master in Corporate Finance from Lon-
don. He is currently working within the
Capital Markets Group of Shearman &
Sterling LLP in Paris, advising on public
and private securities offerings, derivatives
and structured finance transactions.
‘99
Ourouba El-Arab
became an associate
with the Dispute Resolution Team of
Simmons & Simmons, the international
law firm, working from their branch office
in Abu Dhabi.