Welcome ToThe Syntex Syva Alumni Association
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New and continuing Officers:
President: Velimir Kuftinec
Vice President: Tom Moran
Recording Secretary: Mary Mulkins
Corresponding Secretary: Bonnie Wagner
Treasurer and Membership: Carolyn Lyon
Board of Directors Members: Richard Bastiani, Jackie Brown, Linval DePass, David Ellis, Kim Graham, Bonnie Horner, Carolyn Peterson, Rick Salazar (Memorabilia Chair), Kent Stormer, Bill Taylor (Webmaster & photographer).
Contributors: Gerry Blaufarb legal advisor and Gerri Smoluk Newsletter editor.
The SSAA needs your help!
We are frequently surprised to hear from former Syntex/Syva employees that they have never heard of the SSAA or believe that it is just for retirees (it's for all former employees). The only means we have to 'advertise' is through word of mouth. Please forward our Web address, http://www.syntexsyvaalumni.org, to ex-Syntexers/Syvas whom you know to inform them of the organization and our activities. Also, if you are attending the picnic or the ARGM, please tell others about the event.
Also, if you are interested in serving on the SSAA Board, please e-mail SSAA.
About SSAA This private, members only section requires an ID and a Password.
Until now all of the content of the SSAA Web site have been open to public viewing. For privacy, no member information has been presented on this site, including the Newsletters or the Member Directory. Some members have requested that the SSAA Newsletters and Directory be made available on this site, so now there is a password protected private section for members to access.
The private section contains a Members page that lists various information and links to the SSAA Newsletters page and Directory page. The Newsletters page has all of the Newsletters, beginning with issue #1, presented in numerical order as pdf files. Software such as Adobe Reader is required to open and view the pdf files.
The ID and Password and the procedure to access this private section will be sent to all current SSAA members in each future Newsletter. Please look for this information and save the ID and Password for continued access. If a password change is determined to be necessary in the future, then members will be informed of the new password prior to the change being made. To maintain member privacy, please don’t share this information, Directory or Newsletters with non-SSAA people.
The focus of the Life Sciences Foundation is to tell the story of Biotechnology. You can use the link to the LSF and see the tribute article to Alejando Zaffaroni biotechhistory.org. Also, a keyword search of 'Syntex' gives several articles.
The SSAA continues to collect Syntex memorabilia and the Life Sciences Foundation has agreed to archive it as a historical collection and for publications.
In October 2015 the Life Sciences Foundation merged with the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Their statement: "CHF continues to collect, preserve, and exhibit historical artifacts; engage communities of scientists and engineers; and tell the stories of the people behind breakthroughs and innovations".
The CHF has an interesting series of films titled Scientists You Must Know and one segment is about George Rosenkranz that can be viewed at this link.
With 115 members and spouses attending, the picnic was another successful get together. The great Armadillo Willy's BBQ, Best Beverages and Golden State ice cream were enjoyed by all. This year the raffle included some Syntex/Syva memorabilia in addition to the gift cards.
Thanks to all who attended for keeping the spirit of Syntex & Syva alive!
Click here for photos of the picnic courtesy of Dave Ellis, Vel Kuftinec, Carolyn Peterson and Bonnie Wagner.
(If needed, instructions for viewing the photos on the Shutterfly site are presented in the Photos section. )
***Please let us know if you have any comments that you'd like to pass on, please e-mail us at ssaa@syntexsyvaalumni.org
Please click here to send us an e-mail and tell us of an activity that would be of interest to you and whether you would volunteer to be the activity leader.
Possibilities include, but are not limited to: *VMWare tour; *Filoli Gardens Tour; *Golf Tournament; *Rosie the Riveter Museum; *Asian Art Museum; *Casino Bus Trip; *Beach Blanket Babylon; *Wine Country; *Treasure Island; *Symphony/concert; *Monterey Bay Aquarium; *Financial Planning seminar; *Biotech lecture; *USS Hornet.
