Dottie Welch Retires, But Her Legacy Lives On

The University of Rochester produces a series of lovely looking, glossy magazines. The main publication, the Rochester Review, comes out every other month and reports news university wide. The engineering school also produces a magazine, the Full Spectrum, which appears every quarter. All the while that Dave was attending school at Rochester, both Anne and I would pour over each new issue hoping to catch a glimpse of or a reference to David. Alas, it was to no avail, he never appeared in either magazine. He worked hard, but also kept his head down, which was bad for self publicity purposes. Flash forward three years after Dave graduated from Rochester and there he is, near the center of a scrum about Dottie Welch, the Biomedical Engineering Department’s Undergraduate Coordinator. This photo, along with the Full Spectrum announcement of Ms. Welch’s retirement appeared in the latest issue. I’ve also include another photo I took at Dave’s commencement.  This picture includes, Anne, Dave, Dottie and Dave’s advisor, whose name escapes me. Except that she was so instrumental in getting his career going. Anne is apparently wearing her Queen Mum crown.

David and His Three Moms