Michael Gerver

Profile Updated: September 11, 2021
Residing In Raanana Israel
Spouse/Partner Deborah
Occupation Patent Agent
Children Miriam, born 1977; Adina, born 1979; Avi, born 1982; Mollie, born 1985
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Went to Brandeis, majoring in physics, graduated in 1970. Got PhD in physics at UC Berkeley in 1977, with thesis in plasma physics. Postdoc and research scientist at Cornell University, Laboratory of Plasma Studies, 1976-79. On research staff at MIT Plasma Fusion Center, and one year in Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1979-1989. Senior engineer at SatCon Technology Corp., in Cambridge, doing research in motors and actuators, smart materials, vibration control, etc., 1990-1997. Independent consultant 1997-2000. Moved to Raanana, Israel in 2000. Worked at GE Medical Systems in Haifa, doing research on MRI, 2000-2001. Since 2001 I have worked as a patent agent, on biomedical instrumentation and other physics-related patents, at patent law firms, first at Fenster & Co., and since 2007 at Ehrlich & Fenster in Ramat Gan.

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The things that stick most in my mind from my B-CC days, after all these years, are the Math Club/Math Team, and Mr. Steele's AP physics class, senior year.

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I didn't know Diane, and I didn't go to the Beatles concert. But I do remember, right after the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, arguing with Tapio Mattson '64 (who also rode on the Summit Hill school bus) about how big the Beatles would eventually be. Tapio said that they would end up being bigger than Elvis ever was. I said no, that's impossible!

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Ellen, from what I remember you and Cornie were pretty close even in 10th grade, when you were both in Mrs. Dean's art class, and always seemed to be giggling together. In fact, I'm pretty sure that you and she were both involved in the mustache-painting incident that I mentioned in the message I posted above, a few months ago. Do you remember that, by any chance?

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And here is her drawing published in the B-CC literary magazine CHIPS, our senior year, for those of you who don't have a copy, or can't easily put your hands on it. The attention to detail, maybe one could say obsession with detail, is something in common with "Zwanbien," the painting I linked to from 1984.

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Here's a link to an image of one of her painted fabric works that she created in the last year of her life.

http://americanartluce.tumblr.com/post/91948948966/cornelia-breitenbach-zwanbien-1984-paint-on

This seems like a good example of her style as it is described (and as she described it) in the fourth paragraph of the obituary I linked to above.

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