Tim Redl sends warm greetings from deep in the heart of Texas, where he has lived since graduation. The year 2011 was a busy one for Tim. In April he was awarded tenure and promoted to the position of associate professor of mathematics in the department of computer and mathematical sciences at the University of Houston-Downtown.


Tim, who has master’s and Ph.D. in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University, also received the University of Houston-Downtown’s Excellence in Teaching Award last year. Last summer he was part of a team of mathematics and education faculty that applied for, and received, a $1.08-million grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and provide scholarships to students seeking to earn bachelor’s in mathematics and become certified to teach math in high school. 


“Most importantly,” Tim writes, “I married the love of my life, Amy Chappuis, on August 20 in Houston (with Ben Sweetser as my best man). Amy and I recently purchased a home and live together in nearby Pearland, Texas.”


Congratulations to Angelique Crain, an associate in the New York office of Paul Hastings, who was honored November 14 at the Sanctuary for Families Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Awards & Benefit. She and other attorneys in the city were recognized for outstanding pro bono representation and advocacy on behalf of victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking. The recognized attorneys collectively devoted hundreds of hours to cases involving immigration, international family reunification, child custody, contested and uncontested divorces, orders of protection and asylum.


Hope 2012 is treating everyone well. Please send me your news.


—Jason Casell, 9209 Donner Lane, Austin, TX 78749; jhcasell@gmail.com