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Meet Curt Chadwick - a Board member of PPSG

Curt Chadwick is near the end of a long career as a design engineer specializing in mechanical engineering and physics. He obtained a Master's degree in physics from Kansas State University in 1965 and a PhD in Applied Mechanics from Stanford in 1972. After working as an opto-mechanical engineer for 6 years, he joined KLA Instruments in 1978 as its 70th employee. KLA later merged with Tencor to become KLA-Tencor, the premier supplier of automatic machines for inspecting semiconductors for all types of defects.

Curt grew with the company, managing the optical and mechanical design of six of the company's major products obtaining 17 patents along the way. He retired in 2003 returning as a consultant after a year off building houses with Habitat for Humanity.

He has now retired from consulting freeing up time for working with the PPSG board of directors and doing more work with Habitat for Humanity.

Carpentry (both houses and furniture) is one of his passions starting at age 7 with elaborate tree houses and hamster cages.

Another of Curt's passions has been rock and mountain climbing. Highlights are the first ascent of Tehipite Dome, a 3000 foot high vertical face in King's Canyon National Park , and the 3rd ascent of the Pioneer ridge on Mt. McKinley .

Curt has also been an avid bicycle rider (mountain and road) for many years. He still enjoys it in spite of his diagnosis of PD in February, 2005. He has been attending the San Jose Willow Glen support group ever since.

Bernadette, Curt's wife of many years, is also active in PPSG, in both the support group and the care givers group.

Bernadette and Curt are active in the Center for Spiritual Awareness a non-denominational group emphasizing meditation. They have both been committed to regular meditation for the last 27 years.

Their son Charles is enrolled in the Master's program at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Some news about Andy Grove
PPSG links to Andy Grove

Parkinson's Disease Foundation 50th Anniversary Symposium on Parkinson's Disease Webcast

To commemorate 50 years of service to the Parkinson's community, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) presented a comprehensive round-up of the state of Parkinson's science at a two-day symposium on October 11 and 12.The jam-packed program was webcast live and featured top-notch Parkinson's professionals presenting the latest news in Parkinson's science and quality of life initiatives. The webcast will be available on the PDF site www.pdf.org/50th for one year until October 2008.

We hope that you will view this in-depth review of Parkinson's science by visiting www.pdf.org/50th.

The Possible Role of Environmental Iron and Pesticide Exposure in Parkinson's disease
These slides are from the talk that Professor Julie Andersen, PhD, from the
Buck Institute of Age Research
8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato
CA 94945
gave at the PPSG Volunteer luncheon on October 25, 2007 on "The Possible Role of Environmental Iron and Pesticide Exposure in Parkinson's disease"

To view Dr Andersen's slides, click Buck Institute Brain Power Point

New Scale for Measuring PD Increases Role of Patients and Caregivers
Click Here
or see Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Read the latest book review (April 2007) by Allan Daily.
Here is a book list recommended Allan Daily of the PPSG board.
PD readings 2007

A very interesting article by William Langston, M.D. that discusses many non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease and is highly recommended:
PD_More_than_a_Movement_Disorder

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This page last updated June 21, 2008

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