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On Mother’s Day, Angel Luis (ARAMCO 1984-2009) and Monin Colberg welcomed their first grandson, Trent Davian Manke, into the world. Kenneth (ARAMCO 1980-2000) and Lee Manke welcomed their third grandchild.
Trent’s parents are ARAMCO Brats Thomas (RT ’89) and Jennifer Colberg Manke (RT ’96).
Trent was born in San Diego, CA on Sunday morning, May 12th, 2013.
Raha Moharrak scales the Nepalese side of the tallest peak on Earth.
The New York Times reports, “First Saudi Woman Scales Mount Everest“; By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: May 18, 2013:
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Saudi Arabian woman was among 64 people who successfully scaled Mount Everest on Saturday from Nepal’s side of the mountain, according to mountaineering officials.
An official with Nepal’s Mountaineering Department, Tilak Padney, said that 35 foreigners accompanied by 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the 29,035-foot peak on Saturday morning after climbing all night from the highest camp on South Col, the pass between Everest and a neighboring mountain.
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AramcoExPats.com founder and president Vicci Turner addresses the 2013 Saudi Aramco retirees in this informative video presentation. Following a brief address to the current retirees, Vicci goes on to share with you an entertaining overview of what makes AramcoExPats.com the perfect extension of the Aramco community. We hope you enjoy the show.
Samia Khan completed her Ph.D. Samia is the daughter of Mrs. Imtiaz Jehan and Qamar Khan (Badge #73036 and Saudi Aramco Ex-Employee Association Member), who retired in March 2012 after serving 37 wonderful years with Saudi Aramco.
Samia completed Junior High at Abqaiq Academy and at the age of 15, she left her home and moved across the world to the Madeira School, Virginia, USA with a dream of a higher education. In 2003, she moved to the Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), Ohio, USA where she received her B.S in Biochemistry and Biology.
With encouragement from her parents and mentors at OWU, Samia decided to pursue a PhD that lead to her ultimate move to Miami in 2007. She entered into the umbrella Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences (IBS) program at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and later joined the Cancer Biology Program.
After doing several research rotations, Samia wanted to study immunology and joined the laboratory of Dr. Eckhard Podack where she worked on the generation of TL1A-Ig, a drug that has therapeutic implications in asthma, cancer, organ transplantation and several other human diseases.
During her PhD program, Samia got married to Imran Khan in September, 2011. She successfully defended her dissertation on January 25, 2013. Imran accompanied her on this special day. Samia would like to thank her family members who were a constant source of encouragement and support throughout her graduate school career.
Currently, Samia resides in Chicago, IL with her husband and works for the Rush University Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Scientist. She can be contacted at samiaqkhan@gmail.com.
GQ Khan, Iqbal Khan, Kamal Farooqi, MA Matin and Shafiq KhanThe monthly meeting of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA), Karachi, Pakistan was held on May 02, 2013. The attendees were as follows:
SAEEA OFFICE BEARERS:
Following are the highlights:
If you have any question or comments then please call Engr. Iqbal A. Khan 03217014929 or write to him on iqbalkhan.2010@live.com.