David ZILBERMAN

This year was a mixed bag for our family. We welcomed a new grandchild: Geo Jones Benaderet, who was born to Shie and Leigh in February in Seattle. Amazingly, Geo already walks and babbles away to himself in a language we will soon learn to understand. His 18-month-old Bostonian cousin, Arlo, loves dancing and music;

The year 2013 was a year of renewal for me and my family. We welcomed two grandchildren: Arlo, born to Eyal and Beth in Boston, who is now 7 months and Adelaide, a New Yorker born to Aytan and Davina, who is now 3+ months and next year we are expecting another grandchild of Shie

As some of you may know, every summer during the past few years I have participated in the Bioeconomy Conference in Italy, which is generally held in Ravello. This year, I added Prague and Vienna to the annual Bio economy event, and it was worth it (even though I feel guilty missing the early days

Many of you have been wondering why I missed my ASSA session in Chicago. Here is what happened: On the Thursday before the conference, I boarded my flight from San Francisco to Chicago. I had had only a small breakfast and a dark chocolate (consistent with my famous diet) for the entire day. On the

I had a great 9 days in Brazil and was too busy to write. Here is a little summary of what we did and I will write another entry on what we have learned. I went to Brazil with Prof. Madhu Khanna in order to learn the truth about the biofuel sector in Brazil. We

2010 was a year mixed of good and bad. This year Leorah and I became empty nesters for real(several times in the past the kids have left, but boomeranged back). Shie and Leigh moved to Seattle where Shie is running the computer system of the high school and they are both teaching. Beth and Eyal

The $40,000 investment in the Warriors paid off! After 7 years tonight I was SEASON TICKET HOLDER OF THE GAME. The Warriors lost (nothing new) so I was robbed from getting a signed ball. Yet there where significant material gains – a stringy but elegant exclusive back pack, a unique white t-shirt (they knew that

The story from David: Keith (the Dean),Federico, and I were driving to downtown to meet alumni in a restaurant. Federico – whose  navigation skills are not better that mine – was driving around the same four streets in circles, and attracted the attention of two policemen. The two policemen stopped us to check our papers.