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Moishe (Moses) Scolnik: Fanny's father

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Fanny Scolnik Stein and her kids Eugene and Ruth

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Fanny Scolnik Stein-bookkeeper in her husband's business: Bestfit Knitting Mills. Her brother Jack Scolnik also worked there.

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Fanny's brother William Scolnik and his wife Leah (maiden name Scolnik--some kind of cousin. The are buried in Miami, Florida

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Ruth Stein (Fanny's daughter) Miner around 1920:  Laura Miner's Albums

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Jack Scolnik and wife with daughters Ernestine and Dolores c.1940? Laura Miner's Albums

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Ruth Stein Miner-college or grad school Laura Miner's Albums

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Ruth Stein Miner-chemist for US Navy around 1942 in St. Louis, working on battleship paint formulas.  Laura Miner's Albums

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Fanny, Jack, William,and their mother Dora/Dvosseh Scolnik came to NY on this ship in Nov 1909, tourist class, not through Ellis Island.

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Fanny and Ruth

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FANNY ON HORSEBACK IN 1920s

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Fanny's grandchildren: Miner kids c1952

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Rochel (Skolnick) Weiner (Rachel in USA)
Girl = Scheine Weiner (Sadie in USA)
boy = Asie Weiner (Izzy, then Irving in USA)
Use as you will. regards,
Arnold Rabinowitz

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1.Fanny's brother William Scolnik and his wife Leah
I am in the process of researching my family, and came across your
site. My uncle was William Scolnick, who was married to Leah--I came
across her picture with Willie's on the website. Leah was my father's
sister. Her maiden name was not Scolnick--she was not a cousin. Her
maiden name was Axelrod--her mother's name was Sarah, father was
Victor Axelrod. My father was her brother, Murray. She had a
brother, Seymour who was killed in Italy during WWII in 1945. Her
surviving sisters were Kate, Gladys, Eva, Sadie and Martha.
I hope this clears up something for the Scolnick family. We are
trying to find, if you have any info, my grandmother's mother--her
name was Ida or Chaya Farber. Ida was the 2nd wife of Elias Jaffe.
My grandmother's name was Sadie Jaffe Lewis. Thanks---Marcia
Axelrod Silbe

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The Skolnik family of Rehovot

Levi Eshkol [nee Shkolnik]
By Prof. Ofra Nevo, Eshkol’s daughter http://research.haifa.ac.il/~eshkol/roots.html
Levi Eshkol was born in 1895 in the Ukrainian village of Oratovo (near Kiev). His mother, Devorah, came from an energetic business family that leaned towards Hassidism. His father, Yoseph Shkolnik was a son of a bookish, religiously devout family, that leaned towards the "Mitnagdim", the Lithuanian stream in Judaism. The seeds for the two traits - the business and the spiritual, finances and quotes from the Sages, the value of work and Biblical verses - were planted in him at home.
Home was in the midst of forests and orchards. The family traded in lumber, cattle and fish, and operated flower mills. A family accustomed to both industry and agriculture. His mother, Devorah, had nine sons and one daughter, of whom only four boys survived. Levi was the second.
At the age of four he and his brother Lippa were sent to their grandfather, to study in the "Heider". Later on he studied the Talmud, and students-tutors were hired to teach the two teenagers secular subjects.
Two years after the Bar Mitsvah he applied to a High School in the region, but was rejected because of the restrictions on Jewish students. He traveled to the Hebrew Gymnasium in Vilna, where he joined the "Young Zionists" organization.
Inspired by Yoseph Shprinzak (after 1948 - the first speaker of the Knesset) - a leader of "Hapoel Hatsair" - Levi decided to "make Alyiah" - to go to Israel. Levi declined his parents financial support. "Only if I come empty-handed will these hands be ready to work..."
During World War I, he volunteered for the Jewish Legion of the British Army, and joined the group which founded the settlement of Degania Beth.
Eshkol later worked in the Histadrut Labor Federation's Agricultural Center. He participated in the establishment of "Mekorot," Israel's water utility, in 1937, and served as its chief executive until 1951.
In 1940, he became a member of the Haganah, and in 1947 he organized the recruiting drive for what became the Israel Defense Forces. With the establishment of the State he became the first DirectorúGeneral of the Ministry of Defense, in effect the supplier of the material which kept the Israeli army in the field. He also became the head of the World Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency's Settlement Department in 1948.
In 1951 Eshkol was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Development and from 1952 until 1963 he served as Minister of Finance. He remained Chairman of the WZO/JAFI Settlement Department until 1963. Eshkol is largely responsible for obtaining funds to develop the country, absorb massive immigration waves and equip the army.
In June 1963, Eshkol assumed the post of Prime Minister. The high point of his premiership was the Six Day War of June 1967. When Egypt and Syria precipitated the crisis, Eshkol established a Government of National Unity, relinquishing the Defense portfolio to Moshe Dayan and bringing Menachem Begin of Herut into the Cabinet.
Eshkol found other sources of military supplies for the Israeli armed forces, particularly in the United States, after France began its military boycott of the Jewish state before the 1967 war. The war itself was a vindication of his efforts at the Ministry of Defense to provide the IDF with the best equipment available. In just six days, Israel succeeded in liberating Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan Heights, reuniting Jerusalem, and capturing the Sinai peninsula.
Eshkol died in office on February 26, 1969 of a heart attack.  
Degania/ By Asaf Agin
EARLY TIMES IN THE JORDAN VALLEY ... Herzel’s death and the fear of pogroms in the Jewish quarters were his childhood harsh memories . The stories of Israeli Shlihim (messengers) and reading the "Hatsfirah" excited his imagination... The meeting with Yoseph Shprinzak, Barsky’s letter to the members of Degania after the murder of his son Moshe, and the news about Yoseph Zalzman’s murder while plowing a field in Kinneret, concluded his decision...
Arriving on the ship "Heluan", in February 1914 (the last year of the Second Alyia) he stays in the famous Haiim Baruch hotel in Yaffo, and goes out to know the land, from Rishon Le'Zion to Ruhama.
Shkolnik was, from his first days here, a "Poel" - a Worker with conscience, and longing for the toil of the land. Laying water pipe for the irrigation of the orchards of Petah Tikvah was his firs chore. After that he goes to "conquer the land" in Kalandia, working in the olive and grape orchards, and experiencing the need of weapons for self defense. World War I ended that chapter in his life.
Wandering with his friends they lived for a while in Rishon Le'Zion (November 1914). That year he, with friends, founded "Kvutsat Avoda", aiming to establish a settlement. But due to the destitution caused by the war, he was elected to the central committee of the workers in Judea. He dedicated himself to public work, caring for employment, income and the basic needs of the Southern Workers. Thus was carved his public image as the man who deciphered the code of ties between Man, Land and Water.
In June 1918 he disregarded the dictum of his Party, "Hapoel Hatsair", and volunteered to the 40th Jewish Battalion.
FROM KFAR URIAH TO DEGANIA. The "Avoda" group, coming together again after the war, in Kfar Uriah, moved to a collective settlement on JNF land, in the Jordan Valley. It was in response to a call by Yoseph Bussel. Their settlement was designed by Shkolnik. Degania B' was born near it's "mother", Degania A.
Shkolnik divided his time, from the first day of Degania B', between labor during the day and public service at night. Here he built his home, in the famous two stories shack, and developed the doctrine of equality between woman and man.
The goal of the settlement was a diversified and technologically advanced enterprise. Shkolnik guides the establishment of the water installation - the beginning of irrigation, and buys the first tractor - the beginning of cultivation.
As a delegate of "Hapoel Hatsair" to the Zionist Congress, he is the representative of the Settlement Movement, but delightfully he comes back to his beloved "turia" (the typical digging tool of those days), the one he loved since Petah Tikvah, and to channel, bare foot, the stream of water in the vegetable field. From behind the "turia" he was called to direct the preparations for the Second Agricultural Convention. Here his organizational talents were shown, hence placing him in the front line of the Workers Settlement Movement, in the "Merkaz Haklay".
SHKOLNIK AND THE SETTLEMENTS The "Merkaz Haklay" was the mechanism that lead the Settlements during the pre-State era of the "Yishuv". Kvotsa, Kibbuts, Workers' Moshav, Collective Moshav, Womens' Enterprise ("Meshek Poalot"), and Seed groups working in the Colonies, were legends materializing into reality during the 20s (The Third and Fourth Aliah) and the 30s (the Fifth Aliah). The friendship with his colleagues, his membership in Degania B' and his Movement - where he was the key mover for the union of "Hever Ha'Kvutsot" and "Gordonia", continued. He was a full partner in the negotiations that brought forth the communal collaboration of the settlements in the Jordan Valley.
Shkolnik found "Nir" (the financial organ of the Workers settlements) in 1934, and with it he helped the JNF to purchase land. He was sent to Germany to negotiate the "Ha'avarah" agreement, for saving Jewish property in Germany. Establishing and managing "Mekorot" (the Water Sources and Distribution Company), he used "Mekorot" bonds as means to buy equipment for water systems with "Ha'avarah" monies. Jewish money from Germany come, that way, to strengthen the Settlements. "Hityashvut Ha'Eleph" and "Homa U'Migdal" that were the response to the publication of the English Pyll Committee, and the bloody events of 1936 -1939, were the last activities in this chapter.
In 1942 Shkolnik is called to a new front - the Secretariat of the Tel Aviv Workers Council. That role involves him with political activities: confronting the groups on the Right and the political opposition ("Syiah B") within the Party. There he comes back to deal with the hardships of the workers life. Shkolnik wins the trust of the workers, the respect of the political right, and the esteem of his opponents within the Party ("Ahdut Ha'Avodah").
In August 1946, as acting head of the Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency, he leads the settlement endeavors in the Negev, of which the crown act was the founding of eleven settlements in one day, Yom Kippur.
ESHKOL OF WATER, LAND AND MAN
Eshkol's 35 years before the birth of the State were sign posts for the active 22 years, until his death in 1969. The draining of the Hullah swamps, the Country's Water System, 400 Moshavim, Industrial and Agricultural developments - echo his claim: "Water for us is blood". Only he, who knew the right linkage between Man, Land and Water, understood the tie between man's blood and the blood of the land. The tie that linked the water hole in Kalandia to the Eshkol Region in the Negev.
Eshkol's humor -
Turning a disadvantage into an advantage is found in a story that was told by his Degania friend Nachum Rosenfeld: Once we were confronted by a force of Arabs who were recruited to the Turkish army (First World War years). They tried to steal the Kibbutz grapes. Eshkol beat one of them. The Arab's friends grabbed Eshkol and hit him while throwing him onto the ground. In the meantime, the Turks who lead a troop approached, and the Arabs disappeared/ Eshkol got up, fixed his hair, and said: "Let them go to hell!" And then, with a tone of self-satisfaction: "I've been in this country for just a few weeks and I already curse in Hebrew and not in Russian."
Levi Eshkol - Prime Minister By Shimon Peres 
Former Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol succeeded David Ben Gurion and served as Prime Minister from 1963 to 1969. From 1963 to 1967 he was both Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. In addition of being one of the founders of the first Kibbutsim (Degania), he was considered a leader of Israeli agriculture, particularly its irrigation systems, and a builder of Israel's economy.
His greater challenge was the Six Day War, conducted under his premiership that brought Israel to its greatest military victory of three countries - Egypt, Jordan and Syria, thus putting the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights under Israeli control. The Eshkol government united Jerusalem and finalized its borders as the Capital of Israel.
The Eshkol government suggested to trade land for peace in all three fronts, but without a response from the Arab side.
His achievements reflected his personality. He was determined, but not obstinate. Flexible, but not submissive. Serious in action, but folkloristic in speech. He did not demonstrate everything that he knew. He kept back reserve of knowledge and expertise in readiness for emergencies.He understood the art of compromise, of give and take, avoiding resentment and schism. He knew that without compromise life is impossible: "Everybody is in love with his own compromise"... He loved to be in the center, but he was never jealous of the success or centrality of others. Rising stars did not worry him. He saw them as signs of life enrichment.
Eshkol's landscape was basic: the sea and the land, the valley and the hill, and the creative experience of man turning a naked dream-picture into a concrete reality, in which people walk about, flourish and continue to dream. Eshkol was drawn to such landscapes and he harnessed them to his artistic talent, which was both lyrical and prosaic.
His Zionism was Agricultural Zionism. Furrows in the soil meant as much to him as did the charms of philosophy, and his personality was as purposeful as of life itself. His faith was steadfast - without moods and changes. His faith, his sobriety, his optimism, combined with a unique sense of humor, enabled him to draw together people of different temperaments and conflicting energies, and direct them toward creative activities. A good thinker, he was also a high flier, a central figure amongst the most daring and illustrious visionaries of his people.
He contributed greatly to the strengthening of Israel's defense capacity. He knew that in the question of defense it is vital to first recognize the danger and only then to consider the price; to look to the demands of tomorrow, not to the achievements of yesterday. He was not worried by the strength of our enemies. He feared our own weakness. He exemplified how to overcome them.
Eshkol's humor -
…would he have had the opportunity to read this book, Eshkol would have probably said:: "Did I say such clever things?"
***"In the first several weeks after I was appointed to the Prime Ministry, when the Prime Minister's arrival was announced during receptions or during other public events, I used to look around and find who was coming."
***." In response to a reporter's question about the Israeli-French relations, Eshkol said: "The relations are so stable, that they do not require a monthly check-up."
Abba Hillel Skolnick was born in 1850 in Plutel [near Salant], Lithuania to Rabbi Shlomo Skolnick who was the rabbi of the town for 45 years. He studied in the yeshiva and was appointed as a shochet. He settled in the town of liboa and wrote poetry. As was suggested to him by shalom Aleichem he collected and researched Proverb. 
Descendants of Chaim Leib Shkolnik http://www.barrison.net/shkolnik.html 
1 Chaim Leib Shkolnik b: ? in Russia d: 1941 in Russia (shtetl unknown)
+1st Wife (name unknown) b: ? in Russia d: circa 1894 in Russia(shtetl unknown), married ? in Russia i. Esther Shkolnik b:circa 1894 in Russia d: 1981 in Bronx County, NY .
Cause of Death - Heart Attack. Occupation -Seamstress, Homemaker.
+Abraham Oser b: May 28, ???? in Kiev Region, Russia m: ? in Massachusetts
d: November 1956 in Bronx County, NY. Children - 5. Total Descendants - approximately 37. ii.Older Brother(?) Shkolnik - Date of birth and date of death unknown -
cause of death was tuberculosis (word of mouth) 
 
*2nd Wife of Chaim Leib Shkolnik:
+2nd Wife Kices Born, Married and Died in Russia - no further information, Occupation: Seamstress. i. Shloime Shkolnik (m) b: ? in Russia d: 1915 in Russia
+Spouse Unknown b: ? in Russia m: ? in Russia d: ?. No recorded descendants. 
ii. Pesi Shkolnik(f) b: ? in Russia d: ?
+Spouse Unknown b: ? in Russia m: ? in Russia d: ?. Number of Children - 3. 
iv. Rivka Leah Shkolnik (f) b: ? in Russia d: ?
+Spouse Unknown b: ? m: ? in Russia d: Unknown. Number of Children - 2. 
v.Dvora Shkolnik (f) b: ? in Russia d: ?
+Spouse Unknown b: ? m: ? in Russia d: Unknown. Number of Children - 4.  
vi. Moishe Shkolnik (m) b: ? in Russia d: ?
+Spouse Unknown b: ? m: ? in Russia d: Unknown. Number of Children - 2. 
vii. Burach ("Ben") Shkolnick b: ? in Russia d: ? in Winnepeg, Canada
+Rivka Malmed b: ? in Russia m: ? d: ? in Winnepeg, Canada .
Number of Children - 1. Total Descendants - at least 5. 
viii. Tobe Shkolnik (f) b: ? in Russia d: ?
ix. Marim Shkolnik (f) b: ? in Russia d: ?.
SPECIAL NOTE: Tobe and Marim Shkolnik were identical twins. 
 
Although the information about this branch of the family is sketchy, it is certainly a starting point. The majority of the information was included in a letter written by the daughter of Burach ("Ben") Shkolnik to Mimi Barrison in 1981. Her family is from Winnepeg, Canada and it is the only branch of the Shkolnik family with whom we have made contact. Our hope, therefore, is to eventually connect with the many other descendants of Chaim Leib Shkolnik.  
Esther Shkolnik Oser immigrated to America in the early 1900s via the Port of Boston. According to family folklore, her older brother was originally supposed to immigrate, but since he had tuburculosis, Esther went in his place. Before marrying Abraham Oser circa 1914-1915, she worked as a seamstress in a sewing factory in Massachusetts. After relocating to Bronx County, NY with her family, Esther became a U.S. citizen circa 1938-1940.  
 
 
PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES  My Memories of Esther Shkolnik Oser
Written by Mimi Barrison on October 30, 1996  
Once upon a time,
In a land long ago,
There lived the Great Queen Esther,
To her there's much the Jews owe. 
Now, in more recent years,
The Osers had a "Queen Esther" of their own,
From whom we're all descended,
To her our existence we owe!  *********************************************** Grandma Esther, my paternal grandmother, was an integral part of my childhood. She lived in Bronx, NY and I remember visiting her frequently (which was fun because we got to go to the Bronx Zoo often!). On nice days, she would always be sitting on her folding chair outside of her apartment building, chatting with her friends. This, I believe, was one of the reasons why she didn't want to come live with us in the suburbs - "What would I do with myself there?" she would ask. She always took care of herself in that little apartment - I remember one humorous tale she told of a mouse she found in her bathroom. "It looked at me with a great big black eye...so I flushed it!" she said with pride!  Grandma would always join us for Thanksgiving and Passover. I remember her telling us a story in Russian, although I don't remember what it means - I just know it started "Chum...Chum...".  
Famous for her delicious blintzes, we always knew when Grandma was cooking when heard the "clank-clank-clank" of the pots in the kitchen! Grandma also created beautiful embroidery, cross-stitch being one of her specialty.  
Grandma always kept in touch with world events and politics, always knowing what was going on in the world. Even when she was living in the Nursing Home on Pelham Parkway, she was high-spirited - I remember her waving her cane at Dad and saying "Come here, Sonny!"  
***********************************************  ...And now I have a daughter,
To her I gave your name,
Through Elayna, our new "Queen Esther",
Your legacy remains! 
 
 
Shkolnik Vladimir
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan
Personal Profile:
1973, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Physics and Mathematics Institute. Engineer-Physicist. 1973-92, Engineer-Physicist, Deputy Head, Laboratory, Chief Engineer and Deputy Director, Mangyshlak Power Industrial Complex; 1992-99, General Director, Agency of Atomic Energy; 1994-96, Minister of Science and New Technologies; 1996-98, Minister of Science and President, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 1999, Minister of Science and Higher Education; since 1999, current position. President, Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan. 1997, Member, Supreme Economic Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Honorary President, Skating Federation of Kazakhstan. 1998, recipient of the Parasat Order. Author of more than 140 scientific papers. Interests: economic development of Kazakhstan; human rights and environment protection.
 Shkolnik (A Student or a Pupil in English) is an original Soviet camera, which was manufactured in 1962-1969 by the BELOMO plant in Belorussia. It is a simple box-type camera; it uses 120 film, frame size - 6x6. Its telescopic viewfinder has a magnification of .45x and its elements are made of plastic. The two element glass lens has a focal length of 75mm and is fixed focus; all objects from 3.5 meters to infinity come out sharp.    Permanent Address:     Present Address                    77 Kirkwood Rd                                                                          PO Box 24215 
                    West Hartford, CT 06117                                                          Atlanta, GA 30322
                    860-236-9969                                                                             404-275-0338                                                                                                ashkoln@ece.gatech.edu
EDUCATION
Emory University, 4.0 / 4.0 GPA in CS / Math major, 3.8 overall                            Atlanta, GA M.S. in Computer Science/Mathematics                                                        Expected May 2003 
B.S. in Computer Science/Mathematics                                                        Expected May 2003 
        and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology                                                                                
                                                                         
HONORS  Accelerated 4 yr B.S. / M.S. program in Computer Science / Mathematics, Emory Honors Program in Computer Science / Mathematics, Emory 
Emory University Dean’s List National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, 2003 
Who’s Who Among American College Students, 2003 
Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory (SURE) Fellow, 2001, 2002 
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Science - honorable mention, 2002 The National Dean’s List, 2000 Golden Key, International academic honor society, will be inducted in 2003 
Phi Beta Kappa, National academic honor society, junior inductee, member since 2002 Omicron Delta Kappa, National leadership honor society, member since 2002 
Nu Rho Psi, Neuroscience honor society, member since 2001  
Omicron Delta Epsilon, International economics honor society, member since 2001
PRESENTATIONS
Shkolnik, A., Ben-Ary, G., DeMarse, T., Sweetman, I., Gamblen, P., Zurr, I., Catts, O., Potter, S., “Neurally Controlled Robotic Drawing Arm - MultiElectrode Array Art (MEART),” Poster presented at the Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory (SURE) Poster Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, August 2002. 
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ashkoln/Potter/poster/meart-poster.pdf   Ben-Ary, G., Potter S, DeMarse T, Shkolnik A, T., Sweetman, I., Gamblen, P., Zurr, I., Catts, O., The current status of research into Meart – the semi living artist – Stage 2. Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth symposium: The Aesthetics of Care, p59-62. August 2002.  
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/images/meart/meart_i.pdf Shkolnik, A., Edwards, D., “Is the Medial Nucleus of the Amygdala Important for Mating in Male Mice,” Poster presented at the Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory (SURE) Poster Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, August 2001. http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ashkoln/SURE2001/mna-poster.pdfACTIVITIES Russian Club: President, Emory, 1999 - present, (previously V. P. and Treasurer) Assoc. for Comp. Machinery (ACM) student chapter: Chair, 2002 - present 
Comp2100 Computer Club: President/Founder, Emory University, 2000 – 2002 
College Council: Vice President of Technology, Emory University, 2001 – 2002 
Outdoor Emory Club, Emory University, 1999 - 2001 
Member:   AAAS since 2001; ACM since 2002
COMPUTER /
SKILLS Programming in Java, C/C++, ASP, Access/ADO, VBA, HTML, _JavaScript, UNIX, Matlab, Pascal, Eosys, TechOptimizer 
Microsoft Site Developer (MSDN) member 
Familiar with personal computer hardware. Can diagnose and fix most hardware and software problems A+ certified computer technician (Comptia) – 100% customer satisfaction rating 
Knowledgable in TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving); certified in Innovative Technology of Design with TechOptimizer by Invention Machine Corp 
 
 
 
ATHLETICS SCUBA – PADI open water certified, NAUI nitrox and Master Scuba Diver certified Varsity Track and Field, High school through second year of college  
 RESEARCH    
 
 
Georgia Institute of Technology                                                                        Atlanta, GA 
Research Fellow (SURE 2002)                                                                            2002 - Present 
·   Studying plasticity in cultured neural networks of dissociated cortical rat brain tissue, with the long term aim of providing a robotic embodiment for the neural networks ·  Worked with the University of Western Australia to develop MultiElectrode array ART (MEART). Data from a cultured neural network in the Atlanta lab was sent in real-time via the Internet to a computer in Australia at the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth festival to control a robotic drawing arm.  http://www.fishandchips.com 
 
 
Emory University                                                                                                   Atlanta, GA Research Fellow (SURE 2001)                                                                                2001 – 2002 
·  Studied the role of a specific brain structure, the medial nucleus of the amygdala, in regulating various social behaviors of male mice; research included electrolytic and excitotoxin brain lesioning, ovariectomy, behavioral testing, histology, etc. 
 
 
 
WORK 
 
 
EXPERIENCE 
 
 
Emory University                                                                                                   Atlanta, GA Computer Lab Coordinator, Graduate School of Psychology                       1999 - Present 
·   Provide technical support and ensure that the computer lab is functioning smoothly ·  Assist students and faculty with various computer issues and multimedia equipment 
 
 
Agency Management Services (AMS)                                                            Windsor, CT 
ASP Programmer                                                                                                    1999 –  2001 ·   Assisted with the development of QuoteNetworks.com, web-interfaced insurance rating software. Projects included automating a testing process to insure the website rates properly ·   Programming in ASP, _VBScript, Access/ADO, HTML, _JavaScript, Java 
Systems Engineer                                                                                                                1999  ·   Provided desktop customer support, helping to maintain 600 PCs on a network ·   Troubleshooted Windows NT and Novell clients, and various desktop applications 
 
 
Quest Systems, Inc.                                                                                   West Hartford, CT 
 
 
General Manager, Computer Consultant                                                                 1993-2000 
·   Responsible for purchasing and distributor account management 
·   Built upgraded and serviced computer systems to meet customer needs 
·   Worked with a team of web developer consultants at RealDesigns.com 
·   Assisted with the design and development of an innovative single-handed keyboard     http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ashkoln/keyboard   (presented at Comdex ’99) 
 
 Invention Machine Corporation                                                                         Boston, MA 
Engineering Intern                                                                                                Summer 1998 ·   Developed engineering consulting and problem solving skills 
·   Designed a micro-valve for use in refrigerators made by a company in Germany VBA Programmer                                                                                                                1997 ·  Created custom software macros in Visual Basic for Applications for use with MS Word and Excel  
 
VOLUNTEER WORK Tutor students including elderly and disabled persons in computers, biology, mathematics, and English language (to speakers of Russian), largely on a volunteer basis; 1993 – present 
Founded Comp2100 (now ACM), a computer club at Emory University. We are establishing a charity program whereby donated computers are renovated and donated through a scholarship to inner-city Atlanta school kids