John Fells Stroman '83, whose freshman advisor was Professor Wesley Harris, earned an SB in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. Stroman was a member of the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO); as he recalls:

Back then, we weren't taking selfies...We were working hard getting through the 'Tute. I have very few pictures from those days, but I do have many memories-- including trying to get into Ron McNair's [PhD '77] karate dojo. I played 5th-seat cello, and [guest conductor] Marcus Thompson conducted some of our concerts. What he didn't know was that I'm a saxophone player. I started learning cello in my junior year in high school, and in less than two years, I got good enough to play 4th chair. To this day, I remember him motioning me to not play so loud during one of our concerts (Mussorgsky-Ravel, "Pictures at an Exhibition")--I was nervous!

John F. Stroman, August 2020