Alumni News
Invention for big
breathers Robert Pearson, '70, founded Mallard Medical Inc. in 1986 in Irvine, Calif., a manufacturer and distributor of anesthesia lung ventilators. Pearson invented the custom-built anesthesia ventilator for elephants, which was used at the Portland Zoo in Oregon to assist with successful surgeries on Tusko, a 14,000-pound male Asian elephant. With the ability to deliver a single breath volume of 125 liters and the capability of fl owing 1,100 liters per minute (adequate for a patient up to 18,000 pounds), it is the world's largest large animal anesthesia ventilator. •
Chippewa Chip in for the Challenge
For $175 per person or $650 per foursome you'll receive:
• A round of golf at Bucks Run or Pohlcat • Dinner, drinks and much more at Soaring Eagle Resort • Visit chippewaevents.com for more information
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® Pohlcat Bucks Run CMU is an AA/EO institution (see cmich.edu/aaeo). ADA, call 989-774-2842 at least one week before the event. • UComm 8331
Support your Chippewas and play in Mid-Michigan's premier golf event!
June 17 • Mount Pleasant
CMU Athletics' Chippewa Challenge Golf Outing and Dinner Celebration, will
Fire Up Chips!
bring together all of CMU's teams, alumni and friends.
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