Ann, Mike and Andy

This page describes what the three of us do on our respective jobs -- for Mike and I, that should say "did", since we are now both retired. For more about what we enjoy, see the other pages within this site.

About Ann

On July 31, 2013, I retired from Stanford University. For an idea of what I did as an Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Policy, take a look at these web pages:

About Mike

On May 31, 2012, Mike retired from NASA. He was most recently the Director, Aeronautics Test Program and, before he retired, he worked with the SOFIA program (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a 747 configured with an infrared telescope). In September 2011, Mike rode home from Germany on a SOFIA science mission.

In 1998-99 Mike was a Sloan Fellow (now called the MSx Program) at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. In May, 2006, he was awarded NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal, and in 2011 he was elected a Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

About Andy

Andy and Carmen Burckhardt were married in Waldlaubersheim, Germany, on June 23, 2012 (see their "Wedding Week" photo album). They have two daughters, Amalia and Sarah.

Andy is an accomplished international winemaker. After completing general chemistry requirements at Foothill College, he transfered into the Viticulture and Enology Program at the University of California at Davis. Graduation: June 2002.

In 2007, there was an article in a German newspaper about Andy. Here's a rough translation about his work at Trautwein winery in Lonsheim, Germany. Sixteen years later, in 2023 Andy returned to Trautwein where he is currently a Cellar Master.

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