Monday 3/12 Six Entrepreneurs Who Bu ilt Multiple Companies
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>Please RSVP if you will be attending. If you >have already registered, feel free to forward >this invitation to others who may benefit from >the meeting. I hope to see you there. --Manny
>
>What Makes a Technology Venture Successful?
>Insights and Advice from a Panel of Entrepreneurs
>
>Six Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Built Multiple Companies
>Wine Reception and Additional Networking Afterwards
>
>RSVP by replying to this e-mail
>Yes, I will attend ( ) No, I cannot attend ( )
>
>Name: ___________________________________________
>
>Affiliation: ________________________________________
>
>E-Mail: __________________________________________
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>Telephone: _______________________________________
>
>Date: Monday, March 12, 2012
>Location: Alumni House, Fairfield University, >1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06430
>
>Time: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
>Registration, Networking and Refreshments from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
>Program from 4:45 pm to 6:40 pm
>Wine Reception from 6:40 pm
>
>Primary Sponsor:
>
>Fairfield University School of Engineering
>
>Fee (paid at the door by cash or check):
>
>$20 if you let us know in advance that you will attend
>
>$30 if not pre-registered
>
>If you pre-register and later need to cancel, >please let us know at least 24 hours in advance:
>
>e-mail to manny@ratafias.com or call 203-387-7348
>
>A Ratafia Ventures Event
>
>
>The presenters are:
>
>· Bob Lerman Thermodynetics/Turbotec Products, & Mystic Technology Partners
>
>· Bob Molloy CyberResearch, CyberChrome, Dynatron, & Parametrics
>
>· Scott Nevins Bernstein, E-Tran, Protegrity, GiantBear, & ClientSoft
>
>· Dick Resch Cannondale, EMPower, DeltaGlide, & Motiv Technology
>
>· Nick Shkolnik GEN3, EnGen, & LiquidPiston
>
>· Matt Smith CompreMedx, Kramex, Medical Sterilization, & HelpMate Robotics
>
>Presenter bios:
>
>Robert A. Lerman
>Bob Lerman has 40 years of investment, financing >and industrial experience. He is CEO of >Thermodynetics and has held this position since >2003, and was President and a Director since >1981. Through its Turbotec Products, Plc >holding, quoted on the AIM market in London, >Thermodynetics manufactures high performance >heat exchangers, fabricated metal components and >flexible connector products for heat transfer >and transportation applications. Thermodynetics >is currently seeking investment opportunities.
>
>
>Over the years, Bob co-founded a number of >venture capital companies of which he has been >the principal investing officer and director.
>
>Bob has recently been named CEO of Mystic >Technology Partners, an advanced materials >nanotechnology venture, established in 2010.
>
>Bob also serves as adviser, director or >consultant for other companies, none of which >compete with Thermodynetics.
>
>Bob Lerman holds a Bachelor of Mechanical >Engineering: from College of the City of New >York, an MS in Mathematics: from Adelphi >College, and an MS in Electrical Engineering: >from University of Connecticut.
>
>Robert Molloy
>
>Bob Molloy is President and Founder of >CyberResearch. For the past 25 years, >CyberResearch has built advanced industrial >computers and display systems used by Fortune >500 companies, universities, government, and >military worldwide. Today, the company >specializes in developing custom turn-key data >acquisition systems for use in the nuclear power >industry and severe environment display >solutions for use in outdoor digital signage.
>
>
>Bob says "You can always tell the pioneers by >the arrows in their backs." Some of the >technologies Bob pioneered include: the use of >solid state variable frequency inverters to >replace electromechanical variable speed drives >in manufacturing, in-situ CO gas analyzers to >optimize combustion efficiency in power plants, >PC based data acquisition systems for use in >industrial instrumentation, color image scanners >for use in desktop publishing, optical bonding >to reduce reflections in LCD displays, and most >recently sunlight readable LCD displays for use >in outdoor digital signage applications.
>
>Bob has built four successful start-up companies >each utilizing different breakthrough >technologies as a key component in their >business strategies. Over the years Bob has met >the many challenges which face early stage high >technology companies. Bob was Founder and >President of CyberResearch and CyberChrome >(privately held companies in Branford, CT. with >50 + employees.), Dynatron (acquired by ABB/Asea >Brown Boveri) and Parametrics (acquired by Lear >Siegler).
>
>Bob holds a BS in Applied Physics from Michigan >Tech. He has completed MBA Marketing and Finance >course work at University of Bridgeport and >University of New Haven.
>
>Scott C. Nevins
>
>Scott Nevins was the CEO of E-Tran, a financial >services firm serving banks which was one of the >few non financial firms the Federal Reserve >approved to accept ACH payments over the banking >network. Prior to that, Scott was CEO of >Protegrity, a database security company, and >before that he was the president and COO of >GiantBear, a wireless technology services >company. Earlier, he was the CEO of ClientSoft, >a market leader in extending IBM mainframe >applications to the Internet and wireless. He >previously held sales and technology management >positions at GE Capital. Over his career, he >completed fourteen rounds of venture financing.
>
>Scott is now a Senior Investment Advisor in >Bernstein Global Wealth Management¹s New York >office; he provides asset allocation and wealth >planning advice to individuals, families, >endowments and foundations, and entrepreneurs.
>
>Scott holds a BA, cum laude, from Fairfield >University. He received Ernst & Young¹s >Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1999 and 2000 >and Deloitte and Touche¹s Fast 50 award in 2000. >He serves on the boards of the World Affairs >Forum, the Association for Corporate Growth, the >Angel Investor Forum, and Connecticut Venture >Group (Fairfield County).
>
>Richard J. Resch
>
>From 1988-98, Dick Resch was Vice-resident for >Technology at Cannondale Corporation, a leading >producer of high-end bicycles. In that position, >he was responsible for the re-organization of >the company¹s manufacturing operations where he >pioneered the use of information technologies >for manufacturing. and R&D. Dick has lectured on >the Cannondale manufacturing system at Yale, >Wharton and at Hewlett-Packard.
>
>After Cannondale, Dick was interim President of >EMPower, an MIT-based startup to develop >lightweight electric scooters. In 1999, he >founded DeltaGlide to develop a power-assisted >wheelchair that used an innovative closed loop >control system that allowed manual wheelchair >users to negotiate uneven or difficult terrain >as if they were on smooth level ground. After >the sale of DeltaGlide to Johnson and Johnson, >he founded Motiv Technology to develop the same >control technology for other applications, most >recently, electric assisted bicycles, primarily >for the European market.
>
>Before beginning his business career, Dick was >Professor of Religion at Loras College, Dubuque, >Iowa. He has a PhD in Religion from University >of Notre Dame, and an MBA from the Yale School >of Management.
>
>Nikolay Shkolnik
>
>Nick Shkolnik, PhD is the co-inventor of the >LiquidPiston engine, and is a co founder of >LiquidPiston, Inc., a venture capital backed >startup working to bring a breakthrough high >speed diesel engine design from concept to >production. LiquidPiston raised $6.5 million in >its Series B investment round, completed in >December 2011. An MIT incubated R&D company, >LiquidPiston is poised to transform ten years of >breakthrough thermodynamics research into the >world¹s most efficient rotary engine. With a >fundamental design that scales from lawnmowers, >to locomotives, LiquidPiston has the potential >to add fifty years to the life of the internal >combustion engine industry in a >resource-constrained world.
>
>Prior to LiquidPiston, Nick was the Program >Manager for the Clean Energy Group at GEN3 >Partners, in Boston, where he managed dozens of >engineers, physicists and chemists in a variety >of consulting projects typically for Fortune 500 >companies. He has served in a variety of >positions over 9 years of employment with GEN3, >including as Vice President of Research and >Development for EnGen, a spin-off of GEN3 which >developed fuel cell based stationary power >applications and high performance redox-based >supercapacitors. Dr. Shkolnik is one of less >than a few dozen experts nationally in the >science of TRIZ, which is a proven systematic >approach to solving many technical problems, and >is utilized extensively by GEN3 and now by >LiquidPiston.
>
>Nick has 9 publications, 4 conference >presentations, 9 patents, 14 patent applications >pending, and is the recipient of the Motorola >award for creativity. He received his PhD in >Theoretical Physics from the University of >Connecticut in 1984, and an MS in Mechanical >Engineering, from Kiev Polytechnic Institute, >Ukraine, 1975.
>
>Matthew Barry Smith
>
>The majority of Matt Smith¹s career has been as >an entrepreneur. Matt co-founded CompreMedx >Cancer Centers (the first publicly traded firm >to build freestanding cancer centers in >partnership with oncologists and radiologists), >co-owned Kramex, a portable and mobile radiology >manufacturing company, and co-owned New World >Healthcare Solutions, an executive recruiting >and online medical education company. He >assisted in the turn around and sale of Medical >Sterilization, a publicly traded surgical >instrumentation firm He co-founded Health Excel >Management, a managed care firm specializing in >disease state management, and turned around and >sold venture-backed HelpMate Robotics, a >publicly traded medical transport firm. He >served on the Board of Directors of Baseline >Medical and Campus Connects, and was Managing >Director of Negin-Smith Partnership, a real >estate venture.
>
>Matt Smith is a member at Merle Sloss and >Associates, LLP, a private consulting firm and >serves as advisor to two private equity/venture >firms and is on the boards of healthcare >companies. Previously, Matt was Managing >Director, Investments at Connecticut >Innovations, Inc, a venture capital firm, and >served on the Board of Directors of several CI >portfolio firms.
>
>Matt co-authored the first federally funded HMO >feasibility study and was in corporate >healthcare ventures with GTE New Ventures, >Technicon, American Hospital Supply, and >National Patent Development, where he rose to >President of the Acme-Chaston subsidiary.
>
>Matt holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA from >Boston University where he is a member of the >Claflin Society and was named to the College of >Arts and Sciences Collegium and Academy of >Distinguished Alumni.
>
>Moderator and Meeting Organizer Manny Ratafia
>Manny Ratafia is an entrepreneur, management >consultant, and angel investor. He has founded >and run ventures in a variety of technology >areas, organized numerous conferences and >meetings, and has consulted to owners and senior >executives of companies on a range of >management, market, and technology issues. His >educational background includes a bachelor¹s >degree in mechanical engineering from The Cooper >Union and master¹s degrees in mechanical >engineering from MIT and in engineering and >applied physics from Harvard, and an MBA from >Dartmouth. He has served on the boards of >directors and advisory boards of several >start-up companies and non-profit organizations. >Manny Ratafia¹s research and opinions have been >published and quoted in more than 100 general, >business and scientific publications in the >U.S., Europe, and Japan.
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>From New York via Connecticut Turnpike (I-95):
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>From Providence and New Haven via Connecticut Turnpike (I-95):
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>From Hartford and New Haven via Merritt Parkway (Rt. 15):
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>
>From Boston/New Hampshire and North:
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>
>For directions by train, go to >http://www.fairfield.edu/about/about_directions.html
>From: Manny Ratafia
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>Please RSVP if you will be attending. If you >have already registered, feel free to forward >this invitation to others who may benefit from >the meeting. I hope to see you there. --Manny
>
>What Makes a Technology Venture Successful?
>Insights and Advice from a Panel of Entrepreneurs
>
>Six Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Built Multiple Companies
>Wine Reception and Additional Networking Afterwards
>
>RSVP by replying to this e-mail
>Yes, I will attend ( ) No, I cannot attend ( )
>
>Name: ___________________________________________
>
>Affiliation: ________________________________________
>
>E-Mail: __________________________________________
>
>Telephone: _______________________________________
>
>Date: Monday, March 12, 2012
>Location: Alumni House, Fairfield University, >1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06430
>
>Time: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
>Registration, Networking and Refreshments from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
>Program from 4:45 pm to 6:40 pm
>Wine Reception from 6:40 pm
>
>Primary Sponsor:
>
>Fairfield University School of Engineering
>
>Fee (paid at the door by cash or check):
>
>$20 if you let us know in advance that you will attend
>
>$30 if not pre-registered
>
>If you pre-register and later need to cancel, >please let us know at least 24 hours in advance:
>
>e-mail to manny@ratafias.com or call 203-387-7348
>
>A Ratafia Ventures Event
>
>
>The presenters are:
>
>· Bob Lerman Thermodynetics/Turbotec Products, & Mystic Technology Partners
>
>· Bob Molloy CyberResearch, CyberChrome, Dynatron, & Parametrics
>
>· Scott Nevins Bernstein, E-Tran, Protegrity, GiantBear, & ClientSoft
>
>· Dick Resch Cannondale, EMPower, DeltaGlide, & Motiv Technology
>
>· Nick Shkolnik GEN3, EnGen, & LiquidPiston
>
>· Matt Smith CompreMedx, Kramex, Medical Sterilization, & HelpMate Robotics
>
>Presenter bios:
>
>Robert A. Lerman
>Bob Lerman has 40 years of investment, financing >and industrial experience. He is CEO of >Thermodynetics and has held this position since >2003, and was President and a Director since >1981. Through its Turbotec Products, Plc >holding, quoted on the AIM market in London, >Thermodynetics manufactures high performance >heat exchangers, fabricated metal components and >flexible connector products for heat transfer >and transportation applications. Thermodynetics >is currently seeking investment opportunities.
>
>
>Over the years, Bob co-founded a number of >venture capital companies of which he has been >the principal investing officer and director.
>
>Bob has recently been named CEO of Mystic >Technology Partners, an advanced materials >nanotechnology venture, established in 2010.
>
>Bob also serves as adviser, director or >consultant for other companies, none of which >compete with Thermodynetics.
>
>Bob Lerman holds a Bachelor of Mechanical >Engineering: from College of the City of New >York, an MS in Mathematics: from Adelphi >College, and an MS in Electrical Engineering: >from University of Connecticut.
>
>Robert Molloy
>
>Bob Molloy is President and Founder of >CyberResearch. For the past 25 years, >CyberResearch has built advanced industrial >computers and display systems used by Fortune >500 companies, universities, government, and >military worldwide. Today, the company >specializes in developing custom turn-key data >acquisition systems for use in the nuclear power >industry and severe environment display >solutions for use in outdoor digital signage.
>
>
>Bob says "You can always tell the pioneers by >the arrows in their backs." Some of the >technologies Bob pioneered include: the use of >solid state variable frequency inverters to >replace electromechanical variable speed drives >in manufacturing, in-situ CO gas analyzers to >optimize combustion efficiency in power plants, >PC based data acquisition systems for use in >industrial instrumentation, color image scanners >for use in desktop publishing, optical bonding >to reduce reflections in LCD displays, and most >recently sunlight readable LCD displays for use >in outdoor digital signage applications.
>
>Bob has built four successful start-up companies >each utilizing different breakthrough >technologies as a key component in their >business strategies. Over the years Bob has met >the many challenges which face early stage high >technology companies. Bob was Founder and >President of CyberResearch and CyberChrome >(privately held companies in Branford, CT. with >50 + employees.), Dynatron (acquired by ABB/Asea >Brown Boveri) and Parametrics (acquired by Lear >Siegler).
>
>Bob holds a BS in Applied Physics from Michigan >Tech. He has completed MBA Marketing and Finance >course work at University of Bridgeport and >University of New Haven.
>
>Scott C. Nevins
>
>Scott Nevins was the CEO of E-Tran, a financial >services firm serving banks which was one of the >few non financial firms the Federal Reserve >approved to accept ACH payments over the banking >network. Prior to that, Scott was CEO of >Protegrity, a database security company, and >before that he was the president and COO of >GiantBear, a wireless technology services >company. Earlier, he was the CEO of ClientSoft, >a market leader in extending IBM mainframe >applications to the Internet and wireless. He >previously held sales and technology management >positions at GE Capital. Over his career, he >completed fourteen rounds of venture financing.
>
>Scott is now a Senior Investment Advisor in >Bernstein Global Wealth Management¹s New York >office; he provides asset allocation and wealth >planning advice to individuals, families, >endowments and foundations, and entrepreneurs.
>
>Scott holds a BA, cum laude, from Fairfield >University. He received Ernst & Young¹s >Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1999 and 2000 >and Deloitte and Touche¹s Fast 50 award in 2000. >He serves on the boards of the World Affairs >Forum, the Association for Corporate Growth, the >Angel Investor Forum, and Connecticut Venture >Group (Fairfield County).
>
>Richard J. Resch
>
>From 1988-98, Dick Resch was Vice-resident for >Technology at Cannondale Corporation, a leading >producer of high-end bicycles. In that position, >he was responsible for the re-organization of >the company¹s manufacturing operations where he >pioneered the use of information technologies >for manufacturing. and R&D. Dick has lectured on >the Cannondale manufacturing system at Yale, >Wharton and at Hewlett-Packard.
>
>After Cannondale, Dick was interim President of >EMPower, an MIT-based startup to develop >lightweight electric scooters. In 1999, he >founded DeltaGlide to develop a power-assisted >wheelchair that used an innovative closed loop >control system that allowed manual wheelchair >users to negotiate uneven or difficult terrain >as if they were on smooth level ground. After >the sale of DeltaGlide to Johnson and Johnson, >he founded Motiv Technology to develop the same >control technology for other applications, most >recently, electric assisted bicycles, primarily >for the European market.
>
>Before beginning his business career, Dick was >Professor of Religion at Loras College, Dubuque, >Iowa. He has a PhD in Religion from University >of Notre Dame, and an MBA from the Yale School >of Management.
>
>Nikolay Shkolnik
>
>Nick Shkolnik, PhD is the co-inventor of the >LiquidPiston engine, and is a co founder of >LiquidPiston, Inc., a venture capital backed >startup working to bring a breakthrough high >speed diesel engine design from concept to >production. LiquidPiston raised $6.5 million in >its Series B investment round, completed in >December 2011. An MIT incubated R&D company, >LiquidPiston is poised to transform ten years of >breakthrough thermodynamics research into the >world¹s most efficient rotary engine. With a >fundamental design that scales from lawnmowers, >to locomotives, LiquidPiston has the potential >to add fifty years to the life of the internal >combustion engine industry in a >resource-constrained world.
>
>Prior to LiquidPiston, Nick was the Program >Manager for the Clean Energy Group at GEN3 >Partners, in Boston, where he managed dozens of >engineers, physicists and chemists in a variety >of consulting projects typically for Fortune 500 >companies. He has served in a variety of >positions over 9 years of employment with GEN3, >including as Vice President of Research and >Development for EnGen, a spin-off of GEN3 which >developed fuel cell based stationary power >applications and high performance redox-based >supercapacitors. Dr. Shkolnik is one of less >than a few dozen experts nationally in the >science of TRIZ, which is a proven systematic >approach to solving many technical problems, and >is utilized extensively by GEN3 and now by >LiquidPiston.
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>Nick has 9 publications, 4 conference >presentations, 9 patents, 14 patent applications >pending, and is the recipient of the Motorola >award for creativity. He received his PhD in >Theoretical Physics from the University of >Connecticut in 1984, and an MS in Mechanical >Engineering, from Kiev Polytechnic Institute, >Ukraine, 1975.
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>Matthew Barry Smith
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>The majority of Matt Smith¹s career has been as >an entrepreneur. Matt co-founded CompreMedx >Cancer Centers (the first publicly traded firm >to build freestanding cancer centers in >partnership with oncologists and radiologists), >co-owned Kramex, a portable and mobile radiology >manufacturing company, and co-owned New World >Healthcare Solutions, an executive recruiting >and online medical education company. He >assisted in the turn around and sale of Medical >Sterilization, a publicly traded surgical >instrumentation firm He co-founded Health Excel >Management, a managed care firm specializing in >disease state management, and turned around and >sold venture-backed HelpMate Robotics, a >publicly traded medical transport firm. He >served on the Board of Directors of Baseline >Medical and Campus Connects, and was Managing >Director of Negin-Smith Partnership, a real >estate venture.
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>Matt Smith is a member at Merle Sloss and >Associates, LLP, a private consulting firm and >serves as advisor to two private equity/venture >firms and is on the boards of healthcare >companies. Previously, Matt was Managing >Director, Investments at Connecticut >Innovations, Inc, a venture capital firm, and >served on the Board of Directors of several CI >portfolio firms.
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>Matt co-authored the first federally funded HMO >feasibility study and was in corporate >healthcare ventures with GTE New Ventures, >Technicon, American Hospital Supply, and >National Patent Development, where he rose to >President of the Acme-Chaston subsidiary.
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>Matt holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA from >Boston University where he is a member of the >Claflin Society and was named to the College of >Arts and Sciences Collegium and Academy of >Distinguished Alumni.
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>Moderator and Meeting Organizer Manny Ratafia
>Manny Ratafia is an entrepreneur, management >consultant, and angel investor. He has founded >and run ventures in a variety of technology >areas, organized numerous conferences and >meetings, and has consulted to owners and senior >executives of companies on a range of >management, market, and technology issues. His >educational background includes a bachelor¹s >degree in mechanical engineering from The Cooper >Union and master¹s degrees in mechanical >engineering from MIT and in engineering and >applied physics from Harvard, and an MBA from >Dartmouth. He has served on the boards of >directors and advisory boards of several >start-up companies and non-profit organizations. >Manny Ratafia¹s research and opinions have been >published and quoted in more than 100 general, >business and scientific publications in the >U.S., Europe, and Japan.
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>DIRECTIONS TO ALUMNI HOUSE, FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
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>1073 NORTH BENSON ROAD, FAIRFIELD, CT 06430
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>From New York via Connecticut Turnpike (I-95):
>Take exit 22 in Connecticut - Round Hill Road. >Continue straight through the stop sign at the >end of the ramp. At the traffic light, take a >left onto North Benson Road (Rt. 135) and >continue straight for 0.8 miles (through two >traffic lights.) The sign for the main entrance >to Fairfield University will be on the left. >Turn left into the entrance. Alumni House is the >first building on your right. Turn right and >park on your left.
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>From Providence and New Haven via Connecticut Turnpike (I-95):
>Take exit 22 in Connecticut - North Benson Road. >Turn right at the end of the ramp onto North >Benson Rd. (Rte. 135). Go straight for 0.8 miles >(through two traffic lights). The main entrance >to Fairfield University will be on the left. >Turn left into the entrance. Alumni House is the >first building on your right. Turn right and >park on your left.
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>From Hartford or Vermont via I-91:
>Take I-91 South to I-95 South in New Haven. Take >exit 22 in Connecticut - North Benson Road. Turn >right at the end of the ramp onto North Benson >Rd. (Rte. 135). Go straight for 0.8 miles >(through two traffic lights). The main entrance >to Fairfield University will be on the left. >Turn left into the entrance. Alumni House is the >first building on your right. Turn right and >park on your left.
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>From New York via Merritt Parkway (Rt. 15):
>Take exit 44. Turn left off the ramp and turn >right onto Black Rock Tpke. (Rt. 58) at the >light. Proceed 2 miles to Stillson Rd. (Rt. 135) >and turn right. Bear left, at the second light, >onto North Benson Road. The University entrance >will be on your right. Turn right into the >entrance. Alumni House will be the first >building on your right. Turn right and park on >your left.
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>From Hartford and New Haven via Merritt Parkway (Rt. 15):
>Take exit 44, take a quick left off the ramp, >then take another quick left onto Black Rock >Tpke. (Rt. 58), proceed 2 miles to Stillson Rd. >(Rt. 135) and turn right. Bear left, at the >second light, onto North Benson Road. The >University entrance will be on your right. Turn >right into the entrance. Alumni House will be >the first building on your right. Turn right and >park on your left.
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>From Boston/New Hampshire and North:
>Take the Mass Pike (Route 90) West to I-84 West >(exit 9). Merge onto I-91 South. I-91 merges >into I-95 South in New Haven. Take exit 22 - >North Benson Road. Turn right at the end of the >ramp onto North Benson Rd. (Rte. 135). Go >straight for 0.8 miles (through two traffic >lights). The main entrance to Fairfield >University will be on the left. Turn left into >the entrance. Alumni House is the first building >on your right. Turn right and park on your left.
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>For directions by train, go to >http://www.fairfield.edu/about/about_directions.html