Christopher
Roblee of Waltham, Mass., was the valedictorian of the Union
College Class of 2003.
The computer
engineering major and mathematics minor is a 1999 graduate of the Cambridge
School of Weston.
Roblee plans
to pursue a master's degree and perhaps a Ph.D. in computer engineering at the Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering.
He said he
is considering a career that focuses on managing a product or program that will
influence the direction of technology in business and industry.
At Union, his senior project involved the
development of a genetic algorithm that designs filters for image processing.
He was president of the College's Robot Club, which built machines for use in
competition. He was a tutor in the Electrical Engineering Help Center. He was a
four-year volunteer with the College's Kenney Center, where students serve as mentors to
students in after-school programs.
He was
active in his fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, serving as treasurer and
representative on the College's Inter Fraternity Council. He was also involved
in organizing the fraternity's food drives, discussions with faculty members,
and a team in Relay for Life, a recent College fundraiser that collected nearly
$60,000 for the American Cancer Society.
In 2001, he
studied abroad on a Union program in Prague, Czech Republic.
While on
breaks from College, he worked with the software group at IBM in Westford, Mass.