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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alumni and Development have been in touch about a potential donor to the department. They have asked if anyone already has links with him – details below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any connections with him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Gabrielle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Kirsten
Wols <kirsten.wols@strath.ac.uk> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 February 2025 11:51<br>
<b>To:</b> Gabrielle Weir <gabrielle.weir@strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Alumni Enquiry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Gabrielle, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How are you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our Head of Department was recently at a dinner in California with the Principal and several alumni. One in particular, was a successful Physics Grad and before further discussing opportunities with him, we
wondered if the department already has, had or would like to have connections with him?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0E2841">Dr Mark Sobey (BSc Physics, 1981)
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">Retired: Former President, Laser & Optics Segment at Coherent Inc</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0E2841">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0E2841">He is based in the States (California and Utah)and often visits London but is unlikely to be regularly visiting campus.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0E2841">He has offered his time and we also suspect he could be a mid-level donor (having previously supported Scholarships)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Let me know if you already work with him and/or would like to explore opportunities too and we can pick up from there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Many Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kirsten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A2F41;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kirsten Wols</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0A2F41;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0A2F41;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E: <a href="mailto:kirsten.wols@Strath.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0A2F41">kirsten.wols@Strath.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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