David Crann and family took up permanent residence in Provence, France in 1990. His interests include family, travel, poetry, music, bridge and gardening.
Hossein Hakim was born in Tehran, Iran. He came to the United States in 1976 for his graduate studies in electrical engineering and received a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1982. He was a professor of electrical engineering for 38 years and retired in 2020.