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\Large{\bf Jean Marie Diaz}	% make the name stand out
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{\bf Term Address} \hfill {\bf Home Address}
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3 Ames Street \hspace*{\fill} 11820 SW 35 Terrace
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Cambridge, MA  02139 \hspace*{\fill} Miami, FL 33175

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To gain more experience in writing \marginpar{{\bf Summer Objective}}
software (whether systems or applications) under UNIX.

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{\bf Massachusetts Institute of Technology} \hspace*{\fill} 1985---1986\marginpar{{\bf Education}}
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Classes taken include Physics I and II, Calculus I, Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programming, Writing and Reading Poetry, and
Women and Computers.  Am currently enrolled in Artificial Intelligence,
Computer Systems Engineering, Linear Algebra, History of Technology in
America, and Gender and Science.  As MIT freshman are graded on a
pass/fail basis, I have no GPA to report.
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Participation in extracurriculars includes membership in the Student
Information Processing Board, (an advocacy group for student computing
at MIT), and vice-president of Technology Community Association, a
community service organization.
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Awarded the Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing last term.
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{\bf MIT Committee On Engineering Undergraduate Education}\marginpar{{\bf Experience}}
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{\em Student Analyst} \hfill September 1986---present
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I am currently working with another student in order to process and
analyze a recent survey of freshmen's opinions about
Residence/Orientation Week.  Duties include analysis of the raw data,
production of a codebook, design of forms to be sent to the keypunchers,
and analysis of the data, using SPSS.
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{\bf AT\&T Bell Laboratories}
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{\em Laboratory Assistant} \hfill June 1986---August 1986
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Worked with W. Richard Stark in Whippany on parallelization of LISP.
LISP*, the product, is intended for use on a parallel-processing tree
architecture known as DADO.  Duties included studying other parallel
LISPs and critiquing and refining the language.  
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{\bf AT\&T Bell Laboratories}
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{\em Laboratory Trainee} \hfill June 1985---August 1985
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Worked with Bob Bonvallet in Indian Hill doing software testing for the
International 5ESS.  Studied dial tone delay as a function of the call
load, and uncovered a bug in the load regulator.
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				% which is more impressive,  your titles
				% or your employers....
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My interests include dulcimer playing, horseback riding, reading,
writing, and painting.\marginpar{{\bf Background}}
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