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Spotlight

Name: Madhu Bhalla.

Position: Chief operator in the Office of Information Technology/Telecommunications Services. Answering calls on the main University telephone number (258-3000). Working with two other people to handle an average of 600 calls a day. Updating the online telephone directory. Helping the business office with various projects.

Quote: "We are a gateway to the campus. I'm a people person, and I love to help the callers. I have the opportunity to talk to people all over the world. I'm honored to be working at Princeton."

Other interests: Spending time with her two grown children, volunteering at her church, reading and listening to music.

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Staff obituary

Robert Diernbach, a staff member at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab from 1959 to 1993, died Jan. 5 in North Port, Fla., at age 71. He was a member of the senior technical support staff when he retired from the lab.

Survivors include his wife Nancy; daughters Linda Urbani of Delran, N.J., Judy Plexico of Philadelphia and Kathy Flood and Sue Fischer, both of Levittown, Pa.; and son Thomas of Croyden, Pa.

Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 1040 Woodcock Road, Suite 119, Orlando, FL 32803-3510.