Richard J. Egan, E’61, H’95, was presented the Tree of Life Award by the Jewish National Fund on October 23, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The award is the Jewish National Fund’s highest humanitarian award and is given in recognition of outstanding community involvement, professional leadership, and humanitarian service dedicated to the cause of American-Israeli friendship and devotion to peace and the security of human life. A member of the Northeastern Board of Trustees, Egan is the cofounder and chairman emeritus of EMC Corporation, which is the world’s leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage and retrieval technology. Egan was also the U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 2001 to 2003.

Roger Marino, E’61, H’96, is a producer of the revival of Gypsy, which is running on Broadway starring Bernadette Peters. The cofounder of EMC Corporation, Marino is a former owner of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins. His film company, Revere Pictures (named for Marino’s hometown), has produced four movies.

Lee E. Rogers, E’61, of Delray Beach, Florida, writes, “Barbara and I love the retired (except for a little real estate sales) life down here in Palm Beach. Contact us at rog7057@aol.com. We’d love to hear from old friends. Our nine grandchildren (his, hers, and ours) are in Colorado, Virginia, and Florida, and we love visiting them, as well as our four sons and daughter.”

Emile W. J. Troup, E’62, of Canton, Massachusetts, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) at the organization’s annual convention in Kauai, Hawaii. The award honors those who have provided outstanding service over a period of years to AISC and to the structural engineering design/construction/academic community. Troup serves on several industry-related committees and councils, and in 2001 he received the first Robert C. Cornforth Award from the National Council of Structural Engineers Association.

Nelson Wikstrom, LA’63, of Richmond, Virginia, is a professor in the School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also the author of County Manager Government in Henrico, Virginia: Implementation, Evolution, and Evaluation, published by Henrico County.

Lynn Patnaude, E’64, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has retired from Pennsylvania Power and Light’s engineering department. He and his wife, Isabelle, have two grown sons. Patnaude, who was a member of Beta Gamma Epsilon fraternity at NU, keeps busy with fishing, golfing, skiing, and building sets for theatrical productions.

Steve Cohen, E’67, of Dublin, Ohio, has founded Centennial Associates, which he describes as a “boutique consulting firm providing hands-on guidance in technology commercialization and business strategy to the management of start-ups and larger corporations.” He also reports, “After obtaining a master’s in chemical engineering at MIT, I married a Boston girl, Bunny Koffman. I went on to spend the next twenty-five years at Union Carbide Corporation (in New Jersey and New York City) before retiring in 1992. Along the way, I traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, worked on the class of 1967 fifth-year reunion committee, served on the management teams of two start-up companies, and assisted in the start-up of the NU $60K Business Plan Competition. I also joined Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, as vice president of technology commercialization, and enabled the start-up of several high-technology companies. Whenever possible, I suggest cooperative education to high school students, as I believe it was a key to my varied and productive career.”

Jana A. Moak, LA’67, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, is the president and chief executive officer of Control Module. She was managing director of an investment banking firm; was cofounder, managing director, and general partner of JHM Enterprises and JM Executive Alliance; and held management positions at United Technologies’ Norden Systems division, International Computing Company, and AM Data Systems Technology Center. Her interests include photography, art collecting, skiing, fly-fishing, and sailing.

Rene Baden, E’68, ME’70, of Burlington, Massachusetts, retired after thirty-three years with Hewlett-Packard. He and his wife, Ann Marie, summer at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. They have three children.

Ford R. Lynch, PAH’68, of Westport, Connecticut, is the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Novavax in Columbia, Maryland. He formerly was with Eli Lilly and Company.

Diana Berner, MA’69, and her husband, Robert Seasonwein, recently lived in Prague, the Czech Republic. Seasonwein was serving as director of the Justice Department programs for Central and Eastern Europe, and, when the opening in Prague came up, Berner suggested that he fill it himself. The result was twenty-two months in which they dealt with devastating floods, a NATO summit, and congressional fact-finding trips. Berner gave up her Washington, D.C., psychotherapy practice but took on a caseload of twenty clients in Prague. She also taught at the Anglo-American University and the University of New York in Prague. The couple returned to the United States in October 2003. They now live in Dulles, Virginia.

Marshall Brass, BA’69, of West Palm Beach, Florida, retired in September 2002 after working twenty-five years in investment management with Merrill Lynch in Palm Beach. He can be reached by e-mail at melko18@aol.com.

Dick Goldman, BA’69, of Miami, Florida, has been with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) since 1975. His most recent volunteer posting started in mid-2002 when he was named the USAID mission director in Macedonia. Goldman oversees the Community Self-Help Initiative, which works to improve local living conditions. His career in foreign service began with a three-year tour in the Peace Corps. After earning a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University in 1975, he joined USAID and now has served in eight countries on four continents. He and his wife, Heather, have two children.