David B. Elsbree, BA’70, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is a senior partner at Deloitte & Touche. Last October, he served in Boston on a National Association of Corporate Directors panel that examined the effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on the relationship between executives and boards of directors.

Bram B. Johnson, BA’70, of Sewickley Height, Pennsylvania, became executive vice president in charge of strategic planning, quality management, and communications for FedEx Ground; he had been a FedEx corporate vice president. Previously, he was senior vice president of marketing for RPS, which became FedEx Ground.

William O’Shea, ME’70, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is one of three out-of-staters chosen by Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to become a trustee of the University of Massachusetts system. O’Shea is the president of Bell Labs.

Constance B. Robinson, BA’70, is a partner with Kilpatrick Stockton, a Washington, D.C., law firm. She had been director of operations and director of civil enforcement in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department. Prior to that, she served as section chief of the Communications and Finance Section, and director of the AT&T Judgment Enforcement Task Force. She and her husband, Peter, live in Washington.

Edith Sarah, UC’70, of Brookline, Massachusetts, writes, “I believe starting my college education at NU was a beautiful idea. It encouraged me to go onward and onward. I’ve had one book published and the second on the way.”

Raymond Stefanowicz, E’70, of Bethpage, New York, is a senior vice president with Eschbacher Engineering on Long Island. His e-mail address is stefanowicz@eschbacher.com.

Paul Lafkowitz, PAH’71, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, writes, “I’m still practicing dentistry but cutting back on my hours a small amount. My wife, Linda, and I have three children. I’d be thrilled to hear from any of my classmates or Rho Pi Phi fraternity brothers.” His e-mail address is plafkowitz@aol.com.

Michael A. Vance, PAH’71, MPH’76, PHD’82, and Silvia Guerrero, of Indianapolis, Indiana, welcomed the birth of Alan Gabriel, born on August 5, 2003. Vance is a professor of pharmacology at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis.

Barbara Bosse Chavkin, PAH’72, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, celebrated thirty years with Robalo Pharmacy. She and her husband, Steve, have four daughters. They enjoy sports and travel.

D. Avril Forest, UC’72, MBA’83, spent seventeen years with Victor Coffee in South Boston before moving in 2000 to Phoenix to become vice president and general manager of Lindsey Coffee. Her husband, William J. Forest Jr., UC’73, retired in 1984 from Charles T. Main in the Back Bay to care for their two young children. He notes he now “plays and works at golf year-round.” The family lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Mike Hoeffler, ME’72, ME’75, of Bolton, Massachusetts, is a thirty-four-year employee at Raytheon and is leading the development of the next-generation DD(X) destroyer under a $2.9 billion Navy contract with Raytheon and Northrop Grumman.

Robert J. Matusik, LC’72, of Malden, Massachusetts, retired from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on December 1, 2002. He attended the summer school of Polish culture and language at Jagiellonian University, in Cracow, in July and August 2003.

Bob Abramms, E’73, of Amherst, Massachusetts, has collaborated with his mother, Ruth, on her new video, Many Ways to See the World, which presents a dozen world maps that change a viewer’s perception of the earth. Abramms is a map publisher.

Marguerite Del Giudice, LA’75, of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, is working on her first novel, Traveling at the Speed of Life. She and her husband, Doran Twer, have two sons, Nathaniel and Aden. In September 2003, Del Giudice received a black belt in aikido.

Ed Franklin, E’75, works for the Australian Trade Commission in San Francisco, assisting in the business development for Australian information technology companies. He has toured the continent speaking about opportunities in the U.S. marketplace.

Steve Sherokey, LA’75, MEd’77, of Saratoga Springs, New York, began studying for a master’s degree in theology in 1998 at the North American (Ligonier, Pennsylvania) program of St. John of Damascus Theological School at Balamand University of Tripoli, Lebanon. Sherokey’s interest in Orthodox Christianity inspired him to travel to Albania, which had barred the practice of religion when it was a communist country. “For two weeks and four days, I lived in a seminary where students were studying theology. During the day, five colleagues and I would do street evangelism in the cities of Durres and Kavaja,” he reports. “Years of communism had taken their toll, so many people were wary of our activities. But the young people were quite receptive. They’re very cognizant of their country’s history and have a strong desire to be Western.” Sherokey is a public health representative for the New York State Department of Health.

Shelley Stewart, CJ’75, MJ’78, of Bedford, Massachusetts, is the vice president of supply chain at Tyco International.

Paul E. Baia, BA’76, of Byfield, Massachusetts, was named the CEO of MTI-Milliren Technologies in Newburyport on July 14, 2003.

Donna (Holmes) Earnest, BB’76, writes, “I am living the single life in Liberty Township, New Jersey (population 2,765), right on Mountain Lake (twenty minutes from the Delaware Water Gap), where the trout and bass fishing is awesome! I’m still writing and have had a few pieces published. I work for the state of New Jersey as a habitation plan coordinator. Howdy to all my old buddies from the 1975 and 1976 Student Federation, especially Sully, Bob, Burt, and the rest of the Cask ’n’ Flagon gang.”

Cynthia Kennard, LA’77, of Santa Monica, California, became the manager of National Public Radio (NPR) West on October 1, 2003. She joined NPR from the University of Southern California Annenberg School in Los Angeles, where she was executive project director and assistant professor of journalism. She was a CBS News correspondent from 1992 to 1996 in Los Angeles, London, and Moscow. Kennard also served as the executive director of Reliable Resources, the $1.5 million Pew Charitable Trust/USC Annenberg project to improve radio and television political coverage. She is the cofounder and executive board member of the Carole Kneeland Project for Responsible Television Journalism and is a member of the duPont-Columbia University Award jury for excellence in broadcast journalism.

Ken Porcaro, UC’77, of Medford, Massachusetts, is the president and CEO of Educational Performance Systems in Woburn. E-mail him at kenporcaro@epsi-usa.com.

Michael Tocci, MBA’77, of Princeton, New Jersey, is the senior vice president of sales, distribution, and fleet for Mitsubishi Motors North America.

George Perros, MBA’78, of Amherst, New Hampshire, is the managing director of Greystone Associates, a medical technology consulting company in southern New Hampshire.

John W. Betz, ME’79, PHD’84, of Bedford, Massachusetts, has been appointed to the position of MITRE Fellow, which is conferred on senior members of MITRE Corporation’s technical staff who have made significant contributions in one or more technical disciplines. Betz has done extensive work in signal processing and its applications, and he is recognized internationally in the fields of radio navigation and special communications. He is one of only fourteen MITRE Fellows since the position was created in 1962.

Lindsay Cook, PA’79, of Newton, Massachusetts, is a partner at Boston International Capital Partners, a strategy consulting company that focuses on investment management, insurance, and related industries.

Glen Fealy, CJ’79, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been fighting cancer for more than two years. An attorney now in private practice, Fealy started his career with the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, worked for the Department of Revenue, and then was chosen to head the Bureau of Special Investigations targeting welfare fraud.

Charles P. McGinty, L’79, of Newton, Massachusetts, received the 2003 John G. Brooks Public Service Award from the Boston Bar Association on September 29, 2003. The award recognizes professional legal service attorneys for outstanding work on behalf of indigents in greater Boston. McGinty is an assistant federal defender and the president of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.