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		1970s Jerald G. Fishman, ME’70, of Weston, Massachusetts, delivered the technology keynote address at the fifth annual growth conference hosted by Needham and Company at the New York Palace in January. Fishman is the president and chief executive officer of Analog Devices. Donald T. Porter, BA’70, of Ada, Michigan, retired on September 30, 2002, as the field office supervisor of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Grand Rapids. He held that position for twenty-one years. Porter worked for the FDIC for thirty-five years, starting as a co-op student. He is also on the board of the Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan and is treasurer of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Ada. He and his wife, Lois, have been married for thirty-three years, and have two grown sons. “Every year, we like to go someplace warm for Lois and to one of the cities hosting the NCAA Basketball Tournament for me,” he says. “Last March, it was Greenville, South Carolina, and Louisville, Kentucky.” D. Thomas Ross, BB’70, of Fairfax, Virginia, has been with the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., for twenty-one years and now is assistant director of recreation and construction. He and his wife, Barbara, a former NU employee, have two sons, Michael and Brian. Allan C. Klepper, MBA’71, of Barrington, Rhode Island, became the first town manager in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, in November 2002. He had been town coordinator in Hopedale, Massachusetts, since 1998. Prior to that, he was executive secretary to the selectmen in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for forty-three years. They have two children, Scott and Wendy. Stephen McGowan, BA’71, of Menlo Park, California, became the new chief financial officer at Sun Microsystems in July 2002. He previously served as the company’s vice president of finance, planning, and administration for global sales operations. McGowan joined Sun Microsystems in 1991 from Digital Equipment. Ed Rice, LA’71, of Orono, Maine, has written a book tentatively titled "The First Native American to Play Major League Baseball, Louis Sockalexis: Penobscot Indian Legend, Cleveland Indian Tragedy." The biography is planned for publication this spring by Tide-Mark Press of Hartford, Connecticut. Rice says, “There is an interesting Northeastern connection with the book. My friend Richard B. “Dixie” Tourangeau, LA’71, receives the primary thanks in the acknowledgments for tireless research assistance at libraries in the Boston area, and the publisher is Scott Kaeser, also a Northeastern graduate (LA’73). I believe many libraries, especially throughout Maine, will want to adopt it and see it circulate frequently.” John W. Moran, ME’72, of Harvard, Massachusetts, is vice president of diagnostic, administrative, and information services at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He is the coauthor of The Executive Guide to Improvement, published by the American Society for Quality. Robert Baris, UC’73, of Aiken, South Carolina, has served as a volunteer district coordinator with the American Association of Retired Persons, where he assists seniors with their computer skills. Stuart Chase, CJ’73, became the police chief in Beverly, Massachusetts, in November 2002. He served as acting chief for nine months. Chase, who has a master’s degree in criminal justice from Anna Maria College, is a twenty-eight-year member of the Beverly Police Department. He and his wife, Cindy, live in Danvers. Vincent Ferraro, BA’73, of Watertown, Massachusetts, writes, “I was proud when I graduated from Northeastern, but not as proud as I am now with both my children at NU. Peter is a middler majoring in philosophy, and Hilary is a freshman majoring in criminal justice.” Frank A. Bimbo Jr., E’74, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, is a program manager at C. R. Bard. Brian J. Monbouquette, PA’74, of Burlington, Vermont, is a partner with the consulting firm Gallagher, Flynn, and Company in Burlington. He directs the company’s tax practice and consults with clients on taxes, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and raising capital. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was a tax partner for ten years in Boston and Providence. Joan DiFuria, Ed’75, coauthored a chapter in the book "Wealthy and Wise (Secrets About Money)." Her chapter is titled “Family Meetings That Work: Conducting Successful Discussions about Money and Other Sensitive Subjects.” She is cofounder and director of the Money Meaning and Choices Institute, and has written articles on wealth and relationships for California Lawyer and New Jersey Life. Michael Gallant, LA’76, is a senior news editor and correspondent at Radio Free Europe in Prague, Czech Republic. He says he’d like to hear from friends by e-mail at <mikegallant53@hotmail.com>. Barry Lass, BA’76, of Quincy, Massachusetts, is a case manager/housing advocate and human rights officer for the Committee to End Elder Homelessness. Douglas J. McGregor, BA’76, of Rowley, Massachusetts, is a member of the board of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is director of health-care services at Feeley and Driscoll, a certified public accounting and business consulting firm based in Boston. Robert Radin, BA’76, of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, reports that he defended his dissertation, Influence in the Boardroom, to complete his doctoral requirements at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. His degree is in management with a concentration in organizational governance. He plans to teach at Boston College this spring. His e-mail address is <radin@attbi.com>. Adam Sadlowski, E’76, became the plant manager for Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Asheboro, North Carolina, in November 2002. He had been operations manager at the plant since 1998. Sadlowski has worked for Goodyear at plants in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia, as well as several locations in the United States. He and his wife, Vicki, live with their three children in High Point, North Carolina. John Ebbets, LA’77, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, writes, “I would like to see some notes from folks I know: White Hall 1972–1973, the track team, the girls from Tufts Dental program, J-school, Stetson West. Where have you all gone? For the past twelve years, I’ve been the advertising and marketing director for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, a newspaper in Northampton. I have two great teenage kids and a wonderful new bride of two years. Life is good. I hope to hear from old friends.” His e-mail address is <jebbets@gazettenet.com>. John J. O’Reilly Jr., MA’77, of Hillsdale, New Jersey, writes in to say that he’s completed an as-yet unpublished book entitled The Function of Christianity in U.S. History. O’Reilly works in the supermarket industry. Patricia M. Casey, UC’78, MBA’82, of Glendale, Arizona, is the chief executive officer of Benchmark Medical Consultants in Sacramento, California. James R. Forrest, BA’78, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, married Cathryn Jean Metivier on August 2, 2002, at Oceanview in Nahant, Massachusetts. James is a director of program management for Sapient; Cathryn works for ECN providing home and school services for autistic children. Frank Morese, E’78, of Redondo, California, is the vice president of marketing and business development at Bermai, a producer of integrated semiconductor solutions for wireless local area network and fixed wireless access applications. Randi S. Swartz, LA’78, of Acton, Massachusetts, is the print production manager at UCG Technology in Dedham. Steve Fiander, P’79, of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, says, “Greetings to pharmacy class of 1979 friends. I hope life is treating you well. Since I saw Jim Mack’s note in the November 2002 issue, I thought I’d put in a note, too. (I also called ‘Jim Ed,’ and he sounds great.). My wife, Nancy, and I just celebrated our twenty-fourth anniversary; our daughter, Christine, is in her first year of college, and our son, Adam, is a tenth-grader. I’m part of the senior management team at an early-stage company called Voyager Pharmaceuticals. We’re working on a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. It would be great to get an update from anyone who endured my shenanigans while at NU.” His e-mail address is <sfiander@voyagerpharma.com>. Harland Plumley, MBA’79, of Newton, Massachusetts, is the chief financial officer and treasurer at Lightbridge, a global mobile business solutions company. He was among the presenters in November at a regional corporate governance forum sponsored by the Boston chapters of Financial Executives International and the National Investor Relations Institute.