Kay Canavino, LA’70, of Adams, Massachusetts, writes that after nearly twenty years as a studio photographer in Somerville, Massachusetts, she has “answered the call for more trees” and moved to the Berkshires, where she opened a new studio. Her website can be found at www.kaycanavino.com.

Peter Motyka, PAH’70, of Dudley, Massachusetts, was ordained a deacon of the Worcester diocese on December 4, 2004. A pharmacist with Brooks Pharmacy, Motyka and his wife, Patricia, have three children. He has received the Bronze Pelican Award from the Boy Scouts of America Catholic Committee and the St. George Medal from the Office of Youth Ministry. Motyka has been the music director at St. Anthony’s Church for eleven years.

Joseph J. Seymour, BA’70, of Glenmont, New York, retired in late 2004 as the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Seymour was named executive director following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, replacing Neil Levin, who died in the World Trade Center. Seymour led the effort to reopen the PATH train system, which was destroyed by the 9/11 attacks, and played a key role in planning for the rebuilding of the WTC site. Seymour received the Howard S. Cullman Award, the highest honor presented to a Port Authority employee.

Phil Vibert, LA’70, of Medway, Massachusetts, is a senior engineer for Tuthill Vacuum and Blower Systems in Springfield, Missouri. He has written a number of papers and publications on vacuum pumps and systems.

Lawrence K. Fink, E’71, of Randolph, New Jersey, is a vice president andmanager of construction services for the transportation-design firm STV Incorporated’s Northeast Infrastructure Group. He has worked for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the New York State Thruway Authority, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

Stephen W. Shippie, BA’72, of Jerusalem, Israel, writes, “My thirty-five years in the U.S. financial services industry has spanned four careers. The most recent change has come by way of downsizing in the financial industry. I have gravitated to a new career as an international financial consultant, completing my second year on assignment as a senior financial adviser for a USAID-sponsored project, the Palestinian Enterprise Revitalization (PER) project. Our goal is to help Palestinian businesses in both the West Bank and Gaza. Through local staff and consultants, PER delivers technical assistance to improve the financial performance and stimulate employment at both existing businesses and start-ups.”

Joan B. Walker, LA’72, of Brookfield, Massachusetts, became the town accountant in Charlton on January 3. She had previously served as town accountant in Grafton and Holland, and town accountant and chief procurement officer in Warren. She earlier worked in the deposit operations and financial accounting office of the former Bank of Boston.

Thomas M. Finneran, BA’73, H’97, of Mattapan, Massachusetts, who stepped down as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2004, now serves as president of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, which represents more than 400 companies, academic institutions, and service organizations involved in biotechnology and health care. In the House, Finneran represented the Massachusetts Twelfth Suffolk District starting in 1979, served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1991 to 1996, and was elected speaker in 1996.

Mark Fitzgerald, E’73, of Norfolk, Virginia, has been promoted to vice admiral in the U.S. Navy. He is the commander of the U.S. Second Fleet, which is responsible for naval operations and the defense of U.S. interests in the North Atlantic, and the multinational NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic. Fitzgerald led the first Navy strike on Baghdad during the opening hour of Operation Desert Storm and has been involved in military operations in Afghanistan and Yemen.

Frank D’Andraia, MA’74, of Missoula, Montana, is dean of library services and professor of library science at the University of Montana’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library.

Susan Major, LA’74, MBA’78, of Rancho Santa Fe, California, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Girl Scouts, San Diego­Imperial Council. Major is the managing director of technology and practice at Slayton International Executive Search. She has served on a number of professional and community groups, including the San Diego Telecom Council, Women in Wireless, the Northeastern University Corporation, the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center, the Old Globe Theatre, and Children’s Hospital Auxiliary.

Phillip Thomson, Ed’74, of Pleasanton, California, has been appointed area vice president at Curriculum Advantage. “Essentially, I travel around the West, selling a great little software package to schools,” he writes.

Marlene B. Seltzer, MA’76, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, became the chief executive officer at Boston’s Jobs for the Future (JFF) in October 2004. She was formerly the organization’s president, having joined JFF in 1995 as executive vice president. Prior to that, Seltzer served as the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training.

Marc Abrams, BA’78, of Jericho, New York, is the founder of Transitions, an advisory service that helps the ill and bereaved manage crisis.

David Ewer, LA’78, of Helena, Montana, has been appointed that state’s budget director. He and his wife, Gail, have two children, Meredith and Mallory.

Joanne L. Hood, LA’78, GB’99, of Flagstaff, Arizona, is the associate director of undergraduate admissions at Northern Arizona University, where she has worked since 1996. Hood recently earned a master’s in counseling from Northern Arizona and is now a certified professional counselor.

Jon Dana, BB’79, of Lee, New Hampshire, is in his twenty-first year as athletic trainer at the University of New Hampshire. He’s also the school’s director of sports medicine. Last summer, he was the trainer for men’s and women’s track and field at the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. In 2003, he was the trainer for the U.S. men’s handball squad at the Pan American Games, in the Dominican Republic.

Kathleen Davidson, N’79, was named 2004 Best Nurse Leader by Advance for Nurses magazine. Davidson, who has a master’s degree in nursing from Boston University and a master of business administration from Suffolk University, is the vice president of nursing at Boston Medical Center.

Seth Livingstone, LA’79, of Potomac Falls, Virginia, is in his sixth year as a baseball reporter and columnist for USA Today Sports Weekly. A voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Livingstone previously worked twenty-four years at the Patriot Ledger, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Marcy, live with their teenage children, Amanda and Andrew.

Chris Troyanos, BB’79, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, has been inducted into the Babson College Athletics Hall of Fame. He was an athletic trainer for twenty-five years at Babson, where he set up and ran a physical therapy clinic. He now works as Babson’s athletics fundraiser and the medical coordinator for the Boston Marathon.