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Brian J. Louf, CJ'81, of Beverly, Massachusetts, is a colonel in the U.S. Marines. He reports he is serving as a deputy command director at the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, in Colorado Springs, on a presidential recall in the war on terror.

Sylvio Theriault, MBA'81, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, is the chief financial officer of VXI Corporation, a manufacturer of voice-recognition products. He was previously president, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer at Spaulding Composites.

Kris Pisarik, AS'82, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been promoted to assistant managing editor for local news at the Lowell Sun. Pisarik began working at the paper in 1982 as a police reporter.

Wendy T. Gordon, AS'83, of Suffern, New York, is an adjunct professor at the State University of New York in Rockland. She is planning to take twenty-five students to Italy this month to study at the Culinary Institute of Florence. "I am excited to be given this opportunity to expose my students to a different culture while learning traditional Italian methods of cookery," she writes.

Patrick M. Devine, BB'84, of Columbia, Maryland, writes, "I have worked for Montgomery County public schools since 1997. In August, I was appointed to the position of special-education supervisor. I now monitor and support special-education services and programs for thirty-two schools in the Bethesda­Chevy Chase area. Would love to hear from any of my classmates or Choral Society members from 1979 to 1983." His e-mail address is patrick_m_devine@mcpsmd.org.

Mark S. Florence, BA'84, MBA'01, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, is the vice president of sales for CardioDynamics, which creates products to battle cardiovascular disease. He was previously vice president and general manager at Moore Medical Corporation.

Linda H. Pettingell, BA'84, of Concord, Massachusetts, has been promoted to senior vice president for human resources and corporate services at the biopharmaceutical company Transkaryotic Therapies, in Cambridge.

Chris Scott, AS'84, of Merrimac, Massachusetts, has been named city editor at the Lowell Sun. Scott has covered municipal government for the Sun, which he joined shortly after graduation.

Pam Stark, MBA'84, and her husband, Shelly Guyer, live in Norwalk, Connecticut, where Stark is the city clerk and grants coordinator. She says she's "involved in developing collaboratives and leveraging scarce dollars for the city from nonprofits and for-profits, while focusing on arts/culture, social services, youth leadership, and antigang efforts with the police and the Department of Justice." She previously worked seven years at the Volunteer Consulting Group, in Manhattan. Stark says she would "love to hear from Northeastern friends and colleagues, also faculty." Her e-mail address is pamstark@optonline.net.

Marty Trackman, BA'84, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, writes that he has been "happily married to Brenda for twelve-plus years. We have twin daughters who will be eight years old this spring. Life is good." Trackman has started an e-commerce business called BagOfTheMonth.com.

Michael G. Williams, AS'84, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, is the emerging markets manager for the northeast region at Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, which is based in Milwaukee. He previously was national business development and relationship manager for Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and a mortgage loan officer for BankBoston. Williams is currently a loan committee member for Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation.

George W. Earle, E'85, of San Jose, California, says he "has become an entrepreneur," noting that he's worked at eight start-ups, two of which he founded. He's currently vice president of engineering at Crossapps, a developer of health-care management systems. He and his wife have three daughters.

Ian Campbell, CS'86, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is president and chief executive officer at the consulting firm Nucleus Research, in Wellesley. He previously was vice president at International Data Corporation.

Dave Crowley, PAH'86, of Canton, Massachusetts, is the corporate environmental health and safety director at HP Hood, a dairy-processing firm headquartered in Chelsea. He also serves as the president of the Greater Boston chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Crowley notes that he started out in the funeral business but transferred to Northeastern with the intention of becoming a forensic toxicologist. After co-op jobs, he decided to go into the environmental field, starting at Inland Pollution Control, in Braintree. He holds credentials as a certified safety professional, certified hazardous materials manager, and certified environmental trainer, and has traveled throughout the United States and Europe on safety-training tours. Crowley has served on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Safety Council and is a member of several National Safety Council committees as well as the International Dairy Foods Association. In 2002, ASSE named him Safety Professional of the Year. Crowley and his wife, Penny, have two children.

Victoria A. Duntzee, N'86, of Leicester, Massachusetts, writes, "I am now working at Care Management Services, which is part of Health Plans, Inc., as a nurse case manager, and loving it. My husband, William, is a federal marshal out of Boston, and our daughter, Alexandra, is in first grade. Do we ever have reunions for nursing class? Please feel free to contact me. I would love to see classmates." Her e-mail addressis vickiedrn@charter.net.

Dan Weston, E'86, of Long Beach, California, writes, "I was just promoted to principal engineer/scientist at the Boeing Company in Huntington Beach. I've been here since graduation working on missiles, heavy launch vehicles, spacecraft, and even the space station. I am looking forward to the upcoming moon/Mars missions."

Marc Cremer, E'87, of Austin, Texas, is the vice president of sales at Tatara Systems, a developer of service-delivery platforms for communications service providers. Before joining Tatara, Cremer was the vice president of sales for the Mobility Solutions Group of PCTEL, Inc. Kimi Iguchi, MBA'87, of South Boston, is the vice president of finance at Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, in Foxborough. Previously, she was senior director of financial reporting at Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

John Furrier, CS'88, of Palo Alto, California, is the vice president of sales at NetLine Corporation, in Los Gatos. He previously was founder and chief executive officer at Broadband Developments.

Richard Goldenberg, BA'88, of Schuylerville, New York, is a major in the U.S. Army, currently serving in Tikrit, Iraq, with the 42nd Infantry Division, also known as the Rainbow Division. He is the task force public-affairs officer, overseeing public information, media facilitation, and organization communication programs. During his tour of duty, Goldenberg will help the transitional Iraqi government hold national, regional, and local elections, and draft a national referendum for a new constitution.

Thomas Bentley, CS'89, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, writes, "Well, my great-grandfather and grandfather would be proud. A Bentley family member has finally gotten a patent: Patent No. 6,757,530 B2, System and Method for Providing Wireless Access to Scheduling Applications."

Julia Lopez-Robertson, BB'89, of Tucson, earned a doctorate in language, reading, and culture from the University of Arizona last December.

Sal Lupoli, BA'89, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, writes, "Hello to all my pizza-loving friends. All is well at the Lupoli estate with my wonderful wife, Katie, and two children. I've expanded my horizons and started a door-to-door business selling high-end shower-curtain rings and bathroom plungers. Stay in touch." His e-mail address is salsjustpizza@aol.com.