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1970s
Loretta A. Brooks, LA'70, of Metuchen, New Jersey, received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Edison College in New Jersey in 1996.Donald S. Burke Jr., CJ'72, is chief of staff of the Army's program executive office, aviation, which is in the process of relocating the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Now a colonel, Burke has been in the Army for twenty-five years. His wife, Charlotte, is assistant manager for training at the Federal Aviation Administration. Their daughter, Tricia, works for the Memphis Arts Festival. Son Donny is a pre-med student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Another son, Nathan, is in high school in Enterprise, Alabama.
Barry Cooper, LA'73, is director of public affairs at Yale University, where he directs the school's news media relations. Cooper formerly served as White House deputy press secretary during the Reagan and Bush administrations.
Leon A. Geller, LA'73, of Swampscott, Massachusetts, relocated his law practice to Boston in May. He graduated from the New England School of Law in 1987. He and his wife have two young daughters.
Charles B. Nemeroff, MS'73, Reunette W. Harris professor and chairman of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, has won the 1997 Gerald L. Klerman Lifetime Research Award. The award is presented to a senior investigator with a lifetime contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of depressive and manic-depressive illnesses. After earning his master's in biology from N.U., Nemeroff received an M.D./Ph.D. in neurobiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is coauthor of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Textbook of Psychopharmacology and the author of more than 500 research reports. Nemeroff has received numerous other awards, including the APA Research Award and the Gold Medal Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, both in 1996.
John G. Colahan, LA'74, of North Quincy, Massachusetts, has retired after eighteen years with the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare in Dorchester and Roxbury.
Alan L. Reiss, E'75, of Oceanside, New York, is general manager of the World Trade Center in New York City.
James R. Gonzalez, LA'76, of Nutley, Illinois, has advanced to diplomate status in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Gonzalez has a master's degree in public health from Yale University.
Daniel J. Cahill, BS'77, of Dudley, Massachusetts, is clinical manager of Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, Connecticut. He reports meeting with Frank Condella, PAH'77. "It was good to see him again," says Cahill. He also recently visited with the parents of Alfred T. Hutchings, E'80, in Westerly, Rhode Island.
James J. Kilroy, UC'77, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, has been married for thirty-five years. He retired from Polaroid in 1988. "Enjoying our three grandchildren," he says.
Bruce P. Whipple, ME'77, is chief executive officer of Parker Enterprises, a company that is consolidating the country's coin-operated laundry business.
Larry W. Abraham, BA'78, of Livingston, New Jersey, is the controller of Empire International. He has two children, Brittany and Jeffrey.
P. Blair Bethea, BA'78, of Matawan, New Jersey, represented the United States at the Small Faces Fan Convention in London in January 1996.
Paul T. Casey, CJ'78, has worked in Japan for the Army since 1988. He is married to the former Tomoko Sato of Kyoto. They have two children, Erica and Kevin.