Francis J. Madden, E'51, of Quincy, Massachusetts, was one of five recipients of the 2005 Charles Stark Draper Prize, presented by the National Academy of Engineering, for his work on CORONA, the first U.S. spy satellite. Madden had served as chief engineer of Itek Corporation's CORONA Camera Project program, until he retired in 1975. In 2000, he was named a Pioneer of National Reconnaissance by the National Reconnaissance Office. Madden is also one of the founders of the Northeastern RE-SEED (Retirees Enhancing Science Education through Experiments and Demonstrations) program, which sends retired scientists and engineers into middle schools to demonstrate practical applications of mathematics and science.

James Greenwood, BA'55, of Arlington, Massachusetts, journeyed to England in May with his sons, Thomas and David. They were making their first acquaintance with English relatives.

Anthony D. Napolitano, LA'55, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served on his class's reunion committee in April. Reunion events included a reception at Sudbury's Wayside Inn, a presentation at Northeastern's Shillman Hall, a Boston Duck Boat tour, a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, dinner at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, and the Golden Grads march at commencement.

Joe Valof, BA'55, MBA'63, of Westborough, Massachusetts, has written a research paper for Paralyzed Veterans of America in response to the organization's annual legal-writing competition. The competition topic was "Should a Veteran Be Entitled to Retain a Lawyer for Adjudication of Claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs." Part of Valof's research included sending an e-mail questionnaire to all members of the Northeastern ROTC Alumni Association.

C. Thomas Burke, BA'57, of Great Falls, Virginia, writes, "I've served at the U.S. State Department from 1990 through the present. In 1991, I was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as deputy commissioner of the Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal. In 1995, I received an Outstanding Alumni Award for business and industry."

Eugene Lally, E'57, of Mission Viejo, California, is the head research economist at Dynamic Development Corporation, a think tank in El Toro. He developed a new consumer value index, a way to evaluate how the economy is affecting consumers. In February, his interest in photography took him to the seventh Death Valley Historic Conference, where he presented a paper that detailed how he became the first person to shoot a photo containing both the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Badwater) points in the forty-eight contiguous states.

Steven Selman, LA'59, of Westford, Massachusetts, is the author of Prehumous (As Opposed to Posthumous): Unpoetic Poems about Sex, Violence, and Secrets They Don't Want You to Know. The volume takes an often-humorous look at a range of topics. A retired Army colonel, Selman served two tours of duty in Vietnam and won a Bronze Star. In the Army Reserves, he completed psychotherapist training. In civilian life, he served as chief of human relations at Hanscom Air Force Base, in Bedford; chief equal employment opportunity counselor and mediator at the Air Force Systems Command; and lecturer in psychology, sociology, and business management at Western New England College, in Springfield.