William J. LaPointe, BA'64, of Hollis, New Hampshire, is a member of the board of directors at CoVi Technologies, a producer of video-surveillance systems. LaPointe was the president of Andover Controls, a building automation and security company, for twenty-five years.

Gerard W. Gawalt, LA'65, of Springfield, Virginia, is the author of My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives (New York: Black Dog/Leventhal, 2005). The correspondence of thirty-six presidential couples is featured in the volume. Gawalt also wrote First Daughters, a compilation of letters between U.S. presidents and their daughters.

George Winlock, BA'66, of Everett, Massachusetts, has retired from UniFirst Corporation, a uniform rental and services company, where he prepared federal and state corporation income-tax returns. In addition, he does financial work as a volunteer for the nonprofit Mystic Valley Elderly Services.

James R. Fitzgerald Jr., LA'68, MBA'70, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is the head of the new life sciences and technology practice at Accounting Management Solutions, in Westborough, which provides outsourced accounting, financial management, and recruiting services. Fitzgerald was previously a senior vice president and chief financial officer at the biotechnology company Nephros Therapeutics, in Rhode Island.

James Jeffrey, LA'69, of Saugus, Massachusetts, has been appointed the State Department's senior adviser on Iraq by U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. He reports directly to Rice. An ROTC cadet commander at Northeastern and a paratrooper and member of the U.S. Army Rangers in Vietnam, he joined the U.S. diplomatic corps in 1976. From June 2004 to March 2005, Jeffrey was the deputy chief of mission in Baghdad, and was the charge d'affaires to Iraq from March to June 2005.

Sandra Waddock, LA'69, of West Newton, Massachusetts, received a 2005 Faculty Pioneer Award for External Impact from Beyond Grey Pinstripes, an organization devoted to ensuring that business education and practice integrate social and environmental issues. Waddock was honored for her groundbreaking work in social investing and corporate citizenship. She is a professor of management at Boston College's Wallace E. Carroll School of Management.

David J. Weaver, E'69, of Morrison, Colorado, won the Colorado/Wyoming Transportation Professional of the Year award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which recognized his efforts during 2004. Weaver is an engineering supervisor for Denver's Traffic Engineering Services. He notes he's an avid snowboarder and competes in mountain-bike races. He came in third recently in the Winter Park Mountain Bike series.