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1960s Karl Bossi, LA'62, of Venice, Florida, has been busy with book signings since Just Call Me Moose! Growing Up Italian in America was published by Gondola Press in 2005. This summer, he'll make appearances in Maine; at Lake Tahoe; and at Lake Como, Italy.
Frank Hennessey, BA'64, of Grosse Point, Michigan, is the chairman and chief executive officer for finance company Hennessey Capital. He has served as chairman of the board of directors of Emco, a Canadian building-materials company. Hennessey is involved in a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, United Way Community Services, and Detroit's Hudson-Webber Foundation.
Frank Perillo, E'64, ME'66, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has retired after eighteen years at Hewlett-Packard and its spinoff, Agilent Technologies. Most recently, he was a managing counsel in Agilent's legal department.
David F. Rivers, E'65, of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a member of the board of directors of NanoLogix, a nanobiotechnology company. Rivers serves as chief executive officer at Patriot Lift Company, which manufactures gear for the trucking industry. He has been on the advisory board at Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, Connecticut, for twenty-five years. Rivers is a member of the board of One Church, One Family in the Virgin Islands.
David W. Ryan, BA'65, of Escondido, California, has retired as a judge on the San Diego Superior Court, after spending thirteen years as a lawyer and twenty years as a judge. He writes he's looking forward to working in his vineyard and large Japanese garden. Ryan also plans to travel and spend more volunteer time with Wildlife Assist, which captures injured and sick wildlife and gets them into rehab for future release. He and his wife of thirty-eight years have five children and nine grandchildren.
Spencer P. Lookner, ME'66, ME'69, of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, is the vice president of Newton's Prudential Edna Kranz Realty, where he sells residential real estate. He and his wife, Susan, have three sons.
Alexander J. Hekimian, E'67, of Columbia, Maryland, has retired after thirty-two years as a transportation planner with the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission. He notes he started his career as a co-op student with the Boston Redevelopment Authority. "Now I look forward to the three Ts: travel, tennis, and time with my grown kids. Who knows, there might also be a fourth T: a little transportation-related consulting on the side," he writes. "And, after all these years, I'm still a big Red Sox fan."
Kristen Henshaw, LA'67, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, has authored Craig Kingsbury Talkin': The Salty Model for Quint Speaks Out, a self-published book about her father, whose distinctive personality and turns of phrase helped inspire how actor Robert Shaw played the role of Quint in the 1975 movie Jaws. Kingsbury played the part of Ben Gardner in the film.
Leon A. Ferber, E'69, of Norwich, Connecticut, was featured in a December 2005 segment on the NBC Nightly News as the founder of Interactive Voice Response, credited with launching voicemail. Now retired from the company, he's devoting time to his wife and two daughters.
Dave House, ME'69, of Mountain View, California, is the executive chairman of the board of directors of Credence Systems, which makes semiconductor testers. Formerly, he was executive chairman at Brocade Communications Systems, a switch maker for data-storage networks. He also worked with Intel for twenty-two years, overseeing the development of the company's microprocessor lines, including the Pentium processor.
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