Peter Cameron, LA'70, of Reading, Massachusetts, is the chief operating officer of Waterford Wedgewood, the Irish conglomerate known for its crystal and china. He was previously with cookware manufacturer All-Clad, which was bought by Waterford Wedgewood. Cameron is a member of Northeastern's Board of Overseers.

Edouard A. Piche, E'70, of Troy, Michigan, retired from General Motors on April 1, after thirty years with the company. He says he now devotes time to family and home projects. He is also trying to find a manufacturer for his invention, which was awarded U.S. Patent 6,839,993.

Christopher Pratt, UC'70, of New York City, received the Donald MacLaren Award for Professional Achievement in Work-Integrated Learning at the fourteenth International Conference on Cooperative Education, sponsored by the World Association for Cooperative Education, in June. The conference, which was hosted by Northeastern, focused on defining, developing, and managing a successful global workforce. The biennial MacLaren Award honors a career-education leader who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to cooperative education and work-integrated learning programs on both domestic and international levels. Pratt currently serves as dean of career education at Columbia University, a position he assumed in September 2001. Previously, he directed career-education programs at MIT and Seton Hall University.

Christine Johnson, PAH'71, of New Hartford, New York, reports the sad news of the death of her former husband, Marshal E. Johnson, BA'69, of Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. "Marshal passed away in August 2004," she writes. "At Northeastern, he was an active member of ROTC and Zeta Beta Tau fraternity."

Buffie Race, BB'71, of Seoul, Korea, has extended her teaching contract at Seoul Foreign School, a private American coeducational school, for three more years. She writes that she enjoys teaching swim classes for grades K through 12 and coaching the junior-varsity volleyball team and three of the school's swim teams. During the last school year, she traveled to Shanghai, China, and Brunei for tournaments.

Walter P. Scott, LA'72, of Thousand Oaks, California, is the vice president of engineering at LVL7 Systems, which provides production-ready networking software to communication-systems manufacturers. He was previously senior vice president of engineering at Alcatel.

John A. Fiore Jr., LA'73, MBA'78, of Wayland, Massachusetts, has been named executive vice president and head of investor-services technology at the Bank of New York. Previously, he was the president of Wayland Associates.

Ed Mahaney, BA'73, of Burke, Virginia, notes he finally left his co-op job. After thirty-three years, he retired in September from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He reports he and his wife are empty-nesters.

John P. Mello Jr., LA'73, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and his family attended the twenty-eighth annual Cooperstown (New York) Festival of Camping, Golf, and Culture. The event ran from July 21 through 24, and is organized by Richard Tourangeau, LA'71. Also attending the event were Scott Kaeser, LA'73, Karen (Schindehette) Kaeser, PAH'77, Maggie Rhodes, LA'71, Ed Rice, LA'71, and Jeanne Ryder, LA'74.

Fran Barton, MBA'74, of Saratoga, California, is the chief financial officer of UTStarcom, a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. He previously worked at Atmel Corporation as executive vice president and CFO.

Steve Maradian, Ed'74, MEd'75, of Washington, D.C., was named president of Los Angeles City College in July. Previously, he was vice president at the American University of Armenia.

Martha McCabe, L'74, of San Antonio, Texas, is the author of Praise at Midnight, her first novel, about a murder in a small town. McCabe, a practicing attorney, has studied creative writing at Texas State University.

Fernando Faria, E'75, of Westford, Massachusetts, is the president of the Brashear division of L-3 Communications, a provider of secure communications systems.

Kevin W. Quinlan, PA'75, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is chief financial officer at Anika Therapeutics, which manufactures products to help heal cartilage and soft tissues. He was previously president of the BBI diagnostics division at Boston Biomedica. David Ritchie, UC'75, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, retired as detective sergeant from the Malden (Massachusetts) Police Department, after thirty-three years. For the past two years, he has been an assistant professor in the criminal justice program at McIntosh College, in Dover, New Hampshire.

William Abroms, CJ'76, of Duluth, Georgia, writes, "Presently working with forensic data-discovery products with ImageMASSter hardware, Paraben, and PMI software." He is vice president at ABC-US, a computer-products vendor.

Paul M. Kaplan, L'77, of New York City, is a partner in the antitrust practice group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, in New York. Kaplan has served as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School since 1991.

Mark Krentzman, BA'77, of New York City, is a member of the board of trustees at the Norman Rockwell Museum, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Krentzman also serves as a member of the Northeastern Corporation and the executive alumni committee at Harvard Business School. He works in business development at BioVentures Investors, a venture-capital firm.

Paul Tumolo, UC'78, UC'81, of Medway, Massachusetts, was awarded the Susan B. Fussa Teacher of the Year award at Harvard Extension School for 2004-2005. Tumolo—who is the CEO of Edusult, a management-consulting firm in Medway—has also taught at Babson, Bentley, and Northeastern. He writes, "NU gave me the opportunity to learn and grow. I have taken that learning and shared it with many others."

Mark Patrick Greene, UC'79, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, writes he's about to celebrate his eighth anniversary as principal attorney at Butterall & Greene, located in Hanover. Greene, who opened the practice with attorney Joanne Butterall, reports it has now grown to include two associate attorneys, two counsel attorneys, and a paralegal. He received his law degree from Southern New England School of Law.

Harris L. MacNeill, BA'79, of Northborough, Massachusetts, is the president of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, the world's largest maker of plastic cleats and metal spikes for athletic shoes (under the brand name Champ). The company's accounts include Adidas, Reebok, New Balance, and Nike.