Bruce Deyle, Ed'80, of Littleton, Massachusetts, writes, "I have been working at Verizon since 1985. My wife, Cheryl, and I have two daughters, Lydia and Molly. I would like to hear from classmates. Please e-mail me at bruce.e.deyle@verizon.com.

David Miner, AS'80, of Scituate, Massachusetts, is a manager of network administration for New England, New York, and New Jersey at First Health Corporation. He and his wife, Lynne, celebrated their twenty-first wedding anniversary this year. They have three children, twenty-year-old Matthew (a sophomore studying engineering at NU), seventeen-year-old Christopher, and twelve-year-old Kelsey. "Drop a line, and say hello," Miner writes. His e-mail address is dvmin7@aol.com.

Robert Sarao, CJ'80, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, writes to say he hoped to see a lot of criminal-justice graduates at his class's twenty-fifth reunion in October. He reports he graduated from Fitchburg State College with his MBA, and is currently working at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, in Kendall Square, Cambridge, as a network security consultant. He also consults on identity theft on the side. Friends can e-mail him at robert.sarao@verizon.net.

Susan Hallenborg Ventura, BB'80, GB'83, PHD'05, of Carlisle, Massachusetts, completed requirements in June for a doctorate in law, policy, and society from Northeastern. Her dissertation research resulted in the development of a theoretical model to guide the promotion, support, and improvement of spiritually sensitive care in hospital settings. She has been teaching in the physical therapy program at Bouvé College of Health Sciences since 1997 and cowrote a textbook, Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care.

Stephen R. Pritchard, E'81, of Scituate, Massachusetts, in July was named the state's environmental affairs secretary by Governor Mitt Romney. Pritchard previously headed the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, a post he took over in February.

Peter J. Smail, UC'81, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is the head of Pyramis Global Advisors, a money-management unit of Fidelity Investments that oversees all equity accounts for institutional investors. Smail joined Fidelity in 1987.

Darlene (Lobaugh) D'Altorio, BHD'82, of Stow, Ohio, writes, "I completed my master's in health-care management from Jones International University in May. I am employed at Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehab as the director of rehab and support services. Our facility was recently purchased from the county by Akron General Medical Center, enabling us to join a workforce of over 5,000 employees. Our freestanding rehabilitation hospital is now part of a full continuum of health care and boasts the largest number of CARF-accredited rehab programs at any hospital in the state. I'd love to hear from my NU friends to catch up with their lives!" Her e-mail address is darsangel@aol.com.

Susan (Fertig) Halpert, AS'83, of Marietta, Georgia, is the strategic planning coordinator for the Jewish Educational Loan Fund, which provides interest-free college loans to students in the South. She notes that she and her family are "adjusting to life as Southerners."

Stewart M. Ramsay, E'83, of Galena, Ohio, has been appointed the vice president of electric transmission at Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco. He was previously vice president of distribution asset management at American Electric Power.

Martin Anderson, PAH'84, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, is a senior project manager with Woodard and Curran, a consulting firm that provides integrated services in engineering, science, and operations.

Lisa Delmonico, AS'84, of New York City, was named one of five recipients sharing a $35,500 grant from the Rhode Island Council for Humanities. The organization offered the grant to artists who would try to define the meaning of happiness. Delmonico, a documentarian, has created a six-part TV series about that elusive quality titled Everyday Happiness, which was broadcast on the Rhode Island PBS channel WSBE in the fall.

Monte Ford, BA'84, of Southlake, Texas, is a senior vice president and chief information officer at AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines. He oversees the company's network of computers that manage the flow of more than ninety-two million passengers each year. In February, the magazine Black Enterprise named him one of the seventy-five most powerful African Americans in corporate America.

Stephen Harper, L'84, of Miami Shores, Florida, was the recipient of this year's Rodney Thaxton Against All Odds Award, presented annually by the Miami chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. An assistant public defender, Harper was singled out for his advocacy in the case of Roper v. Simmons, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the juvenile death penalty was unconstitutional. Harper is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where he lectures on juvenile justice.

David G. Marchione, UC'84, GB'96, of Woburn, Massachusetts, has been promoted to operations manager of off-campus imaging at Mass General West, in Waltham. He and his wife, Theresa, have two children, Jennifer and Jeffrey.

Michael Scipione, ME'84, of Walpole, Massachusetts, is the president and chief executive officer of Weston & Sampson, a firm that provides environmental consulting services to New England clients.

Gregory Recupero, E'85, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, is the director of hardware development at Boston Circuits, a semiconductor company.

Nancy A. Gaffney Sansalone, AS'85, MPA'88, of Arlington, Virginia, is the deputy executive director and chief financial officer at the Special Libraries Association. She was previously vice president and chief financial officer at the American Association for Higher Education.

Brian Shea, PAH'85, PharmD'88, of Peabody, Massachusetts, is a senior manager at Accenture, a consulting company in Wellesley. He was previously a senior manager at Capgemini Health. "On June 16, Accenture acquired Capgemini. I am still focusing on the same major challenge in health care: how to enhance patient safety while implementing new technology in patient care," he writes.

Sheila Baker, ME'86, of Soquel, California, is the vice president of marketing at KACE, an information-technology company in Mountain View. She previously worked as senior vice president of marketing at VA Software.

Mitchell Maxwell, BA'86, of Southborough, Massachusetts, is the chef and owner of Maxwell's 148 restaurant, in Natick.

Tim Burgess, L'87, of Anchorage, Alaska, has been nominated by President George W. Bush to the position of U.S. district court judge in Fairbanks. Burgess has been the U.S. attorney for Alaska since 2001. He and his wife, Joanne Grace, have four children.

Dennis G. Berger, BA'88, of Hinsdale, Illinois, is a vice president of coworker services at CDW Corporation, a computer-equipment vendor. He was previously vice president of human resources at PepsiAmericas, in Minneapolis.

Danny Johnson, MA'88, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, writes, "Since I graduated in 1988 and received my master of arts in journalism, I went on to do freelance work with the Fund for Investigative Journalism, as well as serve as chief of staff for former Massachusetts state senator Royal L. Bolling. My articles have been published under the New York Times Syndicate and in The Nation and The Progressive. Currently, I work as a public affairs manager for the U.S. Social Security Administration in Baltimore."

Susan Walsh, BB'88, of Providence, Rhode Island, writes, "I am a podiatrist, and I know at least five other podiatrists who attended Northeastern for their undergraduate degree (mine is in education). Many people aren't familiar with what podiatric physicians do. One of our many areas of expertise is prevention of foot complications from diabetes. There are thirteen million diabetics in the United States, and every year more than forty thousand of these people will undergo an amputation of a toe, foot, or leg. Preventing such amputations is one of our many medical and surgical challenges. Others run the gamut from the somewhat mundane (warts and ingrown toenails) to the much more complex (melanoma and flatfoot reconstructive surgery)."

Sam Heidari, E'89, of Menlo Park, California, is the chief executive officer and president at Doradus Technologies, a San Jose-based communication technology provider. Previously, Heidari worked at Ikanos Communications as director of systems and algorithms. Friends can e-mail him at sam.heidari@doradus-tech.com.

Marcelo A. Kopcow, CJ'89, MJ'90, of Greeley, Colorado, was appointed a district court judge on July 1 by Governor Bill Owens. Kopcow predominantly handles criminal cases.