Peter Burns, CJ’80, of Hamburg, New York, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Hilbert College. Previously, he served as dean of enrollment management and external relations at Goddard College, in Plainfield, Vermont. John Cofer IV, E’80, of Millis, Massachusetts, writes of his father-in-law, John Nazzaro, BA’53, who died in November 2007: “I took John to see the Northeastern campus on a sunny day in November 2003, and he was impressed. We had a nice afternoon walking around the campus, and it brought back a lot of fond memories for him. He made a point to rub the nose of the Husky statue in Ell Hall.” Nazzaro once served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer at the Boston advertising agency Provandie & Chirug. Mary Crane, AS’80, lives in Dover, Massachusetts, with her daughters, Rebecca and Katie L’Heureux. She sells real estate in Boston and its western suburbs for Century 21 Commonwealth, and notes she’d “be happy to hear from any fellow Huskies.” Her e-mail address is <mary.crane@commonmoves.com>. Brian Flumere, CJ’80, of Milford, Massachusetts, recently joined Samsung Information Technology Division as regional sales manager. His e-mail address is <bflumere@sea.samsung.com>. Tony Ghandchi, E’80, ME’81, of Framingham, Massachusetts, is the president and owner of 495 Chrysler Jeep Dodge, in Lowell. The dealership opened in June. Ghandchi has owned auto dealerships in North Reading, Massachusetts, and in North Hampton and Stratham, New Hampshire. Magali Castro Gyr, BB’80, of Sciez, France, writes, “Back living on Lake Geneva with husband, Duff, and teenage sons, Julien and Brannen. I’m teaching kindergarten at a small bilingual school in Geneva, Switzerland, after a two-year hiatus in British Columbia, Canada, where I co-organized a lobby group advocating equal rights regarding citizenship issues. Our group, the Lost Canadians, recently won a major unanimous decision when the House and the Senate implemented a new bill, C37, which became law after royal assentment. The bill will have ramifications for nine distinct groups of people wrongly stripped of or denied Canadian citizenship after sixty years of discriminatory laws. The past seven years of lobbying have certainly given me extraordinary lessons in civics. The next step is lobbying for a systematic rethink and rewrite of our Citizenship Act.” Douglas Meduna, BA’80, of Mobile, Alabama, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager at Integrity Direct, a direct marketer of Christian products. He and his wife, Bette, celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary in September 2007. Meduna says they are looking forward to seeing Northeastern, where they met freshman year, when they visit their oldest son, who is now living in Worcester after spending a year and a half in Uzbekistan. Meduna, who rowed while at Northeastern, wants his former teammates to know that he’s getting in shape—running 10Ks under 40 minutes and a half marathon in 1:31. He can be e-mailed at <dougm@integinc.com>. John Schneider, Ed’80, of Lowell, Massachusetts, is the executive vice president of MassINC, a Boston think tank. One of its projects is researching the future of eleven of the state’s Gateway Cities, including Pittsfield, where Schneider grew up. The eleven cities account for 30 percent of the Massachusetts residents who live in poverty, despite having only 15 percent of the state’s population. Stephen Taksar, MEd’80, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, was named vice president for finance and administration at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University in June. Formerly, Taksar was the vice chancellor for administration and finance at Indiana University–South Bend. He has also served as chief operations officer at Babson College’s School of Executive Education, assistant vice president of finance and operations at Curry College, and business manager at Wheaton College. Taksar and his wife, Laure Morris, have two sons, Samuel and Eli. Michael E. Clark, CJ’81, of Satellite Beach, Florida, is a senior security staff representative at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, where he has worked for twenty-five years. He has held similar positions at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California, and Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, in Georgia. Clark and his wife, Donna, both grew up in Weymouth, Massachusetts. They have two sons, Kennan and Grason. “We’ll make our annual trip to Chatham, on Cape Cod, this summer,” he writes. “Gotta have that New England seafood.” Shelley Coate, CJ’81, is a psychologist living in Gilroy, California. She writes that she spent four years as an officer at the U.S. Naval Academy before she and her husband, Jack, and their daughter, Veronika, “set down roots in the beautiful California central coast.” Coate’s practice focuses on forensic issues, including competency to stand trial, insanity, child custody, law enforcement, pre-employment screening, and corrections. She says she’d like to hear from classmates, especially those on the West Coast. E-mail her at <coatepsyd@yahoo.com>. H Bruce Gordon, CS’81, has joined AmerisourceBergen, a comprehensive pharmaceutical-services provider headquartered in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, as an IT liaison to the legal department. He and his wife, Joanne (the younger sister of his Northeastern roommate, Kevin), and their two children, Alexis and Zack, live in Lansdale. David Weingarten, L’81, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, has been nominated to the Brighton Division of the Boston Municipal Court by Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. Weingarten is a partner in the law firm Macy and Weingarten. Julie Gersten, CJ’82, of Miami Beach, writes, “I would love to be in touch with anyone who remembers me. Please e-mail. Does anyone know what happened to Lynn Kaye?” Contact Gersten at <tworubens@the-beach.net>. Chuck Vranas, CJ’82, has worked as a photojournalist in the hot rod and performance automotive field for more than a decade. He has coauthored two books, Great American Hot Rods and Custom Cars, both published by Lerner Press. His work can be seen in such publications as Street Rodder, Camaro Performers, Chevelle, Classic Truck, Custom Car UK, Classic American UK, and Rolls and Pleats (a Belgian magazine). Vranas and his wife, Kim, have been married twenty-three years. They live in Braintree, Massachusetts, with their Burmese cats, Tamsin and Goblin. Erica Blumberg, UC’83, of Danvers, Massachusetts, reports the sad news that her mother, Ruth Leona (Freedman) Blumberg, LA’49, of Newburyport, died in March. “In the weeks prior to her death, my mother was at home and able to revisit her fondest memories by enjoying her dearest friends and family,” Erica writes. “Ruth had an extraordinary capacity to capture hearts and a voracious appetite for learning and experiencing every aspect of life. She was an expert craftsperson. She took special delight in knitting, stitchery, silversmithing, pottery, stained glass, and, most especially, horticulture. She knew the Latin names of every flower and plant. Her projects, all completed to perfection, were freely given, as was her love to friends and family near and far. She was also an accomplished pianist and enjoyed playing for her Spiritualist congregation. She reveled in teaching her skills to others and delighted in watching others succeed.” Fred Grandinetti, BB’83, of Watertown, Massachusetts, has enjoyed a twenty-five-year relationship with Popeye, the legendary spinach-loving sailor man, which began when one of Grandinetti’s Popeye cartoons was published in Amazing Heroes magazine, earning him $3. Now considered a Popeye expert, Grandinetti has written five books—Popeye the Collectible (Krause Publications, 1990), Popeye: An Illustrated History (McFarland, 1994), Popeye Le Marin (Dreamland, 1994), Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History (McFarland, 2004), and He Am What He Am: Jack Mercer, the Voice of Popeye (BearManor Media, 2007). His Popeye articles have appeared in many publications as well. Through Grandinetti’s efforts, the theatrical Popeye animated cartoons were released on DVD and restored for broadcast on the Cartoon Network’s Popeye Show. Michael W. Hartford, UC’83, of Ellenton, Florida, recently achieved the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy. Stationed in Tampa, he provides oversight and support to wounded, injured, and ill sailors and their families. He was also appointed, through the White House, to serve as a member of the Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation. Jean Kovacs, BA’83, of Hillsborough, California, was named one of the Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times in May. She is the senior vice president of corporate marketing and strategic alliances at Sterling Commerce, an AT&T subsidiary headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to joining Sterling Commerce, Kovacs was cofounder, president, and CEO of Comergent, and cofounder and executive vice president of Qualix Group. She is active in the San Francisco community, serving as chair of the board of BUILD and host of the Kovacs Zoltan Memorial Chess Tournament. Judith L. Poller, L’83, of New York City, has joined with Peter Bronstein and Donald Schuck to form Bronstein Schuck & Poller Matrimonial Law Group at the law firm Dreier, where Poller is a partner. Sigmund J. Roos, L’83, has been elected to a four-year term as a member of the board of trustees of Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Roos and his wife, Ruth Rohde, live in Concord. He is a partner in the Boston law firm Block and Roos, specializing in commercial litigation. James E. Bruce Sr., CJ’84, of Brockton, Massachusetts, graduated in August with a doctorate in organization management from Capella University, in Minneapolis. Bruce, who has a special interest in motivational speaking, is a self-employed business consultant and the author of several books. His latest book, Life Is Like Climbing a Mountain, presents mountain climbing as a metaphor for understanding the journey of life. He is the founder and owner of Mr. J Floral Specialist, a full-service flower shop in Roxbury. Terryl L. Calloway, BA’84, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, founded Calloway Entertainment shortly after graduation from Northeastern. An event-planning, club/concert/theater promotions, and artist-management company, Calloway Entertainment has produced more than two thousand events, working with such clients as Prince, Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, and Harvard Business School’s H. Naylor Fitzhugh Business Conference. In 1998, Calloway and his mother, Caroline, founded NEX Communications, which now has more than seven hundred clients, including the House of Blues New Orleans, the American Heart Foundation, ABCD, and National Amusements. Calloway was the national marketing director for the 1998 Boyz II Men, Destiny’s Child, and Next U.S. tour. His current projects include the UniverSoul Circus’s “Jubulani” and the annual Beantown Jazz Festival. Amin R. Jessa, E’84, ME’95, has been promoted to director of distribution engineering at NSTAR Electric and Gas. He and his wife, Denise, live in Holliston, Massachusetts, with their dog and three cats. Michael Mainelli, E’84, of Longwood, Florida, was elected in April to the board of directors of Active Implants, an orthopaedic medical-device company. He has served as president of Stryker Spine and Stryker of Japan. David Mara, CJ’84, of Bedford, New Hampshire, was named Manchester’s chief of police in April. He joined the Manchester force in 1986. Mara holds a law degree from the New England School of Law and, as police captain, headed his department’s legal and records division. He and his wife, Jackie, have two sons and a daughter. Maria Marchand, BA’84, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, received a master of science in taxation from Bentley College this year. She has worked at the accounting firm Sullivan Bille for nine years. Marchand is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. David G. Marchione, UC’84, GB’96, of Woburn, Massachusetts, has joined Newton-Wellesley Hospital as the director of radiology and cardiology. Previously, he was operations manager at Massachusetts General West Imaging, in Waltham, for three years. Peggy (Murphy) McGillin, BA’84, of Concord, Massachusetts, writes, “Can you believe we have been out of school for more years (twenty-four) than we were old when we graduated? Oh, if only I knew then what I know now! Now when I go to Huntington Ave., it’s not to go to the Cask. It’s to drop my son off at Wentworth, where he’ll be a sophomore. After being away from Boston since 1984, we’re now back in Concord. Visit my website at <www.journeyfinancialplanners.com>, and send me your e-mail address.” Emily Rice, L’84, of Concord, New Hampshire, became the co-chair of the state’s Judicial Selection Commission in June, appointed by Governor John Lynch. Rice, who entered private practice in 1993, is an attorney with Orr and Reno. Prior to that, she was a senior assistant attorney general and chief of the Bureau of Civil Law in the attorney general’s office. She is a recipient of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s E. Donald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalism. Nancy (Brown) Conner, AS’85, of Ithaca, New York, and Steven Holzner were married on June 2. Her daughter, Tamsen, attended the wedding. Conner’s most recent book, Google Apps: The Missing Manual, was published by O’Reilly in May. Timothy Dunn, MBA’85, of Rectortown, Virginia, has been named to the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg. He is a senior vice president at the investment firm Capital Research Global Investors. Katherine (Croteau) Macone, AS’85, received a master’s degree with honors in special education, moderate special needs, from Salem State College in May. A special-education teacher at the Clapp Elementary School in Woburn, Massachusetts, Macone lives in Amesbury with her husband, John, and sons Joseph, twelve, and Samuel, ten. “Attending graduate school and starting a new career at midlife has had many advantages,” she writes. “Being a parent of two boys with special needs gives me valuable insight. I use the observation and communication skills I honed over twenty years in newspapers every day in teaching and evaluating children with moderate learning disabilities that include low-level mental retardation, dyslexia, and autism. There is never a dull day.” Macone says she would welcome reconnecting with former classmates. “I’ve lost touch with friends from the Northeastern News and the Cauldron. I would love to hear from Marie Grady, Michelle Clarke, and Chris Reagle.” Susan Hegarty Snow, PA’85, of Rancho Santa Fe, California, was appointed in May to the board of directors of Basin Water, which provides solutions for treating contaminated groundwater. She is a member of the company’s audit committee and nominating and governance committee. Formerly, she was chief financial officer, chief administrative officer, and board director at Maxim Systems. Prior to that, she was chief financial officer at Network Insight. In 2005, she was named Director of the Year by the Corporate Directors Forum. Snow also serves on the University of San Diego Business School advisory board. Phil Aldridge, AS’86, was hired in June by KSTP-TV in Denver as its sports anchor. He had been a weekend sports anchor and reporter at the CBS affiliate since 2005. Aldridge has held sports director, producer, or reporter positions in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana; Greenville, South Carolina; and Atlanta. Marie Berry, N’86, of Warner Robins, Georgia, is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel. Starting in September 2004, Berry headed the specialty-care section of the U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Germany, for three years. She and her staff treated more than 6,800 Americans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Berry’s husband, Warren, is a colonel in command of the 78th Air Base Wing at Robins Air Force Base. Jim Coleman, BA’86, of Southington, Connecticut, is an independent financial adviser. He founded Coleman Financial Advisory Group, in Waterbury, in 1990. Gerry Cox, PA’86, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the cofounder and chief operating officer of Velesco Pharmaceutical Services. Formerly, he was a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen and Pfizer. Patricia J. D’Amore, UC’86, along with two partners, has opened J and A Financial Services in East Boston, where she lives. Ben Godley, AS’86, of Newton, Massachusetts, was appointed executive vice president at Boston public-television station WGBH in July. Previously, he worked in several positions for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and was a senior adviser and deputy national finance director during Romney’s presidential run, which ended in February 2008. Earlier, Godley was cofounder, president, and chief executive officer of CGN Marketing and Creative Services, and worked in marketing and management at DRK Advertising, IBM, and Hill and Knowlton. He has served on the boards of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund, Greater Boston Aid to the Blind, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. Patti Palumbo, AS’86, of New Hartford, New York, became an associate broker in the Utica office of Coldwell Banker Faith Properties in May. She specializes in residential properties in New Hartford, Whitesboro, South Utica, North Utica, Clinton, Deerfield, and Marcy, and in waterfront property locally and in the Adirondack Park. Debbie Gold, BA’87, was the top- producing sales agent at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage of Rhode Island in 2007. The recognition is determined by selling volume, listings sold, and units sold. Gold and her three children live in Barrington, Rhode Island. E-mail her at <deborah.gold@nemoves.com>. John Jeffire, MA’87, of Clinton Township, Michigan, has produced his first collection of poems, Stone+Fist+Brick+Bone, published by Aquarius Press as part of its Living Detroit Series. His website can be found at <www.johnjeffire.com>. Monique Mattei Ferraro, MJ’87, of Watertown, Connecticut, has founded a digital-forensics and electronic-evidence consulting firm called Technology Forensics. E-mail her at <monique@techforensicexperts.com>. Lisa Brown, N’88, of Pelham, New Hampshire—along with her son, Joey, and daughter, Sarah—has created MatChats, placemats that feature questions designed to get families talking around the dinner table, such as, “What characteristics do you look for when choosing a friend?” The product’s website address is <www.matchats.com>. Brown works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Jon DiVincenzo, E’88, of Norwood, Massachusetts, was in June named the president of the bioscience division of Millipore, which provides life-science tools, technologies, and services. Formerly, he was the vice president of global sales and service at the division. DiVincenzo has been with Millipore since 1994. Mark McCauley, AS’88, of Lake Mary, Florida, writes, “I recently launched Dynamic Sports and Entertainment, a marketing company specializing in sports, sponsorship, and entertainment based in the Orlando area, where I have lived with my wife, Lisa, for the past eleven years.” Previously, he was vice president and general manager of Florida Gator Sports Properties, managing all corporate-sponsorship sales and operations for Florida Gator athletics. Amin J. Khoury, MBA’89, of Hobe Sound, Florida, was elected in June to the board of trustees of the Scripps Research Institute, which has laboratories in La Jolla, California, and Palm Beach County, Florida. Khoury is the founder, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of B/E Aerospace, in Wellington, Florida. His volunteer activities include the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts; the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation; Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County, Florida; Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and the Institute for Mobility and Longevity, in Palm Beach. Carl LeBel, PHD’89, of Malibu, California, has been appointed president and chief operating officer at Akesis Pharmaceuticals. A member of the Akesis board since December 2007, LeBel formerly held preclinical development positions with Arthur D. Little and Alkermes. Sal Lupoli, BA’89, is the chief executive officer of Lupoli Companies, the parent company of Sal’s Pizza, Mary’s Pasta and Sandwiches, and Salvatore’s Restaurant and Riverwalk. Over the past five years, Lupoli has also been buying and renovating old mill buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts, turning them into office-park space. He lives with his wife, Kati, and their children, Mary and Sal, in Chelmsford. Ed Novicelli, E’89, of Meriden, Connecticut, is a spinal-implant sales representative at Zimmer Spine, which designs, manufactures, and distributes medical devices and surgical tools that provide spine-care solutions. “Drop me a line at <renovelli@cox.net>, or look for me on LinkedIn.com,” he writes. He also reported he planned to be part of the ’88 Husky varsity men’s crew at the 2008 Head of the Charles. Thomai “Mimi” Panagiotou, ME’89, PHD’95, of Winchester, Massachusetts, was promoted in July to chief technology officer at Microfluidics International, in Newton. Previously, she was vice president of research and development. The company distributes high-performance materials-processing and formulation equipment to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics, personal-care, and food industries. Reginald Steele, AS’89, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of his grandson, Aiden Lucas, on January 4 to his daughter, Victoria. Li Zhang, ME’89, of Harvard, Massachusetts, is the new president of worldwide process engineering at Koch Membrane Systems, in Wilmington. In this newly created post, he will manage global process engineering activities and coordinate the activities of foreign and domestic engineering groups at the company, a global leader in separation and filtration products. Zhang previously served as Asia-Pacific vice president and director at the advanced water-treatment division of ITT Fluid Technology in Shanghai.