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Boston College Magazine has received the following recent accounts of alumni in the news:
New Deal Utopias, a photography exhibit by Jason Reblando ’95, examines three planned communities constructed by the government during the Great Depression.
» The New York Times, March 5, 2012
Kathleen Hickey Barrie NC ’72 is the curator for The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, which just opened in Las Vegas.
» The New York Times, February 13, 2012
Charles Grandson IV ’05, MEd. ’07, doctoral student in the Lynch School of Education and principal of Springfield’s High School of Commerce, faces a turnaround challenge at one of the state’s lowest-performing high schools.
» Commonwealth Magazine, January 31, 2012
Clare Droesch ‘05, former Boston College Basketball standout, faces cancer challenge.
Clear Heart Full Eyes, the first solo album by Craig Finn, lead singer of the band The Hold Steady, debuted this week.
» New York Times, January 20, 2012
Noted for its dazzling cinematography, “Chasing Ice,” a documentary on the work of climate change photographer James Balog ’74, is among “ten hot Sundance Film Festival documentaries to watch” identified by “Speakeasy,” a blog of the Wall Street Journal.
» Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2012
NBC Sports commentator and former Eagles Football captain Mike Mayock ’80 has been named Media Person of the Year by Sports Illustrated.com.
» Sports Illustrated.com, December 28, 2012
Tom MacDonald, MBA ’02 has published his first novel, The Charlestown Connection.
» Boston.com, January 12, 2012
Derek Vandegrift ’00, LGSOE ’01, a Waltham High School history teacher, has won the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
» Boston.com, October 18, 2011
Efforts by Navyn Datoo Salem ’94 to help the famine-stricken children of Africa through Plumpy’nut - a specially-formulated edible paste made of peanuts and packed with calories and vitamins - have been featured by the “Making a Difference” segment of NBC Nightly News.
» NBC Nightly News, September 1, 2011
A new novel by Jennifer Close ’08, Girls in White Dresses, chronicles a group of recent BC graduates and highlights the bond between women during those crucial years after college and before marriage, employment, and children.
» Washington Life Magazine, August 24, 2011
ThredUp, a startup used-clothing site co-founded by Oliver Lubin ’01 and James Reinhart ’01 has raised $8.4 million in venture capital.
» Entrepreneur Magazine, September 11, 2011
Erik Weihenmayer ’91, H’03, the only blind person to have scaled the world’s Seven Summits, is a competitor on ABC’s new reality adventure series, “Expedition Impossible.”
“For the Record: Searching for Objectivity in Global Conflict,” an exhibit at Montserrat College of Art Gallery in Beverly, MA commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is curated by Gordon Arnold Ph.D. ’94.
» Boston Globe, August 31, 2011
Dr. Frank B. Pomposelli ’74 will be the new head of surgery at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
» Boston Globe, August 11, 2011
Carly Blustein ’11 was featured in a Fox 5 News segment on Teach for America in Atlanta.
» Fox News Atlanta, August 9, 2011
Denise Morrison ’75 has been named president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company.
» Philadelphia Business Journal, June 24, 2011
Bill Cain, S.J. ’70 returns to Boston for the East Coast premiere of his play, “9 Circles,” a drama about an American soldier tried for an atrocity against civilians in Iraq.
» The Boston Globe, March 19, 2011
Tom McCarthy ’88 directs his third movie, “Win Win,” a comedy-drama set in New Jersey.
» The Boston Globe, March 20, 2011
Sean Patrick Flahaven ’95 was recently featured in the post-Grammy awards issue of Billboard Magazine.
» Billboard, February 26, 2011
Blind teacher Francine Gravel M.ED. ’83 was recently honored as “Teacher of Inspiration.” She has taught blind students at the Philip E. Layton School in Montreal for 32 years.
» The Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2010
Democrat Dannel P. Malloy ’77, J.D. ’80, was declared the winner of Connecticut’s gubernatorial race on Nov. 5. 2010.
» The New York Times, November 19, 2010
Liz McCartney ’94, co-founder of the St. Bernard Project to help rebuild Katrina-stricken New Orleans, is on the cover of the November issue of U.S. News and World Report, which highlights ten service groups that are making a difference through the efforts of “individuals who have found innovative ways to tackle seemingly intractable problems.”
» US News and World Report, November, 2010
Phoenix forward Jared Dudley ‘07 has signed a contract extension with Phoenix for $22.5 million over five years.
Jack Connors ’63, Chairman, The Connors Family Office, is featured in the current issue of Boston Magazine.
» Boston Magazine, October, 2010
Streetwise Pictures Entertainment is filming independent feature “Naked As We Came In,” produced by Nia Hatsopoulos ’02.
» Norwood Transcript, October 29, 2010
Mike White ’74, Chairman, President and CEO of DirecTV will be featured on an episode of the CBS series “Undercover Boss” on Sunday, October 10.
James Balog ’74 has received a 2010 Heinz Award for his dramatic use of photography to document the devastation of global warming.
» USA Today, September 21, 2010
Joe Bastianich ’89 is a restaurateur, vineyard owner, author, partner of Mario Batali and chief executive of the newly opened market, Eataly New York.
» The New York Times, September 23, 2010
Gosder Cherilus ‘07 is funding the United Citizens Community School of Desdunes, Haiti, his grandmother’s hometown.
» Detroit Free Press, September 24, 2010
Bruce Cornelius ’86, principal of CreditReport.com sells company to Experian PLC for $270.5M
» Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2010
Joe Schreiber ’82, former producer for “The George Michael Sports Machine,” now runs his own production company, Mattmar Productions.
» Washington Post, September 6, 2010
“The Town,” directed by Ben Affleck is based on the novel Prince of Thieves, by Chuck Hogan ’89.
» Boston Globe, September 14, 2010
Mike Del Ponte ’05 is the founder of Sparkseed, a non-profit that invests in social entrepreneurs.
» Fast Company, August 17, 2010
WePay, founded by Bill Clerico ‘07 and Rich Aberman ’07 has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital Partners.
» Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2010
Anne Dailey ‘77 has been named principal of St. Michael School in Hudson, MA.
» Worcester Telegram, August 18, 2010
Melina Gerosa Bellows ’87 has been named Chief Creative Officer for National Geographic Kids and Family.
» Game Industry News, August 18, 2010
Dannel Malloy ’77, JD ’80 captured the Democratic nomination for governor of Connecticut in an upset victory.
» The New York Times, August 11, 2010
Time Warner Inc. announced the appointment of Jack Griffin ‘82 as president and CEO of Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the world.
» New York Post, August 9, 2010
Fiscal chief Lisa Signori ’90 leaves Mayor Menino’s office for the nonprofit sector.
» The Boston Globe, August 5, 2010
Maribeth Raffinan ’92 is nominated by President Obama to serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
» Newsroom America, July 28, 2010
Tiffany Cooper Gueye ’00, PhD ’07 is CEO of BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), which promotes building self-esteem and academics for urban youth.
» The Boston Globe, July 17, 2010
Frank Iannotti ’76 is named as the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association’s “Judge of the Year.”
» Connecticut Post, July 15, 2010
Sun-ho Lee MA ’66 is one of 80 alumni to welcome Boston College President Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J. to Seoul, Korea.
Cori Uccello ’85, senior health fellow of the American Academy of Actuaries, has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The MedPAC was established by Congress in 1997.
» Healthcare Finance News, May 14, 2010
Conor McDonald ’09, son of NYPD paralyzed detective Steven McDonald, becomes the fourth generation of his family to serve the NYPD.
Scott Jelinek ’10 defers medical school to work with underprivileged students and pursue his passion for public health.
Karen Daley MS ’04, PhD ’10 has been named president of the American Nurses Association.
» Boston Business Journal, June 23, 2010
Former president of Nickelodeon, Herb Scannell, ’79, takes over as president of BBC Worldwide America.
» The Independent, June 4, 2010
Sean Joyce ’82 will become the new executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch.
» The Washington Post, April 21, 2010
Alton Central School teacher Joan Rees ’83 has been chosen as New Hampshire Special Education Teacher of the Year
» The Citizen of Laconia, April 16, 2010
Johanna Fuentes ’97 has joined Showtime Networks as vice president of corporate public relations.
» The Hollywood Reporter, February 15, 2010
Genevieve Thiers ’00 founder and CEO of Sitter City, which matches parents and babysitters, is featured in Inc. magazine contributing editor Donna Fenn’s book Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success.
George Chmiel ’03 prepares for ultramarathon to benefit child born with panpituitarism.
» Boston Herald, April 4, 2010
Edesia LLC, founded by Navyn Salem ’94, is the sole U.S. producer of Nutributter, a nut paste to fight malnutrition in children.
» The Providence Journal, March 4, 2010
Christopher Petersen ’00 co-founded MBA Veterans Connect, an online social networking site.
» Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2010
Brooks Orpik ’01 earned a silver medal in men’s ice hockey at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver
» The Associated Press, February 28, 2010
Patricia Noonan ’07 performed in “Signs of Life,” a musical about Theresienstadt.
» New York Times, March 1, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer chronicles the efforts of alumnus and orthopedic surgeon Alex Vaccaro ’83 to save an injured Haitian earthquake victim from permanent paralysis.
» Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2010
National Public Radio chronicles the life of singer songwriter Ellis Paul ’87.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurse practitioner Annie Lewis-O’Connor ’07, who holds a doctoral degree from the Connell School of Nursing, will join a medical team treating earthquake survivors in Haiti.
» Boston Globe, January 19, 2010
David Manzo ’77, a Boston College faculty member in the PULSE program, is marshalling aid for the abandoned and handicapped children served by Hearts with Haiti.
» Lexington Minuteman, January 15, 2010
Justin Testa ’80 was named President of Onset, a data logging company.
» Contracting Business, January 7, 2010
Terri Stanley, ’81, is CEO and creator of Style Boston, a fashion and lifestyle show on NECN.
» The Patriot Ledger, January 12, 2010
Meg Galligan ’07, Boston jewelry designer, works for Google.
» Boston Herald, January 3, 2010
Bill Clerico ’07 and Rich Aberman ’07, founders of WePay, an online payment startup are profiled in the Boston Globe
» The Boston Globe, December 22, 2009
Ari Daniel Shapiro ’01, a freelance producer of multimedia science programming, is profiled in Science
» Science, December 11, 2009
Gerard Lorusso ’75 was named chairman of the board of trustees of Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts
» Norwood Transcript and Bulletin, November 16, 2009
Matt Heimerich ’79 is a candidate for state senate in Colorado
» Cañon City Daily Record, November 19, 2009
Jaime Crowley ’91, MA’96, assistant principal of Mount Hope High School in Bristol, Rhode Island, received the $25,000 Milken Educator Award
» Providence Business News, November 17, 2009
Profile of Jay Shepherd, JD’94, who seeks to change the way lawyers charge for their services
» Portfolio.com, November 17, 2009
Paul Delaney ’66 spearheaded the effort to construct Boston College’s Veterans Memorial
» Patriot Ledger, November 11, 2009
Interview with Memphis attorney Ruby Wharton, JD’69
» The Commercial Appeal, November 5, 2009
Interview with Ottoman Empire scholar Dikran Kaligian, Ph.D.’04
» Armenian Weekly, November 5, 2009
Ryan Leonard ’94 is a candidate for Oklahoma attorney general
» Tulsa World, October 15, 2009
Profile of worker’s compensation attorney Vincent Tentindo ’75
» Revere Journal, October 7, 2009
Michael Nardy ’02, founder of electronicpayments.com, is one of Inc. magazine’s “coolest young entrepreneurs”
» Inc., October 2009
Sean Ryan ’03, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, is a volunteer for the Hooked on Books campaign
» Kansas City Star, September 29, 2009
Paul Mahoney ’57, owner of Mahoney’s Garden Centers, has been farming and such for 50 years
» Taunton Gazette, September 24, 2009
Congressman William Delahunt, JD’67, was nominated by President Barack Obama to represent the United States in the United Nations General Assembly
» Boston Globe, September 22, 2009
Peter Neronha ’85, JD’89, was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island
» Jamestown Press, September 24, 2009
Deborah Wong Yang, JD’85, was confirmed to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners
» Metropolitan News-Enterprise, September 24, 2009
Kevin Biegel ’98 is a co-creator of the new ABC series Cougartown
» Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 22, 2009
Carolyn Charpie ’08 had a lead role in the SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of The Savannah Disputation
» Boston Globe, September 25, 2009
Robert Burr ’89 is a Republican candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Edward M. Kennedy
» Patriot Ledger, September 8, 2009
Richard McNamara ’72, JD’75, was nominated to the New Hampshire Superior Court by Governor John Lynch
» Concord Monitor, August 19, 2009
Debra Wong Yang, JD’85, was nominated to the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
» Metropolitan News-Enterprise, August 14, 2009
Cynthia Tow ’01 will be featured as an athlete on labels of the sports drink owater
» Brookline Tab, August 15, 2009
See also
» WCVB TV, August 16, 2009
Charles McInnis ’72, Ph.D.’93, was named interim principal of Brophy Elementary School in Framingham, Massachusetts
» Metrowest Daily News, August 3, 2009
Renee Kelly ’82 works as an advocate and medical liaison for brain cancer patients at hospitals in and near Charlotte, North Carolina
» Charlotte Observer, August 3, 2009
Peter F. Neronha ’85, JD’89, was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island
» Providence Journal, August 1, 2009
Chuck Hogan ’89 co-wrote an op-ed on vampires in pop culture with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
» New York Times, July 30, 2009
Hogan’s novel Prince of Thieves is being made into a movie by Ben Affleck (last item)
» Boston Globe, August 18, 2009
Matthew Malone, Ph.D.’95, was named superintendent of the Brockton, Massachusetts, school system
» Boston Globe, July 30, 2009
Jane Oates ’75 was confirmed as the assistant secretary for employment and training in the Department of Labor
» Inside Higher Ed, July 2, 2009
Kathi Aldridge, M.Ed.’00, is the new principal of St. John’s School in Wellesley, Massachusetts
» Wellesley Townsman, June 25, 2009
Profile of the Quincy Bald Eagles, a senior citizen hockey team that includes Warren Lewis ’50
» CNN.com, June 17, 2009
Linda J. Carbone, JD’93, was named CEO of the Tampa Bay chapter of the American Red Cross
» Tampa Bay Business Journal, June 19, 2009
Tim Morse ’91 was named chief financial officer of Yahoo
» Bloomberg, June 11, 2009
Monsignor Timothy Senior, MSW’92, MBA’92, was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
» Catholic News Agency, June 8, 2009
Major Jennifer Crawford ’94 was named Military Instructor of the Year at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
» Leavenworth Lamp, June 4, 2009
Kerry Kennedy, JD’87, is interviewed about her human rights advocacy
» Denver Post, May 28, 2009
James R. Boyle ’82 was named president of John Hancock Financial Services
» Boston Business Journal, May 21, 2009
Ted Jankowski ’74 is the new tax assessor for Nassau County, New York
» New York Times, May 13, 2009
John Safina ’85 was named the principle of the Ellis School in Fremont, New Hampshire
» York Weekly, May 6, 2009
Laura Sen ’78, CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club, is interviewed on her career path
» New York Times, April 25, 2009
Bill Rodgers, MS’75, winner of four Boston Marathons, ran the race for the first time in 10 years.
» Boston Globe, April 15, 2009
Thomas F. McGuire, Jr. ’80, was confirmed as a judge on the Massachusetts Superior Court
» Herald News, April 15, 2009
Katherine Fitzgerald ’73, a professor at Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York, corresponds from Sierra Leone
» Watertown Daily Times, April 5, 2009
Profile of Rhode Island Education Commissioner Peter McWalters ’68
» Providence Journal, March 29, 2009
Jo-Ellen Darcy ’73 has been nominated by President Obama to oversee the Army Corps of Engineers
» Times-Picayune, April 1, 2009
Jonathan Rust ’04 and Ken Carnesi ’08 are interviewed about Anaptyx, their energy-saving wireless Internet startup
» Washington Post, March 29, 2009
Jeremy Zipple, SJ, ’00 writes about his documentary, Rat Attack
» PBS
Joseph Sawyer, Ed.D.’05, was named superintendent of the Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, school district
» Community Advocate, March 20, 2009
George Leahey, JD’66, was named to the board of trustees of the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
» Tewksbury Advocate, February 16, 2009
Interview with Laura Sen ’78, president and CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club
» Boston Globe, February 8, 2009
Profile of Cindi Bigelow ’82, president of Bigelow Tea Company
» Westport Minuteman, February 12, 2009
Susan T. Cote ’88 is the new superintendent of the Northbridge, Massachusetts, school system
» Worcester Telegram, February 5, 2009
Bill O’Neill ’72 is the new chairman of the Collier County, Florida, Economic Development Council
» Naples Daily News, January 25, 2009
Richard Canale ’93, managing director of Exotic Flowers in Boston, won Floral Management magazine’s marketer of the year award
» Entrepreneur, January 30, 2009
City Councilor Michael F. Flaherty, Jr., ’93 launched his campaign for mayor of Boston
» Boston Globe, January 26, 2009
Brian Murphy ’79 has been named chief of the Associated Press’s Dubai bureau
» AP, January 13, 2009
J. Keith Motley, Ph.D.’99, chancellor of UMass-Boston, wrote an editorial about the persistence rate of Boston public school graduates pursuing college degrees
» Boston Globe, January 15, 2009
Harry Markopolos, MS’97, a financial analyst, repeatedly warned the Securities and Exchange Commission over the last decade that Bernard Maddoff’s hedge fund returns were likely fraudulent
» New York Times, January 4, 2009
Mary Tomer ’03 writes an ad agency–sponsored blog about First Lady Michelle Obama’s fashion
» New York Times, December 30, 2008
Sara Bedford ’08 counsels Iraqi refugees living in Baltimore
» Baltimore Sun, December 30, 2008
Paul F. Healy, Jr., JD’65, was named first justice of the Framingham, Massachuetts, District Court
» Metrowest Daily News, December 4, 2008
Molly Hamilton ’93, whose business Preppy Plates makes customized dinnerware, was profiled in Washington Post Magazine
» Washington Post Magazine, November 30, 2008
Liz McCartney ’94, whose nonprofit rebuilds homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, was named CNN’s 2008 Hero of the Year
» CNN.com, November 27, 2008
Matt Ryan ’07, starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, is helping win back fans
» New York Times, November 24, 2008
James Eldridge, JD’00, was elected Massachusetts state senator for the Middlesex Worcester district
» Boston Globe, November 9, 2008
Edward Beecher ’71, his 99-year-old father, and his teenage son, descendants of Harriet Beecher Stowe, all voted for the same candidate for the first time this Election Day
» Boston Globe, November 5, 2008
Sean Rowland, Ph.D.’88, founder of the online Hibernia College, was named Ireland’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year
» Mayo News, October 28, 2008
Robert Crane ’49, former Massachusetts state treasurer, was honored with a park dedicated in his name on the Boston College campus
» Boston Globe, October 22, 2008
Ruby Wharton, JD’69, was honored by the Memphis Association for Women Attorneys
» Memphis Daily News, October 23, 2008
Ryan Sullivan ’05 was named assistant district attorney for the Middlesex County, Massachusetts District Attorney’s office
» Tewksbury Advocate, September 15, 2008
Allan Cameron, Ph.D.’08, is the new principal of the Deerfield Elementary School in Deerfield, Massachusetts
» Daily News Transcript, September 4, 2008
Profile of Jeanette Clough, MS’82, president and CEO of Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge
» Boston Globe, August 10, 2008
Paul Moran ’90 was selected for the U.S. Paralympics tennis team this September
» Glencoe News, August 14, 2008
Luke Russert ’08 was named an NBC News correspondent assigned to report from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
» USA Today, August 1, 2008
A. Brian Albritton, JD’88, was nominated to be the U.S. Attorney for the middle district of Florida
» Tampa Bay Online, July 16, 2008
Christopher Hunter ’95, JD’98, an assistant U.S. Attorney for south Florida, prosecuted a high-profile international art theft case
» ABC News, July 11, 2008
Mary Elizabeth McCaffrey, JD’87, was sworn in as a district judge in Rhode Island
» Warwick Beacon, July 1, 2008
Ryan Farnan ’06 is the cofounder of a nonprofit organization that renovates sports fields for use by disabled children
» Times Union, July 3, 2008
Profile of Denise Morrison ’75, president of the Campbell Soup Company
» Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2008
Christopher Grammer ’80, a music teacher at the Hamilton Elementary School, was named an Educator of the Year by the Boston Public Schools
» Allston-Brighton Tab, June 25, 2008
Troy Clarkson ’90 was named Plymouth, Massachusetts, county administrator
» Patriot Ledger, June 26, 2008
Brian Hook, MA’96, was named the assistant secretary of state for international organizational affairs by President Bush
» Quad-City Times, June 28, 2008
Christine Greenhow, M.Ed.’94, studies the educational benefits of social networking sites
» Star Tribune, June 20, 2008
Robert Gerardi, Jr., Ph.D.’07, is the new superintendent of the Woonsocket, Rhode Island school district
» Valley Breeze, June 19, 2008
Barry Rabinovitch, Ph.D.’04, is the new superintendent of the Wareham, Massachusetts school district
» South Coast Today, June 13, 2008
William Haury, Jr., ’76 was appointed to the Florida Judicial Circuit Court
» Sun-Sentinel, May 31, 2008
Michael Motyl ’01 is the new principal of Guadalupe Regional Middle School in Brownsville, Texas
» Brownsville Herald, May 28, 2008
Damien Cave ’96 blogs about readjusting to life in America after spending a year and a half in Iraq as a New York Times correspondent
» New York Times, May 22, 2008
Joseph Lee, Ph.D.’81, was named president of St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine
» Morning Sentinel, May 13, 2008
Jacqueline Forbes, Ph.D.’99, was named the superintendent of the Bridgewater-Raynham school district in Massachusetts
» Raynham Call, May 13, 2008
Michael Odiotti ’96, M.Ed.’98, has been named the principal of St. Martin de Porres High School in Waukegan, Illinois
» Daily Herald, April 17, 2008
Judge Francis Frasier, JD’65 has been named to receive the New Hampshire Bar Foundation’s Frank Rowe Kenison Award
» Seacoast Online, April 1, 2008
Margaret Hurley ’86, JD’91, has been named chief of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s central office in Worcester (second item)
» Worcester Telegram, April 4, 2008
Amber Bock, M.Ed.’87, has been named assistant superintendent of schools for Weston, Massachusetts
» Weston Town Crier, April 3, 2008
Maggie Boland ’92 has been named the managing director of the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia
» Washington Post, April 2, 2008
Deirdra Grode ’99, a teacher at the Hoboken Charter School in New Jersey, was named the 2008 Outstanding Young Educator by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
» Patriot-News, March 20, 2008
Katherine Adam ’07 turned her senior thesis into a book, The New Feminized Majority
» Chronicle of Higher Education, March 18, 2008
Jill Pasquini-Torchia ’97 has been named the principal of Mosier Elementary School in South Hadley, Massachusetts
» The Republican, March 13, 2008
Enrico Campitelli ’03 writes a popular Philadelphia sports blog, the700level.com.
» Philadelphia Inquirer, January 24, 2008
John McDonald ’77 is the new publisher of the Edmonton Journal in Alberta, Canada
» Edmonton Journal, January 14, 2008
Laura Sen ’78 has been named chief operating officer of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
» Boston Business Journal, January 15, 2008
Profile of Michael Violante ’67, the new district attorney of Niagara County, New York
» Journal-Register, January 6, 2008
Michael Maurer ’99 has opened a Red Sox–themed bar in Bonita Springs, Florida
» News-Press, December 19, 2007
Jeff Sellinger ’95 has been named senior vice president of CBS Mobile
» Silicon Alley Insider, December 13, 2007
Dr. Theresa McLoud ’64 was named president of the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America
» DOTMed News, December 6, 2007
Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. ’65 was named to Maryland’s Court of Appeals by Governor Martin O’Malley
» Baltimore Sun, December 5, 2007
Karen Nober, JD’87, has been named the executive director of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission (second item)
» Boston Globe, December 4, 2007
Ann Gonzalez ’81 was interviewed by National Public Radio in Seattle about her forthcoming novel (audio)
» Sound Focus, November 9, 2007
Carmen Mariano, Ph.D.’93, the new president of Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts, is profiled
» Boston Business Journal, November 30, 2007
Msgr. Timothy P. Broglio ’73 has been named Archbishop of the U.S. Military Services
» Catholic News Services, November 19, 2007
Hon. Francis R. Fecteau, JD’72, has been nominated to the Massachusetts State Appeals Court by Governor Deval Patrick
» Worcester Telegram, November 15, 2007
Patric Verrone, JD’84, president of the West Coast branch of the Writers Guild of America, interviewed about the writers’ strike
» American Prospect, November 16, 2007
Brigid Doherty ’96 has been named the director of the WNY Women’s Fund
» Buffalo News, November 11, 2007
Robert Beatty, JD’78, has been named cochair of the national business and corporate law group of the nation’s largest certified minority-owned law firm
» Broward Times, November 6, 2007
Dave McLaughlin ’95 won the Director’s Choice Award at this year’s Boston Irish Film Festival for his movie On Broadway
» Boston Herald, November 8, 2007
Shepherd Law Group, founded by Jay Shepherd, JD’94, is one of a handful of firms to abandon the billable hour
» Boston Globe, October 8, 2007
Jason Perillo, MBA’05, won a special election for state representative in Connecticut’s 113th district
» Hartford Courant, October 9, 2007
Jack P. Calareso ’72 is the new president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts
» Worcester Telegram, October 5, 2007
John Burns ’38, Tom Sheehan ’56, and Bob Wentworth chronicle their hometown of Saugus, Massachusetts
» Boston Globe, September 16, 2007
Joseph V. Doria, MA’69, has been named commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
» Hudson Reporter, September 26, 2007
Casey Caruso, MSW’98, on her experience as a blood stem cell donor
» Telegram and Gazette, September 30, 2007
Kilian Betlach ’02, a public school teacher, was interview by the New York Times Magazine for an article on Teach for America
» New York Times Magazine, September 30, 2007
Daniel Wholey ’81 is running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 18th district
» Pittsburgh Tribune Review, September 18, 2007
Erin Reisenweber ’93 is the new assistant U.S. attorney for the northern West Virginia district
» The Journal, September 18, 2007
Jim Brosnahan ’56 is the San Francisco attorney of fugitive and former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu
» San Francisco Chronicle, September 6, 2007
Profile of bestselling romance/suspese novelist Catherine Coulter (Jean Walker Pogany, MA’73)
» Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 13, 2007
Timothy Flaherty ’87, JD’90 was endorsed by the Boston Globe in a recent Massachusetts State Senate Democratic primary
» Boston Globe, September 4, 2007
Related story
» Boston Globe, September 12, 2007
The art gallery of William Vareika ’74 is celebrating its 20th anniversary
» Providence Journal, July 22, 2007
Bruce Carbonari ’77 has been named chief executive officer of Fortune Brands
» Lake County News-Sun, August 21, 2007
Patricia Maguire Meservey, Ph.D.’88, is the new president of Salem State College
» Boston Globe, August 30, 2007
Vincent McKay, Ph.D.’98, has been named assistant superintendent for curriculum instruction and assessment for Somerville, Massachusetts public schools
» Somerville Journal, August 24, 2007
Marybeth Duffy, MSW’80, has been named director of the Council on Aging for the city of Waltham, Massachusetts
» Daily News Tribune, August 6, 2007
Profile of Lisa Ferrari ’92, television reporter for WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia
» The Hook, August 9, 2007
Profile of Congressman Edward Markey ’68, JD’72
» Detroit Free Press, July 31, 2007
Judith Cox Marley ’76 has been named dean of graduate and professional programs at Emmanuel College in Boston
» Eagle Tribune, July 31, 2007
Rev. Edward Riley ’84 is the new pastor of St. Joseph parish in Holbrook, Massachusetts
» Weymouth News, August 1, 2007
Alina Marquez Reynolds, JD’90, has been named supervisor of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Bridgeport, Connecticut
» Connecticut Post, July 24, 2007
James Scafide, JD’99, has been named chief of the Business, Technology, and Economic Development Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
» Boston Globe, July 26, 2007
Laurie Burt, JD’76, has been appointed commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
» Newton Tab, July 21, 2007
An interview with Paul D’Angelo ’78, former Essex County, Massachusetts, assistant district attorney, now stand-up comic
» Boston Globe, July 19, 2007
Barry Corey, MA’88, Ph.D.’92, has been named president of Biola University in La Mirada, California
» Whittier Daily News, July 21, 2007
Rev. Paul Anthony Sustayta, M.Ed.’99, is the new pastor at St. Andrew Church in Pasadena, California, and youngest pastor in that parish’s history
» Pasadena Star News, July 14, 2007
Carmen Mariano, Ph.D.’93, has been named the first president of Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts
» Braintree Forum, July 9, 2007
Candi Carter ’91 has produced a hip-hop sing-along video for young children
» Nashua Telegraph, July 12, 2007
Profile of Anne Chinoda ’81, CEO of Florida’s Blood Centers
» Florida Trend, July 1, 2007
Donna Stashyn ’87 has been appointed to the Solano County, California, Superior Court
» Times-Herald, July 1, 2007
Storyteller Antonio Sacre ’90 recounts growing up in an Irish-Cuban household
» Flint Journal, July 5, 2007
Sam Caligiuri ’88 was the only legislator to vote against Connecticut’s two-year $36 billion budget
» Hartford Courant, June 25, 2007
Ann Bouchard ’77 received the Commissioner’s Recognition Award, from the Maine Department of Education, in recognition of her work with at-risk students
» Morning Sentinel, June 19, 2007
Sil Orlando, MSW’74, runs Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services in Los Angeles, which serves 500 troubled youths daily
» Daily Breeze, June 12, 2007
Profile of Suellen Parker ’78, lawyer and artist
» Flint Journal, June 7, 2007
James Hubert, JD’82, has been nominated to be a judge on the Westchester County, New York, Court
» Empire State News, June 5, 2007
Andrew Maury ’04 has opened a retail store in Nantucket for his new clothing line, Nantucket Brand
» Inquirer and Mirror
Amul Thapar ’91 has been nominated to be chief judge of the U.S. District Court in eastern Kentucky
» Lexington Herald-Leader, May 25, 2007
Profile of Angelo Wayne McClain, Ph.D.’01, new commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services
» Boston Herald, May 24, 2007
Profile of Massachusetts Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi ’67
» Boston Globe, May 21, 2007
Alex McNeil, JD’73, is on a quest to establish the true authorship of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets
» Boston Globe, May 16, 2007
Patricia Maguire Meservey, Ed.D.’88, has been named president of Salem State University
» Boston Globe, May 10, 2007
James DeAngelo ’89 is the new principal of St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, New Jersey
» Jersey Journal, May 11, 2007
Lisa Signori ’90 has been named director of administration and finance for the city of Boston
» Boston Globe, May 7, 2007
Daniel Paul Toomey ’37 was posthumously awarded the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, given for heroism and extraordinary achievement
» Boston Globe, April 30, 2007
Thomas Regan, SJ, ’76, provincial superior of the Society of Jesus of New England, will deliver the commencement address at Fairfield University
» Daily News Tribune, May 3, 2007
Aaron Toscano, JD’98, has been named a deputy state’s attorney in Vermont
» Times Argus, May 3, 2007
Interview with comedian Gary Gulman ’93
» Asbury Park Press, April 27, 2007
Zach Bouchard ’03 is the founder of greenshopper.com, a website where shoppers can browse and buy environmentally friendly products
» Concord Monitor, April 24, 2007
Profile of Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin ’72
» Boston Globe, April 8, 2007
Recycline, founded by Eric Hudson ’84, makes razors, toothbrushes, and other household items out of recycled materials
» Boston Globe, April 5, 2007
Jody Fein, MSW’89, teaches parents and teachers the craft of storytelling
» Portland Press Herald, April 5, 2007
Julianne Malveaux ’74, MA’76, has been named president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina
» Winston-Salem Journal, March 27, 2007
Daniel Murphy, MA’78, is the new dean of academic affairs at Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, New York
» Utica Observer Dispatch, March 19, 2007
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan ’79 has been nominated by President Bush to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
» Boston Globe, March 22, 2007
Profile of prosecutor-turned-novelist William Landay, JD’90
» Boston Globe, March 20, 2007
James Eldridge, JD’00, a state representative from Acton, Massachusetts, is in the running to replace exiting U.S. Representative Martin Meehan
» Worcester Telegram, March 15, 2007
Deborah Orre, MS’85, is the new dean of nursing education at Holyoke Community College (fifth item)
» Worcester Telegram, March 12, 2007
Alexis Silver, MSW’89, is the new human services coordinator for Framingham, Massachusetts
» Framingham Tab, March 9, 2007
Annupam Mittal, MBA’97, is expanding the reach of his matchmaking website, shaadi.com, already the largest in India
» Fortune, March 9, 2007
Retired social worker John McLaughlin ’54, MSW’60, counsels parishioners at St. Mary of the Annunciation in Danvers, Massachusetts
» The Pilot, February 23, 2007
Peter Lapolla, MA’75, will become director of planning for Cranston, Rhode Island
» Braintree Forum, February 26, 2007
Profile of Suzanne Bump ’78, new Massachusetts director of labor and workforce management
» The Republican, February 21, 2007
Peter McWalters ’68, commissioner of education, unveiled Rhode Island’s first statewide curriculum
» Pawtucket Times, February 13, 2007
Profile of actor Wayne Wilderson ’89
» Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 17, 2007
Profile of film editor Tony Hale ’05
» Medford Transcript, February 13, 2007
Patricia Maguire ’79 has been named the director of nursing at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Massachusetts (third item)
» Worcester Telegram, February 12, 2007
Interview with Rev. Anthony Chiaramonte, Ph.D.’83, who has a support group for families of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
» Albany Times Union, February 3, 2007
Linda Sliwoski, M.Ed.’83, on early education for children with special needs
» Reading Advocate, February 7, 2007
Profile of Christopher Martes, Ph.D.’93, superintendent of schools in Framingham, Massachusetts
» Boston Globe, February 11, 2007
W. James O’Neill, JD’71, was appointed first justice of the Barnstable, Massachusetts, District Court
» Inquirer and Mirror, February 1, 2007
Tamra Gormley ’85 is running for family court judge of Scott, Woodward, and Bourbon counties in Kentucky
» Georgetown News-Graphic, January 28, 2007
Profile of Scott Fifer, JD’87, director of the TunaHAKI Foundation, which provides shelter to children of AIDS victims in Africa
» Hampton Union, January 30, 2007
Lincoln Lynch, M.Ed.’91, was named Walpole, Massachusetts, superintendent of schools
» Mansfield News, January 26, 2007
Jason Perillo, MBA’05, was appointed to the board of alderman of Shelton, Connecticut
» Connecticut Post, January 30, 2007
Jerry Madden ’79 is retiring as chief of the Concord, New Hampshire, police department to become executive director of the Friends Program, which provides emergency shelter and youth- and elderly-assistance
» Concord Monitor, January 25, 2007
Anne Fryer ’87, MS’91 is the new director of nursing practice, education, and research at Beverly and Gilbert Addison Hospitals
» Salem News, January 24, 2007
Andrew Keough, Ph.D.’05, is the new principal of Wellesley High School
» Wellesley Townsman, January 25, 2007
Joseph Moran ’77 is the new principal at Lincoln Middle School in Dunellen, New Jersey
» Courier News, January 17, 2007
Interview with Hugo Kamya, Ph.D.’89, who counsels African refugees in Arlington, Massachusetts
» Boston Globe, January 20, 2007
Profile of Daniel Sokatch, JD’98, founder of the Progressive Jewish Alliance in Los Angeles
» Jewish Journal, January 19, 2007
David Pedulla ’04 was honored by Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School for his work at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York City
» Lincoln Journal, January 18, 2007
Frank Brennan ’39 was honored by Boston College with the establishment of the Francis P. Brennan Fund in Leadership and Ethics
» Boston Herald, January 10, 2007
Interview with Diane Danielson, JD’93, founder of Boston’s Downtown Women’s Club, a group that offers networking opportunities for women professionals
» Patriot Ledger, January 10, 2007
Sean Mills ’97, president of the Onion, is mulling a Boston office for the satirical newspaper
» Boston Herald, January 13, 2007
Catharine Freeman, JD’98, was the lead speaker at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., breakfast at the New Hope Baptist Church in Danbury, Connecticut
» Danbury News Times, January 14, 2007
Profile of Gene Tinory ’52, West Roxboury’s “man for others”
» Boston Globe, December 31, 2006
Profile of Karen Kiefer ’82, cofounder, with Juliette Fay ’84, of Spread the Bread, a nonprofit that bakes fresh bread for charity
» Boston Globe, January 1, 2007
John H. O’Neil ’83 was nominated to the Maine District Court by Governor John Baldacci
» Boston Globe, December 29, 2006
Kristen Bowes ’00 has taken over as the general manager of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival (third item)
» Boston Globe, December 24, 2006
Michael A. Uhlarik, JD’87, was nominated to the Massachusetts District Court by Governor Mitt Romney
» Boston Globe, December 20, 2006
John McBurney, Jr., JD’51, was named a Chevelier of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his heroism during World War II
» Sun Chronicle, December 13, 2006
Judge Paul F. LoConto ’69 was appointed to the Commission on Judicial Conduct by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (third item)
» Worcester Telegram and Gazette, December 16, 2006
Kevin M. Burke, JD’71, was named Massachusetts secretary of public safety by governor-elect Deval Patrick
» Boston Globe, December 17, 2006
Timothy Keefe ’84 and Timothy Malloy, MBA’97, have helped make the John Hancock Large Cap Equity Fund “the second best mutual fund in its class”
» Bloomberg, December 14, 2006
Carlos Silva, MSW’92 returned to his job advising students at a Boston high school after a year of counseling soldiers in Iraq
» Boston Globe, November 29, 2006
Tracy Fredkin ’98 has launched a line of handbags, Tucker Paisley
» Boston Globe, December 7, 2006
Earl Adams, Jr., JD’02, was named deputy chief of staff for Maryland lieutenant governor–elect Anthony Brown
» Southern Maryland Online, December 5, 2006
Welles Remy Crowther ’99 has been named an honorary New York City fireman, in recognition of his heroism during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mr. Crowther led others to safety before perishing in the south tower of the World Trade Center, where he worked.
» Journal News, November 30, 2006
Gina Marisca Striffler, MBA’04, discusses her typical workday as a senior human resources manager at Deloitte & Touche
» BusinessWeek, November 27, 2006
Daniel Angiolillo ’74 has been appointed to the Appellate Division of the Second Department of the New York State Supreme Court
» Journal News, November 17, 2006
Kevin Herlihy ’63 was honored with a portrait to be hung in the courtroom where he served for 10 years as first justice of the Haverhill District Court
» Eagle-Tribune, November 11, 2006
Scott Brown, JD’85, P’10, is set to become assistant minority whip in the Massachusetts Senate
» Dover-Sherborn Press, November 16, 2006
David Cunis ’86 was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to be an associate judge of the Ayer District Court
» Metrowest Daily News, November 16, 2006
Profile of George Geary ’70, who resigned after 18 years as CEO of Milton Hospital to become a nurse at an inner city hospital
» Boston Globe, November 5, 2006
Profile of Paul Hodes, JD’78, who defeated incumbent Charles Bass for New Hampshire’s 2nd District Congressional seat
» Boston Globe, November 8, 2006
James Blue II ’86, chairman and CEO of the Bostonian Group, received the 2006 Profitable Connections Leadership Award from the Small Business Association of New England
» Westwood Press, November 9, 2006
A tour of Pittsburgh with Bob Regan ’62, MS’67, author of The Bridges of Pittsburgh
» Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 2006
Peter Lynch ’65, H’95, P’01, may be retired from Fidelity Investments, but his methods hold true
» Chicago Tribune, October 29, 2006
An interview with Richard Syron ’66, chairman and chief executive of the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
» San Francisco Chronicle, October 29, 2006
Capuchin Brother Celestino Arias ’90 and the center for at-risk teens that he founded in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood
» Boston Globe, June 25, 2006
Robert Gilson, JD’85, has been named to head the Division of Law in the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety
» Daily Record, October 26, 2006
An interview with David E. Danner, JD’94, president and founder of the Tennessee Black Lawyers Association
» Nashville City Paper, October 27, 2006
“The Border Film Project,” an exhibit of photographs taken at the U.S.-Mexico border organized by Brett Huneycutt ’03 and Victoria Criado ’03, opened at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
» East Valley Tribune, September 16, 2006
Robert Parker ’50 and his wife Margot have a joint photography and watercolor exhibit at the Donnell Library Center in New York
» Star Ledger, September 8, 2006
Dr. Philip Landrigan ’63 cowrote a major study by Mount Sinai Medical Center about persistent respiratory problems in 9/11 rescue workers
» Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2006
Carol Jobe ’66, Ph.D.’77, was named dean of the School of Health Sciences at American International College
» The Republican, September 6, 2006
An interview with John J. Hanwell, SJ, ’78, the new president of Fairfield College Preparatory School
» Connecticut Post, September 4, 2006
Damien Cave ’96 has been reporting from Iraq for the New York Times
» New York Times
Patricia Plummer, Ph.D.’92, is the interim chancellor of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
» Milford Daily News, August 15, 2006
Profile of Cathleen Schmidt ’81, president and CEO of Citizens Bank New Hampshire
» Boston Herald, August 1, 2006
The New Hampshire Review, a poetry journal co-founded by Virginia Heatter ’07, enjoys popularity online
» Nashua Telegraph, July 30, 2006
Thomas Suozzi ‘84, Nassau county executive and Democratic gubernatorial candidate in New York, faced frontrunner Eliot Spitzer in a televised debate
» New York Times, July 30, 2006
Profile of Dannel Malloy ’77, JD’87, mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, and his campaign to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary
» Connecticut Post, July 17, 2006
Profile of John Cogliano ’87, who as Massachusetts transportation secretary, has assumed responsibility for ensuring the safety of the Big Dig’s tunnels and roads
» Boston Globe, July 19, 2006
Profile of Richard Syron ’66, chief executive of Freddie Mac and former head of the American Stock Exchange
» International Herald Tribune, July 7, 2006
Andrew S. Finstuen, Ph.D.’06, writes on relations between the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and the evangelist Billy Graham
» Books & Culture, July/August 2006
Sports journalist Lesley Visser ’75 is the 2006 recipient of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Radio-Television Award, the first woman so recognized
» Pro Football Hall of Fame, June 29, 2006
Lauren Stiller Rikleen, JD’79, former president of the Boston Bar Association, recently authored the book, Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law, published by Thomson Legalworks
» MetroWest Daily News, June 29, 2006
Maria Recalde, JD’88, has been named president of Massachusetts’s South Shore Women’s Business Network
» Hanover Mariner, June 28, 2006
Ron Hovsepian ’83 has been named CEO of Novell, Inc.
» Boston Business Journal, June 22, 2006
Joseph V. Doria, Jr., MA’69, has been elected to a third term as mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey
» Jersey Journal, June 14, 2006
The Boston Archdiocese has appointed Dr. John B. Chessare ’74 interim president and CEO of Caritas Christi Health Care System
» Boston Globe, May 26, 2006
The name of Robert Patrick Rumley, Jr. ’65, was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial after a 38-year wait
» Washington Post, May 19, 2006
Laurence Bryan, Jr. ’72 serves as executive director of the Virgin Islands legislature
» Virgin Islands Daily News, May 20, 2006
Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole ’76 will become chief inspector of Ireland’s national police force
» Boston Globe, May 9, 2006
An interview with Amy Benedict-Augustine, MA’87, director of career development at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
» BusinessWeek, May 11, 2006
Profile of Sarah Penyack, MS’05, a home-care nurse with the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston
» Boston Globe, May 7, 2006
Christopher Jacobs ’89 was unanimously confirmed as the secretary of state of New York
» North Country Gazette, May 2, 2006
Q&A with Saturday Night Live’s Amy Poehler ’93
» Boston Globe, May 5, 2006
Governor Jeb Bush has named Peter Carney, JD’88, tax collector of Palm Beach County, Florida. Carney will supervise nearly 300 employees in the collection of more than $2 billion in taxes and fees
» Palm Beach Post, April 26, 2006
Erin Dionne ’97 was one of four winners of the 2006 PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus Discovery Award, for her novel Beauty Binge
» Framingham TAB, April 28, 2006
Jared Huffman, JD’90, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, is a Democratic candidate for the state assembly seat of Marin County, California
» Marin Independent Journal, April 20, 2006
Indy car driver Jeff Simmons ’98 made his driving debut for Rahal Letterman Racing at the Indy Racing League’s Japan 300
» Boston Globe, April 22, 2006
Anthony LaVopa ’67, a professor of history at North Carolina State, has been awarded a 2006 Guggenheim fellowship to support his study of the European Enlightenment
» The News & Observer, April 10, 2006
Profile of Timothy Cruz ’81, district attorney of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, as he runs for a second four-year term
» Boston Globe, April 13, 2006
Massachusetts Commissioner of Education David P. Driscoll ’64, Ph.D.’81, has been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board
» ED.gov, April 3, 2006
Interview with Camila de Wit Giesemann ’93, MBA’98, director of career services for the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain
» BusinessWeek online, April 4, 2006
Chuck Clapton ’90 to be U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert’s new policy advisor for health care and social security issues
» U.S. Newswire, March 27, 2006
This summer, David R. Anderson, Ph.D.’78, will assume the presidency of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota
» Pioneer Press, March 14, 2006
Interview with Jack Griffin ’82, president of Meredith Publishing Group (Ladies’ Home Journal, Fitness, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents) and Advertising Age’s “Executive of the Year”
» Forbes, March 16, 2006
Amul Thapar ’91 has been confirmed as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky
» Courier-Journal (Louisville), March 15, 2006
Massachusetts State Senator Brian Joyce ’84 will lead a goodwill mission to Pakistan on March 31
» Boston Herald, February 28, 2006
Michael Pfau ’87 provides legal counsel to victims suing the Catholic Church over sex abuse in Seattle and Spokane, Washington
» Seattle Times, February 27, 2006
Tyler Jewell ’99 finished ninth in the parallel giant slalom for snowboard at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy
» SI.com, February 22, 2006
Works by photographer Lydia Panas ’80, are displayed on bus shelters in the Lehigh Valley, courtesy of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
» The Morning Call, February 12, 2006
Jason Williams ’98 has announced his candidacy for Arizona’s top state education post
» Arizona Daily Star, February 8, 2006
Kathryn Chadbourne ’91, a lecturer in Irish language and medieval poetry at Harvard, sings traditional Irish sea songs and tells old Celtic stories
» KeepMECurrent.com, January 26, 2006
Alston B. Chevannes ’65, MA’66, an authority on Rastafarianism, will be honored by the University of the West Indies-Mona, where he is a senior research fellow, with a conference on the making of Caribbean society
» Jamaica Gleaner, January 17, 2006
An interview with Mairead Hickey ’72, the chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston
» Melrose Free Press, January 19, 2006
A recent sentencing of a child molester by Judge Edward Cashman ’65 of Vermont has drawn national notice
» Boston Globe, January 11, 2006
Joseph Donahue ’78 celebrated the 20th anniversary of his Microtech Staffing Group ($35 million in sales, annually). He started the business in his mother’s basement
» MetroWest Daily News, January 12, 2006
Timothy Kenslea, MA’90, Ph.D.’99, tells the story of arranged marriage in 18th and 19th century America through one prominent New England family in his new book, The Sedgwicks in Love
» Wellesley Townsman, January 12, 2006
Sittercity.com, the brainchild of Genevieve Thiers ’00, offers the services of more than 100,000 babysitters nationwide
» Boston Globe, January 8, 2006
John Curran ’88 served two terms as the mayor of Woburn, Massachusetts
» Boston Globe, January 1, 2006
Army Second Lt. Patrick Vadaro, M.Ed.’04, and his platoon discovered a weapons cache in Iraq containing “more than 1,000 aging rockets, missiles, mines and mortars and machine gun rounds”
» Daily News Transcript, December 22, 2005
Judge Raymond J. Brassard ’68, JD’71, of the Massachusetts Superior Court, requests proper attire of jurors
» Boston Globe, December 15, 2005
Lauren Bean ’02 writes about corresponding with her brother, Brett Bean ’00, a soldier in the 101st Airborne in Iraq
» Boston Globe, December 11, 2005
A statue was dedicated to Harold Connolly ’53, winner of the 1956 Olympic gold medal for hammer thrower, in his hometown of Brighton, Massachusetts
» Allston-Brighton TAB, December 9, 2005
Peter Lynch ’65 gave $1 million through his charitable foundation to endow a chair in field studies at the Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts
» Boston Globe, December 8, 2005
Walter Chan ’85 owns a Chinese, Italian, and Mexican restaurant—all in the same town square
» Boston Globe, December 8, 2005
Henrik Syse, MA’91, is the in-house ethicist for the Norwegian government’s Petroleum Fund
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 1, 2005
The new CD by Aberdeen City (J. Ryan Heller ’01, Rob McCaffrey ’01, Christopher McLaughlin ’04, and Brad Parker ’01) “could be the pre-New Year’s catharsis you so desperately need.”
» MSNBC, December 1, 2005
Timothy Cruz ’81 is the new president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association
» Old Colony Memorial, November 23, 2005
Former Apprentice contestant Raj Bhakta ’98 is exploring a run for Congress in the 13th district of Pennsylvania
» IndiaPost.com, November 22, 2005
Paul McCann ’62, executive assistant to the director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, retires after 47 years at the BRA
» Boston Globe, November 18, 2005
Dennis Culhane, Ph.D.’90, University of Pennsylvania professor and nationally recognized expert on homelessness, has been named one of Esquire magazine’s “best and brightest” for 2005
» Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 13, 2005
Beginning in January, Christine Griffin, JD’93, executive director of the Disability Law Center in Boston, will serve on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C.
» Boston Globe, November 14, 2005
Gabriel Leblanc, MS’56, received an award from the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America for his “outstanding contributions to observational seismology”
» MetroWest Daily News, November 9, 2005
Robert Cuomo, Ph.D.’77, has been named dean of Merrimack College’s Girard School of Business and International Commerce
» Lowell Sun, November 8, 2005
Christine Maglione, JD’94, stars in the Speakeasy Stage Company’s production of Kiss of the Spider Woman
» Boston Globe, November 6, 2005
Robert Leikind, JD’86, former executive director of the New England Anti-Defamation League, is the new senior vice president of Hebrew College
» The Jewish Advocate, November 1, 2005
Developer Colin Gallagher ’00 is part of Smyrna, Georgia, plan for “suburban renewal”
» Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 3, 2005
University Trustee John M. Connors, Jr. ’63 will head a task force on revitalizing the parochial schools of the Boston Archdiocese
» Boston Globe, October 23, 2005
Joseph Wickwire ’86, a financial manager at Evergreen Precious Metals, made a successful bet on gold
» Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 2005
Sr. Helene Hayes, Ph.D.’93, has spent the past year and a half interviewing former sex slaves in seven countries
» Boston Globe, October 27, 2005
SNL cast member Amy Poehler ’93 hosted a benefit for Rosie’s Place, a women’s shelter in Boston
» Boston Herald, October 26, 2005
Ricky Brown, JD’99, is the lead plaintiff in a racial-profiling case against the New York state police
» WNBC News, October 25, 2005
Charlie Veprek ’00 is the co-editor of a hurricane relief (and humor) website for NYC-based former residents of New Orleans
» Times-Picayune, October 28, 2005
John Connolly, JD’01, is a candidate for Boston City Council
» WCVB News, October 26, 2005
Judge William Groff, JD’72, presides over two school-funding lawsuits in New Hampshire
» Concord Monitor, October 17, 2005
William Driscoll, Jr. ’05 and his father are volunteers in Biloxi, Mississippi
» Patriot Ledger, October 17, 2005
Frederick E. Berry ’72 is the Senate majority leader of Massachusetts and its longest-serving member
» Boston Globe, October 9, 2005
Patric Verrone, JD’84, was elected president of the Writers Guild of America, West, on September 20
» Palisadian-Post, October 13, 2005
David Paratore ’96, Stalin Colinet ’96, Raffi Iskenderian ’96, and Sandra Missakian, JD’94, will open the Vintage Lounge in downtown Boston this December
» Boston Herald, October 13, 2005
Cynthia Butters ’67 has been appointed associate provost for academic affairs at Middlesex Community College
» Westwood Press, October 6, 2005
David Flanagan, JD’73, has been named general counsel for the U.S. Senate committee investigating the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina
» Morning Sentinel, September 27, 2005
Tim Muldoon ’92, director of the Church in the 21st Century Center, and Sue Muldoon ’90 were honored by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, a bipartisan Congressional caucus
» MetroWest Daily News, September 30, 2005
Michael Greco, JD’72, president of the American Bar Association, urged lawyers to donate their time to hurricane victims
» Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 22, 2005
William Gay, Ph.D.’76, received UNC-Charlotte’s teaching excellence award
» Lincoln Tribune, September 23, 2005
Clint O’Connor ’82 is the new film critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
» Plain Dealer, September 9, 2005
Nurse Kim Waugh ’95 has headed to the Gulf Coast as a volunteer of Project HOPE
» The Daily Item, September 8, 2005
Florist Mary Ann Zuber ’69 preserves her family’s 53-year-old business by moving it
» Danvers Herald, September 1, 2005
Jeff Keith ’84 organized the Connecticut Challenge, a bike ride to raise funds for a cancer-survivor clinic
» Fairfield Minuteman, September 1, 2005
Jennifer Marinelli, M.Ed.’98, is the new vice principal of the Cross Street School in Naugatuck, Connecticut
» Republican-American, August 31, 2005
Capt. M. Stanton Deland ’00 to speak on his service time in Iraq, at the University of North Texas’s annual military history seminar
» North Texas e-News, August 30, 2005
Thomas Arria, CAES’04, is the new headmaster of Malden Catholic High School
» Medford Transcript, September 1, 2005
Paul Raverta, Ph.D.’81, is the interim president of Berkshire Community College
» iBerkshires.com, August 24, 2005
Judge Robert F. Kumor, Jr., JD’70, is stepping down from the Springfield District Court
» The Republican, August 14, 2005
Glen Kelley ’92 is publisher of the new magazine Boston Common
» Boston Globe, August 18, 2005
Patrick Riley ’96 is one of a growing number of young professionals working in Europe
» New York Times, August 14, 2005
Michael Arquilla ’99 has written Beautiful, a rock opera to be performed at the New York International Fringe Festival
» Sentinel & Enterprise, August 21, 2005
Sarah Towne ’02 is cofounder of Arizona’s Flip Flop Shops
» Chandler Republic, August 14, 2005
Interview with Michael S. Greco, JD’72, new president of the American Bar Association
» Boston Globe, August 7, 2005
Karl Fryzel ’73 is a new partner at the national law firm of Edwards & Angell
» Winchester Star, August 11, 2005
Robert Vanasse ’85 on the line between evolution and theology
» Washington Examiner, August 9, 2005
Profile of Gary Gulman ’93, stand-up comedian
» Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 12, 2005
Wichian Rojanawon, MSW’93, Ph.D.’02, teaches Thai cooking in his spare time
» Boston Globe, August 11, 2005
Elizabeth Filarski Hasselback ’99, cohost of ABC’s The View, gave her freshman-year dorm room a makeover
» Boston Herald, August 7, 2005
Profile of George Abounader, MA’76, the principal of Marco Island Charter Middle School
» Marco Island Sun Times, August 4, 2005
Lawyer Stephen Jones ’78 is “the preeminent drunken-driving defense lawyer in Massachusetts”
» Boston Globe, August 2, 2005
John Christmas, JD’90, is the new president of Philadelphia’s African-American Chamber of Commerce
» Philadelphia Daily News, August 2, 2005
Christopher Shachoy ’87 has been appointed to the board of trustees of Mount Auburn Hospital
» Cambridge Chronicle, July 28, 2005
Mary Turbert, MSW’05, is the new director of volunteer and community programs at the East End House in Cambridge, Massachusetts
» Cambridge Chronicle, July 28, 2005
Leukemia survivor Kris Paulsen ’96, JD’02, climbed Mount Rainier to raise money for breast cancer research
» Bellingham Herald, July 18, 2005
Lindsay Jansen ’05 is a former camper and current intern at Minnesota Business Venture
» St. Cloud Times, July 20, 2005
Profile of U.S. District Judge James Redden, JD’54, and his recent “salmon rulings”
» The Oregonian, July 11, 2005
Bishop Joseph F. Miguire ’41 celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination
» Allston-Brighton Tab, July 8, 2005
Robert H. Tippenhauer ’59 is Haiti’s new ambassador to Canada
» Embassy, July 6, 2005
Thomas Trimarco, JD’65, is Massachusett’s new secretary for administration and finance
» The Republican, July 8, 2005
Gary Smith ’72 runs IBM’s outsourcing program
» DC Velocity, July 2005
Greg Stanton ’78, founder of Wall Street Without Walls, a pro bono business consulting network, helps revitalize struggling American cities
» Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 9, 2005
Ryan Travia ’01, MA’03, is Harvard University’s new director of alcohol and substance abuse services
» The Dartmouth, July 5, 2005
Patrick Leahy ’68, MS’70, is named acting director of the U.S. Geological Survey
» Directions Magazine, June 14, 2005
John McManama ’70 receives Boston University’s 2005 Excellence in Teaching award
» B.U. Bridge, June 3, 2005
Pierre Couture ’77 has opened a bicycling center in Barre, Vermont
» Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, June 20, 2005
Brian Linnane, SJ, ’77 is the new president of Loyola College
» Baltimore Sun, June 3, 2005
John Christmas, JD’90, is acquitted in a Philadelphia political corruption trial
» Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2005
Kenneth E. Prather, Jr. ’97, a financial planner, offers a financial makeover in the Detroit News
» The Detroit News, June 20, 2005
Anne Martone ’98 interviewed on teaching middle school in Phoenix
» Arizona Republic, June 10, 2005
Jeremy Yuenger ’99 is the creator of a New Hampshire comic strip
» New Hampshire Union Leader, June 27, 2005
Jason Mulgrew ’01, a humor blogger, is named one of People’s 50 “hottest bachelors”
» Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2005
Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly, JD’70, announces candidacy for governor
» Associated Press, May 13, 2005
Vincent Ferrara ’71, convicted mobster, released from prison
» Boston Globe, May 26, 2005
Carol Picard, MS’76, Ph.D.’98, named president-elect of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
» The Republican, May 8, 2005
James Moses ’79 is president of Elderhostel, a company offering “learning trips” for baby boomers
» Indianapolis Star, May 1, 2005
An interview with Major Robert Curran ’88, U.S. Army logistics officer
» DC Velocity, May 2005
Erik Weihenmayer ’91 speaks at the opening of World TEAM Sports, a provider of sports opportunities to disabled and inner-city children
» Boston Globe, May 5, 2005
Craig Finn ’93 is the lead singer of “the best band in Brooklyn”
» Village Voice, May 2, 2005
Kenny Florian ’99 reached the finals of the Ultimate Fighter reality TV show
» Dover-Sherborn Press, May 19, 2005
Marine Major James Cooney ’72, MS’76, intercepted more than 1,500 undocumented immigrants on his Arizona base in 2004
» Boston Globe, April 7, 2005
Metropolitan Gerasimos Michaleas, MA’86, Ph.D.’93, is the new leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in the western United States
» San Francisco Chronicle, April 2, 2005
Patricia A. Phillips, MA’86, serves as a Roman Catholic parish coordinator and de facto pastor in Maine
» Bangor Daily News, April 13, 2005
Daniel P. Touhey ’90 is the idea man behind Spalding’s new interior ball pump
» Technology Review, April 2005
Kori Goulet ’05 is a reality-TV golfer
» Arizona Republic, April 21, 2005
Bill Mahoney ’84 runs the Call of the Green Monster Red Sox humor website
» Boston Globe, March 28, 2005