Arthur C. Anton (SMG’50) of Boston, Mass., was honored on May 15 with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, given by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations for “helping make America a better place for all of us,” at a ceremony held on Ellis Island.

Mary Capriulo Bradley (CAS’66) of Sudbury, Mass., received the President’s Award from N.B. Taylor Realtors as the number one agent for 2003, with the highest sales volume. Mary has been a resident of Sudbury for 29 years, and a realtor in the area for 25 years.

Edward W. Brooke (LAW’48,’50, HON.’68) of Warrenton, Va., a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and state attorney general, was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President George W. Bush honored Brooke and 12 others for their accomplishments in culture, politics, science, sports, and business at a White House ceremony.

Virginia Burns (CAS’46, SSW’51) of Cambridge, Mass., was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers in March.

Daniel Carney (CAS’98) of Columbus, Ohio, recently completed his second year of a three-year master of architecture program at Ohio State University’s Knowlton School of Architecture. He was the recipient of the 2004 Elliot L. Whitaker Traveling Fellowship and will go to Switzerland this summer to investigate the work of Swiss modernist architect Peter Zumthor. “Architecture school has been an incredibly challenging experience,” writes Dan, “but I am happy to say that the learning experiences I had in the Core Curriculum and the general benefits of a liberal arts education have provided a strong foundation for my work as an architecture student.” E-mail him at dcarney16@yahoo.com.

Lindsay L. Crudele (COM'04) of Cranston, R.I., received the James Beard Award 2004 in the category Radio Food Short Form, awarded by the James Beard Foundation, which celebrates the country’s culinary artists, providing scholarships and educational opportunities. Lindsay is a producer for the NPR show Here and Now at WBUR.

Ivan Cury (CFA’60) of Encino, Calif., was given the California State University Rosebud Award at the CSU Summer Arts 13th Annual Media Arts Festival. The award recognizes outstanding media production faculty. Ivan is a professor of television production at the university’s Los Angeles branch. His new book, TV Commercials: How To Make Them, will be published by Focal Press in October.

Frances Mickna Finta (CAS’49) of Arlington, Va., had a gift in her name made by the Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to the AAUW Educational Foundation.

Martin Cornelius Frith (ENG’04) was a recipient of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s 2004 Harold M. Weintrub Graduate Student Award. He is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Brisbane, Australia, and the RIKEN Yokohama Institute in Japan.

Warren Grill (ENG’89) of Chapel Hill, N.C., a professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, where he leads a research program in neural engineering, was named the 2003 Neurotechnology Researcher of the Year by Neurotech Business Report . He lives with his wife, Julie, and two children. E-mail him at warren.grill@duke.edu.

Alan S. Gurman (CAS’67) of Madison, Wis., was the 2004 recipient of the award for excellence in internship training from the Association of Pyschology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, the organization that sets national standards for professional training in clinical psychology. Alan is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison.

Joseph H. Hagan (SED’60, HON.’93) of Compton, R.I., was given an honorary doctor of humane letters degree and delivered the commencement address at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, on May 14. He has been chairman of the university’s board of trustees for the past decade and is president emeritus of Assumption College. E-mail him at jhagan67@cox.net.

Wayne Kessler (SSW’86) of Westwood, Mass., won the Beverly Ross Fliegel Award for Social Policy and Change of the National Association of Social Workers in March.

Dawn Nolan Lombardi (CFA’94) of Higganum, Conn., was awarded the Distinguished Advocate of the Arts Award by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Culture, and Tourism. She did the 350th anniversary painting for the city of Northampton and auctioned it off for charity. E-mail her at tonydawn@aol.com.

Jerrilyn Marston (GRS’74) of Marberth, Pa., won the University of Pennsylvania’s 2003-2004 Whitney Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Affiliated Faculty for the third time in four years. She is a lecturer in law in the department of legal studies at the university’s Wharton School, and is a shareholder with Bazelon Less & Feldman.

Kyle Meenan (COM’81) of Jacksonville, Fla., received an Edward R. Murrow Award for Spot News from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. He is a reporter for First Coast News, WTLV/WJXX, in Jacksonville. E-mail Kyle at write2kyle@bellsouth.net.

Ben Mevorach (COM’82) of New York, N.Y., received a 2004 national Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the war in Iraq. He had previously been honored with a Murrow for his work on the crash of TWA Flight 800 and as part of his station’s team coverage of the September 11 attacks. He is currently the news director of 1010 WINS radio in New York City. E-mail him at mevorach@wins.com.

Wesley T. Mott (CAS’68, GRS’69,’75) of Oak Bluffs, Mass., has received the Thoreau Society’s Walter Harding Distinguished Service Award. An English professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he has been on the society’s board of directors for 14 years, the last 6 as vice president of publications. He continues to serve on the advisory boards of the Thoreau Society Bulletin and the annual journal The Concord Saunterer and is series editor of the society’s Spirit of Thoreau books, published by the University of Massachusetts Press.

Slater Newman (GRS’48) of Raleigh, N.C., received the Frank Porter Graham Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. Slater was one of the founding members of the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, now the ACLU of N.C., and has been a psychology professor at North Carolina State University since 1957.

Roger V. Ohanesian (CAS’62) of Laguna Beach, Calif., was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 15. The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations gives the honor for “helping make America a better place for us.” Roger is an ophthalmologist and the founder of Harvard Eye Associates and the Armenian Eye Care Project.

Sarah Paysnick (CFA’03,’04) of Brookline, Mass., placed first in the 24th annual James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. She performed in the Greater Boston Flute Recital in March. Dawn Weithe (CFA’03,’04) won second place in the competition.

Scott Perkins (CFA’02) of Rochester, N.Y., won a BMI Student Composer Award for his composition A Word Out of the Sea (A Child’s Reminiscence) for mixed voices, unaccompanied, with solo tenor. The piece was one of eight selected from 600 entries from the western hemisphere. Scott is working on a master’s in theory pedagogy at the University of Rochester and plans to enter the school’s Ph.D. theory program. Write to him at jp008@mail.rochester.edu.

R. Norman Peters (LAW’65) of Paxton, Mass., received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester at its commencement ceremony on June 6.

Sylvia Pressler (CAS’55) of Englewood, N.J., was the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Medal of Honor for her contributions to improving the justice system. The award was presented in June at the foundation’s annual awards dinner. Sylvia is a presiding New Jersey Superior Court judge.

Donna Rossetti-Bailey (CFA’74) of Marshfield, Mass., took an honorable mention for her pastel painting View from Puzzolina at the Cape Cod Art Association artist members exhibition this spring. Donna donated several original pastels this year to fundraisers, including Will’s Island View to the North River Arts Society and Vermont Sunset to the South Shore Charter School. She was one of six artists invited to participate in the creation of a mirror and frame for the Reflections silent auction benefiting Victory Programs, which supports people in recovery from addictions, held in May at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.

Daniel Steininger (LAW’73) of Milwaukee, Wis., president and CEO of Catholic Knights, and chairman of the Catholic Fund, was selected to receive the Paragon Communicator of the Year Award. He also recently received a National All-University Alumni Merit Award for Professional Achievement from Marquette, his undergraduate university.

Robert Stuart (CFA’77) of Rockbridge Baths, Va., received an Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City on May 19. “To my delight,” he writes, “I also got to meet CFA professor and wonderful painter John Walker, who was one of the five recipients of an Academy Award in Art this year.”

Marylou Sudders (CAS’76, SSW’78) of Cambridge, Mass., was given the National Association of Social Workers Foundation Knee-Wittman Outstanding Achievement Award, in recognition of significant contributions in the fields of health and mental health. Marylou was the Massachusetts commissioner of mental health and is now the president and CEO of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Dorothy Rona Sullivan (CAS’63, SED’72) of Chatham, Mass., a member of the National Job Vacancy Survey Workgroup, was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Labor Secretary’s Exceptional Achievement Award, the first time the award has been given to anyone other than a Department of Labor employee.

Diane K. Smith Townsend (CAS’73, DGE’71) of Solomons, Md., was awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive by President Bush on September 26, 2003. The award, the highest a career federal employee can receive, recognizes outstanding leaders who consistently demonstrate strength, integrity, industry, and commitment to public service. As NAVAIR counsel, Diane supervises a legal staff of more than 70 lawyers.

Rick Waitsman (LAW’76) of Atlanta, Ga., an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration, was recently honored by the Georgia Senate for his years of public service. This honor came after he was appointed assistant to the SSA regional chief administrative law judge for the eight southeastern states. Rick lives with his wife, Mindy, and daughters, Melissa and Sara.

John F. Zwetchkenbaum (MED’85) of Providence, R.I., was named a “Top Doc” by Rhode Island Monthly. The magazine polled 5,000 randomly selected registered nurses from across the state and asked them to select the best specialists in Rhode Island. John is a urologist at Miriam Hospital.