Ronald Desrosiers (CAS’70) of Hudson, Mass., a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, has received the Distinguished Research Career Award for 2005 from Ohio State University for his work in molecular biology and the pathogenesis of retroviruses.

Carolyn Rosenberg Evans (CFA’70) , of Natick, Mass, will have a solo show of paintings at the Chase Gallery in Boston from June 1 to 25. Carolyn’s paintings will also be featured as a part of the women’s show at the Munson Gallery in Chatham, Mass, this summer. Visit her Web site at www.evansartstudio.com.

Gale O’Toole (SED’70) of Dedham, Mass., retired last year after 28 years as a high school guidance counselor and has started her own private college counseling business. “I am loving the stimulation and challenges of my new endeavor,” she writes.

Joshua Wynne (CAS’71, MED’71) of Grand Forks, N.D., was recently named executive associate dean at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He also became associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of internal medicine at the school. Joshua and his wife, Susan Farkas, maintain homes in Grand Forks and Fargo. They have medical practices at MeritCare in Fargo. Their children, Andras and Eszter Farkas, are studying law at the University of Michigan.

Glenn Biegon (CFA’72,’74,’76) of Salt Lake City, Utah, had two papers published in Leonardo, the quarterly journal for the arts and technology (Vol. 38, Nos. 2 and 3). “Stereoscopic Synergy” describes and illustrates Glenn’s invention of a new stereoscopic painting medium called “twin-relief” sculpture. “Caution — Objects Are Closer Than They Appear” probes the geometry of “perspectively inverted” pictorial space in 2-D and 3-D pictures. Contact him at glennbiegon@hotmail.com.

Paul Cary Goldberg (CAS’72) of Rockport, Mass., is exhibiting his Night Watch series at the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Mass., March 1 through June 30. His photographs are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Boston Public Library. E-mail Paul at pcginc.javanet@rcn.com.

Paul Kearney (SED’72) of Lady Lake, Fla., is retired after 34 years as a Massachusetts public school administrator. “The year-round pressures of golf, cycling, gourmet dining, and entertaining are never-ending,” he writes, “and retirement is well worth the wait.” Paul was the president of the Glenbrook Club of the Villages of Lady Lake and a 2004 gold medalist in the Florida Senior Games. E-mail him at pbkbak@aol.com.

Kenneth I. Reich (SED’72,’78) of Cambridge, Mass., is cofounder and president of the Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, which is developing a new outreach program to provide pro bono services to the families of Reserve and National Guard soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization was named a “health care organization hero” in the September 17 Boston Business Journal. Visit the institute’s Web site at www.pcfine.org.

George Schweitzer (COM’72) of Larchmont, N.Y., has been named president of the newly formed CBS Marketing Group, which oversees marketing of various entities, including CBS, UPN, King World, Paramount Television, Infinity Broadcasting, and Viacom Outdoor. George had been executive vice president of marketing and communications at CBS for 10 years.

Peri Schwartz (CFA’73) of New Rochelle, N.Y., exhibited paintings and works on paper at the Adler & Company Gallery in San Francisco from November 2004 until March 15, 2005. Her work is in private, public, and museum collections internationally.

Diana L. Rossetti-Bailey (CFA’74) of Marshfield, Mass., was juried into the National Association of Women Artists, Inc., the oldest fine arts organization supporting women artists in the United States. She has also been juried in as a signature member of the Pastel Society of Cape Cod. In addition, several of her works have been accepted into national exhibitions, including the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 108th annual exhibition and the Renaissance in Pastel 2004 exhibition. Donna teaches privately and at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Mass., and she has 10 new works on exhibit in the Milton Gallery as part of the Small Works show. E-mail Donna at dlrb@adelphia.net.

Thadious M. Davis (GRS’76) of Philadelphia, Pa., received honorable mention in judging for the Modern Language Association of America’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for outstanding scholarly study of Black American literature or culture. Thadious is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and has written Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, and Faulkner’s “Negro”: Art and the Southern Context.

Gary J. Fay (SED’77) of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., accepted a new position as sourcing leader with General Electric Corporate Aviation in Newburgh, N.Y. “Still close enough to get to the Terrier hockey games!” he writes. E-mail Gary at bupuckster@aol.com.

Daniel M. Stolz (CAS’77) of Warren, N.J., is in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.Best Lawyers, published in book form and on the Web, is a peer-review survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Daniel is a partner at Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz in Millburn, N.J., which specializes in corporate reorganization and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Johnson “Tunde” Akingbade (ENG’78) of Houston, Tex., recently returned to the United States after 20 years in Africa. Johnson looks forward to renewing contact with friends, especially Zanga, Kizito, Karoli, Harold, Maria Burzunski, and Mutaba. E-mail him at eximdepot@sbcglobal.net.

Jody Davis (COM’78) of Elmira, N.Y., news director at the ABC affiliate WENY-TV has added the duties of six p.m. anchor to his repertoire. He encourages COM students to contact him for internships, and he writes that he still loves hearing from old BU pals at jdavis@weny.com.

Kevin Drumm (SED’78,’80) of Sheridan, Wyo., was named president of Sheridan College in August. He had been vice president for enrollment, students, and public affairs at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Wyo., for six years. Kevin earned an associate’s degree from Berkshire Community College in 1976, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BU, and a doctorate in organizational studies and higher education from New York University in 1994.

Rhea Tregebov (GRS’78) of Vancouver, Canada, is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and teaches creative writing. Her sixth collection of poetry, (alive): Poems New and Selected, was published in September by Wolsak and Wynn Press in Toronto. E-mail her at rhea_tregebov@wier.ca.

William Herman (MED’79) of Ann Arbor, Mich., studies diabetes in Arab immigrants in Dearborn, Mich., which has the highest Arab population of any city outside the Middle East. William is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Caryl Jacobs Kuchman (SMG’79) of Columbia, S.C., was recently promoted to director of human resource operations for SCANA Corp., an electric and gas utility and the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in South Carolina. E-mail Caryl at ckuchman@scana.com.