James McDonald (SMG’41) of Oxnard, Calif., was director of personnel at California State University, Northridge, after serving as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force.

Evelyn Hallas (SAR’50) of Las Vegas, Nev., received the Lucy Blair Service Award for exceptional contributions to the American Physical Therapy Association. She was one of five physical therapists honored in June at the American Physical Therapy Association Recognition Ceremony in Boston.

Armand Arabian (SMG’56, LAW’61) of Tarzana, Calif., a retired justice of the California Supreme Court, was the 2005 recipient of the Women of Los Angeles Highlight Award for his lifetime of contributions in protecting victims of sexual assault. He will be included in the next edition of Who’s Who in the World .

Eugene A. DeFelice (MED’56) of Niagara Falls, N.Y., published his 11th book, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (iUniverse, 2005), a science review for health-care providers and consumers, with a list of Web resources for additional information.

Sidney Bertram Smith (CFA’58,’58, SED’66) of Rocky River, Ohio, wrote Classical Musicians Speak Out as a New Century Begins (Melrose Books, 2005), which explores the motivations of musicians and composers at the dawn of the 21st century.

Francis J. Capone (ENG’59) of Williamsburg, Va., received an Exceptional Service Medal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. When he wrote, Francis was looking forward to retirement in 2005 after spending his entire career as a senior research engineer at the Langley Research Center.

Gary Kaftan (ENG’60) of Fort Worth, Tex., would love to hear from Tom Papoulias (ENG’60) . E-mail Gary at gary@castlelineproducts.com.

Mary Miller Leipziger (CFA’60) of Los Angeles, Calif., exhibited paintings at galerie yoramgil in Los Angeles from June until September (www.artyoramgil.com). “My two children grew up,” Mary writes. “Charlie is a caddy at a local golf course, and Amy is a second-year law student.” Mary and Amy spent three weeks in Australia this summer.

Thomas O’Connell (SED’60, GRS’61) of Dennis Port, Mass., has published the paperback edition of his book The O’Connell Boy: Educating “The Wolf Child,” An Irish-American Memoir (1932-1950) (Xlibris Corporation, 2005). View chapters at sanctuary777.com.

S. Frederick Schwartz (SED’61,’63) of Mesa, Ariz., writes that he has reached the pinnacle in his comeback attempt in springboard diving after a 40-year absence. He captured the gold in one- and three-meter diving in the Master’s 60 Years of Age and Older group at the recent State Games of America at Colorado Springs, Colo.

Judith Shufro (CFA’61) of La Jolla, Calif., had a one-person show at the La Jolla Riford Library from September 16 to October 31. She was chosen again for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for her work teaching art at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Diego. Visit her Web sites at http://jushu.cts.com or http://members.tripod.com/~jushu/index.html.

David L. Jaffe (SED’62) of Fort Myers, Fla., has been appointed an adjunct professor of sociology in the division of arts and sciences at Edison College in Fort Myers.

Ben Frank Moss (CFA’63) of Hanover, N.H., showed his paintings in the exhibition Picture Planes: New Hampshire in the Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center at Saint Anselm College in Manchester from September 16 to October 15.

Ronald A. Wells (CAS’63, GRS’64,’67) of Maryville, Tenn., published his 13th book Friendship Towards Peace: The Journey of Ken Newell and Gerry Reynolds (Columbia Press, 2005). Friendship is the true story of two men who reconciled their religious differences and turned their bond into the Clonard-Fitzroy Fellowship, an interdenominational prayer forum that promotes contact, mutual understanding, and respect among people from the various Christian traditions in Northern Ireland.

Mary Ellen Robbins Lepionka (CAS’65, GRS’67) of Gloucester, Mass., published Writing and Developing College Textbook Supplements (Atlantic Path Publishing, 2005), a companion to her previous book Writing and Developing Your College Textbook.

Richard Altomonte (COM’67) of East Meadow, N.Y., has optioned Karen Lystra’s book Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain’s Final Years for a documentary under his not-for-profit History Film banner. Check out History Film’s Web site at www.historyfilm.com.

Jonathan Santlofer (COM’67) of New York, N.Y., an author and artist, has published The Killing Art (William Morrow Publishers, 2005), the third of his Kate McKinnon mystery-thriller series, which features original black-and-white paintings as clues. Jonathan had an exhibition of his paintings at the Pavel Zoubok Gallery in New York City in October.

Domenic Cretara (CFA’68,’70) of Long Beach, Calif., displayed his work at the Biola University Art Gallery in La Mirada, Calif., from August 20 to September 22.

Steven I. Gusenoff (COM’68) of Waban, Mass., is celebrating the 27th anniversary of his advertising agency, Steven I. Gusenoff Company, a marketing agency for food, real estate, and health care. Check out Steven’s Web site at www.gusenoff.com.

Leslie Bensusan Paine (SED’68) of Oakland, Calif., is the administrator of the Markstein Cancer Education and Prevention Center of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, where she directs cancer-screening services. Leslie is married to Herb Holman, a physician, and has a daughter, Carli Paine.

John Evenas (CFA’69,’75, CGS’66) of Natick, Mass., had a solo exhibition of his paintings at the Gallery Henoch in New York City from October 13 to November 5.

Renée Plevy (SED’69, DGE’67) of Hypoluxo, Fla., won first place for her oil painting Excursio from the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Artists Guild at its show Images: October 2005 . Check out her Web site at www.reneeplevy.com or e-mail her at renedale@bellsouth.com.

Andy Plotkin (CAS’69, COM’71, GRS’77, DGE’67) of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., published his first book, The Red Sox and the Devil’s Handmaiden (Publish America, 2005), in which a devout Red Sox fan must come to grips with his religious roots in order to prevent his own death and that of a fellow fan. Andy is the CEO of the Edna Hibel Gallery in Boynton Beach, Fla. Visit his Web site at www.andyplotkin.com.