Ed Chiuchiolo (ENG’70,’74) of Danvers, Mass., writes, “Wonder of wonders, retirement is near! Can’t believe I’m this old and a grandfather, too! I have two daughters. Celebrating my 35th wedding anniversary with Jan this [August]! Life has been good.”

Margaret A. Wellert (CAS’70) of Sister Bay, Wis., pastor of Sister Bay Moravian Church, and her husband, the Reverend Keith K. Harke, were consecrated presbyters of the Moravian Church in North America on October 2. A presbyter is consecrated after serving in ordained ministry as a deacon for a number of years. Margaret and Keith have three grown children, Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Matthew.

Laura R. Studen (COM’71) of Newton, Mass., was named cochair of the business litigation department at Burns & Levinson, a Boston-based law firm.

Ken Fitzgerald (SMG’72) of Natick, Mass., retired from his job as manager of information systems and services at Samuel Cabot, Inc., in July.

Loyd Grossman (CAS’72) of London, England, and Kennebunkport, Maine, is chairman of National Museums Liverpool, the largest cultural organization in England outside of London. He is also a governor and a member of the Council of the London School of Economics.

Gary Shankman (CFA’72) of Albany, N.Y., a painter and professor of art at Sage College of Albany, was honored by students with the 2005 Teacher of the Year Award. Gary teaches at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., during the summer.

Carl LeRoy Blake (CFA’73) of Oakland, Calif., a concert pianist and master teacher, received a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach in Honduras for the 2006 academic year. He will be an artist-in-residence at the National Conservatory of Music in Tegucigalpa and the Victoriano Lopez School of Music in San Pedro Sula.

Susan Bluttman (COM’73) of Washington, D.C., is deputy director of public relations for the Humane Society of the United States. When she wrote, in September, her organization was rescuing and treating the thousands of animals left behind after Hurricane Katrina and reuniting them with their owners.

Francis X. McCrossan (CAS’73, GSM’76) of North Kingstown, R.I., is Harvard Law School’s dean for administration — the school’s chief administrative and financial officer. Previously, Francis was executive dean for administration at Brown Medical School, where he held a number of positions over 20 years.

Thomas Mickey (COM’73) of North Quincy, Mass., received a Haupt Fellowship from the horticultural division of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The grant will enable him to do research for a book on the advertising and public relations materials for garden products from the 19th century as a way to understand how the middle class became part of American society. Thomas is a master gardener and a landscape designer and is a student at the Landscape Institute at Harvard University.

Elliot Wiener (CAS’73, DGE’71) of New York, N.Y., is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which is made up of the nation’s top matrimonial attorneys. Elliot is also a member of the Family Law Section and the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association, the Legislation Subcommittee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association’s Matrimonial Committee.

Ney Villamil (COM’74) of Mexico City, Mexico, is the vice president and CEO of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment, and Technology. He would love to hear from old friends at ney@comce.org.mx.

Shelly Glick Gryfe (CAS’75, DGE’73) of Buffalo, N.Y., is vice president of marketing research at Fisher-Price Toys, where she oversees all the company’s research efforts. “I’m putting my Ph.D. in developmental psychology to good use,” she writes.

David S. Kestenbaum (SMG’75) of Westlake Village, Calif., traveled to China with his wife, Janet, as part of a legal delegation sponsored by People to People Ambassador Programs and the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys to help Chinese attorneys, judges, and professors reform the country’s criminal justice system. David has practiced criminal law as a prosecutor and a defense attorney since 1978. He and Janet have three children, Jenn, Lisa, and Greg.

Adrienne Robb-Fund (SED’75,’82) of Massapequa, N.Y., is assistant superintendent of elementary education for the Commack Public Schools. She and her husband, Jay Fund (SSW’76), have two children, Lisa and Andrew. Jay is the president of Hunter Business and Technical Institute in Levittown, N.Y.

Sally Rae Rogers (CAS’75) of Sharon, Mass., a singer and storyteller, organized and emceed a creative arts event called Uplifting Hearts Open Mike in Boston last August.

Marvin H. Steinberg (SDM’75,’75) of Cote de St. Luc, Quebec, was awarded Fellowship in the Academy of Dentistry International in August.

Karen Kullas (ENG’77) of Berkley, Mass., writes, “My husband, Bruce Newcomb, and I attended the recent BME reunion, and I discovered I was the oldest BME alum present! The tour of Fenway was terrific, and the JFK Museum was a newly discovered treasure, regardless of your political affiliation. The speakers at the evening dinner shed some interesting insight into the depths of medicine from both a personal and a corporate standpoint.”

Margot Cushing (SMG’78) of New York, N.Y., was interviewed by Travel Weekly Magazine in July about her niche travel business to Italy, Linden Travel Bureau. Visit the business’s Web site at www.vantaggio.com.

J. David Moran (LAW’78) of Boston, Mass., is a partner in the law firm Perkins Smith & Cohen and a member of the firm’s corporate, science and technology, and tax groups.

Roberta Wong-Brink (SMG’78) of Wilmette, Ill., a certified public accountant, passed the certified internal auditor exam in May. She has her own accounting and tax practice and teaches classes in tax, managerial, and cost accounting. E-mail her at rwbnwb@hotmail.com.

Scott Biron (SED’79) of Norfolk, Mass., is a master trainer for US Lacrosse. He will be part of the organization’s first national training session, offered by the Coaches Education Committee; he and three other trainers will instruct more than 30 coaches from various states on coaching women’s lacrosse. E-mail him at sbiron@verizon.net.

David Ritchie (SED’79) of Seabrook, N.H., is an assistant professor of criminal justice at McIntosh College in Dover, N.H. He retired from the Malden, Mass., police department several years ago after 33 years of service and remains a proud supporter of BU hockey. E-mail David at dritchie@mcintoshcollege.edu.