Robert G. Dawson (MET’80) of Riverside, Calif., is senior vice president of Taft Broadcasting Company, where he has worked for 13 years. Bob also saw 32 years of active duty with the army before retiring in 1991 as a lieutenant colonel. Although his service prevented him from attending Commencement in 1980, Bob “walked the stage” at this year’s MET graduation. He has 5 children and 10 grandchildren.

David Michael DeMaio (COM’80) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been named to the Best Lawyers in America . David is managing shareholder of the Miami office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms. He and his wife, Marina, have two children, 16-year-old Robert and 12- year-old Alexandra.

John Hickey (ENG’80) of Fairfax, Va., is director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Certification Service in Washington, D.C., approving all aircraft engines and parts in the United States and directing a staff of 1,200. He and his wife, Debby, have two children. Friends can e-mail him at jhickey@cox.net or stop by his office on Independence Avenue.

Steven Kushnick (ENG’80) of Marietta, Ga., is an engineering consultant to the turbomachinery and reciprocating machinery industry.

Steve Weissman (COM’81) of Waltham, Mass., has published a new book called Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats: A Celebration of the Cape Cod Baseball League , which explores a typical baseball season and the people involved. The book is available at www.theballyard.com, at all 10 Cape League ballparks, and at www.amazon.com.

Gary Bassell (COM’82, GSM’87) of New York, N.Y., is chairman and CEO of the Bravo Group, a U.S. Hispanic communications group. Previously, Gary was president of La Comunidad and spent nine years at Bates Worldwide leading its Latin American regional headquarters and U.S. Hispanic market agency.

Stephen Corn (CAS’82, MED’86) of Boston, Mass., is director of clinical innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston. An associate professor at Harvard Medical School and an anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women’s, Stephen was named a “Champion in Healthcare” by the Boston Business Journal and twice received the Partners in Excellence Award from Partners Healthcare. He cofounded www.theanswerpage.com, an educational Web site ranked among the top eight in the country for providing continuing medical education.

Alan Goodrich (COM’82, CGS’80), of Concord, Mass., released a solo album, Out on a Limb, on the Instant Earthling Music label. Alan, a founding member of Alan and the Alligators, plays mostly unplugged on the CD, but is joined by some of the Alligators on a few tracks as well. His band has been playing in the area for 16 years.

Joseph Prabhu (GRS’82) of Altadena, Calif., a professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles, was one of four recipients of Cal State’s 2004–2005 Outstanding Professor Award. The award recognizes excellence in teaching as well as significant achievement in scholarship, professional activities, and service to the campus and community.

Estelle Sobel Erasmus (COM’83) of Fort Lee, N.J., writes, “I have been very busy with my career in medical education communications, working on strategy with clients from pharmaceutical companies. This June I married my husband, Werner, in a beautiful ceremony in Maui, Hawaii (we were engaged in January in Bora Bora), and I was delighted that his family from New Zealand was able to join our celebration.”

James T. Ingram (ENG’83) of East St. Louis, Ill., writes, “Just a quick shout out to graduates and members of ENG classes of ’82 and ’83, National Society of Black Engineers, and UMOJA. Holla’ back!” E-mail James at jtingram_1960@yahoo.com.

Mary M. Buckner (GRS’84) of Nashville, Tenn., has published her third novel, War Surf (Ace Mass Market Paperback Original, 2005), a hybrid sci-fi and military adventure. For more information about the novel, visit www.mmbuckner.com.

Deb Beatty Mel (COM’84) of Boston, Mass., is assistant director at the Building Materials Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that sells donated new and used building materials to the public, offering discounts to low-income individuals. She also is director of communications at the Boston Building Materials Co-op and a student at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Center for Urban Ministerial Education.

Saraann Parker (COM’84) of St. Louis, Mo., is a partner in the law firm Blackwell Sanders Pepper Martin, where she works in the areas of technology and IP licensing. She has a nine-year-old daughter and four-year-old son and is married to her second husband. Saraann writes, “Hello to the women of Warren Towers, seventh floor, circa 1980–81.”

Karen Gullo Wilson (SED’84, CGS’82) of Fort Montgomery, N.Y., is vice president of consulting for FSI, a supplier of government Internet technology market intelligence. Previously she was director of financial and cost management solution offerings at Unisys Global Public Sector Consulting.

Allan W. Leigh (MET’85) of South Jordan, Utah, published One Mormon’s View of the Science-Religion Debate (PublishAmerica, 2005). Check out Allan’s Web site at www.leigh.org/sciencereligion/.

Pat Beauchemin (SSW’86) of Warwick, R.I., was named the National Association of Social Workers Rhode Island Chapter School Social Worker of the Year for 2005. She coordinates the School Social Work Project, a collaborative initiative of the Rhode Island Department of Education, the Rhode Island College School of Social Work, and the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities. She has been a school social worker in Barrington, R.I., since 1995.

David Biespiel (CAS’86) of Portland, Oreg., a poet and critic, recently became the third editor of Poetry Northwest, a poetry journal founded in 1959. David writes a monthly column on poetry for The Oregonian and teaches at Oregon State University and Portland State University.

Bettina Briz Himes (ENG’86) of Palo Alto, Calif., and her husband, Peter, launched their own winery, San Sakana Cellars, in August. Bettina is an executive advisor to a few Silicon Valley start-ups, and Peter is vice president of worldwide sales for a semiconductor company. They hope old friends from BU will visit them soon. Check out their Web site at www.sansakana.com.

A. Elizabeth Jones (GRS’86) of Bethesda, Md., a former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of State for Europe and Eurasia and a former ambassador to Kazakhstan, is executive vice president of APCO Worldwide, a global communication consulting agency.

Marty Dugan (ENG’87, GSM’96) of Waltham, Mass., is director of product marketing at Viisage in Billerica, Mass., where he works on biometrics, identity, and credentialing solutions.

Jack Ricciardi (COM’87) of San Antonio, Tex., is the host of a daily talk show on KTSA-AM. Since his WTBU days, Jack has had a career in music and talk radio, and for the past several years Talkers magazine has named him one of “ America’s 100 Most Influential Talk Show Hosts.” E-mail Jack at jack@ktsa.com, or listen to his show on the Web at www.ktsa.com.

Rodi Rosensweig (COM’87) of Newton, Conn., recently completed her 11th year running her own public relations and marketing company, the Rodi Company. Her clients include the Humane Society of the United States, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Procter & Gamble, and several authors and television actors. She and her husband, Kevin Zimmerman, recently had a son, Malcolm.

Jim Cavanaugh (ENG’88) of Sudbury, Mass., is a sales representative for SAP America. He has a wife and a two-year-old daughter. “It’s hard to believe it’s been so many years since the BU days,” Jim writes. “You all must be getting old by now.”

Vincia Francis-Holloman (ENG’88) of Upper Marlboro, Md., is an environmental scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. “ Boston University remains dear to my heart,” Vincia writes. “I interacted with a lot of wonderful people, and the learning environment was excellent. I may come back to work on my Ph.D.!”

Stefanie Graves (GSM’88) of Laredo, Tex., is pursuing watercolor painting as her new career and living part of the year in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She participated in an art exhibition at Museo Histórico de San Miguel de Allende from November 4 to 30. Her latest works, including those featured in the show, can be seen at www.cowango.com. E-mail Stefanie at Sgraves@cowango.com.

Wei Lee (ENG’88) of Pleasanton, Calif., and his wife, Amy, have two children, Fern, 17, who is ready to apply to college and is in the process of getting her driver’s license, and Ning, 14, who is in high school. Wei is president of a software development company in San Francisco.

John C. Napier (ENG’88), of Cambridge, Mass., saw his high-tech job shipped overseas, but he’s now employed again. “I have medical care for the first time in three years and homelessness does not immediately threaten,” he writes, “and I am starting to feel happy again sometimes.”

Gary Rosenberg (SMG’88, CGS’86) of Great Neck, N.Y., his wife, Daune, and their three-year-old daughter, Rachael, announce the arrival of Amanda Eve on August 16, 2005. Gary is the corporate controller of United Capital Corporation, a publicly traded company in his hometown.

David A. Steinberg (COM’88) of Oakland, Calif., is assistant business editor, copy desk chief, and stylebook editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. David was elected treasurer of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in September at the group’s annual conference in Chicago, after serving three years on the national board.

Johanna Torres Buchholtz (COM’89) of New York, N.Y., is the editorial director of the Meredith Corporation’s Hispanic Ventures and the founding editor-in-chief of Siempre Mujer magazine, a new women’s magazine for the U.S. Hispanic market.

Bruce Budkofsky (SMG’89) of Closter, N.J., is eastern regional director of advertising sales for Fandango, the leading Web site for movie tickets, showtimes, reviews, and trailers. Bruce would love to hear from old friends and AEPi brothers at bru.bud@verizon.net.

Jan Hamby (GSM’89,’89) , a Navy captain, is serving a one-year tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq, as director of knowledge management for the Multi-National Force — Iraq. E-mail her at janice.hamby@iraq.centcom.mil.

Neal Moskow (LAW’89) of Fairfield, Conn., is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, whose membership is limited to attorneys who have won million- and multimillion-dollar verdicts, awards, and settlements.