Bob Hines (MET’80) is an F-15E fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. When he wrote, he was stationed at RAF Lakenheath, England, and had recently been accepted into the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He and his family plan to relocate in June. E-mail him at bkhines3@aol.com.

Susan A. Manchester (LAW’80) of Manchester, N.H., received the 2006 Heritage United Way Community Volunteer of the Year award last December. Susan is a member of the Heritage United Way board of directors. She is an attorney with Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green and was the first New Hampshire woman elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, in June 2005.

Thom Vegh (CFA’80) of San Diego, Calif., celebrated the 20th anniversary of his founding of Diversionary Theatre, which produces plays with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender themes. Last year he appeared in the Actors Alliance of San Diego’s one-act play festival at the Lyceum Theatre. He also received honorable mention in the Alliance’s one-page play contest for The Eyes of Alpha Sparkey, which explores the law requiring registered sex offenders to wear electronic tracking devices.

Karen (Matsumori) Waters (SON’80) of Glen Ellyn, Ill., received a Nurse Recognition Award from the March of Dimes and its Perinatal Nursing Advisory Committee. Karen cares for women with high-risk pregnancies and those who require fetal assessment.

Stuart A. Kirshenbaum (COM’81) of Freehold, N.J., has won four Emmy Awards since 2000. Three of them honored his work as a producer of ESPN’s SportsCentury. He also produced a documentary that followed 10 Philadelphia Eagles fans through the team’s 2004 season. Most recently, he was a segment producer of 2006 highlight DVDs for the Detroit Tigers and the New York Mets. E-mail Stuart at StuKirshenbaum@aol.com.

Samuel Weiner (LAW’81) of Caldwell, N.J., was named one of Worth magazine’s Top 100 Lawyers in the United States serving affluent families. He is a member of the law firm Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard in Hackensack, N.J.

Alison Lee Freeman (CFA’82,’83) of Georgetown, Maine, celebrated the release of her third record, Chantey Singer v2 (Black River Music Works, 2006), at Club Passim in Cambridge, Mass., last September. E-mail Alison at alfreeman@alisonleefreeman.com.

Andrew Nixon (CFA’82) of Attleboro, Mass., won first prize in the nationally juried painting show Open Painting 2007 at the Providence Art Club in January. Pepper Gallery in Boston represents Andrew.

Ioanna Ralli (COM’82, CFA’86) of Athens, Greece, wrote and illustrated a short inspirational book, Little Big Self (Arima Publishing, 2006).

Deanna Dunmyer (CFA’84) of Needham, Mass., returned to the New York stage in a new play, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, directed by Rick Lombardo (CFA’84) at the New World Stages. Learn more at www.billwanddrbob.com.

Kate Mitchell (CAS’84) of Warwick, N.Y., is executive director of Museum Village at Old Smith’s Clove, a 19th-century living history museum in New York’s Hudson Valley. She also runs a fiber arts studio, Yarn Swift. E-mail her at katemitchell@juno.com.

Alan Shapiro (SMG’84) of Seattle, Wash., is an importer of English and Belgian beers and ciders. He created a beer that will raise funds for the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research. Find out more at www.reunionbeer.com.

Linda Bessette VandeVrede (COM’84) of Scottsdale, Ariz., published the second edition of her business book, Press Releases Are Not a PR Strategy: An Executive’s Guide to Public Relations (VandeVrede Public Relations, 2007). The second edition has new information on blogs, podcasts, and wikis. Visit www.vandevrede-pr.com.

Maureen Alphonse Charles (CAS’85) of Milton, Mass., was elected to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s board of overseers. Maureen is the managing director of Gilbert Tweed Associates in Wellesley, Mass. The Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce recently  honored Maureen as one of 10 outstanding young leaders in Boston.

Albert P. James (ENG’85, GSM’95) of Boston, Mass., is a senior project engineer at Axcelis Technologies. He is working on the development of the next generation of ion implanter machines for the semiconductor capital equipment industry. E-mail Albert at albertjames@comcast.net.

Craig Reiss (CFA’85) of Mill Valley, Calif., is a violinist with the San Francisco Opera and associate second violinist with the San Francisco Ballet. He also started his own chamber group, the Eos Ensemble. Craig made his bluegrass debut on mandolin and fiddle with the Opera Dukes at the San Francisco Bluegrass Festival. He and his wife, Cheryl, have two children, Alana and Julian. E-mail him at craigviolin@sbcglobal.net.

Alex W. Thomson (ENG’85) of Pittsburgh, Pa., was reelected to the executive committee of Houston Harbaugh, one of the largest law firms in Pittsburgh.

Helen R. Mendoza (COM’86) of South Pasadena, Calif., coproduced the documentary film For the Bible Tells Me So, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Anne Murphy (LAW’86) of Chicago, Ill., is a partner and chair of the Chicago health law team at the firm Holland & Knight. She has more than 20 years of government and private-sector experience in health law. E-mail her at anne.murphy@hklaw.com.

Mark J. Ventola (LAW’86) of Stoneham, Mass., an attorney at Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, was named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer by the organization Law and Politics.

David L. Burns (GRS’87, MED’90) of Lexington, Mass., published 100 Questions and Answers About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): A Lahey Clinic Guide (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007). David is the medical director of nutrition and the senior staff gastroenterologist at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Tufts University.

Francesco Chierici (CAS’87) of San Carlos, Calif., produced the documentary film Speed and Angels, which was directed by R. Peyton Wilson (CAS’93, CGS’91). Thomas Golubic (COM’93) was the music supervisor. The film offers an inside look at the world of U.S. Navy fighter pilots. Check it out at www.speedandangels.com.

Lloyd Comiter (CAS’87) of Boca Raton, Fla., was recently certified as a county mediator for the Supreme Court of Florida. He is the president of the law offices of Comiter, P.A., in Boca Raton, and serves on the Florida Bar Small Claims Rules Committee. E-mail him at lcomiter@comiterlaw.com.

Julia Huston (CAS’87, LAW’92) of Natick, Mass., a partner at Bromberg & Sunstein, is president of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts. As head of the organization, Julia is focusing on mentoring and on addressing issues facing women in the legal profession.

Therese Martin (COM’87) of Tucson, Ariz., an associate professor of medieval art history at the University of Arizona School of Art, published the book Queen as King: Politics and Architectural Propaganda in Twelfth-Century Spain (Brill, 2006), which traces the forgotten history of a medieval queen and the church she built.

Paul P. Padien (COM’87) of Glen Mills, Pa., and his wife, Susan, announce the birth of their daughter, Madalyn Jane, on January 30, 2006, in Greenville, S.C., and their adoption of Madalyn on January 31, 2006. She joins seven-year-old brother Ryan Patrick. Paul is a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild. E-mail him at ppadien@comcast.net.

James Rielly (CAS’87, MED’87) of Cambridge, Mass., is a vascular surgeon with Cambridge Health Alliance.

Emilian Badea (CFA’88,’92) of Natick, Mass., presented Impressionism in Music, Art, and Dance, a commentary on the history of Impressionism, at the Brockton Symphony Orchestra’s concert hall in Brockton, Mass., last October. A month later, he gave a talk on the history and evolution of jazz, which was followed by a Pro Musica Corp. of New York jazz concert at Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island. Emilian is on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. E-mail him at music@emilian.org.

David Alan Dorfman (CAS’88, LAW’91, CGS’86) of New York, N.Y., is training to participate in the New York City Marathon as a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. “I am training for this event as a positive way to both fight my own battle with cancer and make a contribution to the bigger war on these diseases,” he writes. “Please help at www.active.com/donate/tntnyc/DavidDorfman.”

Fredric D. Gordon (CAS’88, MED’88) of Newton, Mass., published 100 Questions and Answers About Liver Transplantation: A Lahey Clinic Guide (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007). Fredric is the medical director of liver transplantation and director of hepatology at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Tufts University and an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Kurt Kauper (CFA’88) of Brooklyn, N.Y., received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant to support his personal and artistic expenses last year. The awards are made to professional visual artists internationally, based on artistic merit and financial need.

Alex D. Kondé (ENG’88) of Vienna, Va., and his wife, Pamela, announce the birth of their third child, Gabriela, on January 17, 2007. She joins sister Sophia, age five, and brother Joshua, age three. Contact them at alex.konde@neustar.biz or akonde@cox.net.

Anne-Marie (Coombs) Messbauer (CAS’88) of Springfield, Mass., and Deborah Claar, academic counselor at Sargent College, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their folk group, Three of Cups, which began in UNI Professor Tony Barrand’s course Folksongs as Social History. To find out about upcoming performances and recordings, visit www.threeofcupsmusic.com. E-mail Anne-Marie at massmess@juno.com.

James M. O’Neil, Jr. (CAS’88, CGS’86) of Quincy, Mass., is CEO and trust officer of Cambridge Appleton Trust.

Sam Schoemann (COM’88) of Los Angeles, Calif., is vice president of client development at the West Coast offices of Concrete Pictures, where he is responsible for developing new revenue streams as well as focusing on the company’s core business of entertainment branding and marketing. Sam lives with his wife, JoAnn, his son, Sam, age nine, and his daughter, Natalie, age six. E-mail him at sam@concretepictures.com.

Greg Semeraro (ENG’88) of Fairport, N.Y., writes, “I have recently embarked on a new phase of my career: I am in business for myself as a consultant. I am enjoying the challenges and would enjoy hearing from old classmates.” Contact Greg at semeraro@ieee.org.

Dana Sonnenschein (GRS’88,’95) of Bethany, Conn., is a professor at Southern Connecticut State University. She recently published her first full-length poetry collection, Natural Forms (Word Press, 2007).

Dennis L. Via (SED’88), a commanding general of the 5th Signal Command of the U.S. Army, is stationed in Mannheim, Germany. Recently, he participated in Read Across America, reading books to students at Mannheim elementary schools.

Mark Christopher (LAW’89) of Boston, Mass., was named Massachusetts state chair for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Mark is a trust and estates attorney at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge.

Joseph P. DiBlasi (SMG’89) of North Andover, Mass., published the book Sell Your Home Without a Broker: Insider’s Advice to Selling Smart, Fast, and for Top Dollar! (Sphinx Publishing, 2005). Joseph has been an attorney in private practice since 1992.

James A. Markarian (CAS’89, GRS’89) of Los Altos, Calif., is senior vice president and chief technology officer of Informatica, a data integration company. He is responsible for the strategic direction of Informatica’s products.

Daniel Offner (LAW’89, GSM’90) of Los Angeles, Calif., is a partner at the law firm of Nixon Peabody, focusing on video game publishing and the new media industry.

Raouf Zaki (COM’89) of Framingham, Mass., wrote, directed, and produced a short film, Just Your Average Arab. The film, which addresses stereotypes about Arab-Americans, was voted audience favorite out of a dozen shorts at the Boston International Comedy and Film Festival.