James G. McDonald (SMG’41) of Oxnard, Calif., recently celebrated his 91st birthday. “‘A man’s man, a ladies’ man, and one in a million,’ Wow!! That’s how they introduced me as Man of the Year in 1941,” Jim writes. “Best intro I’ve ever had. Today I’m still breathing in Oxnard.” Jim spent 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and 12 years as director of personnel at California State University, Northridge.

Slater E. Newman (GRS’48) of Raleigh, N.C., is a professor emeritus of psychology at North Carolina State University. He was honored for “a lifetime of efforts in the cause of human rights” by the West Triangle and Wake County chapters of the United Nations Association at an April conference. He was praised for his activities in support of human rights, including marching for civil rights, contesting the constitutionality of Raleigh’s picketing ordinance, and helping to found the ACLU of North Carolina and its Wake County chapter.

Ed Bander (CAS’49, LAW’51) of Brookline, Mass., published Legal Anecdotes, Wit, and Rejoinder (Vandeplas Publishing, 2007). He received a lifetime achievement award from the Law Librarians of New England in April, and staged The Lottery, a one-act play he co-wrote with his daughter, at the Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, Mass., in June. “Great way to retire,” he writes.

Paul B. McKenney, Jr. (SMG’51) of Hagerstown, Md., caught up with Carl I. Hoyer (SMG’51) of East Greenwich, R.I., last March. “The last time Carl and I saw each other was on the day we graduated from BU,” Paul writes. Carl is a retired Naval Reserve captain, and Paul is a retired Department of Defense civilian. “Each of us has done many other things in our lives of which we are proud, but this occasion — our getting together after 55 years — is most significant for each of us.” E-mail Paul at burtjean@myactv.net.

Esther Roberts Sokol (CFA’52) of New York, N.Y., retired from the New York City Housing Authority in June 2006 and has returned to her first career as a piano teacher. She performs chamber music with New York City musicians and at out-of-state summer retreats.

Kenneth Herman (SED’52) of Wyckoff, N.J., published a self-help book, Secrets from the Sofa: A Psychologist’s Guide to Achieving Personal Peace (iUniverse, 2007). “The book is geared toward the general public, corporations who will give it to employees, and the overwhelming number of troubled college students,” he writes. Kenneth’s book earned endorsements from former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and from New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, who forwarded the book to the New Jersey Department of Education for review.

Liz Gribin (CFA’56) of Boston, Mass., was one of a dozen artists featured in retailer Banana Republic’s contemporary American art exhibition. Enlarged photographs of four of Liz’s paintings are on display in Banana Republic stores worldwide. Visit her Web site at www.lizgribin.com.

Helen Leroux Marston (CAS’56) of Tenants Harbor, Maine, is the proud grandmother of Ayden Grout, who was accepted to the BU Class of 2011. Ayden will defer her admission to spend the year in Peru, with the help of a Rotary Club scholarship.

Maida Sperling (CAS’57) of Great Neck, N.Y., exhibited her work at the 2007 Sydney & Sun photography show at the Philip Coltoff Center of the Children’s Aid Society in New York City.

Robert Dean McNeil (STH’58) of Portland, Ore., published Clarence Darrow’s Unlikely Friend (Spirit Press, 2007), a biography of the Methodist prohibition advocate Clarence True Wilson.

Mal Sharpe (COM’58, DGE’56) of Berkeley, Calif., a radio personality, musician, and humorist, released Coyle and Sharpe: These 2 Men Are Imposters, a four-disc box set of his greatest work with fellow broadcaster Jim Coyle. The compilation contains pranks and interviews from their nightly radio show on San Francisco’s KGO in the early ‘60s. Mal continues to do commercials and voice-overs and as a master trombonist leads his Dixieland jazz band, Big Money in Jazz Band.

Carl Chiarenza (COM’59, GRS’64) of Rochester, N.Y., exhibited his work in Currents: Contemporary Photography by Former Heliographers at the HP Garcia Gallery in New York in May.

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern (CAS’60) of Waltham, Mass., exhibited a series of paintings inspired by her trip to Luanda, Angola, at the Carla Massoni Gallery in Chestertown, Md., this past summer.

Amy Louise (Brown) Hicks (SED’60) of Needham, Mass., competed in the Massachusetts Senior Games, where she won eight gold medals in swimming and throwing events. When she wrote in June, she was busy training for this summer’s national Senior Olympics in Louisville, Ky., and for a synchronized swimming competition in September.

Bob Dastin (SMG’61, LAW’64,’68) of Manchester, N.H., received the Governor Wentworth Achievement Award from the National Guard Association of New Hampshire for his exceptional service to the armed forces. Bob, a partner at the law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, is a retired brigadier general and former assistant adjutant general in the New Hampshire Air National Guard.

Gary Shepard (CAS’61, COM’61) previously known as August H. Shupp III, of San Diego, Calif., published A News Correspondent Goes Sailing (PublishAmerica, 2004). Gary, a former national news correspondent for ABC and CBS News, reported on foreign wars, American military engagements, and breaking news for 35 years before retiring in 1996. In the book, which chronicles the seven-month sailing trip he took after his retirement, Gary looks back on some of the most memorable stories he covered.

Bonnie C. Marshall (CAS’62) of Meredith, N.H., published The Flower of Paradise and Other Armenian Tales (Libraries Unlimited, 2007), a translated collection of myths, legends, and fairy tales.

Claire B. Rubin (GRS’62) of Arlington, Va., edited Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900–2005 (PERI, 2007), an analytical history of the U.S. response to natural disasters and crises. Visit www.riskinstitute.org.

Curtis L. Carter (STH’63, GRS’71) of River Hills, Wis., resigned as founding director of the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University to return to his role as senior professor of aesthetics in the university’s department of philosophy. He is president of Carter Consulting International Fine Arts Network.

Cynthia Maurice (CFA’63,’65) of New Town, Mass., exhibited her work in the Danforth Museum of Art’s Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition in Framingham, Mass., this past summer.

Ann (Levinson) Steinreich (COM’63) of Washington, N.J., was appointed by Governor Jon Corzine to the New Jersey Human Relations Council Executive Committee. Ann has been an active member and former chair of the Warren County Human Relations Commission and is the diversity program coordinator for the Warren Hills regional school district. E-mail Ann at Steinreich105@aol.com.

B. Amore (CAS’64) of Castleton, Vt., gave a presentation at the symposium Creation on the Hyphen at Florida Atlantic University. Tribeca Open Artists Studios in New York, N.Y., featured her art in the spring. She recently exhibited three new sculptural works at SOHO20 Gallery in New York, N.Y. Her work was also featured in a solo show at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center Gallery in West Rutland, Vt.

Miriam (Cohn) Brumer (CFA’64) of New York, N.Y., displayed her art in two one-person shows in September. Visitors: The World of Miriam Brumer, which featured her painted constructions and drawings, took place at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West Nyack, N.Y., and Miriam Brumer: Works on Paper was on view at Wooster Arts Space in New York City. Contact Miriam at mbrumer@queensmuseum.org.

W. Michael Chertok (COM’65) of Bakersfield, Calif., retired from his position as founding vice president for advancement at California State University, Bakersfield, where he worked for 14 years.

Diane Hoff (Lincoln) Rome (CFA’66,’68) of Monroe, Oreg., exhibited more than 70 paintings and digital prints in the show Feathers, Fins, & Fire at the LaSells Stewart Center’s Giustina Gallery in Corvallis, Oreg., this past summer.

Caren (Dallett) Cross (CFA’67) of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, finished a documentary film, Lost and Found in Mexico, which explores the reasons some Americans immigrate to Mexico. Find out more at www.lostandfoundinmexico.com, or contact Caren at caren@gomexart.com.

Dorothy Drago (CAS’68) of Wakefield, Mass., published her first book, From Crib to Kindergarten: The Essential Child Safety Guide (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). “It is an injury-prevention guide for parents, grandparents, day-care providers, and any other caregivers of children from birth through five years,” she writes.

Patrick H. Flynn (COM’68) of Palm Beach, Fla., president of the nonprofit Palm Beach Theater Guild, recently led a successful grassroots effort to save and preserve the historic Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach.

Michael J. Kussman (CAS’68, MED’68) of Chevy Chase, Md., was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as undersecretary for health in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Michael will lead the VA health-care system, which serves more than 5.5 million veterans each year.

Arnold Schneider (CAS’68, GRS’69,’73) of Clearwater, Fla., received the Distinguished Psychoanalyst Award from the Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology and the Southeast Florida Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He and his wife, Constance, continue to practice psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. E-mail him at sdocazs@cs.com.

Deborah Wiley (CAS’68) of New York, N.Y., was elected to the board of trustees at Southern Vermont College. Deborah is senior vice president of corporate communications at John Wiley & Sons in Hoboken, N.J., and chair and president of the Wiley Foundation.

William H. Frishman (CAS’69, MED’69) of Scarsdale, N.Y., coauthored Hypertension: A Clinical Guide (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2007) and Cardiovascular Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy (Blackwell Publishing, 2007). William is chair of the department of medicine at New York Medical College. “The FDA has approved the first human study in the world using cardiac stem cells based on technologies and studies done in our research laboratories,” he writes.

George Fulginiti-Shakar (CAS’69) of Washington, D.C., received a Helen Hayes Award for his music direction of Cabaret at Arena Stage. The Helen Hayes Awards are the highest honors given to theater professionals in the Washington, D.C., area. E-mail George at geofulshak@aol.com.

Naomi Rosenberg (CAS’69, DGE’67) of Boston, Mass., celebrated her 30th anniversary as a professor of pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is also the dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts.