Helen Vaile Parker (SRE’29) of Lakeland, Fla., celebrated her 100th birthday a few days early with a family luncheon at the Terrace Hotel in Lakeland on September 8, 2007. All of her children and three of her four grandchildren joined her. A second party was held on her actual birthday, September 13, at the Florida Presbyterian Homes.

Virginia “Ginny” White (SAR’49, SED’52) of Stoughton, Mass., received the second annual Heights Award from the Massachusetts State Lottery and Boston College Athletics. The award, which recognizes Massachusetts residents who have made significant contributions to women’s athletics, was presented at a Boston College vs. Wright State University basketball game in November. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ginny worked to achieve equality for girls sports programs in the Boston public schools. Now retired, she is on the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Girls and Women in Sports Committee.

Kenneth Herman (SED’52) of Wyckoff, N.J., writes that his book, Secrets of the Sofa: A Psychologist’s Guide to Achieving Personal Peace (iUniverse, 2007), was a finalist for the 2007 National Best Book award from USA Book News in both the psychology/mental health and college guide categories.

Bob Zieff (CFA’52) of Carlisle, Pa., was invited to lecture at the University of Vienna last November, and the Bob Zieff Chamber Jazz Ensemble performed his compositions at the Atypical Jazz Festival in Vienna, Austria. Universal (Vivendi) will reissue Chet Baker in Paris, which includes eight of Bob’s pieces.

Stefan Vogel (SED’54,’57) of Brewster, Mass., a former elementary school principal, has kept busy since his retirement in 1994. “I’m active in church, community television, and community theater (62 shows since 1960),” he writes. “I teach beginning classical guitar and still horseback ride.” His first wife, Marie MacDougall, died in 1986; he
later married Shirley Vogler. Between them, Stefan and Shirley have 6 children and 14 grandchildren. Contact him at prov35a@verizon.net.

Kay Mouradian (SAR’55) of South Pasadena, Calif., published A Gift in the Sunlight: An Armenian Story (Taderon Press, 2005), a novel about an Armenian girl fleeing the genocide in Turkey during World War I. The book is based on the life of Kay’s mother.

Sidney Hurwitz (CFA’59) of Newton Center, Mass., a printmaker, exhibited his hand-colored etchings of iconic Boston architecture and images in the show Boston Views  at Boston’s Pepper Gallery this past winter. His prints are included in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Library of Congress, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and the Krakow National Museum.

Donald F. Megnin (STH’60) of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., published two books of his trilogy of historical novels set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in America and Germany: The Security of Silence (Xlibris, 2006) and A Conspiracy of Silence (Xlibris, 2007). He wrote in January to say that the third book, The Struggle to Survive, was near publication and that he was working on the first novel of a new series.

Fernando S. David (COM’61) of Scarsdale, N.Y., published Per Cent: A History of Interest (Xlibris, 2007), a study of the changing religious, economic, and philosophical attitudes toward interest paid on loans in the Western world.

Curtis L. Carter (STH’63, GRS’71) of River Hills, Wis., curated an exhibition on the Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam for the Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee, the Miami Art Museum in Miami, Fla., the Latin American Museum in Long Beach, Calif., and the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. Curtis, founding director of the Haggerty Museum, recently left the position to return to Marquette University as a professor of aesthetics.

Jane (Kevorkian) Wingate (CAS’64, DGE’62) of Farmington, N.H., released a paperback version of her book, The Toilet Papers: Pieces Just the Right Length (Sampson’s Ridge Press, 2007). The book, which was chosen as New Hampshire Magazine’s Editor’s Pick for Literary Irony, is a compilation of essays, many previously published in such places as the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sunitalx2. Jane writes, “I was encouraged and inspired to be a writer by Walter Stuart, my freshman English teacher at DGE.” Read an excerpt and see what else she’s up to at www.janewingate.com.

Kathleen Spivack (GRS’65) of Watertown, Mass., published a book of poetry, Moments of Past Happiness  (Grolier, 2007). “There are so many threads to the rich tapestry — or knotted tangle! — of the writing life,” she writes.

Cheryl Gerson Tuttle (SED’65) of Marblehead, Mass., is the coauthor of Self-Advocacy: The Ultimate Teen Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2007), which teaches young people how to face obstacles and speak for themselves at school, at work, and at home. “This book is a must for helicopter parents,” writes Cheryl, who has more than 30 years of experience in education, counseling, and advocacy.

Mary (Capriulo) Bradley (CAS’66) of Sudbury, Mass., a realtor since 1979, received the 2006 N. B. Taylor & Co. Realtors President’s Award. For the fifth year in a row, she was recognized for achieving the highest sales volume at her firm. Mary and her husband, Bill, have three children and three grandchildren. E-mail her at marybr1710@aol.com.

Barbara Dinerman (GRS’67) of Coconut Creek, Fla., published her first novel, H (iUniverse, 2007). She writes that the book is a “comic novel that boldly deals with the contemporary affliction of herpes.” Barbara is a freelance writer specializing in interior design, art, and travel. In 1997, she won the American Society of Interior Designers’ Journalism Award. Contact her at bdinerman@aol.com.

Linda H. Feinberg (CAS’68) of Manchester, N.H., exhibited her watercolors, oil pastels, and drawings for the first time last November, in the lobby of a corporate building in Manchester. Linda has been taking art classes for several years.

Ed Tarlow (LAW’68) of Concord, Mass., received the Smaller Business Association of New England’s 2007 Community Service Award last October. As the Family Firm Institute’s New England chapter president, Ed has worked to promote and protect family-owned companies for more than 30 years. He is a founding member of the law firm Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers.

Peter Yalanis (COM’68, CGS’66) of Sunrise, Fla., recently completed a photo shoot of the Athens Acropolis from within the Parthenon, in association with the American Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures and the Greece Ministry of Culture Ephorate of Antiquities. Contact Peter at dogsupatree1@aol.com.

Brian Rogers Caputo (GSM’69) of Belmont, Mass., participated in the reading of names of service members inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in November. The event commemorated the wall’s 25th anniversary. Contact Brian at brc23552272@hotmail.com.

David McAlary (COM’69) of Falls Church, Va., retired after 32 years at Voice of America, in Washington, D.C., where he produced and anchored English newscasts for several years before becoming the science and medicine correspondent. Using the on-air name Mickey Bo, he is now the DJ on a boomers’ oldies show on Fridays at 5 p.m. at www.fcac.org/webr, where he hopes to start a podcast. Contact David at demcalary@cox.net.

Michael Salcman (CAS’69, MED’69) of Baltimore, Md., published his fourth chapbook of poems, Stones in Our Pockets (Parallel Press, 2007). Michael is a physician, scientist, and essayist on the visual arts. He has served as chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and as president of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore.

Alan R. Segaloff (SMG’69) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was appointed to the advisory board of the University of Washington Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, in Seattle. Alan is the executive director of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, a national nonprofit organization. Contact him at segaloff@msfocus.org.