Alan R. Earls (MET’90) of Franklin, Mass., published Greater Boston’s Blizzard of 1978 (Arcadia Publishing, 2008). The book, with an introduction by former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, features previously unpublished photos of one of the most damaging storms ever to hit the Boston area.

Kimberly Bonheim Birbrower (CAS’91) of Los Angeles, Calif., left her post as director of education at the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation Institute to start Big Picture Instructional Design, a company whose mission is to extend the reach and enhance the power of issue-driven feature film, television, documentary, and multimedia projects with custom-designed educational packages. You can contact Kimberly at kim@bigpictureinstructional.com.

Karl J. Koller (GSM’91) of Zurich, Switzerland, and Barbara Lorenz announce the birth of their second child, Caroline Barbara, on August 16, 2007. Karl is the CEO of TQM Consulting Group, Inc.

John Parnell (CAS’91) of Novato, Calif., married Saskia (Rotnicki) Parnell on May 26, 2007, in Ross, Calif. John is vice president of Parnell Pharmaceuticals, and Saskia is a senior vice president at Bank of America. Contact John at john@parnell.org.

Malcolm Wiley, Sr. (COM’91) of Washington, D.C., a 16-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, was recently promoted to spokesman for the Secret Service’s Office of Government and Public Affairs. Malcolm married his college sweetheart, Deana Timberlake-Wiley (CAS’91, CGS’90), an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division. They have two sons, Malcolm II, six, and Malachi, five. E-mail Malcolm at malcolm.wiley@usss.dhs.gov.

Richard P. Zipoli, Jr. (SAR’91) of Burlington, Conn., earned a Ph.D. in special education, with an emphasis on learning and reading disabilities, from the University of Connecticut.

Jan Davidson (UNI’92) of Brasstown, N.C., received a North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor, last November for his services to the fine arts. He was a writer, producer, and musician for the documentary Sing Behind the Plow, which was nominated for an Emmy for Best Historical Documentary and Best Documentary Soundtrack in the mid-South region. Jan writes fiction and drama, plays fiddle in a string band, and is the director of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown.

Jennifer Ford (CAS’92) of Las Vegas, Nev., is moving to Houston to join the family clan and pursue a job as an operations research analyst. “No, we did not start off in Texas, but all good things go that way, right?” she writes. Old friends and NROTC buddies can e-mail her at jennifer-l-ford@hotmail.com.

Neal Golub (SMG’92) of Marlboro, N.J., was recently promoted to management within the internal audit department at Everest Real Estate Group in Liberty Corner, N.J. He is working toward both C.P.A. and C.F.E. designations. Former SMG classmates can e-mail him at ngolub1023@aol.com.

James Howard (CAS’92) of Tucson, Ariz., is a mechanical engineer for the Large Binocular Telescope at the University of Arizona (www.lbto.org). “You can catch a glimpse of me and my family on the Discovery Channel show Really Big Things,” he writes. E-mail James at James86004@yahoo.com.

Catherine McClure Lyle (CAS’92, CGS’90) and Brian Lyle (SMG’91, CGS’89) of Farmington, Conn., had their second daughter, Delia Catherine, on December 5, 2007. Delia has a big sister, Carson Abigail. Contact Catherine and Brian at emmdonuts@yahoo.com.

Matthew Magne (ENG’92) of Wilmington, N.C., recently joined IBM as a senior IT specialist in technical sales for the company’s Master Data Management Solutions. He is pursuing an M.B.A. at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, where he lives with his wife, Kristin, their one-year-old son, Lukas, and two dogs, Buddha and Bella. Contact Matthew at mkmagne@us.ibm.com.

Max Malikow (STH’92) of Syracuse, N.Y., was promoted to assistant professor of psychology in the Renee Crown Honors Program at Syracuse University. Max is spending the current semester as a visiting assistant professor at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. His three most recent books are Profiles in Character, It’s Not Too Late! Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, and Suicidal Thoughts: Essays on Self-Determined Death, all published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Jody (Sheffer) Roby (COM’92) of Wayland, Mass., and her husband, Michael, welcomed their second daughter, Addison Payton, on May 8, 2007. Addison’s sister, Jordan Elizabeth, is three years old. Jody is the executive director of business development for Buyer Advertising, Inc., in Newton, Mass.

Elizabeth Ruksznis (COM’92, CGS’90) of New York, N.Y., married Benjamin Waller in Cornwall, Conn., on September 15, 2007. Beth Edwards (SMG’92, CGS’90) and Jenna Schnuer (COM’92) attended. Elizabeth is a producer for NBC News, where she recently received a duPont Award for her work on the MSNBC documentary War Zone Diary.

James P. Thomas (CAS’92) of Pittsburgh, Pa., a partner in the law firm Pepper Hamilton’s Pittsburgh office, received the firm’s annual community service award for his work as an active volunteer firefighter and his service to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As a member of the South Hills Regional Rapid Intervention Team, he is often called in to rescue trapped or injured firefighters in major fires.

Alexandra L. Chan (CAS’93) of Pound Ridge, N.Y., is director of dental services for Hill Health Corporation in New Haven, Conn., where she leads a multimillion-dollar oral health program and a multipractice expansion within Connecticut. She completed her postdoctoral residency training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in 1999. In 2004, she earned a master’s in health policy and management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She plans to complete her remaining M.B.A. courses in the near future.

Ari Kaplan (CAS’93) of Millburn, N.J., runs Ari Kaplan Advisors, which helps legal professionals and other clients publish their writing. After finishing a draft of a book last summer, he redesigned his Web site. Visit arikaplanadvisors.com. 

Sheryl Adelman Kimmel (CAS’93, CGS’91) of Lawrence, Kans., earned a doctorate in American studies from the University of Kansas last May. Her dissertation is titled “The Changing of the Guard: A Case Study of Maynard I. Wishner as an American Jewish Communal Leader.”

Carrie Regan (COM’93) of Washington, D.C., recently participated in Ironman Wisconsin — a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run — “despite nearly flunking the only phys ed class I took at BU,” she writes. She finished in under 14 hours and raised more than $16,000 for the construction of a middle school in Tibet. Carrie is the director of series development at National Geographic Television. Contact her at c_regan@yahoo.com.

Stacy (Lane) Buck (COM’94) of New York, N.Y., and her husband, Tom, had a daughter, Amelia Jane, on September 16, 2007. E-mail Stacy at slane@alum.bu.edu.

Tim Heck (CAS’94) of Fallbrook, Calif., is a vice principal of a comprehensive high school in San Diego County. He has been working in education for six years. E-mail him at theck034@roadrunner.com.

Lana Z. Caplan (CAS’94) of Roxbury, Mass., showed her photographs in the exhibition Watch This! at the Danforth Museum of Art, in Framingham, Mass., last fall.

Josephine “J’mi” (Arrastia) Matsubara (CAS’94) of Honolulu, Hawaii, and her husband, Jon, announce the arrival of their second daughter, Nikki Amber, on September 15, 2007. Nikki’s sister, Brooke, is two-and-a-half years old. You can e-mail J’mi at jmimatsubara@yahoo.com.

Daniel J. Sax (CAS’94) of Johnstown, Pa., married Beata Topa in the historic Royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw, Poland, on August 18, 2007. The reception was held in the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. Daniel has a master’s degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Laura Aleshevich Schurter (COM’94, CGS’92) of Chester, N.J., had a son, Nolan Brandon, on December 10, 2006. Nolan has a big sister, Mary Elizabeth, age three. E-mail Laura at laura@drew-rogers.com.

Larry Weiss (LAW’94) of Lex-ington, Mass., and his wife, Charly Baker-Weiss, announce the birth of their son, Tanner Mattingly Weiss, on September 29, 2007. Larry is vice president and chief international counsel for Covidien, a surgical and medical device manufacturer.

Marina Umaschi Bers (SED’95) of Arlington, Mass., published Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom (Teachers College Press, 2007). Marina is an assistant professor of child development and an adjunct professor of computer science at Tufts University.

James Lavino (CAS’95, CGS’93) of London, England, was commissioned by the Westminster Abbey Choir to compose a piece for its concert commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of poet and painter William Blake. James’s piece was performed at the Abbey in July.

Eric Maroney (GRS’95) of Ithaca, N.Y., published Religious Syncretism (SCM Press, 2006), a history of the relationship and similarities of the three major monotheistic faiths, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Eric works at Cornell University, where he is studying Near Eastern cultures.

Antonio E. Naula-Rodriguez (SED’95) of Denver, Colo., presented the paper “Acordarse versus Recordar: Spanish Predicate Structures as Cognitive Models” at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of the Southwest in Denver last September. He is studying Hispanic linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.