Jean Cronin Connolly (SED’80) of Needham, Mass., received the Leadership Circle Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for 30 years of volunteer work in the arts. Jean has been an art teacher, the publisher of ArtsAround Boston magazine, and the director of ArtsFirst, a nonprofit services provider for teachers, artists, and students in greater Boston. She is the chair of the Needham Cultural Council.

Scott DiMarzo (CAS’80) of Pompano Beach, Fla., received the Coalition to End Homelessness Advocate of the Year Award in November 2007.

Thomas R. Melville (COM’80) of Medfield, Mass., recently became the news director of New England Cable News, where he began as a political reporter in 1993. Thomas oversees all of the network’s programming, from daily news coverage to business and feature programs to documentaries.

Martha Reed (SED’80) of Pittsburgh, Pa., is president of the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter of Sisters in Crime, an international organization dedicated to promoting the work of women mystery writers. “This is shaping up to be a big, fun year,” writes Martha, who is working on her second mystery novel. “Somehow I will manage to complete my manuscript on time!” Visit www.marthareed.com, or e-mail reedme@telerama.com.

Steven Emmanuel (CAS’81) of Virginia Beach, Va., received the Martin Luther King Peace and Justice Award from Virginia Wesleyan College, where he is the Batten Professor of Philosophy. The award was given for his service work in Vietnam and in the local community. E-mail Steven at semmanuel@vwc.edu.

Ken Glass (COM’81) of New York, N.Y., published a series of photographs in Greater Boston’s Blizzard of 1978 (Arcadia Publishing, 2008), by Alan R. Earls (MET’90).

Lawrence Goodman (SMG’81, LAW’84,’90) of Newton, Mass., received the Accountants Community of Excellence Award at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Lawyers and Accountants Dinner on January 16. Lawrence, a tax partner with the international accounting firm Ernst & Young, is the treasurer at Temple Beth Avodah in Newton. He is cochairman of CJP’s Boston-Haifa economic development committee and a member of the organization’s young families committee.

Elizabeth V. Tavares (SED’81) of Canton, Mass., was appointed first deputy commissioner of probation by the Massachusetts commissioner of probation. Elizabeth has worked in the Massachusetts Trial Court system for 28 years.

Stephanie Battle (CGS’80, SMG’82) of New York, N.Y., is vice president of business development at Mullin & Associates. Visit www.mullinassociates.com or e-mail Stephanie at sbattle@mullinassociates.com.

Wynn Harmon (CFA’82) of New York, N.Y., formerly Thomas Harmon, played Scrooge in the Westport Playhouse production of A Christmas Carol this winter and Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew  at the Capital Repertory Theatre. He will spend this summer acting in Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, in rotating repertory at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Calif. Contact Wynn at wynn600@earthlink.net.

David Lawton (CFA’82) of New York, N.Y., writes and performs poetry at venues around New York City. His poem “Johnny Cash” will be included in a forthcoming Americana anthology from Sacred Fools Press. David performed at the Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, Mass., in June. Visit www.myspace.com/lawtonium for details.

Kathleen Mulligan (CFA’82) of Ithaca, N.Y., played Maggie Cutler in The Man Who Came to Dinner and Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest last spring and summer at PCPA Theatrefest in Santa Maria, Calif. She is an assistant professor of voice and speech at Ithaca College. You can e-mail her at kmulligan@ithaca.edu.

Lou Petrucci (COM’82) of Massapequa Park, N.Y., published a young adult novel, Heart of the Hide (iUniverse, 2006). Visit www.loupetrucci.com to learn more. Lou began teaching in 1997, after 15 years in sports journalism for papers such as the Boston Herald and New York’s Newsday.

Barbara Bialick (COM’83) of Newton Highlands, Mass., published a chapbook of poems, Time Leaves (Ibbetson Street Press, 2008). Barbara, who has a master’s in mass communication from BU, is a published journalist and poet.

William Castleman (CFA’83) of Benicia, Calif., writes, “I have now been in the United States Air Force as a musician for almost 25 years. I have been stationed in New Jersey, the Philippines, Illinois, and most recently at Travis Air Force Base in California, where I am the manager for the 45-member USAF Band of the Golden West. I was recently promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force.”

Barbara Davis (COM’83) of Las Vegas, Nev., designs and creates Vulture Culture, a line of greeting cards, she writes, “that say something to insult everybody.” Barbara has received awards from the Public Relations Society of America and Women in Communications, Inc. Visit her Web site, www.vultureculture.com, or you can e-mail her at vultureculture@cox.net.
 
Betsy Gunzelmann (SED’83) of Manchester, N.H., wrote Hidden Dangers: Subtle Signs of Failing Schools (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007). Betsy is chair of the psychology department at Southern New Hampshire University.

Roger Keithline (COM’83) of New York, N.Y., married Justine Pilkington on July 14, 2007, on Long Island, N.Y.

Howard Levinson (COM’83) of New York, N.Y., was named senior vice president of ad sales at the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. Howard previously worked for Time Warner Cable, where he was regional vice president of media sales for the New York area.

Edward A. Pohl (ENG’84) of Fayetteville, Ark., will hold the John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering for the 2008–2009 academic year. Edward has been an associate professor in the college’s department of industrial engineering since 2004.

Joseph F. Bermudez (CGS’83, CAS’85) of Denver, Colo., recently lectured about topics such as brand and reputation damage and recall coverage at Mealey’s Product Recall Conference, Made in China and Beyond. Joseph is an attorney with Cozen O’Connor, where he specializes in food contamination coverage.

Brian M. Kane (STH’85) of Bethlehem, Pa., was appointed to the Father John F. Harvey Chair in Moral Theology at DeSales University on January 24, the feast day of St. Francis de Sales. Brian also is the chair of the department of philosophy and theology. E-mail him at brian.kane@desales.edu.

Monica Robinson (SAR’85) of Columbus, Ohio, received the two highest awards of the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association: the Award of Merit, given for outstanding leadership, academics, or clinical achievement in occupational therapy, and the Continuing Education Award. Contact Monica at mlrscuba@aol.com.

Howard Schiffman (CAS’85) of Brooklyn, N.Y., earned a Ph.D. at the University of Wales Cardiff Law School in 2007. His doctoral dissertation, Marine Conservation Agreements: The Law and Policy of Reservations and Vetoes, was published as a book by Brill Academic Publishers in 2008. Howard is an attorney and a professor of global affairs at New York University.

Diane (Solander) Thomas (COM’85) of Medfield, Mass., is the staff photographer for Hometown Weekly newspapers, which cover five Massachusetts towns. You can e-mail Diane at dmtnetme@yahoo.com.

John P. Hooper (LAW’86) of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., was nominated to the BTI Client Service All-Star Team by the BTI Consulting Group. The team is made up of 148 attorneys whose clients cite their exceptional service. John is the partner-in-charge of the New York office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and cochairman of the firm’s litigation department.

William Boik (GRS’87) of Burke, Va., published Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  (DBM Press, 2008), the first book on hard-to-find North Korean medals for collectors. A retired Army colonel, Bill became interested in North Korea when he led two 30-day Joint Missing-in-Action Recovery Operations into the country during 2001 and 2002.

David Harlow (LAW’87, SPH’89) of Newton, Mass., is principal of the Harlow Group, a health-care law and consulting practice. He also maintains a health-care law blog, at healthblawg.typepad.com.

Steven Kaplan (SMG’87) of Springfield, N.J., was promoted to managing director at Jefferies & Company, Inc., a New York–based investment bank that focuses on middle-market clients. Steven is the head of global tax for Jefferies. He and his wife have two daughters.

John M. Loalbo (LAW’87) of Morristown, N.J., recently joined the Roseland, N.J., office of the law firm WolfBlock as a partner in the private client services and business litigation practice groups.

Nelson Reyneri (CAS’87) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is vice president of national accounts and external affairs for Liberty Power, an electric power brokerage firm that provides a low-cost alternative to traditional energy providers. The company was recently named the fastest-growing Hispanic-owned company in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine. Nelson writes that his youngest brother recently applied to BU — following in the footsteps of Nelson and his two brothers, Juan Reyneri (COM’88, SED’92) and Luis Reyneri (SHA’90) — but that he decided to attend BC instead. “The things some folks do to ‘be different,’” he writes.

Alan Reynolds (COM’87) of Venice, Calif., represents Superior Galleries of Beverly Hills, Calif., a rarity coin auction house. “Historically, rarity coins have outrun gold and silver,” Alan writes. “I help new investors enter this market with confidence and assist my clients in putting tangible assets in their IRAs.” Contact Alan at alanr@sgbh.com.

Andrea (Cheren) Robidoux (CAS’87) of Boxford, Mass., was named a partner in the intellectual property group of the law firm Choate, Hall & Stewart.

David A. Simon (COM’87) of Warren, N.J., was awarded an office specialist designation by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors of New Jersey, a testament to his high level of knowledge, production, and ethics in the real estate business. David is chief operating officer of the commercial real estate firm Colliers Houston & Co.

Charles Weinstein (CGS’80, COM’88) of Arlington, Mass., received the Dr. Irene Jakab Outstanding Professional of the Year Award for 2006–2007 from the Manic-Depressive and Depressive Association of Boston at McLean Hospital. He also received a certificate of appreciation from the American Counseling Association for his service to the ACA’s Virginia Tech Pro-Bono Counseling Initiative in the wake of the 2007 campus shootings. Charles recently accepted a part-time faculty position in the graduate psychology and counseling program at Cambridge College.

Katheryn Andresen (GRS’89) of Minneapolis, Minn., a partner in the law firm Bonnabeau Salyers Stites Doe & Andresen, wrote the second edition of The Law and Business of Computer Software (West Publishing, 2007). You can e-mail Katheryn at kandresen@bssda.com.

Santo J. Aurelio (SED’89) of Arlington, Mass., is the author of an English grammar and reference book, How to Say It and Write It Correctly NOW (Synergy Books, 2005), now in its second edition. He has traveled to more than a dozen states to lecture on English grammar. Santo, a graduate of the Harvard Extension School, is in his second term as a director of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Laura Packer (UNI’89) of Malden, Mass., has been a professional storyteller for more than 15 years. Last fall she performed on the Exchange Place Stage at the National Storytelling festival, and in December she was appointed to the Board of the National Storytelling Network. “This is a tremendous honor and represents national recognition of years of work, service, and time spent honing talent,” Laura writes.

Fred Press (GSM’89) of New York, N.Y., published his first book, What Greenspan Can’t Tell You: The Inner Workings of Investment Markets (iUniverse, 2008), a guide for new investors on the trends and future of the market economy.