1970
Shawn Nelson Dahlstrom (COM’70) of East Dennis, Mass., showed her triptychs in the exhibition Altaring Spaces at the Cape Cod Museum of Art this past summer. Shawn says her triptychs “challenge the viewer to see nature in a different way.” E-mail her at shawne1@comcast.net.

1974
Elle (Glick) Ben-Sefer (SON’74) of Raanana, Israel, is the director of research at Schoenbrun College of Nursing, an affiliate of Tel Aviv University. Friends can contact Elle at ebensef@yahoo.com.au.

Nancy Rial (CFA’74) of Cambridge, Mass., published Alan’s Letters. The book recounts one soldier’s experiences in World War II through letters to his family and relevant articles from news archives.

1975
Marty Schupak (CAS’75) of Valley Cottage, N.Y., is president of Youth Sports Club. This past spring, he spoke at the Police Athletic League National Convention’s baseball certification training session in Albany, N.Y. The Youth Sports Club trains and certifies youth sports coaches and produces short instructional videos. Visit www.youthsportsclub.com or www.videosforcoaches.com. Marty is the author of Youth Baseball Drills (Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005) and is working on a second book.

1976
Caroline Downing (CAS’76) of Potsdam, N.Y., was recently named Distinguished Teaching Professor at the State University of New York, Potsdam, where she teaches art history and archaeology. E-mail her at downincj@potsdam.edu.

Ellen Hochman (CAS’76) of Langhorne, Pa., took advantage of being unemployed and began riding her bicycle across the United States on June 23. When she wrote, she planned to travel along the northern U.S. border, from the Pacific Northwest to Boston, including a ferry ride across Lake Michigan to avoid going around Chicago. Ellen was carrying all of her equipment ¾ camping gear, clothes, tools ¾ on the bike. Her journal is at www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/dreamtrip2009.

1978
Tracy Burtz (CFA’78) of South Salem, N.Y., is an artist. Her work can be seen at www.tracyburtz.com.

Carl Jenkins (SMG’78) of Nahant, Mass., is the managing director of the forensic, valuation, and litigation services department of CBIZ/Tofias, an accounting and consulting firm. He coauthored Casino Gaming in Massachusetts: An Economic, Fiscal, and Social Analysis, published in 2008 by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

James Mosher (CFA’78) of Newton, Mass., performed as a soloist in the R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 with the Simon Sinfonietta in Falmouth, Mass., on March 28, 2009. E-mail him at jim@horn-studio.com.