Doug Humes (LAW’80) of Bryn Mawr, Pa., has a solo law practice in an old mansion. He writes that he commutes by bike, works with clients he likes, runs in the neighborhood at lunch, writes articles for a community newspaper, is president of the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, is renovating the 18th-century Quaker meetinghouse that he attends, married the woman of his dreams last year, and sang the national anthem with her at a Philadelphia Phillies game. “Life is good!” E-mail Doug at doughumes@psualum.com.

Daniel Kimmel (LAW’80) of Brookline, Mass., published I’ll Have What She’s Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies (Ivan R. Dee, 2008). He is the Boston correspondent for Variety, a film critic for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and a contributor to the Boston Globe, Film Comment, and the Christian Science Monitor.

Elizabeth (Guertin) Egan (COM’81) of Milton, Mass., started her own interior design and staging firm, egan/williams, in fall 2007. was In 2006 the Boston Society of Architects recognized a private residence she designed and decorated in Sugar Hill, N.H. Contact Elizabeth at tim-betty@comcast.net.

Ramesh Kumar Nanjundaiya (MET’81) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a senior commercial and corporate lender with Barclays. After earning a master’s at BU, he launched his banking career, which has taken him to western Europe, India, and now the Middle East. Ramesh is also a member of the MET Dean’s Advisory Board. He writes, “My good friend and guide, Dean Jay Halfond, is doing such an excellent job of building MET into a global name for BU — you have no idea!” E-mail Ramesh at rameshkumarn@hotmail.com.

Julie Seifert Scott (COM’81) of Alpharetta, Ga., toured Washington, D.C., with her family last spring. They visited U.S. Representative Edward Markey (Hon.’04) of Massachusetts, for whom Julie interned in the spring of 1980 as part of BU’s Washington Internship Program. “Both Congressman Markey and I decided that neither one of us has changed much in 28 years,” she writes. Contact her at juliescott@mindspring.com.

Jay R. Whittaker (MET’81) of Marlborough, Mass., and his wife, Janet, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 26, 2008, at a party hosted by their children and grandchildren.

Stephanie Battle (CGS’80, SMG’82) of New York, N.Y., married Jan K. Horsky on June 7, 2008, at the Alger House in Manhattan. Craig Edwards (CGS’79, COM’81) attended the ceremony.

Daramana George Gata (CAS’82, ENG’85) of Plano, Tex., is the section manager of the Portable Audio Converters Design group at Texas Instruments, where he has worked for 19 years. “My circuit designs have been a part of over $1 billion of generated revenue,” he writes. “I hold seven patents.”

Richard H. Gentzler, Jr. (STH’83), of Gallatin, Tenn., published Aging and Ministry in the 21st Century: An Inquiry Approach (Discipleship Resources, 2008), a book that addresses how churches should best tap into the resources of their aging population, as well as how to best provide older adult services. Richard is the director of the Center on Aging and Older Adult Ministries at the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Discipleship in Nashville. Contact him at rgentzler@gbod.org.

Jill Blass Higgs (COM’83) of Bowie, Md., got together with Gregg Detkos (SMG’83), Judy Turnbull Guerrieri (SMG’84), Mary Paci MacDougall (SMG’83), Alan Burke (SMG’83), Tony Baldo (COM’83), and Kathi Van Zandt Baldo (COM’83) for a Shelton Hall reunion this past Memorial Day weekend. While in Boston, they took their families for a tour of Fenway Park.

Lisa Laubgross (COM’83) of Rockville, Md., and Jane (Kaplan) Katzoff (SMG’85) of Norwich, Conn., joined Alicia (Gordon) Klein (SMG’85) in Kansas City, Kans., for the celebration of the bat mitzvah of Alicia’s daughter, Deborah.

Raymond Thek (CAS’83) of Scotch Plains, N.J., was named a leading corporate attorney in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Raymond is vice chairman of the technology group at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler.

Tina Traster (COM’83) of Valley Cottage, N.Y., is a writer. Visit her new Web site at www.tinatraster.com, or e-mail her at ttraster@aol.com.

Gary Davison (CFA’84,’86) of North Potomac, Md., was commissioned to write the anthem “Light, Love, Life” for the consecration of the Rev. Eugene Sutton as the 14th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. The song was performed by the Washington National Cathedral choirs at a service held in the cathedral in June 2008. Visit www.littlebearpress.com to learn more about Gary’s work.

Alisa Luxenberg (GRS’84) of Athens, Ga., published The Galerie Espagnole and the Museo Nacional 1835–1853: Saving Spanish Art, or the Politics of Patrimony (Ashgate, 2008), which undertakes a critical reevaluation of the collection of Spanish paintings amassed by Louis-Philippe at the Galerie Espagnole. Alisa is an associate professor of art history at the University of Georgia.

Rich Murphy (GRS’84) of Marblehead, Mass., recently published two books of poems, Family Secret (Finishing Line Press, 2008) and The Apple in the Monkey Tree (Codhill Press, 2008). E-mail him at richmurphyink@gmail.com.

Kathleen King Parker (LAW’84) of Winchester, Mass., is a partner in the state and local tax group at Pierce Atwood in Boston.

Timothy M. Schmidt (MET’84) of Huntsville, Ala., was promoted to director of testing and evaluation at L-3 Communications Corporation’s Huntsville division. He supports the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Test Directorate. Contact Tim at tschmidt@knology.net.

Peter Ensel (COM’85) of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was awarded the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Peter is director of the Center for Communication and Journalism and chairman of the department of communication at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Todd Hanson (COM’85) of Madison, Wis., published Map Guide to Improved Trout Waters of Wisconsin (Where Am I Publications, 2008), which shows the locations of the Badger State’s trout stream habitat improvement sites. “Wisconsin has done more of this habitat restoration work than any other state, but I am looking to combine the habitat work done by several states for future books,” he writes.

Kim Ann (Blanchard) King (COM’85) of Boston, Mass., is chief marketing officer at SiteSpect, a Web optimization services provider. Kim has helped launch several technology companies over the past two decades, including Open Market, Akamai Technologies, and Bit9. She recently earned a master’s degree in communications management at Simmons College. Contact Kim at kimannking@yahoo.com.

Paul Marber (LAW’85) of Jericho, N.Y., was selected a New York “Super Lawyer” for personal injury plaintiffs for the second year in a row. He also received an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. “This means that my legal abilities are rated at “very high to preeminent” and that my general ethical standards are “very high,” he writes.

Elizabeth M. Williams (COM’85) of Berkeley, Calif., writes that her recent good fortune has been threefold: she married her partner of 16 years, Barbara S. Bryant; her photography was chosen to be part of a national juried exhibition at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art; and she became senior principal gifts officer at UC Berkeley. Her wife is an attorney, a mediator, a nd a law professor. E-mail Elizabeth at emwinca@yahoo.com or view her photography at www.flickr.com/elizabethwilliams.

Kathleen (Beggan) Davidson (SON’86) of Medfield, Mass., is chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Caritas Norwood Hospital. Kathleen, who was named the Best Nurse Leader of 2004 by ADVANCE for Nurses, most recently was the chief nursing officer at Boston Medical Center.

John Hooper (LAW’86) of Medford, N.Y., recently became a member of the board of Legal Services NYC, an organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income clients. John is a partner at Reed Smith in New York, N.Y.

Joe Jacobson (LAW’86) of University City, Mo., writes, “I’m finally getting settled down again after getting divorced. My ‘new’ old house, built in 1909, is almost done being rehabbed. My ex-wife and I remain close friends and live three blocks apart to minimize the inconvenience to our kids, Haley, 17, and Adam, 14. My law firm has been prospering. One of my main partners is leaving, however, and taking two of the associates with him. It is a very amicable split.” He concludes, “I guess the story of my recent life is friendly separations.”

Bruce Bagdasarian (LAW’87) of Newton Centre, Mass., joined the Boston office of Sheehan Phinney Bass and Green, where he concentrates on real estate finance, real estate transactions, and business finance. He was previously a partner at the law firm Brown Rudnick.

Peter Balentine (CAS’87) of Newburyport, Mass., is the pastor of Hope Community Church in Newburyport. He and his wife, Allison, have four children. He writes that he enjoyed the NROTC reunion in June 2007 and that he returns to campus at least once a year to eat at Chef Chang’s. “I miss the Deli Haus big time,” he writes. “Special hello to an old roommate, Eric Donsky (CGS’85, SMG’87).” E-mail Peter at peteandallison@hotmail.com.

Vivian Distler (COM’87, CAS’87) of Palo Alto, Calif., attended a COM mini-reunion in Southern California with Scott Faye (COM’87), Jeff Kline (COM’87), Nancy Morrison (COM’87), and their spouses and children. The gathering took place at the home of Nina Greenfield Rawlinson (COM’84) of Tarzana, Calif., with whom Vivian worked many years ago in Los Angeles. Nina is cofounder and managing director of Picadilly Productions, which provides after-school enrichment and summer camp programs for aspiring young theater artists. Scott is president of Depth Entertainment, the film arm of Radar Group, a cutting-edge incubator of gaming content and cross-media IP. He recently produced the movie Max Payne, starring Mark Wahlberg. Jeff is returning to the East Coast after more than 20 years in Hollywood to be closer to the Red Sox and to send his daughter, Darby — for whom the female lead in My Friends Tigger and Pooh on Disney Playhouse is named — to public school. He will continue to write and produce for television and film. And Nancy spent the last three television seasons as an editor on Desperate Housewives and is now working on the USA Network series The Starter Wife. Vivian writes, “Although I often miss the television business, I enjoy my work as a researcher, editor, and blogger at the Institute for the Future, a think tank in Palo Alto, which is also a great place to live. Visitors welcome!”

Barbara Gould (SED’87) of Vernon Rockville, Conn., received the 2008 Pi Lambda Theta Excellence in Education Award at the 78th annual Initiation Conference at BU’s School of Education. Barbara, a member of the religious order Sisters of Mercy of the Americas/Northeast, is assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Norwich.

Jenifer Joyce (COM’87) of Taipei, Taiwan, joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2000 following a legal career working mainly for the city of New York. She has lived in Colombia, India, Israel, and Washington, D.C. When she wrote in July, she and her husband were headed to Taipei.

Noam Levine (ENG’87) of Arlington, Mass., is a partner manager at the Math Works in Natick, Mass. Previously, he was a business development manager at Analog Devices and an independent marketing consultant for iZotope, Inc.

Paul Johnson (CFA’88) of Snellville, Ga., is the music director of the Georgia Brass Band. Last March, he conducted the band’s performance at the North American Brass Band Championships, earning first prize in the honors division. Contact Paul at joe30039@yahoo.com.

David Steinberg (COM’88) and Gregory Foley (STH’89) of Oakland, Calif., were married on July 26, 2008, exactly 21 and a half years to the day since they met at a Lesbian and Gay Alliance meeting at BU. In August, David was elected to a two-year term as president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. He has been on the group’s board since 2001.

Curtis Penn (GSM’89) of Dix Hills, N.Y., runs the Penn Design Group, a firm specializing in new product development, package design, display design, illustration, and Web design. He and his wife, Sharon, have four children, ages one through 13. Visit www.penndesigngroup.com, or e-mail Curtis at curtis@penndesigngroup.com.