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Gerald Anderson (STH’55, GRS’60) of Hamden, Conn., met Pope Francis in Rome and received an honorary Doctor of Missiology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University on November 14, 2013. “It was the first time an honorary degree has been given to a Protestant by this university, which was founded in 1627 and is owned by the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples,” he writes. A former Methodist missionary on the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines, Gerald is director emeritus of the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven, Conn. Email him at anderson_gh@msn.com.

Anne Alison Barnet (CAS’67) of Boston, Mass., published South End Character: Speaking Out on Neighborhood Change (Anne Alison Barnet, 2013), a collection of her columns about the South End over the last four years. Email Anne at aabarnet@gmail.com to obtain a copy.

Don McLean (DGE’65, CAS’67) of Guilford, Vt., edited and published Sparks: The Collected Writing (The Midnight Press, 2013), a book of poems, short stories, and one-act plays written by his mother, Jean Stewart McLean. The publication date, November 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of his mother’s death in 1963, when Don was a freshman at BU. The book was launched at a party presented by Friends of Music at Guilford, which featured the performance of a skit written by his mother and the premiere of Don’s Eleven Songs, set to her poems and sung by his wife, Evelyn (Jacobs) McLean (CGS’63). Email Don at inscapevt@myfairpoint.net.

Susan (Strauss) Schneider (CAS’69) of New York, N.Y., published the novel Fire In My Ears (CreateSpace, 2013). “It’s about a nine-year-old named Sarah and her ancient grandmother, Mary, who tells Sarah in nightly installments the story of her life, from the shtetl to 1950s suburbia,” writes Susan. “But it’s no fairy tale, and the members of Mary’s dysfunctional family are the unfortunate victims of a woman who wrongly relied on her one asset: beauty.” Visit www.susanschneider-author.com, or email Susan at sds221@aol.com.

Darrell Reeck (GRS’70, STH’70) of Manzanita, Ore., published Growing Green Two Ways! (CreateSpace, 2013), a coming-of-age memoir set in western Washington from 1939 until just before the Seattle World’s Fair.

Tony Johnson (CAS’71) is serving as interim senior minister to the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, Fla., which he calls a large and dynamic liberal congregation in a conservative environment. Tony continues to be an affiliated minister with the Community Church of New York in Manhattan. Read more about his work at www.revtonyjohnson.org, www.ccny.org, or http://uuclearwater.org. Email him at minister@uuclearwater.org.

Alison Nordström (née Devine) (DGE’69, CAS’71) has retired from her position as senior curator of photographs at George Eastman House and relocated to Cambridge, Mass., where she is pursuing independent curatorial, writing, and consulting projects. Current clients include the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Magnum Foundation, Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), the Alfredo Boulton Archive (Venezuela), and Ideas on Paper (the Netherlands). Email her at alisonnordstrom@gmail.com.

Alan Harris Weinberg (CAS’71) of Westlake, Ohio, retired at the end of 2013 after a nearly 40-year career with Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co, where he was the managing partner. Alan began as an associate in 1975 after graduating from law school at Case Western Reserve University and serving in the Army.

Kathleen Aguero (GRS’73) of Cambridge, Mass., published After That (Tiger Bark Press, 2013), a book of poetry.

Julie Kane (GRS’75) of Natchitoches, La., published Paper Bullets (White Violet Press, 2014), a book of poetry.

Margaret McGuinness (CAS’75) of Malvern, Pa., published Called to Serve: A History of American Nuns (NYU Press, 2013). Email Margaret at mcguinness@lasalle.edu.

Marty Schupak (CAS’75) of Valley Cottage, N.Y., published his sixth book, the second in the Cliff Vermont series for young adults, Shoot the Pill & Smashed Puzzle (Youth Sports Club Inc., 2013). Marty writes that the first book of the series, Playoff Fever & Split Pants (CreateSpace, 2012), received excellent reviews and has become one of the most popular young adult books on Amazon.

Lewis R. Cohen (CGS’74, CAS’76) of North Miami, Fla., was recognized as a top lawyer by the 2014 South Florida Legal Guide. Lewis works in corporate and business litigation for Gray Robinson’s Miami office.

Cathy Stern (CAS’76) of Canton, Mass., was a faculty instructor for DIy by MIT India: Engineering the Eye Workshop in July 2013. The workshop’s objective was to bring students together from across India to design fully functional prototypes that prevent blindness or enable those with vision loss to lead fuller, more productive lives. Email Cathy at doctorstern@gmail.com.

Marina Corodemus (CAS’77) of Edison, N.J., was elected president of the Academy of Court-Appointed Special Masters, an independent organization of experienced masters and judicial adjuncts who serve in federal and state courts. Marina is a judge and managing partner of the alternative dispute resolution firm Corodemus & Corodemus.

Martin Grots (CAS’77, SMG’81) of Birmingham, Ala., writes, “After having worked in the international engineering/ construction business for the past 25 years I opted to do something closer to home and much more fun. In 2009, I participated in founding Blue Hills Brewery in Canton, Mass.” Visit www.bluehillsbrewery.com.

William B. Federman (CAS’79) is the founder and managing partner of Federman & Sherwood, Dallas & Oklahoma City. The law firm focuses on shareholder rights, derivative litigation, securities class actions, insider trading, and options backdating. In the years since BU, William has raised three children. One graduated from USC, one will soon graduate from Wharton, and one is a sophomore at USC.

Jeffrey Hughes (CAS’79) of New Castle, N.H., was selected as the Healthcare Strategist of the Year by the New England Society for Healthcare Strategy. Email him at jb921@rcn.com.

Cheryl F. Bragg (GRS’82, ’86) of Annandale, Va., coauthored the biography Cyrus Maxwell Boger & Heritage of American Homeopathy (Emryss Publishing, 2013) with Norbert Winter.

Fayne (Pitkowsky) Frey (CAS’83, MED’87) of New York, N.Y., a practicing board-certified dermatologist, launched the website FryFace, to provide skin care information and product selection service. Fayne writes that the average consumer is bombarded with over-the-counter skin products and often buys products that they don’t need and that are costly. Her mission, she says, is to clarify and simplify the choice. Visit fryface.com.

Thomas M. Nichols (CAS’83) of Middletown, R.I., published No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014).

Jane Berryman (CAS’84, COM’84) of Philadelphia, Pa., writes, “I recently returned from a two-month journey around the Pacific Rim, during which I swam with humpbacks in Tonga, visited World War II sites on Guadalcanal, and stayed with Stone Age tribes along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. I achieved the gold level of the Travelers Century Club.” Jane also published Financial Planning in Times of Crisis (Amazon Digital Services, 2013).

Michael F. Dolan (CAS’84) of Belchertown, Mass., recently completed 18 years as director of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s NASA Planetary Biology Internship Program. The summer program, which ended in 2013, was started in 1980 by Lynn Margulis, a former College of Arts & Sciences professor of biology who died in 2011. The program enabled hundreds of graduate students from around the world to work on NASA exobiology research projects. Michael is an adjunct professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Katharine Esty (GRS’84) of Concord, Mass., published Twenty-Seven Dollars and a Dream: How Muhammad Yunus Changed the World and What It Cost Him (Katharine Esty, 2013).

Douglas Leak (CAS’85) of Mentor, Ohio, a partner at Roetzel & Andreas, has been named a 2014 Ohio Super Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine.

Michael Cyros (CAS’86, GRS’88) of Newburyport, Mass., chief commercial officer at Allied Vision Technologies, was honored in January with the 2014 AIA Achievement Award, the top leadership award for the vision and imaging industry. Michael was chosen for his outstanding contributions to the industry.

Peter Magnotta (CAS’87) of Brooklyn, N.Y., was married in February 2013. He also opened a store, Adverts Vintage, in Brooklyn, N.Y., selling mid-century modern and vintage furniture.

Roberta DeBiasi (CAS’88) of Centreville, Va., was promoted to full professor with tenure at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She is acting chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s National Medical Center, where she sees patients, teaches, and performs translational research. Roberta writes, “A big hello to Boyd Hall and Alpha Phi alumni!”

Thomas McClellan (GRS’90) of Huntsville, Ala., published Jack the Baptist (CreateSpace, 2013). Tom earned an MFA in BU’s Creative Writing program in 1990 and was managing director of BU’s Boston Playwrights’ Theatre for more than 10 years. He has won awards for theater production and playwriting and was most recently a finalist in the Austin, Tex., Songwriting Competition. Tom is making short films and recording music in Huntsville, where he lives with his wife, Beth, and son, Ely. Email Tom at thomasm350@yahoo.com.

Paige Blair (CAS’92, STH’95) of Del Mar, Calif., rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar, is known around the church campus for her paintings of religious icons. Her work will reach a wider audience this year, when her icons will be featured on all four covers of Forward Day by Day, a quarterly publication of daily meditations that has been published by the church since 1935. Paige has taught icon workshops in Maine and Florida, and for the past two years, she has led a weeklong workshop in iconography at St. Peter’s.

Art Risavy (CGS’91, CAS’93) of Edwardsville, Ill., has expanded his company, Swing City Music, to two locations. He also launched a website, focusing on vintage guitars and instruments. Visit www.swingcitymusic.com or email Art at artrisavy@yahoo.com.

Michael P. Smith (CGS’91, CAS’93) of New York, N.Y., is of counsel at Blank Rome. He concentrates on commercial litigation with an emphasis on international disputes.

Praveen Mummaneni (CAS’95, MED’95) of Hillsborough, Calif., was elected a member-at-large to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) executive committee. He is professor and vice chairman of neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

Barbara Eichenholz (CAS’96) of Marietta, Ga., helped launch the Atlanta division of CertifiKid, a website specializing in deals for families. Barbara and her husband, Keith, have a six-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter. Visit www.certifikid.com, or email Barbara at barbara_eichenholz@hotmail.com.

Debra Ochoa (CAS’96) of San Antonio, Tex., was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor at Trinity University. Debra, a specialist in contemporary Spanish literature and film, writes that she has forthcoming articles in Hispanic Journal and Confluencia. Email her at dochoa@trinity.edu.

Melissa Fleming (CAS’97) of New York, N.Y., showed a piece in the exhibition Encounters with Nature at the Calumet Gallery in New York City. The show was organized by the New York City Sierra Club Photography Committee. Find out more about Melissa’s work at www.melissafleming.com.

Chris Chanyasulkit (CAS’98, SPH’01) of Brookline, Mass., was reappointed to the Massachusetts Asian American Commission. Chris is a human services specialist at the Brookline public health and human services department. Chris has also been appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. In Brookline, she is cochair of the Commission for Women and a member of Town Meeting, the Community Emergency Response Team, and the Medical Reserve Corps.

Marlo Fogelman (LAW’97, GRS’98) of Charlestown, Mass., principal of Marlo Marketing/Communications, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her Boston-based integrated marketing firm. The firm has grown to include 30 professionals serving clients in the food and beverage, travel and hospitality, fashion, beauty, personal care, and technology industries.

Rebecca Olson (CAS’00) of Corvallis, Ore., published Arras Hanging: The Textile that Determined Early Modern Literature and Drama (University of Delaware Press, 2013).

Carlendra Frank (CAS’01) traveled to Bulgaria in October 2013 as part of the Orfeia Women’s Vocal Ensemble. The group sang traditional Bulgarian songs in different venues throughout the country and appeared on The Slavi Show, Bulgaria’s most popular late night TV program. Carlendra is a lawyer living and working in Washington, D.C., and would love to hear from old friends and other alumni. Email her at carlendra.frank@gmail.com.

Stacy Marcus (CAS’01) of New York, N.Y., was promoted to partner at Reed Smith. Stacy concentrates her practice in advertising, entertainment, and technology law.

Madelyn Rosenberg (GRS’02) of Arlington, Va., is in the midst of publishing three children’s books: Dream Boy (Sourcebooks, 2014) in July, How to Behave at a Tea Party (Katherine Tegen Books, 2014) in September, and Nanny X (Holiday House, 2014) in October.

John Degory (CAS’03) of Washington, D.C., finished a two-year assignment as a Foreign Service officer on the staff of the secretary of state in June. During his assignment, John traveled around the world with then-Secretary Hillary Clinton and current Secretary John Kerry, managing overseas trips and briefing materials. At time of writing, he was due to become a deputy spokesperson at the US embassy in New Delhi, India. Email John at johndegory@gmail.com.

Randi Hernandez (CAS’03) of Roselle, N.J., is associate editor at Drug Channels, a website covering pharmaceutical economics. Previously, Randi was the associate online editor for Pharmacy Times and Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Kathryn Kindred (CAS’03) of New York, N.Y., and Adam Fischmann announce the birth of their first child, Oscar Gordon, on September 23, 2013.

Erol Ozmeral (ENG’04, GRS’07) and his wife, Alisha Ozermal (SMG’04), of Tampa, Fla., announce the birth of their first child, Reyna Katherine, on April 2, 2013. Erol is a postdoc fellow at the University of South Florida, and Alisha is director of finance at BayCare Medical Group. Email Erol at eozmeral@usf.edu.

Margreta Vellucci (CAS’04) of North Providence, R.I., was named a Massachusetts Rising Star last fall by the publishers of Super Lawyers. She was recognized as an outstanding young attorney in the Massachusetts legal community. Email Margreta at mvellucci@pondnorth.com.

Abby Collier (GRS’05) of Pittsburgh, Pa., is acquisitions editor for the history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh Press. Previously, she was assistant acquisitions editor for geography and cartography at the University of Chicago.

Caitlin Warbelow (CAS’05, CFA’05) of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the violinist and fiddler for a touring show, Heartbeat of Home. Find out more at www.heartbeatofhome.com.

Rachael Wojtovich (née Petro) (CAS’05, GRS’05) and Andrew Wojtovich (CAS’05, GRS’05) announce the arrival of their daughter, Mattea, on March 9, 2013. She joined big brothers Jack and Ben, who are three and five years old. Rachael recently started in private practice as a pediatrician, and Andrew continues to do postdoctoral research at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Justin Sacco (ENG’07, ’09) and Laura Martin (CAS’06, MED’08) of Brighton, Mass., were married on October 13, 2013, in Boston. Terriers in attendance were Laura (Deily) Clark (CAS’06), Michael Clark (CAS’07), Christiana Fischer (CAS’08, GSM’12), James Peterson (SMG’06), Kelly Munroe (SMG’05), Phil McMannis (SMG’06), Jerri Patlyek (SMG’08), Rachel (Potter) Ireland (CAS’06), and Jelle Maddens (CAS’06).

Heather (Barrett) Desko (CAS’08, GRS’08) of Doylestown, Pa., married Andrew Desko on August 18, 2012, in the Poconos. Terriers in attendance included Nicole Urbanowski (SAR’09, ’11), Nicole Tveten (SMG’09), Justin Jastrzebski (SMG’09), and Andrea Cioffi (SMG’09). Email Heather at hbarrett@alum.bu.edu.

Hinda Eisen (CAS’09) and Bob Labovitz (CAS’04) of Waltham, Mass., are engaged. Hinda and Bob met at BU Hillel and, at time of writing, were planning a late summer wedding.

Kazuko Kato (CGS’08, CAS’10) of Miami, Fla., is the associate producer at Mine-O-Rama, a YouTube fan-based convention that supports science, technology, education, and math education and to motivate children.

Samuel Lopez (GRS’10) of Brighton, Mass., has developed a line of all-natural men’s grooming products. “I have always longed for simpler times, when grooming rituals made the man,” Samuel writes. “That nostalgia became my business. After receiving a master’s in economics from Boston University and some time as an economic intern at the United Nations in Bangkok, I decided it was time for men to reconnect with their smooth side.” The Men’s Soap Shop products are available in Urban Outfitters, Whole Foods, and other stores throughout the United States. Visit www.themenssoapshop.com.

Jeff Moore (CAS’10, COM’14) of Nashua, N.H., was named one of New Hampshire’s “Top 40 Under 40” for 2014. Jeff owns and operates North Main Music, a family of music schools in New Hampshire. Visit www.northmainmusic.com or www.therealjeffmoore.com.

Neil Borland (GRS’12) of Boston, Mass., was awarded a Fulbright US Student Program scholarship in economic development. At time of writing, Neil had planned to work at the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Guatemala, focusing on the impact of extractive industries on water sources and local communities.

Alexandra Knowles (CAS’13) of Dorchester, Mass., was a semifinalist for the Young Emerging Leaders Women to Watch Competition. She was the only semifinalist from BU and from Massachusetts.