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1960s

Michael Barkun (J60, G63, 65) of Syracuse, N.Y., a political science professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, wrote an article on Christian identity for the Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Routledge, 2003). His research areas include domestic terrorism, conspiracy theories, extreme right-wing groups and the relationship between religion and violence. He has been a consultant to the FBI and wrote 10 books, including A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (University of California Press, 2003) .

Daniel J. Krenzel (D60) of Cullman, Ala., volunteers for hospice, participates in soil conservation and raises earthworms for his garden. In 1990 he retired from a 30-year career in Air Force dentistry with the rank of “full-bird” colonel.

John H. Robison (EB60) of Northbrook, Ill., president and owner of JHR Energy, is a cancer survivor who treasures his family and friends.

Hugh S. Fullerton (J61, GJ62) of Huntsville, Texas, an associate professor of journalism at Sam Houston State University, spent five months lecturing at the University of Sarajevo and other universities in the region as part of the Fulbright scholar program.

Harry B. Gray (G61, H84) of Pasadena, Calif., the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology, received the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry from the Franklin Institute in April for his contributions in the field of electron transfer in metalloproteins.

Marcia J. Lawton (G61, 63) of Richmond, Va., wrote Beacon of Hope: A Guide to Internal Truth (Cameo Publications, 2004). She is also member at-large of the board at the newly formed NU Club of Virginia.

Shirley Welsh Ryan (WCAS61) of Winnetka, Ill., received the First Annual Sacred Heart Goal Award from Chicago 's Sacred Heart Schools in 2003 for outstanding leadership in community service. She and her husband, Patrick Ryan (EB59), co-founded Pathways Center for Children, an outpatient therapy center for children with physical disabilities and a training center for physical therapists. She was appointed by two U.S. presidents to the National Council on Disability.

Paul G. Bennett (WCAS62) of Lafayette, Calif., president and CEO of Sakata Seed America, was named to the board of the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation in January and chair of the American Seed Trade Association in June.

Barbara Blake-Krebs (WCAS62) of Merriam, Kan., co-wrote When Parkinson's Strikes Early: Voices, Choices, Resources and Treatment (Hunter House, 2001), stories from more than 70 members of an international Internet discussion group. In 1984 she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She received a broadcast award in 2002 for work in radio, including bringing an independent community FM radio station to the Greater Kansas City area in 1988 and creating a weekly public affairs interview program with women hosts and guests in 1989.

Janice Kanemoto Hew (D62) of Mountain View, Calif., retired from dental hygiene practice in February 2004 after more than 40 years. Her husband, Stanley K.M. Hew (D62), retired from his Palo Alto orthodontic practice in 2001 but continues to treat current patients in Los Altos . They enjoy their three children, four grandchildren and time spent at their mountain home in San Andreas.

David E. Kullman (WCAS62) of Oxford, Ohio, professor of mathematics and statistics at Miami University, received the 2003 Christofferson-Fawcett Award from the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

William R. Schiller (FSM62, GFSM68) of Santa Fe, N.M., in June received the Distinguished Alumni Career Achievement Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Drury College in Springfield, Mo. He retired in 2002 from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he served as professor of surgery for four years.

Roberta Harris Boone (SESP63) of San Antonio and her husband, Dan, completed the second-largest house move in San Antonio history. They moved, reconstructed and renovated a large Victorian house, now home to the Alamo Street Victorian Inn Bed and Breakfast. They also raise old-fashioned longhorns at their primary residence in Canyon Lake Ranch.

Scott Hodes (GL63) of Chicago became a partner at the international law firm of Bryan Cave in February. For more than four decades he has been active in Chicago 's legal, philanthropic and political affairs.

Maria Laracuente-Ast (G63) of Evanston was named a member of the Art Council of Evanston by Mayor Lorraine H. Morton (GSESP42). In 2004 she was honored as one of the Puerto Ricans of the year by El Rican magazine. A retired educator, she taught Spanish and ESL at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Wright College and the Chicago Public Schools .

Charlotte Cooperman Waisman (C63, GC67, 78) of Evergreen, Colo., is director of human resources at the Women's Vision Leadership Institute. She wrote the book 50 Activities for Developing Leaders, Vol. II (Human Resources Development Press, 2003), which was translated into Chinese and published in July. Her latest book is Leadership Training Activity Book (Amacom Press, 2004).

Richard Benke (WCAS64) of Rio Rancho, N.M., is a correspondent for the Associated Press in Albuquerque . He has been a journalist for more than 30 years. He completed his first novel, Ghost Ocean ( University of New Mexico Press, 2004), a murder mystery that touches on environmental politics and the drug war at the border between the United States and Mexico .

Thomas C. Garrison (EB64, KSM70) of Prescott, Ariz., retired after 32 years in management consulting and marketing and strategic planning management with Baxter Laboratories and W.R. Grace & Co. He volunteers as a SCORE Association counselor to small businesses and a marketing consultant to a local rescue and rehabilitation zoo. He also enjoys exploring Southwestern archaeology and hiking.

Randolph F. Kummer (Mu64) is alive and well in Mokena, Ill., where he is state manager of the Illinois Music Educators Association.

Charles S. Mahan (FSM64) of Tampa is professor and director of maternal child health policy at the Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies at the University of South Florida . He stepped down as dean of the USF College of Public Health after seven years and as chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Council, where he served for five years.

Peter G. Stamison (EB64) of South Pasadena, Calif., was appointed by President George W. Bush as regional administrator for the Pacific Rim for the U.S. General Services Administration. As principal executive of the administration for the region, he manages a workforce of 1,300 associates across Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, as well as Japan, Korea and Guam . He and his wife, Karin, have four adult children and three grandchildren.

Lynn R. Wardour (EB64) of Buffalo, vice president of operations at Signal Construction, was elected to a one-year term as chair of the board. He oversees construction management and general construction.

Charles S. Wilson (FSM64) of Lincoln, Neb., a cardiologist at BryanLGH Medical Center, was re-elected to a third six-year term on the University of Nebraska board of regents.

Michael S. Clarke (WCAS65) of Springfield, Mo., has practiced orthopedic surgery for 30 years and is on the clinical faculty of the University of Missouri School of Medicine. He served as editor of an orthopedic surgical journal and president of the Missouri Orthopedic Society. He also retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a colonel. In 2001 he ran in the Boston Marathon.

Georganna Hancock (WCAS65) of San Diego is a consultant at Hancock Consultants, a psychological research, web site design and writing services firm. She retired from the San Diego Unified School District as an evaluation analyst in February 2001.

Kenneth Robb (EB65) of La Jolla, Calif., is a real estate broker. He and his wife, Leslie, enjoy the outdoors and became engaged while skiing on Mammoth Mountain . They honeymooned at Yosemite National Park .

James L. Funk (McC66) of Charleston, S.C., wrote the book Three Rivers Form an Ocean (1st Books, 2003), vignettes of life in Charleston . The story includes the 300-year history of the city with details on the role it played in the American Revolution and Civil War.

Michael Gilbert (WCAS66) of Mount Pleasant, Mich., is a professor of educational leadership at Central Michigan University . He wrote Communicating Effectively: Tools for Educational Leaders (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), a guide to problem-solving and conflict-resolution strategies.

Joan Ott Nortell (WCAS66, GSESP67) of Naperville, Ill., a Spanish instructor at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, was nominated to be listed in Who's Who Among America 's Teachers .

Marilyn Belkin Perlyn (D66) of Boca Raton, Fla., is a registered dental hygienist. She wrote a children's book, The Biggest and Brightest Light: A True Story of the Heart (Robert D. Reed Publishers, 2003). It was illustrated by her daughter and includes a foreword by Muhammad Ali.

Judith S. Roberts (J66) of London, a freelance public relations and business consultant, served as governor of Central Church of England Junior School in Chichester, West Sussex, from 1997 to 2000. Before moving to London in the 1980s, she worked as a reporter, editor and public relations professional and taught journalism classes at Northwestern's Chicago campus. She and her husband, Douglas George Brydges, an officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, have two sons, Danny and Erik.

Stephen F. Rohde (WCAS66) of Los Angeles received the 2004 First Amendment Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. He served as the ACLU's Southern California president from 1999 to 2001. He began a one-year term as president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association in October 2003.

Ellen K. Baker (C67) of Washington, D.C., a psychologist in private practice, wrote Caring for Ourselves: A Therapist's Guide to Personal and Professional Well-Being (American Psychological Association Books, 2003). She also co-wrote Experiential Therapies for Eating Disorders (Guilford Press, 1989) and has written and led workshops on personal journaling and therapist well-being for nearly 20 years.

Harvey J. Barnett (L67) of Highland Park, Ill., a partner at the Chicago law firm Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, was named general chair of the 2004 Jewish United Fund–Israel Emergency Fund annual campaign. He has served JUF in leadership capacities for more than 25 years. In 2002 he chaired JUF's most successful Country Club Day, raising more than $6.5 million.

Linda Smith Faulkner (Mu67) of Diamond Springs, Calif., a flutist with the Sierra Symphony since 1997, also performs as a vocal soloist in Northern California, teaches private music lessons and writes magazine profiles of people in the arts. She began her 31st year as a National Ski Patrol member and volunteers at Sierra-at-Tahoe resort.

James M. Lang (G67) (Purple Prose, “Thank Heaven for Little Girls,” winter 2003) of Worcester, Mass., professor of English at Assumption College, wrote Learning Sickness: A Year with Crohn's Disease (Capital Books, 2004). He teaches writing workshops in creative nonfiction and courses in contemporary British literature. He also writes a column — “The Tenure-Track Diaries” — for the Chronicle of Higher Education .

David W. Mineck (McC67) of Saratoga, Calif., is president and CEO of DWM International, an aerospace consulting company.

Jon Pevna (WCAS67) of Honolulu was named vice president for the corporate sourcing division of Bank Hawaii in January. He manages the bank's travel program, cross-corporate buying services and procurement operations.

Miriam Loewenstein Zimmerman (C67) of San Mateo, Calif., is communication director and professor at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont . She presented a paper at the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education's sixth Holocaust Education Conference in November 2003.

Jaymie Wolcott Chernoff (WCAS68) of Amherst, Mass., was named director of corporate relations at the University of Massachusetts in January. She and her husband, Michael Chernoff (WCAS67), celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in November 2003.

Dan Koszuta (McC68) of Kremlin, Mont., has taught engineering at Montana State University for the past four years. He was a licensed mechanical and civil engineer and land surveyor for 35 years. He spends his summers fishing off Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska .

Richard C. Miller (WCAS68, D72) of St. Marys, Ga., retired after 31 years as a U.S. Navy dental officer in June 2003. His retirement coincided with his son's graduation from the Naval Academy . He continues to practice dentistry at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia .

Peter Sommerhauser (L68) of Milwaukee, a shareholder and attorney at Godfrey & Kahn law firm, was named to the Business Journal 's 2003 “Book of Lists” as a leader in Milwaukee 's legal community. He recently appeared in Milwaukee Magazine 's top 75 lawyers list for leading corporate attorneys, and he was named Wisconsin's leading attorney for merger and acquisition work in “America's Leading Business Lawyers” 2003–04 list published by Chambers & Partners.

Richard E. Michalik (WCAS69) of Church Hill, Tenn., is a cardiac surgeon affiliated with Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons of East Tennessee. His other activities include farming, sawmill operating, sand blasting and welding.