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Daniel S. Messina '77, president of the Magellan Health Services Inc., was named to the additional role of chief executive officer. . . . Thomas Joseph Grimes '42, who worked for the State Department's Diplomatic Courier Service from 1946 to 1981 and was chief of the service in the mid-1960s, died last fall at 82 following a car accident. . . . Father Panayiotis Papageorgiou '84M.S., who studied chemical engineering at Notre Dame, was installed as pastor of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey, Florida. . . . Reverend Deborah Kaiser-Cross '78, pastor of JupiterFIRST Church in South Florida, wrote Prayers Through the Seasons, a compendium of Christian prayers and nature photography. The 142-page coffee-table-style book was published by Radiant River Press. Kaiser-Cross, who studied psychology at Notre Dame, told The Palm Beach Post she was raised Catholic but after attending a church service with a woman pastor decided to become a Protestant minister. . . . Meg Penrose '99LL.M. traveled throughout the United States this past summer (2001) on a grant project instructing state attorneys general, school superintendents and local police chiefs on how to avoid tragedies like the Columbine High School shootings. . . . Sean Elliott '97J.D. has joined the Endeavor (talent) Agency in Beverly Hills. His department represents up-and-coming actors along with more established talent like Dustin Hoffman, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton and Matt Damon. . . . Michael P. Esposito Jr. '61, former chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of The Chase Manhattan Bank, joined the board of directors of LiveCapital, a leading provider of real-time credit and financing solutions for companies serving the business market. . . . Joe McCarthy '87 was named chief financial officer of BlackHog, Inc., a provider of software for ordering materials over the Internet. . . . James J. Drury III '64, vice chairman, Americas, of the global executive search consulting firm Spencer Stuart, was elected to the Board of Trustees of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. . . . James K. Markey '77, who once served in the law department of The Quaker Oats Company, has joined the Kellogg Company as the cereal producer's vice president, chief counsel-securities and international . . . Steven G. Rothmeier '68, chairman and CEO of Great Northern Capital, a Saint Paul, Minnesota-based private investment management firm, was elected a new director of SmartSignal Corporation, a software company in Lisle, Illinois. He previously served as chairman of the board and CEO of NWA Inc. and its principal subsidiary, Northwest Airlines. . . . Thomas G. Paese '79, former secretary of administration under Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, has joined the law firm of Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling in Pittsburgh as a shareholder in its government relations and corporate practice groups. . . . Stephen J. Dollinger '72, a psychology professor at Southern Illinois University, won the school's highest teaching award for his innovative methods of teaching about the study of personality. His methods include autobiographical photo essays, behavior prediction games and an "illusion of control" lottery. . . . Michael P. McWeeny '72J.D. was elected chief judge of the Fairfax Circuit Court, Virginia's busiest court. . . . Anne E. Becker '88J.D. was reappointed to a four-year term as Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor. She represents the state's consumers before the Indiana Regulatory Commission, its federal counterpart, the FCC, courts and legislative bodies. . . .  Brendan Rielly '96J.D. was elected councilor of Portland, Maine's, Ward 2. . . . Robert Panoff '77 is executive director of the Shodor Education Foundation, which has been awarded a $2.7 million grant by the National Science Foundation to establish the National Computational Science Institute. . . . Carl A. Eck '55, '56J.D. of Pittsburgh was elected president of the board of trustees of the DePaul Institute, a nonprofit school for children with hearing, speech or language impairments. . . . The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan elected Bay County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph K. Sheeran '74 as the group's president. . . . When Charles Justice Golden '48J.D. died last October at 79, it meant that for the first time in more than 125 years a Golden was not practicing law in the courts of Monroe County, Michigan (between Toledo and Detroit). Charles Golden was a former state representative, district judge, prosecutor and assistant state attorney general. His grandfather was admitted to the county bar in 1876. . . . E. Spencer Walton '35, '36J.D., who served two terms as mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana, in the 1950s and was a judge of the Saint Joseph County Superior Court from 1954 until he retired in 1980, died last October at the age of 88. . . . James B. Buda '73J.D., associate general counsel in the United Kingdom for Caterpillar Inc., was elected a vice president responsible for the company's legal services unit. . . . The new leadership of Bank One, Indiana, has two Domers at the top: Lawrence A. O'Connor Jr. '65, is chairman, chief executive officer and commercial banking manager; J. Albert Smith Jr. '62 is president and managing director of private client services. . . Stephen J. Kopp '73, former dean of the Dow College of Health Professions at Central Michigan University, was appointed provost of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. . . . Patrick Murphy '91, '93MBA won enough to pay off his graduate school loan, $5,802, in a drawing sponsored by Sallie Mae, the nation's largest provider of student loans. . . . John Daegele '83 was appointed vice president of science and technology at TRW Inc. . . . The Norfolk Viginian-Pilot described Richard G. "Dick" Brydges '44 as a near-legend in profiling the defense attorney's career, which has spanned over 50 years. . . . Tony S. Colletti '77J.D. is senior vice president and general counsel for legal and government relations at Check Into Cash Inc. of Cleveland, Tennessee. . . . An article in the Chicago Tribune, "Ceriale Case was Trial by Fire," described Melissa Brown's '97J.D. work as defense attorney for a client accused of murdering a Chicago police officer in 1998. . . . Washington Law & Politics Magazine named Gus Cifelli '77, '81J.D. a "super lawyer" for 2001. The honor recognizes the top 4 percent of lawyers in the state. . . . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled Jeffrey D. Linton '88J.D., vice president of corporate business development, legal and public affairs at Serologicals Corporation in Norcross, Georgia. . . . Mark Cole '96J.D. of Houston is seeking the Republican Party nomination for state representative in Texas's District 134.