Tom Flanagan '65, a University of Calgary political
science professor who was born in the United States, is newly
elected Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's
chief policy advisor. . . . Jack Snow '65, an
All-American end at Notre Dame who played for the Los Angeles
Rams, died in January from complications due to a staph infection.
For many years the legendary receiver had been a radio analyst
covering the Rams. His son is Boston Red Sox first baseman J.T.
Snow. . . . Former Wheaton College assistant professor of philosophy
Joshua Hochschild '97M.A., '01Ph.D. was the subject
of feature stories in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun-Times
and CBS News after he was fired by the prominent evangelical college
for converting to Catholicism. Hochschild found himself at the
center of a national debate on theological diversity of faculty
at faith-based schools. He now teaches at Mount Saint Mary's University
in Maryland. . . . Jonathan O'Reilly '96, a captain
in the U.S. Army Reserve, sued the Defense Department because
he has not been allowed to resign his commission, although he
completed his eight-year service obligation in 2004. . . . Irish
hockey standout Forrest Karr '99 has been named
the director of athletics and campus recreation at the University
of Alaska-Fairbanks. . . . Alicia Salas '04 has
been named an assistant coach of the University of Colorado's
tennis team. . . . The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported
that Kevin Warren '90, vice president of operations
and legal counsel of the Minnesota Vikings football team, and
his wife, Greta, were so touched when they read of the plight
of a 26-year-old single mother that the couple purchased a new
car and paid for car insurance, apartment rent and utilities for
a year as well as a health club membership. . . . Tom
Bettag '66, former executive producer of ABC-TV's Nightline,
will join his longtime colleague Ted Koppel at cable TV's Discovery
channel. Bettag and eight other former Nightline
staffers will work with Koppel on programing that examines "major
global topics and events." . . . John Vincent Fieno '93
received the 2006 National Catholic Education Association Distinguished
Graduate Award. He has written on public health issues in developing
countries and is a consultant on international health-HIV/AIDS
with Abt Associates, Inc. . . . James J. Dwyer '61,
who retired as the Somerville, New Jersey, schools superintendent,
was named interim superintendent of the Parsippany, New Jersey,
school district. . . . Tony Pace '79 has been
appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer of
the Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust. The fund creates
advertising and marketing programs for the restaurant chain. .
. . James D. Friedman '72J.D., a partner with
the Milwaukee law firm Quarles & Brady LLP, will serve as
president of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, which provides
legal services to more than 20,000 low-income Wisconsin residents.
. . . Sheila Provencher '01M.Div. recently returned
to the United States after spending two years in Iraq with a Christian
Peacemaker Team, an organization supported by Mennonites, Church
of the Brethren and Quakers that places "violence-reduction teams"
in war-torn areas. Provencher, who now is taking premed courses
at Tufts University, kept a blog of her Iraq experiences which
may be read at vitw.org/cat/voices-from-iraq/sheila-provencher/.
. . . Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon, a documentary
film directed by Peter Richardson'02, was shown
at the Sundance Film Festival in January. . . . Bill Stammerman
'64M.S. recently stepped down as mayor of Dallas Center,
Iowa, after serving more than 23 year in the city's government.
He continues as a part-time teacher at the Des Moines Area Community
College. . . . Edgardo Tenreiro '85, '87MBA,
administrator of the Naples (Florida) Community Hospital, is the
new head of the Collier County chapter of the Republican National
Hispanic Assembly, an organization that advances Republican politics
in the Hispanic community. . . . Tim O'Neill '94
and brother Ryan O'Neill '97 have recorded 23
and sold more than 1 million albums of their piano music. The
O'Neill Brothers performed in concert at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis
on Valentine's Day with '80s pop star Deborah Gibson. A sample
of their music can be heard at www.pianobrothers.com. . . . In
celebration of the centennial of cooperative education, a program
in which students spend time working in industry as part of their
training, John M. Manley, class of 1890, was
inducted into the University of Cincinnati's Cooperative Education
Hall of Honor. The attorney was instrumental in establishing the
first co-op program in the nation at the University of Cincinnati.
. . . Jude Benavides '92, an assistant professor
of chemistry and environmental sciences at the University of Texas
at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, is in charge of efforts
to restore the Bahia Grande wetlands area near Brownsville, Texas.
. . . After serving in the Peace Corps in the African nation of
Lesotho, Kenneth Storen '92 was so moved by the
plight of children in the AIDS- wracked country that he committed
himself to building an orphanage to care for them. A group of
ND alumni established the Touching Tiny Lives Foundation, which
has raised thousands of dollars in support of the project. . .
. Bob Marovich '85, a gospel music historian
and host of Gospel Memories, a Chicago-based radio program,
has created two websites dedicated to gospel music: www.gospelmemories.com
and blackgospel.blogspot.com. He also is assistant editor of The
Negro Spiritual journal. . . . Enrique Marshall
'80M.A., '87Ph.D. was nominated to the board of directors
of Chile's central bank by Chilean president Ricardo Lagos. .
. . Bryan Flannery '90, a former Notre Dame football
player, is running for governor of Ohio. His running mate is former
NFL defensive end Frank Stams. Flannery has served in the Ohio
legislature and previously ran unsuccessfully for secretary of
state. . . . Roche Edward Schulfer '73 recently
celebrated his 25th anniversary as executive director of Chicago's
Goodman Theatre. . . . The Dallas Psychological Association presented
Peter Stavinoha '87 its 2005 Distinguished Psychologist
Award. A clinical neuropsychologist in the Center for Pediatric
Psychology at Children's Medical Center Dallas, Stavinoha specializes
in children with developmental disabilities and brain injury.
(April 2006)
