Condoleezza Rice '75M.A. was nominated by President
Bush to succeed Colin Powell as secretary of state. She served
as national security adviser in the president's first term. If
confirmed she will be fourth in the presidential line of succession.
. . . Defense industry executive Francis J. Harvey '65
was confirmed by the Senate as the new secretary of the
Army. . . . Rhona Campbell Free '81M.A., '83Ph.D., professor
of economics at Eastern Connecticut State University, was named
2004 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. She won in the master's universities and colleges
category. Two years ago a Notre Dame chemistry professor, Dennis
Jacobs, now vice president and associate provost, won in the research
and doctoral universities category. . . . Congressmen Peter
King '68 J.D. from New York, Michael Ferguson
'92 from New Jersey, and Peter Visclosky '73J.D.
and Mark Souder '74MBA from Indiana
were all re-elected. . . . Justice Alan Page '67 was
re-elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court. . . . Ray Funk
'74, was re-elected a district court judge in Fairbanks,
Alaska. . . . Elizabeth Lochtefeld '82 was found
murdered in her Nantucket home October 25. Authorities suspect
a man she dated briefly. . . . Alfonso Aguilar '91, chief
of the U.S. Office of Citizenship, delivered a lecture at Notre
Dame about building common civic identity and addressed the growing
Hispanic population in South Bend. . . . Novelist Nicholas
Sparks '88 donated more than $700,000 to renovate the
track at the high school near his home in New Bern, North Carolina.
Sparks ran track at Notre Dame. . . . Steven R. Cramer
'85M.A. was formally installed as president of Bethel
College in Mishawaka. . . . Ryan Shay '02 finished
ninth in the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:14:08. . .
. Indiana Governor Joe Kernan '68, who ascended
to the governor's post in 2003 after the death of Governor Frank
O'Bannon, lost his bid for a new term. . . . Joe Donnelly
'77, '81J.D. was defeated in his first bid for Congress.
He ran in the district that includes South Bend . . . . Steven
Downey '03MBA was unsuccessful in his campaign for an
at-large seat on the South Bend Community Schools Board. . . .>Six
of the Irish-Americans featured in the new book The Irish
Face in America have ties to Notre Dame: Father Malloy,
CSC, '63, '67M.A., '69M.A.; Donald R. Keough, life trustee
and former chair of the Board of Trustees; Michael O.
Garvey '74, assistant director of news and information;
Sean Milligan '04, a former Notre Dame football player;
attorney John C. Dearie '62, co-host of a weekly
Irish-American radio show in New York City; and Maureen
Mulvaney '05, a senior from Danville, Illinois.
. . . Lieutenant
Commander Scott E. Groeschner '91, serving with
a Navy SEAL unit in Ukraine, died following an off-duty bike accident.
. . .
A new
Catholic middle school in Montgomery, Alabama, was named in honor
of Thomas L. Doyle '73Ph.D., academic director
of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education program. . . .
Forbes.com wrote about Manuel "Matty" Moroun '49
and his 25-year ownership of the strategically placed Ambassador
Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada over the Detroit River. The
news service said the toll bridge is the only major U.S.-Canada
crossing that is privately owned. . . . The
Chicago Tribune profiled Diane Aigotti '90MBA,
former budget director for the City of Chicago. She is
currently treasurer of Aon Corporation, a Chicago-based insurance
broker. . . . BusinessWeek
included a story on Liz Claiborne CEO Paul Charron '64
and his unique style of leadership. . . . Gerard
A. Wills '79 joined Immusol, a biopharmaceuticals company,
as its chief financial officer. . . . Washington Lawyer profiled
John C. Keeney Jr. '73, who last June began his
term as president of 79,000-member District of Columbia Bar. .
. . Michael J. Faehner '91, '92 is the new president
of the Young Lawyers Division of the 70,000-member Florida Bar.
. . . Navy Supply Corps Commander Pat McClanahan '90
is serving as a special assistant to the chairman of the Securities
and Exchange Commission as part of the White House Fellows program,
a year-long opportunity to participate in the highest levels of
government. . . . John Maimone '70, executive
director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio, was chosen
to manage the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland's finance department.
He will provide direct financial counsel to Bishop Anthony Pilla.
. . . Thomas J. Flaherty '59 has joined the board
of directors at CECO Environmental, an air-pollution-control company.
. . . George Scanlon '79 was appointed to chief
financial officer of Levitt Corporation, a developer of single-family
homes and master-planned communities. . . . George T.
Hawes '68 was appointed to the board of directors of
Proginet Corporation, a software developer in Garden City, New
York. . . . W. Leslie Duffy '61 was elected chairman
of the board of directors of Lydall Inc. specialty engineered
products in Manchester, Connecticut. . . . USA Today
wrote about Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis
developing land around Pittsburgh and Detroit in hope
of revitalizing those cities' downtown areas. . . . The International
Astronomical Union named an asteroid in honor of ailing Notre
Dame benefactor and Trustee Ray H. Siegfried '65.
The suggestion to honor Siegfried in this way came from Terrence
Rettig, a professor in Notre Dame's physics department. The two
met in the mid-1990s when Siegfried's daughter, Milann, took an
introductory astronomy class from Rettig. . . . Bloomberg News
Service spotlighted John Keeley '62 for his management
of a quickly growing small-cap value fund, the Keeley Small Cap
Fund. The fund has made above average returns by buying shares
of U.S. companies that are emerging from bankruptcy or being restructured.
. . . The South Bend Tribune profiled Tom Hanlon
'49, '51M.A., who was once a roommate of Tom Dooley,
the famed jungle doctor and one-time Notre Dame student. The 78-year-old
is also a friend and former business partner of Coach Ara Parseghian.
. . . Richard Sherman '72, '73 M.A. joined the
software company Pelion Systems in Lafayette, Colorado, as senior
vice-president of marketing. . . . Monsignor James T.
Telthorst '82M.A., pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish
in South Saint Louis, was featured in the St. Louis Review
Online for his long career as a priest in his hometown. .
. . The Cuyahoga Valley (Ohio) Chamber of Commerce named Peter
P. Guerrera '68, superintendent of Cuyahoga Heights Schools,
its Outstanding Person of the Year.
(January 2005)
