Tim Roemer '81 M.A., '85Ph.D. is serving on
the 9/11 Congressional Commission investigating the events leading
up to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
. . . Anthony Walton '82 co-wrote a book with
former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about the first all-African-American
tank unit in WWII. The book is titled Brothers in Arms.
. . . A short feature film depicting the ministry of Brother
Bill Tomes '59, '62 M.A. and his work as a counselor
to the gangs of Chicago is being filmed by actor Judge Reinhold
(Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Santa Clause) and
is expected to be released in two to three years. . . . Danielle
Green '99, a former standout on the women's basketball
team, lost her left hand and suffered a shoulder fracture during
a grenade attack in late May while serving with the Army in Iraq.
. . . A new street in Mountainside, New Jersey, will be named
in honor of James Thomas Egan '64, a former Glee
Club president who served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam and has
been missing in action since 1966. . . . Paul Theis '48,
an author and journalist who worked as a speech writer
for President Ford, died in March at age 84. . . . The Cincinnati
Enquirer profiled former Ohio Governor Jack Gilligan
'43, who serves on the Cincinnati Board of Public Schools.
. . . Indiana Governor Joseph Kernan '68 appointed
Terry Crone '77 J.D. to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Michael Gotsch '79, '87 J.D. was appointed to
fill Crone's seat on the Saint Joseph Circuit Court. . . . At
the request of Bishop John D'Arcy of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South
Bend, Saint Joseph's High School in South Bend withdrew an invitation
to Kernan to speak at this year's graduation
ceremony. D'Arcy said Kernan's pro-choice stance on abortion rights
would make it inappropriate for him to speak at the Catholic school's
ceremony. . . . Jack Grate '72 was appointed
circuit judge in Jackson County, Missouri. . . . Michael
Burton '82 was appointed a circuit judge in Saint Louis.
. . . Larry Overlan '71, '76 MBA co-wrote a column
in The Boston Globe with Michael Dukakis, former governor
of Massachusetts and presidential candidate. It was headlined:
"More education needed on state, local government." Overlan is
a professor of international business at Stonehill College. .
. . Neurologist David Coulter '69 took office
as president of the American Association on Mental Retardation.
. . . Jim Thunder '72, who spoke at Reunion '02
about preventing and detecting killings in medical facilities,
published an article on the subject in Issues in
Law and Medicine. . . . The Baton Rouge Advocate
profiled internal medicine physician Fred Cerise '84,
newly appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health
and Hospitals. . . . Daniel J. Connors '81 was
named to the newly created position of executive vice president
and chief administrative officer at Kinko's Inc. . . . St.
Petersburg (Florida) Times business reporter Jeff
Harrington '84 and another reporter on the paper shared
a 2003 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial
Journalism. The award recognized their investigation into ties
between a high-tech company in Clearwater, Florida, and the Church
of Scientology. . . . The New Mexico Business Journal
profiled David H. Kelsey '59, '61J.D., who in
1973 became the first lawyer in the state to devote his practice
entirely to family law. . . . Joseph O'Neill '53,
senior partner in the Saint Paul, Minnesota, law firm O'Neill,
Grills & O'Neill, received the Saint Paul Area Chamber of
Commerce's 2004 Legacy of Leadership Award for community and public
service. . . . The Oregonian newspaper profiled
Father Richard F. Berg, CSC, '59, who splits time between
an upscale retirement community, where he serves as pastor, and
a residence and care facility he founded in Portland's Old Town.
At the latter he helps with administration and fund-raising and
ministers to residents. . . . The National Journal profiled
John Buscher '89, who joined the lobbying firm Holland
& Knight after several years lobbying for United Airlines.
He previously worked for Illinois Senator Alan Dixon and then
Dixon's successor, Carol Mosely Braun. . . . Scott Sroka,
'97J.D. is regional representative to Senator Charles
Schumer of Buffalo. . . . Responding to a letter from a reader
questioning the paper's coverage of Catholics for a Free Choice,
a pro-choice (on abortion) group, Don Wycliff '69,
public editor of the Chicago Tribune, supported the organization's
right to media recognition. He encouraged readers to judge the
validity of the group's Catholic identity for themselves. . .
. The Indianapolis Star profiledClaire Skinner
'81J.D. chairman and chief executive officer of Coachman
Industries of Elkhart, Indiana, a manufacturer of recreational
vehicles and the nation's largest maker of modular housing. The
company was founded by her father and two brothers in 1964. .
. . Dennis Owens, '75J.D. was selected as one
of 10 Lawyers of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.
He was cited for his appellate work in a case that led the Missouri
Supreme Court to abolish the archaic tort known as "alienation
of affections." . . . Steve Camilleri '94, '01MSA
was named director of South Bend's Center for the Homeless, following
in the footsteps of Drew Buscareno '91, '96MSA and
Lou Nanni '84, '88M.A. . . . Nicholas
Tonozzi '06 sang the national anthem before the Chicago
White Sox-Texas Rangers game May 26 in Chicago. He was selected
to perform after submitting an audition tape. . . . Michael
Donovan '90 was featured in the Chicago Daily Law
Bulletin in February for his work as co-president of the
Tax Assistance Program, an organization that helps Chicago families
making less than $35,000 a year complete their tax returns. .
. . Heart surgeon Patrick McCarthy '77 was named
chief of cardiac surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He
will also be a professor of surgery at Northwestern's Feinberg
School of Medicine. . . . Jack Barto '76 was
named chief executive officer of New Hanover Regional Medical
Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. . . . Jim Whalen
'74 was named senior vice president and business financial
officer for global technology and operations organization at MasterCard
International. . . . Michael Cahill '82 was named
chief financial officer of Tower Financial Corp. in Fort Wayne,
Indiana. . . . Tom Maheras '84 was appointed
head of capital markets for Citigroup in New York. . . .
Steve Linehan '82 was named treasurer of Capital One,
a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation. . . . The Central
Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee selected attorney Kevin
O'Connor '89 as Person of the Year at the annual Saint
Patrick's Day parade in Hartford.
(July 2004)
