When the parents of Terri Schiavo asked the three-judge panel
of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta for an emergency
order restoring the feeding tube to their brain-damaged daughter,
the court denied the request in a 2-1 vote. The dissenter was
Judge Charles Wilson '76, '79J.D. . . . Thomas
Sneddon Jr. '63 was the prosecutor in
the Michael Jackson child-molestation trial. . . . John
Roncz '71 designed GlobalFlyer, the single-pilot plane
that adventurer Steve Fossett used to fly around the globe in
slightly more than 67 hours. . . . Father Denis
Madden '73 was named an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore
by Pope Benedict XVI. . . . Father Thomas
Powers '87 is leaving Trinity Catholic High School in
Stamford, Connecticut, for the Vatican. He'll be joining the Congregation
for Bishops in Rome as coordinator for the appointment of bishops
in English-speaking countries. . . . Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
selected Danielle Green-Byrd '99, former Notre
Dame basketball player and wounded Iraq war veteran, to be the
Grand Marshal of Chicago's Memorial Day Parade. . . . Former valedictorian
Tim Cordes '98 finished medical school at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and has become one of the few
blind medical doctors in the United States. He finished in the
top sixth of his class (receiving just one B) and is currently
working on his Ph.D. to become a medical researcher. . . . James
C. Dever '84 was confirmed as a U.S. judge for the Eastern
District of North Carolina. . . . Jose Ravano '88
became the relief coordinator for CARE in Sri Lanka after his
wife, Irene Fraser, was nearly killed by the tsunami in Sri Lanka.
. . . Robert J. Sullivan Jr. '67, ending his
year as president of the ND Alumni Association, announced his
candidacy for Oklahoma governor on the Republican ticket. . .
. Adam Milani '88, a law professor at Mercer
University in Macon, Georgia, and a disability activist, died
in May at age 39 of complications from surgery. The son of Ken
Milani, a professor of accountancy at ND, he became a quadriplegic
at age 17 from injuries during a hockey game. . . . The story
in the July 2005 issue of Vanity Fair that identified
W. Mark Felt as Deep Throat ws written by John D. O'Connor
'68, a lawyer in San Francisco who knows the Felt family.
Felt's identity as the mysterious government source for the Watergate
reporting of Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein
and Bob Woodward was kept secret for more than 30 years. . . .
Former Observer editor-in-chief David Kinney
'94 was part of the team at the Star-Ledger
of Newark, New Jersey, that won the Pulitzer Prize for its breaking-news
reporting on the resignation of New Jersey's governor. The governor
announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male. .
. . The spring issue of this magazine listed some alumni holding
prominent positions in the news media. Here are some others: Jeff
Harrington '84, business writer, St. Petersburg Times;
Paige (Smoron) Wiser '92, columnist, Chicago
Sun-Times; Tim Rogers '92, executive editor,
D Magazine (Dallas); Pat Collins '68,
reporter, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C.; Steve Garagiola '77,
anchor, WDIV-TV, Detroit; Jesse Pesta '88, news
editor, the Wall Street Journal; Abigail
Pesta '91, copy desk chief and personal finance editor,
Glamour Magazine; Howard J. Smith '65, executive
sports editor, The Buffalo News.
The spring list contained two misspellings: Washington Post
Deputy National Editor Dan LeDuc '83 was misidentified
as "Dan DeLuc," and the second "e" was missing from the first
name of Kelley Tuthill '92, a TV reporter and
anchor in Boston. . . . John Brust '01MBA placed
fourth out of 179 runners from 15 countries in the 7th Antarctica
Marathon on King George Island, Antarctica. He had a time of 4:08:21.
Lawrence Meyer '72J.D. finished
165th. In the half-marathon, Charles Monahan '62
placed 21st and Barney Thomas '75 was 32nd. .
. . Madison, Wisconsin, writer Jennifer Chiaverini '91
was recognized by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for
her novels involving quilting. Her newest book, The Sugar
Camp Quilt, is the seventh in her successful series of Elm
Creek Quilts novels. . . . Tiana Checchia '01
plays the role of Sandy in the traveling company of Grease,
which has played 40 states and six Canadian provinces.
. . . Former AutoZone CEO Steve Odland '80 was
appointed CEO and chairman of Office Depot. . . . Patrick
Ward '80MBA, chairman and CEO of the Penn Liberty Bank
in Wayne, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Pennsylvania Bankers
Association Government Relations Policy Committee. PBA is the
state's major banking trade association and determines policy
positions and priorities on state and federal legislation. . .
. Barry Bachrach '77, a partner in the business
litigation practice at Bowditch and Dewey, was named by his peers
to a list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Only 5 percent of attorneys
in Massachusetts are selected for the honor. . . . Chicago
magazine named Timothy J. Malloy '66, '69J.D.
to its list of 100 Super Lawyers of Illinois. . . . Stanley
Liberty '65, '68M.S., '71Ph.D. was named president of
Kettering University, formerly called the General Motors Institute.
The school offers students career-based education. Liberty was
previously the provost and vice president for academic affairs
at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. . . . Former Notre
Dame professor Frank Rosa '87Ph.D. was named
chair of the government and international relations program of
the American Public University System. The system is composed
of the American Public University, American Community College
and the American Military University. The system supports students
in 50 states and 110 countries through distance-learning programs.
. . . Timothy Klusas '95 was elected president
of The Marketing Alliance Inc., which supports independent insurance
brokerage agencies. . . . Meredith Dincolo '93
returned to being a full company member at Hubbard Street Dance
in Chicago. The company is known for its unique approach to contemporary
dance. . . . Dan Coonan '84 completed his first
year as athletic director at Santa Clara University. His Broncos
won the first West Coast Conference
Commissioner's Cup for spring sports in the school's history.
. . . Joseph Frick '74 was named
president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross, the leading health
insurer in southeastern Pennsylvania. . . . Michael Radzicki
'82M.A.,'85Ph.D., associate professor of economics at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was elected president of the
System Dynamics Society. The society is an international nonprofit
devoted to encouraging the development and use of systems thinking
and system dynamics. . . . The Chicago Tribune wrote
about Walter Smithe '89MBA and the offbeat commercials
he and his two brothers produce for their growing furniture company,
Walter E. Smithe Furniture in Chicago.
(July 2005)
