This will include an all-alumni reunion over Memorial Day weekend, 2012. As president, he will be working with the administration and trustees of Interlochen Center for the Arts on the 50th anniversary of Interlochen Arts Academy in 2012. Dimmick (CAS’ 86) was elected president of the Interlochen Alumni Organization in April 2010. It aims to help financially clueless 20-somethings get a grip on managing their money. Reach John at Wood (CAS’81) is delighted to announce the publication of his first book, From Ramen to Riches: Building Wealth in Your 20s. Coll, is currently enrolled at BU’s College of Communication in the MFA Film Production program.

John Coll (CAS’81) is currently employed at CN*MRI, Dover, Del., as a medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center and staff neurologist. She had previously served Boston University for 11 years, most recently as executive director of client services for Marketing & Communications. Contact him at (Buzzell) Dougherty (CAS’80) has joined Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund as director of development marketing. The winner of the 2010 Beard Excellence in Teaching Award received a cash award of $25,000. Recipients of this award are recognized by their peers, students, and the community as vital to the growth and continued development of education in Bridgeport. The award acknowledges outstanding educational instructors in the Bridgeport public schools. Ron Rapice (CAS’77, MET’79) was the recipient of the 2010 Theodore and Margaret Beard Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the Fairfield County Community Foundation. As a fundraiser, being in the world of your constituency makes the mission that much more real and dynamic. For more on what Abbe is up to, check out She can be reached at Moidel Schwartz (CAS’77), now the director of development at the MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham, Mass., has a newfound respect for what it takes to run a school. Through the lives of a prostitute, a healer, an entrepreneur, a beggar, and two elders, the reader reflects on the intricacies of human nature. Set on a tropical island, the story explores people caught between what society accepts and each individual’s true self. The Sullivan Saga is a collection of exotic, funny, and sometimes bittersweet stories of an overseas childhood in Asia and Africa from 1957 to 1972.Ībbe Rolnick (CAS’74) recently published her first novel, River of Angels. In a strange twist of fate, she gets help from the past. They must find four-year-old Melanie, who is lost in the surrounding wilderness. Trail Magic tells the story of teenager Angie Jackson, whose family runs a campground in rugged Crawford Notch in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Maureen Sullivan Romagnoli ( CAS’73) wrote and published two books, Trail Magic: Lost in Crawford Notch and The Sullivan Saga: Memories of an Overseas Childhood.

Politano (CAS’71) of Berkeley Heights, N.J., is the inventor of a Consumption Investment System claimed in recently issued U.S. This is George’s 14th musical production at Arena Stage, where he is also an affiliated artist. The show, Oklahoma, ran from October 23 to December 31, 2010. George Fulginiti-Shakar (CAS’69) was music director and conductor for the inaugural production in the newly rebuilt Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theatre in Washington, D.C. Email Bob at Elaine Shapiro Soja (CAS’68) of Littleton, Mass., has been named to the Board of Directors of Detwiler Fenton Investment Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Detwiler Fenton & Co., Boston, where she also serves as managing director/portfolio manager. Bob and Diana have two grown children, Duncan (North Carolina) and Andrew (Pennsylvania). He just concluded consulting as an interim minister at Scottsdale UCC, Ariz., and is now interim at Circular Church in Charleston, S.C. Pleasant, S.C., recently retired after 40 years of ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ, serving in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. His youngest son is a second-career pastor nearby. He lives with his wife, Karen, in Des Moines, Iowa. Evers (GRS’62) retired in September 2009 after serving 65 years as pastor. He has demonstrated “Service Above Self” and received appreciation for documenting city and regional history. Norman Rozeff (CAS’55) of Harlingen, Tex., has been recognized with a tile in the Walk of Fame that honors the most influential citizens in the 100-year history of the city as it commemorates its centennial.

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