40s
John A. Howard (BS47, MA49, PhD63) of Rockford, Ill., is a senior fellow at the Howard Center on Family, Religion and Society. Recently two Mexican organizations joined the Howard Center in sponsoring its Third World Congress of Families in Mexico City in March with 3,300 delegates from 73 nations.
Bonnie Weidman Nugent (BS49) of St. Paul, Minn., a retired teacher and member of SESP's visiting committee from 1999 to 2004, is a co-sponsor of the D. Eugene and Bonnie L. Nugent Teaching Professorship in Business Leadership at Northwestern. She was recognized as the president of the Mark A. Nugent Medical Research Foundation, which supports biomedical research. She is a freelance writer and author of four books.
50s
Hugh M. Kahler (BS50, MA53) of Marquette, Mich., taught physics, chemistry and math at Benton Harbor, Mich., where he started the cyclotron project and was Michigan Teacher of the Year in 1960. He also taught in Indiana and was an assistant professor of physics at Northern Michigan University. He is currently tutoring physics, chemistry, math and English at a low-income housing project.
A. Irene Polson (MS/MA54) of Princeton, Ill., is retired, with more time for baking cookies and writing. She is a member of the American Academy of Poets. Her narrative poem depicting siblings' shared experiences was published in March by the Bureau Valley Area Hospice, and in June she won honorable mention in a national contest.
60s
William Joyce (MA60, EdD64) of East Lansing, Mich., a professor of education at Michigan State University, published "Canada's Emerging Role in Building 'Fortress America,'" in the British Journal of Canadian Studies and co-authored a supplement to the Detroit Free Press entitled "Canada and the United States: One Border, Many Challenges."
Montrew Dunham (MA66) of Downers Grove, Ill., who is retired as a guidance counselor, is an author of biographies for children. Her titles published by Aladdin Books of Simon and Schuster include Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice and John Muir: Young Naturalist. She has also written two histories of Downers Grove. 
Ed Paquette (BS69) of Lincoln, Neb., is the executive director of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association. 
Calvert Smith (PhD69) of Cincinnati, an invited scholar at the University of Cincinnati, received the Unsung Hero Award from Winston-Salem State University on July 8 for significant contributions to his profession and community. He served as visiting professor and vice provost at University of Cincinnati, deputy superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools and president of Morris Brown College. 70s
Pamela Bolotin Joseph (MS71, PhD78) of Seattle is co-author of an article published in Phi Delta Kappan in March entitled "Seven Worlds of Moral Education."
80s
Suzi Spotleson (BS89) of Canton, an IT project manager at GE Capital and former Northwestern softball player, was one of three women chosen to represent Ohio in the United States Golf Association's State Team Championship at Hilton Head in September. She also won the Women's Akron District Golf Association's 77th championship tournament in August.
90s
Richard Settersten (PhD92) of Cleveland, who is director of graduate study in sociology at Case Western Reserve University, has a new book, On the Frontier of Adulthood, co-authored with Frank Furstenberg Jr. and Rubén G. Rumbaut. Based on his research on adolescence, the book explains that adulthood is being postponed for an extended adolescence of job exploration and personal development. William "Will" McIntosh (BS97) of Dallas is a manager at Accenture in the strategy service line and financial services industry. He recently married Grace Kim, and the couple now resides in Austin. He is also completing his executive MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas and will graduate in 2006.
Peter Lehman (BS98) of Chicago recently sold the auto racing team he started in 2000, Peter Lehman Racing LLC, which had amassed the most wins in the history of International Hot Rod Association racing. He is now starting a new investment company, Granite Creek Partners.
00s
Dara Miller Freiberg (BS00, MS04) of Harnden, Conn., is a development officer at Yale University. She relocated to Connecticut after receiving her master's degree in higher education administration and policy. On May 7, she married Craig Freiberg.
Hilary Borowicz Quagliana (BS01) of Palatine, Ill., who teaches social studies at Deerfield High School, received a master's in education from National- Louis University in December. She married Daniel Quagliana, a 2002 graduate of McCormick School of Engineering, in July.
Michael Vea (BS01) of New York is helping to launch a new charter school in Harlem. KIPP Infinity Charter School is part of a network of free open-enrollment college preparatory public schools in under-resourced communities. He teaches nonfiction reading and writing at KIPP. Stefanie DeLuca (PhD03) of Baltimore, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, was awarded a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2005. For 2006, DeLuca was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. Her current areas of research involve sociological considerations of educational and housing policy issues.
Diana Schofield (BS03) of Waco, Tex., is beginning the second year of her doctorate program in clinical psychology at Baylor University and is heading up a research lab investigating the uses of play therapy in assessing children under the age of 8. 
Joan Trimuel (MS04) of Chicago was recently promoted to associate director of auditing for operations at Northwestern University. She is also completing her term as president of the Association of Northwestern University Women, a professional development group. Gabrielle Matese (PhD05) is a postdoctoral fellow at Arizona State University.
Florida Alums Meet with Dean Peterson
 Dean Penelope Peterson visited with several Class of 1961 SESP alumnae at the home of Ellis Gery in Bonita Springs, Florida, on May 7 to discuss education and SESP. Pictured are SESP alumnae (front row, left to right) Joan Welsh, Judy Ford, Dean Peterson, Mary Burke, (back row) Ellen Taft, Ellis Gery, Betsy Wheelan, Sally Hayward and Judy Schweikert. |