President Bush has nominated engineer and long-time defense industry
executive Francis J. Harvey '65 to become the
next secretary of the Army. He is the former chief operating officer
of a division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. . . . Rich
Baker '65 came forward in August to dispute political
ads charging that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry didn't
deserve the Purple Hearts and medals Kerry won for courage during
his four months of service as a Swift boat commander in Vietnam.
"Every Swift boat officer gave his all in Vietnam, but Kerry stood
above the rest of us," Baker, a former Navy lieutenant and Swift
boat commander, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "He
was number one as far as courageousness and aggressiveness. He
set the tone." Baker arrived in Vietnam in 1968, just before Kerry,
the article said. . . . Air Force Lieutenant General Henry
Anthony "Trey" Obering III '73 was appointed director
of the Missile Defense Agency, which is charged with developing
ways to thwart missile attacks on the United States, U.S. troops
in the field, and allies. The agency is budgeted $53 billion over
the next five years. Obering also received a third star as part
of the appointment. . . .
Army First Lieutenant Christopher Marvin '01 was
seriously injured in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan
in August. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
One solider died and 12 were injured in the crash, which, according
to news reports, did not involve hostile fire. . . . Brother
Basil O'Leary, CFC, '65Ph.D., one of the "Milwaukee 14"
who in 1968 burned the files of Milwaukee's draft boards while
reading from the Gospel to protest the Vietnam War, died last
March at age 83 and was laid to rest in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
O'Leary, an economics professor, served a year in prison for the
protest, which was front-page news in many cities. Seven of the
"14" were priests. From 1970 to 1980 he directed Notre Dame's
Program on Non-Violence, forerunner to the Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies. He later served as an adjunct faculty
member of the institute. . . . Amien Rias '74M.A.
finished fourth in Indonesia's presidential election this past
July. . . . Alfred E. Abiouness '53 of Norfolk
is leading an investor group trying to lure the National League's
Montreal Expos to the coastal Virginia community. He is the cousin
of Peter E. Abiouness '68, also of Norfolk, whose
daughter Lauren '04 is a former design assistant
at this magazine. . . . Kevin Reilly '71 was
named president of the University of Wisconsin after previously
serving as chancellor of UW Extension. . . . Joseph A.
Thie '47, '51Ph.D., former chief physicist at the Argonne
National Laboratory, was the featured speaker and received an
honorary degree at the University of Indianapolis's commencement
last April. . . . Michael J. Gorham '60, former
director of market oversight for the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, the government agency that oversees derivatives trading,
is the new director of the Illinois Institute of Technology's
Center for Financial Markets, part of IIT's Stuart Graduate School
of Business. . . . Before Illinois Republicans settled on conservative
commentator Alan Keyes of Maryland as their nominee for Senate,
party leaders reportedly considered meat-processing mogul and
Notre Dame Trustee Dave Duerson '83, but the
former Irish and Chicago Bears defensive back said he wasn't interested.
. . . Retired Navy commander John D. Kolata '64
is the new city manager of Streator, Illinois, north of Bloomington.
. . . Mary Brosnahan Sullivan '83, executive
director for New York's Coalition for the Homeless, was interviewed
on NPR about plans to help the city's homeless find permanent
housing. . . . Anne Maxfield '79, long-time traffic
reporter on Chicago's WGN-AM 720, was reportedly being wooed by
cross-town rival WSCR-AM 670 to contribute to a new morning talk
show. . . .
Former NFL offensive lineman and Notre Dame licensing director
Larry Williams '85 is the new
athletic director of the University of Portland. . . . Frank
Pomarico '74, captain of the 1973 national championship
football team, is the new athletic director of South Bend's Saint
Joseph's High School, across the highway from Notre Dame. . .
. A burglar reportedly stole three Super Bowl rings belonging
to former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rocky Bleier
'68 last June while Bleier was in Charlotte, North Carolina,
giving a speech. . . . Southern Vermont College named Michael
McDonough '74 head coach of its men's basketball team.
McDonough was a student manager for the basketball and football
teams under coaches Digger Phelps and Ara Parseghian. . . . Richard
E. Byrne '85 was appointed chief of the U.S. Justice
Department's Trustee Program, which is designed to protect the
integrity of the bankruptcy system. Byrne had been chief of staff
of the department's Executive Office for United States Attorneys.
. . . Joseph Alvarado '74 was named president
and chief operating officer of Lone Star Technologies in Dallas.
. . . Howard Cyr '82 was featured in the magazine
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for his work on a case involving
the Barnes Foundation, an organization that owns one of the largest
art collections in the state. . . . Josef Evans '95
debuted his play Jimmy's Getting Better in Saint Louis
in June. The play is about the impact of lead poisoning on children.
. . . Cynthia Bulik '82, a psychiatrist who holds
the only endowed professorship in eating disorders in the nation,
is the head of the new eating disorder treatment, training and
research program at the University of North Carolina. . . . Barry
Andrews '75 was appointed by Unocal Corporation to lead
its geothermal businesses worldwide. . . . Kym Worthy
'84J.D. has become the first African American and first
female prosecutor of Wayne County (Detroit), Michigan. . . .
Meaghan Donovan '02, a law student at the University,
represented Washington, D.C., in the International Rose of Tralee
Festival in Ireland in August. The festival is a week-long celebration
of Irish culture and spirit in which women from all over the world
compete to be named the Rose of Tralee. The title went to a woman
from Kilkenny, Ireland. . . . Jon R. Robinson '77J.D.
was promoted to vice president for utility law and regulation
at Consumers Energy, a Michigan natural gas and electrical utility
with more than 6 million residential customers. He'll be in charge
of all legal issues related to state and federal regulatory bodies.
(October 2004)
