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.