Robine Andrau, BA '60, published Bowing to the Emperor: We Were Captives in WWII (Apple Rock Publishing, 2015), detailing her family's experience in prison camps in Indonesia and Japan during World War II.

William A. Gralnick, BA '65, MA '68, announced his retirement from a second career as a manager for the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office, which, during his tenure, was commended by the Department of Homeland Security.

James Korman, JD '68, of Bean, Kinney & Korman, was honored by the Arlington (Va.) Bar Foundation with the William L. Winston Award, given annually to Northern Virginia community members who have distinguished themselves through the promotion of democratic ideals and advancing the rule of law.

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, BA '69, is publishing five collections of stories, each titled Curious Encounters of the Human Kind: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams (Explorer's Eye Press). They are based on his 45 years of living and traveling in Asia. Each collection covers a different part of Asia: Indonesia (September 2015) Myanmar (October 2015), Himalaya (December 2015), Borneo (February 2016) and Southeast Asia (March 2016).

David Zimmerman, BA '70, MFA '76, exhibited his recent paintings in a solo art show in September 2015 at the Page- Walker Arts & History Center in Cary, N.C.

Robert F. Hemphill, MBA '72, published Dust, Tea, Dingoes and Dragons (Strelitzia Ventures, Oct. 1, 2014), a series of letters the author sent to his father during a decade traveling the world and building a billion-dollar company.

Linda Rabbitt, MA '72, chairman, founder and CEO of Rand Construction Corporation, is one of the 2016 recipients of the Horatio Alger Award, which is given to individuals who overcame personal challenges to achieve success.

Bruce Merwin, BA '73, of Thompson & Knight LLP in Houston, was recognized in the 2015 edition of Texas Super Lawyers. This list reflects only the top 5 percent of Texas lawyers.

Ellen Zane, BA '73, vice chair of the Tufts Medical Center board of trustees, was honored on Sept. 15 with a portrait in the medical center's atrium. The portrait is in recognition of her contributions to the center during her tenure as its president and CEO from 2004 to 2011. She is the first woman and the first non-physician to hold this position since the medical center's founding in 1796. Ms. Zane also is a member

Mark S. Fuller, BA '74, published Never a Dull Moment: The Life of John Liggett Meigs (Sunstone Press, August 2015), a biography of the author's friend, John Liggett Meigs, who, as a child, was kidnapped by his father before going on to a career as an artist— he was one of the original designers of the hula shirt—and he interacted with, notably, Georgia O'Keefe and Vincent Price. He also spent time as a reporter and served in World War II.

Steven L. Cantor, JD '75, is a managing partner of Miami-based Cantor & Webb P.A., which received the Member Firm of the Year Award during a gala event at the 2015 Geneva Group International World Conference in Boston.

Leonard Deege, MS '75, published Warrior: From Nazi Occupied Holland to the Jungles of Vietnam, An Immigrant Story (Outskirts Press, November 2015), a memoir about his childhood in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II and his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam after immigrating to the United States following high school.

Howard L. Sollins, BA '75, of Ober/Kaler, was recognized in the 2016 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers.

Howard Williams, LLM '75, a partner at Brooks Pierce, was recognized in the 2015 Super Lawyers Business Edition.

Arnold Goldberg, EdD '77, is the executive director of Harbor Child Care in New Hyde Park, N.Y., following a 35- year career in public school education, including 10 years as a superintendent of schools on Long Island, N.Y.

Jeffrey Libman, BBA '77, has been designated as a premier advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors for the fifth consecutive year.

Mark Dawidziak, BA '78, a television critic and pop culture reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, was inducted into The Press Club of Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame on Nov. 13.

Harry A. Milman, PhD '78, published A Death at Camp David (Xlibris, November 2015), a novel of political intrigue and murder mystery set against the backdrop of the election of a woman as president of the United States.

John Beardsworth, JD '79, a partner at Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Va., started a one-year term as chair-elect of the American Bar Association's Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law. Next, he will serve a one-year term as chair.

Mireya Navarro, BA '79, published Stepdog (G.P. Putnam's Sons, April 2015), a humorous memoir about her marriage to a man with a very jealous dog. The book won "Readers' Prize" in June 2015 from Elle magazine. Ms. Navarro is a reporter for The New York Times.

Brian Strand, MD '79, joined Humana as its regional medical director for the Gulf States region, working in the area of Medicare Advantage. He spent 27 years in practice as a plastic surgeon and woundcare physician.

John Saler, BA '80, was appointed to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Corporate Council.

Ronda Wasserman Fisch, BA '80, joined the Pittsburgh office of the law firm Jones Day as director of firm library services.

Debbie Albert, BA '83, president of Albert Communications, started "Guess Who's Coming to Shabbas," a program designed to engage and retain synagogue members with home-based Friday-night dinners. The program is used by more than 45 synagogues in North America.

Gregg Berman, BA '84, JD '87, of Thompson & Knight LLP, was recognized in the 2015 edition of New York Metro Super Lawyers.

David Lyle Kaplan, MBA '84, is completing his second (and final) term as mayor of Des Moines, Wash.

Nancy Frankel Pelletier, JD '84, was recognized for civil litigation in the 2015 edition of Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Ms. Pelletier has been recognized by Super Lawyers for more than 10 consecutive years.

Paul Fires, JD '85, a managing partner at Weber Gallagher, joined the board of trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Luis J. Fujimoto, BS '85, was confirmed as chairman of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations for the American Dental Association in Chicago. Barry Spielman, MA '85, published From Gettysburg to Golan: How two great battles were won—and the lessons they share (Hampress, September 2015). The book is a comparative history of two similar battles: Gettysburg during the American Civil War in 1863 and Golan Heights (a plateau located between Israel and Syria) in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.

R.E. Burnett, MA '86, was named associate dean of academics-faculty at the National Defense University at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., where he's also professor of international security affairs. He was the keynote lecturer for the Australian Department of Defense's conference on emerging disruptive technologies, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, as well as the plenary speaker at a similar conference at the University of Melbourne.

George F. Indest III, LLM '86, an attorney at The Health Law Firm in Orlando, Fla., obtained a decision and recommendation from an administrative law judge for the dismissal of all charges against a Florida high school teacher accused of making statements to two students that offended them. The teacher also was charged with using a minor vulgarity in a text message to a student.

Kim Rowland Copperthite, MBA '87, received the bronze medal award from the U.S. Department of Commerce on Sept. 30 for "superior service and work as a federal employee." In the past, she's also been awarded gold and silver medals.

Heide Koenitzer Clark, BA '86, MA '89, published The Robin Stories (CreateSpace, September 2015), a novel about an emotional young man struggling through life and family as he attempts to write a great work of literature.

Greg Altieri, BBA '87, MBA '90, launched OurLittleHero.net, a website where boys, ages 7 to 12, fill out personal details in a template to create a personalized adventure story in which they're the protagonist. There are six storylines: "A Knight's Tale," "Baseball Big Leagues," "Civil War Hero," "Fire Captain," "Undersea Explorer" and "Wild West."

Camille W. Hill, JD '88, of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, was recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Russ Bleemer, JD '89, was honored with the Angelo T. Cometa Award, which recognizes individuals or groups in New York that demonstrate a commitment to advancing the goals of the state bar's lawyer referral and information service. The award is sponsored by the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Lawyer Referral Service.

Christine Burns Taraska, BA '90, launched a boutique accounting firm in Salem, Mass. She specializes in individual, small- to medium-size businesses, with an emphasis on multistate and international taxation.

Sally L. Frodge, MS '91, is program manager for the Alaskan Satellite Telecommunications Infrastructure.

Bret J. Muilenburg, MS '91, became the 44th commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of civil engineers. He also was promoted to rear admiral (upper half).

Celeste M. Greene, MPA '94, is program director for business and professional studies within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia. She directs three online graduate certificate programs in public administration, project management and leadership. Ms. Green also teaches public administration courses in the Public Administration Certificate Program.

Kimberly S. Couch, JD '94, was recognized in the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers. Ms. Couch is an attorney at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine.

Lee D. Hoffman, JD '94, LLM '96, received the 2015 Attorney of the Year award at the Connecticut Law Tribune's Professional Excellence Awards in Hartford, Conn., in November. Mr. Hoffman is the chair of Pullman & Comley LLC's environmental, energy and telecommunications department and a member of the firm's executive committee.

William P. Atkins, LLM '96, was elected to the managing board of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where he has been practicing since 1992.

Paul Hartman, MA '96, is the Bangkok based chief of party of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project, which identifies the environmental, economic and social effects of climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin.

Yahia Lababidi, BA '96, contributed to Short Flights: Thirty-Two Modern Writers Share Aphorisms of Insight, Inspiration, and Wit (Schaffner Press, November 2015), an anthology that draws together the musings of short-form writing pioneers.

Jay P. Walters, JD '96, of GableGotwals in Oklahoma City, was named "Lawyer of the Year" in 2016 by Best Lawyers for his work in litigation mergers and acquisitions, litigation securities and Native American law. He was also recognized in the 2015 edition of Oklahoma Super Lawyers.

Michael Gardner, JD '97, a partner at Gardner Haas PLLC, was recognized in Texas Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America for his work in commercial litigation.

Robert P. Jackson, MA '97, was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Ghana on Nov. 30. Previously, Mr. Jackson served as the U.S. Department of State's principal deputy assistant secretary for African affairs. From 2010 to 2013, he was the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon.

Margaret Rosenfeld, JD '97, of Smith Anderson, was recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for banking and finance law, corporate law and securities/capital markets law.

Tom Boer, JD '98, joined Hunton & Williams LLP as a partner in the firm's environmental practice in San Francisco.

Christina Firpo, BA '00, published The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890-1980 (University of Hawaii Press, January 2016), an in-depth investigation of the colony's child-removal program. Ms. Firpo is an associate professor of Southeast Asian history at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Maureen A. O'Brien, JD '01, a member of Wiley Rein LLP's franchise practice, was promoted to of counsel.

Kate McCarthy Zachry, BA '01, joined WGBH in Boston as news director. Ms. McCarthy Zachry previously worked as an editorial producer for ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She's also worked as a producer and digital producer for Good Morning America.

Michael Y. Bennett, BA '02, published The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd (Cambridge University Press, 2015), an overview of writers associated with the absurd who revolted against traditional theatre and literature. He also edited Oscar Wilde's Society Plays (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), a collection of essays that helps readers uncover new ways to explore Wilde's serious—but still funny—plays. Mr. Bennett is an associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater.

Andrew Wiseman, BA '02, received a Superior Honor Award from the U.S. Agency for International Development for his work mapping crime and violence in Honduras. He joined Apple Inc.'s maps team after seven years with USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives. He also teaches in GW's Geography Department.

Devon Tutak Steven, BA '03, was named the director of Ready to Learn Community Engagement at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Ms. Steven will overseethe development of local education collaborations—led by local television stations—to support early science learning and literacy in low-income communities through digital media and resources.

Obele Brown-West, BA '04, was among PR Week's Innovation 50, a list that recognizes rising stars in tech and digital communications in the agency, in-house and social media sectors. Ms. Brown- West is the vice president of account management at Piston.

Jamie Alfaro, BA '05, and Won Choi, BS '06, welcomed their daughter, Riley Lucia Choi, on Sept. 23.

Declan Binninger, BA '05, has become an associate at Heyl Royster. Mr. Binninger specializes in general tort litigation and professional liability defense.

Joe Callahan, BA '05, was appointed executive director of The Writer's Center, an independent literary organization in Bethesda, Md., that cultivates the creation, publication, presentation and dissemination of literary work.

Holly Gardner, MS '05, received Florida's Young Entrepreneur Award from Gov. Rick Scott. Ms. Gardner and her husband, Chris, are the founders of Safe & Happy Family, a line of food, housewares and body-care products for families affected by severe food allergies.

Sailesh Konda, BS '05, MD '09, finished his fellowship at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., and was selected as the co-director of Mohs surgery and cosmetic dermatology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Em Morrison, BA '05, won top prize for her five-minute comedic story at Story League D.C.'s November show. Ms. Morrison performed in Story League's Winter Championship on Dec. 9.

Mike Sheehan, BA '05, and Bianca de Mattia, BA '05, were married Oct. 24 at Material Culture in Philadelphia.

Erin Baumann, BA '06, was awarded the Basil Chubb Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis by the Political Studies Association of Ireland for her work "Between Politics and a Hard Place: Influences, Institutions, and Foreign Policies in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe." Ms. Baumann is the assistant director of curriculum and pedagogy in The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Shayna Priluck Bergman, BA '06, and her husband, Jesse Bergman, BA '06, welcomed their daughter, Sadie Bella Bergman, on Jan. 31, 2015. Mr. Bergman is a producer on MSNBC's Hardball and Ms. Bergman is a talent business adviser at Deloitte and an adjunct professor of public speaking at GW.

Wes Johnson, BS '06, and Yin Hou, BS '08, MS '10, were married on July 4 in Salisbury, Mass. The Johnsons reside in McLean, Va., where Yin is a software product manager for ThreatQuotient and Wes is a software engineer for SAP SuccessFactors.

Joseph S. Kakesh, JD '06, a member of Wiley Rein LLP's Environment and Safety Practice, was promoted to of counsel.

Damien Specht, JD '07, was named one of "D.C.'s Rising Stars" by the National Law Journal, one of 40 Washington, D.C., lawyers to make the list. Mr. Specht is a partner at Jenner & Block and serves as co-chairman of the firm's government contracts corporate transactions practice.

Brian Willis, JD '07, an attorney with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, was a guest speaker at Tampa's Urban Core Board Member Roundtable on Oct. 7. He also spoke about small-town urbanism at Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay.

Dan Somma, MS '08, a commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, received the Department of Homeland Security's Exceptional Service Gold Medal for his work on the Syrian Weapons of Mass Destruction Decommissioning Task Force. The joint U.S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard task force mobilized a ship to destroy stockpiles of chemical weapons in Syria.

Shanyn Ronis, BA '09, selected from a field of about 30 candidates, received the Gifted Citizen Award in Puebla, Mexico, for her work in international education. The $50,000 award, given by Poder Civico A.C., goes to individuals whose entrepreneurship projects have the potential to make a social impact. Ms. Ronis is the founder and executive director of the Education Global Access Program in Fairfax, Va.

Daniel Lehmann, JD '10, joined Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C., and had his article "Tax Certiorari: Recent Appellate Division Split in Interpreting New York Real Property Tax Law § 727(1)" published in the spring/summer 2015 issue of the New York State Bar Association's Municipal Lawyer journal.

Mariel Marlow, MPH '10, was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an epidemic intelligence service officer, also known as a "disease detective." Ms. Marlow is serving in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases in Atlanta. About 60 EIS officers are picked each year.

Francis Murray, BA '10, completed a federal clerkship and is an assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Florida.

Katharine Phlegar, MA '10, received the 2015 Potomac Art Therapy Association Educator Award for excellence in professional scholarship and community outreach. Ms. Phlegar is an art therapist at Tracy's Kids at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C.

Courtney Waid, MA '10, contributed to The Strong Gray Line: War-time Reflections from the West Point Class of 2004 (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, October 2015), an anthology of tributes to, and essays about, 2004 U.S. Military Academy graduates who died fighting terrorism. Ms. Waid wrote the chapter, "All the Things I Didn't Know," which reflects on the challenges she faced as a deployed soldier and as the wife of a deployed soldier.

Paul H. Shakotko, BS ’11, and Madeleine A. Peckham, BA ’11, were married at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 3, 2015. Mr. Shakotko is a document management analyst for CACI International at the U.S. Department of Justice. Mrs. Shakotko is a program manager and executive assistant at the Order of Malta Federal Association. The couple resides in Silver Spring, Md.

Kathryn Martin, MA '12, received the 2015 Potomac Art Therapy Association Distinguished Service Award for her commitment to art therapy. At PATA, she has served as president, president-elect, secretary and student representative. Ms. Martin also is a board member.

Caitlin Pedati, MPH '12, MD '12, was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an epidemic intelligence service officer—also known as a "disease detective"—for the Nebraska State Health Department. About 60 EIS officers are picked each year.

Alexandra Kassirer, BA '13, published an article in the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel, a periodical, in August. She is also an on-air terrorism analyst for NBCUniversal.

Shaun Khalfan, MBA '13, was selected as the chief systems security officer and senior cyber security executive for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Dakota Lee Hadley, MS '14, CERT '14, and Tinsley Simonds Iselin were married on April 11, 2015, on the banks of the Ashley River at Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston, S.C.

Michelle Manikkam, BS '15, was selected by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to receive a National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Training Award Post-baccalaureate Traineeship. She will be working at the tuberculosis research section in the Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, training on the high throughput screening team.

Oluwafemi Masha, JD '15, joined the Chicago office of the intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione as an associate.

John Pani, JD '15, joined the Washington, D.C., office of the intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione as an associate.

Jane Woo, MA '15, received the 2015 Potomac Art Therapy Association Nancy Schoebel Scholarship Award for her essay "Life Stage Personal Reflection." The award is given to an art therapy graduate student who demonstrates excellence in writing on the topic of art therapy.