`71 Bob Gilstein, A&S, M.C.P ‘75, of North Dartmouth, Mass., has retired after nearly 40 years in municipal planning in Rhode Island. Among his accomplishments are the establishment of two community centers, a number of playgrounds and recreational facilities, home rehabilitation loan programs, miscellaneous neighborhood improvements, local economic development projects, and writing land use regulations and comprehensive plans.
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`73 Michael R. McElroy, HS&S, of Providence, R.I., of Schacht & McElroy, has been elected president of the Rhode Island Bar Association for the organization’s 2012-13 year.
`74 Thomas R. Zorabedian, A&S, of Wakefield, R.I., has been appointed assistant dean of the URI College of Arts and Sciences and the Harrington School of Communication and Media. Tom is also a member of the Film/ Media faculty, teaching film courses through the Honors Program.
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`75 Randi Lynn Ashton-Pritting, HS&S, of Colchester, Conn., was named Connecticut’s Outstanding Librarian of the Year by the Connecticut Library Association. The award honors the career accomplishments of a librarian who has demonstrated an outstanding record of service to his or her library and to the library profession. David P. Murray, A&S, of Saint Louis, Mo., writes: “I wanted to let you know of our first children’s book on weather, Graham and Jet Get Wet: The Wonders of Weather. In the story, young Graham experiences a big thunderstorm he doesn’t understand and his friend Jet, a friendly hawk, takes him on an exploratory journey into the storm as a way to explain it and its power. This quiets Graham’s fears through understanding, enlightens him to the natural forces of weather, and ultimately shows him how people can put back together what weather tears apart. The book’s science is from Dave Murray, chief meteorologist at Fox 2 in St. Louis, and the story from his wife, Janis, who has a Master’s from Columbia University. The book is available on amazon.com and bn.com.”
`78 David A. Bergeron, A&S, of Alexandria, Va., Deputy Assistant Secretary will serve as OPE’S Acting Assistant Secretary.
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John G. W. Kelley, A&S, of Hampstead, N.H., writes: “I received a U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for superior Federal Service in the implementation of the Great Lakes Operational Forecast System in NOAA’s high performance computing environment. My fellow team members and I received the award on May 11, 2012.”
Joseph T. Murphy, ENG, of Wakefield, R.I., was selected as one of three winners of this year’s Rhode Island Federal Employees of the Year Award from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport. His contributions in the areas of professional accomplishments, technical excellence and compliance have earned him this distinguished recognition from the RI Federal Executive Council.
William Potter, A&S, of Newark, Del., writes, “Bill Potter recently did not die from cancer. After being diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, he underwent more than 600 hours of aggressive chemotherapy and flourished. You always read about people fighting the brave battle and losing. I thought it might be nice to read about someone who won for a change.” He is currently writing a comedy about his cancer battle.
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Denise Szelag, CBA, of Attleboro, Mass., was selected as one of three winners of this year’s Rhode Island Federal Employees of the Year Award from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport. Her contributions in the area of professional accomplishments have earned her this distinguished recognition from the RI Federal Executive Council.
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