H. Peter Schaub Jr. '44, elected chairman of the board of the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club
Truman T. Metzel Jr. '48, recipient of the first Service to Society Award from the Northwestern University Alumni Association for his efforts as owner and operator of Great Expectations, a scholarly book store
Ira Michael Heyman '51, named chairman of Dartmouth's Board of Trustees
Gene S. Cesari '52, named president of Landmark College in Putney, Vt.
Thomas A. Corcoran '54, honored with the U.S. Ski Association's Julius Blegen Award for "extraordinary lifetime contribution to the sport of skiing"
James A. Knox '55, named president and chief executive officer of the Denver mining concern USMX Inc.
J. Richard Leaman '56, named vice chairman of Scott Paper Co. and president of its printing subsidiary, S.D. Warren Co.
Norman Olsen Jr. '56, named Distinguished Professor of English by the board of trustees at the College of Charleston, S.C.
Melvin G. Alperin '58, given the National Conference ofChristians and Jews Brotherhood Award
Donald McNellis '58, recipient of a Special Recognition Award from the U.S. Public Health Service for his clinical research at the National Institutes of Health
W. James Orovitz '58, named chairman of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
Frank G. Mahady '61, a Vermont District Court judge, awarded an honorary law degree by St. Michael's College
Roger H. Hull '64, named president of Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
Park Price 111 '64, one of 10 auto dealers selected as finalists for the 1991 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award
Ronald B. Schram '64, named vice chairman of Dartmouth's Board of Trustees
Ronald J. Mario '65, named president of Communications Satellite Corp.'s mobile communications unit
Jonathan Silbert '65, appointed a Connecticut Superior Court Judge
Robert M. Cohn '66, named president and publisher of Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Saleh A. Jabarin '66, director of the Polymer Institute at the University of Toledo, awarded the International Institute's Key to the Golden Door Award for foreign-born "contributors to American life and culture"
Fred Rosenblatt '66, named managing partner of the law firm Leonard, Street and Deinard in Minneapolis
Robert H. Bell '67, author of the Cornell University Press publication Jocoserious Joyce—The Fate of Folly inUlysses
Robert E. Burr '68, appointed environmental medicine consultant to the office of the U.S. Surgeon General
S. Christopher Meigher 111 '68, named president of Time Inc. Magazines—New York
David T. Swift '68, appointed dean of students at Phillips Exeter Academy
Bruce S. Alpert '69, named to an endowed chair in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee, Memphis
Gregor I. McGregor '69, given a National Wetlands Award by the EPA and the Environmental Law Institute for his work in wetlands protection through advocacy in environmental law
David M. Kreps '72, presented the 1990-91 Stanford Graduate School of Business Distinguished Teaching Award
Carl E. Mock '74, named superintendent of the Hartford, Vt., school district
Ralph J. Fletcher '75, whose book Walking Trees—Teaching Teachers in theNew York City Schools was published by Cornell University Press.
David J. Westpfahl Jr. '75, assistant professor of physics, given the New Mexico Tech Distinguished Teaching Award
Peter T. Dawkins '76, named vice president, director of research, and elected to the board of directors at Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. in Toronto
Louise Erdrich '76 and husband and co-author Michael Dorris, whose novel Crown of Columbus was published during the summer
Bruce G. Kelley '76, promoted to president and chief operating officer of EMC Insurance Group in Des Moines, lowa
Donald J. Austen '79, promoted to vice president and copywriter at Cliff Freeman & Partners, New York
J. Laurie Cupp '79, the first Navajo woman to become a surgeon (Stanford Medical School 1991)
Martha R. Pease '79, named senior vice president of marketing for Neutrogena Corporation
Jake Winebaum '81, named editor and publisher Family Fun, a new magazine for parents
William F. Polik '82, assistant professor of chemistry at Hope College, given the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award
Matthew T. Dickerson '85, author of the novel The Finnsburg Encounterwhich was published by Crossway Books in January