Give a Rouse

Rick Allen '75 is the new president and chief executive officer of National Geographic Ventures in Washington, D.C., a for-profit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society. He'll be responsible for the development of National Geographic television, interactive, maps, and retail projects. "Our largest company right now is tele vision, and in the TV and film world, die opportunities are enormous," says Allen. His first drama. Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone, aired in December on ABC. Before joining Ventures, Allen was senior vice president of business development at Discover}' Communications and deputy assistant to President Clinton with responsibility for the administration's first major domestic initiative, the Corporation for National Service.

• George W. Liebmann '60, author of The Gallows in the Grove: Civil Society in American Lav: (Greenwood Publishing Group)

• Michael Jubien '65, author of Contemporary Metaphysics (Blackwell)

• G. Thomas Couser '68, author of Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing (University of Wisconsin Press)

• Keith Bellows '74, named editor of National Geographic Traveler

• William Francis Devine jr. '78, author of Women, Men if Money: The Four Keys forUsing Money to Nourish Your Relationship, Bankbook, and Soul (Harmony Books)

• Marc D. Feldman '80, DMS '84, co-author of Stranger Than Fiction: When Our MindsBetray Us (American Psychiatric Press)

• Stan Smith '81, author of a collection of solve-it-yourself mystery puzzles, Five-MinuteWhodunits, and The Sacred Rules of Management: How to Get Control of Your Time andYour Work

• Jeffrey H. Tepper '81, named Regents' Distinguished Professor for Teaching and Learning at Valdosta (Ga.) State University

• Juanita Sanders '85, author of...And the Angels Wept (Morris Publishing Co.)

• Mark Brzezinski '87, author of The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland (St. Martin's Press)

• Pat Burtis '91, folk singer on debut CD, Three Days in the Box

• Jennifer Lien '95, named "Young Journalist of the Year" in Singapore

Rick Allen charts new ventures for National Geographic.