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Wally Roberts '63 was granted $25,000 from the Fund for Investigative Journalism to write a book on the deregulation of the electric power industry. As a writer for The Providence Journal, Roberts was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for exposing tactics used by privately owned utilities in New England to kill two proposesd power projects that would have lowered rates.

Steven A. Nash '66 will oversee creation of the s32-million Nasher Sculpture Center in downtown Dallas, Texas. Nash, the former chief curator of the Dallas Museum of Art, has been named director of the sculpture project scheduled to open in fall 2002.

Jud Graves '69 is one of the 10 best litigators in the country, according to the National Law Journal A lawyer with Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia, Graves's success stems from his intense single-mindedness about defending doctors against wrongful lawsuits, according to the journal.

Charles Schudson 72, Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge, received the Year 2000 Award from the Foundation for Improvement of Justice. He is credited with leading the national movement to make the court system more "childfriendly," in part by allowing children to sit on laps while testifying and to use puppets to help them communicate.

Scott Blackmun '78, acting CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has been offered an extension to his acting status that would keep him on the job through the 2002 Winter Games. He previously served as the organizations senior managing director for sport resources.

Tracey Pettingil '93, CEO of 4charity.com, made WorkingWoman magazine's 2000 list of "The Ones to Watch: 20 Under 30." Tracey created the Web site to facilitate online charitable donations. Visitors to the site can shop retailers: such as Amazon.com and L.L. Bean and donate a portion of proceeds to a favorite charity.