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ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS

Martin J. Slherwin '59, an English and American history professor at Tufts, has earned a Pulitzer for a biography he co-authored about the father of the A-bomb, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J.Robert Oppenheimer (Alfred A. Knopf).

Lance,Tapley '66, a contributing writer for The Portland Phoenix, earned the best news story award from the Association of Alternative Weeklies for a two-part article that exposed torturous conditions in the Special Management Unit or "Supermax" inside the Maine State Prison.

Sam James '75, a research associate at Kansas University Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, discovered in Brazil an earthworm species, Fimoscolex sporadochaetus, that had been declared extinct.

Ophthalmologists Bill Trattler '88, M.D., and Eric Donnenfeld '77, DMS'80, have been named to Cataract and RefractiveSurgery Todays list of Top 50 Opinion Leaders 2006. Trattler is based in Miami, Florida, and Donnenfeld is based in Rockville Centre, New York.

Shannon Agner '02, Th'04, a former Dartmouth women's soccer captain who led her team to three Ivy titles, has been inducted into the South Jersey Soccer Hall of Fame. She plans to begin med school this fall

Benjamin Kwakye '90 of Evanston, Illinois, is the winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book for the Africa Region for The Sun by Night (Africa World Press).

Nancy Staab '90, former architecture and gardens editor at Southern Accents magazine, has been named the editor of the Atlanta edition of Paper City Magazine.

Scott Quesenberry '93, a former legislative director for Sen. Elizabeth Dole, has been named the U.S. special textile negotiator, making him responsible for negotiations on textile and apparel issues.