Laurels

CONSTRUCTIVE DISSENTER JONATHAN ADDLETON, F82, F91, received the American Foreign Service Association’s 2014 Christian A. Herter Award for Constructive Dissent. The award is unique in the federal government because it recognizes individuals who challenge the system from within. While serving as USAID’s senior civilian representative for southern Afghanistan, Addleton found that the State Department’s burdensome system for reviewing requests by Foreign Service personnel to speak and write—in this case an op-ed he had written for the Pushto press on education and female empowerment and a book-length manuscript to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mongolia-U.S. relations—was overly risk-averse and prevented meaningful engagement with local communities. Addleton urged a systematic review of the department’s public affairs policy. “Unquestionably the decision on whether or not to publish should not have been made from a distance of thousands of miles away by individuals unfamiliar and seemingly unsympathetic to local realities,” he said, noting that he hoped his award would lead to a more streamlined approval process.

EDUCATOR IN ARMENIA BRUCE M. BOGHOSIAN, a professor of mathematics at Tufts, received the Gold Medal from the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Education and Science in recognition of his service as president of the American University of Armenia from 2010 through this summer; he took a leave from Tufts to accept the appointment. He also received the Order of the Republic of Armenia for his efforts to improve education there.

HUMANIST-IN-RESIDENCE WALKER BRISTOL, A14, has joined the University Chaplaincy as the first Humanist-in-residence. It is the first university-funded Humanist chaplaincy position in the United States. The two-year pilot program will assess the need for chaplaincy support for Humanists, atheists, agnostics, the nonreligious, and the spiritual but not religious. Bristol, who received a B.A. in religion and philosophy, is now a divinity student at Harvard.

GUGGENHEIM FELLOW CHRISTOPHER CASTELLANI, G96, was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship that will allow him to continue work on his fourth novel, Leading Men. His other novels, all published by Algonquin, are All This Talk of Love (2013), a New York Times Editor’s Choice; The Saint of Lost Things (2005); and A Kiss from Maddalena (2003). His next book, The Art of Perspective, a collection of essays, is forthcoming from Graywolf.

MARINE COMMANDANT General JOSEPH DUNFORD, F92, was confirmed by the Senate in July as the thirty-sixth commandant of the Marine Corps. He had been commanding all NATO forces in Afghanistan. Earlier this year, Fortune Magazine named him one of the fifty greatest contemporary world leaders. “I think his amazing capability, competence, loyalty, and patriotism to our country will continue,” said Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.

NEW ADVISORS New to the Board of Advisors to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is JEAN HOFFMAN, CEO and president of Putney Inc. in Portland, Maine. LISA LEBOVITZ, J84, has joined the Board of Advisors to the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. PETER MALONE, F78, F83, A18P, operating executive of the Carlyle Group, is now an advisor to the Fletcher School. ANN SPERLING, J77, A13P, senior director of Trammell Crow Company, is a new advisor to the School of Arts and Sciences.

PERKINS PRESIDENT DAVE POWER, E75, G75, a former software company executive, has been appointed CEO and president of the Perkins School for the Blind and Perkins’ four other divisions, including a library, online learning and assistive technology initiatives, and an international program that creates educational opportunities in sixty-seven countries for children who are blind or deafblind. Power’s son, who is deafblind, is a graduate of Perkins. “I am excited to partner with someone who shares my passion for the work because of a deep, personal connection to our cause,” said Corinne Grousbeck, vice chair of the Perkins Board of Trustees.

TECHNION EXECUTIVE JEFFREY RICHARD, A93, has been appointed executive vice president of the American Technion Society, which raises funds to support the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He had been vice president for university development at Columbia University, where he played a major role in its $6 billion fundraising campaign.

PRESERVATION TRUST CHAIR MARITA RIVERO, J64, is the new chair of the board of trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She has been a trustee since 2009, and also serves on the board of directors of a National Trust historic site, the Museum of African American History in Boston. “Marita is a true champion of preservation [who is committed] to protecting the places that tell the full breadth of America’s diverse stories,” said National Trust president Stephanie Meeks.

HILLEL INTERNATIONAL HONOR Rabbi JEFFREY SUMMIT, G88, G95, A03P, A05P, the Neubauer Executive Director of Tufts Hillel, is the recipient of Hillel International’s inaugural Edgar M. Bronfman Award, which recognizes his distinguished service to the movement. Summit, who serves as Tufts’ Jewish chaplain, “has been an inspiration to generations of Jewish college students and continues to be one of the foremost leaders of our movement and a thought leader beyond compare,” said Dana Raucher, executive director of the Samuel Bronfman Foundation.

DENTAL EDUCATION LEADER HUW F. THOMAS, dean of Tufts School of Dental Medicine, is the chair-elect of the American Dental Education Association board of directors. He will become board chair in March 2015.