Vera Klein, BA/68, was named Carleton University’s Alumni Volunteer of the Year at a gala dinner at the Château Laurier in Ottawa in May.

Peter Noel Meilleur, BA/67, BA/71, who writes under the name Childe Roland, had two companion plays, Ham & Jam and A Pearl, published this year. He performed at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, Wales.

Ian Ellingham, BArch76, was admitted to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in June. He is working with Cambridge Architectural Research Limited on projects dealing with sustainable decision-making in the European development and construction industries.

Ehsan Feroz, MA/78, a professor of accounting at the Milgard School of Business at the University of Washington, Tacoma, is the recipient of the Association of Government Accountants’ 2010 Cornelius E. Tierney/Ernst & Young Research Award.

Trygve Hoy, MSc/70, recently joined the board of directors of mineral exploration and development company Golden Chalice Resources.

Andrew Imlach, BA/70, BJ/71, celebrated 30 years with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London, England, this year. He executes programs to assist parliaments in better serving their people.

Paul Berton, BJ/83, was named editor-in-chief of The Hamilton Spectator in May.

Glen Carruthers, MA/81, was recently appointed dean of the faculty of music at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. He had previously been dean of the school of music at Brandon University in Brandon, Man., and chair of the department of music at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Dwight Deugo, BCS/83, MCS/90, PhD/94, a computer science professor at Carleton, developed iParked.ca, a system that uses text messaging to pay for on-site parking.

Linda Elliott BSc/85 and Doug Ritcey, BSc/84, organized a reunion for all earth sciences grads at Carleton in October.

Lee Anne Farruga, BA/87, started Steampunk Ottawa in early 2009 with her husband, Patrick Gilliland, BA/94.

Ray Ford, BJ/87, took home a first-place prize from the National Magazine Awards for his Cottage Life article “The Big, Bad Chill.”

Brad Hampson, BA/85, recently returned from a nine-month peacekeeping mission in Sudan. He was promoted to staff sergeant with the Ottawa police and was the Canadian Police Deputy Commander in Mission, working toward reformation of the Sudanese police after 50 years of civil war.

Doug Lamb, BEng/85, joined Postmedia Network’s executive team as CFO and executive vice-president in July. He was previously CFO of Canwest Mediaworks.

Sue O’Sullivan, BA/81, former deputy chief of the Ottawa police, was named federal ombudsman for victims of crime in June by the minister of justice.

Nery Maria Munoz Arguello, MA/99, and her husband, Daniel Perez, are very proud to announce the birth of their second daughter, Maria Allison, on March 11, 2010. She joins her brother Pablo Gael, 1. The family lives in Mexico City.

Derek DeCloet, BJ/96, won a first-place prize from the National Magazine Awards in June for his story “Robert Milton Has a Lot of Baggage,” which appeared in Report on Business magazine.

Patrick Gilliland, BA/94, has accepted a data analyst position with Elections Canada.

Jenn Goodwin, BJ/01, and her husband Sam, welcomed Taavi Stewart Goodwin on February 2, 2010. Taavi is a brother to Alec, 5, and Macayla, 3.

Millie Gordon-Fannis, BA/99, founded E-Hanger-In-Home Media. Last October the company won a silver award at the Recycling Council of Ontario’s Waste Management Awards for most sustainable product of 2009.

Kanina Holmes, BJ/92, MA/95, presented two papers at the World Journalism Education Congress in Grahamstown, South Africa, in July. One analyzes the impact of Carleton’s Rwanda Initiative in changing the perceptions and careers of its participants.

Alain Londes, MA/96, accepted the position of professor of international business at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning earlier this year.

John McDonald, BEng/92, was recently licensed as a control room shift supervisor at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This required more than three years of intensive classroom and simulator training, as well as examinations. McDonald joined Ontario Power Generation in 1999.

Kevork Andonian, BMus/01, released an original composition called “A Longing for Joy” for flute and marimba on the CD Music for Flute and Percussion: Vol. 2 (Naxos) in July.

Jarratt Best, BA/10, launched Rise & Flow, a music camp for disadvantaged youth.

Amanda Clarke, BHum/07, MA/08, was awarded one of 15 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation doctoral scholarships, worth $180,000, in May. Clarke is studying information, communication and social sciences at Oxford University in the U.K.

Oana Dospinoiu, BIB/10, accepted the position of client services specialist with JPL Vehicle Management Services in Toronto.

Crystal Ernst, BSc/03, MSc/05, is a PhD student at McGill. This past summer she conducted fieldwork in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, related to the effects of temperature on ground-dwelling insects.

Crystal Grierson, BA/10, represented Ontario at this year’s Miss World Canada Competition in Vancouver, B.C., in May.

Faiza Hirji, MA/03, PhD/07, joined the department of communications and multimedia at McMaster University.

Leanna Karremans, BA/05, recently joined the Canadian Youth Business Foundation in Toronto. She works as a government relations analyst.

Kyrie Kristmanson, BHum/10, premiered The Domna Elegies, a song-cycle she created with former Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence Pat Carrabré, at the Ottawa International Chamber Festival in July.

Paul Larmand, BSc/03, was inducted into the Midland Sports Hall of Fame on October 2. He played basketball at Carleton as part of the team that won national championships in 2003 and 2004.

Mohamed Mahgoub, PhD/04, was named coordinator of the concrete industry management program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in July.

Chris Mamen, BA/06, BSCH/09, was hired as Carleton’s head coach of the Nordic ski team for the 2010-2011 season.

• Steven Mark Armstrong, BA/87, BA/89.
• Albert Lewis Bennett, BA/50.
• Rose-Myriam Bergman, MA/74.
• James Blackburn, BSc/65.
• Gloria Blaine, BA/64.
• Wendy L. Buckner, BA/83.
• Kenneth Butler, BA/65.
• Martha Camfield, BA/61.
• George Dennis Carty, BA/73.
• Gerald Clarke, BCom/49.
• Harold Cooke, BA/45.
• William F. Cooke, BA/68.
• Jean Coolican, BA/72.
• Colin Corrigan, CPSS/74.
• Amy Dauphinee, BA/72.
• Marilyn de Belle, BJ/55.

• Mario Di Virgilio, BA/73.
• Liba Duraj, MSW/75.
• Claude Edwards, O.C., LLD/01.
• Garry Fairbairn, BA/68, MA/69.
• Walter Farley, BA/53.
• Erika Fuerst, BA/90.
• Geoffrey Graham, BA/81.
• Avril E. Gunter, MSc/73, PhD/77.
• Russell Hazzard, BA/69.
• Arthur Higginson, BA/50.
• Joanne Hillier, MA/82.
• Robert Hobbs, BA/65.
• Mary Kennedy, BA/87.
• Robert Linden, BA/87, MA/92.
• Ross Lunn, BA/50, WWII veteran.
• Elizabeth MacDiarmid, BA/87, MA/90.