Harriet Mowry Anderson turned 101 years old in June.

Connie Snader Freid was one of two artists featured recently in Face to Face: Two Approaches at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. She will have a solo exhibit at the Rye Free Reading Room in Rye from May 13 to June 27. Contact Connie at conniefreid@aol.com.

Dr. Ronald D. Klein has had his new book, The Other Empire: Literary Views of Japan from the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, published by the University of the Philippines Press. “It is a review of more than 160 fictional works, revealing Japanese characters as seen by writers in that area during the Japanese Occupation, from 1941 to 1945.” He is a professor at Hiroshima Jogakuin University.

Cynthia A. Stead and her husband, William G. Stead CE’69 GCE’70 G’81, have returned to Manhattan after a 25-year absence, including assignments in Boston, San Francisco, Athens, Istanbul, New Delhi, and Israel. Bill has joined the MTA as a senior vice president and is the project executive for the East Side Access Project to bring the LIRR under the East River from Queens to a new eight-track station underneath the century-old Grand Central Terminal and 140 feet below Park Avenue.

David L. Hyman, managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker LLP, in March received the 2008 Judge Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. He is vice chair of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation. He is a founding board member of Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

Myrna Skobel Agris has been with Smith Barney in Houston, Texas, for almost ten years as a financial advisor and financial planning specialist.

Brian S. Friedlander is hosting a business and education conference on the use of visual mind mapping and its application in the workplace in October. Called “IQ Visual Mapping: A Systematic Framework for Business and Academic Success,” it will be the first conference of its kind in the United States. Writes Brian, “I am bringing some of the top thought leaders in the field together to share their ideas and practices.” For more information, contact Brian at brian@assistivetek.com.

Carol Slater Smolenski, and her husband, Paul Smolenski EAS’90, live in southern New Hampshire just north of Boston, with their three children, ages seven, 10, and 12. In January, Carol was awarded the rank of certified director by Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization devoted to women’s barbershop music. She is assistant director of the Merrimack Valley Chorus in Massachusetts, which recently placed second in the mid-size chorus division and fifth overall in the 2008 regional competition. Her quartet, SoundScape, was recognized as the highest-scoring novice quartet in the 2008 contest. Paul has been promoted to director of quality and regulatory affairs, cardiac-care division, at Philips Medical Systems in North Andover, Mass.

Brian Peterson is executive director of the Ase Academy, “an experimental African-centered educational-enrichment program for area sixth- and seventh-graders, [which] holds sessions each Saturday on campus, in DuBois College House and Huntsman Hall. In its ninth year of operation, it is expanding to sixth through 12th by 2010. Hundreds of students from over a dozen public schools have participated. The earliest students are now in college. The program continues to persevere primarily through the gifts of individuals and corporate donors.” In January, Brian accepted the Dr. Judith Rodin Award on behalf of Ase at Penn’s 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change.

David Paul published When the Pot Boils: The Decline and Turnaround of Drexel University with SUNY Press in May. David is president of Fiscal Strategies Group, Inc.