the owner of Sailing Weather Services, is serving as official meteorologist for the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race, providing crucial meteorological information to the competitors as they race around the world.
The Volvo Ocean Race started Saturday, November 12, in Vigo, Spain, and will end in June 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, home of race sponsor Volvo’s headquarters. Between start and finish are more than 31,000 nautical miles, four oceans, five continents, and some of the toughest conditions an ocean sailor can face.
Bedford is assisting race management in keeping the crews safe and competitive by providing a high-quality weather data service to all seven teams while they are at sea. The goal of the project is to supply good quality information for a safe race, and equal information for a fair race.
Bedford worked with the race organization to develop a standard weather data package that is provided via satellite to all teams. Data will be sent every six hours to each boat from a secure server located in Volvo Race Headquarters in Southampton, UK. He has also helped work through the technical issues involved in delivering near-real-time data to the boats in all their far-flung locations. The project focused on safety, practicality, and speed of delivery.

a 1984 graduate of U of M-Dearborn, practices law in the area of complex auto products liability and employment litigation recently. He was selected as a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum comprised of Plaintiff’s attorneys throughout the country who had successfully litigated more than one caseto verdict or settlement in excess of one million dollars.

is the author of Traitors and True Poles: Narrating a Polish-American Identity, 1880-1939 (Ohio Univ. Press, 2003). The book was recently awarded the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America’s Waclaw Lednicki Prize for best book in the humanities on a Polish subject. The award ceremony was held at the Polish Consulate in New York.
Since 2003 Majewski has served as City Council President/Mayor Pro Tem for the city of Hamtramck, Michigan. In November 2005, she was elected Hamtramck’s first woman mayor, and will take office in January, 2006.

has been named the winner of this year’s Festivo Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Belfast (Maine) Poetry Festival. The prize will be presented to him at the festival on Friday, October 7, 2005.

and his wife, Susan, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Silvana Marie, August 22, 2005.

first attended U of M in Ann Arbor for two years in 1955-1957, then went back to school when her children were out of school, at U of M Dearborn and received her BA in economics in 1983. She writes: “I lived at Jordan Hall in 1955-57. Is there anyone else out there who attended during that time and lived at Jordan? My husband, Richard, and I have retired and are living in Nortwestern Michigan and loving small town living. We purchased a small printed circuit board shop in Livonia in 1982 and our son is managing the business now. We have four children and 6 grandchildren. We have enjoyed doing a lot of traveling, some cruises and some driving or flying.”

founder and owner of Skandis Fine Wines, LLC, is presenting the United States with a rare forgotten Italian treasure – Wines produced from the ancient Erbaluce grape. Skandis says the grape “was enjoyed by the Roman Emperors themselves. An elegant masterpiece, created in a balance of citrus fruits and floral aromas, yet light and crisp with a long lived velvet-like finish.” She presided over a wine tasting of Erbaluce as well as other wonderful wines at THE RATTLESNAKE with celebrity Chef/Owner Jimmy Schmidt on Aug. 3.

has been named manager of marketing of Jervis B. Webb Co., a leading materials-handling firm. In this role, Carlson will oversee all marketing, advertising and public relations efforts for the company and its products. Most recently, Carlson served as an account supervisor at Lovio George Inc. in Detroit, where she managed a number of clients and projects, including the 2005 Detroit Fireworks, Exhibit Works, Guardian Building and Michigan Department of Transportation. Previously, she worked as a television producer and writer for WWJ-TV 62/CBS and WXYZ-TV Channel 7.

(nee)Smith and Brian C. Archer are proud to announce the birth of their second future Wolverine, Liam, born on 3/31/05. Liam joins big brother Brennan who is 2. Carla is a children’s librarian at the Southfield Public library.