is among the nation’s 51 “outstanding librarians” who received the 2005 Library Journal annual Movers & Shakers Award. Hagedorn, who says her least favorite expression is “there’s more than one way to skin a cat,” is a metadata harvesting librarian in the University of Michigan Libraries’ Digital Library Production Services. Hagedorn manages OAIster, which provides “one-stop shopping for scholarly digital resources invisible to standard search engines,” her citation said. “Launched in 2003, it searches through nearly five million records from 396 digital repositories using the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Protocol…. The extraordinarily wide range of content she manages includes audio, video, photos, sheet music, maps, datasets, books and more.”

has been elected partner at Detroit-based Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP. Falkowski is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Law Department, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of patent prosecution, IP counseling, and technology-related business transactions. His practice focuses largely on information technologies, such as software, computer networks, “intelligent” devices, and business methods. Falkowski is a council member for the Computer Law Section and a former editor of the Michigan Computer Lawyer. Falkowski earned his law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law in 1997. He received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from Northwestern University. Falkowski resides in Northville, Michigan.

has been named Principal of The Vanguard Group in Valley Forge, Pa. Kim joined Vanguard in 2002 as credit analyst. Currently a senior credit analyst in the Municipal Bond Area of the Credit Research Group, she is responsible for monitoring the credit quality of $3.5 billion invested in more than 95 companies in the retail, consumer product, food and beverage, chemical, and metal and mining sectors. In additoin to her BSE degree in chemical engineering, she has an MBA degree from the Michigan Business School. She resides in Yardley, Pa.

and Marc Reiner, LAW ’95 are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Hayden Rosalita, June 13, 2004.

a mathematician and computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won the 2003 National Medal of Science, the most prestigious science award in the country.
Administered by the National Science Foundation, the National Medal of Science has since 1959 recognized pioneers in a range of scientific fields. A committee of scientists and engineers appointed by the president of the United States annually evaluates the award nominees.

A professor emeritus of computer sciences and mathematics in UW Madison’s College of Letters and Science, de Boor will receive his medal at a White House ceremony on March 14.

“This quite took my breath away,” says de Boor. “I had never thought of myself as belonging to that class [of scientists]”. John Marburger, President George Bush’s science adviser, personally telephoned de Boor to inform him about the medal.

The author of more than 150 papers and four books, de Boor has earned world recognition for his work on spline functions, mathematical expressions that describe free-form curves and surfaces. In particular, de Boor developed simpler approaches to complex spline calculations, a contribution that revolutionized computer-aided geometric design. His work is now routinely applied in a range of fields that rely on precise geometry, including the use of special effects in films, and in the aircraft and automotive industries.

De Boor grew up in East Germany and came to the United States in 1959. He received a doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1966 and joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1972. Until 2003, de Boor was the Steenbock Professor of Mathematical Sciences and the P.L. Chebyshev Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences. Currently, de Boor is also an affiliate professor at the University of Washington.

is the founder of Daydream Believers, an organization dedicated to helping people build their best careers. He gives keynote speeches and runs workshops nationwide, teaching people to build working lives that perfectly match their talents, personality, values and passions. His goal is to “inspire, amuse and motivate people to believe in themselves and their mission in the world.” Saks lives in the Boston area, “where it’s just as cold in winter as it is in Michigan.” More information at www.daydreambelievers.net.

a longtime faculty member at The Citadel, died on February 19th. While studying for his doctorate in physics, he was a Special Rackam Fellow.
An article about Anderson appears on The Citadel’s web site at
http://www.citadel.edu/pao/newsreleases/sy04-05/anderson.html

had been working in Baghdad for the past year managing environmental programs for a major contractor and the U.S. Army. He wrties: “It has been a very rewarding experience observing this torn country slowly gain political stability in an effort to progress toward a democratic society. Iraq has a long way to go, but hopefully with the support of the United States and other countries, peace will prevail and the people will prosper.

“Professionally this has been the opportunity of a life time. The last 10 years of my career has specifically preprared me to effectively deal with the environmental challenges associated with US military operations within a war zone. My experience working as a private contractor with the US Army Environmental Center, NASA, and the EPA has allowed me to develope a unique set of skills and expertise that has been perfect for the job. If anyone is interested in more information about working in Iraq or my personal experiences while working in country, they are welcomed to contact me at [email protected].

a Partner with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Detroit Litigation Department, was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame on February 12. Jackson was a four-year letterman, a four-time league champion, and a two-time team captain of the Wayne State University men’s tennis team. Jackson was named the WSU Male Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1980. He had a Merit scholarship for all four of his years at WSU. He graduated from WSU in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, with high distinction.

Jackson also graduated from the U-M Law School, magna cum laude, in 1984. After law school, he clerked for a federal appeals court judge and later joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, where he has been a partner since 1990. Jackson specializes in civil trial work.