The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce presented its 2000 Community Excellence Award to Michael D. Flynn '61 for "making a significant difference in improving education, economic development and the business climate in the Lake Champlain area." Managing director of Gallagher, Flynn & Company, PLC, an accounting and business consulting firm in Burlington, Vt., Flynn has been active in the community and state for years.

Deaths: Robert M. Peters '60, December 17, 2000, in Lewiston, Maine, at 67   ;   George E. Bitgood '61, December 12, 2000, in Old Saybrook, Conn., at 63   ;   Norman C. Mitchell '64, November 26, 1997, in Mechanicsburg, Pa., at 55   ;   Valerie J. Noble '69, November 25, 2000, in Cape Coral, Fla., at 53.