Fred H. Marcusa ’67, a corporate partner in Kaye Scholer’s New York City office, has been named chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, France’s highest award. It recognizes his efforts in fostering the economic relationship between France and the United States.

Peter Lawrence ’69, M.D., the chief of vascular surgery and vice chair of the surgery department at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, a 5,000-member international society.

Ernest Babcock ’70 has been appointed deputy general counsel at the FBI, based in Washington, D.C. The former deputy general counsel of General Dynamics Corp. will be responsible for the terrorist screening center, privacy and civil liberties, and fiscal and property law units.

Tom Wolf ’71 defeated incumbent Republican governor Tom Corbett to win the Pennsylvania governor’s seat while in Illinois Bruce Rauner ’78 defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn to win the governor’s contest there. Both come from business backgrounds and have long records of community service. Wolf, who served pro bono as Pennsylvania’s revenue secretary in 2007-08, headed his family’s building-products company. Rauner, former chair of the Chicago Public Education Fund, chaired private equity firm GTCR.

Two classmates have been named to top NFL roles. Dawn Hudson ’79 has been named the league’s chief marketing officer, to oversee marketing development and implementation. A former president and CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America, she most recently served as vice chairman of Boston-based consulting firm Parthenon Group. Lisa Mendelson Friel ’79 has been tapped as a senior advisor to help Commissioner Roger Goodell address the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault issues. A former sex crimes prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office for almost three decades (see the DAM July/August 2009 cover story at our website), Friel will also continue as vice president of security firm T&M Protection Resources.

Paul Wlodkowski ’88, a professor of engineering at Maine Maritime Academy, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. He will conduct research and teach in English and Russian at the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping in St. Petersburg, Russia, for six months.