Robert Josefsberg ’59, a partner at Miami-based Podhurst Orseck, has been inducted into the National Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the legal profession both in and out of the courtroom. Josefsberg, who focuses on commercial litigation and white-collar crime, has devoted thousands of hours of pro bono legal assistance and is an active member of the Dade County Legal Aid Society and Put Something Back’s pro bono panel.

John Gustafson ’48 has been named a “Hero of Conservation” by the Syracuse, New York, Post-Standard for his efforts in developing the Lime Hollow Center for Environment and Culture in Cortlandville, New York. Gustafson, a retired State University of New York biology professor, helped create the nature preserve in 1992.

William Burtis ’63, an endocrinologist who specializes in treating diabetes, thyroid disease and osteoporosis in Concord, Massachusetts, has been named the 2011 Community Clinician of the Year by the Middlesex Central District Medical Society.

Deborah Scranton, Adv’10, has earned a Peabody Award for her documentary, Earth Made of Glass, which aired on HBO in 2011. Scranton produced and directed the documentary, which examines the personal and political repercussions of the Rwanda genocide.

Antonia Mulvihill ’84 was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Kenyon College for her work instructing, inspiring and caring for students. Mulvihill is an English teacher at Beechcroft High School in Columbus, Ohio, and a leading participant in the Kenyon Academic Partnership, which connects the college with students from secondary schools.

Four alumni have earned Martin Luther King Social Justice Awards for their contributions to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health or environmental justice. Michael Mascari ’65 received the Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime Achievement; Chidi Achebe, DMS’96, has received the Ongoing Commitment Award; and Jessica Lawson ’04 and Rebecca Heller ’05 received Emerging Leadership awards. To read their full citations, go to www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk/awards.

Ronald Fagin ’67 has earned the W. Wallace McDowell Award for lifetime achievement from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society for his “fundamental and lasting contributions to the theory of databases.” Fagin, who is the manager of the Foundations of Computer Science at IBM Research in San Jose, California, is credited with creating the field of finite model theory and for fundamental research in relational database theory.

James Lewin ’93—with his Austin, Texas-based Heavy Duty Productions—has designed a mobile app, Freqsho, that earned third-place honors at the 2012 Free The TV Challenge sponsored by Samsung. Lewin’s app allows users to generate music channels for their favorite artists on any Internet-connected device.

Jodi Gillette ’91, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas, has been named by President Obama as his senior policy advisor for Native American affairs on the White House Domestic Policy Council. Gillette previously served in the U.S. Department of the Interior as deputy assistant secretary for Indian affairs and before that in the White House as deputy associate director of intergovernmental affairs.