The Hanover Chamber of Commerce has honored two alumni for their business leadership in the Upper Valley: Tom Byrne ’55, Tu’56, who worked for three decades for the College and then served as general manager of the Hanover Improvement Society, earned the Chamber Achievement Award for “selfless and tireless service” and Paul Gross ’73, goldsmith and co-owner of Designer Gold jewelry store, was named the Small Business Innovator of the Year. In addition, the Hopkins Center was given the Innovator of the Year Award for its contributions to the community’s cultural life.

Doug Skopp ’62, a State University of New York Plattsburgh historian and history professor emeritus, and his wife have been honored with the dedication of the Douglas and Evelyne Skopp Holocaust Memorial Gallery at the college. Skopp has been studying Nazi Germany for decades at the school, where more than 20 years ago he instituted the annual Days of Remembrance program to commemorate the Holocaust.

Gerald Shaye ’64 earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albany, New York-based Tech Valley Global Business Network for helping thousands of New York companies expand their exports. Shaye, who recently retired after 22 years as director of international trade development with the Empire State Development Corp., has started a consulting firm to connect businesses with global markets.

Mary Pavel ’88, a member of the Skokomish Tribe of Washington State, has been named staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in the 113th Congress. Pavel is an expert on tribal law and policy and the founding president of the Native American Bar Association of Washington, D.C.

James Broselow ’65, M.D., of Blacksburg, Virginia, has earned the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, an international organization devoted to preventing medication errors. Broselow is known for the development of the Broselow Tape, a color-coded system used to treat pediatric patients in critical situations.

Alfred Moses ’51 has received an honorary degree from Georgetown, in part for his service as special presidential emissary during the Cyprus conflict (1999-2001), U.S. ambassador to Romania (1994-97) and special advisor to President Carter.

John Idzik ’82 has been named the general manager of the New York Jets. The former Big Green wide receiver has spent the last 20 seasons in the NFL—11 with Tampa Bay, three with Arizona and six in Seattle, where he was responsible for contract negotiations, salary-cap compliance and football operations budgeting.

L.A. screenwriters Jonathon Stewart ’96 and Eyal Podell ’97 were named to the Los Angeles Times’ 2012 Black List—the Top 10 unproduced scripts in Hollywood, according to film executives. Podell and Stewart’s Seuss chronicles the early career of Theodore Geisel ’25 and the inspiration his future wife, Helen, provided him in creating his first hit, The Cat in the Hat.

Agnieszka “Aga” Pinette ’99, a third-year student at the University of Maine School of Law, is one of 20 students nationally to earn a 2012 Switzer Environmental Fellowship to help her complete her degree and develop expertise in addressing environmental challenges. Pinette was cited for her work as a senior land use planner for the state of Maine, where she led a five-year review of the largest development in the state.