Give Eugene “Gene” Moriarty ’79 a seemingly insolvable problem and he’ll figure out a way to fix it. And save money while doing it. His business acumen and tact have earned him a reputation as the turn-around guy for multi-billion dollar companies in need of a big fix.

Long before Jack McCoy began monopolizing television’s fictional courtrooms, the immense presence of Perry Mason owned weeknight television. And soon after, the brilliant country lawyer Ben Matlock and his perfect white suit always got his guy—or gal.

As Contact went to press, Melanie Perkins ’91 was awarded the News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism—Long Form for her 2007 documentary Have You Seen Andy?

It’s OK to envy Laura Landry ’07 just a little. Less than a year after graduating from Fitchburg State with a degree in Communications-Media, Landry landed a “dream job” as the Special Events and Group Sales Manager for the Daytona Cubs, the Florida-based Single-A farm team of the Chicago Cubs.