Eric Stites '90 has created an Internet-based company, Yaz, www.yazbaskets.com, designed to help men find creative gifts for women.

Thetis Palamiotou '89 has been appointed wedding coordinator for the World Trade Center Boston and the new Seaport Hotel.

Jonathan P. Ward '76, president and chief operating officer of R. R. Donnelly and Sons Co., has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the board of Chicago Youth Centers.

Deborah "Dee" J. Robinson '87 has joined Vermont Law School as director of development. Her responsibilites include overseeing fund raising and alumni relations.

Ian G. Wilson '80, '84G has joined Firth Associates of Portland, Maine, a strategic communication and issue management consulting firm, as vice president.

Dr. Judith Winston '70G is director of research at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, where she directs the museum's curators in their research in geology, paleontology and biology, and conducts research on marine invertebrates.

Paul P. Hartgen '92 has been named executive director of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association, responsible for overall administration of the 800-member ossociation.

Audrey O'Keefe '90 has been hired as an account representative for Direct Results Group, an all-media direct marketing agency in Boston.

Dr. Van T. Cotter, is the co-recipient of American Cyanamid Company's highest research honor, the 1998 Scientific Award. Cotter is project leader of the fungicide screen group.

Bruce McKinney '76G, a professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, has been named coordinator of public relations at James Madison University.