Neighbors

Joseph E. Wrkich, a 1997 graduate of Costa Mesa High School and an

Irvine Spectrum scholar, will graduate from Cal State Fullerton, where he

majored in physics and minored in business administration and

mathematics. He spent two years researching electron scattering. Wrkich

is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and the Phi Eta

Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. . . . . Christopher R. Rakunas,

the son of Raymond and Laura Rakunas of Costa Mesa, has received a degree

in molecular and cellular biology, with an emphasis on genetics and

development, from UC Berkeley. . . . Newport Beach residents Madeleine

Marin-Finn, Lillian Gavin and Richard Harris have been elected to the

board of Habitat for Humanity’s Orange County affiliate. . . . Koll

Development Co., a real estate company based in Newport Beach, has

promoted Stephen J. Muller to senior vice president and controller,

responsible for all aspects of the company’s accounting, economic

forecasting and financial reporting. A graduate of USC’s Marshall School

of Business, he joined Koll in August. . . . Newport Harbor Girl Scout

Troop 1343 Maui Rah Nova members Aimee Yvette Boatman and Julia Hoerauf

have been awarded the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting, for

renovating church youth rooms at their respective places of worship. Only

about 12% of Orange County’s senior Girl Scouts earn the award, and the

national average is about 6%. . . . Athena Anderson of Coto de Caza has

been elected chairwoman of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s

Orange County Race for the Cure to be held Sept. 23 at Fashion Island in

Newport Beach. Anderson has been with the race since its inception in

1992, serving on its public relations committee.