Orange Coast College professor of English...

Orange Coast College professor of English and technical writing

Don Pierstorff and his son, Sam Pierstorff, recently published a book

of poetry titled “The Albatross Lives.” ... The president of Davis,

Barney and Jones, Tauno Koivisto of Newport Beach, was named the

Businessman of the Year by the National Republican Congressional

Committee. ... Tina Borgatta joined Orange Coast Magazine Jan. 6 as

its new editor. She is a longtime Orange County-based journalist,

working more than 18 years in the industry. Borgatta will replace

Nancy Cheever who left the magazine to pursue her doctorate’s degree.

Both Borgatta and Cheever worked at the Daily Pilot. Borgatta served

as the managing editor while Cheever was a features editor. ...

Daniel Flynn was named Director of Land Acquisition for the South

Coast Division of John Laing Homes. He will be responsible for site

acquisition, financial analysis and entitlement approvals. ...

Northeastern University’s fall quarter dean’s list included Costa

Mesa resident Evan Cooper. To qualify, he had to have a grade-point

average of 3.25 or greater. ... Costa Mesa resident Brittany

Cornelius will play the role of Lorraine Flemming in the production

of “42nd Street” at The Orange County High School of the Arts. ...

The Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, an honor society for

international scholars, initiated 39 new members at Cal State Long

Beach recently, including Carl D. Smith of Costa Mesa ... Jeremy

Matthew Katz, son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Katz of Newport Beach,

achieved honor roll status at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania for

the fall term. ... Local students were honored at UC Santa Barbara

for qualifying for the dean’s honor list for the fall quarter. To

qualify, students had to achieve a grade-point average of 3.75 or

more. From Newport Beach, Elizabeth Erickson, Joel Furman, Jacqueline

Gottlieb and Lynn Rinek qualified. From Costa Mesa, Brenna Cooley

made the grade.

* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please

direct noteworthy information to Coral Wilson by fax at (949)

646-4170, or send e-mail to coral.wilson@latimes.com.