Christopher and Joanne Nelson- Unczur of Pittsfield announce the birth of a son, Jack Arthur, on August 3 at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northhamptom. Jack weighed nine pounds and measured 21 inches at birth. His grandparents are Henry and Linda Unczur of Vineyard Haven and Dan and Rose Nelson of Ballston Spa, N.Y. Great grandparents are Priscilla Dickson of Vineyard Haven and the late Arthur B. Dickson.

Alexandra Flake of Vineyard Haven has been named to the dean’s list at Union College for the 2011-2012 academic year.

John W. Larsen and Venuta M. Carulli announce the birth of their son, Kai Mangan Larsen, on July 2 at the Family Health and Birth Center in Northeast Washington, D.C. Kai weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth.

Acclaimed TV reporter and author Charlayne Hunter-Gault will be presented with the Stone Soup Leadership Institute’s 2012 Walter Cronkite Award on August 2.

Ms. Hunter-Gault, a part-time resident of the Island, has been a TV reporter for CNN and The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and is author of the new book, To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement.

Vineyard resident and Black Dog CEO Robert Douglas placed first overall at the 2012 International Kite Association World Speed Championships held July 6-15 in Salin du Giraud, France. Mr. Douglas now has the distinction of holding and winning both the outright world speed sailing record (55.65 knots) and the 2012 World Kitespeed Sailing Championship simultaneously.

He is sponsored by The Black Dog, Edgartown resident Bill Lynch of Lynch Associates, Cabrinha Kites and CornerFive Surf Company.

Zachary Waller of Edgartown graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Studies from Cornell University on May 27.