Class Notes

Jimmy Kerrigan, MD ’10, earned two professional awards. He was selected for the 2024 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Early Career Leadership Program, an award that is for “academic excellence in physicians practicing interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine.” In addition, he received the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) “30 in Their 30s” award, which “recognizes the excellence of … members for their outstanding leadership and demonstration of SCAI’s core values.” Kerrigan is an interventional cardiologist with Ascension Saint Thomas in Nashville, Tennessee, and is an assistant professor of Medicine with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.

Paul Kalish, BS ’10, an attorney, was elevated to partner at Fox Rothschild in the intellectual property department. Kalish focuses his practice on patent litigation.

Sunit Anandwala, AB ’08, and his wife, Katelyn, welcomed their first child, Edmund (“Eddie”) Timothy Anandwala, on Jan. 11. Edmund is named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountaineer and explorer credited for being one of the first climbers to summit Mt. Everest. Anandwala and his family reside in Seattle.

Travis Hartman, MBA ’07, took command of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) from Lt. Col. Aaron Kia during an in-flight change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on June 27. The exchange took place with Hartman flying an F/A-18 Super Hornet and Kia in a C-12 Huron. Hartman, who is the 52nd headmaster for the school, assumes command after serving as USNTPS executive officer for the past two years. He is a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Damara Hamlin-Vaughn, AB ’07, and her husband, Christopher, welcomed their son, Jediah Ryan Vaughn, into the world on March 1. They cannot wait to show him around WashU!

Shelley Ann Edson Cobb, BFA ’05, has run her own tutoring business in San Diego county since 2014. She tutors students from elementary through college with an emphasis on Spanish and mathematics, while focusing on life skills such as organizational strategies and self-advocacy. She supports students who attend a variety of schools from public to home school.

Ryan Nieuwendaal, AM ’04, PhD ’08, recently celebrated his 15th year of service at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Materials Science and Engineering Division. Nieuwendaal started as an NRC-NIST postdoc after graduating from WashU and has been employed at NIST ever since. In May 2025, he will serve as chair of the Practical Applications of NMR in Industry Conference at the University of Maryland.

Bill O’Neil, JD ’03, was named managing partner at Winston & Strawn’s Chicago office. He concentrates his practice on trial work and as a strategic adviser to some of the nation’s largest corporations and private equity funds.

Edward Carr, MBA ’03, wrote and self-published Time of Departure: A Time Travel Story (June 2024). In the book, Carr asks: What would happen if a modern jumbo jet and its passengers and crew mysteriously landed at the St. Louis airport in the days of propeller planes? How would the passengers adapt to a society they’ve only known as history? What can the crew do to return to their own time without modern tools? Carr has taught at St. Louis and Maryville universities and currently writes for an aviation news and media group in Washington, D.C.

David Busby, MBA ’03, is a senior credit officer at Midland States Bank.