Class Notes

Doug Brandt, LA84, GR86, is a manuscript editing coordinator at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in Chicago. He is also a composer and writer, having written the music, lyrics and books for two full-length musicals. Brandt is currently writing his first opera, which tells the story of a 19th-century French intersex child who was raised as a girl but forced as an adult to live as a man.

Jeanette Meyer, LA83, of RE/MAX Alliance in Fort Collins, Colo., again earned Quality Service Certified Platinum, the highest level of service achievement in the real estate industry. The award recognizes Meyer’s consistent scores of 100% client service satisfaction in 2019 as measured by Leading Research Corporation.

Joy (Nelkin) Wieder, FA82, an educator, illustrator, designer and freelance writer, had her debut picture book, The Passover Mouse, published (Doubleday Books for Young Readers; illustrated edition, 2020). The book was awarded the 2018 Jewish Stories Award by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators/PJ Library and was chosen as a PJ Library selection in 2020. Wieder’s historical novel, The Secret Tunnel, was selected for the PJ Our Way program for PJ Library. www.jnwieder.com

John Rovison, LA82, EN82, after a 38-year career filled with papers, awards and patents, retired as vice president of research and development for PeroxyChem LLC during its transition to Evonik, GmBH. He plans to reinvigorate his wine-making activities and other aspects of life. Rovison received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who in 2018.

Elizabeth Lewis, GA82, is professor of architecture at Florida A&M University.

Nathan Byers, EN82, who has led Seattle engineering consulting firm Sider + Byers as the managing partner, is transitioning to retirement, working part time to smooth the ownership transition. He is looking forward to having more time to spend with his lovely wife, Page, and on his avocations.

Rita Fullem, SI81, is a sales associate at Patuxent Nursery in Odenton, Md.

Laura (Greene) Wiegand, LA80, is a retired general internist. She has two children and three grandchildren.

Steven Nadler, LA80, is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy and Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has taught since 1988. A Pulitzer-Prize finalist for his book Rembrandt’s Jews (University of Chicago Press, 2003), Nadler was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

David Compton, LA80, is director of toxicology at PCT Therapeutics (USA). He has represented his company on the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations gene therapy working group the past two years. Compton was a founding member and is on the board of the  Cross-Company Abuse Liability Council, which works with the FDA on issues in the industry on assessment of abuse potential for new medical entities.