Class Notes

Leonard Chanin, JD ’84, started a job in May 2025 at the FDIC as deputy to the chairman for consumer protection and innovation.

Paul Obrock, DMD ’83, received the Presidential Award of Excellence from the Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA) international president at the organization’s annual meeting in 2025. The PFA is an international honor society of dentists whose mission is to recognize and develop outstanding leadership in the profession and in the community. Obrock is the PFA trustee for region 3, overseeing nine states of the southeast U.S. and the Caribbean.

Joy Nelkin Wieder, BFA ’82, penned two books: HANUKKAH 1-2-3! A First Counting Book (Abrams Appleseed, September 2025) and The Mouse Who Loved Latkes (KAR-BEN Publishing, October 2025), which she also illustrated.

Rolfe McCoy, AB ’82, DMD ’85, was appointed to the Missouri Dental Board. McCoy is a partner and dentist at McCoy Samples Mattingly Dental Clinic. In addition to his practice, he serves as the chairman and a trainer of the Missouri Dental Association’s Expanded Function Dental Assistant program and teaches for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Dental Health pilot program in long-term care facilities. He is an active member of his community, serving on the Chillicothe, Illinois, arts council, chamber of commerce, and board of public works, and he is a member of the Chillicothe Rotary Club. 

Chad Schexnayder, AB ’81, received the Martin J. Andrew Award for lifetime achievement in the surety and fidelity industry from the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA). Schexnayder served as chair of ABA’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee in 2020-21 and is an editor and author of numerous ABA and other professional association books and publications.

Sue Kaiser, JD ’81, moved from St. Louis to Wilmette, Illinois, where she works part time as a nonprofit consultant and grant writer.

Robert L. Schapp Jr., BS ’80, MBA ’80, came out of retirement in September 2023 to head the Travelers Protective Association (TPA) of America, headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri. TPA promotes the betterment of families and communities through child safety initiatives, community service projects and personal development opportunities. While Schapp is enjoying his dream job, he and his wife, Cindi, agree the grandchildren are more fun and a much greater blessing.

Scott Eveloff, AB ’80, MD ’84, wrote Do Not Resuscitate (Black Rose Writing, October 2025). The novel is a high-stakes hospital drama mixed with supernatural horror, fueled by a terrifying villain from beyond the grave who turns a medical intern’s life upside down with his nefarious plan to get revenge for his own death.

Suzanne Cleary, MFA ’79, published her fifth poetry book, The Odds (New York Quarterly Books, April 2025), which won the Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award. Arresting imagery and surprising turns propel these poems that examine the work of holding a job, making art and making sense of our historical moment.

Thomas Parham, MA ’78, retired in December 2025 as president from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He was appointed president in March 2018, and the campus saw enormous growth under his leadership. Parham wrote: “Serving as president has been one of the honors of my life. I take a great deal of pride in what my team and I have contributed to what existed before, and what we have uniquely accomplished.”