Class Notes

Charles P. Bubany, JD ’65, was honored with the creation of the Charles P. Bubany Endowed Professorship at Texas Tech University School of Law in recognition of his more than 50 years of service as a professor.

Robert Zaller, MA ’63, PhD ’68, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Drexel University, published his fifth collection of poetry, After the Fire (Moonstone Press).

Jaime Yrastorza, DMD ’57, turned 93 in December 2023. In 1989, Yrastorza started a nonprofit organization called Uplift Internationale, which brings a team of professionals to mostly rural Philippines and provides corrective surgeries free of charge to disadvantaged children with cleft lip deformities. He also recently wrote From Fire to Freedom, a book that chronicles his upbringing in rural Philippines during the invasion of the Japanese during WWII. Yrastorza currently lives in Littleton, Colorado, with his wife of 66 years, Patricia. The couple has five children, 14 grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.

Maya Yildirim, AR23, is pursuing a master’s degree in architecture at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 

Cathy Wiesinger, LA23, was hired as digital media director for U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York’s 13th congressional district.

Minju Lee, EN23, SI23, was named to the 2023 “Inno Under 25” list (Inno is a spinoff publication of St. Louis Business Journal). Lee is the founder of Mozi, a startup focused on creating an app to bring people together for events and hangouts. He also recently started as a management consulting analyst with World Wide Technology and has served as chief financial officer for student medical technology incubator program Sling Health.

Alexandra Fenton, SW23, won the national competition “Realest Person on Earth” sponsored by the BeReal photo sharing app — just one week before earning a master’s degree from the Brown School. The contest called for users to post a photo of themselves during their “wildest, rawest, most embarassing, unhinged” moments. Among more than two million submissions worldwide, Fenton made it to the top 50 as a finalist and was ultimately voted winner. Her moment: a visit to a gynecologist. Following graduation, she relocated to her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, to be closer to family and friends.

Benjamin Adam Bookstaver, LA23, is working as a freelancer with HOF Sports LLC, a name image and likeness sports agency. Additionally, Bookstaver, who previously worked in health care and telehealth at GoodRx, was investigating the effects of psychedelics and ketamine on abstract cognitive architecture and presented his findings to the New Center for Psychoanalysis on cognitive transdimensionality in October 2023.

Kasey Nelson, EN22, is building an app and looking to adopt a pet after he finishes traveling to Europe and New York.

Yuhan Li, GB22, completed her first year of work as a website analyst.