Class Notes

Michele L. (Blue) Silbey, LA98, is senior director of marketing at nutpods, a dairy-free creamer company that was born out of her personal search for a dairy-free creamer with a rich taste and consistency but without unnecessary additives. Silbey reports that the line of creamers is in over 40,000 grocery stores across the U.S. The products will soon be sold at Schnucks as well, where Silbey used to shop as a WashU student.

Jon Salomon, LA97, joined the Louisville, Ky., office of Dentons as a partner in the litigation practice. He previously worked for a commercial litigation firm where he provided counsel on corporate and governmental law matters.

Steve Hogan, LA96, has been the ballpark organist for the San Francisco Giants since the summer of 2010. Fans have always been able to count on hearing Hogan’s lively work during home games.

Bonnie Hindelang, SW94, was honored by the YWCA of Alton, Ill., at its 32nd Women of Distinction Celebration in honor of her lifelong volunteerism. Hindelang retired from Jersey County Court Appointed Special Advocates in December 2022 after a ­10-year post-retirement career. She served as executive director in 2013-19 and advocate coordinator in 2019-22. Before retiring in 2012, she worked for the Roxana School District as a school social worker, and she spent 15 years with the Illinois Department of Corrections. Her other positions have included Illinois Correctional Association vice president, social ministry chair for Resurrection Lutheran Church, and co-owner and marketing director of Mason Hollow Maple Syrup. She currently serves on the American Association of University Women as its membership and program chair among other volunteer roles.

Scott F. Hall, GF94, professor of art and design at the University of Central Florida, was granted the title professor emeritus by President Cartwright on Feb. 9. Going forward, Hall, his creative work and research will remain permanently affiliated with the university.

Kate (Epstein) Mankoff, LA93, who writes under the pen name Kate Brookes, recently published Transister (She Writes Press, August 2023), a candid memoir on parenting a transgender daughter. The memoir is “a raw, honest and sometimes hilarious account of Kate’s journey as her young child grapples with gender identity to become her authentic self.”

William Krause, GR93, was honored by Scherzo, a leading journal for classical music criticism and information, which selected his biography of Spanish composer and conductor Federico Moreno Torroba as one of the 10 best music books published in Spain in 2021. Co-authored with Walter Clark, Moreno Torroba: A Musical Life in Three Acts was published by Oxford University Press in 2013. In 2021, the book was translated into Spanish and published by Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales.

Ruth Hecht, FA93, teaches art to students in grades 7-12, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and pottery.

DL Warfield, FA92, was commissioned to design the in-ground bronze casted monuments for the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, located in front of Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The second induction year ceremony was held Feb. 28, 2023. The walk of fame has inducted icons including James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder, Outkast and Quincy Jones.

Pauline Merrill, MD91, GR91, joined The Looking Glass Eye Center in Brevard, N.C. Merrill is a nationally recognized ophthalmologist specializing in treating diseases of the retina.