Class Notes

Mitchell Strominger, LA82, MD86, relocated to Reno, Nev., in 2018, where he is a professor of surgery, ophthalmology and pediatrics at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He also is serving as president of the Nevada chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Strominger has a noncommercial winery, 107 Vines, where he grows grapes and makes wine for nonprofit fundraising (see Facebook).

Scott Stolz, BU82, GB83, managing director at New York–based iCapital, has published his second book, Rest Easy Retirement (Advantage Media Group, May 2023). Stolz and his wife, Tina Corner, author of Your Seat at the Table, reside in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Teddy Bader, MD80, wrote Which Treatment Is Best? Spoof or Proof? (Routledge, February 2023). The book includes a story of a young woman who cries, “Please don’t let me die!” Has she received the best treatment? What is the best treatment? How do we know? Life-threatening disease prompts these questions in everyone. The story ends with the randomized controlled trial and how to interpret it.

W. Charles Bennett, GB76, penned his first book, Dirt Under the Cap (BookBaby, August 2021). The book recaps some of the major sports stories, including his widely reported investigation that uncovered significant irregularities in the NBA’s salary cap in 1991.

Gregory Mixon, LA74, was co-director of The Quest for Freedom, part of the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks in American History and Culture program at Thomasville History Center in Georgia, in July. The two weeklong programs examined African American history during the long civil rights movement and how African Americans created churches, schools and organizations to sustain their community in the face of widespread discrimination. Mixon is a professor of history at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Bill Horvath, UC74, retired as an electrical engineer. He specialized as a safety compliance engineer for Basler Electric in Highland, Ill., and for Killark Electric in St. Louis.

Roslyn Ehudin Zinner, LA73, created the immersive art installation “Coral Reef Encounter,” which turned a swimming pool in Columbia, Md., into a coral reef for two days in July. The installation is in its third year and about 1,100 people participated, snorkeling through a trail that consisted of about 300 fish and coral made from fabric, plastic bags, can lids, fencing, rubber gloves, concrete starfish, bubble wrap, purses, a bed frame and many other found objects. On arrival, participants viewed a short film about the importance of coral reefs to the ocean and environment, then were taught how to snorkel with loaner equipment.

Albert Ip, EN73, was appointed senior advisor to the president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in November 2022 and was appointed a member of the Science and Technology Council of the Macau Special Administrative Region chaired by the chief executive in June.

Stan De Loach, LA72, has produced the YouTube channel “Diabetes, con normoglucemia” in Spanish and English for more than a year. De Loach states that people don’t realize that a person with diabetes can have normal, non-diabetic blood glucose levels 95% of the time just by choosing an “abnormal” (low-carb) diet for their body. His goal is to teach newly diagnosed people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes how to make their quality of life infinitely better with different methodologies and treatments.

Raymond Dalton, LA72, completed his career as a Veterans Administration clinical psychologist. After graduating from Washington University, his favorite professor encouraged him to delay active military duty and follow him to the campus of Indiana State University, where he earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology. When called to active duty, Dalton served as a behavioral scientist officer with the U.S. Air Force. He constructed psychometric instruments and counseled alcoholics. This combination caught the attention of the chairman of the psychology department at Arizona State University and led to his earning a doctorate in clinical psychology.