Class Notes

Joe Madison, LA71, LW19, was selected as a recipient of the Council Award of Special Recognition from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Madison was honored as part of the ASALH’s efforts to defend the teaching of Black history in Florida and to support the citizens, teachers and scholars who are on the front line against the laws that hinder the teaching of the truth in the state. Madison is the host of a daily program, “The Black Eagle,” on SiriusXM’s Urban View (channel 126)

Dennis Wolf, BU70, retired in 2014 from a nonprofit, multihospital health-care organization based in Denver after a career in supply chain management in the computer industry. Now living in Boise, Idaho, he has served as a trustee on several boards for nonprofit governing bodies, and he is currently an officer of a political organization. Wolf and his wife, Beth, have been married for more than 50 years and raised two sons, Bradley (Colorado School of Mines) and Jeffrey (University of Denver).

Frank B. Ford, LA70, won the Editor Award at the North American Lily Society’s annual International Lily Show and Symposium held in Chicago in July. He won for his article “How’d I Do That? Taking a tissue culture bulblet of Lilium gloriosoides from pinky-tip size to glorious bloom,” which was published in the March 2023 issue of The North American Lily Society bulletin (and his photo of the blossom was the cover photo).

James W. McKay, LA69, retired in 2012 from a career in mental health, mentoring and social services.

William F. Siedhoff, UC68, SW73, was honored by the St. Louis Crisis Nursery, which dedicated its outreach center as the William F. Siedhoff Family Empowerment Center in honor of Siedhoff’s commitment to the City of St. Louis, the homeless population and children at risk. Siedhoff recently established the William F. Siedhoff Foundation, which provides grants focused on the needs of children and families in the City of St. Louis. While semi-retired, he currently serves as chair of five social service and educational organizations. He also was recently appointed to the Brown School National Council at WashU and is a member of the Danforth Circle Committee of the Eliot Society.

Sandy Rothschild, LA67, GB71, was elected treasurer of the board of directors of the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, which is a nonprofit providing free or reduced-rate legal services that attempt to protect the environment and public health. Previously, Rothschild operated his own company, Sandy Rothschild & Associates, Inc. for 25 years until a medical condition forced him to close it. The company had been highly successful at helping clients reduce property taxes and in other areas. Rothschild is also a dedicated WashU volunteer, serving a term on the Alumni Board of Governors, five years on the Eliot Society (he’s now a Life Eliot member), and many years as a member of the travel committee and the executive committee of the W Club. He’s also a “super fan” — a regular and enthusiastic supporter of Bears sports.

Nizar Mullani, EN67, won the de Hevesy Prize of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in June for his significant contribution to the development of positron emission tomography (PET). In 1973, Mullani joined the nuclear medicine laboratory in Barnes Hospital. He helped design and build the first PET scanner of hexagonal design. Mullani went on to build four more PET scanners at Washington University before he left for the University of Texas at Houston. He is now a partner at DermLite LLC and president of Translite LLC.

Perci Chester, FA67, had her work “Tore So Glow” curated by Esther Callahan into the exhibition The Periphery of Power, held July 15–Aug. 18 at the Gamut Gallery in Minneapolis, Minn. Chester was also invited to speak on the artists panel on the show.

Tsvi Blanchard, LA67, GR69, GR73, has been the Meyer Struckman Professor of Jewish Law in the Berlin faculty of law at Humboldt University since 2011.

Michael M. Berger, LW67, received the Jefferson B. Fordham Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law. As one of the top land use and condemnation attorneys in the United States, Berger was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the practice of state and local government law over the course of his career. The award is one of the highest honors given by the ABA. He is senior counsel with Manatt.