Class Notes

John S. Douglas Jr., MD67, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, was recognized with three awards prior to his retirement Dec. 1, 2022: the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of the South, and the Mason F. Sones Jr. MD Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Charlotte McDaniel, LA65, received the coveted Fulbright Association Award for Outstanding Chapter Leader at the organization’s 2022 annual conference in Bethesda, Md., in early October 2022. She was recognized for her earlier presidency of Georgia’s Fulbright chapter.

Marilyn Levin Brown, LA62, is an artist and author whose 18th book was published in 2022. A couple of others, Brown writes, “went to a landfill.” Digital Clay and Digital Clay 2 are among her books that survived.

Ray Killebrew, LA56, and his wife, Helen, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last August. Killebrew retired in 2018 as an assistant professor of communications after teaching at Missouri Baptist University for two decades. Earlier, he spent over two decades with Maritz and almost three decades in entrepreneurial marketing communication ventures. The Killebrews reside in Kirkwood, Mo., and enjoy community activities; long walks; family time with their two children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and staying healthy.

(John) Roger Nelson, LA49, MD53, penned A Harrowing Journey (Fox Ridge Publishing, July 2022), offering readers a new perspective on the first five books of the Bible. First an interest, then a habit and finally a compulsion for Nelson, the book examines the lives, actions and beliefs of the challenged Israelites and their relationship with God. Nelson practiced internal medicine in Kirkwood, Mo., and taught at WashU’s School of Medicine, walking medical rounds with residents and students for 20 years.

Zaid Khaja, LA22, a research technician on the WashU medical campus, is applying to medical school.

Ethan Lowder, LA21, is attending Harvard Medical School in the pathways MD class of 2026.

Eka Jose, LA21, a student at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, was awarded a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Scholarship. While at WashU, Jose was a top competitor on the track and field team, winning two national championships in the indoor and outdoor triple jump in 2019. Jose also won the 2022 Today’s Top 10 Award, bestowed annually by the NCAA to honor 10 former outstanding senior student-athletes, and was a finalist for 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Nathan Card, LA20, is a U.S. park ranger at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah.

Rebecca Woofter, SW19, a third-year doctoral student at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded the school’s 2022 Celia and Joseph Blann Fellowship for excellence in academics. Woofter’s research focuses on maternal and reproductive health, including contraceptive use, birth outcomes and access to and quality of health care.