Class Notes

Terry J. Martin, UC76, SW77, self-published Bedlam in Paris: The Journey Begins (January 2023). On returning to Paris after a long absence, Doctor Malraux, the book’s main character, is swept up in international corporate espionage.

Steven Rose, SW75, recently retired and was granted the status of professor emeritus at George Mason University.

Barbara Wallace, LA73, LW76, a former
St. Louis County circuit judge, was named the 2023 Woman of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Media, highlighting the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Justice Awards.

Robert Halle, LA73, is in his 50th year of film editing. After taking a filmmaking course during his senior year at WashU, he began working in the film industry following graduation. During his career, Halle has edited feature films, TV shows, documentaries, educational films, corporate videos and thousands of commercials. He and his wife live in Baltimore and Jupiter, Fla., and have a daughter, a son and two grandchildren.

Lawrence J. Altman, EN73, wrote an article that appeared in RETHINKING Behavior (winter 2023): “Do Public Schools Have Obligations to Students Suffering from the Bystander Effect?” He was a member of a team that recently submitted a proposal for a Project Rural Innovation for Mental Health Enhancement grant to the U.S. Department of Education.

Gary H. Feder, LA70, LW74, GL80, was ­re-elected to a three-year term as an alderman of the City of Clayton, Mo. He retired from private law practice in 2021.

Dwight Stevens, LA68, retired after 27 years as the founding and senior pastor of nondenominational Paramount Church, Palm Beach, Fla. He continues as president of Missions of Mercy, Inc., and has directed 31 medical missions to third-world countries. His most recent trip, in July 2023, was to the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, where he treated Indigenous Quechua Indians. His 2017 book Atheist Doctor to Palm Beach Minister details his journey from the practice of medicine to full-time ministry.

Jack J. Schramm, LW59, managing director of International Development Counsel LLC, is now semi-retired. Schramm had a long career in public service, environmental policy and the law, spurred by a curiosity about life. Looking back, Schramm shares that he completed volunteer military service during the Korean War, and after, he motorcycled 3,000 miles across the Middle East from Baghdad to Pakistan. At WashU, he was on the debate team and voted by his classmates to be the first recipient of the Carter-Tedrow Memorial Award. He served eight years in the Missouri legislature and in 1976 was appointed a regional administrator at the EPA. Then, Schramm used his expertise in environmental policy and law to work in some 25 countries on five continents.

Liese Rapozo, LA48, writes that she is retired after an illustrious career that took her from St. Louis to Chicago to Hawaii to the San Pedro Valley of California, teaching primary school for 20 years, then “retiring” to a second career teaching English as a second language. She and her husband, Wallace Rapozo, were marathon and ultra-marathon runners who traveled extensively and “ran on every continent.” They also competed in biathlons and triathlons, and served as volunteers at two Olympic venues. She writes, “I am finally able to enjoy my rocking chair but still keep busy — for the grandkids and great-grandkids.”

Jake Steinberg, LA22, is in the graduate acting program at Columbia University in New York City, pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts.