Class Notes

Tobias T. Gibson, GR01, GR06, is the co-editor, with Kurt W. Jefferson, of Contextualizing Security: A Reader (University of Georgia Press, August 2022). A collection of original essays, primary source lectures and previously published material in the overlapping fields of security studies, political science, sociology, journalism and philosophy, the textbook offers graduate and undergraduate students a grasp on both foundational issues and more contemporary debates in security studies.

Cory Kamholz, AR01, joined FGM Architects as design principal, focusing primarily on the firm’s higher education and municipal practice areas. Previously, he was at HED (Harley Ellis Devereaux) as Chicago design leader and associate principal.

Christopher Stetler, LA01, returned to Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as a partner in its litigation department. He previously served for one year as a law clerk to the Hon. Amy J. St. Eve, who was then a U.S. district court judge, and for 11 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, most recently as deputy chief.

Jeffrey Henderson, GM02, MD02, was ­awarded the AABB’s (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) 2021 President’s Award in recognition of his critical work as part of the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project Group, which helped advance the science regarding therapeutic options for convalescent plasma. Henderson was a co-founder of the group with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, Albert Einstein Institution and Michigan State University.

Rachel Permut, LA02, joined Gridiron as chief strategy officer in Houston, working on the ­development of a portfolio of distributed energy companies.

Sarah J. (Kocinski) Luem, BU03, a shareholder with Capes Sokol, was recently named chair of the firm’s business and finance practice group as well as the real estate practice group. She also was named to St. Louis Small Business Monthly’s 2022 list of Top 100 St. Louisans You Should Know to Succeed in Business. Luem implemented a program providing for Capes Sokol’s attorneys to collaborate with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri to staff a clinic at Grace Hill Women’s Business Center and provide counseling to minority entrepreneurs.

Nathaniel Dempsey, BU04, was promoted to enterprise strategy analyst at Minnesota ­Management and Budget. He and his wife, Julie (Schroeder) Dempsey, have two children, Miles and Isabelle — who are the grandchildren of Paul Schroeder, LA68, and Darlene ­(Schneemann) Schroeder, LA68, and the great-grandchildren of Frederick Schroeder, BU31, and Mildred (Maetten) Schroeder, LA31.

David E. Kronenberg, LA04, has joined Blank Rome LLP as a partner in the firm’s finance, restructuring and bankruptcy practice group and as a member of the cross-practice energy industry team. His focus is on the intersection of energy hedging, financing and bankruptcy law. Kronenberg previously was counsel in Sidley Austin’s energy group.

Maggie Konich Fiock, LA06, GR08, with her husband, Frank, and their daughter, Susie, ­welcomed Rosanna (“Rosie”) Bernardine to their family and St. Louis home, Nov. 3, 2021.

Samuel Jaffee, GR06, marked nine years on the Spanish faculty at the University of Washington, which recently honored him with the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest university-wide recognition for innovative instruction, curricular development and mentorship. He writes that he’d welcome news from any of his former WashU students, whom he thanks for their generosity, good humor and patience with him in class.