Class Notes

Jay Wolz, EMBA ’98, retired from his position as business editor of the Southeast Missourian newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Prior to that, he retired in 2018 from Southeast Missouri State University, where he served as director of alumni relations. In addition to periodic freelance writing, he now occupies his time with a variety of community service roles including volunteer work with Parkinson’s disease patients and military veterans. 

Eric Price, AB ’95, developed an app, ORninja, that teaches surgical support staff such as sales reps, residents, scrub techs and nurses the language of surgery and instruments as well as surgical workflow.

Howard P. Goodkin, PhD ’95, MD ’95, began his term as president of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) in December 2024. Goodkin is the Shure Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Virginia and serves as director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology. He has been an AES member for more than 20 years. His clinical and research expertise focuses on pediatric epilepsy and prolonged seizures, known as status epilepticus.

Horatio Law, MFA ’93, is one of three recipients of the 2023 Stone & DeGuire Award. The awards support WashU alumni in their creative practice. An artist based in Portland who specializes in public art, multimedia and installation, Law emphasizes the importance of building community through his work.

Tom Grayson, MD ’93, was honored with the 2024 Paul S. Rhoads Humanity in Medicine Award. Grayson is a general surgeon at Reid Health in Richmond, Indiana. The award is presented to a physician who demonstrates a commitment to clinical quality, who is a leader of programs and services, and who enhances the quality of health care in Reid’s service area. His wife Kristen, MSOT ’90, is also a WashU alum.

Dipak Rajhansa, AB ’92, was elected chairman of the board of Feeding Northeast Florida. FNEFL covers a 12-county area distributing 35 million pounds of food and serving over 270,000 food insecure individuals annually.

Patsy McNeil, AB ’92, began a fulfilling career in emergency medicine and health care after graduating from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1996. She is currently the executive vice president, second in command, and system chief medical officer of Adventist Healthcare, a health-care organization near Washington, D.C., that is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Andrew Caplan, BSBA ’91, and Seth Fink, BSBA ’91, met as first-year students at WashU. They stayed in touch and, about 30 years after they met, traveled to Argentina with their wives and children. The trip inspired a business venture that combined their love of wine, and they purchased a small vineyard in Mendoza, Argentina, and created Dos Zetas. They started out solely making Malbec wine but have since expanded their line to red varietals, a crisp white Sauvignon Blanc and a soon-to-be- launched Dos Zetas orange wine.

Michael Syrop, JD ’90, was sworn in as public circuit defender with the Georgia Public Defender Council (GPDC) in April. Syrop began as a criminal defense attorney in Cobb County in 1991 and started his own firm early in 1995. Until his 2022 appointment at GPDC, Syrop handled cases ranging from misdemeanors to felonies, including capital cases, in superior and state courts throughout Georgia.

Kristen Galles, JD ’90, received the Stonewall Award from the American Bar Association’s Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity at the ABA’s 2025 meeting in January.