Class Notes

Brian Siegel, SI90, writes with pride that his daughters are students at WashU.

David W. Braswell, UC90, UC92, was elected chairman of Armstrong Teasdale. Braswell was instrumental in the firm’s growth, adding offices in New York; Salt Lake City; Philadelphia; Boston; Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Edwardsville, Ill.; and London, England. While actively practicing, Braswell was involved in high-profile mergers and acquisitions, providing guidance on transactional and compliance issues.

Dean VonDras, GR89, GR93, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, co-wrote Music, Wellness, and Aging: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life (Cambridge University Press, October 2021). The book discusses the intersection between music, wellness and aging, and explores deeper aspects of human nature and later life.

K. Sean Kimbro, LA87, a professor in the Department of Biomedical and Biological Sciences at North Carolina Central University, is a principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant that supports highly innovative and broadly impactful biomedical or behavioral research through the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. The university’s research focuses on establishing new paradigms to address the functional consequences of health disparities in drug development.

Thomas S. Chang, MD85, was tapped for the Gold Medallion Award by the Pennsylvania Radiological Society for his contributions to society and the field of radiology.

Pete Woods, LW84, was recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of family law and commercial litigation. Woods is the managing partner and a family law and commercial litigation attorney at the St. Louis firm Haar & Woods, LLP.

David Rubenstein, EN83, and his wife, Debra Levine, BU83, who after 15 years were weary of New England winters, now live in El Dorado Hills, Calif. David is an aerospace engineering consultant, currently working on flight-control algorithms for reusable launch vehicles, including Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket. Debra, a retirement plan consultant, works for a small, private firm based on the East Coast. The couple loves hiking in the Sierra foothills, visiting state and national parks, and exploring California’s wine regions.

Jeanette Meyer, LA83, of RE/MAX Alliance, earned the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award honoring highly successful agents who have completed at least seven years of service with the company.

Lawrence “Bud” Wittels, LA81, LW84, joined the Mediator Panel of United States Arbitration & Mediation, the country’s leading provider of mediation and arbitration services.

David Simkins, EN81, and Eileen Zornow, FA82, write that they’re the proud grandparents of two girls and a boy.