Class Notes

Charles “Chuck” Ortner, LA67, retired as a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP after 50 years representing leading music creators such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, John Legend and Michael Jackson, as well as major recording and music publishing companies. He remains a board member of several nonprofits and will continue as an executive producer of film and TV projects. Ortner is the husband of the late Jane Gold Ortner, LA67, and the father of Amy Ortner Mandell, LA94, and Eric Ortner, a 1998 graduate of the University of Rochester.

Perci Chester, FA67, had an exhibition of his new sculptures and works on paper, “Othering Mothering: Detonation of a Notion,” on display at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art in Minneapolis, September-October 2022.

Charlotte McDaniel, LA65, received a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to assist Tunisian olive plantation owners in enhancing production and marketing of their crop. Tunisia’s economy depends heavily on olive oil, which accounts for almost half of the country’s food exports. McDaniel, who held a Fulbright appointment to Tunisia in 2012, serves as faculty scholar at Emory University’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion.

Ivan Sherick, GR64, published Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment Techniques Across the Life-Span, A Psychoanalytic Perspective (IP Books, 2020). The book is for students and professionals. It explains the psychoanalytic issues involved in language accessible and available to all. Clinical examples are provided, and recommended readings are included at the end.

Robert D. Brooks, LA59, has taken up full-time residence in Connestee Falls, near Brevard, N.C., after the passing of his wife, Kathleen Swann Brooks.

Howard “Hank” Bierman, EN60, was inducted into the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in April 2022. At 89, he was the oldest inductee ever. Bierman was a hard-hitting outfielder and third baseman who could play all positions. In 1946, the New York Yankees offered him a contract that was rescinded when they found out he was only 13 years old. In 1951, he played professionally in the St. Louis Browns system, and during the ’50s, he also played in the New York Giants system and other minor league systems. In 1953 and 1954, he played while in the service at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He has lived in California since 1977.

Marc J. Sternbaum, LA68, joined the Miami office of Stearns Weaver Miller as of ­counsel in the real estate and affordable housing ­practice groups.

John Herzing, EN69, GB69, was unanimously elected to the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame, class of 2022, and inducted as an outstanding left-handed pitcher for WashU and for the St. Louis County leagues. Selected three times as a College Athletic Conference All-Star and named the Bear’s Most Valuable Player in 1969, he was drafted by four professional teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, but didn’t sign with a team.

Fred A. Blumenthal, GR70, GR83, is classical music critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Linda (Waring) Johnson, EN70, SI72, was named professor emeritus at University of Texas Health San Antonio, where she has taught anatomy and neuroscience to medical students for over four decades.