Class Notes

Jerry Pruce, BFA ’72, MFA ’74, had a retrospective of his abstract art at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, California, which ran August through October 2024.

Gail Ellis Meltzner, AB ’71, MBA ’73, sold her interest in her CPA firm after 50 years in public accounting and is semiretired. She plans to spend time traveling with her partner, enjoying her two grandchildren and preparing the occasional tax return.

Jane Goldberg, AB ’68, penned her ninth book, Our Revolutionary Brain (self-published). Goldberg is a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City, continuing to do so digitally since the COVID-19 pandemic. Her previous books include My Mother, My Daughter, My Self; The Hormesis Effect; The Dark Side of Love; and Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Cancer Patients.

Daniel Freeman, AB ’68, donated materials from his career on Capitol Hill and the American University — The Daniel M. Freeman Papers — to Washington University Libraries. The material includes books and photographs of public figures inscribed to him and images of guest speakers from the Washington Semester Program he taught at American University, as well as a copy of his book about his career: The House Was My Home, My Life On Capitol Hill and Other Tales. WashU Libraries website: https://aspace.wustl.edu/repositories/4/resources/1064

Jerry Young, AB ’55, DMD ’58, spent the past 10 years building a one-of-a-kind passive solar house. Its design, construction and thermal properties have been documented on his blog, diygreenbuildingwithjerry.blogspot.com. Having occupied the home for three years, he recently posted on its favorable thermal performance. Consistent with his commitment to sustainability, Young tore down several buildings to accumulate repurposed building materials for the interior woodwork. He hopes the project will turn a few minds toward sustainability.

Shawn Yates, AB ’24, is a research technician at WashU.

Hiroyuki Shinju, LLM ’24, graduated from WashU in May. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Waseda University.

Charis Riebe, AB ’24, was selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program. Riebe was among the 74 Americans selected from 500 applicants. CBYX is a bilateral exchange program of the U.S. Congress and German Bundestag (Parliament). While in Germany, Riebe is to attend a two-month intensive language course, study at a German university and complete an internship in the field of international law.

Masoomeh Faghankhani, MPH ’24, started this fall as a doctoral student in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at Colorado School of Public Health.

Ellen Wakisa Nyasulu Chiwoni, MPH ’24, is a community referral coordinator at St. Louis Integrated Health Network.