Class Notes

Scott Eveloff, AB ’80, MD ’84, wrote The Golem’s Holocaust (Histria Fiction, May 2026). The book reimagines the Jewish myth of the Golem set against the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe. His previous book, Do Not Resuscitate, won a 2026 Maxy Award and a 2026 Independent Press Award.

Carol Nelson, MD ’78, though retired, continues her medical career as a volunteer with the Minnesota-based nonprofit Rural Health Care Initiative. Nelson focuses on maternal and child health in rural Sierra Leone. She has assisted in program development, fundraising and management of the organization since 2013 and has made nine trips to the country. 

David A. Robinson, JD ’77, and his wife, Esther, co-authored A Judeo-Christian Legal Guide to Human Resource Management (WestBow Press, August 2025). While primarily about employment law and HR management, the book includes some Bible quotes to help employers know and remember employment law.

Doug Frohman, AB ’77, and Jonathan Haas, AB ’75, brought Carl Orff’s Astutuli to life April 24–25 at New York University’s Iris Cantor Theater. A comic fable, Astutuli blends music, satire and theatrical spectacle. Unlike Carmina Burana, it has remained largely unknown in the United States.

Ann Calandro, MA ’77, received a 2026 Individual Artist Finalist Award from the New Jersey Council on the Arts for “Lost in Words,”  the title story in her collection of short stories (Serving House Press, 2025). 

Ellen Barker, AB ’76, penned her fourth novel, Nothing North of Delmar (She Writes Press, April 2026). The story takes place at WashU and in the Delmar Loop in 1976 and 1977 and explores one young woman’s post-college foray into the adult realities of landlords, economics and urban politics.

Richard Holinger, MA ’75, wrote Unimaginable Things and Other Stories (Main Street Rag Publications, April 2026). The book contains surreal, Kafkaesque stories with an equal helping of humorous, semi-autobiographical fictions about growing up on Chicago’s Gold Coast and summering in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. 

Larry McCord, BS ’74, MDP ’77, was one of six honorees for the 2025 AARP Purpose Prize. The prize honors extraordinary older Americans who put their purpose into action. With his wife, Marian, McCord founded CHADS Coalition for Mental Health, which now offers up to 7,000 counseling sessions in St. Louis-area schools every year.

John Lewis, AB ’74, known as “Fish” to his classmates, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Billiard Hall of Fame in October. Lewis credits his passion for billiards to WashU, where he practiced often and researched the sport. His long playing career culminated with his winning an American CueSports (ACS) national title at age 70. In 2024, he was inducted into the ACS National Billiard Hall of Fame. 

William Thomas Little, PhD ’73, edited and translated into English The Perils of Persiles and Sigismunda, a Northern Saga by Miguel de Cervantes (Arc Humanities Press, November 2023). Little is an emeritus professor of modern languages and humanities at California Polytechnic State University.