Class Notes

Laura David, MD78, and her husband, Thomas Murphy, MD78, have retired and moved to Reston, Va., to be near their granddaughter. They report that retirement is great and being grandparents is even better.

Barry M. Wyman, DE76, writes that he “finally hung up his handpiece on July 1, 2020, after 44 years of a mostly enjoyable dental career.” Wyman served 22 years in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as a general dental officer and practiced with the U.S. Public Health Service in Alaska for 22 years. He still calls Alaska home but says he may be open to other options in the future.

Susan (Schonfeld) Silver, LA76, GR77, is a psychotherapist in Chicago specializing in couple’s therapy, women in transition, and grief and depression. Silver and her husband love traveling the world and spending time with their three children and two grandchildren. As a member of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, she is involved in educating people about climate disruption.

Neal Robbins, LA76, who majored in Chinese and Asian studies, has published a book, Venice, an Odyssey: Hope, Anger and the Future of Cities (Local Secret Publishing, 2020), which has been called “an evocative, engaging and perceptive portrait of Venice, Italy — the ultimate city, a place with stories on every street and in every doorway, nook and cranny.” Website: https://localsecrets.com.

Lilita (Zvejnieks) Hardes, SW76, published her mother’s WWII experiences in A Memoir of Home, War and Finding Refuge – Biruta’s Story. A first-generation American, Hardes documented her maternal family’s flight from Latvia in 1944 when the Soviets occupied the Baltics. Hardes, who is a licensed clinical social worker, counselled children and families in the Milwaukee area for 36 years and recently retired to San Diego. Website: www.lhardes.com.

David Goldman, LW76, is the author of several books that are used as textbooks by medical schools: The Goldman Guide to Psychiatry with DSM-5 Update (Goldman Group, 2016 and 2017), The Goldman Guide to Medical Jurisprudence and Medical Ethics (Goldman Group, 2014) and The Goldman Guide to Psychiatry Review Guide (Miracle Press, 2012). He also won the Midwest Magic Jubilee competition in 2019.

Ruth DeFries, LA76, wrote her second book, What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain Times (Columbia University Press, 2020). In it, DeFries details how a handful of fundamental strategies — investments in diversity, redundancy over efficiency, self-correcting feedbacks and decisions based on bottom-up knowledge — enable life to persist through unpredictable, sudden shocks. 

Alisse C. Camazine, LA76, was named one of the top 10 lawyers in Missouri and Kansas by Super Lawyers, the only woman and the only family law attorney on the list. Camazine is a principal with Paule Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C., in Clayton, Mo.

David Mason, AR75, was appointed to the board of directors of The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Mason’s civil and structural engineering firm is stewarding the site development for projects for The Mann’s 22-acre campus in Fairmount Park.

Jane Hoyt Sanders, LA74, GR77, is a counselor at Southwestern Community College and continues to enjoy drawing and painting.