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Andrew Vogel Ettin, MA ’67, PhD ’72, penned The Five Biblical Scrolls (Cascade Press, 2025). The book is an introduction and guide to Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations. Ettin retired from teaching English at Wake Forest University and is now an adjunct in religion at High Point University, as well as an ordained rabbi serving […]

Jan Degenshein, BSAS ’67, became the oldest first-time elected city council member in the history of Norwalk, Connecticut. Degenshein also received the Community Beacon Award from the Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for 50 years of leadership, advocacy and commitment.

Perci Chester, BFA ’67, created the sculpture “Spiralitious” using repurposed spiral-shaped farm implements. Inspired by Chester’s love of slinky toys, the playful sculpture remains kinetic despite being 20 feet tall, bouncing slightly while anchored to heavy steel plate bases. The sculpture is available for collection.

Gordon L. Ankney, BSBA ’67, came out of retirement in 2023, returning to the courtroom as a pro bono prosecutor for the City of St. Louis when the city faced a staffing crisis. He has concluded 25 homicide cases in this role, half by trial, and mentored younger prosecutors. Ankney is a senior counsel with […]

The Landmarks Association of St. Louis presented Robert W. Duffy, AB ’67, with the H. Meade Summers Jr. Award for his contributions, through journalism, to the cause of historic preservation in the St. Louis region. Duffy is a 40-plus-year veteran of reporting and editing in St. Louis, working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. […]

Gary Arlen, AB ’67, was elected to the board of directors of the National Capital Radio and Television Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum, which collects, preserves and interprets artifacts, programs and publications about the history of electronic media, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Arlen, who is also a docent at the museum, had a […]

Lawrence Millman, AB ’67, published another book, Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau (Coyote Arts LLC, March 2024), his 22nd title.

Susan Wilson Krechel, LA67, HS75, has written two additional books on dementia: Two Childhoods? Ollie Explains! and The Dementia Caregiver’s Survival Guide, both published by Palmetto Publishing, May 2023.

Sandy Rothschild, LA67, GB71, was elected treasurer of the board of directors of the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, which is a nonprofit providing free or reduced-rate legal services that attempt to protect the environment and public health. Previously, Rothschild operated his own company, Sandy Rothschild & Associates, Inc. for 25 years until a medical […]

Nizar Mullani, EN67, won the de Hevesy Prize of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in June for his significant contribution to the development of positron emission tomography (PET). In 1973, Mullani joined the nuclear medicine laboratory in Barnes Hospital. He helped design and build the first PET scanner of hexagonal design. Mullani […]