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Lawrence J. Altman, BS ’73, received the 2025 W. Oliver Rasch Award from the trustees of the Missouri Bar Foundation for the article he wrote in the Journal of the Missouri Bar, titled “U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling concludes Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 is constitutional.”

Larry Altman, BS ’73, co-authored an article, titled “What to Do After a Crisis,” that was published in the winter 2025 edition of Rethinking Behavior magazine.

Kenneth Haugk, PhD ’73, founder and executive director of Stephen Ministries, co-authored with two colleagues the organization’s newest book, Caring Assertiveness: Relating Directly, Honestly, and with Respect (2024). The book explores the essence of assertiveness, showing how this powerful but often misunderstood relational skill can be used to communicate with confidence and care in everyday […]

Larry Altman, BS ’73, had his article discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 published in the Journal of the Missouri Bar in its November–December 2024 edition.

Mary Pier, MA ’73, finished writing a biography on William Torrey Harris and is searching for a publisher. The book follows Harris’ education beyond college as he became an educational leader. It relates the events of his life from 1854, when he left Yale in his junior year, until his death in 1909. A retired […]

Lawrence J. Altman, BS ’73, received the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Ambassador Award for 2024 from Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Altman is an adjunct professor at Avila and says he was honored to receive the award. Altman’s wife, Gail, BS ’73, is also a graduate of WashU, and their oldest son works at Siteman […]

Bonnie Korte, FA73, was promoted by the United States Judo Association (USJA) to Kudan, Ninth Degree, in judo. She is the first living woman promoted to this rank in the United States. Korte was a world-level competitor in sport judo in the 1970s, winning five international medals. She was a U.S. Champion in Shiai and […]

Kenneth Haugk, GR73, the founder and executive director of Stephen Ministries, co-authored the organization’s newest book, The Gift of Empathy: Helping Others Feel Valued, Cared for, and Understood (Stephen Ministries, 2023), with longtime colleague Joel Bretscher. The book equips readers with practical knowledge and skills for making empathy a bigger part of their lives, including chapters on […]

Lawrence J. Altman, EN73, is an adjunct professor at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri, and teaches an undergraduate class for the business school that focuses on diversity, civil rights laws and equity. Altman recently had an American Indian from the Choctaw Nation as a guest speaker to help explain some of the problems diverse […]

Roslyn Ehudin Zinner, LA73, created the immersive art installation “Coral Reef Encounter,” which turned a swimming pool in Columbia, Md., into a coral reef for two days in July. The installation is in its third year and about 1,100 people participated, snorkeling through a trail that consisted of about 300 fish and coral made from fabric, plastic […]