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Danny O. Jacobs, MD ’79, was elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS) in 2024. Election to the society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. The APS is unusual among learned societies because its membership is composed of top scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Jacobs is professor of surgery at Oregon Health […]

Peter Tao, AB ’79, was featured in 2023 by St. Louis CITY soccer club and Enterprise in their Exceptional Neighbor recognition program for his work and commitment in the St. Louis community. Tao is working with the Missouri Historical Society on its Chinese American Collecting Initiative, where he is chair of the advisory committee. He […]

Scott C. Staub, LA79, was appointed to the board of directors of Alternative Family Services (AFS), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives and outcomes of Northern California foster youth, their families and their communities. Staub led the search for AFS’s chief executive officer and writes that he was delighted to be invited to join the […]

Bruce Manasevit, AB ’79, and his family partnered with the Be The Match Foundation in 1998 to establish the Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program in memory of Bruce’s late wife, Amy. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1993, Amy Strelzer Manasevit succumbed to complications six weeks following a successful bone marrow transplant. Now in its 25th […]

John D. Fanburg, LA79, was named to the Influencers: Power List 2023 by Return on Information, New Jersey, in the area of law. The managing partner of Brach Eichler LLC, Fanburg also is chair of the firm’s health-care practice.

Jim Holliman, MD79, in May was elected president of the Penn State College of Medicine Emeritus Faculty Organization.

Warren Ashworth, AR79, wrote his first historical novel, We, the House (Blue Cedar Press, October 2021), with his wife, ­Susan Kander. The novel is set in the Italianate balloon-framed house that ­Ashworth’s great-grandfather built in Newton, Kan., in 1878. A professor of design and ­architectural history at the New York School of ­Interior ­Design, Ashworth […]

Gary Feldman, LA79, a shareholder with Boston law firm Davis Malm, was named to the 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list.

David McLain, HS79, was awarded the master designation by the American College of ­Rheumatology, one of the highest honors bestowed on members who have made outstanding contributions to the field. He originated and continues to be the symposium director of the Congress of Clinical ­Rheumatology, the second-largest annual rheumatology meeting in the United States. McLain […]

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, SW79, coedited Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice (Routledge, September 2021), in addition to writing one chapter and co-writing two others. She is also the author of Thrive at Any Weight: Eating to Nourish Body, Soul, and Self-Esteem (Praeger, 2019). Ellis-Ordway has a private psychotherapy practice in Jefferson City, Mo.