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Scott Sandford, MA ’81, PhD ’85, is currently serving as NASA’s senior laboratory astrophysicist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, where he works in the astrophysics and astrochemistry laboratory. He has served as co-investigator and science team member on a number of sample return missions. These include NASA’s Stardust and OSIRIS-REx missions […]

Larry A. Jones, Res/Fel ’81, MBA ’99, is a St. Louis–based life coach and retired pediatrician whose career has been dedicated to improving the lives of children. Recently, he was invited by MEDRIX (Medical Outreach to Southeast Asia) to present a series of lectures focused on ADHD, autism and suicide prevention at the National Children’s […]

Eugenio Hernández Rodríguez, PhD ’81, has been awarded a 2024 Royal Spanish Mathematical Society medal for his “longstanding relevant and continued contributions in a variety of mathematical areas, including education, research, conveyance, and outreach.” The award commends his 42 years of academic service to the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In addition to his scholarship in […]

Peter A. Lichtenberg, AB ’81, received the 2024 Donald P. Kent Award from the Gerontological Society of America, one of the highest honors from the society. The award is for exemplifying exceptional standards of professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. Lichtenberg is Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology […]

April D. Nauman, LA81, penned Down the Steep (Regal House Publishing, October 2023), a literary coming-of-age story set during the Civil Rights era in southeast Virginia, where she mostly grew up. The protagonist is a white girl who learns to recognize and challenge the racist, misogynistic beliefs of the culture she was born into. Writing […]

R. Mark McCareins, LW81, was appointed by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law as the liaison to the ABA Section of Antitrust Law for the 2022-23 bar year. He also was tapped for a leadership position in the ABA Section of Business Law while serving as general counsel and corporate secretary of the Metals […]

Steven Beer, LA81, LA81, created and is executive producer of “Reading Rainbow Live,” an updated version of the beloved educational show “Reading Rainbow.” Designed to keep children engaged in learning activities during the challenges of COVID-19 quarantines, the virtual events debuted early this year. As a national chair of law firm Lewis Brisbois’ ­entertainment, media and […]

Lawrence “Bud” Wittels, LA81, LW84, joined the Mediator Panel of United States Arbitration & Mediation, the country’s leading provider of mediation and arbitration services.

David Simkins, EN81, and Eileen Zornow, FA82, write that they’re the proud grandparents of two girls and a boy.

Thomas Liu, SI81, in 2018 earned a doctor of ministry degree from Houston Graduate School of Theology. Liu is donating the proceeds from his recent book, Alzheimer’s & Theology: Theological Dynamic of the Human Experience of Dementia (Authorhouse, June 2021), to Alzheimer’s research.