Lilita (Zvejnieks) Hardes

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 […]

David Goldman

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 […]

Ruth DeFries

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

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.

Allan Trautman

Allan Trautman, LA76, was the lead animatronic puppeteer for the title character in “Earth to Ned,” a show on the Disney+ streaming service that follows Ned, a blue-skinned alien, and his lieutenant Cornelius, who were sent to scout Earth for an eventual invasion.

Henry Macfarland

Henry Macfarland, HA76, is executive director of Harvesters Reaching The Nations, in Plano, Texas. The 20-year-old, nondenominational ministry operates two orphanages, two primary schools, a vocational training center and a hospital in South Sudan, as well as a primary school at the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement near Arua, Uganda. Previously, Macfarland had a 30-year career […]