Fall 2014

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

80s

Sandra A. Sheets ’83

Sandra A. Sheets ’83, an attorney specializing in wills, trusts and estates at GrayRobinson, P.A., was recognized in Florida Trend‘s annual Legal Elite special report. The list represents fewer than 2 percent of the active Florida Bar members practicing…

Passings

Mary Jane Lusby M.Ed. ’66

Mary Jane Lusby M.Ed. ’66, a teacher and principal for 37 years in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Md., died Aug. 22 at Latrobe Area Hospital near her home in Blairsville, Ind., according to the Indiana Gazette. She was 75. A native…

00s

Andrea “Andy” Bowen ’08

Transgender activist Andrea “Andy” Bowen ’08 has been named executive director of Garden State Equality, making her one of the nation’s first openly transgender leaders of a statewide organization for LGBT civil rights. She previously served as social…

10s

Nelson Yanes ’14

Nelson Yanes ’14 and Elena Shrestha ’12 have been named to Penton’s Aviation Week‘s “Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders: The Twenty20s.” The program connects the next generation of aerospace and defense talent with established leaders.

70s

Rob Jolles ’79

Rob Jolles ’79 has been a professional speaker for 30 years and teaches about influencing others. His latest book, “How to Change Minds: The Art of Influence Without Manipulation,” explores how to change someone through compassion rather than coercion.…

Passings

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. ’44

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. ’44, an internal medicine doctor who operated a private practice for more than 40 years, died Aug. 31, according to The Baltimore Sun. He was 94. After graduating from UMD and while a medical student at the University of Maryland,…

Passings

Donald J. Addor ’51

Donald J. Addor ’51 died of heart failure Sept. 18 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Milford, Del., according to The Cape Gazette. He was 89. Born in Washington, D.C., he enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 4, 1943, at the height of World War II. After…

60s

John Reisinger ’66

John Reisinger ’66 won gold medals for two of his books at the Global eBook Awards. The awards are open to eBooks from all publishers and a panel of 200 judges determines the winners in a number of categories. “Death and the Blind Tiger,” one of…